Predictions for the LCD TV industry couldn’t be better and everything indicates that the industry is in full recovery. According to DisplaySearch, global LCD TV shipments are expected to grow 21% this year with 127 million units shipped worldwide, while for 2010 shipments are expected grow another 16.5% with a total of 148 million units shipped worldwide.

“LCD TV shipments from the world’s top-10 brand vendors are likely to expand 35% to 141.5 million units in 2010, accounting for 96% of the total global shipments, according to the paper. In 2009, the top-10 vendors are expected to see their LCD TV shipments increase 25% to 104.8 million units and account for 83% of worldwide shipments, it noted.” DisplaySearch

Leading the pack in annual shipments is Samsung Electronics, Samsung LCD TV shipments are expected to climb to 25 million units this year and grow another 28% in 2010 with 32 million units shipped.

Another sign of recovery is the new highest monthly record for large-size panel shipments, according to DisplaySearch global large-size TFT-LCD panel shipments reached 46.7 million units in June 2009, up 8% sequentially and 24% on year.

Some pundits thought that with the credit crunch people where going to stay in more and watch films on their home cinema equipment. Ordering in takeaway pizzas rather than going out to restaurants and cinemas. The positive figures for shipment of LCD TV’s seem to bear this out.

What about you are you upgrading your TV and staying in more?

An exciting range of Samsung LCD TVs has been announced for 2009 with the 6000, 7000 and 8000 series all featuring LED backlighting and Internet@TV technology.

A number of manufacturers believe that LED SmartLighting technology has the potential to elevate LCD to achieve plasma rivaling levels of black level ability. On the latest Samsung LCD TV’s its implementation replaces the conventional bar-style fluorescent backlight with hundreds of Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs).

This helps produce a claimed 2,000,000:1 contrast ratio along with a more natural color representation.

The flagship 8000 series features a 200Hz refresh rate while the 7000 and 6000 are all 100Hz. All of the new screens include USB connectivity, DLNA certification, super-slim design and Samsung’s latest incarnation of their Ultra Clear Panel technology.

In August 2008, Intel and Yahoo confirmed their intention to co-develop the Yahoo Widget Channel (Internet@TV). Widget technology enables TVs to connect to the Internet through “widgets,” bits of software that provided elements of web based content.

Allowing access to the internet via Ethernet cable or a Wi-Fi USB dongle Internet@TV will enable consumers to carry out tasks such as e-mailing friends, trading shares or checking the weather while watching programmes.

Sure to turn heads, the new panels feature a piano black bezel that fades into chrome. The neck of the stand is transparent ‘crystal,’ giving the illusion that the screen is ‘floating.’

The new Samsung LCD TVs are due to arrive in the UK this Spring. No prices have been announced as of yet, but watch this space for more info!

As you’d expect from Samsung, the LE32A457 LCD HDTV looks stunning. The thin frame, gloss black finish and smooth curves gives the HDTV a signature Samsung look that just makes rivals look crude and industrial.

It’s not just good looks that set the Samsung LE32A457 apart. Boasting the latest LCD screen this Freeview 32" Samsung HDTV  offers a superb contrast resolution of 10, 000:1. Combined with an above average brightness figure of 550cd/m2, the LE32A457 LCD TV provides a great viewing experience. Blacks are deeper and colours more vivid than you’d expect from a LCD TV of this price.

Twin rear-mounted HDMI (and one side-mounted) sockets allow for the connection of 3 High Definition sources, such as an HD-TV box, Xbox360’s and Blu-ray players. In addition to this the LE32A457 boasts two SCART sockets, and component and S-Video connections. The Samsung LE32A457 also has a PC input that makes this attractive LCD HDTV the perfect compliment to a home computer – as the LE32A457 features Samsung’s special Game Mode.

Although no match for a 5.1 or 7.1 home cinema system, the built-in SRS Tru-Surround system gives a useful boost to audio performance.

For a 32" LCD TV that matches style with a superb picture and sound performance, the Samsung LE32A457 is the new class leader and, thanks to AJ Electronics, it comes at a credit crunch busting price, too!

Today is the opening day of the world’s largest consumer electronics show, the 2009 International CES in Las Vegas. The show will bring together the whole electronics industry, with top end and emerging brands showcasing their latest technological advances.

CES 2009 will also bring together celebrities, sports icons and legendary musicians to experience and promote the latest products and technologies in the consumer electronics industry.

Here at Aj’s Electronics we pride ourselves in being top for high definition TVs, so lets have a look what LCD’s the top brands will have on display.

SHARP the official HDTV of the MLB (or rounder’s as we call it in the UK) will have a constellation of Major League Stars in their booth. SHARP will be displaying HDTVs with screen sizes from 19″ to 108″, home theatre front projectors, home theatre and conventional audio systems, Blu-ray players and cell phones.

Sony will be showcasing new series of high definition TVs with built in, interactive entertainment with the announcement of the first new BRAVIA LCD HDTV models with Internet applications called widgets that deliver real time information, as well as streaming video capability via integrated BRAVIA Internet Video Link.

Sony’s new XBR9 and Z-series models feature an Ethernet connection, allowing the sets to directly access Sony BRAVIA Internet Video content using an existing broadband connection.

Samsung is bringing the internet to the living room with the launch of a new service that enables viewers to access the web on their TVs. On display there will be a few new series 3, 4, 5 and 6 panels with the main focus being on their LED-backlit-ness with sizes ranging from 40-inches and up.

Panasonic is betting on high definition 3D TV technology and is planning in proposing a standard for Japan in the coming months. On their booth visitor will find top end HDTV like 0.33-inch thick Neo PDP Eco plasma TV and the 1-inch thick TC-P54Z1 VIERA plasma TV.

This is year at CES LG will be focusing on HDTV and mobile gear, with multidisplay laptop and HDTVs wired for broadband to Blu-ray players that can deliver Web content.

Samsung is rumoured to have managed to put an LED backlit HDTV into a 6.5mm thick housing, making this the worlds thinnest LCD HDTV

This super slim TV isn’t on the list for Samsung releases this year, meaning it’s most likely prototype fodder for the “thinnest HDTV” category that will surely get shown off at CES 2009 this week.

The current record holder for the thinnest HDTV is Philips with an 8mm prototype LCD TV, which was shown in Berlin last year at the IFA electronics show. Sony currently takes the prize for having the thinnest retail LCD television, a 9.9mm set that’s already on store shelves.

There have been OLED TVs announced that are even thinner, Sony’s 3mm  Xel-1 for example which is still in the coming soon category.

Samsung SDI has impressed visitors to this year’s FDP International 2008, Samsung has treated onlookers showing off a full HD OLED Tv’s and a jaw dropping High Def plasma display.

As well as displaying a flexible OLED Display that is 0.5mm thick which raised the bar for OLED display manufactures, Samsung displayed another two state of the art high definition TVs, one was a 40-inch Full HD OLED Display (biggest of its nature) and the other was a huge 63 inch 4kx2k Super Hi-Vision Plasma TV.

The Samsung 40 inch 1080p OLED TV is the biggest in its segment, it has a 1920×1800 pixels , with a contrast ratio of 1,000,000:1, color gamut of 107% NTSC, luminance of 200cd/m2 and a thickness of just 8.9 mm, quality here wasn’t at its highest levels but we can be sure that this will improve with subsequent generations of OLED screens.

As the icing on the cake Samsung SDI displayed a 63-inch HiDef 4096×2160 Ultra Fine Definition PDP, with a pixel size of 0.339×0.363mm, the problem will be finding content that is 4kx2k -unless you happen to be a major film maker and have a Red Camera

And for those who want a more down to earth TV we have a wide range of Samsung LED Televisions