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What measures 3.9-mm thin by 40 inches? If you answered the standard Korean product waif you’d be close. This time, however, we’re talking about Samsung’s LED backlit LCD featuring a 120Hz refresh and 5,000:1 reported contrast. Yup, that makes it the world’s thinnest — easily besting cross-town rival LG’s 5.9-mm thick LCDs — even if you can’t buy it as a complete television package… yet.

[Via Akihabara News]

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Samsung’s 40-inch LCD is world’s thinnest at 3.9-mm, attracts magic pencils originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 26 Oct 2009 06:22:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Can’t wait until December for Toshiba’s CELL REGZA LCD? Sony is bringing its own 56-inch 3,840×2160 quad-HD display to market November 1 in Japan. Priced at 6,825,000 ($76,583) including taxes this is clearly for pros only, hence the TRIMASTER name referring to the three elements combined within — exact color, accurate picture and reliability — thanks to a RGB LED backlit panel built with incredible picture reproduction and exact calibration (with included software via a connected PC) in mind. While it’s cheaper than JVC’s $175k 4K projector, unless you’re mastering the next Pixar flick, viewing high res satellite imagery or can’t live without four HD feeds on one screen even the most well heeled amongst may be better served scouring bargain bins for a used Westinghouse D56QX1 for now.

[Via AV Watch]

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Sony TRIMASTER quad-HD LCD multiplies the resolution, and the price, of any home HDTV originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:03:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Coming straight out of a brand new 10G production facility in Sakai, Sharp’s line of LX HDTVs (in 60-, 52-, 46- and 40-inch sizes) are all sporting the latest in LCD technology with UV²A panels and LED backlighting. Unfortunately, like Sony, these new screens abandon the higher quality RGB LED technology of the pricey XS1 series for cheaper white LEDs. Still, with a price of around $5,000 for a 52-inch compared to the $12,000 sticker shock of the XS1, it’s easy to see why the switch was made. Other improvements include a light sensor for auto-calibration, a six speaker (5 speakers on the 40-inch) integrated 2.1 channel sound system with “Duo Bass” subwoofer and the usual assortment of VOD and AQUOS network support in store for Japanese buyers this November. While already available on a few U.S. models expect the new tech to spread across Sharp’s U.S. lineup shortly, not to mention Sony and anyone other parties interested in a piece of the company’s suddenly expanded manufacturing muscle.

[Via AV Watch & Akihabara News]

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Sharp combines its latest LCD improvements in LX series HDTVs originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 30 Sep 2009 16:12:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The best LCD sets money can buy are lit up by LEDs, and these are the best LED TVs you can buy from LG, Samsung and Sony. They start at $3600.

Given the wildly varying conditions of the show floor—and the frankly crappy source video, lighting and background LG picked for its demo TV—we can’t really judge which TV actually has the best picture quality right now, but the facts do tell us something:
• Samsung and LG both use local dimming on their 55 inchers, while Sony’s 52-inch TV is edge-lit
• Sony and LG have expensive built-in wireless HDMI for 1080p streaming from a paired media box
• Sony and Samung have the best “other” features, like great streaming video services
• Samsung’s the cheapest, at $4500 for its 55-inch set, probably because it lacks wireless
• Sony’s is the most expensive, even though it’s the smallest, and lacks full-array LED backlighting, like its champion precursor, the XBR8

In person, the XBR10 is gorgeous, really pulling off the floating TV look, and the Samsung 8500 sets are slick and slim. LG’s 55LHX is comparatively drab and physically more clunky, as you can see in our Sizemodo:

Red = 55″ LG; Purple = 52″ Sony; Yellow = 55″ Samsung

All in all, there’s no clear winner, and there are lots and lots of trade-offs. If you really want to blow five grand on a TV, you’re going to have a tough decision for now, at least until we get ’em side by side. [More CEDIA ’09 coverage]

Small, bright, and wireless: a potent trifecta of win for an ultra-portable projector. LG’s new HS200 DLP projector is here at IFA sourcing DivX video off local USB media and throwing the audio over its embedded FM transmitter. And because it’s LED-based, it racks up numbers like 200 ANSI-Lumens and 30,000 hours of operation before burn-out — that’s 4 hours of operation per day for oh, say, 20 years. The 80-inch, 800×600 pixel moving image that we saw was reasonably bright in a demo-room where ambient lighting was on par with a daytime living room, curtains closed. The viewing and listening experience was more than passable, enjoyable even, and far superior to what you’ll get from a pico projector. Jacks include HDMI, RGB / component, and composite with an expected price of €499 when it lands in Europe this month (coming to the US a few months later). See it for yourselves in the video after the break.

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LG HS200 ‘pocket projector’ hands-on reveals an FM transmitter and embedded DivX surprise originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 06 Sep 2009 14:48:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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