As the plasma and LCD classes have developed, some manufacturers have been  in the process of developing next-generation displays that would hopefully take performance the next level. One of those new display technologies was the Field Emission Display (FED). Unfortunately, Sony has pulled the plug. FED was a joint project of Sony and TCI, the [...]

Texas Instruments has bared plans for next generation electronics platform for DLP Cinema projectors will be deployed by its three OEM licensees, Christie, Barco and NEC at commercial theatres around the world starting in 2010. DLP Cinema projectors are installed in nearly 10,000 screens with over 97 percent of the digital cinema market share worldwide. [...]

In an effort to provide flexible solutions for new European HDTV Broadcasting specifications and next-generation broadcast service, Dolby Laboratories has announced the new Dolby Multi-stream Decoder, a licensable multi-format audio decoding technology that supports Dolby Digital Plus and Dolby Pulse in a single package for next generation HDTVs and set top boxes. The new decoder, [...]

Panasonic has sweetened the pot when it comes to expanding video quality playbacks as it announced the first line of DivX Certified(R) HDTVs from Panasonic, available in Europe. The Panasonic VIERA(R) Z1, V10 and G15 series is a cutting-edge 1080p full-HD flat panel digital TV that enables consumers to easily playback high-quality DivX(R) video directly [...]