While most of us expected Google TV announcement would come at BK Yoon’s keynote, Samsung has announced its first products supporting the Google TV platform without any hoopla. The companion box and Blu-ray player is on showcase at the CES and is expected to reach the retail market in first half of this year. […]
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Video: Samsung tries to hype up its CES 2011 keynote
Samsung is trying to build some hype for BK Yoon’s keynote scheduled for next month at the CES. They’ve released few videos that don’t reveal much except each video ends with a tag line “story of human nature enabled by technology.” We’re not sure what it tries to say but if previous rumor is […]
1 million apps downloaded from Samsung Apps HDTV Store
Samsung has announced that its HDTV-centric Samsung Apps store has surpassed 1 million app downloads. The platform, which has been in existence for less than a year hosts about 200 apps and the most downloaded apps include Hulu Plus, ESPN Next Level and Texas Holdem. Samsung says the app store is available on more […]
Samsung leads the TV market for 19 straight quarters
According to a report from market research firm DisplaySearch, Samsung has led the TV market for the last 19 quarters. This means Samsung is leading the TV market since Q1 2006 and is on its way to become the world’s leading TV maker for the last 5 years. DisplaySearch also published the market share […]
Samsung develops 70-inch LCD panel using Oxide Semiconductor tech
Samsung has clinched another world’s first title with the development of a 70-inch LCD panel that uses Oxide Semiconductor technology and supports 3D Ultra Definition (UD) with 240Hz refresh rate. The use of oxide semiconductor technology over the conventional silicon-based TFT tech allows the TV to support 8m pixels resolution (3840×2160), which is four […]