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LED HDTV Buying Guide

Samsung UN40B7000LED TVs are a type of LCD HDTV—they are also referred to as LED-backlit HDTV. The Light Emitting Diodes (LED) are used to light the liquid crystal display (LCD), providing stunningly crisp images and colors. Why should you get an LED HDTV? For a couple of reasons—they’re more energy efficient, the LED backlighting enhances LCD performance and improves image clarity and coloring, and they’re super slim, perfect for mounting on a wall.  We’ve already listed our top ten favorite LED HDTVs so here are just a few other recommendations for HDTV buying this holiday season.


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Sony HDTVs Now Come with a Side of Meatballs

cloudy-posterIn a bid to sell living room electronics and spur buzz for “Cloudy with A Chance of Meatballs,” Sony Corp. is offering the movie for free to U.S. buyers of its Internet-connected TVs and Blu-ray players starting Monday.

People who buy that equipment will be able to watch the movie in any 24-hour window from Dec. 8 until it is released on DVD and Blu-ray disc on Jan. 5.

Sony’s move highlights the way that movies are increasingly becoming available on TVs that connect directly to the Internet as the entertainment industry strives to come up with new business models.  Read more...

10 Best LED TVs: The Top Picks from Samsung, Sony, LG and More

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  • Product type: LED-LCD TV
  • Diagonal size: 55 in
  • Resolution: 1920 x 1080
  • LCD Backlight Technology LED Backlight technology
  • Display Format 1080p (FullHD)
  • Progressive Scan Progressive scanning (line doubling)
  • Pixel Response Time 2 ms

Places and Prices:

  • Best Buy $4,499.98
  • Amazon.com  $4,049.99



Samsung UN55B6000 Samsung-UN55B6000

  • Product Type: LED Flat-Panel
  • Diagonal Size: 55”
  • Resolution: 1920 x 1080
  • Vertical Resolution: 1080p
  • Screen Refresh Rate: 120Hz
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9

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BodySound Gives Home Theater Furniture High Quality Audio

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You may have a smartphone, but do you have smart furniture? BodySound Technologies Inc has created a new line of “specialty furniture” with a 7-speaker personalized surround sound system built into it. Recliners, connected rows or curves of seats, love seats, or couches– BodySound says it has a variety of furniture that is “wireless and compact to provide full impact, large scale sound” in smaller spaces.

The company claims its technology will automatically adjust the volume to match the users’ settings, providing a sound that is both crisp and clear, preserving every detail of audio information. Each seat powers its own 7-speaker system with a built-in multi-processor and 650 watt amplifier.bodysound2  Read more...

BestBuy Gets Into Online Movie Rental Business

best_buy_logo_1Best Buy Co. is trying to nudge consumers away from its stores’ DVD aisles by making it easier for them to rent and buy movies over high-speed Internet connections.

The largest U.S. retailer of consumer electronics is setting up its digital delivery service in partnership with CinemaNow, which has deals with the major movie studios.

The software making it possible to shop CinemaNow’s video library will be included on all the Web-connected devices sold in Best Buy’s more than 1,000 U.S. stores. That means consumers who buy flat-panel TVs, Blu-ray players, personal computers and mobile phones from Best Buy would be able to get downloads of videos the same day they are released on DVDs.  Read more...

Studios Launching Epix High-Def Movie Service for FiOS Customers

Major Hollywood studios are getting ready to light up the new Epix online streaming movie service this weekend…but consumers who were hoping Epix might give outlets like Netflix or Hulu a run for their money are bound to be disappointed. For now, Epix will only be available to Verizon FiOS customers as an additional $9.99 charge on top of their current FiOS packages…and in an age of Netflix’s and Hulu’s, why would consumers want to go for that?

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OLED Prices to be Lower than LCD in 2016

oled-lgtvMany smaller electronic devices like high-end smartphones and PMPs are already coming with OLED screens. These screens consume less power than LCD counterparts making for longer run times. Another benefit is that an OLED panel tends to offer better colors than a comparable LCD.

LG has announced at the FPD International 2009 show in Yokohama City, Japan that it will be launching a new 15-inch OLED TV on the market by the end of 2009. The set reportedly will have a resolution of 1366 x 768 and a peak luminance of 450cd/m2. The panel will use a bottom emission type and is constructed of low-temperature polycrystal Si-TFTs crystallized by a high-temp process.  Read more...

Netflix Streaming Coming to Nintendo’s Wii?

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Nintendo hinted today that the Wii may have Netflix streaming capabilities sooner than later.  No actual date has been revealed, but industry analyst Dan Rayburn says “Nintendo originally planned to bring the Netflix service to the Wii before the end of this year.”  This might happen, but if it doesn’t the Rayburn confirms that it’ll definitely come to fruition in early 2010.

Whether this happens next week or early next year, this is good news for Wii users and for Netflix. According to Dan Frommer, a reporter for The Business Insider, “with more than 21 million Wii units in the U.S., even small uptake could lead to significant subscriber growth for Netflix.”

Sony and Vizio Settle Patent Battle

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Digital television makers Sony and Vizio have resolved their long-running patent dispute in a rather surprising way: the companies have cross-licensed each others’ digital television patent portfolios. Under the agreement, Sony now has access to Vizio’s digital television patents and Vizio has access to Sony’s.

“Having successfully resolved the disputes, we shall continue to aggressively protect our rights and actively expand Vizio’s licensing program,” said Vizio’s VP of operations and administration Rob Brinkman, in a statement. “As an owner of patent rights and as a licensee of legitimate patent right held by others, Vizio respects intellectual property and we expect our competitors to do the same.”  Read more...

Runco Broadens Its Flat Panel Line-up with 5 New LCD Displays

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Runco announced the newest additions to its Crystal Portfolio series of LCD displays: the CX-42HD; CX-OPAL42; CX-55HD; CX-OPAL55 and CX-OPAL65. These new displays feature three new screen sizes and the company’s OPAL (Optical Path ALignment) image-enhancement technology. The company says OPAL is “a unique combination of a proprietary panel application and enhancements to create stellar images.”   OPAL diminishes diffused reflections in rooms with high-ambient light that can wash-out images, and it also increases image sharpness by reducing glare.  Read more...

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