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JVC brings Blu-ray burning set-tops to the U.S., leaves all the fun overseas
Advertisement U.S. buyers wanting to slide a Blu-ray playing & recording deck into their setup finally have an option coming from JVC, but the domestic limitations are almost as high as the pricetags. Unlike their Japanese and European cousins , there isn
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Optoma's PK102 pico projector slims down, boosts connectivity
Advertisement One thing's for sure: the obsession with pico projectors has certainly calmed since these things first hit the scene right around a year ago. Optoma's PK101 was somewhat of an industry poster child, so it makes sense to see the company out
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Alphason AD3/51-LCD Universal TV Stand For Plasma / LCD Screens
Practical stylish and specifically designed to accommodate up to 26" LCD screens with sufficient shelf space for DVD Video Satellite receiver or home cinema system. ; Compact shelf height and width - height between base and middle 264mm (103/8") middle
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Panasonic Full HD 3D experience eyes-on
Advertisement It's been less than a year since we first entered Panasonic's demo trailer, the main difference at CEDIA this year was the addition of a trailer for James Cameron's Avatar . We were lucky enough to get an early look at the footage shown,
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New Blu-ray laser from Sharp burns triple, quad layer discs but can't cut red tape (yet)
Advertisement Sharp stepped up at the 70th Autumn Meeting of the Japan Society of Applied Physics to promote its new 500mW Blu-ray laser that is reportedly production ready and waiting to churn out triple and quad layer (100GB) discs at 8x speed. The only
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Harman Kardon unveils new AV receiver line
Advertisement Harman Kardon AVR 3600 Harman Kardon has announced a new line of AV receivers at CEDIA 2009, ranging from $600 to $1,200. Each of the models features a nearly identical exterior design, with a stylish two-tone front panel and a thin strip of
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Sony's 400-disc Blu-ray Mega Changer reviewed, huge
Advertisement You know, we never thought that it was that big of a deal to change CDs, DVDs, and Blu-ray discs by hand. Seriously, if you're too lazy to walk two feet to your entertainment center you probably didn't want to see Air Bud: Seventh Inning F
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Sony Bravia KDL40V4000 LCD HD Ready 1080p Digital Television, 40 inch
The smart Sony KDL40V4000 features the latest Bravia 2 engine to give you outstanding colours, high contrast images and amazing clarity. It has full 1080p HD capacity to deliver supremely realistic images from any HD source, while the 24p True Cinema mode
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T-Pain's Auto-Tune iPhone app: You can do it all by yourse-el-el-el-elf
Sponsors After months of anticipation, singing robot T-Pain has finally unleashed his secret weapon: an iPhone application that gives users the power to make their tone deaf voice sound...just as crappy. But digitized! The iPhone application is called I A
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Toshiba BDX2000 Blu-ray player coming November for $250, gives HD-DVD the final cold shoulder
Sponsors And so it is. Toshiba, the one-time cheerleader for HD-DVD , has now officially gone to the azure side with the BDX2000 Blu-ray player. It supports BD-Live (Profile 2.0) and REGZA-LINK (HDMI-CEC), outputs 1080p at 24 frames per second, and does D
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Sony KDL37V4000U LCD Television
* Screen Size in cm: 94 * HD ready: Yes * Full HD 1080p: No * Built in Freeview: Yes * Horizontal Resolution: 1366See the rest here<a target="_blank" href="http://www.thetelevisionshop.co.uk/sony-kdl37v4000u-lcd-television/" rel="nofollow">....</a>.
09-05-2009 Tags

There's more to starting a cable company than just pirating DirecTV
Sponsors Blame it on the economy, lack of common sense, or lowered aspirations, but it seems like an awful lot of you guys think it's a good idea to re-sell DirecTV "on the sly," as they say in the business. Hell, this morning alone no less than two it
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Video: How we review TVs
Advertisement Unless you're a speed reader you'll never make it through the written version of How We Test TVs in five minutes, nine seconds. Lucky for you, that's exactly how long ... See original here<a target="_blank" href="http://news.cnet.com/8
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Toshiba makes timid Blu-ray showing at IFA, still believes in other forms of HD distribution
Sponsors Aside from the new JournE touch, the other main thrust at IFA's booth is Blu-ray -- at least, one would think. In reality, when we finally found the lone BDX2000, the LCD it was plugged into was off , while numerous DVD players and upscaling tec
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Top 5 best TVs
Advertisement Picking the right TV is important. Right behind your health, and your family, and world politics. But face it, it's up there. It beat world peace once in a survey--seriously. Anyway, this ... Originally posted at CNET TV See the original po
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Mitsubishi's new Blu-ray DVRs have you covered, from super resolution to VHS
Sponsors Mitsubishi has always tried to take a different tack with its Blu-ray recording DVRs in Japan -- see its DVR-BF2000 model for evidence -- and we're sure someone's glad to see them going the extra mile with these latest three models. The DVR-BZ3
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Mitsubishi's new 1080p midrange PJ contender is the HC6800
Advertisement Mitsubishi is back with a spec bump to last year's well-received midrange HC6500 1080p projector with the HC6800. This model slots in below the king GT-styled HC7000 but increases its contrast ratio specs to 20,000:1 and does its big brothe
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Microsoft Webcam brings 720p HD wide-screen video to consumer marketplace
Sponsors LifeCam Cinema (Credit: Microsoft ) Many computers come with a built-in camera, but none offer the HD video of the LifeCam Cinema, Microsoft's newest flagship Webcam, which incorporates a native 720p wide-screen sensor that offers higher quality
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Mitsubishi unveils REAL line of Blu-ray burning, super upconverting LCDs
Advertisement Providing some competition for Sharp's DX series , Mitsubishi has taken the wraps off of its REAL Series LCD HDTVs, including a set with built-in hard drives and Blu-ray recorders , plus a few more that lack the recording, but throw in supe
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The 404 407: Where we pack Vienna Teng's lunch into the PS3 Slim box
Sponsors On today's show, we've got Vienna Teng --singer, pianist, and former computer programmer. But before we get to her music, we have the PS3 Slim in the studio. Afterward, we talk to Vienna about her journey from software engineer at Cisco to tour
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Panasonic fixes X1 plasma screens, but questions remain
Advertisement Faint diagonal lines are a thing of the past on new Panasonic TC-P50X1 plasmas. (Credit: Sarah Tew/CNET) When I reviewed Panasonic's entry-level 2009 50-inch plasma TV back in April, the TC-P50X1 , I mostly liked what I saw aside from one s
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Does a cheaper PS3 make standalone Blu-ray players overpriced again?
Sponsors A $300 PS3 makes us reevaluate the value of standalone Blu-ray players. (Credit: CNET) For most of Blu-ray's existence, the PlayStation 3 has easily been the best value in home theater. Only recently have we reviewed Blu-ray players that come cl
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Sony expands S-Air wireless audio line with Altus products
Advertisement The Sony ALT-SA31iR system can stream iPod music into multiple rooms. (Credit: Son) Sony has taken the wraps off of a new line of streaming audio products, dubbed "Altus." The four debut products will be available through Best Buy starting
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Bose unveils new QuietComfort 15 headphones
Advertisement The QuietComfort 15s look almost identical to the QC2s, which are going away. (Credit: Bose) If you were thinking that the next pair of Bose noise-canceling headphones would be called the QuietComfort 4s, you'd be wrong. Instead, Bose has d
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Zune compatibility and iPod formatting--Ask the Editors
Advertisement The Zune HD is picky about software. (Credit: Microsoft) Q: I received the Sony Walkman X-Series last month as a birthday gift and absolutely love it. I did however see you on CNET Live with Donald Bell featuring the Microsoft Zune HD, which
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WD TV-2 spruces up Western Digital's already attractive media player offering
Advertisement Western Digital really hit a sweet spot last year with its $130 WD TV HD Media Player . The thing pumped out 1080p over HDMI at an attractive price, and that's all most people really needed. The newly leaked WD TV-2 revisits the formula, bu
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Zune HD up for preorder, more colors soon
Sponsors Gentlemen, start your engines. The Microsoft Zune HD portable media player is officially available for preorder today. Outlets ranging from Best Buy, Walmart, Amazon , and Microsoft itself are taking preorders on a black version of the 16GB Zune
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Zune HD specs fill in the blanks on video format support, battery life and more - Update: now with more, better!
Advertisement Now that everything Zune HD is official and available for pre-order, Microsoft has seen fit to loose official specs, putting to rest -- at least until we can do a full hands on -- questions about what to expect from the OLED touchscreen pack
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Building the perfect set-top box
Sponsors The TiVo: close, but no cigar. (Credit: TiVo) Roku announced this week that it signed on with Major League Baseball to deliver MLB.tv Premium to its set-top box . It's the first live content that the device, which is best known for its Netflix s
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Eviant T7: Affordable, compact portable LCD digital TV
Sponsors The Eviant T7 is currently available in white, black, and red. (Credit: Eviant) With the transition to digital TV now complete in the U.S., all those compact portable TVs that were toted to sporting events or kept around for emergencies when the
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Knoll Systems Releases HDP1100 and HDP1200 Projectors
Advertisement Knoll Systems is pleased to announce today the release of their HDP1100 and HDP1200 projectors. These two models both feature the latest in DLP display technology, full HD (1920 x 1080) resolution, and a 10000:1 contrast ratio. The only majo
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Use your Palm Pre and iPhone in the shower
Advertisement Those who become excessively intimate, or even fall in love, with their favorite gadgets, need help. You know who you are. You clutch your iPhone as you sit at a bar. You turn your Palm Pre over in your palm as if it were a stress reliever.
08-13-2009 Tags

Apple planning September event?
Advertisement It's happened every September for the past few years, and it appears it's on track again: Apple is planning a keynote event rumored to take place the second week of September, according to AllThingsD's Peter Kafka. Almost time for a tuneu
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HP Pavilion Elite makes an offer you (probably) can't refuse: Blu-ray, Win 7, quad-core CPU for $650
Sponsors Sure, it's not as sleek as some of the other options out there, but the specs of this HP Pavilion Elite e9110t desktop, for the $649.99 asking price, are pretty stunning: a 2.33GHz Intel Core 2 Quad processor, NVIDIA GeForce G210, 6GB of RAM, a
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Video: Red Ones and helicopter mounts in action
Advertisement There's a new video out for the Seattle-based Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band song "Albatross, Albatross, Albatross." I know, Crave isn't a music blog, but I figured you guys who are really into gear would appreciate the behind-the-scenes vi
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Samsung Names Maverick Exclusive Distributor for Full Range of Projectors
Advertisement Samsung was proud to announce recently that they have chosen a retail company called Maverick to be the exclusive distributor for Samsung’s entire projector line. The agreement gives A/V and business resellers access to the full range of S
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Barco Finishes Phase 2 Deployment of Digital Projectors with Cinedigm Digital Cinema Corp
Sponsors Barco is a global leader in digital cinema technology. Recently, the company announced that they have completed their second phase of the digital conversion with Cinedigm Digital Cinema Corp. Barco has converted 138 screens for the company and eq
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Shooting Virtual Zombies with Real Guns
Sponsors Click here to view the embedded video. One of the biggest complaints about video games is that they motivate impressionable minds to conduct real acts of violence. The developers at Waterloo Labs have built a system that allows the user to partic
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Chief Releases Short Throw Projector Mounts
Advertisement Chief Manufacturing is the industry leader in projector, monitor, and flat panel TV mounting solutions. Today the company has announced the release of a new set of short throw projector wall mounts. The wall mounts focus on three major aspec
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Aiptek T20 Projector Review
Sponsors A few months ago, Aiptek announced their T20 pico projector. This model has not been released yet, but we do know the projector features VGA (640 x 480) resolution, LED lamp system, and LCoS display technology. Recently, the writers from Asia One
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Philips 26PFL5403D HD Ready LCD Digital Television, 26 Inch
In a gorgeous glossy piano black finish, the 26PFL5403D LCD TV from Philips features a generous 1366 x 768p resolution for razor sharp images. It features Crystal Clear III technology that adjusts and optimises picture quality to optimal contrast, colour
08-06-2009 Tags

NXG Technologies is first with HDMI 1.4 cables for the 3D HDTV you don't own yet
Advertisement Cancel that next-day air shipment from Panasonic Japan , those in need of cables today that are compatible with the 4K and 3D displays of tomorrow can get NXG Technologies Black Pearl Series HDMI v1.4 cables. Not installing cables inside a w
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32LG2000 Television + PFFPb Stand
Discover a new way to watch TV with the LG 32LG2000! This 32 television has an excellent 15,000:1 co...Here is the original post<a target="_blank" href="http://www.thetelevisionshop.co.uk/32lg2000-television-pffpb-stand/" rel="nofollow">....</a>...
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Hands-on review: Games widgets on your TV
Advertisement With graphics like these, how could you possibly resist the selection of games on Yahoo TV Widgets? (Credit: Sarah Tew/CNET) When Nintendo first revealed details of its remote for the Wii, then dubbed "Revolution," focus fell on the idea o
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Netflix to Wii, iPhone, and perhaps Apple TV?
Sponsors Two great tastes that would taste great together? (Credit: Matt Hickey) Netflix might be planning to bring its "Watch Instantly" feature to new devices soon. Currently built in to several products, like Sony HDTVs, and very popular on the Xbox
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The projector: A camera buyer's next must-have?
Sponsors I'm a digital-camera fanatic. I can't get enough. But as much as I love taking pictures with them, I dislike the task of showing friends the pictures I've taken--not exactly a simple endeavor. So when Nikon this week announced that it's bring
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Where did all the eject buttons go?
Sponsors Notice anything missing? (Credit: CNET Networks) Over the first half of 2009, we've notice a disturbing trend in the home theater: eject buttons are going out of style. A surprising number of disc-playing home theater products we've reviewed th
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Creative ink cartridge lamp lights the way
Advertisement "My workplace goes through ink cartridges like water, and I couldn't bear to keep tossing them out," says the creator of the lamps. (Credit: Etsy.com/boxlightbox) Recently, I replaced an ink tank in a printer and unthinkingly tossed the e
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Onkyo releases 'new' HT series AV receivers
Sponsors (Credit: Onkyo) Onkyo is one of the heavy hitters in the AV receiver market, with its TX-SR lines of AV receivers consistently scoring well in our reviews for their combination of features and performance. Wednesday, Onkyo announced a new line of
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Lightspeed Design Contributes to VR Immersion Room
Sponsors Lightspeed Design has recently been selected to provide their DepthQ HD 3D projectors for a new VR Immersion Room that is being designed and built at the University of Louisiana. The DepthQ HD 3D projector is known for being both affordable and c
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