Amazon Unbox, the service that allows you to download TV shows and movies onto your TiVo, is now going to be available in HD. With TiVo HD being TiVo’s “main stock-keeping unit in retail,” it’s about time they decided to bring more HD content to the table, and what better way than to have HD […]
For the owners of the Samsung A650 series LCD TVs, have you wanted to throw away your set because it turns off automatically? Well, you won’t have to do so any longer. Samsung has released a new firmware that is recommended ONLY if your TV automatically shuts off. If you have the LN40A650A1F, LN46A650A1F, or […]
Gateway has opened the gates to a new display of theirs, and this time, it’s a Quad-HD display. Featuring HDMI, single and dual-link DVI-D, VGA, component, S-Video (Really?), and composite (Are you serious??), this monitor has got it all. The Gateway XHD3000 includes a Silicon Optix video processing chipset for it to present 1600p video […]
No exact date found, but for Cox subscribers in Northwestern Arkansas, your HD sets will be a bit happier by the end of the month. Twelve new HD channels have been confirmed to launch in the Fayetteville, Springdale, Bentonville, and Rogers areas of Arkansas. Channels in the package include:
HGTV
Discovery
Food Network
Versus/Golf
Travel Channel
Cinemax
TBS
TLC
CNN
Science Channel
Animal Planet
NFL Network
Hopefully they’ll […]
Get out the streamers, party favors, and… Wait, it’s just a standard? Ehh… We can still party. The Advanced Television Systems Committee (you may know them as “ATSC”) has turned 25 years old. ATSC, for those of you who may not know, is the successor to NTSC. And to backtrack more, NTSC is the standard […]
In a continuing series of products wanting to put HD content where you are, Gefen has released the “HDMI RS-232 Extender” (catchy, eh?) which will send out HDMI, RS232, and infrared signals through two CAT-5 (ethernet) cables. Not for the faint of wallets, the extender can send 1080p resolutions up to 150 feet or 1080i […]
So we’ve known about Agent’s K and J saved the world over a decade ago, but now it’s time to witness our salvation in the glorious high definition goodness on Blu-Ray. June 17th is the day the original “Men in Black” movie comes to Blu-Ray in high definition. The Blu-Ray disc will include two commentary […]
Equinux’s TubeStick has been around for a while in Europe using their broadcasting standard (DVB-T) but this is the first time us in North America can join in on the fun. In a market previously dominated by Elgato, Equinux hopes to take some of that market share away by releasing an ATSC/NTSC standard-compatible tuner. The […]
I guess when there’s hurricanes around, Bermuda folks have to stay inside. So why not have cable? Better yet, why not have that cable in HD? CableVision in Bermuda has announced the availability of CNN HD and NFL Network HD to subscribers for an additional $12 per month. Still, it’s better than your other options, […]
We’ve all run into that situation: You’re watching something on TV (usually cable or satellite) and your program is quiet and goes to a commercial (OxyClean anyone? “BAM!”) and your ear drums have ruptured, with a pending lawsuit on the way to the cable networks. Well, Toshiba and Dolby Labs have come up with a […]
All about defining consumer high definition.
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