Archive for February, 2010
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We told you Panny had some crazy low black levels in its 2010 plasmas, didn’t we? Well, say hello to the retail products and their first price tags, both predictably found in Japan. The Viera G2 series is arriving within a few short weeks — February 5 to be precise — and will be headed by the 50-inch TH-P50G2, which is joined by 46- and 42-inch options. All panels boast Full HD resolution, have three ports each for HDMI and Composite cables, and are expected to cost
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Looking to catch some of those OTA HDTV signals that your local affiliate is beaming through your brain of late? Well, Elgato’s EyeTV One would like to show your Computer or Mac how, but you’d better not get any wild ideas about plugging into some of your old analog sources like cable or your VCR. Just don’t. The EyeTV One is billed as a cheaper, stripped-down alternative to the EyeTV Hybrid, and at around $100 (on certain online retailers) it’s about $30 cheaper. Is erasing your sordid past with analog technologies worth saving $30 to you? Do you really want to spend five hours tonight adjusting your OTA antenna to catch CSI: The Real Housewives of Jersey Shore in HD? So many questions that need answering.
Elgato’s EyeTV One sticks to ATSC, leaves analog out in the cold originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 13 Jan 2010 13:32:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Taking 3D pictures with Fujifilm’s 3D point and shoot is pretty simple — even if ultimately unsatisfying — but if you need a place to display them, LG has that covered. Tucked away in its booth was a demo of “the world’s first 3D camera compatible HDTV” dutifully taking SD-card stored snaps and putting them on the massive screen. Not an entirely complex process, but we figure if a superior reviewed 3D camera makes it to market, you might appreciate picking up the right HDTV for the job.
LG’s 55-inch 3DTV is 3D (photo) ready too originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 11 Jan 2010 00:43:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Intel’s not the only crew in LV that’s streaming HD from lappy to Television. Sigma Designs was on with its own platform on the NAM show last spring, and now those crazy children want you to know that NeoVue (as it is now known) exists — and it’s spectacular. The technology supports 1080p video as well as the VGA projector standard via-USB dongle, based on the company’s Coair wireless chipset. No word as of yet on price, release date, or availability — but you’ll know when we do. Promise. PR after the break. Continue reading NeoVue HD video streaming platform announced at CES
NeoVue HD video streaming platform announced at CES originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 08 Jan 2010 07:38:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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By Andrew Liszewski
Whether you’re braving a winter storm, or serving as humanity’s first ambassador to extraterrestrial life, this easy scarf embroidered with the Arecibo message is sure to come in handy. You’ll have to make it yourself, but thankfully the rudimentary pixel design of the message that makes it easy for ET to understand should also make it easy for embroidery novices. And you can download the pattern from Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories for free.
[ Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories - A scarf to aid your search for terrestrial intelligence ] VIA
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 Haven’t willfully submitted to the CLIQ’s new update yet? Well, you might want to hold off, because it looks like the new code is causing more heartache than good. A variety of reports on T-Mobile’s official support forums echo the same overarching complaint, which is that messaging is a disaster zone ever since version 1.3.18 took hold — long freezes when using the messaging app or widget, messages not getting sent or being sent multiple times — basically all the things you really don’t want to happen on a device that touts its social connectedness. For what it’s worth, we’ve personally seen this happen on a CLIQ since the update, so we know there’s something going on here; T-Mobile states that the complaints have been “forwarded… to the appropriate people,” so hopefully we’ll see some resolution soon. In the meantime, users experiencing issues are advised to not perform a master reset — important advice, considering that’s one of the first fixes many users might entertain.
Update: Follow the break for the full details from Motorola — it looks like a date issue where the year gets stuck on 1969 is priority one for them, but they’ve got a workaround set up until a new OTA update’s ready. Messaging issues may be alleviated by clearing out your backlogs — if you’ve got too many old messages, it sounds like this could be bogging things down.
Continue reading Motorola CLIQs falling victim to latest firmware? (updated with official statement)
Motorola CLIQs falling victim to latest firmware? (updated with official statement) originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 26 Feb 2010 12:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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VIZIO’s finally seen fit to bless the world with further details of its 2010 LCD lineup for the benefit of those without the scratch to ring up an XVT Pro 3D model this August. The XVT Series continues on its LED backlit way, with VIZIO Internet Apps, 802.11n and Bluetooth QWERTY remote in 42- to 55-inch sizes, waiting until May or later to buy should net an extra HDMI jack and updated StudioSound HD. Everything below that, from the 37- to 16-inch HDTVs get the Razor LED edge lit treatment, with a few snagging other bonuses along the way like VIA and 120Hz motion processing. Check the press release for the details, whether dorm room or living room we’re sure there’s something that fits the bill.
VIZIO’s 2010 LCD lineup is LED from top to bottom originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 08 Jan 2010 00:08:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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If you’re at CES and just can’t stand wires, be sure to drop by the Haier booth where the company is showing off its totally wireless HDTV. Employing both Wireless Electricity technology developed at MIT, as well as Wireless Home Digital Interface (WHDI) this tube can supposedly stream video over 100 feet, but there’s no telling if that WiTricity signal will be as far reaching. All this technology does add a good bit of heft to the panel’s profile, so even though you might be avoiding that mess of tangled cables, don’t think you’re getting off that easy. Video of the wire-free panel is after the break.
Continue reading Haier’s wireless HDTV lacks wires, svelte profile (video)
Haier’s wireless HDTV lacks wires, svelte profile (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 07 Jan 2010 15:16:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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By Evan Ackerman
The reason that dominoes are so much fun to knock over is that they take so much effort to set up. This is doubly true if someone else does all the setting up, and you knock them all over by “accident.” This sculpture, by artist Karl Lautman, makes the whole thing moot by doing the setting up and knocking down in one unbroken cycle. Appropriately, it’s called Ouroborus, after the mythical serpent who had the genius idea of continually eating its own tail at the same rate that its front half was growing, providing an endless source of food (and, one has to assume, entertainment).
I can’t attest to how the serpent pulls it off, but the sculpture relies on each domino being attached to a solenoid by some polyester threads in the base. A microcontroller fires off the solenoids in sequence to haul the dominoes back up at the same rate as they topple, which (in case you were wondering) is apparently a crazy hard number to compute. If anyone wants to work through that, feel free, or just find yourself a bunch of dominoes, a ruler, and a stopwatch.
[ Karl Lautman ] VIA [ Boing Boing ]
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Dell’s refresh of the Mini 10 didn’t exactly knock our socks off when we got a opportunity to spend some quality time with it last month, but it did prove to be a solid performer and did as advertised, playing back 1080p content with aplomb — so long as you did it within a player that could make the most of a Broadcom’s Crystal HD accelerator. Now you’ve a opportunity to try it out for yourself, with Dell announcing the machine is shipping and, at $409 with a six-cell battery and a 250GB hard drive, it won’t break the bank either. Just steer clear of Quicktime for motion picture playback and get the most recent Flash beta on there pronto, yeah?
Dell’s Broadcom Crystal HD Mini 10 now shipping to beta Flashers worldwide originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 26 Feb 2010 09:22:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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