The South Korean group, Samsung, announces the release of a large OLED TV. After the presentation of a prototype, last January at the CES in Las Vegas, Samsung has announced the marketing of its 55-inch OLED TV and thereafter the opportunity to propose 60 to 75 inches models. Available in the second half of the year on the South Korean market with the ES9500 reference, it will be sold for around 10 million won, or about $9,000. Nothing has yet been mentioned on a worldwide distribution. In addition to image quality offered by OLED, it will offer 3D restitution through glasses, screen sharing through two pairs of glasses – 2D display for now  - Internet access and voice or gestures control...

NHK, one of the giants of Japanese television, launched last year a 85-inch LCD screen in collaboration with Sharp, and, a year ago, we reviewed the 70-inch but now they have gone a step further with the presentation of a Panasonic Ultra High Definition plasma screen of 145 inches. This TV uses the Super Hi-Vision format with a 8k resolution. 8K translates to an exact resolution of 7,680×4,320, and while there’s no publicly available 8K footage, NHK has been experimenting with an 8K image sensor, the output of which could be displayed on this TV natively. “One major feature of this 145-inch Ultra High Definition display is that it gives a very even image at such a high resolution. Another...

After TVs, it’s the turn of projectors to offer a 3D compatibility. Sony leads all other manufacturers by introducing the VPL-HW30. With an introductory price of $4000, this new kid is positioned between the VPL-HW20 and VPL-HW90. The VPL-HW30AES is Sony’s addition to an ever-growing and competitive field of sub-$5,000 3D projectors. With an MSRP of $3,999, the VPL-HW30AES falls in the middle of this genre – a step up from the Epson Home Cinema 3010 and Optoma HD33 and a step down from the JVC DLA-X3 and Optoma HD8300. This 1080p projector uses SXRD technology, which is Sony’s version of LCoS (Liquid Crystal on Silicon). In the specs department, it claims a 70,000:1 dynamic...