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- LG 50PG20
- The LG 50PG20 is the company's least expensive 50-inch plasma, competing against similar entry-level models from Samsung and Panasonic. It doesn't have the 1080p resolution of higher-priced plasmas, but we didn't really miss that extra detail. What we did miss with this LG, namely deep black levels and more accurate...
- Tags: LG Electronics Inc., LG 50PG20, plasma
- Product reviews 2008-08-26
- Dell UltraSharp 3008WFP
- The $2,000 Dell UltraSharp 3008WFP is a beautiful-looking display with a ton of features. Because of its 117 percent NTSC color gamut, however, we encountered many more color problems than we expected during DVD and Blu-ray playback. Be prepared to do a lot of color tweaking if you plan to...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Dell UltraSharp, display, Dell UltraSharp 3008WFP
- Product reviews 2008-08-25
- AMD slims down, sells digital TV business to Broadcom
- AMD slims down, sells digital TV business to BroadcomDigital TV products...So, does this mean there won't be any AMD TV Wonder/HDTV Wonder and All-in-Wonder products anymore that usees those chips?Slimmer? leaner?Nope, this isn't 'slimmer' or 'leaner', it is all about, "we need some cash, and we need it urgently'. I...
- Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, digital television, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Broadcom Corp., TV, ATI Technologies Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-08-25
- Google and Sirius XM: Build my "Dream" Handheld
- The current rumor-mongering seems to indicate that HTC's "Dream" will soon be making landfall in the US. Based on the initially leaked specs of this device, it still sounds like it doesn't do what I really would want it to do in order to replace by Blackberry 8820. ...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., High Tech Computer Corp., Handheld, XM Satellite Radio Inc., Radio, Video, Sirius, Android, Mesh Networking, Advertising & Promotion, Corporate Communications, Networking, Marketing, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-08-24
- Vizio SV470XVT
- Budget flat-panel powerhouse Vizio is breaking into the lucrative realm of high-end HDTVs with its XVT line, comprised of a 50-inch plasma we detailed at CES and a pair of LCDs, including the model reviewed here, the 47-inch SV470XVT. Equipped with a lot of glossy black, a slicker menu system,...
- Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Monitors & displays, button layout, Vizio, Vizio SV470XVT
- Product reviews 2008-08-21
- HP Pavilion dv5-1015nr
- Editors' note: This review is part of our Back-to-School 2008 roundup, covering specific configurations of popular laptops that can be found in retail stores.As a back-to-school laptop, the HP Pavilion dv5-1015nr is overkill, unless, perhaps, you've managed to squeeze a large LCD in your dorm room or pooled funds with...
- Tags: Desktops, Notebooks, HP Pavilion, laptop computer, Hewlett-Packard Co.
- Product reviews 2008-08-20
- Yahoo and Intel's Web TV widget could be the winner
- I have seen the future of television. And I can't wait to "watch." For years, companies large and small have been trying to merge the experiences of watching TV and surfing the Web. But none have really taken off, largely because the attempts have tried to force...
- Tags: Web TV, Web, Advertisement, Yahoo! Inc., Intel Corp., TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-08-20
- Our educational system needs an overhaul (and how can Intel help?)
- Our educational system needs an overhaul (and how can Intel help?)kids?Not sure at what age group you are referring to when you say kids.Basic computer skills are all that are necessary for middle and high school. If a student would like to explore advanced uses of a computer they...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Intel Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-08-20
- HP Pavilion dv5-1004nr
- Note: This review is part of our Back-to-School 2008 roundup, covering specific configurations of popular laptops that can be found in retail stores.The HP Pavilion dv5-1004nr is a slightly more powerful version of the Pavilion dv5-1002nr system we reviewed earlier this month, providing a bit more processing power, more memory,...
- Tags: Desktops, Hewlett-Packard Co., HP Pavilion, laptop computer
- Product reviews 2008-08-19
- CISCO: Why the Olympics didn't melt NBC
- Yesterday I posted about how Limelight Networks was used as the primary caching content provider for NBCOlympics.com and lifted a huge burden off on the public Internet by leveraging relationships with last mile ISPs. It's an amazing story about how technology can be used to solve immense problems. ...
- Tags: Olympic Games, NBC, Video, Cisco Systems Inc., Camera, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-08-18
- Test case: what happens when a government requires renewable energy?
- Test case: what happens when a government requires renewable energy?....It's pioneers like Colorado that will finally propel us into the 21st century. Great news! Love it when the old ways are trounced by new tech AND soundly at that!"[B]Despite a continuing boom, oil and gas companies here are on the...
- Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Telecom & Utilities, Westinghouse, mW, tax, Xcel Energy Inc., renewable energy
- Discussion threads 2008-08-18
- 3D HD cellphone video: a killer app for next decade storage
- Terabyte notebooks are coming in a couple of years. But what will we fill them with? Glad you asked. How about 3D HDTV cell phone footage? Don't laugh. It's coming. Flashback When I bought my first external hard drive - 30 MB for $300 - I...
- Tags: 3D, Phone, Killer Application, Storage, Cell Phone, Video, Terabyte Notebook, Robin Harris
- Blog posts 2008-08-14
- Did the DVR and HD impact NBCOlympics.com traffic numbers?
- My ZDNet colleagues Tom Steinert-Threlkeld and Ryan Stewart ran the raw numbers on Olympics online viewership. While the amount of traffic on the videos over the weekend was impressive -- 3.42 million video streams with 66.7 million page views and an average visit of 15 minutes...
- Tags: Olympic Games, Digital Video Recorder, DVR, Digital Video, TVs, Web Site Development, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Internet, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-08-12
- Samsung LN46A550
- The midrange of a product line is sometimes where bargains meet high-performance, and that describes the LNA550 series of LCDs from Samsung quite well. The company's entry-level 1080p resolution models, represented in this review by the LN46A550, lack the fancy "touch of color" styling, Internet-connectivity, and 120Hz processing of their...
- Tags: Monitors & displays, TVs, TV & Home Theater, Overall IT, Samsung LN46A550, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
- Product reviews 2008-08-08
- Gateway GT5692
- The $550 Gateway GT5692 is part a new batch of recently released midrange desktop PCs. This particular configuration has an AMD Phenom X3 8450 triple-core processor, 4GB of memory, HDMI-out, and 64-bit Windows Vista. The package gave us decent speed and benchmarking results, so if you're looking for a dependable...
- Tags: Video cards, Network technology, Semiconductors, Desktops, Gateway GT5692, Gateway Inc.
- Product reviews 2008-08-06
- Vizio VP322
- Mostly on the strength of aggressive pricing, Vizio in the last several years has taken the flat-panel HDTV market--both LCD and plasma--by storm, rocketing past better-known brands and becoming one of the best-selling names in the country. The company has also introduced some unique products, among them the VP322, which...
- Tags: Monitors & displays, TVs, color temperature, Vizio VP322, Vizio, plasma, LCD, VP422, HDTV
- Product reviews 2008-08-05
- Sony BDP-S350
- Sony has been the public face of Blu-ray since the format's inception, and while most of the focus during the bitter Blu-ray vs. HD DVD format war was on the company's PlayStation 3, Sony has been making standalone Blu-ray players from the start, beginning with the $1,000 BDP-S1. Unfortunately, that...
- Tags: Consumer electronics, DVD, Game players, Media players, Monitors & displays, TV & Home Theater, Sony BDP-S350, Sony Corp., Sony PlayStation 3
- Product reviews 2008-08-05
- 255 mln households to have HDTV by 2013
- The number of households worldwide with HDTV service delivered via satellite, cable TV, IPTV and over the air will grow to 255 mln by the end of 2013, up from an estimated 45 mln as of the end of 2007, according to IMS Research. Blu-ray Disc market will experience strong...
- Tags: Blu-ray Disc, HDTV, IBM IMS, Household, IMS Research, Blu-Ray, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Cable, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Network Technology, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Telecommunications, Networking, AM
- Blog posts 2008-08-04
- 255 mln households to have HDTV by 2013
- The number of households worldwide with HDTV service delivered via satellite, cable TV, IPTV and over the air will grow to 255 mln by the end of 2013, up from an estimated 45 mln as of the end of 2007, according to IMS Research. Blu-ray Disc market will experience strong...
- Tags: Blu-ray Disc, HDTV, IBM IMS, Household, IMS Research, Blu-Ray, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Cable, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Network Technology, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Telecommunications, Networking, AM
- Blog posts 2008-08-04
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