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Retailers to Feature ATCS Tuners
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: HDTV, Home Entertainment, Misc. Tech,
There are now only 433 days to go until analog TV is no more. Eight retailers will begin to sell ATCS tuners to convert analog TVs to digital beginning in February. You can find them at Circuit City, Target, Sears, Kmart, RadioShack, Best Buy, Wal-Mart, and Sam’s Club. To facilitate that purchase, don’t forget to contact our helpful FCC who will be issuing two coupons worth $40.00 apiece. We suggest you not procrastinate, for although the program will dispense with over 33 million coupons, we suspect there are still at least that many analog TVs kicking around by 2009 that dont have satellite or cable.You can apply for your coupon after January 1 by contacting the FCC’s official site or calling 1-888-DTV-2009.
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| Post-Bulletin
Gallery: Retailers to Feature ATCS Tuners
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2007 Holiday Gift Guide: TiVo HD for $250 at Amazon
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: HDTV, Home Entertainment, Family, Men, Techies,
Here’s a quick news bite for anyone looking for a holiday gift for that entertainment junkie in their life (or, for that matter, for themselves) - Amazon is selling the TiVo HD unit at $249.99. That’s $50 off the regular price of $299.99, or a smooth 17% off. Sure, it’s no Series 3, we know, but still, it is TiVo in all it’s HD goodness. We aren’t sure how long this one is going to last, so jump on it quick if you want it.<
Read More | TiVo HD Amazon Deal
Gallery: 2007 Holiday Gift Guide: TiVo HD for $250 at Amazon
Retrovo Amasses Others’ Black Friday Deals
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: HDTV, Home Entertainment, Hot Deals, Internet,
Retrovo is another site that makes your Black Friday shopping easier. The newly revamped site now features a search bar, a picture wheel of categories, a value map by ranges of price and features, and ratings by other consumers. With thousands of comparisons, you can read reviews, and browse manuals. They are offering some Black Friday TV deals such as Target’s 37-inch LCD for $549.00, a 42-inch 720p at Circuit City for $799.00, formerly $1,400.00, and Best Buy’s 42-inch HP-LC4276N that runs 1080p for $999.00, also regularly $1,400.00.
Read More | Retrevo
Gallery: Retrovo Amasses Others’ Black Friday Deals
URC to Unveil Remotes at CES 2008
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: HDTV, Home Entertainment, Misc. Tech, Movies, Music,
Universal Remote Control has already won CES awards for its MX-810 and MX-980s. Each MX-810 is usable for one room. It features RF accessibility so that you don’t have to worry about aiming it, a color LCD, and personalized programming. It will work up to 100 feet away, even for components that are hidden, and can be programmed with any Windows compatible program. URC’s MX-980 takes care of customizing entire home theaters and A/V systems. It is definitely built for homes or offices that have large or more than one system. Both remotes will be featured at the CES in January and come with prices of $399.00 and $599.00 respectively.
Read More | Universal Remote Control
Gallery: URC to Unveil Remotes at CES 2008
Panasonic Releases Second Gen BluRay DMP
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Corporate News, HDTV, Home Entertainment, Movies,
Continuing its fight on the blu side, Panasonic introduced its HD DMP-BD30, the next generation of their BD10. The player offers Final Standard Profile for creating picture-in-picture and audio mixing, which means that you can have the director’s comments drone on during the entire movie without having watch it a second time. The DMP also offers Deep Color Compatibility and 1080/24p playback. With the use of its AVCHD codec, the DMP-BD30 allows recorded images on a HD SD card to be outputted from the user’s HDMI terminal in their original 1080p form. While it will not have the $1,295.00 price of its predecessor, it will still set you back a hefty $499.95.
Read More | Panasonic
Gallery: Panasonic Releases Second Gen BluRay DMP
Change Channels With a Bang
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: HDTV, Home Entertainment, Misc. Tech,
Hold it right there, pardner. Now you don’t have actually to shoot the TV when Robert Goulet appears as Elvis apparently did. You can stop bad programming in its tracks with the Gunslinger TV Remote. The gadget’s trigger will change channels, alter the volume, or turn the set on/off. Even better, it does so with an audible boom. The remote comes with a plastic sheriff’s badge which will make you look all the more foolish, but then that is the point, isn’t it? The Gunslinger is available for $27.25, can also work with DVD and CD players, and runs on 2 AAA included batteries.
Read More | Latest Buy
Gallery: Change Channels With a Bang
Sharp To Release Better LCD for Phones
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Smartphones, Corporate News, Design, HDTV,
Sharp has taken the same technology they use on their AQUOS TVs and will begin selling it for ASV LCDs on cell phones. Featuring a 1Seg tuner, it has the more than decent contrast ratio of 2000:1 on only 2.2-inches of display. The QVGA resolution is contained in a thin .68mm thickness. While we realize this might hike up the price of a mobile phone, it is nice to see the technology being applied to other uses. Contact Sharp for further information and availability.
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| Akihabara News
Gallery: Sharp To Release Better LCD for Phones
JVC’s Clap On, Clap Off Television
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Corporate News, Design, HDTV, Home Entertainment,
JVC’s latest entry into the world of electronics is their “hand clap & gesture recognition” TV. Unveiled at the CEATEC 2007, you clap 3 times into its mic for a menu. A cam sitting atop the screen tracks your hand, thereby turning it into a tuner. Hook your finger and you click a button. There are also different clapping patterns for such features as volume control. There is no target date set for this prototype’s commercialization. While this is a definite advantage if you are one of those who had a “clap-on” signal for your remote control when it got lost, we are curious as to its response to a televised concert when the applause rolls around.
Read More | Tech On
Gallery: JVC’s Clap On, Clap Off Television
Sony to Release OLED TV
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Corporate News, HDTV, Home Entertainment,
Why is it that Sony keeps pumping out new products before anyone else? We are beginning to think that they keep clever people holed up in windowless think tanks and working 22 hours a day. Their latest contribution to home entertainment is an ultra-thin TV with OLED to produce a 3mm thick screen. OLEDs are brighter than LCD panels and have better contrast ratio and sharper images. Sony’s president Ryoji Chubachi says, “I want this world’s first OLED TV to be the symbol of the revival of Sony’s technological prowess.”
We hope so too, for their sake, but other companies, such as Samsung, are also working on the technology. Sony’s TV has an 11-inch display and will become available in Japan for ~$1,735.00 beginning December 1.
Read More | BBC
Gallery: Sony to Release OLED TV
Hitachi Releases 3-in-1 Recorders
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: HDTV, Home Entertainment, Movies,
At last someone has understood that we love our old VHS tapes and are reticent to give them up. Hitachi has three new 3-in-1 recorders that play both VHS tapes and HDD/DVDs. The DV-DH250VH has a digital and analog tuner, HDMI, and holds 250GB. There are also two models which hold 500GB, the DV-DH500VH and the DV-DH500H. Expect a late October or early November release. We think this is a fine idea if we can just figure out how to use the multi-button remotes.
Read More | Hitachi (translated) via Akihabara News
Gallery: Hitachi Releases 3-in-1 Recorders
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