HD Equipment Category - Page 17

Google I/O 2011: Google TV Gets Android Market This Summer [Android 3.1 And Android Market Will Hit Google TV This Summer; Sony, Logitech, Vizio And Samsung Ready]

By on Tuesday, 10. May 2011

It’s been a bone of contention for some time among those who use Google TV for more than just a source of Kevin Bacon as to why they can’t get their hands on Android Market apps? Surely stuff like Netflix would be worth their weight in bandwidth on a Google [...]

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Samsung Shows Off 75 Inch Television [Samsung's D9500 Smart Television Is A 3D Capable LED With Internet Connectivity]

By on Monday, 9. May 2011

I think we can all get behind the concept that big televisions are just plain old awesome. Sure, I love a projector for a big image, but sometimes, you just need that whacking great monstrosity to hook up to your game system of choice or your PC or whatever and [...]

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Mitsubishi Brings Out New Line Of Short-Throw Projectors [Small Rooms Can Now Be Home Theaters With Mitsubishi's New WD380U-EST and XD380U-EST Short Throw Projectors]

By on Tuesday, 3. May 2011

Short throw projectors, for those not familiar with the term, are essentially video projectors that work in a small room. Typically, a projector can put up a fairly large image, but it needs a lot of room between it and your screen of choice so that it can put that [...]

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Nielsen Ratings Show First Drop In Television Ownership In 20 Years [Fewer Televisions Are Connecting To Television Channels, Says Nielsen Reports]

By on Tuesday, 3. May 2011

This is one of those great pieces of information that can mean one of a variety of possible things. Turns out, according to the folks out at Nielsen, who measure television usage in the United States, fewer households than ever are television households. But thanks to the way Nielsen collects [...]

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Logitech Wheels Out TV Camera To Let You Use Skype On Your Television [Logitech's TV Camera Films You In 720p, Lets You Use Your Television As A Video Phone With Skype]

By on Tuesday, 3. May 2011

If you’ve ever been jealous of the Jetsons and their awesome video phones, you’ll now be able to join them thanks to a combination of factors: Skype, Panasonic televisions with Viera Connect, and the new Logitech TV Camera.

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Dish Network And Echostar Settle TiVo Lawsuit For $500 Million [TiVo Launched Suit In 2006, Almost Five Years Later, Nine Figure Settlement Agreed To]

By on Monday, 2. May 2011

Way, way back in 2006–which is really only “way, way back” when you think of it in technology terms–TiVo fired a hefty lawsuit onto the folks at Dish Network and Echostar over TiVo’s DVR technology, and ever since, the suit has dragged on and on and on into what seemed [...]

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2D Glasses Take The Eyestrain Out Of 3D Movies [2D Glasses Offer Innovative Solution To Those Who Can't Watch 3D Movies Without Headaches]

By on Thursday, 21. April 2011

If you’ve been to a movie theater in the last six months, especially on opening day of something, chances are you’ve been exposed to the concept of 3D filmmaking. And chances are, you’ve been incensed at having to pay almost double standard ticket price to get precious little more out [...]

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Sharp Aquos Freestyle Set To Hit Japanese Markets [Sharp Freestyle Aquos Offers Huge Screen And Wi-Fi In Portable Television]

By on Thursday, 21. April 2011

Maybe some of you have owned a portable television at one point or another. I did, actually–it was a high school graduation present. Lasted through most of college before finally burning out. And it got plenty of use, too–my mother loved it on long car trips. But portable television is [...]

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Crystal Acoustic’s Tiny PicoHD5.1 Media Streamer Offers Big Functionality In Little Space [Tiny PicoHD5.1 From Crystal Acoustics Billed As Smallest HD Multichannel Media Player Available]

By on Wednesday, 20. April 2011

Media streamers are great things, if you happen to keep a lot of media on USB drives or SD cards. All you do is plug your storage in the one end and plug your presentation medium of choice (television, projector, interocitor, what have you, as long as it’s got HDMI [...]

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Bang & Olufsen Shows Off BeoVision 4-85 [Bang & Olufsen's New BeoVision 4-85 Is A Massive 3D Spectacle In Plasma Television]

By on Tuesday, 19. April 2011

It’s been a good long while since we last heard about the folks at seriously upscale home theater / audio provider Bang & Olufsen, but the Danish audiophiles have brought out something new for us to drool over, their massive new BeoVision 4-85.

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