Tag Archive for 'philips'
That’s right, 2009 is quickly approaching, and the US Government wants to get all this converter box business taken care of ASAP. So, starting the first of this coming year, if you receive your TV signals OTA you can contact the gov to get a couple $40 coupons for TV converter boxes that will convert [...]
This is just another step in the direction of DVDs being completely obsolete. Philips and Taiwan’s, Lite-on IT unveiled a High definition BluRay Disk-rom (BD-rom) drive on the 14th.
Why can’t we get phones like these in the United States? I have to charge my phone every night if not twice a day. But if you’re lucky enough to live in Asia - Philips only wireless market - you can now go for two months without charging your phone.
Here at SlashGear we’ve generally given pretty short shrift to VOIP handsets: all too often they miss the point of their very purpose, to take internet calling out of the realm of the geeky and into the hands of the general public. Common errors include requiring a USB connection to an attached PC rather than [...]
I’m all for choice, in fact some people know me as “Mister Choice” seeing as I’m so open to suggestion (please note, this is a lie), but sometimes a gadget comes along that leaves you wondering exactly who will ever buy it. Pioneer’s PD-D9 is one such lump, being as it is not only a [...]
I’ve got a pretty decent pair of headphones that I use when I feel like zoning out into my own little world while listening to my music very loudly. Yes, I’ll probably be deaf by the age of 35, but I’ve come to terms with that. The worst thing about my headphones is that they [...]
The problem with all of your portable gadgets is that the battery always dies when it’s least convenient. Philips has announced a new product that hopes to eliminate this issue.
Remember when Philips launched their Ambilight TVs? It seems like it wasn’t that long ago, but apparently Ambilight is on its way out the door to be replaced by Aurea.
So, as a reminder, there is a government mandate that analog television signals are to cease as of a February 2009. That means that all of the wireless spectrum that was previously allotted to this purpose will become open for business if you will.
Well, almost as soon as that mandate was made, just about [...]
I’m not going to make the obvious “borrowing of industrial design” comment, but Philips partially-unveiled answer to the AppleTV looks to be sticking a little too closely to established media streamer form for my liking. Inside the brushed-aluminium box is a 40GB hard-drive, while you can plug in larger hard-drives round the back, as well [...]
