LG Smart TV will offer access to Netflix, Hulu Plus, Amazon Video on Demand and even a built-in browser, rivaling existing set-top boxes running Boxee and Google TV. While Google TV and Boxee have both stumbled in their initial set-top boxes, LG will pounce upon their weakness with its own flavor of connected television, dubbed… Read More »
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Feed SubscriptionBRAVIA® 2011: Do more with your TV than ever before
In 2011 BRAVIA televisions bring more of the best of the web to your TV screen. With Internet capabilities available on almost all new BRAVIA TVs, and channels and services being added to BRAVIA Internet Video all the time, it’s now even easier to watch what you want, whenever you want. You can browse popular… Read More »
LG goes passive with CF3D polarized 3D projector
LG’s 3F3D allows home theater owners to use the same inexpensive glasses used in full-size cinemas rather than pricy active-shutter glasses, with the same eye-popping effect. After sporting a pair of lightweight horned-rimmed glasses to see movies like Avatar in theaters, the heavy, battery-powered active shutter glasses required for home 3D viewing can be a… Read More »
Philips 40inch LED LCD Television with LED Backlight – Gadget of the Day
Be blown away by the picture quality on the award winning Philips 40PFL9704H 40inch LCD television with Philips own Ambilight Spectra 2. Other impressive features of the 40PFL9704 include a built in Freeview digital tuner, Full HD 1080p panel, 200hz motion technology and Philips exclusive Perfect natural Motion technology. The 40PFL9704 is a 40inch LCD… Read More »
Samsung 90 and 30 Series Blend LCD Monitor and HDTV
Samsung’s 90 and 30 Series monitors offer full 1080p resolution, HDMI, and HDTV tuners…and they serve as desktop computer monitors. Samsung is looking to tap into that going-back-to-school dorm room crowd (or maybe that “cramped in a spare bedroom after graduation” crowd) with its new 90 series and 30 series of LCD monitors that serve… Read More »
Apple iTV to Run Apps, but No 1080p?
Rumors suggest Apple will relaunch the Apple TV as the iTV, with the guts and even iOS operating system of an iPhone 4. But it won’t play back full 1080p video. Will Apple follow Google to the flat-screen front? By all reports, it’s starting to look like it. After Google announced in May that it… Read More »
Amphenol Launches New Ultra Series High Speed HDMI 1.4 Cables at CablesOnDemand.com
Amphenol, the world’s second largest manufacturer of interconnect products, officially launched the newest iteration of its Ultra Series High-Speed Certified HDMI Cable through Cables on Demand (www.CablesOnDemand.com), its exclusive online subsidiary. The Ultra Series represents the pinnacle of Amphenol’s HDMI Cable design methodology; coupling an advanced die-cast connector platform with low-loss 26 AWG wire specifically… Read More »
77% of US Internet users to watch videos online by 2014
It doesn’t take a media mogul to see there’s a radical influx in online video viewership. Web-goers are increasingly reliant on sites like Hulu for TV shows and other premium content, while YouTube is serving upwards of two billion videos a day – most of which are user-created. According to eMarketer, online viewership rose by… Read More »
Samsung Brings Google Maps and Facebook to Connected TVs
Samsung is touting the versatility of its Samsung Apps platforms, launching apps that put Facebook and Google Maps on its net-connected HDTVs. South Korean electronics giant Samsung is currently the market leader for connected TV that tap into the Internet for content and information, and the company wants consumers to know that they’re focused on… Read More »
Sony Launches Flurry of 3D-Ready HDTVs, Home Theater Components
Sony has launched its Bravia line of 3D-capable HDTVs, along with bringing 3D capability to Blu-ray players and home theater audio systems. Consumer electronics makers have been getting ready to dive headlong into the world of 3D for a while, and Sony has just made it’s first major splash: the company’s 3D-capable Bravia high-definition LCD… Read More »