Why 3D TV is just a pointless gimmick

What say you? Are you a fan of 3D? I think it’s safe to say you either love it or hate it. I’m on the hate it bandwagon, and partly agree with what this gentleman is saying. Time (and the Consumer’s wallets) will tell, but I’d rather have OLED TV’s be mainstream than 3D. TechRadar From that point on, the […]

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Panasonic X20 (X24) review

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Here’s a review of the successor to Panasonic’s X10 Plasma TV, the X20, which seems to do a great job for its price range. Not perfect, but I don’t think I would mind having this in my living room.   FlatPanelsHD X20 is a typical Panasonic plasma-TV. Straight away you recognize the things that have made the Panasonic plasma TVs […]

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Sanyo PLC-WTC500L LCD Multimedia Projector Review

At $7000, this projector is probably not in most of our futures, but the idea of a dual lamped projector is pretty clever. And it seems to do a solid job as well. Audioholics Continuing our look at presentation projectors, we took a look at the Sanyo PLC-WLC500L, a unique dual lamp system that is designed for flexible installation, high […]

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Netflix’s Streaming service screaming along

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Pretty interesting statistic. I’m not at all surprised though given the unlimited usage model. Pay attention and you’ll see DVD rentals are still rising, it just so happens that so too is streaming. Which if you figure you have to watch something while you wait for new movies, sorta makes sense.   FeedFlix We’ve posted in the past about Netflix’s […]

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Wii Netflix Hits the Mail

Well, if you have still been holding out to view Netflix movies on your Wii (anyone…anyone?), then you’re in luck! Looks like Netflix has finally started shipping the disc to allow you to do what you’ve been able to do on PS3’s, XBox’s and your HTPC for a long time now.

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Thursday Podcast Roundup, March 25th 2010

OK, back on regular schedule for this week’s podcasts! Man and look there’s still plenty to enjoy! The Media Center Show #249 – By Remote Returning to the show this week is Windows Media Center MVP Niall Ginsbour talking about his remote scheduling application called “By Remote”. The application enables you to schedule recordings and browse the EPG remotely from […]

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Toshiba Announces 750GB, 1TB 2.5-inch Hard Drives

I know it’s not solid state, but for years before SSD even existed we HTPC users loved using 2.5" hard drives in our systems due to the lower noise they generated and the space saving. Now you can have those and still enjoy 1tb of space! No mention on price, but my guess–expensive. ExtremeTech The MK7559GSXP will have a capacity […]

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TiVo Premiere review

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Here’s one of the first reviews of the much hyped TiVo Premiere, which isn’t all glory a gusto. It’s not all bad, but it’s definitely not all amazing like the marketing team had hyped up unfortunately. The good news is you know TiVo will continue to improve on the new interface, but judging by the original sneak pictures, some of […]

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Coming soon: 50% lighter LCD TVs

LCD’s are already fairly light, so this would be pretty surprising if it hit mainstream since I don’t think there’s a *huge* demand to make them any lighter, but it’s cool to see them innovating. I mean, if they’re going to sell me a lighter TV, I’ll take it and my back will appreciate it! CrunchGear But according to the […]

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