HDI demo 100-inch 3D 1080p laser TV

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Not at all sure what to make of this, but seems pretty cool. Of course, no pricing but you can expect anything 100 inches to cost a small fortune.   SlashGear The lasers are installed in a custom module, which combines 1W red, green and blue units, and paired with LCoS panels from Microdisplay; together, they’re good enough for 300 […]

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ZuneHD Reviews Roundup

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It’s still unclear the precise future of the portable device, but so far reviews are pretty glowing for the new ZuneHD. It looks slick, the interface is good, but I thought the screen was a bit tougher to use than the iPhone given the smaller screen real estate, but it’s so very thin and very drool-worthy. Gizmodo The gorgeous 3.3-inch […]

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USA Today talks about the Roku Player

I’m posting this moreso because of the significance in such a large paper as USA Today covering these types of video devices. I think it helps solidify them, and still makes me wonder why TV Manufacturers are trying so hard to compete with a sub-$100 device. USA Today The Roku digital video player "costs us a lot less than $99 […]

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Vidabox Premium Wireless Keyboard Redux

This bad boy from Vidabox is nowhere near the size of the Logitech Dinovo Mini which I absolutely love, but it’s probably easier to type with. That being said, for what it is and the lower cost of the mini, Brent sure likes it. Head over for the full review. GeekTonic The trackball, located at the top-right of the keyboard […]

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A Closer Look at the EX490 and EX495 Hardware

Following up on the announcement of the new HP’s yesterday, Alex rom MediaSmartServer.net goes really into the nooks and crannies of the hardware to see how it’s evolved. Looks like they’ve made some nice changes as we already suspected. MediaSmartServer.net The motherboard uses the same Intel G33 Express Chipset that was used in the EX485x series servers. An important addition […]

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AMD Athlon II X4 620 & 630: The First $99 Quad Core CPU

Seems AMD is set to make a little affordable quad-core coup with their new Athlon II X4’s   How does AMD respond to Lynnfield? Is it by drastically cutting prices on Phenom II? Nope. By introducing the world’s first quad-core processor to debut at $99. Now that’s cool. AMD effectively knocked 40% off the value of Intel’s low end quad-core […]

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More CableCARD information from AnandTech

Anand got a bit more information and discusses the known and speculated requirements for building a CableCARD ready system. See the comments for more highlights from the blog post.   To be frank, we’re not sure what Microsoft has done to get CableLabs to loosen their grip on matters. Certainly there is a DRM component in the use Microsoft’s fairly […]

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Wednesday Podcast Roundup

I normally wait until Thursday for these, but these were posted earlier by a couple days so I’ll just split them up. Lots of content here, EngadgetHD is talking mostly about CEDIA and I’m quite interested to hear the Seen In HD to hear what Brent from Geektonic is recommending for the new television shows to watch. Enjoy the shows […]

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Blockbuster to shutter up to 960 stores

Some brutal news for the 10 of you out there still relying on Blockbuster Video to obtain your movie rentals. Given this announcement, I wonder if the studios will back off of Redbox and other kiosk movie vendors given that you have to assume it was Blockbuster putting the pressure on them to do so, right? CNet But Blockbuster’s closure […]

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