Mitsubishi's 65-inch TV Powered By Lasers

Using one third the power of conventional LCD and plasma TVs, Mitsubishi's new laser technology could be the future of environmentally friendly televisions.

clipped from www.indiantelevision.com Mitsubishi launches laser-powered TV set MUMBAI: Mitsubishi Digital Electronics has announced that it is launching the world's first, laser-powered television. The company says that LaserVue not only delivers two times the colour of many of today's HDTVs, but it also uses exponentially less power than LCD and plasma TVs. The Mitsubishi LaserVue 65-inch model will be sold for $6999 at select specialty retailers across the US. LaserVue has been introduced as the most energy efficient large-format, high-definition television available on the market today. "With operating power at approximately 135W, LaserVue is environmentally friendly, consuming approximately one-third the power of today's LCD TVs, and one-fourth of plasma TVs."

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Review: Samsung LE46A756 LCD TV With Internet Access

Samsung's current unique selling point is access the Internet providing ‘live' content from Yahoo.

clipped from www.trustedreviews.com Samsung LE46A756 46in LCD TV I'm also inclined to lap up the 46A756's connections, particularly their inclusion of four HDMIs, a USB port, and an Ethernet socket. Regular readers will know that these latter two jacks are especially significant on the 46A756 because they provide the means for the TV to access the Internet. Or at least, a Yahoo-sourced corner of the Internet that's been designed to provide ‘live' content to Samsung's Internet TVs. The Ethernet jack is pretty self-explanatory in this regard, simply enabling you to hardwire the TV into your router or broadband ‘pipe'. The USB, meanwhile, can allow you to jack the TV into your network wirelessly, courtesy of an optional (£20) ‘Linkstick' dongle.

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Philips Aurea II: Worlds Fastest LCD TV

Innovative Philips triumphs again with enhanced Ambilight technology and two milliseconds response screens.

clipped from www.techradar.com Philips unveils Aurea II LCD TV New LCD panel comes with the big boast of being "world's fastest" Instead of just tweaking the picture inside the TV's frame, the company somehow made the frame become part of the picture, pushing its very own Ambilight technology to the maximum. Its been reduced in size, giving the TVs a "slim-line silhouette" and has been made near transparent for, what Philips calls, "a better, seamless transition from the on-screen colours to the frame and on to the surrounding wall." The Aurea II also has been given the accolade of being the "world's fastest LCD". To make the TV Usain Bolt-like, Philips has got its response rate down to just two milliseconds.

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