Sharp shows flat TV lineup with PC functions
First posted 05:35pm (Mla time) April 20, 2006
Associated Press
TOKYO--Sharp is fusing the personal computer with the digital TV in its latest flat panel television lineup that allows people to browse the Internet, watch high-definition broadcasts and store digital photos and music downloads.
The setup for Sharp Corp.'s Internet Aquos, shown to reporters Thursday, looks like a PC with a huge living-room style TV panel, and also comes with both a keyboard and a remote control device.
The product, which goes on sale late May only in Japan, sells for 550,000 yen for the top model with a 37-inch panel and a recorder for high-definition digital broadcast.
Osaka-based Sharp, a major Japanese manufacturer of liquid crystal display TVs, is targeting sales of 300,000 this year with the Internet Aquos, including three other cheaper models. Two models can record only analog although all models show high-definition broadcasts.
The competition in flat panel TVs is heating up among Asian makers, including Samsung Electronics Co. and Sony Corp.
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., which makes Panasonic products, is another rival but mainly in plasma panel TVs, which uses a different technology to relay images on the screen.
http://news.inq7.net/breaking/index.php?index=7&story_id=73173
First posted 05:35pm (Mla time) April 20, 2006
Associated Press
TOKYO--Sharp is fusing the personal computer with the digital TV in its latest flat panel television lineup that allows people to browse the Internet, watch high-definition broadcasts and store digital photos and music downloads.
The setup for Sharp Corp.'s Internet Aquos, shown to reporters Thursday, looks like a PC with a huge living-room style TV panel, and also comes with both a keyboard and a remote control device.
The product, which goes on sale late May only in Japan, sells for 550,000 yen for the top model with a 37-inch panel and a recorder for high-definition digital broadcast.
Osaka-based Sharp, a major Japanese manufacturer of liquid crystal display TVs, is targeting sales of 300,000 this year with the Internet Aquos, including three other cheaper models. Two models can record only analog although all models show high-definition broadcasts.
The competition in flat panel TVs is heating up among Asian makers, including Samsung Electronics Co. and Sony Corp.
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., which makes Panasonic products, is another rival but mainly in plasma panel TVs, which uses a different technology to relay images on the screen.
http://news.inq7.net/breaking/index.php?index=7&story_id=73173
