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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

Google takes a deep look at itself in 2009

Google has published it's 2009 Zeitgeist -- the yearly tradition that is the result of Google pouring over data to tell us what the highlights of last year were, according to what people like yourself searched for. This year started off on a roll and never stopped....

Tags: Google Inc., TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Garett Rogers

Blog posts 2009-12-02

FlipShare TV service launches Flip videos to your TV

There's a new way to share those videos shot on your Flip camcorders now. Cisco has just announced FlipShare TV, which will allow budding videographers share their photos and videos instantly on their living room TV. Really aimed for situations where you want...

Tags: Video, Corporate Communications, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Marketing, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Rachel King

Blog posts 2009-12-02

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

Where to find the apps featured in Apple's ads (updated)

Ever wanted to see all the iPhone apps featured in Apple's television commercials? There's a page for that! by Jason D. O'Grady

Tags: Advertisement, Apple Inc., App, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-11-30

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

Veetle Player 0.9.15 (Windows)

Veetle is a Silicon Valley startup seeking to give the power of high quality video broadcasting back to the people. On Veetle, you can watch video broadcast in TV and HD quality. You can also broadcast your own content in high quality too.The Veetle Player lets you watch any of...

Tags: Quality, Veetle, Corporate Communications, Microsoft Windows, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Marketing, Operating Systems, Software, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment

Software downloads 2009-11-30

Veetle Broadcaster 0.9.14 (Windows)

Veetle is a Silicon Valley startup seeking to give the power of high quality video broadcasting back to the people. On Veetle, you can watch video broadcast in TV and HD quality. You can also broadcast your own content in high quality too.The Veetle Broadcaster lets you broadcast files, DVDs,...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Video, Broadcaster, Veetle, Corporate Communications, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Marketing, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment

Software downloads 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

Cooliris for Google Chrome 1.11.6.30732 beta (Windows)

This is the first beta release of Cooliris for Google Chrome. Enjoy browsing photos and videos on the Cooliris 3D Wall, whether you're on Google Images, Flickr, Facebook, YouTube, or any other supported website. Or channel surf the latest news, TV episodes, movies, and more with the built-in Channels feature.

Tags: Google Inc., Beta, Google Chrome, Cooliris, Corporate Communications, Web Site Development, Microsoft Windows, TVs, Web Technology, Tv & Home Theater, Marketing, Internet, Operating Systems, Software, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment

Software downloads 2009-11-27

TVUPlayer 2.5.0.1 (Windows)

Watch live TV broadcasts on your PC. TVU networks uses P2P technology to broadcast TV programs live over the Web. The service is based on a number of patent-pending technologies, covering high-quality video coding, efficient real-time P2P distribution, and effective digital rights management.

Tags: TVU Networks, Microsoft Windows, Peer To Peer (P2P), TVs, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Tv & Home Theater, Internet, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Security

Software downloads 2009-11-27

Sonne Screen Video Capture 7.0.0.598 (Windows)

Sonne Screen Video Capture is powerful screen capture software that can capture any part of screen from your desktop, and save the images in BMP or JPEG formats. Besides, it offers you the function of capturing video and image from DV, TV Tuner and other capture devices in real time....

Tags: Video Capture, Screen Capture, Microsoft Windows, Video, TV Tuner, Sonne Software Solution, Sonne Screen Video Capture, Corporate Communications, Tv & Home Theater, TVs, Marketing, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment

Software downloads 2009-11-26

Ecoute 1.3.4 (Mac)

You can browse your entire library. Play your Music, Podcasts, Movies or TV Shows without having to launch iTunes. Integrated search to find any file you want to play. Search for any album artwork you want to apply. last.fm is built in Ecoute. It's designed to be minimal,...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Library, PixiApps, Last.fm, Podcasts, TVs, Digital Music, Tv & Home Theater, Digital Media, Internet, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Consumer Electronics

Software downloads 2009-11-26

Are cheap LCDs a good choice for classroom sharing?

Can low-priced LCD TVs serve most classroom computer demonstration needs? 32" and 40" TVs can often be found under $500. While it's true that LCD projectors have also come down in price considerably, LCD TVs can be wall-mounted and won't need expensive replacement bulbs. by Christopher Dawson

Tags: LCD TV, LCD, Monitors & Displays, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Hardware, Components, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-11-25

The Tube 2.9.5 (Mac)

The Tube is The Tube is the innovative and most modern TV solution for Mac users. Watch live television with the USB TV receiver TubeStick, pause running shows Timeshift, go through the TV listings in the electronic program guide EPG and schedule recordings. With its TubeToGo webservice, The Tube lets...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Equinux, Tube, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment

Software downloads 2009-11-25

Hands on with new Roku Channel Store; is cable TV still worth the cost?

I've been testing out the Roku HD-XR and just this last weekend was sent some beta bits for their newly announced Roku Channel Store. The Roku Channel Store is available via a software update on all three Roku players, the Roku SD, Roku HD original, and Roku HD-XR. After the...

Tags: Cable Television, Roku Inc., Roku Channel Store, Cable, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Memory, Flash Memory, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2009-11-23

News to know: MSFT-News Corp.; YouTube; Chrome OS; California HDTV; Oracle-Sun

A deal between Microsoft and News Corp., more about Chrome OS and new HDTV energy requirements in California are among the top headlines. by Sam Diaz

Tags: Oracle Corp., Operating System, Sun Microsystems Inc., YouTube Inc., TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Operating Systems, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Software, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-11-23

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

DVBLink TVSource 1.0 (Windows)

DVBLink TVSource seamlessly integrates Satellite, Cable or Terrestrial TV channels into Windows Media Center, including support for MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 HD video, multichannel audio, EPG information, teletext and subtitles. DVBLink enables all native TV control features of Windows Media Center for these channels such as Guide listings, live TV watching,...

Tags: Windows Media, Media Center PC, Microsoft Windows Media Center, DVBLogic, DVBLink, Media Center PCs, Microsoft Windows, Digital Media, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Operating Systems, Software, Consumer Electronics

Software downloads 2009-11-22

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