Entries from January 27th, 2007

A Gift From Your Cable Provider: the Superbowl in HD For Free!

January 27th, 2007 · 20 Comments · LCD Flat Panel, Microdisplay Rear Projection, Plasma

If you’re currently a cable subscriber but haven’t yet rented an HD cable box and added the HD service tier (or perhaps you don’t intend to because you bought your HDTV mainly to watch DVDs), you still may be able to watch CBS’s HD Superbowl presentation via your cable connection, without paying extra. Here is [...]

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CES Part 9 Sharp Electronics

January 25th, 2007 · 3 Comments · LCD Flat Panel

Sharp had many product introductions at the 2007 CES including a preview of its 108” LCD, new gaming LCD HDTVs and new series of LCD panels including 120HZ models. The 108” monstrosity was a 1080p LCD flat panel integrated HDTV. Sharp executives said the product will be available in the US by this summer, but [...]

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CES Part 8 Sony

January 20th, 2007 · 8 Comments · LCD Flat Panel, Microdisplay Rear Projection, Uncategorized

Sony CES 2007 Sony showed two new HDTVs and a number of prototype displays at the 2007 CES. Technologies included LCD, SXRD and OLED. Bravia LCD Sony showed two BRAVIA LCD flat panels at its booth. The first will be available this spring, its model KDL-70XBR3. It is a 1920 x1080 progressive 70 inch panel [...]

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Crazy New Pioneer Electronics Plasma Sales Gimmick-Buy One & Get One Free

January 18th, 2007 · 11 Comments · Plasma

In a new twist to HDTV marketing, Pioneer Electronics has decided to boost the sales of its Pro-FHD1 ($8000 retail) 50″ 1080p plasma monitor by throwing in “free” its latest 1365 x768p 50″ HDTV Plasma TV (PDP-5016) with every 1080p panel purchased. While I wonder how many people come in to aan electronics retailer to [...]

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CES Part 7 Hitachi

January 18th, 2007 · 4 Comments · LCD Flat Panel, Microdisplay Rear Projection, Plasma

Hitachi introduced two new lines of plasma TV and one model with a new screen resolution. Also announced were new 1080p rear projection television and new LCD flat panels. Plasma TV New models were introduced in two series, the P42401 42” ; P50401 50” and the P55401 55” models. They also introduced the step up [...]

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CES Part 6 Philips

January 16th, 2007 · 6 Comments · LCD Flat Panel, Plasma, Uncategorized

Philips announced significant HDTV products at the 2007 CES, including 1080p Plasma, three 1080p LCD flat panels with 120 Hz backlight and a wireless HDMI transmitter/receiver called the SWW1800 The HD Guru predicts the SWW1800 (and others like it that will in late 2007 or early 2008) will revolutionize home theater. Here is how it [...]

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CES Part 5 Panasonic 2007 Plasma TVs

January 14th, 2007 · 23 Comments · Plasma

Panasonic showed its new line of true 1920 x 1080 plasmas to be offered for sale in the US this year in the 50, 58 inch sizes to augment its current 65” and 103” models In addition they showed new all black models in its 768p resolution line (X75,X77) It appears Panasonic has dropped the [...]

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CES Part 4 Panasonic Rear Projectors

January 14th, 2007 · 7 Comments · Microdisplay Rear Projection

Microdisplay Rear Projection Panasonic had interesting new entries into the rear projection market with a two series of LCD rear projectors. The LCX70 series is 1280 x 720 resolution with 3 (new) .69” LCD chips. The LCZ70 series uses 3 new .74” LCD chips providing full 1920 x 1080 HDTV resolution. The big news is [...]

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