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Price Drop: Xbox HD DVD player at Best Buy

June 18, 2008 – 7:10 am
In the face of HD DVD’s demise Microsoft decided to stop making the expansion drives for Xbox 360, the move probably came as little surprise. But what are retailers doing with all those HD DVD drives intheir inventories? I smell a fire-sale!

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A 102-inch HDTV for the backyard

June 16, 2008 – 5:20 am
Outdoor TV screens are hard enough to see as it is, and the last thing you need is to be squinting at a 32-inch LCD. Suntronic understands that problem, which is why it offers all-weather HDTVs in sizes up to 102 inches.

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360 HD-DVD emulator now free

June 14, 2008 – 4:33 am
Some of you may not have even known about an emulator for the HD-DVD add-on, but one does exist. It used to cost too, but now it’s free thanks to Toshiba ditching the technology they once supported.

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HDTV Entertainment: Is Your Home Theater Ready?

June 12, 2008 – 4:04 am
Digital TV and high-definition (HD) entertainment have finally arrived. New HDTV channels, HD programming, movies, and music videos are constantly being announced as networks and studios strive to release more HD content.

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HDTV on the PC

June 10, 2008 – 7:50 am
DESPITE ALL THE technology advancements that enable distribution of information via the Internet, most people’s primary source of up-to-the-second news is still TV. A brief walk through the Senate or House office buildings will prove the point: TVs there are always tuned to CNN and MSNBC.

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Sony To Bring YouTube To HDTV Sets

June 6, 2008 – 1:52 am
Consumers will now be able to watch online videos from YouTube on their Sony Bravia flat-panel HDTV sets. YouTube, the online video provider and Google subsidiary, is the latest content company to provide video for Sony’s Bravia Internet Video Link, a small add-on module that connects to the TV on one end and an Ethernet cable on the other and facilitates the viewing of Internet video on the big screen without requiring the use of a personal computer.

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ARM promising 1080p HD TV on mobiles

June 3, 2008 – 4:26 pm
A new Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) could see 1080p high definition TV brought to mobile devices, including phones. Here's the science bit - the Multi-core Mali-400 MP from ARM has a single vertex processor capable of 30 million triangles a second.

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Full HD Panel TV leads the Korean Flat Panel TV market

May 30, 2008 – 1:32 pm
The Korean Flat Panel TV market paints a very distinct picture. That is, LCD and Plasma Panel TVs have both shown remarkable growth since 2005. In the first quarter of 2008, LCD and Plasma Panel TVs grew by 68% and 31% respectively in terms of units, compared to Q1 2007 according to GfK Retail and Technology figures.

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Sharp LC-19SB24UW LCD TV

May 28, 2008 – 1:44 pm
Sharp’s LC19SB24UW is a 19-inch HDTV LCD television that provides a slim bezel design, high-definition TV solution with a distinctive small footprint. It features a high performance LCD panel for high brightness, a high contrast ratio, low-reflection glare protection and wide viewing angles.

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Philips’ Eco TV: The Prius of televisions

May 26, 2008 – 6:02 am
The Philips 42PFL5603D consumes less power than any HDTV we've tested, regardless of screen size. The so-called Eco TV earned our nod for Best in Show at CES by hugging trees harder than any flat-panel HDTV yet.

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