Free local TV soon on cell phones
With the technology advancing by every split second, very soon, the prospect of watching live, local TV shows on mobile phones and other portable devices shall also be fulfilled.
At the International Consumer Electronics show in Las Vegas, the manufacturers this week are showing off gadgets that can receive a new type of digital TV transmissions.
Dubbed as “Mobile DT” gadgets, these will be available this spring for consumers in the Washington, D.C. area for trial. The device includes a cell phone made by Samsung Electronics Co. and a Dell Inc. laptop.
In addition, there is Tivit, a device about the size of a deck of cards that receives a TV signal and further rebroadcasts it over Wi-Fi enabling it to be received by an iPhone or BlackBerry.
Samsung aims to quadruple LED-backlit TV sales
South Korea’s Samsung Electronics announced on Sunday that its aiming to quadruple its sales of LED-backlit flat panel televisions to 10 million units this year.
The world’s leading LCD (liquid crystal display) television maker, Samsung, told that in the preceding year, 2009 it sold 2.6 million of the LED-backlit televisions. These television sets use light emitting diodes. This figure indicated 0.6 million units sold more than the company’s initial target of two million.
In a statement released on Sunday, the company said, “Samsung plans to make an aggressive move to help its LED (backlit LCD) TV lineups make up more than half of its total TV models this year.”
It also stated that the company is expecting the sales of its LED units to grow fourfold to around 10 million units in 2010, clearly representing that they are rapidly superseding traditional LCD televisions in the fast growing global market.
Also, the company said that it planning to expand its LED range from three models currently to eight this year.
According to Samsung, their LED-backlit televisions have thinner screens and consume less electricity than other existing flat panel televisions.
Samsung also revealed that it is planning to unveil three-dimensional LED-backlit models at an electronics fair starting in Las Vegas on Thursday.
LG unveils world’s ‘thinnest’ LCD TV
South Korean electronics company LG Display announced that the company has developed a liquid crystal display (LCD) television panel that is thinner than a pencil! The electronics giant is describing its latest development as the world’s slimmest LCD TV ever made!
According to the official statement from LG Display, the newly developed panel can be approximately 42 or 47 inches wide. It will be using an edge-lit light emitting diode (LED) backlight system that would allow it to be the thickest LCD television ever made, just 5.9mm (0.2 inches).
The famous electronics giant and world’s second biggest LCD maker has also revealed that the new TV would weigh only 6.1 kg (13.4 pounds) and 7.3 kg. This would be almost half the conventional panel.
The official statement said, “The displays can reproduce a rich range of natural-looking colors with a color saturation level of 80 per cent.”
The proud executive vice president of LG, Chung In-Jae, claims “the new products demonstrate our leading edge-lit LED backlight technology that enables thinner designs.”
the leaders in the global market, LG Display and leading rival Samsung Electronics have been competing for long to produce thinner panels for high-definition televisions.
Broadcasting to mobile
Technological advancements have enhanced the life by far. First it was the portable computers and now comes the portable news desks!
TV stations in 22 U.S. cities are all set to broadcast their signals in a format designed to be received by mobile devices like cell phones, MP3 players, GPS units and in-car entertainment systems. The announcement came on Thursday at the International Consumer Electronics Show, Las Vegas, where the manufacturers also showed off a couple of prototype devices.
This service which grants the residents the access to local news, weather and traffic updates will be rolled out within this year free of any costs.
Open Mobile Video Coalition (OMVC), the mobile TV broadcaster group, aims at 22 US markets which together caters to about 35 percent of the households including New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Boston, Washington and Atlanta.
The conventional digital TV broadcasts fail to be caught by cellular phones, but OMVC claims that this would not be a problem in “Mobile Digital TV”. If the product comes out as desired, it would aid in effective crisis management and can play an important role in other emergencies too.
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