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Just in time for the holiday shopping season, Vizio has announced its new lineup of HDTVs and audio equipment. More specifically, the company has officially announced the LED-lit2 E-Series line of HDTVs and four new sound bars. Included in the lineup is the recently-released E-Series 60-inch class Razor LED Smart TV.

The lineup also includes the company’s flagship E-Series 70-inch class Razor LED Smart TV, and new 2.0 and 2.1 E-Series and M-Series sound bars. Vizio has pretty much loaded up their holiday lineup, which include HDTVs from basic 24-inch units, all the way up to 70-inch Smart TVs in order to cater to every consumer.

Vizio’s Smart TVs (which come in flavors of 70”, 60”, 50”, 42”, and 32”) feature built-in WiFi, as well as a handful of VIZIO-exclusive apps and instant access to streaming content from services like Netflix, Amazon Instant Video, VUDU, Hulu Plus, YouTube, and Pandora, as well as social media content such as Facebook and Twitter.

Vizio’s sound bars start at $99 for the 2.0 E-Series model, and go all the way up to $229 for the 2.1 M-Series unit. Vizio’s basic HDTVs start just $199 for the 24-inch model, while $399 will get you the company’s 39-inch LED model. Vizio Smart TVs start at $299 for the 32-inch variant, and they go all the way up to $1,999 for the 70-inch Razor Smart TV.

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The good news for Panasonic in its Q2 earnings release is that it managed to record a 48.8 billion yen ($613 million) operating profit, higher than last year. The bad news however is word of falling sales in its TV business, although we’re not hearing any confirmation of changes in its plans for mobile phones. New CEO Kazuhiro Tsuga is working a new restructuring plan that should help return divisions like its one for TV to profitability, but there will be costs upfront. The company revised its operating profit prediction for the year to 140 billion yen ($1.76 billion) based on the slower sales, and still is looking at a net loss for the year of 765 billion yen ($9.6 billion) due to deferred tax assets. Hopefully any cost-cutting doesn’t affect the quality of its Viera HDTV brand, but Panasonic will have to figure out some way to turn those stellar reviews into overall profits, even as the market continues to shrink. Our suggestion? Get some of those 8K Super Hi-Vision plasmas to market, ASAP.

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Panasonic shows $613 million operating profit for Q2, but lowers full year projections originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 31 Oct 2012 04:16:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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You can say that the cost of living has increased tremendously in just about every part of the world over the years, and having said that, more and more people cannot afford to get a place of their own, but will have to rent a room or a small apartment. Landed property prices have skyrocketed simply because no one makes land any more, and apartments as well as condominiums are not exactly the cheapest living quarters either. In land scarce countries like Japan and Hong Kong, you would be surprised to check out the living areas if you happen to live on a landed property all your life. This means consumer electronics that are released will need to be as compact as possible, and yet deliver the most bang for your buck. Sceptre does good this time around with their 32-inch LED HDTV that boasts of an integrated DVD player to further help you save space in your living room.

Sporting a true 31.5-inch crystal clear viewable area, the Sceptre E325BD-HD will deliver the kind of design and convenience required in smaller living spaces without having to sacrifice on image quality. Sporting a 720P LED display at 1366 × 768 resolution and a true widescreen 16:9 ratio, this bad boy will come with a trio of HDMI ports so that you can hook up a video game console and perhaps your notebook is you need a large secondary display to work with. Forget about connecting a DVD player to this HDTV, as you already have one built-in.

Sceptre claims that the E325BD-HD is so energy efficient, that it has an estimated yearly energy cost of only $11. I am not quite sure just what kind of benchmarks did they use to arrive at such a figure, surviving on an hour of TV a day perhaps? All in all, this puppy measures under 2″ thin, and tips the scales at under 20.3lbs with its stand. Expect to fork out $599 for the E325BD-HD if you are interested.

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They say that money cannot buy happiness, but it sure as heck can but you the LG 84LM9600 84-inch Ultra HD TV. Video and Audio Center was selected by LG to be the first dealer in the US to carry this cutting edge TV that puts Full HD resolution to shame, delivering four times the amount of detail. The thing is, we do not yet have mass media at that kind of crazy resolution, and neither are there TV channels which broadcast Ultra Definition shows for mass consumption, making this a truly worthy device to lay claim to the much used and abused phrase, “future proof”.

The thing about the LG 84LM9600 84-inch Ultra HD TV is this – it will set you back by $20,000 to see one of these puppies in your living room, but if it is of any consolation to you, the Sony equivalent will cost you another $5,000 more. You get both 2D and 3D viewing options (passive system), a 240Hz refresh rate, Full LED backlighting with local dimming, and Smart TV capability for that kind of money. Interested? I might know someone looking for a new arm or leg…

By Ubergizmo. Related articles: Samsung and LG 55-inch OLED TVs delayed to 2013, LG’s 84-inch 4K HDTV now on sale – limited quantities available,

Sharp may look like it’s in trouble, but that’s not stopping it bringing new displays to the market, including today’s announcement of the AQUOS Quattron 3D XL TV line. Behind the mouthful of acronyms, these LED-backlit LCD panels are the first to feature Sharp’s Moth-Eye technology, designed to reduce glare and pump out bright colors, as well as a deep black. The company’s ‘four primary color’ tech is partly responsible for the rich output, which squeezes a yellow sub-pixel in with the standard R, G and B. All the panels run at 1,920 x 1,080, as you’d expect, sport a 10 million to 1 contrast ratio and use five speakers to deliver audio. Prices aren’t fixed, but the 46-, 52- and 80-inch models will be released in Japan on December 15th, while the 60- and 70-inch variants will come slightly earlier, on November 30th. You’re going to have to be quick on launch day, though — only 10,000 units are expected to be available in the first month.

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