Panasonic launches its 30 series plasma display range, its 20 series replacement with 42", 50", 60" and 65" 3D-ready models designed for home cinema applications.

The series comes with x2 variants-- PF and PH models.

PF30 models are 3D-ready, with dual-HD-SDI and DVI-D boards allowing simultaneous 3D inputs. All models have 5000000:1 contrast ratios, high luminous efficiency and a wide viewing angle.

They come with "Slot 2.0" function slots allowing the support of various digital interfaces.

Meanwhile PH30 models are designed for your more energy-conscious customers, with lower power consumptions than previous models. Panasonic says its 42" and 50" models consumes 30% less energy than their 20 series predecessors.

Each display is part of the Offset for Life initiative, Panasonic's non-profit programme allowing customers to offset the carbon their displays emit.

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ViewSonic announces the V3D245, the 24" addition to its 3D-ready monitor range.

It carries a 1080p LED-backlit panel together with a built-in nVidia 3D Vision wireless emitter, while the package includes a pair of 3D Vision glasses.

The display comes with 120Hz refresh rate, 2ms response time, brightness at 300 nits and contrast rates of up to 20000000:1.

It is also HDMI 1.4 compatible and HDCP enabled, and audio comes via built-in SRS Premium Sound speakers.

ViewSonic says the V3D245 should be available by August 2011.

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LG Display CEO Kwon Yong-soo announces the company will launch a 55" OLED TV by Q2 2012.

Currently OLED (organic light-emitting diode) displays come in either small and medium sizes for use in tablets and mobile devices-- a field LG Displays will invest no longer in, as it will put the technology into larger uses instead.

The company also has a 31" OLED display in the works, previously announced at CES 2011.

TV panels make around 50% of LG Displays' sales, a sector going through intense pressure and oversupply issues, thus its need for a premium product-- something large-screen OLED displays cound supply.

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As the major markets wholly convert to flat panel sets and digital broadcasting, consumers are not upgrading to larger TV sets as quickly as manufacturers hope they would-- resulting in intense competition within the TV market.

DisplaySearch however suggests makers are missing an opportunity that could bring not only value to consumers but also an increase in prices-- LED-backlit LCD TVs.

Such a feature would offer energy consumption (and thus operating costs)-- a feature makers fail to push to customers, on the (wrong) assumption that the general public fails to understand such a concept.

According to DisplaySearch, the industry is "removed from its end-customers", with marketing assuming consumers only care about 3D when what they really care about is-- you've guessed it-- energy consumption.

As seen in the analyst's survey data, W. European customers (just as everywhere else in the world) show a much heavier consideration for energy consumption than 3D.

The TV industry has to change track and connect with its customers, quickly-- before it ends going the way of the gas-guzzling auto, and the terrible margins that go with it.

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“World's Only Fully Sealed Displays” is a big boast and we’re open to hearing from any other contenders. But you have to admit the video (filmed at the bottom of a swimming pool) is impressive.

Ciil Technologies at InfoComm showed its Xtreme and UltraView weatherproof flat panels.

Ciil’s patented Fully-Encapsulated Dynamic Thermal Transfer System keeps internal components safely warmed in extreme cold and properly cooled in extreme heat all without vents, filters or exhaust fans.

The Xtreme and UltraView weatherproof display’s seamless design prevents the accumulation of water, sand, dust and ice (even brake dust and exhaust fumes from vehicles if the display in a subway station or bus terminal).

Xtreme displays, available in 42-inch and 47-inch sizes, feature a smooth, ultra-thin quarter-inch bezel. Ciil says it enables the display to fill the entire screen, rather than the image being tampered by a thick divider between screens when used in a video wall application.

The UltraView displays, in 32”, 40”, 46” and 55”, comes with waterproof, removable speakers so the display can still be hooked up to a professional sound system. The displays have an IP rating of 67, and like their Xtreme counterpart, are 100% fully sealed (meaning nothing gets in, and nothing gets out as you’ll see in the video).

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Vision's new Techmount Close-Coupled Ceiling Mount – or TM-CC is designed for applications where a low ceiling demands that the projector be mounted as close to the ceiling as possible. It's actually based on their TM-1200 (which has sold 42,000+ units) but it does not include the drop-pole.

The key feature is the universal spider design that fits most projectors (and Vision includes a range of fixtures to fit the mount to any projector – including large M6 bolts now seen on many projectors.) Vision includes a fall-arrest tether to secure the projector in place, and the fixtures are pin-hex bolts designed to deter thieves.

Satin White Rugged high-quality finish blends with ceiling tiles. Arrives 95% assembled reducing time onsite. Can rotate 360 degrees.

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