Sunday, May 27, 2012
I Want My High-Tech TV
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 The TV wars are on. At stake is the technology and devices that deliver entertainment to living rooms the world over. Our special report, High-Tech TV, takes you to the heart of the battle on its various fronts.
Korea's two biggest television makers,
Samsung and LG, have overtaken Japanese counterparts in cell-phones, memory chips, and other consumer electronics. They aim to do the same in LCDs and plasma sets. If you're ready to take a side, our slide show previews the gamut of
mammoth high-end TVs
about to hit the market. Be warned: Some of these sets are pricer than your last car. As more consumers flock to the Web for their daily dose of video, pressure is rising on traditional
cable and satellite providers.
We explain how cable and satellite are coping with the fresh crop of Internet competitors. Then there's the brewing battle over two soon-to-be-introduced
digital TV formats,
Blu-ray and HD DVD. The real contretemps, according to our columnist, isn't between the competing technologies but between the manufacturers who pack next-generation DVD players with anti-copying technology and the consumers whose hands will be tied as a result. All this and more can be found at www.businessweek.com/go/06tv
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