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  • Panasonic Japan announces two 3D plasma TVs

    Panasonic Japan announces two 3D plasma TVs

    Posted on June 8, 2010 | No Comments
    And yet another 3D news item from Japan. This time, it's Panasonic, which today announced [JP] two new 3D plasma TVs, the 42-inch TH-P42VT2, and the 46-inch TH-P46VT2. Both VIERAs require active shutter glasses to view images in 3D and both feature full HD resolution.

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  • Kansai Airport now home to the world’s largest curved plasma

    Kansai Airport now home to the world’s largest curved plasma

    Posted on April 28, 2010 | No Comments
    That right there? Yeah, it's the world's largest curved plasma screen. Betcha you didn't even know that plasma screens could be anything but flat. I didn't. This fine screen measures 200-inches and was unveiled yesterday in Japan's Kansai International Airport Departure Area to clearly remind travelers that no matter where they go, no place does technology like Japan. That's mean. Click through to embiggen the pic.

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  • This hand sanitzer uses plasma, for cleaning

    This hand sanitzer uses plasma, for cleaning

    Posted on February 15, 2010 | No Comments
    The New York Times highlights the development of a new type of hand sanitizer, primarily developed for hospitals, that uses plasma to zap your hands clean. It's cheap, too, costing around $100 to build, so maybe they'll find their way into the crippled U.S. health-care system one day?

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  • Dentists to replace drills with plasma jets

    Dentists to replace drills with plasma jets

    Posted on February 7, 2010 | No Comments
    I can't believe how great this idea sounds. Instead of using the old-school (as in patented in 1887) drill technology to remove cavities, researchers are developing a method of using something called cold plasma to destroy the bacteria. I love the idea because I absolutely hate the sound of that damnable drill.

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  • Panasonic to sell plasma TVs with 5,000,000:1 contrast ratio

    Panasonic to sell plasma TVs with 5,000,000:1 contrast ratio

    Posted on January 18, 2010 | No Comments
    Panasonic still believes in plasma. The company, which owns the biggest plasma panel plant in the world and is the global leader in this segment, today announced [JP] the VIERA G2 series, which consists of a total of three new plasma TVs. And as Panasonic sells these devices in the US, too, chances are the new line-up will find its way outside Japan in the future as well.

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  • The World Spent $112 Billion On 205 Million TVs This Year: 69 Percent Were LCD TVs.

    The World Spent $112 Billion On 205 Million TVs This Year: 69 Percent Were LCD TVs.

    Posted on December 29, 2009 | No Comments
    LCD TVs have taken over the world. Market research firm DisplaySearch estimates in a new report that of the 205 million total TVs shipped in 2009, 140.5 million, or 69 percent, were LCD TVs (the rest were plasma and CRTs). In 2010, that percentage is forecast to rise to 78 percent for LCD TVs, when total shipments will rise to 218 million. Total TV shipments have actually been on the decline since mid-2008 as demand for older CRT TVs plummeted. Only in the third quarter did the increase in shipments of LCD TVs make up for the decline in other kinds of TVs. For the year as a whole, DisplaySearch still expects a 1 percent decline in shipments in 2009, followed by a 6 percent increase in 2010. Worldwide TV revenues fell an estimated 10 percent to $101 billion, from $112 billion in 2008.  But revenues are expected to rise in the first quarter of 2010 for the first time in six quarters.

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  • Hitachi announces 5 full HD TVs with built-in 500GB HDD

    Hitachi announces 5 full HD TVs with built-in 500GB HDD

    Posted on August 25, 2009 | No Comments
    There is a clear trend in Japan, where all the relevant new TVs come from, and that's building devices to store programs into the hardware itself, i.e. HDDs or Blu-ray recorders. Mitsubishi appears to be especially radical in this respect, announcing a TV with both a built-in Blu-ray recorder and HDD just last week. And today Hitachi followed up by adding a total of two new LCDs and three plasmas [JP] to their Wooo TV series, with all models featuring a built-in 500GB HDD.

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