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The Wall Street Journal shows the limits of its HDTV knowledge

I can't really argue with some aspects of a new Wall St Journal story titled "Lower Price Tag for Plasma TVs Comes at Price, but if you already have some knowledge about HDTVs, don't expect much illumination from the article. There are several minor gaffes and omissions...

Tags: Wall Street Journal, Plasma, Knowledge, HDTV, LCD, Monitors & Displays, Hardware, Components, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2009-06-30

LG begins shipping first HDTVs with built-in Netflix capabilities

Streaming media devices are a good idea, but a better idea is baking those features straight into your TV. While TV manufacturers have been pretty slow about integrating online services with their sets, they've finally started figuring out it's not too tough to add an Ethernet...

Tags: NetFlix Inc., Plasma, built-In, LG Electronics Inc., HDTV, Streaming Media Device, TVs, Web Site Development, Tv & Home Theater, Web Technology, Managed Hosting, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Internet, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2009-06-14

Samsung PN58B650

Photo gallery: Samsung PN50B650With the exit of heavy-hitter Pioneer from the plasma racket, just three major makers remain: Panasonic, Samsung, and LG. The latter two offer significantly more models of LCD TVs than of plasma, however, and seemed more focused on LCD technology. Nonetheless Samsung's 2009 plasmas, if...

Tags: Monitors & displays, TVs, TV & Home Theater, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., plasma, Panasonic

Product reviews 2009-06-12

Samsung PN50B650

Photo gallery: Samsung PN50B650With the exit of heavy-hitter Pioneer from the plasma racket, just three major makers remain: Panasonic, Samsung, and LG. The latter two offer significantly more models of LCD TVs than of plasma, however, and seemed more focused on LCD technology. Nonetheless Samsung's 2009 plasmas, if...

Tags: Monitors & displays, TVs, TV & Home Theater, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., plasma, Panasonic

Product reviews 2009-06-12

Death of an analog TV

Greenpeace is predicting a spike in electronic waste as the U.S. shifts to digital television. CNET News follows a TV as it gets recycled and offers guidance on what to consider when getting rid of an old TV.

Tags: CNET News, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, News, e-waste, televisions, hdtv, recycling, china, waste, tv's, plasma, lcd, california

Videos 2009-06-09

Why are plasma HDTVs still the minority view?

Why are plasma HDTVs still the minority view?Size and Power ConsumptionI think the main issues with plasmas is that they are hard to find below 50" and I would be that most TVs sold today fit into the

Tags: Monitors & displays, TVs, TV & Home Theater, LCD technology, HDTV, LCD, plasma, TV, minority view

Discussion threads 2009-05-13

Why are plasma HDTVs still the minority view?

They no longer suffer from major burn-in problems. Their prices have dropped enough to be competitive. Every expert prefers their picture quality. Despite all of these things, plasma TVs are still losing out to LCDs in the HDTV market and suffering in the global marketplace. According to market research firm...

Tags: Plasma, HDTV, LCD, Monitors & Displays, Hardware, Components, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2009-05-13

Bad Gas? Pioneer officially ditches TVs, Vizio abandons plasmas

Bad Gas? Pioneer officially ditches TVs, Vizio abandons plasmasI am ONLY considering plasmaAfter reading way too many reviews, I think that today Plasma is the only way to go.It provides a much better picture.I know it has a higher energy consumption, but I don't care as I only watch 1.5...

Tags: Monitors & displays, TV, plasma

Discussion threads 2009-02-12

Bad Gas? Pioneer officially ditches TVs, Vizio abandons plasmas

Is plasma going to be the Betamax of HDTV technology? Despite still being regarded as providing better image quality than almost all LCD-based sets, plasma TVs have been on the losing side of the flat-panel equation for some time now. And the latest news isn't any more encouraging. ...

Tags: Plasma, LCD, Monitors & Displays, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Hardware, Components, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2009-02-12

Rumor: Pioneer is getting out of TV business

Widely regarded as producing some of the best plasma TVs on the market, Pioneer has nonetheless struggled as the HDTV landscape has moved more and more towards LCDs. Now rumors are floating around the Internet that the company will be exiting the TV business altogether, no doubt being influenced by...

Tags: Panasonic, Plasma, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Monitors & Displays, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Hardware, Components, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2009-02-07

CES 2009: Flagship Viera plasma is 54" across, 1" deep, wireless-enabled [day 3]

One more Panasonic announcement. The Panasonic TC-P54Z1 is the company's new flagship Viera model, a 1080p one-inch-thin Z1 plasma. Like the previously mentioned "world's thinnest plasma," this HDTV is NeoPDP, and features WirelessHD technology as an expansion of VIERA Cast functionality: ...

Tags: Panasonic, Plasma, 1080p, Panasonic TC-P54Z1, NeoPDP VIERA Z1, Wi-Fi, Home Entertainment, Wireless, Corporate Communications, Personal Technology, Marketing, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-01-08

CES 2009: Panasonic refreshes plasma, LCD line-ups, introduces 3D plasma TV

As with Internet-connected TVs, everyone seems to be jumping on the 3D bandwagon, with Panasonic leading the way. Along with the usual upgrades to its HDTV lines, it's also showing off its 3D Full HD Plasma Home Theater System, which consists of a 103-inch set and Blu-ray player that can...

Tags: 3D, Panasonic, Plasma, LCD, X1 Series, Z1 Series, G1 Series, Monitors & Displays, Hardware, Components, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2009-01-08

CES 2009: Samsung's new plasma and LCD HDTV lineup

Though it's given up the rear-projection market, Samsung is still hanging in there with plasma, as evidenced by its new lineup of sets announced this afternoon. They share a number of features with the new LCDs the company also introduced today—including those I didn't cover in my previous post. ...

Tags: Plasma, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., HDTV, LCD, Monitors & Displays, Wireless, Hardware, Components, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2009-01-07

CaridianBCT Uses VersaLogic Single Board Computers for Automated Blood Collection System

CaridianBCT designs automated blood collection systems that collect a combination of red blood cells, platelets and plasma from donors. At the heart of the FDA-approved Trima system is a VersaLogic EBX single board computer that automates the process and increases the efficiency of blood collection. The state-of-the-art technology uses cell...

Tags: Plasma, Board, VersaLogic, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law

Case studies 2009-01-01

A sixth region in the magnetosphere?

As you probably know, Earth's magnetosphere, 'the invisible bubble of magnetic fields and electrically charged particles that surrounds and protects the planet from the periodically lethal radiation of the solar wind,' was discovered in 1958. Until now, it was composed of five regions, including the ionosphere or the Van Allen...

Tags: Ion, Plasma, Region, Vanderbilt University, Team Management, Network Technology, Management, Networking, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-12-14

Holiday Gift Guide 2008: Three Ultimate HDTVs

Though putting together a high-end home theater for a few thousand dollars might seem like an awful lot of money in this economy, there are a lucky few who can afford to spend the same amount just on their TV. (Of course, many also choose to...

Tags: Plasma, Home Theater, HDTV, Laser, 1080p, Home Entertainment, Tv & Home Theater, TVs, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2008-12-09

Nuclear fusion as future power source

MIT researchers have used their Alcator C-Mod fusion reactor, in operation since 1993, to bring the promise of fusion as a future power source a bit closer to reality. As you probably know, fusion is the reaction that produces the sun's energy and it has an 'enormous potential for future...

Tags: Plasma, Massachusetts Institute Of Technology, Fusion, Fusion Reactor, V, Construction, Team Management, Management, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-12-04

Holiday Gift Guide 2008: High-end home theater setups

Economy be damned, you want to upgrade your home theaterâ€"and do it rightâ€"for the holidays (and/or in anticipation of the Super Bowl). If you have the means to spend more than two grand on a set and the hundreds and hundreds more to round out your...

Tags: Plasma, Home Theater, Home Entertainment, Consumer Electronics, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2008-12-03

Holiday Gift Guide 2008: Budget home theater setups

This is the first of a series of buying guides for those looking forward to this holiday season as a time to assemble a home theater system. First up: budget setups. Whether you need to create a home theater...

Tags: Panasonic, Plasma, DVD Player, Home Theater, LCD, 1080p, Prestigo SRU8010, Home Entertainment, Consumer Electronics, Tv & Home Theater, DVD, Media Players, Personal Technology, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2008-11-19

Best Buy Black Friday ad leaks. Don't get too excited. get too excited.

While Circuit City has pretty much crashed and burned, Best Buy has chugged merrily along. But the electronics retailing giant has just made a pessimistic forecast of its year-end earnings, which led many to think its Black Friday special were going to be something special. Well, the Best Buy Black...

Tags: Best Buy Co. Inc., Plasma, Advertisement, HDTV, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2008-11-13