Tag archive: Sharp

The buzzword at Sharp's CES 2012 press conference: big. Sharp spent no small amount of time showing its pride in its mammoth 80-inch LED backlit TV, calling attention to the fact that it sports as much viewing area as nine 32-inch LCD TVs and placing it on top of a Smart car. We agree that it's one very impressive looking TV, but the  LC-80LE844 was released in September, so it isn't exactly new for CES.  What is new from… Read More

Sharp’s goliath new LCD panels aren’t just for bragging rights in lavish home theaters any more. At the opening of CES 2012, Sharp applied its new bigger-is-better mentality to the Aquos Board, a combined TV and computer that uses its latest 80-inch LCD panels to effectively replace both the office whiteboard and boardroom projector. The rather industrial-looking, metal-rimmed PN-L802B uses an integrated PC running Windows 7 to handle… Read More

Set to be displayed to the public at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas next month, television manufacturer LG is going to show off an 84-inch 3D Ultra Definition (UD) television that's capable of 4K resolution. Designed to display a pixel density that's four times any 1080p television, the 84-inch behemoth offers a resolution of 3840 by 2160 or eight million pixels. The flat panel utilizes a embedded 2D-to-3D conversion… Read More

New York State Attorney General A.G. Schneiderman has announced a multi-state settlement proposal that would see seven major LCD display manufacturers paying $553 million to settle charges they conspired to fix prices of flat-panel displays. The settlement has the companies paying a combined $538 million to settle price fixing charged; in addition, five of the companies will pay another $14 million to settle civil claims and penalties from… Read More

Samsung, Sharp, LG, and five other flat-screen display manufacturers have agreed to pay a total of $388 million to settle a civil class action suit brought against them by the U.S. Department of Justice over LCD price fixing. Japans's largest LCD manufacturer—Sharp—will pay the largest penalty, $105 million. Samsung will pay $72 million, with Taiwan's CMI paying up $78 million and South Korea's LG paying $75 million. The story… Read More

The race to pack as many megapixels into the most pocket-friendly products has been heating up for awhile. While camera manufacturers have their work cut out for them, the smartphone industry has also taken notice. Picture quality has become important to smartphone users, which makes sense given that the iPhone 4 is one of the most popular cameras on Flickr. And now Sharp has fueled the fire with the announcement that it has developed the… Read More

Its relationship with Samsung in tatters, Apple is reportedly working with Sharp to develop the rumored iTV, reports Mashable, citing claims by Jefferies analyst peter Misek. According to Misek, Sharp is building TFT LCD panels for the so-called iTV, a device that still remains mostly a mystery — in fact, there has so far been no evidence that Apple has plans to release a full-blown television anytime soon. But Misek says that the iTV could be… Read More

First Hewlett-Packard packed up and left the party with its low-selling TouchPad tablet. Following that, at the start of this month, it was claimed that Samsung had sold only 20,000 of two million 7-inch Galaxy Tablets shipped to stores last year. Then on Thursday RIM announced that sales of its PlayBook tablet have been more than a little disappointing. And now Japanese electronics maker Sharp has said it will be discontinuing two of its three… Read More

Consumer electronics maker Pioneer used to lead the pack in flat-screen plasma television with its high-end Elite Kuro line, which—to the chagrin of home theater fans—got discontinued back in 2008. Earlier this year, Sharp announced it had reached an agreement to license the Elite brand from Pioneer and launch a series of high-end LCD televisions. Today, the company took the first step in that direction, announcing its first two Elite LED LCD… Read More

If you thought phone design was beginning to get a little boring, have no fear. Today, Sharp has announced the Aquos Phone The Hybrid 007SH, a Android phone that is much more than a touchscreen. Blending smartphone and feature phone design with some impressive specs and new features should certainly draw some attention to Sharp. The device runs Android 2.3 (Gingerbread), has a full number pad and directional pad, a 3D-capable 3.4-inch screen… Read More

Surprise! We thought we would take a break from the recent onslaught of iPhone 5 rumors to bring you murmurings of Apple's anticipated 2012 smartphone offering. According to Japanese newspaper Nikkan (translated via Google Translate), the so-called iPhone 6 will be sporting a “low-temperature poly-silicon” display courtesy of Sharp. According to the report, Sharp has already begun working on the displays at a manufacturing… Read More

Sharp Electronics has announced it has licensed the Pioneer Elite brand and plans to launch a new line of high-end LCD HDTVs under the name in the U.S. and Canadian markets later this year. The move marks a resurrection for Pioneer televisions: Pioneer announced it was stopping production of its well-regarded Pioneer Elite Kuro plasma TVs back in 2008, and finally shut down all production last year to focus on home audio and in-vehicle… Read More

You know it's a new year when you start hearing about the next version of the iPhone. Though it likely won't debut until June, some early info on the iPhone 5 is already trickling out. A Chinese report claims that Apple has added several new suppliers to the iPhone 5 in an effort to save money, and 9to5 Mac has posted a number of new claims about the next iPhone including a new social networking feature called “media… Read More