A custom integrator of turnkey automated inspection machines for quality control, Cincinnati Automation (Erlanger, KY) “saw the light,” adopting a new LED backlit conveyor to convert automotive part gaging from a step-by-step to continuous process, more than tripling throughput.

FCC has mandated that TV broadcasters migrate from the analog frequencies used to broadcast over-the-air programming to digital signals.

Sharp is predicting that the average size of home LCD TVs in Europe will be 60in by 2015.

At least three dueling wireless technologies for high-def TV sets will be displayed at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas

More than 60% of respondents to a recent IDC survey indicated that, regardless of price, they believed either plasma or LCD was the best technology for screens of 42 inches or larger.

It is predicted that in seven years the average size of a television will be 60in (1m 52cm), compared with 25in (64cm) at the start of the decade.

Microsoft's plan to buy a stake in Sichuan Changhong Electric was suspended, as Changhong failed to get approval from China Security Regulatory Commission (CSRC) for issuing new shares to institutional investors, said the TV maker in a statement.

The Sony Bravia VPL-VW40 front projector costs US$3,000 but displays images at a vertical resolution of 1,080 lines and 60 frames a second, the highest on the market.

Ultra-thin laser projector prototype with connectivity to mobile phones, PDAs, PMPs, digital cameras and laptops to be displayed during CES 2008

Jumbo Electronics launched its first promotion ‘Celebrate with Sony’ at its recently opened showroom in Muscat along with their dealers and retailers.

Demand sparked by the Olympic Games is likely to drive growth in shipments of large-area LCD panels used in flat panel TVs, market watchers predicted

Though a new law to phase out the inefficient lightbulbs that people have used for more than 125 years may be a boon for the environment, manufacturers of energy-saving bulbs still face serious challenges of cost and pollution on the road to adoption