I was busy ripping some episodes of The Legend of Prince Valiant (a cartoon series from the early 1990s), one of the first things I did was to check if the video was interlaced, so that I could change my settings appropriately.
You see, to reduce flicker, television shows played at standard definition transmitted a half […]
I’ve said it before: HDMI is confusing.
When configuring your PS3, for example, you’ll get several confusing options like “Super White” and “x.v. Color”, as well as choosing between “RGB” and “YPbPr / YCbCr”. What does all of this mean?
All of the above options have to do with color on your HDTV or monitor. […]
Consumer Reports is known to put out some advertising posts for some of their HDTV reviews. They do a range of tests amongst models, and decide which are the best ones to get. The one on HDTV projectors looks especially interesting (they claim a particular 1080p Kodak model for $3,000 has the best […]
All the rage of the newest LCD TVs is supporting a few things like “120 Hz” and “dejudder”. What are these?
When a TV is marked as “120 Hz”, it means it is capable of redrawing the screen 120 times a second. Traditional tube TVs in the US refreshed around 59.94 times per second, […]
I am currently in the market to buy a new home audio system, which presents a few problems for me.
In the past, I’ve been of the opinion that your audio equipment should be completely separate from your video equipment: the additional splitters used in the all-in-one home theater systems could cause noise and signal delay […]
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 […]
You must have heard about the Asus Eee PC by now, the amazing little machine loved by all? Kind of like the Little PC that Could? Well, now you can use the My Cinema U3100 tuner to watch HDTV channels. Granted, it won’t display HDTV-quality pictures because the screen is only 800×480, but at least […]
If you’ve always wanted to watch the big game in the middle of a storm, Pantel has the TV for you. The PAN320 (32-inches) and the PAN420 (42-inchs) have begun shipping for MSRPs of $3,950 and $4,450 respectively and can stand up to most conditions you throw at it. The LCDs can stand through snow, […]
So you want to move all your components to HD, yet you only want one box? Want it to have the same functionality as a PC? Well, PC World has the solution for you: build it yourself. They have a great write up on what to look for when choosing items from cases to video […]
For the Germans reading this, I feel really, really sorry for you. Apparently, Sat.1 HD and ProSieben HD are shutting down their HD streams and going to standard definition until 2010. This is due to the lack of demand for HD, and it’s also just a smaller network than the others in the country. More […]
All about defining consumer high definition.
Written by Tiff , and Christopher for b5media.
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