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31
Jan
David Katzmaier at ZDNet reviewed the Panasonic TH-58PZ750U 58 inch plasma screen TV and here’s the highlights:
The good: Produces a deep level of black; highly accurate initial color temperature; clean, sharp image; numerous picture controls; sleek design.
The bad: Relatively expensive; some color inaccuracies and minor false contouring; less-effective glare-reducing screen.
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31
Jan
Some people think they need to buy new equipment when they don’t, according to a Consumers Union survey, and others say they don’t plan on taking any steps to deal with the change when they should.
“Confusion about the digital television transition will cost consumers a lot of money for equipment they may not want or [...]
31
Jan
If you’ve been eyeing those fancy televisions in stores lately, you’ve got a lot of company. Super Bowl season — the game is Sunday — is one of the top times of the year for TV sales, and this year there’s the added incentive of major price breaks that took place on some of the [...]
31
Jan
Demand for bigger televisions with sharper images and top-quality audio is exploding. Manufacturers are rushing to meet the demand, which dovetails nicely with congressionally mandated deadlines for a switch from traditional analog TV signals to digital TV signals coming in February 2009.
As is the norm with technology, prices have dropped on high-definition, [...]
31
Jan
A few months ago I received the new Samsung HL-T5689S, which is a 2nd generation 1080p rear projection HDTV to feature LED illumination powered by Luminus Devices’ PhlatLight technology. Originally, Samsung introduced one model last year, but it was clearly a work in progress. This new model, which is now part of a new family [...]
28
Jan
RCA DTA800B digital-to-analog converter box has recently been certified as a “coupon-eligible converter box” by the NTIA. The RCA DTA800B converter box, using a Broadcom digital television (DTV) system-on-a-chip solution, is designed to receive ATSC high definition television (HDTV) broadcasts and convert them to NTSC (standard) signals.
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Tags: converter, HDTV, RCA, set-top-box, [...]
28
Jan
CHATSWORTH, CA, January 28 / MARKET WIRE/ — Diamond Multimedia , a leading manufacturer of PC graphics cards, sound cards, video capture cards, and communications products, introduced today the TV Wonder line of TV tuner cards. Available to anyone with a PC, notebook or Mac, the cards will tune free-to-air analog and digital cable signals [...]
28
Jan
What a couple weeks it’s been for the movie biz. First, Warner Bros. announced plans to drop HD DVD and release titles exclusively on Blu-ray. That means the high-def DVD format war could be over, though though Toshiba (the largest maker of HD DVD players) fought back in the…
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Tags: DVD, HD DVD, Toshiba
26
Jan
Did you know that in one year 720,800 homes in Ohio could face a television blackout? Your home could be one of them if you don’t have a digital TV and still use an indoor or outdoor antenna.
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Tags: big switch, HDTV
26
Jan
Auction Must Raise at Least $10B for Federal Treasury, Programs Including DTV-to-Analog Converter-Box Coupons
By John Eggerton — Broadcasting & Cable, 1/25/2008
After three rounds of bidding, 1,030 bidders ponied up $3.03 billion for five blocks of beachfront spectrum being reclaimed from analog-TV broadcasters in the switch to digital.
The bidding is anonymous, but a new minimum bid [...]