While we might get more excited over ultrabooks or smartphones, companies at CES always have a huge collection of TVs on display. Samsungmay have spent more effort behind promoting the Galaxy Note at CES, but it also had a ton of TVs to show off. Samsung had TVs ranging from the super-thin OLED 3DTV to more »

Sears has announced it will be kicking off the holiday shopping season this weekend by offering special Black Friday deals. It plans to offer those special “Black Friday Now” deals every Saturday from 7am until Christmas. The deals will cover everything Sears carries, from jewelry to electronics and more. On November 7th Sears will offer more »

Size still matters when it comes to buying a flat-screen TV during a recession. And instead of using economic stimulus checks to buy new HDTV’s, consumers are spending that money to pay off the energy bills generated by their current home entertainment systems. Those are just two of the findings released during the recent DisplaySearch more »

Hoping to turn around its unprofitable TV business, Japanese auto and consumer electronics manufacturer Pioneer has decided to halt the production of its 42-inch plasma panels and other smaller sizes effective March 2009.

According to the Asahi newspaper, it will purchase these smaller panels from other established players like Hitachi and Panasonic maker Matsushi ta Electric Industrial. On other hand, 50 inches or larger plasma panels will still be manufactured at other plants.

It is undeniable that Pioneer is no match against its bigger players such as Matsushi ta and LG Electronics in this segment. This year, the company’s sales target is 480,000 units of plasma TVs or a mere 10% of Matsushi ta’s 5 million annual target.

Are you desperate enough to do anything just to own a 50-inch plasma TV? So desperate that you’re willing to give up sex for 6 months? Surprisingly, a new survey estimates that more than 25 million Brits find this proposition reasonable. No mate, this is not a joke!

Conducted by electrical retailer Comet among 2,000 respondents, about half (47%) of British men surveyed said yes to celibacy while only 35% of British women shared the same sentiment. It turned out vanity is the root of this craziness. In the words of the company’s Commercial Director, Bob Darke:

LG is about to give their CES 2008 Press conference here at the Venetian in Las Vegas. Gadgetell’s live blog will keep you up to date, so you don’t need to trek through the desert like our team. Last night LG showed off its latest phones like the Voyager and Venus. We expect to see more touch screen and hope the to see some of LGs MP3 players make it stateside.

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You may have to look very carefully at CES for the new Hitachi LCD and Plasma TV’s, as they are only 1.5″ thick. Actually it wont be too hard to spot them as they come in a 32″, 37″ and 42″ models, with Full HD Resolution (1920x1080p) and a viewing angle of 178 degrees. The more »