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- 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
- Review: Zune HD & AV dock and Zune Premium Car Pack
- Who needs a Blu-Ray player?Ummm, perhaps someone that might want 1080p resolution compared to the Zunes? And all the features that blu-Ray offers?Matthew, how is your zunes screen in sunlight? OLED displays are extremely poor in sunlight; please post a picture of the zune next to an iPod touch both...
- Tags: Digital music, Digital media, OLED Screen, car, OLED Displays, Microsoft Zune, Zune HD, sunlight
- Discussion threads 2009-10-14
- Samsung SP-A900B
- Samsung, with the help of video guru Joe Kane, again delivers outstanding performance in the high-end front projection DLP category with the flagship SP-A900B. This 1080p resolution, one-chip DLP projector sports the latest Dark Chip 4 chip from Texas Instruments, but otherwise appears virtually the same as the SP-A800B that...
- Tags: Projectors, Network technology, picture menu, menu system, Samsung SP-A900B, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., projector
- Product reviews 2009-09-14
- How much do stores jack up ambient lighting to sell you HDTVs?
- It's more direct than that.Go to Best Buy and amazingly, the cheapest sets look like they should not have shipped from the factory failing quality control while the high cost sets are superb. I had an employee try to stop me from pressing the "default" settings on the TVs...
- Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Monitors & displays, TV, brightness, HDTV
- Discussion threads 2009-08-09
- Sony Vaio VGN-NW125J/T
- Editors' note: This review is part of our Back-to-school 2009 Retail Laptop Roundup, covering specific new configurations of popular laptops that can be found in retail stores. It won't be the lightest laptop on campus this fall, and it may not fit into every knapsack or laptop bag, but...
- Tags: Notebooks, Desktops, software bundle, laptop computer, Sony Vaio, Sony Corp.
- Product reviews 2009-08-07
- Mitsubishi to give free Vudu Box with purchase of new TV
- Here's one way around having to offer a networked TV to consumers. From July 16 to August 10, Mitsubishi is giving away a Vudu Box, a device that downloads and plays movies—including 1080p titles—with the purchase of most new Mitsubishi HDTV models. The Vudu unit costs $149 regularly, and the...
- Tags: Mitsubishi Corp., TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Sean Portnoy
- Blog posts 2009-07-13
- Dell Professional P2210 22-inch monitor
- The Dell 22-inch P2210 has a list price of $240, but Dell currently sells it for $209. For that price you get four-way ergonomic support, including screen height adjustment, panel swiveling, pivot, and tilt. Its On Screen Display OSD is easy to navigate and it has one of the lowest...
- Tags: bezel, Dell Computer Corp., DisplayPort, HDMI, monitor, OSD, Professional P2210, Video Presets
- Product reviews 2009-06-23
- MSI GT725-212US
- To game well on a laptop isn't always a cheap endeavor--some might even call it a fool's way to part with his wallet. It can often seem like price is no issue for enthusiasts, but thankfully, some manufacturers are looking out for more affordable ways to get a superior gaming...
- Tags: Games, Notebooks, game, notebook, lid
- Product reviews 2009-06-15
- Pricing gap shrinks between top-tier, value HDTV makers
- With the recession still slogging on, it's hard for premium TV manufacturers like Samsung and Toshiba to keep market share at significantly higher prices than "bargain" brands like Vizio and Westinghouse. So it should come as no surprise that a new report from market research firm iSuppli finds that the...
- Tags: Sony Corp., Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Pricing Strategy, Pricing Gap, Vizio, Pricing, Marketing Research, Marketing, Sean Portnoy
- Blog posts 2009-06-04
- News to know: Google Wave; Bing; Palm webOS; Verizon Wireless CEO; AOL
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Sam Diaz: Meet Google Wave: a new way to communicate and collaborate Google Wave: It's still a work in...
- Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, America Online Inc., Palm Inc., Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Verizon Wireless, Semiconductors, Social Networking, H-1B, Strategy, Hardware, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Human Resources, Labor Relations, Management, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-05-29
- NEC develops new chip that promises superior 1080p upscaling
- More people are buying 1080p HDTVs, but unless you're playing a Blu-ray disc or console videogames, you have to rely on a device that can upscale your other video sources to take advantage of that extra resolution. NEC Electronics have been working on improving the current technology used to perform...
- Tags: 1080p, NEC Corp., Chip, Semiconductors, Network Technology, Hardware, Networking, Sean Portnoy
- Blog posts 2009-05-28
- 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
- VIA introduces HD performance for netbooks
- VIA, the X86 processor platform manufacturer, today announced its Surfboard C855 Reference Design, a compact mainboard incorporating the VIA C7-M ULV processor and the new VIA VX855 unified IGP chipset that has been specifically designed for easy integration into devices targeted at the rapidly growing mini-notebook, or netbook, market. ...
- Tags: Mini-notebook, Performance, Netbook, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-03-17
- Yamaha HTR-6160
- Editors' note: The Yamaha HTR-6160 is virtually identical to the RX-V663, therefore the reviews are essentially the same. For more information on the differences between Yamaha's HTR and RX-V lines of receivers, see the company's FAQ.For the most home theater enthusiasts, midrange AV receivers represent the best value. They offer...
- Tags: Consumer electronics, Yamaha HTR-6160, Yamaha Corp., receiver
- Product reviews 2009-02-04
- Yamaha RX-V663
- Photo gallery:Yamaha RX-V663For the most home theater enthusiasts, midrange AV receivers represent the best value. They offer superior sound over underpowered entry-level models, include the most important features available on the high-end models, and they still manage to cost between $400 and $600. The Yamaha RX-V663 falls right into...
- Tags: Consumer electronics, Yamaha RX-V663, receiver, Yamaha Corp.
- Product reviews 2009-02-03
- Gefen EXT-WHDMI wireless HDMI extender
- Photo gallery:Gefen EXT-WHDMIIn 2008 we gave the Best of CES award to the Belkin FlyWire, the first mainstream wireless HDMI system that was promised to go to market. After numerous delays that system still is not available, but the idea is still going strong. CES 2009 saw multiple manufacturers, including...
- Tags: Corporate communications, TVs, Gefen EXT-WHDMI, transmitter, HDMI system, HDMI, wireless
- Product reviews 2009-01-30
- 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
- HP LP2275w
- Thanks in part to its accurate color reproduction, the 22-inch HP LP2275w achieved the highest marks in our performance tests we've seen yet, beating out the $799 Dell Crystal and trouncing the $239 Gateway HD2201. The monitor includes a full host of ergonomic features, including screen rotation, pivoting, and...
- Tags: Monitors & displays, display, HP LP2275w, DisplayPort, Hewlett-Packard Co., monitor, DVI
- Product reviews 2008-12-18
- 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
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