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Matsushita to change name to Panasonic

Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., the consumer electric appliance giant headquartered in Kadoma, Osaka Prefecture, will change its corporate name to Panasonic Corp., so as to correspond with the brand name used for its audiovisual products, the firm announced Thursday. Efforts to increase the firm's presence in overseas markets prompted the change, which is to come into effect from Oct. 1. The firm will also discontinue its use of the National brand name, currently used for domestic ho ...

WitsView's December FHD TV Street Price Survey: FHD prices falling faster than HD models

According to WitsView's December FHD TV Street Price survey, prices for the 32~46" FHD models slipped more evidently than their HD counterparts, narrowing the price gap between the two.

Currently, the average price of the 32" FHD model stood at USD 842, down USD 101 from November's USD 943. Meanwhile, for the HD models, it reached USD 792, slipping below the USD 800 level for the first time. Some of the FHD products saw a bigger drop than others during December. For example, in the U.S. market, Sharp's LC-32GP1U was sold for USD 1,179 in November. However, in December, it could be bought for USD 900. Sharp's 32" FHD models are currently available only in the Japan and US regions. However, local manufacturers such as Hisense, Xoceco and Skyworth have also rolled out such products in China....

Qosmio Series 2-- the first Laptops with built-in HD DVD RW

Toshiba, who is an avid supporter of the HD DVD format, is scheduled to launch a new NB product line that features a built-in HD DVD RW during Spring’08. Amid the war between the HD DVD and Blu-ray camps, which already encompasses the HD video players and game consoles in the consumer electronics segment, the competition in the IT segment has also expanded from standalone players to devices with an added rewritable function...