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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

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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

Sony KDL-46VE5

Photo gallery: Sony KDL-VE5 seriesIn case you haven't noticed, "green" is big business. One way for HDTV makers to cash in on the public's craving for efficiency is to label a TV "eco-friendly." Sony's KDL-VE5 series does just that, but unlike a lot of so-called green electronics, this...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Sony KDL-VE5, Sony Corp., TV

Product reviews 2009-11-06

TechCrunch throws down on cable boxes: Who can argue?

The TechCrunch blog usually covers start-up culture, but a post today takes a diversion into the limited, primitive realm of cable boxes. You know 'em, you hate 'em. As post author MG Siegler points out, the interfaces are archaic, the horsepower anemic, and the remotes unappealing. He rightly suggests that...

Tags: TechCrunch, Cable Box, TV, CableCard, Siegler, Cable, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Networking, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2009-10-08

Intensity 3.3.2 (Mac)

Add the incredible quality of HDMI to your computer. Intensity features the latest HDMI technology for the highest quality capture and playback on Windows or Mac OS X computers. Now you can edit using big-screen HDMI televisions and video projectors, or capture uncompressed quality from HDV cameras. Intensity comes in...

Tags: Intensity, Apple Macintosh, HDMI, Blackmagic Design

Software downloads 2009-10-08

TV Everywhere: We're not just ready; we're already doing it

Television has gone through some major transformations over the years: color, cable, digital and even TiVo. Now, the industry is undergoing another transformation - and consumers are more than ready. A report released today found that consumers are already accessing television-style video content from devices other than...

Tags: TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-09-30

Dallas Cowboys Stadium: World's largest HD video display, says Guinness

That's right, folks: Jerry Jones and the Dallas Cowboys have claimed the official Guinness World Record for  the world's largest high-definition video display. The four-sided, Mitsubishi-made screen that hands from the pro football team's new stadium is the equivalent of -- count them...

Tags: Mitsubishi Corp., Light-emitting Diode, Video, Stadium, Corporate Communications, Engineering, Marketing, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-09-28

Cops strike out, caught Wii bowling during drug raid [Video]

What do undercover cops do during a drug raid? Why, play Wii bowling, of course. A team of undercover drug investigators from Polk County, Florida were caught by the convicted drug dealer's surveillance camera while they were raiding the house for evidence. According to Tampa Bay Online:...

Tags: Video, Nintendo Wii, Corporate Communications, Taxes, Free Trade, Marketing, Financial Planning, Finance, Jennifer Bergen

Blog posts 2009-09-22

California screenin': Majority of residents oppose big-screen TV ban

Regulate power, not sizeThey should be regulating the power consumption of TVs, not necessarily their size. Force the companies to make big screen TVs less power hungry and more efficient. Not flat out ban them.TVs should strive to be Energy Star compliant because I'm sure many of them...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, TV, big-screen TV

Discussion threads 2009-09-17

ARM targets Intel with 2GHz multicore chips

Great platform for next-gen OS developmentThis sounds like it would be a great platform for somebody to develop the next generation OS we so badly need as a replacement for all of the existing 20th century OSes we're currently using.Still primitive - OS has a long way to goI use...

Tags: Operating systems, Keyboards, multi-core processor, Intel Corp., chip, operating system, keyboard, ARM

Discussion threads 2009-09-16

Walmart recalls 4.2 million Durabrand DVD players

12 units out of 4.5 millionand we are in a panic recall? What a nation of chicken littles.Cheap chinese junk sold at Wal-Mart is crappy?Stop the presses.overheating means "catches on fire"And burns the house down, potentially killing people... RE: Walmart recalls 4.2 million Durabrand DVD playersIt's Walmart Quality control. Same...

Tags: DVD, Media players, Consumer electronics, Quality, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Durabrand DVD player, DVD player

Discussion threads 2009-09-02

YourWorld (Mobile)

Ever wondered where a little state exactly is, when they talk about it on TV or the newspapers? Curious about its background, geography, political situation, economy, religion, people? With YourWorld this and many other information is always in your pocket! YourWorld is like a mini encyclopedia about all the countries...

Tags: Mobile, AnguriaLab LLC, YourWorld, It', Internet, TVs, Telecom & Utilities, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment

Software downloads 2009-09-02

First 3D TV channel coming to U.S. next year?

Couldn't care less ... but ...... when they start making 3D Holographic televisions where the action takes place in the middle of your entertainment room, and you can actually walk around and view the action from all angles ... count me in ... if I have enough cash ... which...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, 3D, TV

Discussion threads 2009-08-17

Samsung Reclaim SPH-M560 (Sprint)

Photo gallery:Samsung Reclaim SPH-M560With green living very much in the public consciousness, green gadgets are becoming more popular. Exactly what that concept means can vary--for some it's as simple as a device that uses less power--but manufacturers are applying the label to everything from televisions to cameras. For cell phones,...

Tags: Keyboards, Sprint Communications, Samsung Reclaim, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

Product reviews 2009-08-06

AT&T aims to allay iPhone exclusivity worries

AT&T aims to allay iPhone exclusivity worriesBlog Bellyaching?Ok.. How about this. Take a Blackberry Bold on AT&T and a Blackberry Tour on Sprint (Basically the same as far as the phone goes..with the exception of GSM vs. CDMA) to Downtown Manhattan. Make Calls on both. If...

Tags: Smart phones, AT&T Corp., Apple iPhone, exclusivity worry, iPhone exclusivity worry

Discussion threads 2009-07-23

Just leave it behind: Moving company teams with e-cycler

When are you most likely to want to get rid of stuff, including e-waste? NorthStar Moving figures that is something you worry about most when you are about to move your household or relocate your businesss. So the company has teamed up with E-Cycle Environmental to offer...

Tags: Team, Service, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-07-22

Toshiba Satellite L305-S5955

Editors' note: This review is part of our 2009 Retail Laptop and Desktop Back-to-School roundup, covering specific fixed configurations of popular systems that can be found in retail stores. It's hard to hate a laptop that only costs $350. Indeed, decent televisions weren't even this cheap half a decade ago....

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Notebooks, Processors, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Toshiba Satellite, laptop computer, Intel Celeron, netbook, Toshiba Corp.

Product reviews 2009-07-08

Enterprise ripe for green disruption, Samsung VP says

When it comes to adopting green technology, the enterprise is ready for a "disruptive" approach to innovation, said Jim Elliott, vice president of memory marketing at Samsung Semiconductor. In a presentation yesterday at the Time Warner Center in New York City, Elliott explained that the industry is...

Tags: Green Technology, Lenovo Group Ltd., Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-06-18

E-waste update: Electronics TakeBack Coalition rates TV manufacturers

Because I know you are just DYING to go out this weekend and make sure that you have a television that is compliant with the digital conversion (if you don't already), just want to remind you to dispose of your old one responsibly. Do not stick it out by the...

Tags: Electronics, E-waste, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-06-12

Microsoft's naive vision of the future home

Microsoft's naive vision of the future homeCost go down and effciency goes up after a while.Most technology costs goes down as time goes by. 50+ in HDTV a 10 years ago costs mored than 10K, now you can buy them at less 1500. Cost of new technology is always expensive...

Tags: Monitors & displays, TVs, TV & Home Theater, Zack, future home, vision, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-06-10