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Tuan Nguyen (Blog) - June 8, 2007 6:40 AM

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Dell will continue to sell TVs under its own brand as well as others

Late yesterday Reuters indicated Dell would exit the LCD television business. According to the early reports, the move would allow Dell to focus on its core competencies and less on diversifying.

Today, Dell representatives told reporters that while the company will make changes to its LCD TV line, it will be staying in the LCD TV market for the long haul. Dell spokeswoman Rachel Lyon revealed that Dell will actually offer a larger selection of screens.

"We will soon offer a wider assortment of televisions from leading manufacturers that feature the latest technology and meet Dell's high standards for performance," said Lyon.

Dell will be announcing a number of new screens starting with 37-inches following with smaller sizes. Dell currently sells LCD TVs up to 46-inches not under its own brand but by Sony. The largest Dell branded TV from Dell reaches 37-inches.

"Nothing has changed from what we communicated in February," Lyon concluded.

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Bad Reporting

By theapparition on 6/8/2007 7:10:56 AM , Rating: 3

Just another example of bad Reuters reporting, where everyone just wants to get the "scoop".

Why let little things like facts get in the way.

RE: Bad Reporting

By PrinceGaz on 6/8/2007 7:27:38 AM , Rating: 2

Very true. I much prefer sites which thoroughly check the story before posting it, such as the Inquirer for tech-news.

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RE: Bad Reporting

By Pryde on 6/8/2007 8:32:08 AM , Rating: 5

lol Inquirer is one of the worst. Look just recently reporting Intel Chipsets were getting nVidia SLi, which nvidia has denied. The only news the Inq gets right is that copied off other hardware sites.

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RE: Bad Reporting

By RamarC on 6/8/2007 9:50:02 AM , Rating: 1

inq isn't a news site... it's a rumor/humor site and it's not supposed to be accurate. in that context, the inq (and the register) makes for a good read.

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RE: Bad Reporting

By hubajube on 6/8/2007 5:43:33 PM , Rating: 2

quote:
lol Inquirer is one of the worst.

The Inq has sources like any other news site.

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Problem with DT getting the good news

By TimberJon on 6/8/2007 12:02:50 PM , Rating: 2

When the buzz news comes out on their sources, like reuters, its a hot topic and worthy of putting up on DT.

But when they try to do research on it to see if its good, and its the only source they find, or all the other sources are saying the same thing, then it gets assumed that it is correct and current and is posted.

Later on is when the market or corporate response gets circulated, and by then the info had already been posted.

DT posters strive to bring the top news to us quickly, and cant wait around a day for that juicy bit to get verified.

Theres also no math to how much of a wait time is necessary to verify a story. Discretion should perhaps be used when pulling info off sites such as reuters.

RE: Problem with DT getting the good news

By James Holden on 6/8/2007 6:41:32 PM , Rating: 2

In this specific example, Reuters was not the only reference and we had conflicting information from Dell. I can actually see where the Reuters writer made the mistake, since pretty much all major media reported the same thing and retracted it.

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