Well it’s finally here. 2010 – the year by which so many films predicted humanity zipping around in flying cars, travelling regularly throughout our solar system, and working alongside artificially intellengent computers. While technology hasn’t quite kept up with fiction, it’s still progressing nicely.
Consumers in 2009 gained more choice and available features in the [...]
Posts Tagged ‘TV’
Could the PopBox “Pop” those inflated cable bills?
January 4th, 2010
Posted in Consumer Electronics, Content Delivery, Digital Media Players and DVRs, Home Theater, IPTV, TV and Video, Technology 
Tags: Boxee, digital media player, DVR, HTPC, IPTV, PopBox, TV 
1 Comment »Roku expands its product line…
October 27th, 2009
We’ve mentioned the Roku player in other posts, citing its ability to stream Netflix movies instantaneously to your TV via the Internet. In its original form, the standard definition Roku player allowed subscribers to conveniently play Netflix’ growing library of online content. Now, Roku has released two additional players, both supporting high definition video and [...]
Vuzix Wrap 310 Video Eyewear
October 25th, 2009
There’s nothing like the “big screen” experience. Unfortunately, that “big screen” isn’t always conveniently available. Oh sure, you could whip out your dual screen laptop on that cross country flight, instantly creating enemies with the people sitting next to you. But wouldn’t it be better just slip on a pair of “special” sunglasses, sit back, [...]
Posted in Consumer Electronics, Displays and Projectors, TV and Video Tags: PMP, TV, video eyewear, Vuzix 1 Comment »Mobile 3D TV Coming Soon…
October 19th, 2009
It seems like 2010 is going to be the breakout year for 3D capable TV’s. A perfect storm of content production and hardware integration promises to finally lift the technology from a cheap trick to mainstream habit. Already, companies such as Sony and Panasonic are demonstrating and producing 3D capable TV’s as described here and here. As we’ve [...]
Watching TV just got easier!
October 16th, 2009
TV lovers rejoice! Thanks to the recently ratified ATSC mobile digital TV standard, you may soon find yourself watching live broadcast TV via a portable device. While all those NTSC compatible Sony Watchmen will still be trash, expect innumerable ATSC enabled portable personal media devices to flood the market in the very near future.
The full ATSC [...]
Posted in Consumer Electronics, Content Delivery, Personal Media Players, TV and Video, Technology Tags: ATSC, HD, NTSC, PMP, Sony, TV 1 Comment »The GlideTV Navigator is making a HTPC seem really cool right now…
October 14th, 2009
The user interface gap between Internet based media and traditional television viewing has been discussed here quite a few times. While the current generation of digital media players often offer proprietary interfaces that attempt to simplify access to the vast amounts of online content from sites such as Netflix, Hulu, YouTube, and Swarmcast, the result [...]
Posted in Consumer Electronics, Gadgets, Home Theater, PCs and Laptops, Peripherals, TV and Video, USB Tags: digital media player, hdmi, home theater, TV 3 Comments »Seagate’s take on the digital media player
September 15th, 2009
If the number of new product releases is a sign of market potential, then the digital media player market is primed to explode. It’s actually becoming difficult to keep track of all the new product releases and their differentiating features, especially since most of the players offer little more than minor variations to the “digital [...]
More 3D Capable TV’s in 2010
September 3rd, 2009
In case anyone was wondering about the validity of 3D TV after Sony’s release yesterday, Philips and Panasonic today both announced plans to begin incorporating high definition 3D technology into some of their upcoming products. The announcements came at the IFA 2009 consumer electronics show in Berlin.
Panasonic is launching a cross country promotional tour in [...]
Posted in 3D Entertainment, Consumer Electronics, Displays and Projectors, Emerging Technology, TV and Video, Technology Tags: 3D, Blu-ray, LCD, Panasonic, Philips, plasma, Sony, TV 1 Comment »Another reason not to buy that new TV
September 3rd, 2009
We recently posted news of LG’s pending release of large format OLED TVs, in which it was suggested that anyone currently considering buying a new TV may want to wait for that technology to fully materialize (and come down in price). Well, today Sony, adding to its slew of recent new product releases in what [...]
Posted in 3D Entertainment, Consumer Electronics, Displays and Projectors, Emerging Technology, TV and Video, Technology Tags: 3D, Bravia, HD, LCD, Sony, TV 3 Comments »Zinnet CinemaTube Digital Media Player
September 1st, 2009
To further saturate the digital media player market, Zinnet, a Taiwanese company, today announced that it is accepting pre-orders for its CinemaTube media player. The device, which plays the usual menagerie of formats and codecs, including h.264, at up to 1080p resolution via HDMI, can be connected to USB hard drives, wired, and wireless networks [...]
Posted in Consumer Electronics, Digital Media Players and DVRs, TV and Video Tags: digital media player, h.264, HD, hdmi, home theater, torrent, TV, UPnp, YouTube No Comments »
