When it comes to PC monitors convergence is a good thing. A converged monitor allows you to use the screen as you would any other PC LCD while using the screen for entertainment like movie and TV watching when work is done. Samsung has unveiled a couple new HD LCDs today called the 933HD+ and the 2333HD that allow you to work and play with one screen.
I’d love to have been a fly on the wall at Sony Australia when they came up with this one. ”Guys, it’s a worldwide recession, we need a promotion to keep people buying the PS3 and BRAVIA HDTVs. I know some of you want to run a competition and give the darned things away, but I think we’d be far better off firing one against the other and sticking it up on YouTube.” Hence how we end up with a video of a PS3 being launched at 22 meters per second toward a poor, defenceless flat-panel TV.
If a new phone isn’t on your agenda, but you still fancy splashing some cash in Denmark’s direction, then Bang & Olufsen’s BeoVision 10 LCD display might satisfy. The 40-inch Full HD 200/240Hz TV uses LED backlighting for picture quality and reduced depth, meaning you can hang the set on a wall as if it were a particularly expensive picture.
I have said it before, I am looking forward to watching 3D movies and TV shows in my home, but the caveat is that the 3D has to look good. I’m talking movie theater caliber 3D, not that junk like NBC pulled on Chuck. I have already talked about a Panasonic 3D HDTV a few weeks back that was unveiled. Today Samsung is back with its own 3D HDTV.
Toshiba have announced their latest high-end LCD TV, and it’s the first to include the Cell Broadband Engine for multi-channel display and DVR recording. The Toshiba CELL REGZA 55X1 has a 55-inch, 5,000,000:1 contrast LED-backlit panel, with independent control over each of the 512 LED backlighting zones and 240Hz refresh. It’s accompanied by a processor box, housing the Cell goodies, which can pump out eight channels to be shown on-screen at once, time-shift up to eight channels simultaneously for 26 hours, or boot up a web browser based on Opera.
Sharp Japan have outed four new LX-series HDTVs, each boasting massive 2,000,000:1 contrast ratios. The range starts from the 40-inch LC-40LX1 and tops out at the 60-inch LC-60LX1, with 46- and 52-inch models in-between; each offers Full HD 1920p resolution, “industry’s lowest” power consumption, and a six-speaker integrated sound system with dual sub-woofers on all but the smallest.
If you are a fan of the Dallas Cowboys, NFL football, or sweet and massive big screen TVs you may have heard about the new stadium the Cowboys are playing in this year. The stadium has a massive 11,393 square-feet of TV screen space.
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings has confirmed that the company does not see its movie streaming service as remaining exclusively locked to Microsoft’s Xbox 360 console, and that one day they envisage access from every games console, Blu-ray player and internet-connected TV. Speaking to Reuters this week, Hastings also suggested that an iPhone Netflix service was “likely to come over time”, though the company’s focus is not yet on mobile.
There are so many awesome buzzwords in HDI’s new TV, we almost don’t know where to begin. The Los Gatos startup has created a 100-inch 3D HDTV that’s capable of showing 1080p content using lasers, and according to Chief Technical Officer Edmund Sandberg the speed of the system – over 1,000fps – means that the display doesn’t flicker.
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The only real downside to putting a big, powerful home theater in your living room is all the wires that goes along with it. If you want to wall mount your HDTV, wires become even more of an issue because hiding them requires cutting into your wall.
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