| Samsung LE40N73 40in LCD TV
With most manufacturers now comfortable with the basics of LCD TV production, were starting to see a sudden, widespread and welcome charge to tackle the seemingly intractable technological problems that are arguably stoping big-screen LCDs from reaching the same giddy picture quality heights as the best plasmas out there. In the case of Samsungs 40in LE40N73, this problem solving drive is focused on the rather key area of colour. Usually LCDs struggle to deliver a wide and believable colour range, but Samsung has come up with what it claims is a solution in the form of eXtended Wide Colour Gamut (XWCG): a new backlight phosphor solution that apparently produces up to 30 per cent more of the real world colour gamut than LCD can usually manage. Well get to whether this new feature works shortly, but in the meantime weve got some genuinely extravagant aesthetics to cover.
Silicon Image Delivers Consumer Electronics Storage Processor
Silicon Image has announced the SteelVine SiI5733, the storage processor with content security enabled by automatic drive locking. The SiI5733 gives HDTV, digital video recorder (DVR), set-top box and PC motherboard manufacturers a storage solution that is simple, scalable, reliable and secure.
With content security enabled by automatic drive locking, the SteelVine SiI5733 provides HDTV, DVR, set-top box, and PC motherboard manufacturers with scalable storage solution. The Processor offers storage capabilities such as drive cascading for dynamic capacity expansion; RAID 0; RAID 1; and 2 multi-RAID modes, SAFE33 and SAFE50, without requiring any software or drivers. There are no passwords to remember, and all SATA ports operate at 3 Gbps.
The SteelVine processors are currently sampling and are expected to be generally available in March 2007 with volume pricing less than $5.00.
Phillip Swann's HDTV predictions for 2007: what about the UK?
Phillip Swann from TV Predictions is looking forward to 2007 and making his predictions. You can read his take on things here but I thought I'd take a look at his headlines and how they might affect our lagging UK marketplace. 1. Sony and Toshiba will settle their HDTV DVD format war. It would be nice to think that 12 months is long enough to settle this. All the main players will have released their first or even second-generation high-def DVD drives - but I have a horrible feeling that this will hinder any plans for unification. Either that or there'll be a lot of disgruntled early adopters who paid over the odds for first-run and fast-becoming defunct equipment. 2007 may resolve, but could also get messy. Maybe the Euro-delay will actually work to our advantage - less consumer casualties.
Samsung LN-S4692D 46?
Quick take: The Samsung LN-S92D series consists of three LCD flat-panel TVs: the 32-inch LN-S3292D, the 40-inch LN-S4092D, and the 46-inch LN-S4692D. All three share the same native resolution of 1,366x768, which means they can display every detail of 720p material. Since we have not reviewed these sets, we cannot comment on their image quality. We have reviewed Samsung LCDs such as the LN-S3252D and were pleased with their image quality, but we don't know if the LN-S92D will provide similar performance. In terms of connectivity, all three are the same, featuring two HDMI inputs, one component-video input, and a VGA-style PC input. All three of these sets also have built-in HDTV tuners, which means they can receive over-the-air HDTV without an external set-top box. The LN-S3292D, the LN-S4092D, and the LN-S3692D are all currently available, with list prices of INR 83,921, INR 106,005, and INR 132,507, respectively.
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