Tag archive: HDTV

The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is almost here and it seems to be all I can write about today, so let's just dive in headfirst. Sortable (via Mashable) has created a decent infographic that gives a bit of history about CES and all the gadgets that have been unveiled there. The show was started in 1967 and has marked the debut of many culture-changing tech products including the VCR, Nintendo Entertainment System, the HDTV, DVR, and the… Read More

Your TV may be the centerpiece of your living room, but a 50-inch plasma sitting on an upside-down milk crate doesn’t make a home theater. Face it: You’re going to need a few accessories before popping the popcorn. The nuances of selecting the perfect speakers and receiver could fill volumes (we’ve done it) but for all the goodies that don’t have anything to do with home audio, you’ll find them here. Buying a new TV this weekend? Make sure… Read More

Based off a study that was conducted by Harris Interactive and paid for by Sony Electronics, approximately 62 percent of Americans spend three hours a day using the television for movies, shows and video games. Harris Interactive polled a group of 2,574 U.S. adults over the age of 18 during early November. Despite spending about 12 percent of each day staring at the television screen, over half of the respondents would be happy to ditch their… Read More

Released within a firmware update earlier today for Europe and Asia, Sony added widgets that enable Bravia TV owners to check updates on Twitter and Facebook as well as improve the quality of YouTube videos. With the new Facebook widget, Bravia owners can log into an active Facebook account and pull up a feed similar to the design of Facebook Mobile on a smartphone or other mobile device. Besides scrolling through various status updates from… Read More

According to new data from NPD DisplayResearch released last week, shipments of 3D high definition televisions rose to 6.6 million units by the end of September 2011. This constitutes a 27 percent increase over the previous year. The research firm also expects that shipments will shoot up another 30 percent in the fourth quarter and 3D LCD TV market penetration will hit 10 percent of the U.S. market by the end of 2011. That will bring the total… Read More

According to new research from Retrevo, approximately 55 percent of people that are planning on purchasing a HDTV during 2012 aren't interested in paying for a model capable of 3D. Twenty-three percent are interested in buying a 3DTV if the price difference compared to a regular HDTV is small and 22 percent of people planning on purchasing a new HDTV will pay for a 3D model despite the increased cost. Between the months of July 2010 and… Read More

ViewSonic has ended plans to release a Boxee-powered, high definition television as of this month due to a lack of consumer interest in the concept and expensive development costs. A 46-inch version of the ViewSonic display was previously featured at CES 2011 and was powered by the Intel Atom CE4100 capable of delivering 1080p HD content, HTML5, Adobe Flash and a vast variety of Web applications. While the television was previously scheduled to… Read More

Discussed in a presentation at the IFA show in Berlin, Toshiba is diving headfirst in glasses-free technology with a 55-inch flat-panel high definition television. The Toshiba 55LZ2 doesn't require any glasses to view images in 3D and sends separate images into each eye using a technology called “lenticular lenslets”. In order to accommodate multiple viewers (up to nine), the television uses head-tracking technology to… Read More

Whether you spend $400 or $4,000 on a new TV (or video projector), it is a sure bet that your new display needs some adjustments. It seems counter-intuitive, doesn’t it? You’d think that the manufacturers would set up their TVs to put out a beautiful, accurate image right out of the box. Aren’t they supposed to be the experts? Sure, but the manufacturers’ first priority is to get their TVs and projectors sold to you, and they have a lot of… Read More

Today, Boxee launched a new iPad app for free on the App Store. The app aggregates video content from social feeds like Tumblr, Facebook and Twitter and allows the user to watch those videos on the iPad screen. The user also has the ability to share content on the social networks through the app. The Boxee iPad application can also stream video content from a PC or Mac onto the iPad screen, assuming the user is running the Boxee Media Manager… Read More

Analysts are the soothsayers of the business world, so take this news with the appropriate helping of salt grains. Trip Chowdhry of Global Equities Research informed investors today that he believes Apple will launch a line of HDTVs starting next year, Apple Insider reports. The belief is based on “details culled from a number of developer events he attended,” the site writes. Chowdhry believes that the new TVs will launch in March… Read More

We knew Google TV wasn't selling well, but we didn't know it was this bad. The Wall Street Journal reports that Google TV connected devices and televisions are selling so poorly that “returns are outpacing sales.” Logitech, which bet heavily on Google, has taken the brunt of the pain. Yesterday, the company ousted its CEO and announced heavy losses due to returns of its Logitech Revue being faster than actual sales of the… Read More

Westinghouse—perhaps better known for its nuclear power plants than consumer electronics—is now shipping two LED-backlist HDTVs with SRS TruSurround HD audio, enabling the systems to handle surround sound mixes using just two speakers. The experience is undoubtedly not the same as a true surround-sound setup, but it also lacks those annoying satellite speakers you're always bumping into and hidden cabling that seems to wander… Read More