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Samsung's 70-inch LED-backlit LCD television now on sale
Samsung's gettin' busy this morning in Korea with the launch of their 70-inch Full HD LCD television. Not only is it the world's largest commercially available LCD, this 1080p pup also brings a 120Hz refresh along with Samsung's local dimming LED backlighting solution for a reported 500,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio... for whatever that measurement's worth. The LN70F91BD is another ACAP packer featuring 3x HDMI 1.3 terminals and a USB 2.0 jack for purposes unknown. Available in S.Korea only at the moment with worldwide sales starting in the second half of the year. Only ???59,000,000 for the privilege which translates to about $63k or €48k -- chump-change for culturally ambiguous superstars.[Via AVING]
Samsung's Bordeaux PAVV LCDs: 17,000:1 contrast and ACAP
Hot on the heels of their PAVV plasmas come three new PAVV LCDs. The 40-, 46-, and 52-inch models all bring a 1080p resolution to the game with 3x HDMIs and a sweet 17,000:1 contrast -- barely nudging out the trio of Bordeaux LCDs unveiled back in March. These sets also feature ACAP, as in Advanced Common Application Platform for interactive television -- part of the ATSC spec we're familiar with Stateside. However, at the moment these sets are S.Korea-only tagged ???3,200,000 (about $3,424) for the LN40M92BD, ???4,200,000 (about $4,494) for the LN46M92BD, and ???5,400,000 (about $5,779) for the LN52M92BD. [Via Akihabara News]
Samsung produces a ACAP compatable plasma - SVP-56K3HDB
This is it folks. The first commercial application of an amazing system. We all want our HDTVs to do more, like read RSS feeds, get weather and sports info and heck, even traffic conditions would be nice. The ACAP can do that and Samsung has converted one of their newer plasmas to work with the system. The system utilizes Java apps and an Internet connected HDTV to produce what you are seeing in the Samsung demo. There really isn't much more info about this model yet but you can bet your HDTV that this type of system is the next big step in high definition televisions.
Samsung launches first ACAP HDTV, the SVP-56K3HDB
We know what you're thinking: another Samsung HDTV, another HDTV technology standard, another day. But you might actually want to check out Samsung's 56-inch SVP-56K3HDB, the first production model featuring ACAP. For those who haven't previously heard anything about it, the Advanced Common Application Platform (ACAP) standard was developed with the intention of being the future universal standard for interactive television (and is already a part of the ATSC spec in the US). Oh, sure, iTV's been around in various incarnations since forever, but there's never been an internationally standardized internet-connected TV system based around the concept of moving apps and data to and from your set -- hence ACAP, which might enable newsfeeds, weather and traffic, as well as commercials linked to online merchants, and, of course, in depth sports stats, backgroun info, or interactive information about the program you're watching. We don't know much else about the plasma dusokay the ACAP system's powering in the SVP-56K3HDB, but we're a little more interested in the two way data right now, if you don't mind.
