Deathwatch: Blockbuster

Blockbuster has gone to the top of my list of home entertainment companies that may not be around a year from now. It has already closed more than 500 of its 7,000 stores (including our neighborhood store), and could close another 300 or more this year. It posted a net loss of $558 million for [...]

Mar 11, Panasonic G15 Plasma TV – It think it stinks!

I think it stinks,saved and researched for over a year before buying a 50-inch Panasonic G15. If I knew then what I know now,I would have gotten another more …

Samsung puts price tags on its next receivers, soundbars and Blu-ray HTIB systems

There’s more than just HDTVs on the way from Samsung this year, it’s also picked today to reveal the price and ship dates for its Samsung Apps -equipped Blu-ray HTIB systems (HT-C7530W pictured above and all due in March or April) and HDMI 1.4-equipped 3D passthrough compatible receivers. … — full article at engadget.com

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Samsung throws in Skype in new LED TVs

Samsung first previewed their new line of LED TVs for the year 2010 at CES earlier last month, and among the many new-fangled features which Samsung touted was the ability for the TV To support Skype video calls, although a demonstration on the showfloor wasn’t really impressive due to … — full article at coolest-gadgets.com

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Apple prepping first Macs with HDMI

Kasper Jade and Prince McLean Published: 10:45 AM EST Apple plans to introduce HDMI connectivity on some of its personal computers this year, embracing an emerging trend that has seen the high-definition audio/video interface crop up on an increasing number of systems from rival PC …
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Qualcomm’s 7×30 offers stellar 3D and multimedia performance, coming this year (video)

Feeling the post- MWC blues? Not enough smartphone hardware talk to get you through your Monday trudge? Fear not, we’ve grabbed a pair of Qualcomm demo videos from this year’s event in Barcelona that show off its MSM7×30 smartphone platform (first announced in November of last year). It has …
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Comcast Exploring 250 Mbps Service – Though 50 Mbps to 100% and 100 Mbps to 20% is the 2011 target…

A trusted source at Comcast informs Broadband Reports that before the end of the year, you’ll begin hearing rumblings of a 250 Mbps service. While it seems unlikely that we’ll be seeing any market launches at that speed this year, it highlights what Comcast’s in a position to do as they work …
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LG’s 15-inch OLED HDTV finally coming to the U.S. by summer

OLED lovers, get ready to open your wallets. The long-awaited 15-inch OLED HDTV from LG, the EL9500, has had its arrival date to reach these shores confirmed as the middle of this year. It’s been available in LG’s native South Korea since late last year, but according to LG staff at the ISE-2010 conference, it’s [...]

Optoma HD8200 Single-chip 1080p DLP Projector

It seems every year projector prices fall a little more. The $4999 Optoma HD8200 single-chip DLP 1080p projector offers features and image quality that would have cost you over $10,000 just a few years ago. Though it has some stiff competition from JVC and Sony in this price category, Optoma has met this challenge with [...]

Optoma HD8200 DLP Projector

It seems every year projector prices fall a little more. The $4999 Optoma HD8200 offers features and image quality that would have cost you over $10,000 just a few years ago. Though it has some stiff competition from JVC and Sony in this price category, Optoma has met this challenge with some unique motion processing [...]