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Gateway Goes Off Deep End, Offers $4500 PC Rig for Best Video Stunt

Today Gateway announces its "Show Your Spots" contest, inviting any and all "thrill-seeking technology lovers willing to perform and film a crazy stunt" to win a $4,500 high-performance computer setup. Yikes. More »

next-gen blu-ray tested

First Blu-ray BD Profile 1.1 Review (Verdict: Is That All?)

The Players: Panasonic DMP-BD30 ($500) and Sony PlayStation 3 with 2.1 firmware ($400 to $500)
The Movies: Fox's Sunshine and Sony Pictures' Resident Evil: Extinction
The Challenge: To find out what's so special about Blu-ray's BD Profile 1.1, also known as Full Standard Profile or just simply "Picture-In-Picture Enabled" More »

hdtv

NuVision's 65-inch, Silicon Optix HQV 1080p LCD, and Friends

NuVision's new LCD range includes 10 sets from 65 to 22-inchers, but the 65-incher is the one we have our hearts set on. It's naturally 1080p, but does all it's upscaling using the Silicon Optix HQV Realta processor, extra deep blacks, deep color, "4-d" noise reduction, which is kind of useless for digital signals, but good for all those analog sources, and dual ATSC tuners. And an aluminum chassis. The NVU65HDN will be available on October 30th just in to scare you with a $12k price. And a set of 32 and 22-inch TVs meant to be mounted behind a wall, that works as a mirror when off. More »

test your hd gear

HQV Silicon Optix Blu-ray and HD DVD Discs

I've been using early versions of the Silicon Optix high definition discs to test HDTVs, Blu-ray and HD-DVD gear the last few weeks. The final version is out. More »