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Samsung has yet to disclose how many 3DTVs it has sold here but across the Tasman it expects sales to double, to 6,000 units, with the State of Origin NRL competition kicking off. The rugby league games are being broadcast in 3D by the Nine Network and next month Australians will be able to see [...]

Samsung Electronics NZ’s retailer and media roadshow is underway for its 2010 range of HD- and 3DTVs. Even though stock has been in stores for the past two weeks, the company is only just starting to brief retailers and journalists on the new technologies. Putting the cart before the horse like this risks consumers being [...]

Bond + Bond is taking orders for a Samsung 3D plasma TV that it’s retailing for $3499. But it won’t have stock of the 50-inch display, the PS50C7000, until late May. Bond + Bond also is advertising Samsung’s 3D Blu-ray player for $699. Samsung NZ has yet to officially announce its 2010 line-up — its [...]

On the eve of Samsung releasing details of its NZ 3DTV plans, reviewers in Australia and Britain have analysed the technology’s strength and weaknesses using the Korean juggernaut’s kit. The Sydney Morning Herald’s Asher Moses writes that after playing with a 46-inch Samsung Series 7 3DTV (above), he was “wowed by the spectacularly immersive experience [...]

Samsung has yet to disclose the NZ pricing of its 2010 range of LCD-LED and plasma TVs but chances are it will be as aggressive as Australia’s. This week the Korean consumer electronics giant shocked competitors across the Tasman when it announced that as of next week it would start bundling a 50-inch 3D plasma [...]

Flat-screen connoisseurs on a budget will be hoping for a bargain as Samsung rolls out its 2010 range of LCD TVs over the next six months. To make room for the new models, including Samsung’s Next Big Thing — 3D-capable displays — retailers may start offering great deals on its Latest Big Thing: LCD TVs [...]

Trusted Reviews has published an insight into how Sky TV in the UK plans to launch 3D broadcasts using the satcaster’s HD set-top box — and may not even charge its top-tier HD customers extra to receive them. It will be able to do this by carrying the 3D signals within a single HD- bandwidth [...]

Sony is the latest consumer electronics giant to unveil its 2010 range of HDTVs and 3DTVs to trade media in Australia and Asia. Expect many of the 26 models demonstrated in Australia yesterday to be available here in the third quarter of the year, with the three 3D options — in 50- and 60-inch sizes [...]

Samsung’s first 3DTV also will be one of the first HDTVs to support Dolby Digital Plus and DTS sound, according to a CNET Asia preview of the 8000 series. Samsung demonstrated the stunning, “silver-brushed” new range to Asian media last week and is expected to release essentially the same gear here within the next few [...]