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Vizio Hit with Class Action over Energy

by Bob Raikes

Following the recent report on TV makers manipulating energy levels of their TVs (LG & Samsung Accused of Gaming Energy Tests), a consumer in Pennsylvania has filed a class action suit against Vizio that …

Tags:Energy Star| Large Display Monitor| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 23 - Issue 41

Panasonic Tests OLED-Based Transparent TV

by Arthur Berman

In recent years, TV brands have struggled mightily to develop innovative features and advanced capabilities as a means to differentiate their products and capture market share. As might be imagined, many of these features …

Tags:Panasonic| Transparent Displays| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 23 - Issue 41

ADB Releases Independent iTV Research Findings as ‘2016 In-Room Entertainment Preferences Study’

by Isaac Oburu

ADB today announced a new White Paper that reveals critical research about what hoteliers and guests deem important in a hotel’s in-room entertainment offerings, specifically relating to the guestroom TV experience. Titled the “2016 …

Tags:Hospitality Displays| TVs (TV Sets)

US Service Contracts Surveyed

by Bob Raikes

Length of TV extended warrantiesIn a series of articles, Warranty Week has been looking at the prices of service contracts in the US for a range of products including TVs, Blu-ray players and digital …

Tags:Blu-ray Players| Large Display Monitor| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 23 - Issue 42| warranty

LeEco TV has Dolby Vision

by Bob Raikes

LeEco, which now owns the Vizio brand of TV, is to launch four new TVs, but accidently leaked the details on its website. There are four models of UltraHD Android TVs, the Super4 X43 …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LeEco (formerly LeTV)| TVs (TV Sets)| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 40

Hitachi Ready To Ship Roku TVs

by Bob Raikes

Hitachi is about to release its UltraHD Roku TVs in the US. The TVs are available in 50″ (50R8), 55″ (55R7) and 65″ (65R8) and will be sold through Sam’s Club and costing $499, …

Tags:Hitachi| Large Display Monitor| TVs (TV Sets)| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 40

Hisense Shows UHD HDR TVs in New York

by Matthew Brennesholtz

Hisense showed a single 50” H8-series HDR TV at Pepcom, but showed the rest of its high-end, UHD HDR-compatible and HDR TV product line for the US at a dedicated press event on October …

Three New ATSC 3.0 Standards Added

by Bob Raikes

The Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) has standardised three more components of the next-generation television system that it hopes will transform the ability of broadcasters to deliver mobile, interactivity and higher quality content. ATSC …

Philips HDR TV Now Released

by Yvette Raikes

After a delay, Philips‘ 65″ HDR TV has finally been released in Europe. The 7601 is LED-backlit with full-array local dimming, until now only on the 9 series TVs. The display has brightness of …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Philips| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 23 - Issue 39

LG & Samsung Accused of Gaming Energy Tests

by Bob Raikes

The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) in the US, a non-profit environmental lobby group that claims more than two million members, has published a report that claims that Samsung, LG and Vizio are exploiting …

Samsung Offering Cash Back on MFMs & SUHD

by Bob Raikes

In Germany, Samsung is offering cashback deals on some MFMs, SUHD TVs and also on bundles with Soundbars under the hashtag #doppeldeal. Check the details at www.samsung-superdeals.de.

Tags:Large Display Monitor| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 23 - Issue 38

LG Criticised for RGBW Again

by Bob Raikes

LG is continuing to get bad coverage for its RGBW UltraHD TV panels. A recent 4K blog site published an article titled “These three LG TVS offer RGBW pseudo 4K and a raw deal …