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- The machines for making TVs
- Not everything gets made overseas. CNET News.com's Michael Kanellos tours the Silicon Valley facilities of Applied Materials, where they make equipment for producing televisions and solar panels.
- Tags: News, Michael Kanellos, solar, solar panels, TV's, Applied Materials, Silicon Valley, plasma, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment
- Videos 2008-04-30
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- iTunes announces same day movie releases as DVD
- iTunes announces same day movie releases as DVDJobs one Awesome NegotiatorAs Silicon Valley Insider said "Steve Jobs Gets His Mega Studio Deal".Steve Jobs sees to be an incredible negotiator and seemingly has a magic touch in bending very tough managers from very different industries to his will.Examples: signing all those...
- Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, movie, digital-rights management, Apple iTunes, DVD, Steve Jobs
- Discussion threads 2008-05-01
- Stream PC content to every HDTV in the house via coaxial cable
- In a similar vein to yesterday's post about wireless HDTVs, today's news arrives with a media streamer by ZeeVee that plugs into one's computer and sends on-screen content to every TV in the house over existing coaxial cable. In effect, the unit, called the ZvBox, enables users...
- Tags: PC, HDTV, Cable, Computer, ZvBox, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2008-05-01
- Panasonic Viera TH-42PX80U
- As high-definition TVs continue to evolve with evermore-enticing technologies and doodads, the majority of buyers are still looking for the best bang for the buck. Panasonic's plasmas are usually at or near the top of the heap in that category, and the 42-inch TH-42PX80U is a great example. This set...
- Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Panasonic, TH-42PX80U, plasma, 1080p
- Product reviews 2008-04-30
- Sharp to offer ultra-thin X-Series LCD TVs with wireless HD feed
- Sharp to offer ultra-thin X-Series LCD TVs with wireless HD feedgood luck!what happens when you have multiple wireless TVs close by and the spectrum is limited?It won't be a big hit due to the laws of physics.RE: Sharp to offer ultra-thin X-Series LCD TVs with wireless HD feedNow if we...
- Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Utility computing, Servers, TV, X-Series LCD TV, X-series LCD, ultra-thin, IBM xSeries, LCD TV, Sharp Corp., wireless
- Discussion threads 2008-04-30
- 25ò0of Americans have an HDTV set
- 25ò0of Americans have an HDTV setanother reason now...is that there are almost no tube TV's for sale anyway.Political correctnessPerhaps, but to be politically correct they should watch the opening ceremonies in standard definition, then switch. :)
- Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, HDTV
- Discussion threads 2008-04-25
- Samsung LN32A450
- Our favorite small-screen LCD in 2007 was Samsung's LN-T3253H, and this year's version, the LN32A450, is another picture-quality winner. This LCD delivers solid black level performance and accurate color, along with a commendable feature set compared with the rest of the 32-inch LCD pack. No, it's not as inexpensive ...
- Tags: Monitors & displays, TVs, TV & Home Theater, Samsung LN32A450, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., picture mode
- Product reviews 2008-04-22
- Panasonic TH-46PZ85U
- Panasonic rules the plasma roost, outselling other brands and rolling out a massive suite of models to compete against LCD in 2008. The TH-PZ85U series may be the most exciting of the bunch, thanks to its improved black-level performance, the holy grail of home theater image quality. The 46-inch...
- Tags: Home entertainment, TV & Home Theater, Monitors & displays, TVs, Panasonic, Panasonic TH-46PZ85U, plasma
- Product reviews 2008-04-17
- Samsung PN50A550
- Plasma HDTVs seem almost passe these days, but in our experience they still produce generally better images than LCDs. The mid-price 50-inch Samsung PN50A550 reviewed here provides a typical example of what plasma can do right. Its color accuracy is superb, it produces a very clean image, and like all...
- Tags: Monitors & displays, TVs, TV & Home Theater, Overall IT, Samsung PN50A550, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., plasma
- Product reviews 2008-04-14
- Sharp LC-32D44U
- As off-brands such as Vizio, Insignia, and Westinghouse continue to make inroads among HDTV shoppers, traditional makers such as Sharp have to make it seem as if their sets are worth a couple of hundred bucks extra. That's especially tough in the small-to-medium-screen space, where the entry-level Sharp Aquos LC-32D44U...
- Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Sharp Corp., Sharp LC-32D44U, HDTV
- Product reviews 2008-04-08
- The highs and lows of digital camcorders: Flip Video Ultra vs. Sony Handycam HDR-TG1
- There's been a lot of renewed media interest of late in Pure Digital's Flip Video (aka, The Flip), the super-simple, low-res, flash-based video recorder (with flip-out USB dongle) that has taken the camcorder industry by storm in the year since it was launched. David Pogue reviewed the lastest version...
- Tags: Sony Corp., Camcorder, Video, Pogue, Flip Ultra, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Janice Chen
- Blog posts 2008-04-06
- RCA DTA800
- The DTV transition has been pushed back several times already, but it looks as of over-the-air analog TV signals will officially be turned off on February 19, 2009. That means owners of analog TV will need to pony up for a DTV converter box if they want to continue getting...
- Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, DTV Transition, casing, RCA DTA800, digital television, TV, DTV converter box, converter box
- Product reviews 2008-04-03
- 20-inch iMac owner sues for lack of colors
- 20-inch iMac owner sues for lack of colorsWell "IF" Apple did lie then they should pay....I do like my 24" iMac and since I'm not a pro photographer I doubt that the color thing would be an issue with me (and from what I read I do get the colors...
- Tags: Monitors & displays, LCD, Apple iMac, Apple Inc., CRT
- Discussion threads 2008-04-02
- Panasonic SC-PT660
- Panasonic's 2008 home-theater-in-a-box line has three contenders in the sub-$500 range. At the top of the line is the SC-PT960, which includes wireless speakers in the rear, tallboy speakers up front, and is XM-ready. In the middle is the $400 SC-PT760; it loses the satellite radio compatibility, but retains...
- Tags: Digital music, Panasonic SC-PT660, speaker, Panasonic, iPod Dock, Apple iPod
- Product reviews 2008-03-26
- Vizio VO47LF
- As Vizio continues to prove itself capable of competing in sales against the Sonys and Samsungs of the world, the company keeps tweaking its formula of offering plenty of bang for the buck, especially in the features department. The newly designed VO47LF, a 47-inch flat-panel LCD, has four HDMI inputs...
- Tags: Monitors & displays, TVs, TV & Home Theater, Vizio VO47LF, Vizio
- Product reviews 2008-03-19
- Panasonic SC-PT760
- Panasonic's 2008 home-theater-in-a-box line has three contenders in the sub-$500 range, and we think the midline SC-PT760 will be the most popular model of the group. It comes with a smooth running five-disc DVD changer, wireless surround speakers, an integrated, flipdown iPod dock, and upscales video over HDMI up...
- Tags: Panasonic SC-PT760, speaker, Panasonic, iPod Dock, Apple iPod
- Product reviews 2008-03-18
- Don't underestimate Samsung digital cameras
- Don't underestimate Samsung digital camerasIf their cameras are as good as their phones...If their cameras are as good as their mobile phones then canon and nikon have nothing to worry about. The interfaces of samsung phones are terrible. Maybe these phones have features "that users want" but the end result...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, phone, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Samsung Digital Camera, Samsung Phone, camera
- Discussion threads 2008-03-17
- BlackBerry-Motorola patent infringement fight makes little sense to me
- BlackBerry-Motorola patent infringement fight makes little sense to meIf that's the case...Then Toshiba should sue LG for putting the power button to their TV's on the right side of the cabinet. Or Ford should sue Daiwoo for placing their doorhandles where they are most convenient.. on the door. ...
- Tags: BlackBerry-Motorola
- Discussion threads 2008-02-19
- One+year+till+death+of+analog+TV+in+USA
- One+year+till+death+of+analog+TV+in+USASo when I decide to get Cable again...I will have to get all of these items, or get a new TV. Perhaps my television set will die before then.Waste of taxpayer dollarsI predict 40% of these coupons will be used by Frys geeks to see how the converter works...
- Tags: Network technology, TV & Home Theater, TVs, Broadband Internet, Best Bet, OTA, cable
- Discussion threads 2008-02-19
- Insignia NS-PDP42
- Insignia is Best Buy's house brand, so the company's inexpensive 42-inch plasma, the NS-PDP42, is available only at the giant electronics retailer. By all appearances, however, this plasma shares a strong heritage with LG, from the panel's external design, to its menu system, to the tendency for a somewhat noisier...
- Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Insignia NS-PDP42
- Product reviews 2008-02-07
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