While the LCD panel industry is anxious to see whether demand will pick up in the third-quarter high season amid a host of negative factors hitting the economy in general and consumer confidence in particular, second-tier panel makers are especially anxious. Read more

Walt Disney Studios has announced that all Disney-branded Blu-ray titles released after October will feature BD Live elements. Read more

Since you most likely will buy Blu-ray movies anyway when you are buying a Blu-ray player, we could consider this Blu-ray player almost a $250 Blu-ray player. Read more

What is affordable and what not, really depends how deep your pocket is. Read more

New York (NY) - Sony's organic light-emitting diode (OLED) TV has been drawing a lot of attention, but at least according to one research firm Sony has been a little over-zealous with its claims. Read more

New York (NY) - Pioneer has announced two new Blu-ray players supporting BD-Live (now called Bonus View) and the HDMI 1. Read more

El Segundo (CA) - Vizio, the only one of the top five TV manufacturers that is based in the US, has managed to rise near the top of the market, creating pressure on everyone else. Read more

Panasonic today announced that it will soon launch a new Blu-ray player that will cost $699 but will be compatible with new 'BD-Live' interactive features. Read more

Chila Vista (CA) - Hitachi today announced that its "1. Read more

Seoul (South Korea) - Samsung has announced that it plans to bring the next generation of Blu-ray players to market this summer, bringing its first slate of devices that will support the new Blu-ray Disc Profile. Read more

While the LCD TV market is growing fast, Sony will seek to outpace the market growth by resorting to massive investments and technological differences that will allow the company to maintain an overwhelming amount of shipments, according to Hiroshi Yoshioka, who heads the company's TV division. Read more

Santa Monica (CA) - More than 10 million households in the US now have a high-def disc player and more than half of the country is aware of the Blu-ray Disc format, according to a new study from Interpret. Read more

Top LCD TV vendors Samsung Electronics, Sony and LG Electronics (LGE) are gearing up their marketing campaigns by launching new models or resorting to pricing in the second quarter, according to industry sources. Read more

New York (NY) - We have heard about Quad HDTVs last year, but it appears that the next-generation of LCD TVs may not necessarily increase image resolution, but feature a much brighter colors and a virtually infinite contrast ratio. Read more

A new Tufts University study sees the emergence of a "digital skills divide" based on socioeconomic status. Read more