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Survey says buyers looking for smaller HDTVs this holiday season

Along with McMansions and Hummers, it looks like the giant-sized HDTV has become a symbol of a not-so-distant era where people wanted bigger and better, their debt limits be damned. According to a new survey by electronics Web site Retrevo, the Black Friday spike in HDTV demand showed that respondents...

Tags: HDTV, Survey, Wall Mount, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2009-12-04

Wal-Mart extends Cyber Monday deals on 1080p HDTVs

Retailers have come to realize that over the last couple of holiday seasons, consumers are still buying—but almost entirely interested in huge markdowns. So you need to keep the deals coming even after Black Friday and Cyber Monday, and Wal-Mart has responded by having a "CyberWeek" of online deals. Stock...

Tags: Panasonic, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., HDTV, 1080p, Toshiba Corp., TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2009-12-02

Cyber Monday deals: Intel Core i7 laptop, free Droid Eris, GPS, SSD, HDTV

"Cyber Monday" indicates the busiest year in e-commerce and online sales, and by the nature of that business, also means some serious deals on tech. Here's a rundown of major deals. by Andrew Nusca

Tags: HDTV, Intel Core Microarchitecture, Laptop Computer, GPS, Sales Strategy, TVs, Web Technology, Tv & Home Theater, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sales, Home Entertainment, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-11-30

HDLink 3.3.2 (Mac)

Blackmagic HDLink is the exciting way to get low cost true HDTV resolution video monitoring on DVI-D computer monitors. HDLink connects post production quality SDI video directly to any supported DVI-D based LCD computer monitor for incredible true HDTV resolution video monitoring. HDLink?s extremely compact design combined with full resolution...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Pixel, Monitoring, HDTV, Video, Blackmagic Design, Blackmagic HDLink, HDLink, Corporate Communications, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Marketing, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment

Software downloads 2009-11-29

Newegg's Black Friday sale starts with LG, Sharp and Samsung HDTV deals

What's up with Harry Fuller? 8 out of the 20 blogs right now?I count 20 blogs on the ZDNet start page, and 8 of them are eco-farts from Harry Fuller.Non IT.Can someone remove his gaia-pollution from ZDNet? We need some IT blogs again.

Tags: Blogging, Harry Fuller, Newegg.com, LG Electronics Inc., Sharp Corp., HDTV, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

Discussion threads 2009-11-27

Amazon's Black Friday HDTV deals include Panasonic plasmas

SAMSUNG TV'sIt is shocking that anyone would suggest to buy any LCD or Plasma TV made by Samsung label in the USA. This brand has proven to be the largest failure of TV's many within the first year of use, and few if any repairs available anywhere in the USA....

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Monitors & displays, Amazon.com Inc., TV, Black Friday HDTV, Panasonic Plasmas, Panasonic, HDTV, Samsung TV

Discussion threads 2009-11-25

Poll: Where will you shop for an HDTV on Black Friday?

Missing OptionsEarly Adopter - I got it.Neo-Luddite - Vis and Vis TV: no mas.Already got a few...Might pick up a back up for the master bathroom... =D

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, HDTV

Discussion threads 2009-11-22

Poll: Where will you shop for an HDTV on Black Friday?

There's still time for a few last-minute surprise deals, but we've already seen the Black Friday ads from Best Buy, Newegg, Target, and Wal-Mart leak online. Now, the big question is: Where will you go shopping for HDTVs, Blu-ray players and home theater gear when the holiday shopping season begins...

Tags: HDTV, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Home Entertainment, Personal Technology, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2009-11-22

California adopts tough new requirements on HDTV energy use: Visionary or draconian?

Good for themI see no downside to this. California is broke and the planet can't sustain our energy use. For both reasons, now is the time for strong limits on HDTV power consumption. Good for them.This is stupid.People pay for their energy. If people use less energy...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, HDTV

Discussion threads 2009-11-21

California adopts tough new requirements on HDTV energy use: Visionary or draconian?

For years, California has had the nation's toughest emissions standards to counter the pollution from its massive volume of cars and trucks. Now it's turned its sites on the energy consumption coming from its residents' HDTVs. The result? Earlier this week, the California Energy Commission unanimously passed new standards to...

Tags: California, HDTV, Standards, Quality, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Business Operations, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2009-11-21

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

Wal-mart Black Friday deals on HDTVs, Blu-ray players begin to leak online

Walmart Black Friday AdThe teasing is over...you can now find Walmart's complete black Friday ad online days ahead of schedule!http://tgiblackfriday.com/Walmart

Tags: Wal-Mart Stores Inc., HDTV

Discussion threads 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

Wal-mart Black Friday deals on HDTVs, Blu-ray players begin to leak online

As the 800-pound gorilla of retailing, Wal-mart can get away with teasing consumers before Black Friday, offering some early deals a couple of weeks ago, as well as even releasing some more today, like a 26-inch 720p Vizio LCD HDTV for $248 that will be available starting Saturday. Even worse,...

Tags: Plasma, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., HDTV, Blu-ray, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2009-11-17

Black Friday '09: Motorola Cliq, $79; Samsung 50" plasma HDTV, $699; Sony 15" dual core laptop, $399

Black Friday '09: Motorola Cliq, $79; Samsung 50" plasma HDTV, $699; Sony 1I'd love to score one of the 32" lcd tv's and that $399 sony laptop but I'll be out of town on Friday. That will make it a bit hard to travel with those items :-/If it's a...

Tags: Digital cameras, Digital photography, TVs, TV & Home Theater, Monitors & displays, dual-core, Sony Corp., HDTV, Motorola Inc., Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Black Friday

Discussion threads 2009-11-17

Black Friday '09: Motorola Cliq, $79; Samsung 50" plasma HDTV, $699; Sony 15" dual core laptop, $399

Have you seen ZDNet's Ultimate Guide to Black Friday 2009? We've added even more deals. by Andrew Nusca

Tags: Sony Corp., Dual-core, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., HDTV, Laptop Computer, Motorola Inc., Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-11-17

Zvox Z-Base 575

Photo gallery:Zvox Z-Base 575Sound bars feel like they've been around forever now, but they're still a relatively new product; consider that the groundbreaking Yamaha YSP-1 debuted back at CES 2005. Since then, the exterior design of the units hasn't changed much, with the vast majority still consisting of a long...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Zvox Z-Base 575, HDTV, TV

Product reviews 2009-11-16

Newegg offers some early Black Friday deals on LCD HDTVs

Online retailer Newegg got its start and still does a great business in selling computer components to DIYers, but it's expanded its reach and revenue by selling all sorts of electronics—even some small kitchen appliances. Of course, that roster of products includes HDTVs, and Newegg, like Wal-mart before it, is...

Tags: Newegg.com, HDTV, LCD, Monitors & Displays, Hardware, Components, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2009-11-16

Best Buy Black Friday ad leaks online. Here are the HDTV and Blu-ray deals.

Not worth my time.So i looked up Samsungs 46' LED TV, the one thats will be selling for $1600 at Best Buy on BF. Right now its going for $1847 brand new and free shipment. Doing the math thats a $247 savings. Seems like alot right. Well, when you factor...

Tags: Best Buy Co. Inc., HDTV, advertisement

Discussion threads 2009-11-14

Best Buy Black Friday ad leaks online. Here are the HDTV and Blu-ray deals.

For electronics fans, the Holy Grail of Black Friday ads is the one from Best Buy, which can list more deals on laptops and home theater stuff than general retailers like Wal-mart and Target can squeeze into their circulars. Unfortunately, those deals are never as good as you hope—is this...

Tags: Sony Corp., Best Buy Co. Inc., Advertisement, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., HDTV, Blu-ray, Home Entertainment, Tv & Home Theater, Managed Hosting, TVs, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2009-11-14