Westinghouse Declares LCD the Winner: Is It Right?
In a rather candid interview with CNET, Douglas Woo, the president of Westinghouse Digital, said that LCD (as opposed to plasma, DLP, etc.) is “probably unstoppable.” And obvious move from who’s livelyhood comes from shilling LCDs. His reasons are somewhat fresh, though. The main reason for LCD’s success, he contends, is that because engineers have…
Phone Grope and Gallery: Samsung Ultra Music SGH-F300
We told you about the Ultra Music back in December. Well at CES, we got personally acquainted with it when I mentioned the word “iPhone” to a Samsung rep, who swiftly brought us to the phone to check it out. iPhone it ain’t, but sweeter than Chocolate it is. And then there’s the second screen.…
Schwag Competition: Wednesday’s Best
My multiple bags were already overflowing after Monday and Tuesday’s treasure hunts, but I pressed on. See my handfuls of schwag from today, including gems from Alienware and Samsung, after the jump. https://gizmodo.com/schwag-competition-mondays-best-227152 Total Crap: Plush cuteness aside, I can’t fathom why anyone would ever use this creation. Then again, I watched a fellow blogger…
Forget Screen Size: It’s Contrast That Matters
Big TVs, schmig TVs. We saw lots of sets that are bigger than we can (currently) imagine ever having. And we saw some crummy image quality on them, as well. https://gizmodo.com/sharp-108-lcd-screen-aint-perfect-227089 But the mind-blower was the advance in contrast ratio on LCD TVs—which were traditionally a poor cousin to plasma in that respect. Sharp, for…
The Cameras of CES
Wedged between the biannual Photokina show last September and the annual PMA show this coming February, CES is not the best place to find new camera announcements. Absent from the action are heavyweights Canon, Nikon, and Pentax—and even some middleweights like Panasonic. But some of the scrappier little vendors made a few waves to fill…
More About Samsung’s Cameras
We got to feel up Samsung’s new digicams today. The flaks even let us take some sample shots—despite the cameras being very pre-production. Photos taken with the 10-megapixel S1050 didn’t show any big problems at least. 10 megapixels is likely overkill, so you could pay $100 less ($250) and get almost all the same features…
Simpsons Movie Phone: Might Suck Less Than the Movie Will
As Matt Greoning has never been afraid to slap The Simpsons logo on anything for a quick buck, and Simpsons fans have been even less afraid to buy all of that crap, so it only makes sense that Samsung is releasing a Simpsons Movie phone to commemorate the upcoming release of that sure-to-be-crappy film No…