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TVB Tech Alert: Westinghouse 42-inch, 120Hz LCD HDTV for $750
IRVINE, CALIF.:
Prices were primo for high-end HDTV sets just a year ago. Now, Westinghouse has
rolled out a 42-inch hi-def LCD, 1080p set for less than a grand. A lot less,
in fact. The TX-42F970Z is shipping to sell at around $750.
The price-point caught
particular attention because the model is said to have a 120 Hz refresh rate,
as in, it rebuilds the picture 120 times a second. The long-held refresh rate
was 60 Hz, though some TVs now have 240 or even 480 Hz refresh rates, and a
prototype laser 3D, hi-def set coming down the pike has a reported refresh rate
of 1080 Hz. The higher the refresh rate, the less jerky the picture.
More on HDTV sets:
September 21, 2009: “HDI Unveils Laser 3DTV”
Silicon Valley start-up HDI has unveiled its laser, hi-def 3DTV. The
company demonstrated its prototype for reporters in the Bay Area last week. The
TV is said to refresh at 1080 Hz.
July 7, 2009: “Mitsubishi
LaserVue Price Drops”
The price of Mitsubishi’s laser-based TV sets is coming down. The company’s
65-inch L65A90 LaserView HDTV sets are now going for $6,499 on Amazon, a $500
discount from the introduction price of around $7,000.
June 30, 2009: “$300 25-inch
1080p TV Bowed”
Southern California company called “Hannspree
North America” is rolling out a 25-inch, 1080p HDTV. The ST251MKB LCD set is
among the company’s first line of “mainstream digital TVs” in what it’s calling
its “ST series,” each sporting a six-foot HDMI cable, analog input and a
universal remote.
June 17, 2009: “LG 15-inch
OLED TV Due in December”
LG’s 15-inch organic light-emitting diode screen
TV prototype was unveiled at the Consumer Electronics Show in January in Las
Vegas. OLEDs are especially thin, and capable of flexible and particularly
high-resolution display.
“Explaining an HDTV’s Refresh Rate,”
by Adrienne Maxwell at HDTV.etc.
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