Consumers Deeply Confused About Digital-TV Switchover
January 31, 2008 by admin
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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 need," Joel Kelsey, policy analyst for the Consumers Union, said Wednesday...
Is Now the Time to Buy an HDTV?
January 31, 2008 by admin
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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, plasma and flat-panel TVs, so they've become much ...
Read the full story by Amy Buttell Crane, Bankrate.com
PhlatLight-enabled LED DLPs offer new illuminating schemes for rear projection HDTVs
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 of LED DLPs, shows just how far the technology and LED illumination have...
Read the full review of Samsung's HL-T5689S
By Dennis P. Barker
Broadcom Powers RCA Digital-to-Analog Converter Box in Support of the …
January 28, 2008 by admin
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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.
As DVD format war draws to a close, another battle brews
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...
Digital TV Switch
January 26, 2008 by admin
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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.
