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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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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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Boxee Announces Sales Numbers, Reveals Surprising Trend

The Recently Announced Sales Numbers For The Boxee Box Are Bigger Than Some May Expect, Represent An Unexpected Trend
By on Friday, 13. April 2012

A decidedly strange bit of news lands in our bailiwick this morning as Boxee gives us some word via their Twitter feed about how many units they’ve sold, and how many users they count. And while these numbers are by themselves noteworthy, it’s what they represent that’s even more of [...]

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Dolby & Phillips Bring New Way To Put HD 3D On Glasses-Free Devices

Want Your 3D In HD Without All The Trouble With Glasses? Talk To Philips & Dolby
By on Thursday, 12. April 2012

Though more than a few had thought that the resurgence in 3D video, especially for the home theater market, would prove little more than a poorly-supported gimmick that would phase out with the passage of time, it seems to be continuing on quite unabated. And the folks out at Dolby [...]

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Lenovo K71 Smart TV To Hit China Next Week

April 10 Is The Domestic Launch Date For The Lenovo Smart TV, The K71--Wider Launches As Yet Uncertain
By on Friday, 6. April 2012

Lenovo is, in case you’re not already familiar with the brand, huge in China. They actually did their own version of the iPhone, the Lenovo LePhone, that was actually pretty sharp stuff. So seeing them uncrate their own smart TV, the K71, was something of a surprise, and they’ll start [...]

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Apple Television May Be Called The iPanel, Pricing Already Suggested

Apple Television Stirrings Take On New Life With A Possible New Name & Likely Pricing
By on Thursday, 5. April 2012

The Apple television has produced a lot of noteworthy rumor and reports, but one thing that’s been dogging the entire issue is the issue of its name. Well, not only do we have a new name–and a name that beats many of the problems of the earlier reports, too–but also [...]

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Google's Project Glass Gets Unveiled

Google's Project Glass Gets Shown Off This Week At Google Offices, Posits A Kind Of Augmented Reality Visor
By on Wednesday, 4. April 2012

There have been vague stirrings before about Google’s interest in a kind of glasses that connect to apps and provide you with what amounts to mobile information flow with a bit of an augmented reality twist, and now we’re actually getting face time–no pun intended–with them thanks to a release [...]

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LG Magic Remote To Hit By End Of Month, Say Reports

LG's Magic Remote, Which Brings Several Exciting Features With It, Looks To Change The Way You Watch Television By The End Of The Month
By on Wednesday, 4. April 2012

It’s been a good morning for the home theater crowd, what with word already landing about the Voomote Zapper putting a little extra punch in its iOS-driven offerings, but now we’ve got something for those of you who want a little more power in your remote without having to turn [...]

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Epson Moverio BT-100 Head-Mounted Unit Lands In United States

Epson's BT-100 Video Goggles Make Their Appearance In United States Markets, Require Three Figure Purchasing Power To Get In
By on Wednesday, 28. March 2012

In the closing days of 2011, we first brought you word about the Epson Moverio system, a head-mounted system that let you bring your video up close and personal. And now, we’ve got information on a release date as well as a pricing structure for these, and if you’re looking [...]

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