Archive for March, 2010

LG’s LX9500 is the First Full LED 3D HDTV

Posted March 27th, 2010 by Admin | No Comments

LF showed off their new LX9500 today, and it looks fantastic. It’s chock full of features that all but guarantee a great picture, but it’s the outside aesthetics that are
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Spotify Launching in the U.S. Q3 2010

Posted March 27th, 2010 by Admin | No Comments

It’s confirmed! The Spotify music service will be coming to the U.S. in the third quarter of 2010, according to Spotify’s Senior VP. He tells Bloomberg: “We’re buying server space in random parts of the states and there are licensing discussions too.” All this is great news because it means U.S. users will soon be [...]

Blockbuster, Warner Bros. New Release Exclusivity Deal Already Showing Up in Product Marketing

Posted March 26th, 2010 by Admin | No Comments

That was fast! I heard about Blockbuster getting an exclusivity deal with Warner Bros. to rent their new movie titles 28 days before any competitor is able to, but I didn’t realize that it was immediate and would affect all forms of delivery and sales (see press release below). As you can see in the [...]

The JooJoo Is a Go Go

Posted March 25th, 2010 by Admin | No Comments

Today Fusion Garage is announcing that their Intel Atom N270 / NVIDIA ION powered JooJoo Internet Tablet has begun shipping to pre-order customers and that it can be purchased for 9 through the company’s online store. As their press release states, the devices boasts the largest capacitive touchscreen on the market at 12.1 inches, it [...]

Mozaex Ships Solo 1 and Bravo Servers

Posted March 25th, 2010 by Admin | No Comments

Mozaex’s Solo 1 is the world’s most affordable Blu-ray server. It supports 1080p video, 7.1 channel audio and is designed for spaces that don’t require huge amounts of storage space.
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Details Revealed on Sony’s 3D Glasses

Posted March 25th, 2010 by Admin | No Comments

There’s not much in the way of 3D content yet, but with auto conversion already upon us and more 3D on the way, there’s been a lot of initial concern
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3D Goes Mainstream – Walmart to Sell 3D Televisions By Christmas 2010

Posted March 25th, 2010 by Admin | No Comments

Walmart’s selling 3D televisions. That sentence may not immediately strike you as a big deal, but it really is. Walmart is a giant chain, and the single biggest retailer in
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Belkin Takes a New Approach with Its Surf, Share, Play 802.11n Wireless Router Line

Posted March 24th, 2010 by Admin | No Comments

I guess Belkin has a “don’t pay more for what you don’t need” philosophy going on here. The company has announced the introduction of four new router models that are aimed at different usage scenarios. Just want a simple no-frills 802.11n wireless router? Buy the Surf Wireless Router (F7D230 – .99). Want to surf the [...]

Slacker Radio Integrates On-Demand Music Playback

Posted March 24th, 2010 by Admin | No Comments

According to Gizmodo’s exclusive hands-on, Slacker in the coming months will make its 3 million song catalog available on-demand to premium users. The new offering integrates into the current interface and will allow users listening to an artist to play the artist’s whole album or a selected track instantly. Slacker is even including a back [...]

Can a set-top box let you play Crysis on your plasma? UK company demos hardware to stream PC games to HDTVs.

Posted March 24th, 2010 by Admin | No Comments

While companies like OnLive are trying to create an infrastructure that will allow them to stream PC-quality games remotely to any type of device, British set-top vendor Pace is trying a simpler approach as part of the European Union-funded Games@Large platform, hoping to make it easier for customers to play PC games on an HDTV [...]