Sponsors
We can see a time in the future, the very near future, where reviews of 3D HDTVs will lose their novelty. But, for now, they’re still rare enough to warrant some attention, and so let’s take a look at TechRadar ’s take on Panasonic’s first 3D entry, the Viera TX-P50VT20. It’s a 50-inch, 1080p plasma that excels as an HDTV, delivering great quality images — even with SD content. When it comes to 3D the set similarly shines, supporting all of today’s various modes of delivering multiple perspectives in a way those active-shutter glasses can decipher. Indeed, it was only those glasses themselves that really scored low marks, said to be uncomfortable to wear and, with their tinting, doing some unfortunate things to the color balance. Still, if you absolutely must have 3D right now, this looks like the best way to do it… for the moment. Panasonic’s 50-inch TX-P50VT20 plasma reviewed: ‘The best 3D TV to date’ originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 12 May 2010 10:29:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink ?|? Email this ?|? Comments
See the original post….
admin HDTV, TV 1080p, 2010 world cup, 3d hdtv, comcast, plasma, viera
Advertisement
Now this is more like it. Instead of chewing on another underwhelming 3D display , the Tech Radar crew have pulled in one of Sharp’s hot new Quattron sets — distinguishable, if you look really really closely, by the addition of yellow to the standard RGB colors in each pixel — and their experience has certainly been something to write about. Describing the LE821E’s color response as “utterly spectacular,” they go on to praise the LCD’s improved brightness thanks to the yellow sub-pixel’s higher transparency, confident upscaling of standard def pictures to Full HD resolution, and “inspired onscreen menus.” Counteracting the good stuff were mildly disappointing black levels and a ?2,000 ($3,053) price for the 46-inch model. Sure it’s steep, but with Freeview HD and an 8GB HDD built into the box, we can think of a few ways to justify the expense. As ever, the source link will give you the unabridged verdict, so read on. [Thanks, David] Sharp’s 46-inch Quattron LE821E HDTV and its integrated Freeview HD DVR make reviewers gush originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 20 Apr 2010 05:14:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink ?|? Email this ?|? Comments
Read more….
admin HDTV, TV, Televisions, lcd 1080p, dvr, freeview hd, HDTV, sharp quattron
Sponsors
Broadcom’s busting out some big muscle on the video chip front today, launching both a 1080p smartphone camera chip and a single-chip Blu-ray player chip. The BCM2763 mobile phone chip supports full 1080p video recording and playback, as well as 20 megapixel stills with face / smile detection and image stabilization. There’s also support for 3D gaming at 1080p, and HDMI support is included so you can plug into a TV and actually see all those pixels — and a 20-to-50 percent reduction in power usage means you’ll be able to play video over HDMI for “up to 16 hours,” although we’d like to see that claim tested in a real handset before we totally buy it. Broadcom’s also hyping its new BCM7630 single-chip Blu-ray solution, which offers BD decoding and support for streaming apps like Netflix, Pandora, Vudu and CinemaNow all on a single chip — and manufacturers can combine it with the new BCM7632 for 3d-Blu-ray support. Single-chip means cheaper Blu-ray decks — so sure, we’ll take it. No word on when any of these chippies are going to end up in production hardware, but we’re hoping to hear more about that at CES. Broadcom announces 1080p camera phone chip, single-chip Blu-ray decoder originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:24:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink ?|? Email this ?|? Comments
See original here….
admin TV, blu-ray 1080p, bcm7630, bcm7632, cameraphone, hdcameraphone
Advertisement
It’s not that surprising to learn Best Buy will be among those delivering a 1080p LCD with Blu-ray disc player packed in under its Insignia store brand, as we’ve been expecting rebadged units from overseas to hit the value market for some time. Marked “coming soon” at $599, it’s easily a few hundred less than a comparable model from Sharp , but buyers will have to live without some of the newer line items like 120Hz motion processing and a contrast ratio higher than 20,000:1. Though we don’t expect a lot in terms of load times, audio support or other features (no specs on the Blu-ray player noted) we’re sure a bedroom or dorm room somewhere will find a spot for the NS-LBD32X. Your move, Wal-mart. [Thanks, Zach] Filed under: Displays , HDTV , Home Entertainment Best Buy bringing value priced all-in-one 32-inch LCD & Blu-ray HDTV to stores “soon” originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:09:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Read ?|? Permalink ?|? Email this ?|? Comments
Read the original post….
admin HDTV, Home, TV, blu-ray, lcd 1080p, bestbuy, Home, insignia, lcd
Sponsors
Panasonic’s PT-AE3000 has gone over quite well in the home theater space, with its 1080p resolution and gorgeous image quality winning over more than a few projector junkies. But given that there’s always room for improvement, the outfit has today introduced the PT-AE4000, an ever-so-slightly refreshed version that looks essentially identical to its predecessor. The Full HD native resolution and 1,600 ANSI lumens remain unchanged, though the contrast ratio has been bumped from 60,000:1 to 80,000:1 and Panny has outfitted it with a new “red rich lamp” and dynamic iris. Finally, this beamer supposedly eliminates those nasty Cinemascope issues that some users were seeing on the AE3000, though the estimated ?2,000 ($3,255) asking price still feels a bit steep when you consider the alternatives . Filed under: Displays , Home Entertainment Panasonic issues mildly revamped PT-AE4000 1080p projector at IFA originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 03 Sep 2009 03:34:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Read ?|? Permalink ?|? Email this ?|? Comments
View original here….
admin Home, Projectors, TV 1080p, hd projector, Home, ifa 2009, panasonic
Advertisement
Mitsubishi is back with a spec bump to last year’s well-received midrange HC6500 1080p projector with the HC6800. This model slots in below the king GT-styled HC7000 but increases its contrast ratio specs to 20,000:1 and does its big brother one better with a higher 1,300 lumens, apparently aimed at living rooms rather than the darker, more controlled home theater environment. Video processing is once again handled by the capable HQV Reon-VX chipset, this one is due in Japan September 15 for ?250,000 ($2,647,) we don’t expect to wait long for a U.S. date & MSRP. [Via AV Watch ] Filed under: HDTV , Home Entertainment Mitsubishi’s new 1080p midrange PJ contender is the HC6800 originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 20 Aug 2009 10:09:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Read ?|? Permalink ?|? Email this ?|? Comments
Read more….
admin HDTV, Home, TV 1080p, 720p, built-in, HDTV, mitsubishi, projector
Advertisement
Providing some competition for Sharp’s DX series , Mitsubishi has taken the wraps off of its REAL Series LCD HDTVs, including a set with built-in hard drives and Blu-ray recorders , plus a few more that lack the recording, but throw in super resolution upconversion that claims to make even the worst SD look better than ever. Even if that’s just hype, we hope it fares better than the company’s ill-fated 120Hz processing . The 37- (1080p) and 32-inch (720p) BHR300 models feature their disc drives in the stand, rather than back-mounted approach of the AQUOS, plus 320GB HDDs, SDHC slot, plus i.LINK and USB connectors that let owners edit video from a camcorder on the TV before saving to disc or hard drive. The MZW300 models are all 1080p, in 40-, 42- and 52-inch sizes, with Diamond Engine Pro IV HD super resolution tech, the latest and most power efficient Diamond panel with 20,000:1 contrast ratio, built in 5.1 Dolby Digital decoder, virtual surround speakers and a talking program guide feature. These hit shelves in Japan in late October ranging in price from ?350,000 ($3,705) for the LCD-52MZW300 to ?200,000 ($2,117) for the LCD-32BHR300. Filed under: Displays , HDTV , Home Entertainment Mitsubishi unveils REAL line of Blu-ray burning, super upconverting LCDs originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 20 Aug 2009 10:52:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Read ?|? Permalink ?|? Email this ?|? Comments
See the rest here….
admin HDTV, Home, TV, blu-ray, lcd 1080p, 720p, built-in, diamondengineiv, Home, japan
Advertisement
The Zi6 is still fairly fresh in our memory banks, but Kodak’s already looking ahead with its newly unveiled Zi8 pocket camcorder. The Flip Ultra HD competitor boasts 1080p recording this time around, in addition to usual features like face tracking, image stabilization, a 2.5-inch LCD display, and SD card slot. YouTube uploading is back, and joining it Facebook support, too. It’ll be out in September in blue, red, and black colors for just a hair under $180. Filed under: Digital Cameras , HDTV , Portable Video Kodak’s Zi8 HD pocket camcorder hits the 1080p mark, adds Facebook uploading originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 29 Jul 2009 01:10:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Read ?|? Permalink ?|? Email this ?|? Comments
Excerpt from….
admin HDTV, TV, lcd 1080p, HDTV, kodak, kodak zi8, lcd, pocketcamcorder, video camera, zi8
Advertisement
VUDU and Xbox Live , welcome your new competition in the 1080p movie streaming arena, now that Sonic Solutions has announced its CinemaNow service will offer “Blu-ray Disc resolution” (3D is already on the way ) with buffer-free playback thanks to its new Cinevision Adaptive HD encoding and delivery system. Sonic claims to have a leg up since the system is already used for Blu-ray disc production, and it’s teaming with Widevine for the adaptive streaming backend. As usual, even if you’re not directly a CinemaNow user, its wide compatibility and position behind Blockbuster’s store and upcoming ones from Best Buy and Zip.ca should mean 1080p streaming to an ethernet equipped home theater device will be available no matter where you are, whether you’re ready to ditch the discs (and downloads) or not. Filed under: HDTV , Home Entertainment Sonic upgrading CinemaNow movie streaming to 1080p originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Read ?|? Permalink ?|? Email this ?|? Comments
View post….
admin HDTV, Home, TV, blu-ray 1080p, adaptive streaming, blu-ray, cinemanow, HDTV, sonic solutions, sonicsolutions, widevine
Advertisement
Remember all those LCDs LG flooded us with at CES earlier this year? Another set of them is shipping, the LH55 models in sizes ranging from 37- to 55-inches. These don’t have any of the fancy internet connectivity or wireless HDMI tricks offered by some of the company’s more flash sets, but all offer 1080p resolutions at TruMotion 240Hz refresh rates, 80,000:1 contrast ratios, and other niceties like auto-calibration and Clear Voice II, which pledges to ensure dialogue doesn’t get washed out by heavyhanded soundtracks. They’re all Energy Star 3.0 certified, too, so you’ll feel a little more green while watching that Discovery Earth Blu-ray on a television that’s almost five feet on the diagonal. MSRPs range from $1,399 up to $3,899, so get bargain hunting. Filed under: Displays , HDTV LG’s LH55 series of 1080p, 240Hz LCDs now shipping originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 27 May 2009 06:36:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Read ?|? Permalink ?|? Email this ?|? Comments
See the original post….
admin HDTV, TV, blu-ray, lcd 1080p, blu-ray, HDTV, Home, lcd hdtv, reel120
Sponsors
Finding itself in the odd position of selling a suddenly low-end 103-inch 1080p plasma, Panasonic has responded by cutting the price of the professional model TH-103PF10UK by $20,000 to a mere $50,000. Despite waiting over two years to move to a much more reasonable, mass market price the company has racked up over 6,000 installs of the model, with displays starring at the Democratic National Convention , as virtual air hockey tables , on NBC’s Sunday Night Football and Beijing Olympics studio, TNT’s NBA Playoffs set and more. This seems like a good time to mention the display is also capable of being matrixed in a 5 x 5 video wall — and at these prices, we can’t see why anyone wouldn’t. Of course, they could just be clearing stock to bring out the 150-inch behemoth or a more home oriented TH-103PZ800 model Stateside, so weigh your options carefully. Filed under: Displays , HDTV Panasonic slashes price of 103-inch plasma originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 08 May 2009 08:06:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Read ?|? Permalink ?|? Email this ?|? Comments
Read more….
admin HDTV, Home, TV 103, 103-inch, 1080p, HDTV, Home, panasonic, th-103pf10uk, th-103pz800
Advertisement
With its 2009 LED-backlit LH90 LCDs already announced, LG has decided its LH80 line should be next up, its first of many — following Panasonic’s lead — packing a Wireless HD media box to stream any HDMI, USB, or OTA content to the TV. Available in Korea is just this 55-inch model for about 5.1 million South Korean won ($4,008) but you can check out our CES ‘09 Wireless HD demo for a better look at the box and display while we wait for its LH85 branded U.S. cousin to make an appearance later on this year. Filed under: Displays , HDTV , Home Entertainment LG’s WirelessHD LH80 LCD TVs released in Korea originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 06 May 2009 13:57:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Read ?|? Permalink ?|? Email this ?|? Comments
View original here….
admin HDTV, Home, TV, Televisions, lcd 1080p, lh 80, mediabox, Televisions, wihd, wirelesshd
Advertisement
Considering that Epson’s highest-end HTIB is nearly two years old now, we’d say an update was definitely in order. Today, the outfit has just taken the wraps off of its next-generation Ensemble HD Home Cinema , which gets updated by way of including the PowerLite Home Cinema 6100 or Home Cinema 6500 UB . As with the prior kit, these two also include a motorized 100-inch screen, integrated surround sound, AV controller with built-in DVD player, universal remote and all virtually components needed for installation. The only thing that’s glaringly absent is a Blu-ray player, which — at this point — is completely and utterly inexcusable. At any rate, those content with treating themselves to upscaled DVD can fork out $4,999 for the Ensemble HD Home Cinema 720p, $6,499 for the Ensemble HD Home Cinema 6100 and $7,999 for the Ensemble HD Home Cinema 6500 UB. Filed under: Displays , Home Entertainment Epson launches next-gen Ensemble HD Home Cinema System originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 28 Apr 2009 16:10:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Read ?|? Permalink ?|? Email this ?|? Comments
Continued here….
admin Home, Projectors, TV, blu-ray 1080p, ensemble hd, ensemble hd home cinema, powerlite home cinema, projector
Advertisement
AMIMON , the company behind the wireless HD technology ( WHDI ) in Belkin’s FlyWire (among other devices), has just introduced its second-generation chipset. The device, which utilizes video modem technology operating in the 5GHz unlicensed band, consists of the new AMN 2120 transmitter and AMN 2220 receiver, both of which are angling to slip into set-top-boxes, HDTVs and all sorts of other HDMI-enabled devices in short order. AMIMON asserts that this chipset is the first capable of “delivering full uncompressed 1080p/60Hz HD content throughout the entire home,” with a range of beyond 100 feet through walls, under one millisecond of latency and support for HDCP 2.0. Best of all, the new kit is available now for manufacturers to snap up, so for the legions of consumers waiting for someone to get wireless HD right, let us say this: “get to snapping.” The full release is after the break. Continue reading AMIMON’s second-gen WHDI spec does full uncompressed 1080p Filed under: HDTV , Home Entertainment , Wireless AMIMON’s second-gen WHDI spec does full uncompressed 1080p originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 29 Apr 2009 06:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink ?|? Email this ?|? Comments
See original here….
admin HDTV, Home, TV 1080p, amn2220, HDTV, videomodem, whdi, wirelesshd, wirelesshdmi
Advertisement
While RED has been pretty tight-lipped about its planned RED RAY product , some footage shown off at RED’s NAB party gave a sizable hint that RED RAY could be much more than meets the eye — specifically a $1,000 device that can play cinema-quality 4k video off of standard DVDs. At the party they played an uncompressed showreel of 4k footage on a Sony 4k projector, which clocked in at 1.3GB per second, and then showed that exact same footage under the “RED RAY” codec at a mere 10Mb/s (megabits, not bytes; about half the bitrate of SD DV), at a compression rate of 700:1. Attendees claimed they could see zero visible compression, though a projector in a ballroom isn’t exactly the best case scenario to test that sort of thing. Unfortunately, there’s little other info about how they’re achieving this (we hear “wavelets” come into the equation at some point), or to what nefarious aims, but with compression like this the implications for content distribution are pretty stunning: 1080p+ streaming for all. Naturally, the down side of all of this is probably some pretty hefty processing power on the consumer end, but we’ll cross that I/O bridge when we come to it. [Thanks, Ben H] Filed under: HDTV , Home Entertainment , Storage RED blows away small room of videophiles with 4k RED RAY footage at half the bitrate of MiniDV originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 25 Apr 2009 15:48:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Read ?|? Permalink ?|? Email this ?|? Comments
Read more here….
admin HDTV, Home, TV 1080p, codec, HDTV, Home, red, red ray, red ray hd, redrayhd
Advertisement
This ain’t the first time Sanyo’s slipped in just under the two large wire with a 1080p beamer, but it’s no less proud the second go ’round. Announced here in Vegas, the PLV-1080HD is a Full HD projector with a lens-shifting system for flexible placement, a variable iris, two HDMI 1.3 inputs, a 10,000:1 contrast ratio and 1,200 ANSI lumens. $1,995 gets you in, and it’s shipping right now. Filed under: CES , Displays , HDTV , Home Entertainment Sanyo ducks under $2,000 again with 1080p PLV-1080HD projector originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 08 Jan 2009 11:28:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink ?|? Email this ?|? Comments
Read the rest here….
admin HDTV, Home, Projectors, TV 1080p, ces, hdprojector, Home, plv-1080hd
Sponsors
Logic Wireless, a new startup has jumped right into the CES mobile fray with this, the mini projecting Logic Bolt. Logic Wireless assumed all rights to this device from ChinaKing — which we saw early in the summer of 2008 — and have tuned it up and have it here at the show. Featuring a quad-band GSM chipset, 3 megapixel camera, Bluetooth, projected display size of 36 to 64 inches, and a rated talk time of 2 to 3 hours. Video can apparently blast on for two hours or more using content on the phone or VGA input from other devices. Logic Wireless aims to ship a dual-mode GSM / CDMA set with live video conferencing, four times brighter projector, and Windows Mobile supplanting the current Java OS sometime in the future. For a suggested $100 on-contract price or $600 off, we’re thinking if they can make this happen, we’re definitely going to be picking one up. [Via Gearlog ] Filed under: Cellphones , CES Logic Wireless’ Logic Bolt makes luminous appearance at CES originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 07 Jan 2009 16:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Read ?|? Permalink ?|? Email this ?|? Comments
Read more here….
admin Projectors, TV 1080p, ces, ces2009, hdprojector, logic wireless, logicbolt, logicwireless
Advertisement
We know, we’re just being greedy at this point, but hey — did you honestly expect anything less? We knew Intel’s new Atom N280 processor, when paired with the equally fresh GN40 chipset, could deliver silky smooth 720p video playback . What we didn’t know, however, was how well it could handle 1080p material. According to Fudzilla , an Intel product manager has stated that the GN40 is “designed to do 1080p HD playback for typical broadband internet content,” but that it wasn’t engineered to “enable full Blu-ray capability where the bitrates and demands of multi-layer content are significantly higher than that of internet HD content.” The optimist within us is hoping that the GN40’s successor will take the next logical step and handle BD films, but we wouldn’t dare suggest you get your own hopes up that high if you’re not good with handling disappointment. [Image courtesy of TechArena ] Filed under: HDTV , Home Entertainment , Laptops Intel admits that GN40 chipset is no match for Blu-ray originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 10 Mar 2009 15:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Read ?|? Permalink ?|? Email this ?|? Comments
Read the original here….
admin HDTV, Home, TV, blu-ray 1080p, blu-ray, gn40, HDTV, Home, netbook, rental
Recent Comments