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- Vizio GV47LF HDTV
- Native resolution, which on HDTV spec sheets usually refers to the number of physical pixels used to create the picture, comes in two basic flat-panel LCD flavors: 1,366x768 and 1,920x1,080. The latter, known as 1080p, has become increasingly common even among relatively inexpensive models, and Vizio's GV47LF HDTV is one...
- Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Monitors & displays, Vizio, GV47LF HDTV, HDTV
- Product reviews 2007-02-01
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- Apple HDTV ... why not, it's just a big iPod!
- Valleywag's Jason Calacanis believes that Apple is working on a networked HDTV. Why not, after all, Apple has the expertise in all the areas necessary to pull this off. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Tags: Apple iPod, HDTV, Apple Inc., Valleywag, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Home Entertainment, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-10-12
- Hot rumor: Apple developing LCD HDTV with built-in networking, Apple TV?
- Just in case you wanted a new Apple rumor that didn't involve updated MacBooks and building laptops out of aluminum bricks, here's an inevitable-seeming one from tech guru Jason Calacanis, who tells our sister site CNET UK that Apple is planning an LCD-based HDTV that would sport built-in networking and...
- Tags: Network, built-In, HDTV, Apple Inc., Apple TV, LCD, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Sean Portnoy
- Blog posts 2008-10-11
- Toshiba Qosmio G55-Q802
- The 18-inch laptop has truly come into its own, with recent systems from Sony, Acer, HP and now Toshiba threatening to clutter the desks of multimedia enthusiasts everywhere. The Qosmio G55-Q802 is the odd man out among this group in that it does not offer a Blu-ray drive or even...
- Tags: Processors, Notebooks, Qosmio G55, Cell, Intel Core 2 Duo, Toshiba Qosmio, Toshiba Corp.
- Product reviews 2008-10-08
- Sony Bravia KDL-52XBR6
- Sony has always reserved its best features and highest performance for its "XBR"-branded HDTVs, and this year there's an unprecedented three series of Sony sets bearing the moniker. The most-expensive is the XBR8 series, with LED backlighting, followed by the XBR7 series, with different styling and supposedly improved video processing....
- Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, most-expensive, Sony Corp., XBR6, Sony KDL-52XBR6, TV
- Product reviews 2008-10-08
- DVDO unleashes Edge high-definition video processor/input hub
- Home theater fans who aren't satisfied with their HDTVs' built-in video processing and/or just can't get enough HDMI ports into their setups may want to take a gander at DVDO's new Edge, which combines technology from Anchor Bay to improve video quality while also doubling as...
- Tags: HDMI, Video, DVDO, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Sean Portnoy
- Blog posts 2008-10-07
- AMD finally announces "asset-smart" plan; new Foundry Company created
- AMD finally announces "asset-smart" plan; new Foundry Company createdAMD, Rest In Pieces?Why does this feel like the death of AMD?Sort of like Palm splitting in two. How well did that work?Ah well, I suppose there's still Via. Although I hear they're ailing too.RE: AMD finally announcesEquiping and running a leading-edge...
- Tags: Asset management, Games, Semiconductors, asset, Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-10-07
- CEATEC Roundup: Sony's 0.3mm OLED display, Sharp's solar-power TV, Panasonic's LifeWall concept
- While we all wait around until January for the Consumer Electronics Show, an event like CEATEC Japan can give us a taste of the future for home theater. And since ZDNet didn't offer to fly me over there to check it out first-hand (cough, next year, cough), I had to...
- Tags: Sony Corp., 3D, Panasonic, Organic Light-emitting Diode, Sharp Corp., TV, Wall, Construction, Sean Portnoy
- Blog posts 2008-10-06
- A Consumer Electronics Carol
- I recently received a promotional email from a large Internet-based retailer that shall for the moment remain nameless (cough! Amaz-ahem!) As I was considered to be a high-volume "Prime" customer, this online retailer wanted to offer me a 30-day trial of their their premier store-branded consumer...
- Tags: Retail Company, Retail, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-10-06
- Panasonic Viera TH-58PZ800U
- The big-screen HDTV arena is still owned by rear-projection models, but with every passing year flat-panel versions, especially plasmas, fall in price and become attractive targets for folks seeking massive home theater pictures. But prices haven't fallen far enough yet for most people, so for the foreseeable future big-screen plasmas...
- Tags: Quality, TV & Home Theater, TVs, plasma, Panasonic, Panasonic TH-58PZ800U, THX Display Certification
- Product reviews 2008-10-03
- Apple releases iTunes 8.0.1; Apple TV 2.2
- Apple releases iTunes 8.0.1; Apple TV 2.2I've lost count how many updates and how much bandwidth this yearI am getting really sick of having to update iTunes every other week.Am I just the only one? And it's not like I have a convenient alternative either.I have a Zune as well...
- Tags: Linux, Digital music, Digital media, Operating systems, Patches, Apple Inc., Apple iTunes, Microsoft Zune, Microsoft Windows, security, Apple TV
- Discussion threads 2008-10-03
- Sony Bravia Internet Video Link (DMX-NV1)
- The moment Sony's Bravia Internet Video Link (also known as the BIVL or DMX-NV1) was announced last year, we knew the product would face an uphill battle. What could Sony's proprietary video streamer offer that you can't already get from Apple TV, Xbox 360, Sony PS3, Vudu, or the Netflix...
- Tags: Video on demand (VoD), Corporate communications, TV & Home Theater, TVs, Cable, Broadband Internet, BIVL, Sony Corp.
- Product reviews 2008-10-02
- To: Circuit City and Best Buy, From: You
- To: Circuit City and Best Buy, From: You"We don't pay you to think."As an ex-employee computer technician from the pilot store, this was told to me verbatim several times. To me it sounded curious because if anyone should be thinking, it should be the guy repairing the computers, right?If you...
- Tags: Sales strategy, Sales force management, Best Buy Co. Inc., Circuit City Stores Inc., LET IT, sales
- Discussion threads 2008-10-01
- Winegard RCDT09A
- Earlier in the spring we published a blog entry titled, "Don't buy a portable TV this year" highlighting the fact that the vast majority of portable TVs use analog tuners that won't pull in TV signals after the analog-to-digital TV transition February 17, 2009. At the time, our advice was...
- Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Engineering, Winegard RCDT09A, digital television, converter box, battery, DTV converter box, TV, portable TV, battery pack
- Product reviews 2008-09-30
- Pioneer Elite Kuro PRO-111FD
- Pioneer markets its Elite lineup of plasma TVs to appeal to the hard-core home theater enthusiast, and that means pricing these panels above and beyond just about anything else. The enthusiast who can afford one, however, can rest assured that the 50-inch PRO-111FD performs above and beyond anything else on...
- Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Monitors & displays, PRO-111FD, HDTV
- Product reviews 2008-09-30
- Blu-ray ix-nay?
- Nielsen's VideoScan service found Blu-ray's video disk market share dropped 13.4% the week of September 14. Is this the beginning of the end for Blu-ray? No, the Blu-ray problem is fixable. The question is, will Sony have the guts to do what it must? Sadly, that...
- Tags: Blu-ray, Nielsen, Current Pricing, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Robin Harris
- Blog posts 2008-09-29
- Apple TV: End of an error?
- Apple TV: End of an error?Microsoft crushed Apple in the living room.First off, AppleTV was only called a hobby by Jobs AFTER it was clear that it was going to be an unmitigated disaster. Has he EVER released any sales figures on this thing? Second, the combination of Windows Media...
- Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Apple Inc., Apple TV, TV
- Discussion threads 2008-09-29
- Samsung SyncMaster T240HD
- The 24-inch Samsung SyncMaster T240HD is a HDTV disguised as a $499 monitor. The OSD menu design is taken directly from the menus used in Samsung's HDTVs. It has tons of connection options--all of which face toward the back, not down as they do with most monitors--including two HDMI ports...
- Tags: Monitors & displays, Corporate communications, TVs, TV & Home Theater, display, bezel, footstand, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Samsung Syncmaster, Samsung SyncMaster T240HD, OSD, connection option
- Product reviews 2008-09-26
- 1080p HDTVs are a harder sell than you might think
- 1080p HDTVs are a harder sell than you might thinkRE: 1080p HDTVs are a harder sell than you might thinkPurchased a 52" Toshiba 1080P for $1800. I watch a lot of HD/Blue Ray content and love it!too expensiveMy house has a 50" 1080i Plasma... it was a great deal...
- Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, 1080p, HDTV
- Discussion threads 2008-09-26
- 1080p HDTVs are a harder sell than you might think
- Never mind the fact that most people can't tell the difference in sets smaller than 50 inches, never mind that there's not much available content if you don't own a Blu-ray player or a next-gen game console: You have to have 1080p. Or at least that's what you might think...
- Tags: HDTV, 1080p, Sean Portnoy
- Blog posts 2008-09-26
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