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I4U Flat Screen TV Shopping Guide

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FlatscreenMania.com features the top 5 bestselling and top newest Flat Screen TVs.

It is rather difficult to find out which Flat Screen TV is really popular and should be in our Top 5 listing. There are lots of confusing model numbers out there. The complexity is even more a reason to establish a simple focused site to provide a guide for consumers to find the best Flat Screen TV available. We took our best educated guess by considering serveral information sources available.
If you think we missed a Flat Screen TV or disagree with a listing, please email us.

All Flat Screen TV listings will provide price comparison links to quickly find where the TVs have the best price on the net. Visit Flat Screen Mania today!

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Posted on Sun, 26 Dec 2004 01:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

New Discounts on Olevia Syntax LCD Flat Screen TVs

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Amazon.com lowered prices and offers mail-in rebates on Olevia LCD TVs.

The Olevia LT30HV 30" HDTV-Ready LCD TV sells for $1,299 after $100 mail-in rebate. The 27" Olevia LT27HV goes for a low $979.94 after $100 rebate.

The smallest Olevia LCD TV the Olevia LT20HVK is on sale for $472.49 after $50 mail-in rebate.

Amazon clearly wants to move those LCD TVs as quickly as possible. They still arrive with the standard shipping option for christmas.
Looks like no other store is currently beating those Olevia LCD TV prices. The Olevia LCD TVs are also sold under the Syntax brand.

Our Flat Screen TV shopping Guide FlatScreenMania is listing the Olevia LCD TV on 3rd spot of the bestselling LCD TVs.

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Posted on Tue, 14 Dec 2004 12:15:57 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Sony Flat Panel TV Shortage?

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Sony Wega 61" Plasma TV
Yahoo carries a Reuters story about Sony not being able to meet demand of growing Flat Panel TV sales.

Sale numbers in Europe indicate that Sony is closing in on Flat Panel TV market leader Philips. Sony had end of September 15.8%, where as Philips has 18.8%. Apparently Sony did not increase production in their plants fast enough. Seems consumers are really getting hooked on Flat Screens. It is also too tempting. When shopping for a TV, those CRTs or Projection TVs are just huge, compared to a slim Flat Screen TV.
Check out the Sony Flat Panel TV Bstsellers. For other bestselling Flat Screen TVs visit our Flat Panel TV Ranking Site.

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Posted on Sat, 27 Nov 2004 08:06:57 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

FlatFoto 2MP Credit-Card Size Digital Camera

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Camborg reports about Radioshack's FlatFoto small low-cost 2MP digital camera.

The FlatFoto digital camera measures 9.0x6.0x1.3cm. The FlatFoto is based on SmalCamera's OEM kit. The same kit is used for the NHJ Foxz2 Camera which is a bit smaller. Radioshack sells the FlatFoto for $89.99.
More details about the FlatFoto on Camborg.

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Posted on Thu, 18 Nov 2004 11:31:27 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Flat Screen Mania: The Top 5 Flat Screen TVs

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We have launched the Flat Screen Mania!

FlatscreenMania.com features the top 5 bestselling and top newest Flat Screen TVs.

It is rather difficult to find out which Flat Screen TV is really popular and should be in our Top 5 listing. There are lots of confusing model numbers out there. The complexity is even more a reason to establish a simple focused site to provide a guide for consumers to find the best Flat Screen TV available. We took our best educated guess by considering serveral information sources available.
If you think we missed a Flat Screen TV or disagree with a listing, please email us.

All Flat Screen TV listings will provide price comparison links to quickly find where the TVs have the best price on the net. Visit Flat Screen Mania today!

We will launch several more product specific sites with cool designs in the next couple of weeks.
MP3PlayersRule, a site dedicated to the Top selling MP3 Players and newest MP3 Players, launched already.

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Posted on Fri, 8 Oct 2004 08:57:15 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Sony VAIO M - a Flat Multimedia PC

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Sony introduces in Japan the Sony VAIO M.

The new Sony VGC-M50B/S and M30B/W models feature a TFT screen and a keyboard that can be flipped upward to save space. Sony already has similar Desktop PCs (e.g: Sony W or Sony VAIO PCV-P101, on the market. The Sony VAIO M Series is powered by a Celeron 2.6Ghz processor. The 15.4 inch screen has a max. resolution of 1280x800. The VAIO has a subwoofer built into the back as well as a Multi-drive.
The Sony VAI VGC-M70/W sells in Japan for 189,800 yen (~1,722USD).
More details on Sony VAIO Japan site and on Sony Style Japan shop.

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Posted on Mon, 13 Sep 2004 11:06:15 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Sony will use PS2 Chip in Flat Panel TVs

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Buy a Sony Plasma TV Sony found some interesting use for their "old" Playstation 2 chips.

They will integrate them in new Flat-Panel TVs to improve the display quality and potentially provide enhanced on-screen menues. The Playstation 2 enhanced TVs will hit the stores this fall.
More details on Nikkei.Net (subscription).

Sony feels some serious competition in the Flat-Panel TV market from other companies like Sharp.

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Posted on Tue, 10 Aug 2004 02:15:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

First free iPods, Now free Sony Wega Flat Screen TVs

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Andru at Gear Live receives a free Sony Wega Flat Screen from freeiflatscreens.com (original story of freeipods.com on Gear Live), again to proof that the program is no scam and actually works.

Andru posted several photos of his new $380 Sony Wega KV-27FS120 TV, that he received.
Read the full story. See the Gear Live Discussion for the how-to guide on signing up referrals to get free stuff.

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Posted on Wed, 28 Jul 2004 02:54:46 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Philips 17PF9945 17'' Flat Panel LCD TV Review

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Designtechnica reviews the Philips 17PF9945 17" LCD TV - .

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"While this unit is too small for the whole family to enjoy in the living room it is perfect for the home office or den. The picture provided is sharp, free of defects and easy on the eyes. The Philips 17PF9945 offers style and a small footprint so it will not take up too much real estate on your desk.
It can double as a computer monitor making it a truly dual purpose purchase. The Philips 17PF9945 is small enough to hang from the wall if you wish without the worry that you will hear a crash in the middle of the night.
Even though this is not intended for a family room all the features of its big brothers are included. The Philips 17PF9945 provides versatility and style without sacrificing any aspect of performance. "
Full Review.

Buy the bestselling LCD TV Now!

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Posted on Tue, 27 Apr 2004 12:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

New Flat-Screen TV Furniture Trend

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Flat screen popularity triggers new furniture - so called motion casegoods.

A novelty last year, these wooden furniture pieces allow a flat screen owner to raise the television up for viewing or lower it down within the case. Hooker Furniture is one of those companies offering electronic remote controlled furniture for Flat-Screen TVs.
Read full story on Yahoo.

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Posted on Mon, 26 Apr 2004 06:36:02 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Tek Panel 300 Flat Panel PC as seen on The Apprentice

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Tek Panel 300 Ever wondered what this Flat Panel PC is on the hit show The Apprentice? Well its a unique $6,000 All-In-One 30" Wide Screen PC from Hy-Tek.

The TEK PANEL 300 converges a Pentium 4 computer, ATI multimedia graphics and a 30" TFT/LCD panel into one single wall–mountable unit.

Hy-Tek also has a new 37" version of their high-end LCD Monitor Computer, the Tek Panel 370 selling for around $8,500.

More Details on tekpanel.com.

Buy the Bestselling LCD TV.

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Posted on Mon, 12 Apr 2004 00:25:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

SED Flat Panel TV Coming in 2005 from Toshiba

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Toshiba Wide Screen LCD TV Toshiba announces plans for SED big screen flat panel TV.

SED stands for surface-conduction electron-emitter display. The new 50" SED flat Panel TV should hit markets in 2005. Toshiba collaborated with Canon on this new technology. Canon is working on SED since the 80s. SED based panels use half the energy of a Plasma TV Panel and are cheaper to manufacture.

More details on Nikkei Net.

Take a look at World's Largest LCD TV.

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Posted on Mon, 12 Apr 2004 00:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Mini Flat Screen TV

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GadgetUniverse features a small 7" Flatscreen TV.

The Copenhagen 7" TFT Color TV features 4:3 and 16:9 format. Its builtin tuner supports PAL and NTSC which makes it very usable for traveling. The portable Flat-Screen TV has a recharable battery pack and also a car power adaptor. The TV has video plugs to connect a DVD Recorder or other Video Devices.

GadgetUniverse sells the Copenhagen 7" TFT Color TV for $299.95.

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Posted on Sat, 1 Nov 2003 18:34:05 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

New Sharp Aquos Digital Flat Panel TVs

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Sharp announces (raw translation) first flat panel TV supporting new digital terrestrial broadcasting in Japan.

The cool Aquos 5 series comes in 3 sizes and 2 speaker layouts. Japan seems to be rolling out something similar to the HDTV terrestrial broadcast to the US. I am no expert in this, please correct me if i am wrong with the comments feature on this story.

Sharp Aquos Sale on Buy.com

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Posted on Tue, 17 Jun 2003 21:35:51 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

LCD Monitor As Flat Panel Speaker

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NEC offers 17" LCD Monitor that uses NXT Surface Speaker Technology.

The NEC Valuestar T and FS System features a LCD Monitor that is at the same time a Loud-Speaker.
The monitor’s vibrating component is a 2mm-thick sheet of optical grade acrylic, separated from the front face of the display by a distance of 6mm. Both sides of the acrylic are treated with anti-reflection coatings to minimise losses and the external surface also has a hard coating to enhance abrasion resistance. Two 19mm moving coil exciters, one at each lateral edge of the sheet, drive it as a distributed-mode loudspeaker panel.

An NXT panel’s inherently wide bandwidth allows the Valuestar T and FS to cover the frequency range from 200Hz right up to 20kHz, at the limit of audibility. Lower frequencies, which have to be excluded from the SoundVu panel to obviate visual artefacts, are reproduced via a small cone driver integrated within the monitor’s base.

No prices available at this point.

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Posted on Mon, 31 Mar 2003 22:40:30 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Ellula - New Cool Inflatable Speaker System

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People can now turn their portable CD player into the world’s first space-saving inflatable stereo system.
At CES 2003, Ellula will be introducing the HotAir™ Subwoofer system, which features a subwoofer and inflatable satellite speakers—creating the ultimate sound system. The subwoofer makes it a complete 35-watt stereo system with a big bass multi-directional sound.
Plus, because of their unique design, they’re perfect for travel, dorm rooms or for use poolside.
For extra sound enhancement, this system can be connected to other systems including desktop and laptop computers, MP3 players, the X-Box, the PlayStation2, Gameboys—basically any piece of equipment that allows for the hook-up of external speakers.
The HotAir™ Subwoofer system retails for $99.

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