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Sony Nasne To Put Extra Punch In Home Theaters

Sony's Nasne Brings Several Important Home Theater Functions To One Small Box
By on Tuesday, 17. April 2012

We all know that things haven’t exactly been champagne and roses for Sony of late. In fact, things out at Sony have been downright miserable these last couple of years. Hackings, awkward apologies, mass layoffs…Sony has just not been looking good. But if they can keep bringing out stuff like [...]

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Hulu Plus Clears Two Million Subscribers

Reports Emerge Putting Hulu's Pay-TV Service In The Seven-Figures Bracket; The Game Has Changed
By on Tuesday, 17. April 2012

The advocates of cable cutting just got a little more support today thanks to the newest reports that said Hulu Plus has now topped the two million mark in subscribers. And things only get better for Hulu when you consider the wider implications of such a move.

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RED Brings Out Dragon Sensor Upgrade

RED's New Sensor Upgrade Dials Up The Resolution Substantially On The RED Epic Camera, With The RED Scarlet To Follow
By on Monday, 16. April 2012

Big news for camera buffs out there, especially those that think there’s no such thing as too high of resolution. The folks out at RED just brought out a sensor upgrade called the RED Dragon, and the Dragon is going to put a whole lot of extra fire in your [...]

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Roku Readies For Canadian Launch

Preorders Start Today On The Roku Box In Canada, Set To Offer Up Over 100 Channels Of Internet-Based Television
By on Monday, 16. April 2012

Cable cutting just got a little easier up in Canada, where today, preorders have begun to go out for the Roku set-top box. Formerly unavailable, the boxes will be bringing a wide variety of programming to Canadian home theater systems soon.

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Braven Six Speakers Chain Together, Charge USB Devices

Braven Six Bluetooth Speakers Offer Surprising Array Of Options For Bluetooth Speakers & Are Priced Accordingly
By on Monday, 16. April 2012

With the weather warming up, sort of, in the Northern Hemisphere, thoughts are rapidly turning to barbecues, pool parties, and similar outdoor events. Of course, a party without music is often tough to swallow, but getting music to the outdoors isn’t always easy. Sometimes, getting music indoors isn’t easy either. [...]

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Sharp IGZO Displays in Production, Apple TV a Likely Candidate?

Sharp Announces IGZO Displays, Offers Various Examples of Potential Use for Retina-quality Panels
By on Friday, 13. April 2012

Apple is expected to launch its first TV set as some point in the near future, maybe by the end of the year, and the company could use IGZO displays made by Sharp in such products. Earlier this year we heard that Apple was waiting for Sharp to start producing [...]

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Apple Looked To Buy Stake In Sharp To Help Build Televisions, Say Reports

Apple Looked To Buy A Stake In Sharp, Let Foxconn Do The Heavy Lifting Instead On Future Screen Projects
By on Friday, 13. April 2012

With the regular spate of rumors going around about Apple’s television plans–what’s it called this week, iWatchThis?–it’s not too surprising to see that Apple may have had an interest in picking up some shares of a television vendor, but the recent discovery that Apple was looking to get interest in [...]

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Samsung Plans To Show OLED Television At August IFA Show

IFA 2012 To Play Host To Samsung's OLED Television, Offer Up More Details & More About The "Premium Range"
By on Friday, 13. April 2012

Word has recently emerged, giving us a look at Samsung’s plans to roll out a new OLED television, and it’s bad news for those who were hoping to get hands on them in time for the 2012 Olympics.

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Apple Working With Designer Philippe Starck On New Project

Apple's Newest Project Enlists Outside Designer, Being Described As "Revolutionary"
By on Friday, 13. April 2012

Covering Apple news often takes you down some unexpected paths, because say what you will about Apple products, or their prices, or whatever you like, Apple is often out actively doing the unexpected. And this time will prove no different as we find word that not only is Apple working [...]

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Future PureView Devices May Be Able To Shoot 4K Video

Recent Discussion With Nokia Engineers Suggests That, With Some Engineering, A PureView Device Could Shoot 4K Video
By on Friday, 13. April 2012

We’ve all seen the emergence of 4K video cameras and still photo shooters get started. We just saw one yesterday in the person of the Canon C500. But a recent discussion with some Nokia engineers revealed something interesting: the primacy of 4K video on full-sized cameras isn’t likely to last [...]

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