As much as we all hate to admit it, consumer TVs are installed all the time into meeting rooms and even digital signage applications. And, you can’t blame people for doing it as sometimes it’s cheaper to buy five consumer TVs (buy a new one every time it dies) than one commercial AV display with […]
The Sharp 80″ Class (80″ diagonal) LC-80LE661U hybrid, commercial-grade LED smart TV is finally available for order. The big brother of the 70″ and 60″ class models (69.5″ and 60.1″ diagonal, respectively) claims a 4 million:1 dynamic contrast for deeper blacks and whiter whites, as well as a 240 Hz Refresh Rate. The LC-80LE661U commercial […]
TP Vision, the company that markets and brands Philips TVs in Europe and other parts of the world, has announced a new line of TVs that are powered by Android. There are two lines, the 8100 and 8200 TVs, which are 1080p resolution, and the Ultra HD 8800 series, offering 4K resolution. These will first […]
By Paul Gagnon The first Smart TVs shipped more than three years ago, and have been an area of intense focus by many of the TV industry leaders, highlighting CES booths alongside other developments such as 3D and 4K. But with all the time that has passed, there has not been a significant amount of […]
Ahead of CES, Samsung has announced that it has added “finger gesture” technology to its Smart TV line up, which will allow users to change the TV channel, adjust the volume, as well as find and select what they want to watch using just their fingers. By motioning counterclockwise, they can also go back to […]
By Paul Gagnon DisplaySearch Last week Google announced a new Smart TV product, the Chromecast. Immediately this generated a great deal of interest among the tech-enthusiast community. Having received one and set it up, preliminary conclusions are that it is not a Smart TV device, and is far less capable than an Apple TV or […]
VIZIO today announced the availability of its all-new connected platform — VIZIO Internet Apps Plus. The new smart TV experience debuted on VIZIO’s all-new M-Series Razor LED smart TV collection that includes sizes from 32″ to 80″. The new platform features a full-screen app browsing and discovery mode with the ability to control apps with […]
The TV until now has evolved at a pace largely detached from Moore’s Law, an observation that the number of transistors on a unit area of integrated circuit doubles every two years. Its consequence is that computing power doubles per unit of cost in the same time. TV has remained largely isolated from this trend […]
