Archive for the ‘HDTV’ Category

Buy.com has the Refurbished Philips 42PFL3704D/F7B 42” 1080p LCD HDTV on sale for $549.99 with Free Shipping. This Phillips HDTV features: Pixel Plus HD, Dolby Digital output for connection to a home theatre system, Virtual Surround Sound for enhanced sound, 2×10W RMS audio power, USB Playback, 3 HDMI inputs, and ATSC & QAM tuner [...]

TiVo has announced its newest series of digital video recorders in the Premiere Series 4 HD DVR set top boxes.
The lineup features full HD support for the TiVo interface, additional video content from Netflix, Amazon, YouTube, Blockbuster, and will be getting Pandora and FrameChannel support as well.

The default remote that ships with the Premiere [...]

Wal-Mart has purchased premium VOD service Vudu Networks in a deal valued at $100 million. The service is known for touting its ability to provide full HD 1080p steaming of select content over high-speed internet connections and currently counts LG, Mitsubishi, Samsung, SANYO, Sharp, Toshiba and VIZIO as some of its partners.
The service also [...]

A new premium television provider by he name of Sezmi promises to provide an alternative to standard cable and satellite service by offering up instant access to online video along with popular cable/broadcast channels in the Los Angeles area.
The hardware, available in L.A.-area Best Buy locations is set at $299.99 and includes an indoor antenna [...]

Verizon has announced the launch of the latest update to its venerable VZNavigator GPS application in VZNavigator 5.0.
VZNavigator 5.0 adds support for Verizon’s newest devices while improving the user experience, staring with streaming real-time map data retrieval, improved point of interest data with detailed descriptions and icons, anonymous traffic data crowd soucing via opt-in data [...]

Nintendo has reported a 23% drop in annual profit in the third quarter of 2009 due to slowing sales of the Nintendo DS and the September Wii price drop cutting into total earnings.
Total annual profit in the third quarter was down to $192 million from $249 million one year prior.
Nintendo will be launching another iteration [...]

British boutique manufacturer Oppo has announced the forthcoming release of one of its most inexpensive Blu-Ray players ever manufactured by the company in its short history.
The Oppo BDP-80 will retail for $289 when it’s released later this Spring and will feature Blu-ray, DVD, Super Audio CD and MKV video file playback as well as [...]

We didn’t get much information from SiliconDust beyond what you’ve probably already heard about their HDHomerun CableCARD tuner. In fact, we actually went back a few steps.
SiliconDust is sure that their CableCARD dual networked tuner will work with multiple Windows Media Center installations around your house. This will enable you to record a show on [...]

We promise this is about as far away as the iConsole as you can get…
If there wasn’t a better case for the March to Boredom declaration we made earlier, we’d call this one good enough for case in point.
Haier is basically selling HDTVs with “built-in gaming” and wireless controllers… Wii-like wireless controllers. That all sounds [...]

HDHomeRun manufacturer and developer SiliconDust has officially announced the successor to its venerable HDHomeRun network HD tuner in the HDHomeRunCableCARD network tuner.
The tuner will allow CableCARD use and two program recording without needing additional hardware as well as dual digital cable tuners, a single RF input and ethernet connectivity allowing PCs with Windows 7 Media [...]