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Walmart Rolls Back Blu-ray Player To $98

It appears that Walmart brick and mortar stores have rolled back the price of their Magnavox NB530MGX from $128 around Father’s Day to a new low of $98. https://gizmodo.com/walmart-drops-blu-ray-player-price-to-new-low-of-128-5286046 It’s certainly not top of the line, but it does have 1080p support—and the price is hard to resist if you simply want to get into…

Tech News Sean Fallon

Vizio Import Ban Overturned, Free To Ship TVs To US

US customs has cleared Vizio in an ongoing patent dispute with Funai, meaning that they will be allowed to freely ship their HDTVs into the US once more. https://gizmodo.com/ban-on-vizio-hdtv-imports-upheld-but-does-it-even-matt-5285629 In all likelihood, Funai will appeal the ruling—but outside of a courtroom miracle, this should effectively bring the situation to a close. The reality is that…

Tech News Sean Fallon

Sharp Aquos LE700 LED TVs Go Mainstream, But Where’s the Local Dimming?

Sharp’s jumping into the mainstream LED pool with Aquos LED (they had the pricier XS1). Sharp says theirs are better, since they make their own LEDs and use a next-gen LCD substrate. But there’s no local dimming. WTF? Updated https://gizmodo.com/sharp-xs1-flagship-ultrathin-lcds-and-d65u-d85u-littl-5045184 Like Sony, Samsung, Toshiba and even Vizio, these sets are backlit by a grid of…

Television Matt Buchanan

Sharp LCD TVs, Monitors May Be Banned From Import Into The US

The US International Trade Commission has ruled that some Sharp LCD displays violate a patent owned by Samsung and should be banned from being imported into the US. Although, it is probably nothing to get overly excited about. While the ruling would effect a large segment of Sharp’s product line—including Aquos. Sharp will no doubt…

Tech News Sean Fallon

Are You Finally Ready To Replace Your DVD Player With Blu-Ray?

Prices are finally reaching that $100 sweet spot, and your DVD player isn’t getting any younger. https://gizmodo.com/walmart-drops-blu-ray-player-price-to-new-low-of-128-5286046 A lot has changed since the last time I asked this question, so I am curious to know if you’re finally ready to cave in and buy a Blu-ray player? https://gizmodo.com/question-of-the-day-will-you-finally-go-blu-ray-this-h-5084633 Are You Ready to Replace Your DVD…

Tech News Sean Fallon

Vizio Enters LED TV Wars: $2199 55-Inch VF551XVT Coming In September

Vizio’s feeling confident enough about their VF551XVT 55-inch LED-backlit TV they’re showing it off against Samsung sets now (though these kind of fights are rarely fair) and offering some harder specs. https://gizmodo.com/vizio-vf551xvt-55-inch-led-backlit-lcd-with-240hz-for-5125535 The price has creeped up $200 from what they’d announced in January to $2199, and the date’s slipped a bit to the tail-end…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Your Wall-Mounted HDTV Probably Violates Electrical Codes

According to our recent poll, over 1/3 of you have your HDTV cords hidden behind a wall. This may be a big violation of the National Electric Code that could void your insurance coverage. https://gizmodo.com/how-do-you-hide-the-cords-from-your-wall-mounted-tv-5291620 The National Electric Code (NEC) states: NEC ARTICLE 400 Flexible Cords and Cables General 400.1 Scope. This article covers general…

Tech News Sean Fallon

TiVo May Be Coming To Time Warner Cable

According to Bloomberg, TiVo is preparing to make a push into more living rooms, including Time Warner Cable subscribers, now that a federal court ruling backs the company’s digital-recording patent. Because Dish was ordered to pay royalties to TiVo for violating their patent on technology that allows viewers to record and play back video at…

Tech News Sean Fallon

The Man Wall

If you still don’t know what you’re getting Dad for Father’s Day, HybridSpace Furniture has come up with an all-in-one home entertainment “Man Wall,” which includes gadgets that are stereotypically man. A 52” Vizio LCD HDTV is the wall’s centerpiece, with two smaller flat panels, a Panasonic 5.1 home theater system, DVD player, CD changer,…

Tech News Andi Wang

Maingear Axess HD Brings Hardcore Gaming to HTPCs

Maingear’s new Axess HD Gamer brings hardcore PC gaming into your living room with a Core i7 processor, up to 12GB of DDR3 memory, 2x NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT cards in SLI, a Phantom Lapboard and robust media center capabilities. More specifically, the Axess HD can include a Blu-ray drive, 8-channel HD audio, WIndows Vista…

Tech News Sean Fallon

How Do You Hide The Cords From Your Wall-Mounted TV?

Last year I posed the question “Do You Wall Mount Your TV?,” and discovered that about 30% of you have freed yourself from the stand. But I’m curious to know—what about those unsightly cables? https://gizmodo.com/question-of-the-day-is-your-flat-panel-tv-wall-mounted-5039537 To be honest, I have this thing about cables running from a wall-mounted TV. It…it just bothers me. So, do…

Tech News Sean Fallon

Real Surround Sound Beats Fake Surround Sound 10 to 1

According to our poll “Do You Have a Surround Sound Setup?,” 76% of the total respondents had either a HTIB or a system they compiled from separate components. That beats virtual surround respondents nearly 11 to 1. https://gizmodo.com/do-you-have-a-surround-sound-setup-5286069 So the bottom line is this—you guys are into the real deal. In fact you are so…

Tech News Sean Fallon

Does Your TV Still Work?

In case you have been oblivious to the endless warnings and apocalyptic terror of those who fear they will live in a world without television, the DTV transition is happening today. So I have to ask, does your TV still work? https://gizmodo.com/reminder-dtv-transition-is-today-june-12th-5287742 Does Your TV Still Work?(opinion) If you or someone you know was unprepared…

Tech News Sean Fallon

Monster SuperThin HDMI Cables Really Are SuperThin

Monster’s SuperThin HDMI cables aren’t just marketing noise, they’re real, and thinner than the anacondas most people have jacked into their TVs. RedMere’s tech lets them skimp on heavy-gauge copper, so they’re just 3.5mm around. https://gizmodo.com/monster-developing-ultra-thin-hdmi-cable-5173699 Being Monsters, you know they’re gonna cost a ton. Four feet of “high speed” SuperThin cable has a suggested…

Television Matt Buchanan

Do You Have a Surround Sound Setup?

Surround sound is awesome, but how many people actually use it? Is it true surround sound or virtual surround sound? Is the system hooked up correctly? Let’s find out. Do You Have a Surround Sound Setup?(poll) The response about not hooking up the rear speakers is particularly interesting because studies conducted last year by the…

Tech News Sean Fallon

More Details on the Xbox 360’s Last.fm Implementation

The news of Last.fm arriving on the Xbox 360 got kind of buried at E3 by, well, more exciting news. But that doesn’t mean it’s not exciting in its own right! If you’re an Xbox Live Gold subscriber, you’ll automatically have access to the service when it drops on the console later this year. It’ll…

Tech News Adam Frucci

Guess What? Many Of You Wasted Money on Your 1080p TV (But There’s Hope)

The other day I posed a simple question: How far do you sit from your TV? The results show that many of you are not getting all the definition out of your HDTV. https://gizmodo.com/how-far-do-you-sit-from-your-hdtv-5277417 As mentioned, the Lechner Distance chart illustrates that there are specific distances at which the human eye has the best chance…

Television Sean Fallon

Nintendo: We Could Be Stuck With the Wii for 8 More Years

The Xbox 360 is less than halfway done, and the PS3 is a “ten year” console. But what about Wii? Satoru Iwata says new hardware could come “three years from now, five years from now or eight years from now.” https://gizmodo.com/microsoft-says-xbox-360-is-less-than-halfway-done-5279383 Dear lord. Eight years with no HD and a processor that won’t allow the…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

LaCie’s LaCinema HD Media Streamers Can Play and Record

LaCie has updated their LaCinema HD media streamer lineup with the new Play and Record models. As the names imply, the former can playback media while the latter can also function as an HD DVR. Both of these wireless media players can stream 1080p media from the network to your TV and upscale standard def…

Tech News Sean Fallon

How Far Do You Sit From Your HDTV?

The truth is that most of us are probably not getting the most out of our HDTV. The resolution you see is determined not just by the screen, but by its size and how far you sit from it, as detailed using the Lechner Distance chart. For example, if you sit 12 feet away from…

Television Sean Fallon

Walmart Rolls Back Blu-ray Player To $98

Vizio Import Ban Overturned, Free To Ship TVs To US

Sharp Aquos LE700 LED TVs Go Mainstream, But Where’s the Local Dimming?

Sharp LCD TVs, Monitors May Be Banned From Import Into The US

Are You Finally Ready To Replace Your DVD Player With Blu-Ray?

Vizio Enters LED TV Wars: $2199 55-Inch VF551XVT Coming In September

Your Wall-Mounted HDTV Probably Violates Electrical Codes

TiVo May Be Coming To Time Warner Cable

The Man Wall

Maingear Axess HD Brings Hardcore Gaming to HTPCs

How Do You Hide The Cords From Your Wall-Mounted TV?

Real Surround Sound Beats Fake Surround Sound 10 to 1

Does Your TV Still Work?

Monster SuperThin HDMI Cables Really Are SuperThin

Do You Have a Surround Sound Setup?

More Details on the Xbox 360’s Last.fm Implementation

Guess What? Many Of You Wasted Money on Your 1080p TV (But There’s Hope)

Nintendo: We Could Be Stuck With the Wii for 8 More Years

LaCie’s LaCinema HD Media Streamers Can Play and Record

How Far Do You Sit From Your HDTV?

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