Sound & Vision Magazine review a droolworthy 50" Plasma from Pioneer's Elite series. No surprise that they love it, but of course, it aint cheap! But we know you all have the money anyways, so go get one! You expect a very crisp high-def picture from a 1080p TV, and the Pioneer Elite PRO-FHD1 definitely delivered. Watching another scene from […]
Read moreEngadget pointed out this clever mod from a member of the TIVO community. Seems he just didn't have enough storage…so he did the reasonable thing: Upgrade to 1 friggin terabyte! …expanding the capacity of his Series3 TiVo from the standard 250GB to a whole terabyte, which takes the S3's total recording capacity up to a possible 131 hours of HD […]
Read moreYou gotta give it up to Sling, they're really staying after trying to give people everything they could possibly want with streaming, and sure are giving Orb good competition. I personally prefer Orb's price of Free 😉 But nonetheless, still pretty cool. By the end of the year, Sling plans to launch a version of SlingPlayer Mobile for the […]
Read moreThe Westinghouse LVM-47w1 is a 1080p LCD TV devoid of a lot of features you would find on high end TVs. In fact you can really only count on the input connections as features for this set. If you think about it, it should be fine for most owners as a lot of people us a cable box, or MEdia […]
Read moreThe Sony BDP-S1 has your usual array of option you would expect from a next generation DVD player. Options like 1080p over HDMI, support for the new HD audio CODECS, and the ability to upconvert SD DVDs are all present and accounted for. With a MRSP of $999, it is very very very surprising to see the BDP-S1 not have […]
Read moreMore then one or two owners have been denied CableCards for their series 3 TiVos. Zatz talks about their frustration in dealing with Cable companies and also posts a letter that TiVo sent to the FCC. It seems to be a mixed bag of results when trying to get a CableCard for a 3rd party device, I guess it depends […]
Read moreI am not sure I have heard of a 1440p resolution before. Not letting standard step in the way of progress, CMO is releasing a 2560X1440 47" Quad HD LCD TV. Slated for production in Q2 of '07, CMO's QHD will have a brightness of 450 nits, a contrast ration of 1500:1 and a response time of 6.5ms. From the […]
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HomeSeer’s New Z-Troller™ Revolutionizes Z-Wave Network Setup Bedford, NH – HomeSeer Technologies announces its new “Z-Troller” PC/Z-Wave® computer interface. The new interface revolutionizes HomeSeer Z-Wave network setup by dramatically simplifying the process. With Z-Troller, you need only press one button to add, delete or identify any Z-Wave device (light switch, lamp module, motion sensor, thermostat, etc) in your HomeSeer PC […]
Read moreAs the quality and quantity of 'net video increases, its only a matter of time before standard definition TV becomes passe. DirectTV feels the solution to this impending paradigm shift is a swifter move to HDTV. It would certainly solve the problem of find better quality video on the 'net. However, I think they are discounting the fact that the […]
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Have you ever wanted to take your home theater on the road with you? Perhaps you find hotel TV's not worthy? Well Toshiba has a solution for you. They recently introduced a 800X600 projector that you can hold in the palm of your hand. It even has a cute 23" screen that you can use. From the article: Weighing just […]
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