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Amazon's Black Friday HDTV deals include Panasonic plasmas

Though only 6 percent of you said in our poll that you plan to shop at Amazon.com for an HDTV on Black Friday, I still thought I should point out the deals that the online retailing giant is offering. Unlike many of the other stores' Black Friday specials, Amazon has...

Tags: Panasonic, Plasma, Amazon.com Inc., 1080p, BD-P160, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2009-11-24

Vizio announces Black Friday deals on its LCD HDTVs, Blu-ray player

You may have noticed that Vizio hasn't been prominent in the Black Friday ads leaked online from Best Buy, Target, or Wal-Mart (save for a 26-inch LCD HDTV early special through Wal-Mart). But that doesn't mean the company, which has remained the number-one shipper of HDTVs in the U.S. for...

Tags: Costco, HDTV, LCD, 1080p, Blu-ray, Vizio, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2009-11-19

Full Wal-Mart Black Friday ad hits Internet, complete with Samsung, Sony HDTV deals

If you read yesterday's post, you already know about a few of Wal-Mart's Black Friday home theater deals, including a $78 Blu-ray player. At long last, Wal-Mart's full Black Friday ad has hit the Web, and it includes some of those brand names that the earlier deals lacked. ...

Tags: Sony Corp., Home Theater, Advertisement, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Internet, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., HDTV, LCD, 1080p, Home Entertainment, Tv & Home Theater, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2009-11-18

Viewsonic introduces $100 VMP70 HD media player without network connectivity

Viewsonic is best known for its computer monitors, but it also offers HDTVs, mostly through online retailers. Now it hopes to expand its living room presence with its first media player, the VMP70. The good news is that it can handle 1080p HD, though that's...

Tags: ViewSonic Corp., Network, 1080p, Network Connectivity, Media Player, VMP70, Ethernet, Networking, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2009-11-05

Wal-mart preempts Black Friday with HDTV specials this Saturday

Every year, retailers' ads for Black Friday—the day after Thanksgiving and the unofficial starting of the holiday shopping season—manage to leak out a few weeks beforehand this year being no exception. And every year, said retailers freak out when the ads appear online, perhaps fearing that competitors could...

Tags: Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Retail Company, HDTV, 1080p, Retail, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2009-11-04

Holiday Gift Guide 2009: Top Five HDTVs

Whatever the size of your wallet, every living room should have a respectable television set. Good news: HDTVs are cheaper, bigger and better than ever. Here are my top five picks for this year. Splurge: Samsung UNB8500 Series ...

Tags: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., HDTV, Video, 1080p, TVs, Corporate Communications, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Marketing, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2009-11-01

Western Digital adds 1080p, networking capability to WD TV Live HD Media Player

wd tv support full HDseehttp://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.asp?DriveID=572RE: Western Digital adds 1080p, networking capability to WD TV Live HD Media PlayerI've had the WDTV for several months now, and I can vouch that it indeed has 1080p support. Love it!!

Tags: 1080p, networking capability, Western Digital Corp., network

Discussion threads 2009-10-14

JVC debuts its first mini-HD camcorder: the PICSIO GC-FM1

Should Flip be worried about yet another entry into the mini-HD camcorder market? JVC announced today the release of the PICSIO GC-FM1, its first mini HD digital camcorder. The new gadget, built with 4x digital zoom, shoots 8-megapixel stills and 1080p Full HD video in MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 format, storing movies...

Tags: JVC, Camcorder, Video, 1080p, Camera, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Rachel King

Blog posts 2009-10-13

Asus, QNAP release new 1080p HD media streamers

why not use a ps3? does same and more!?well....almost the same!!RE: Asus, QNAP release new 1080p HD media streamersHave been putting an NMP through it's paces for a month. Impressive performance so far, very flexible. User interface could use some improving, but it is early days. Has caused...

Tags: Media players, Digital music, new 1080p HD media streamer, QNap, media streamer, 1080p, ASUS, media player

Discussion threads 2009-10-02

Asus, QNAP release new 1080p HD media streamers

Home theaters are still waiting for the killer device that will run away with the market for streaming media to your HDTV. How do we know? More and more companies are jumping into the "network media player" game—a dominant device (whether a networked TV or super...

Tags: ASUS, Network, Video, 1080p, QNAP, Corporate Communications, Network-Attached Storage (NAS), Ethernet, Networking, Marketing, Storage, Hardware, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2009-10-01

Westinghouse releases 120Hz 42-inch LCD HDTV for $750

Not so long ago, it was a premium feature for top-of-the-line LCDs, but seemingly within a matter of months TVs with 120Hz refresh rates have hit mainstream prices. Now it looks like the technology to compensate for image blurring in fast-moving action will reach bargain sets this holiday season. ...

Tags: HDTV, LCD, 1080p, Westinghouse, 120Hz, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Monitors & Displays, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Hardware, Components, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2009-09-27

VIA unveils SurfBoard NetNote netbook with 1080p playback

Cool media chip - but Nano or C7 cpu? Yuck.The media processor is cool, but the C7 and Nano are a bit underpowered.

Tags: C7 CPU, Nano, media processor, netbook, 1080p

Discussion threads 2009-09-16

JVC announces Everio GZ-HM400, full 1080p HD camcorder

Now just need to to increase Optical ZoomI am very interested in an HD camcorder but I would prefer to have a 20x or higher optical zoom capability.RE: JVC announces Everio GZ-HM400, full 1080p HD camcorderTwo out of three JVC camcorders, I bought, broke down, the first had a tape...

Tags: camcorder, JVC, Everio GZ-HM400, optical zoom, 1080p

Discussion threads 2009-09-16

VIA unveils SurfBoard NetNote netbook with 1080p playback

VIA on Wednesday unveiled its new "NetNote" category of systems today, which supposedly manage notebook-like power from a netbook price tag and footprint. by Andrew Nusca

Tags: 1080p, Netbook, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Hardware, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-09-16

JVC announces Everio GZ-HM400, full 1080p HD camcorder

Though it's been available in Japan for a couple months already, JVC has just introduced the U.S. version of its new top-of-the-line, flash-based consumer camcorder, the JVC Everio GZ-HM400. by Janice Chen

Tags: JVC, Camcorder, 1080p, Janice Chen

Blog posts 2009-09-15

Apple regroups for living room push; drops 40GB Apple TV, slashes 160GB price

I'll keep hoping for a hardware refresh...But it's equally likely they did this because there is no longer a real price difference between a 40GB hard drive and a 160GB hard drive and sales between the two are equally lackluster. Why have 2 models at all when the parts cost...

Tags: TV, 1080p, Apple TV, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-09-14

Maingear debuts eX-L 18, 'world's most powerful laptop'; dual GeForce, triple HD, $3-6K

High-performance computer builders Maingear on Thursday announced its eX-L 18 desktop replacement laptop, 'the world's most powerful' notebook, according to the company. The system features dual NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M GPUs (1080p HD resolution, of course), Intel Core 2 mobile processors and dual-channel...

Tags: Nvidia GeForce, NVidia Corp., Intel Core 2 Duo, 1080p, Laptop Computer, Intel Corp., Maingear, eX-L 18, Serial ATA, Processors, Storage, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-07-24

Averatec debuts 22-in. D1005 all-in-one PC; $799

Averatec debuts 22-in. D1005 all-in-one PC; $799ResponseCan you get into the device to troubleshoot? Would hate to have another piece of equipment that everytime there is a problem you have to send it off. 1080p?"The D1005 all-in-one touts several solid features, including dual-core processing and true 1080p resolution....

Tags: PC, WXGA, 1080p, D1005

Discussion threads 2009-07-17

Vizio reveals 31 new HDTVs for 2009 lineup, from $249 to $2,199

Vizio, newly-anointed king of U.S. HDTV sales, has unveiled its 2009 TV product lineup, with 31 new models in three product groups: the performance-minded XVT series, the style-minded VT series and the budget/value E series. Which one should you choose? I've provided the...

Tags: HDMI, HDTV, 1080p, Vizio, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-06-08

NEC's 43 in., 31:10 curved monitor commands $8,000 price tag

NEC's 43 in., 31:10 curved monitor commands $8,000 price tagWhat about warping software?Okay, a very-wide curving screen is great, but not if it is used to display a flat-plane image. To present a wide view accurately, a warping transformation needs to occur somewhere in the chain.drool............. i need one...

Tags: Monitors & displays, NEC Corp., monitor

Discussion threads 2009-06-04