Sony has announced three new Bravia LCD TV series in India. The TVs go for the value-for-money seeking customers to deeply pocketed ones. The BX Series or Basic Series tries to provide basic LCD functionalities at a decent price. The sets are powered by Bravia Engine 3 that produce vivid images and feature live color reproduction, built-in FM Radio, USB and HDMI port, Signal Booster and more. All the television sets are HD ready except for the top-end BX model that supports full HD resolution. The BX Series TVs start from 22-inches and go till 40-inches with price ranging from Rs. 16,900 to Rs. 61,900.

The Bravia Essential EX Series boasts eco-friendliness. The TVs from this range come with features like ambient light sensor, LED backlight and Presence sensor that turns off the TV if it does not find anyone within a distance of 6m.

TVs from this range feature Bravia Engine 3 imaging processor, full HD resolution support, 100Hz Motionflow refresh rate, USB and even supports on-demand Internet that can be accessed via an optional USB Wi-Fi adapter. EX Series has models from 22-inches to 52-inches and price starts from Rs. 17,900 and goes up to Rs. 1,99,900.

The Bravia NX Series or New Experience Series comes with both – beauty and brains. It comes in an exquisite monolithic brushed aluminum, flushed bezel design and integrates a Wi-Fi module that allows users to access online multimedia content from various sites. Additionally, the TVs support full HD resolution, Bravia Engine 3, Motionflow up to 200Hz and internet widgets support. It starts from 32- to 60-inches with price starting from Rs. 45,900 to 3,49,900.

Back in May LG had created the world’s thinnest LCD TV panel measuring 5.9mm. Now, they’re back again reclaiming the title from Samsung by showing off a panel that is more than 50 percent thinner than LG’s previous one, measuring at just 2.6mm. LG claims the slimness is an achievement from use of “slimming” technologies, edge-lit LED backlight and proprietary optical film technology.

Furthermore, the 42-inch slim LCD panel is able to display full HD content (1920×1080) at a refresh rate of 120Hz and weighs in under 4kgs.

LG will showcase the panel at the CES 2010 in January.

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Toshiba today unveiled a 55-inch LCD TV that sets it apart from the regular LED LCD TVs. The CELL REGZA 55X1 is powered by Cell Broadband Engine that helps to give unmatched picture quality. Coupled with the CELL Platform and Toshiba’s image-processing algorithms, the 55X1 processes images 143 times better and quicker than that of the top-of-the-line REGZA TV.

Amongst other things, the 55X1 boasts 5000000:1 contrast ratio, full HD resolution support, a 3TB drive to record TV and a high luminance of 1250cd/m2 (more than 2.5 times the level of usual TVs).

Toshiba will start selling the CELL REGZA 55X1 in Japan from the beginning of December.

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Well, of course this is the slimmest LCD but with an exception. It only takes the panel size into account and not the ports sitting behind, which makes the total thickness of 22.5mm. Anyways, the full HD 32-inch GD-32X1 is aimed at commercial businesses and features 4000:1 contrast ratio, 400cd/m2 of brightness and 100% for sRGB and 90& Adobe RGB for better color reproduction.

[JVC via Akihabaranews]

Sharp released DX Series of LCD TVs in Japan that boast to be the world’s first TV with integrated Blu-ray players. This means a user can insert a BD disc into the TV and enjoy the movie right away without the need to own an additional Blu-ray player for it. It sure is nifty but one thing that can damp your expectations is that this one’s HD ready, capable of playing at 1366×768 resolution. But if that’s not your concern, the TV could be a good buy when it comes out on June 20 in Black or White for 150,000 Yen (almost $1600).

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LG today showed 42- and 47-inch LCD TV panels that are touted to be the world’s slimmest LCD panels. The panel’s thickness measures only 5.9mm which is achieved by the edge-lit LEDs and also by the use of in house developed Light Guide Sheet instead of the regular Light Guide Plate.

These panels support full HD playback, has a color saturation of about 80 percent and features 120Hz tech with a response time of 8ms. The panels are lightweight too, 42-inch weighs 6.1kg while 47-inch weighs 7.3kg, about 50 percent lighter than CCFL (Cold Cathode Fluorescent Lamp) backlit product.

[Via LG]

JVC missed by a whisker to beat Samsung, but its LCD promises a lot more than slimness. In fact, the Super-Thin LCD for 32-inch displays is one of the slimmest, lightest and the greenest of the lot. The prototype will be exhibited at the CES which measures 7mm in thickness and weighs just 5kgs.

The green factor comes from the fact that this technology uses almost 50 percent less material resources, 10 percent fewer LCD module parts and is energy efficient proprietary driver that eliminates the need for mercury.

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LG was touting its 24.8mm thick LCD TV to be the world’s slimmest until Samsung came in to spoil the party. But despite being thrown out of the slimmest race, this baby from LG packs decent features. The LH9500 LCD TV has a 55-inch screen size and boasts a contrast ratio of 2,000,000:1, high quality playback at 1080p and 240Hz TrueMotion Drive technology.

The TV is also said to have DivX HD support and invisible speakers which will sit stealthily inside the chassis. Full specifications will be released at the CES expo.

[Via Register]

Samsung, responsible for churning out ‘world’s first’ products, and will now claim to another first in the industry. They have announced that they will showcase their slimmest LED backlit HDTV at the CES which measures not more than 6.5mm – 7mm in thickness. That’s pretty slim considering LG was touting its almost 25mm TV as the slimmest. Other details are pretty scarce at the moment but the TVs are expected to come in sizes starting from 40” to 55”.

[Via Akihabara

LG Display has scored the second ‘world’s first’ tag for its display which will be revealed at the CES. First it was the bright outdoor laptop display and now a LCD TV panel with a refresh rate of 480Hz. The Trumotion 480Hz panel is backed by the scanning backlight technology and 4ms response time that makes the screen to repeatedly turn on and off to reduce motion blur without sacrificing the picture quality. It also reduces energy consumption by adjusting the backlight brightness.

The planned launch is in the second half of next year but you can catch a glimpse of the panel at the CES next week.

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