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    Seagate FreeAgent Theater+ Adds HDMI, Ethernet, DTS, and Dolby Digital

    Phonevision: The Death of Physical Media Started in 1951

    AT&T's iPhone App Brings Remote DVR Scheduling To U-Verse Customers

    Grand HD Cinema Converts USB to HDMI

    Light Bulb Speakers Put Sound In Your Lamps

    La Princesse, The 50-Foot Spider, Driven into the Abyss

    Axonix MediaMax Gets Cozy with Blu-ray and HD DVD

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    Image of AlexSea AlexSea
    07/25/09

    In reply to Phonevision: The Death of Physical Media Started in 1951
    Wow, slow news day today huh? This isn't in relation to this post or anything, but I get home from a hard day's work hoping to lose myself in gizmodo.. and there's like 6 posts total today.
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    07/25/09

    @AlexSea: If you haven't noticed, it's the weekend. People are usually out having fun with friends and family, not hunched over the computer posting news articles.
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    Image of AlexSea AlexSea
    07/25/09

    @Δεν βρέθηκαν λέξεις: HAHA wow. I actually didn't notice it was the weekend, I have a weird ass job and the days sort of run together. SORRY GIZ, I stand corrected.
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    Image of Jack of all Tirades R.O.A.C.H. Jack of all Tirades R.O.A.C.H.
    07/25/09

    In reply to Phonevision: The Death of Physical Media Started in 1951
    Wow! So 1951 was the year kids began wanking it to scambled porn?! I thought I was trailblazer in the 80's. Gotta give it up to the Greatest Generation.
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    Image of bosskev bosskev
    07/25/09

    @Jack of all Tirades R.O.A.C.H.: I think you may be confusing April Showers and Homecoming with more contemporary titles, Golden Showers and Home, Cumming. That is, unless I'm unaware of Clark Gable's moonlighting jobs.
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    Image of Nick Nick
    07/25/09

    @bosskev: i see you're the creative mind behind all those wonderful movie titles in the pr0n industry.
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    Image of N1k0s N1k0s
    07/25/09

    @Jack of all Tirades R.O.A.C.H.: And that's also when the ORIGINAL saying began when a mother caught her son in the act: "If you keep doing that, you'll lose your phonevision!"
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    Image of Nelson Nelson
    07/25/09

    @Nick: DeusExMach needs a star: He probably works here
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    bosskev promoted this comment Nelson was starred Nelson was unstarred
    Image of bosskev bosskev
    07/25/09

    In reply to Phonevision: The Death of Physical Media Started in 1951
    "Started in 1951...cancelled in 1969"

    So, this service lasted 18 years? Jeezus. I was curious, then, as to why it would flop, given how popular the pay-per-view concept is today. I found these two tidbits in a Wikipedia article:

    "One of the major limitations of the Phonevision system was that due to the delay line being switched in and out, color could not be broadcast, as the 3.58 MHz phase lock necessary for NTSC color broadcasting could not be held. This limitation contributed to the demise of the system, along with the FCC authorization of subscription programming about 1969."

    And that part where the "industry called Phonevision a 'massive flop'", yeah, those "industry folks" were...drumroll, please...The Theatre Owners of America. OF COURSE theater owners would call a home theater system a flop!

    Anyway, nice find, Dan, and a great article about a near-miss technology that's--wow!--even older than I am. (Yeah, that is ancient.)
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    Image of switchblade saints switchblade saints
    07/25/09

    In reply to Phonevision: The Death of Physical Media Started in 1951
    It should be noted that the FCC denied permits for this and that was part of it demise.

    Nice piece Dan, good gadget history right here
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    06/25/09

    In reply to AT&T's iPhone App Brings Remote DVR Scheduling To U-Verse Customers
    Slightly off topic, but do any of you use U-verse (specifically in Atlanta)? I am currently on Comcast and my g/f is moving, and I was considering having her go to U-verse (with HD, DVR, and internet service).


    This app certainly would be another "pro" for the service (since we both have the iPhone).

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    Image of kuriakos kuriakos
    01/29/09

    In reply to Grand HD Cinema Converts USB to HDMI
    Aren't HDMI ports becoming standard on computers anyway?
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    Image of Mark Wilson Mark Wilson
    01/29/09

    @kuriakos: Many graphics cards have HDMI-out, yes.
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    Image of 1 DVS BSTD-Its off the Hizzle fo $hizzle My Dizzle 1 DVS BSTD-Its off the Hizzle fo $hizzle My Dizzle
    01/29/09

    In reply to Grand HD Cinema Converts USB to HDMI
    So, you could use it on a MBP ?

    I will pay a 140 bucks, just don't let me use that shitty displayport!
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    Image of Alexander Slover Alexander Slover
    01/29/09

    @Its off the Hizzle fo $hizzle My Dizzle: What? Combining a DisplayPort -> DVI with a DVI -> HDMI adapter will only set you back $50, and the quality would probably be better.
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    Image of 1 DVS BSTD-Its off the Hizzle fo $hizzle My Dizzle 1 DVS BSTD-Its off the Hizzle fo $hizzle My Dizzle
    01/29/09

    @Alexander Slover:


    Displayport doesn't send audio onyl video,so it doesn't matter.

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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    01/29/09

    @Its off the Hizzle fo $hizzle My Dizzle: I believe that this makes a serious case for the inclusion of an HDMI port on the Macbooks, as there are NO HDMI-equipped Expresscards to name for them either, which means that there's simply no way to get real HDMI output from an MBP, which sucks.
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    Image of Quilt Quilt
    01/23/09

    In reply to Light Bulb Speakers Put Sound In Your Lamps
    What happens when the bulb runs out? Do you have to go out to get yourself a new bulb-speaker? The concept looks expensive.
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    01/23/09

    In reply to Light Bulb Speakers Put Sound In Your Lamps
    Haha... I get it. Light FM...
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    Image of Enigmaaron1 Enigmaaron1
    01/23/09

    In reply to Light Bulb Speakers Put Sound In Your Lamps
    What happens when the bulb burns out? You buy another expensive speaker\bulb and toss the old one?
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    01/23/09

    @Enigmaaron1: No, you just listen to your music in the dark..
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    Image of Heitz Heitz
    01/23/09

    In reply to Light Bulb Speakers Put Sound In Your Lamps
    How many light bulbs can be hooked up to one source? lol outfit an entire house with these and go crazy
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    01/23/09

    @Heitz: They are wireless, so I would imagine you could have as many as you want.
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    Image of admoseremic admoseremic
    01/23/09

    In reply to Light Bulb Speakers Put Sound In Your Lamps
    Sneak some of these into your neighbors house. Then just torment them ala "Real Genius"... Hello Dave, This is God...
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_HurtHisKnee GitEmSteveDave_HurtHisKnee
    01/23/09

    @admoseremic: It's Kent. And it was Jesus.


    "Listen Kent. Dad, you know my father, God, wants to show you something. "

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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    01/23/09

    @55378008_GitEmSteveDave: The nerve of people trying to improperly quote real genius...
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_HurtHisKnee GitEmSteveDave_HurtHisKnee
    01/23/09

    @Lite: is the last dragon and possesses the power of the glow.: @admoseremic: Sorry, it's been playing on G4 all the time, and I've been using the movie to test settings on my media players, so it's stuck in my head. I didn't mean it to be snarky. I apologize. And JerseyCam doesn't have "shows". I will, however, wave if someone IM's me while I'm at a computer which has a cam on it.
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    01/23/09

    In reply to Light Bulb Speakers Put Sound In Your Lamps
    It's brilliant. People spend a ton of money on multi-room sound systems. This will be much cheaper and easier to install (no electrical wires to route).
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    Image of qbrad qbrad
    01/23/09

    In reply to Light Bulb Speakers Put Sound In Your Lamps
    Deja Vu? Oh wait, these are from Altec Lansing -- a REAL speaker company. Well, PC speakers anyway. From Dell. Meh.
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    01/23/09

    @qbrad: Ooooh, Altec Lansing... See previous above commentary about half-assed sound.
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    Image of EBone EBone
    01/23/09

    @Lite: is the last dragon and possesses the power of the glo...: I'm still using an Altec Lansing 2.1 speaker system intended for computer use with my LCD TV in the bedroom. I know, anything compared to stock TV speaks sounds good, but I think the sound is terrific. Always impressed when I fire them up.
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    01/23/09

    @EBone: Yeah, I have a $50 set of Bose speakers hooked to my Mac Mini that sound good when I use them... You know, for the size.


    Then I crank up the Haflers, and smile much better knowing that I have a full set of Hafler surround speakers including 15" sub that I paid $500 for.

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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    01/23/09

    In reply to Light Bulb Speakers Put Sound In Your Lamps
    You better be careful. Yanko's actually a formidable cult, and will stop at nothing to keep this sort of shenanigans to themselves.
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    01/23/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: Yes, because that's exactly what I need. More half-assed ideas that produce speaker systems providing half-assed sound. If Yanko really wanted to give us something useful, they'd invent a five-assed monkey.
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