Archive for March, 2006
Cable TV Boxes Causing HDMI Conflicts
With the use of the HDMI interface becoming more common in home theater components, it seems that some conflicts are beginning to surface. In some cases, HD-cable TV boxes that…
Posted: March 31st, 2006 under HDTV News, .
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Question of the Week - What Do The Letters “DVD” Actually Stand For?
Ever since it was introduced in 1997, DVD has taken off like a rocket and can be found in a growing number of practical configurations. However, what is DVD what really makes it different from VHS and other video components?…
Posted: March 19th, 2006 under HDTV News.
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Amazon.com May Offer DVD Download Service
Amazon.com is currently in preliminary talks with several movie studios with the idea of offering users to opportunity download feature films and TV shows and burn them on their own DVDs at home - for a fee, of course. With…
Posted: March 19th, 2006 under HDTV News.
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Sony DAV-FX100W Wireless Surround Home Theater System - Product Of The Week
If you are putting off buying a home theater system because you can’t stand wires all over the place, then check out Sony’s DAV-FX100W. It not only features a progressive scan 5-Disc DVD Changer with HDMI output and 720p/1080i upscaling,…
Posted: March 19th, 2006 under HDTV News.
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Toshiba Announces New Video Projector/DVD Player Combo
Toshiba becomes the lastest manufacturer to market an integrated Video Projector/DVD player combination unit. The ET20 features a stylish design that includes a new lens that will produce large screen images in small spaces, a Silicon Optix HQV video…
Posted: March 19th, 2006 under HDTV News.
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Term of The Week - Progressive Scan
Progressive scan is a system in which the image is displayed on a screen by scanning each line (or row of pixels) in a sequential order rather than an alternate order, as is done with Interlaced Scan. In other words,…
Posted: March 19th, 2006 under HDTV News.
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Confusion Over HD-DVD Movie Titles
First the Good News: According to the latest info, Toshiba’s HD-DVD players are finally supposed to appear on store shelves on March 28th. Now the Bad News: It is possible that the promised initial HD-DVD movie titles may be in…
Posted: March 19th, 2006 under HDTV News.
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The Presidian PDR-3222 Budget DVD Recorder - Product Review
The Presidian PDR-3222 is a DVD Recorder, sold primarily through Radio Shack, that offers multi-format DVD recording at an extremely low price point. Although the PDR-3222 doesn’t offer many of the more advanced features and conveniences of higher-end, name-brand,…
Posted: March 19th, 2006 under HDTV News.
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Question Of The Week - Should I Buy an LCD Television or a Plasma Television?.
Flat panel televisions are quickly becoming quite commonplace on store shelves and in consumers’ homes. Although Plasma TVs seem to be be getting all the attention in this area, the LCD television is also making an impact. On this page…
Posted: March 19th, 2006 under HDTV News.
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TIVO Changes Marketing Strategy
Faced with a low customer base and continuing financial losses, TIVO Inc., makers of the TIVO hard-drive based digital video recorder (DVR), is changing its marketing strategy from selling their units, to just providing the unit to users free, in…
Posted: March 19th, 2006 under HDTV News.
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