There's no reason to upgrade, said Mr Gorbold, if a better graphics card, more memory or more powerful chip in your self-built system has no effect on what you see on screen.
Sony said its electronics and device divisions turned a profit in the second quarter, but that its flat-screen TV and game chip concerns had been hit by lower prices.
Samsung Electronics announced that it has developed the industry's first thermally-enhanced chip-on-film (TECOF) package for the display driver IC (DDI) used in large-screen, high-resolution LCD TVs.