After a long period of experimentation, it looks like quantum dots may be ready to start making their way into some television prototypes. Mashable has a new piece up about work done by Nanosys and 3M to bring the technology into prime time in cellular phones and television screens: What are quantum dots, anyway? They are light-emitting nanoparticles. more »

TV makers have been trying for years to get OLED moving. The high-quality display technology is self-illuminating, fast, and bright, with superior contrasts and no motion issues — truly the best that LED and plasma displays have to offer, all wrapped up in one screen technology. Unfortunately, despite some promising new solutions, OLED TVs remain more »

Via pretty much the entire internet comes news this week that Sharp has introduced two new 4K TVs for the Japanese market. Coming under the banner of the AQUOS UD1 series, the new 60- and 70-inch displays, model LC-60UD1 and LC-70UD1 respectively, are noteworthy not just for their price – 650,000 yen ($6,335) and 850,000 yen ($8,290) each — but more »

Seymour-Screen Excellence has introduced a new 4K-ready, acoustically transparent, dual aspect-ratio motorized MFR screen for advanced home theater applications. From the press release: The foundation of the MFR is SSE’s exclusive Enlightor-4K woven-fabric acoustically transparent film screen surface.  This .98 gain surface is both ISF-certified for color purity and is the only acoustically transparent screen that has no more »

Via Electronic House comes news that Panasonic’s ZT60 plasma is now shipping in both 60- and 65-inch varieties. If you recall, the ZT60 is one of two new plasma displays — along with Samsung’s F8500 — that quenched my thirst for market-ready OLEDs at this year’s CES in Las Vegas. Black levels? Practically perfect. Contrast? Superb. more »

The AP is reporting that Best Buy will begin carrying Sony’s 55″ & 65″ XBR 4K Ultra HD TV starting this Sunday, “in an effort to shake up the stagnant TV category.” The displays will be available for demo and purchase in 700 Best Buy and Magnolia Home Theater locations, and interestingly enough, won’t be more »

One of the major problems that has held OLED manufacturing back at large scales is the need for the panels to be literally perfect. If they are not properly sealed, the panels degrade quickly, losing half their brightness in under four months. Researchers at NHK think they’ve found the solution: By inverting the anode and more »

To prevent another freakout on the internet over expiring Netflix Instant titles, Netflix will no longer provide the expiration dates of its titles as part of its public API. A little information can be a dangerous thing, especially when people don’t know what the information they get actually means. InstantWatcher.com has mined the Netflix API more »

Google TV has been called everything from a flop to a really hard flop to a mega-flop (why not a petaflop? one wonders), but the “Smart TV Platform that Could” keeps chugging along with OS updates and a continued attempt to be the cool kids’ alternative to Apple TV. And now, it seems, Google TV wants more »

To get the most of Dish Network’s new upgraded Hopper w/Sling, you really need an iPad. Sure, without one you’ll still benefit from the faster processor, snappier navigation, and all that. But the real appeal of the Hopper with Sling over its predecessor is in its integrated app support: live streaming TV from anywhere you more »