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Samsung Could Switch to WOLED Technology
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Samsung is one of the leading companies that have stated their expansion into the OLED HDTV industry. The company has already announced an upcoming 55” OLED HDTV with more models expected next year. Recently, reports were told that Samsung is looking for a cheaper way to produce OLED screens and will look towards WOLED technology instead. The main difference between OLED and WOLED technology is how the OLED panels are used. In OLED TVs, the OLED panel is both the lamp and the screen and doesn’t require additional lamps in order to show bright images. The downside though is that this process is costly to produce large screens. WOLED technology uses the OLED as white lamps in the back, while a...
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Sony and Samsung Enforce Minimum Pricing Policy
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It looks like the days of retail stores competing for low prices are coming to an end. Today, both Sony and Samsung announced that they will be enforcing minimum pricing for all their HDTVs. This means that the TV will retail for the same exact price, no matter what retailer you purchase it from. This not only eliminates competition between the retailers, but also eliminates the resulting lower retail prices. Sony has already stated that companies who don’t adhere to the minimum pricing policy will have their financing cut off. Given the heavy losses that were reported both companies last year, many wonder if this move is a good idea or not. There is also the possibility that this policy cou...
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Samsung 2012 Smart TVs land in the UK
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If you were wowed by Samsung's line-up of TVs when they launched at CES 2012, then good news: they're available to buy in the UK now.
Leading the charge is the Samsung ES8000, packed with technology and effortlessly thin, it will hit you with both 2D and 3D content and has an integrated camera for "smart interaction", offering gesture and voice control and face recognition.
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Samsung shareholders approve spin-off of LCD business
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It's been less than a month since Samsung confirmed that it would be spinning-off its LCD business into a separate company, and it looks like things are proceeding along speedily. The company's shareholders have now approved the spin-off, paving the way for the tentatively-titled Samsung Display Co. to come into existence on April 1st. Samsung Electronics will have a 100 percent stake in that company, and the current executive vice president of its LCD business, Park Dong-gun, will take on the position of president in the new firm. All of that, Samsung says, is being done in an effort to make the company more nimble and able to respond to its clients' needs more quickly.
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Samsung Sets up a Separate Business Just for LCDs
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Samsung's LCD business is big, and thanks to the recent acquisition of Sony's piece of a joint LCD venture it's been getting even bigger. The folks at Samsung are through trying to manage such a big business within the greater structure and are spinning off a new company that's going to be handling LCDs and LCDs alone.
Of course, there's a much bigger benefit than just organizational ease. The upcoming launch of Samsung Display will allow the company to respond more quickly to customer demand, shift directions in a more timely fashion and, of course, focus all its efforts on one specific task. Shareholders still have to approve the arrangement but there's no reason to expect they won't. ...
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Samsung Named Top HDTV Manufacturer of 2011
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Wonder what last year’s #1 HDTV company was? According to Displaybank and their yearly market share report, Samsung was the top company in 2011 with LG being a close second. Samsung managed to secure 20% of the market, while LG only captured 13% of the market. This is a significant improvement for Samsung whose percentage grew 12% between 2010 and 2011. One of the contributing factors is the LCD TV market. In the more specific plasma TV industry the reigning company is Panasonic, which has sold over 5.7 million TVs.
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Samsung Announces KN55ES9000 OLED HDTV Coming Soon in UK
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Samsung announced at CES that they would be investing into the OLED HDTV market. Today they announced that they releasing their very first Super OLED TV, the KN55ES9000. The specifications are limited, but the company plans to release this TV in the UK around spring time 2012. That means that the UK can expect to see their first large screen OLED display in March or April. The screen will measure 55 inches, diagonally and will use an OLED display panel. This technology has been praised for its incredible thin design and the fact that it doesn’t require a backlight source in order to show brightly lit images. Chances are we won’t hear about pricing or any other details until the device’s actu...
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Samsung Unveils 2012 LED HDTV Lineup
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Samsung is proud to unveil today their 2012 LED HDTV lineup. This group of TVs will include 3 new series, the ES7500, ES7000, ES6800, and ES6100. LED technology has been slowly gaining popularity due to reduced retail prices and it’s incredibly thin design. The company plans to release 11 HDTVs between these three series. They will all come with Smart TV and 3D technology and will range between 40 and 65 inches, diagonally. Other major features include Wi-Fi technology and some will even include a built in web cam for talking on Skype and other social platforms. Samsung plans to release a complete list of HDTVs for 2012 later this year.
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Samsung Announces Huge Investment in OLED HDTVs
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Samsung has already announced plans to release an OLED HDTV. But today the company announced a significant increase in investments. In total, the company plans to invest $41.4 billion into hiring new employees, build new factories, and several other projects. Samsung also was happy to announce that $6.1 billion towards their OLED department in order to develop bigger and better OLED HDTVs. This investment isn’t as high as what the company said they would last year, but it is a big start in the right direction.
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Samsung's got a 55-inch Super OLED TV of its own, coming in the second half of 2012
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We're seated here at Samsung's 2012 CES press event, and the company just revealed that it'll be matching rival LG's 55-inch OLED TV... when a 55-inch OLED TV of its own. Not surprisingly, the outfit's trumpeting its terrific color reproduction, the virtual absence of motion blur and face recognition. Sadly, there's not even a model number to mark down, and a price estimate should be even harder to find. It is, however, expected to ship in the latter half of 2012. There's no color filter needed here, either, as the self-emitting RGB sub-pixels take care of themselves; since light output on the Super OLED is controlled on a pixel-to-pixel basis, you can rest assured that your blacks will be d...
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Samsung has Smart TVs with dual core CPUs, cameras and more
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Samsung's CES 2012 press conference is going on right now, and it's unveiling new products including the top of the line ES8000 LED model that packs a dual core CPU to run its apps, and an integrated camera and microphone for "Smart Interaction". Beyond that, the "Smart Evolution" feature will let users swap out that dual core processor for something heftier later on if they want to upgrade. Finally "Smart Content" is the umbrella term for a wave content and apps including, of course, Angry Birds, and an upgraded version of AllShare that pulls from the cloud, and can even control other compatible devices. The ES8000 edge lit LED line ranges in size from 46- to 65-inches, and features Smart I...
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Samsung OLED! (and LED, Plasma and more…)
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Organic Light-Emitting Diode TVs offer the promise of the best picture quality ever (and yes, we’re including CRT). Long “vaporware” in the TV world, 2012 might be the year we see actual models. Samsung’s 55-inch model sure seems like the real deal… maybe. They’re promising a delivery in 2012, but at the moment there’s no pricing, release date, or even a model number. We remain optimistic, but skeptical. HDGuru was told it was advancements to the lifespan of the blue phosphor that allowed development of OLED into a real (potentially) product this year.
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Samsung teases 'Super' OLED TV with CES banner
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The CES showfloor doesn't open until next week, but here's one reason to arrive early in Las Vegas. Banners are popping up outside the convention center, and one of the big ones looming over the Central Hall entrance advertises its OLED TV presence. The choice of hyperbole specifically is "Ultimate TV... Super OLED Sensation." If we had to guess what size this "Super OLED" TV would be, we'd probably say 55 inches — that's how large LG's recently-announced (and self-touted "world's largest") OLED TV is, and that's the size Samsung is expected to release before the 2012 Olympics. With LG's set also being just 4mm thin, we're curious to see if Samsung will try to match the thickness or try to d...
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Samsung Echo-P, X series TVs leak out at Wi-Fi Alliance
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The Wi-Fi Alliance's certification list may have spoiled a pair of Samsung's TVs for its CES intro next week. Both the "Echo-P Series TV" and the "X Series TV" received approval to use dual-band 802.11n Wi-Fi. Either is light on detail and mentions just that they're "display devices" with media support.
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Samsung's Smart TV SDK reaches 3.0 with support for USB controllers, payment and ads
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Even though all signs indicate Samsung will be joining the Google TV party shortly, it's not going to give up on its own existing Smart TV platform just yet. We don't know if it will run the two side by side as it has operated with Yahoo! Widgets, but the Korean manufacturer has announced it plans to release version 3.0 of its SDK January 5th. The new Samsung Apps toolkit supports mobile devices and TV sets, and lets developers build in support for remote controls, as well as USB mice, keyboards or gamepads. Of course, not all devs will work for free, so they're also adding a way for them to get paid through the built-in payment system or advertisements. Currently, Samsung claims 25,000 deve...
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