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JVC’s Time Square display finally on…display

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 17:20:00 +0000

(Credit: JVC) I recently posted a blog about JVC’s new 19 foot by 34 foot, 12,500-pound LED-based screen–which JVC says is the first true 720p screen in Times Square–that debuted on December 2. Well, now that it’s up, we can finally take a gander. Hmmm, this strikes ..

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HDTV price drops: Black Friday comes early, stays late

ralyjones25 — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 11:54:00 +0000

(Credit: TVPredictions.com) Black Friday is still 11 days away, but for TV manufacturers looking to jump-start sluggish sales in the midst of a recession, it’s already here–and will likely continue in spirit right through the holiday season. Word of current and impending HDTV price drops is spreading rapidly. The HDGuru reports , for example, that Sony, Samsung, and Mitsubishi are rolling out MSRP reductions across the board, with some cuts as high as $500 on expensive models like the Sony KDL-52XBR6 .

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TiVo, Domino’s team up to make us all fat

ralyjones25 — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 08:25:00 +0000

(Credit: Domino’s) Thanks to a new agreement with pizza giant Domino’s, owners of TiVo set-top boxes can now order food from the chain directly through their televisions, and even track delivery time so they know just when the pizza guy will be showing up to bring them a … Originally posted at News - Digital Media

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Ultrathin Hitachi LCD walks razor’s edge

Wed, 12 Nov 2008 14:16:00 +0000

If you like your TVs like you like your, er, partners –slim, stylish and expensive–then you’re a good candidate for the Hitachi UT37X902. At a mere 1.5 inches thick, this thinnest of all LCDs costs a bundle but looks better turned off than just about any TV we’ve ever reviewed. No matter how you slice it, the Hitachi UT37X902 is one thin display.

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Circuit City to close 155 stores

hdtv — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 09:08:00 +0000

Circuit City Stores announced Monday it plans to close 155 stores and lay off 17 percent of its workforce in the U.S., as it aims to restructure its business amid a tightening credit market and downturn in business. Over the past few weeks, the retailer’s financial health has ..

Huge Samsung plasma flashes red, not so black blacks

ViagraBillig — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 11:42:00 +0000

The 63-inch Samsung N63A760 seems even larger in person. (Credit: CNET) We recently put the largest plasma TV we’ve reviewed yet, Samsung’s 63-inch PN63A760, though its paces, and this massive plasma came up a bit short of the tough competition

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Philips DVP5982 DVD/DivX player with 1080p upscaling for $59

hdtv — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 16:21:13 +0000

At Amazon.com, Philips DVP5982 1080p Upscaling DVD Player for $59 with Free Shipping. I am using this everyday with USB Memory sticks to play .AVI files. It works great and you can’t get any HDMI Upscaling DVD Player for this Price with ability to play from USB Port.

1080p Upscaling, increases the picture resolution

DivX, plays Mpeg4 video downloads from PC

Progressive Scan

Plays DVD, DVD-R/+R, CD, CD-R-RW, MP3/WMA, Jpeg picture CD

Samsung HLS-5679W 56″ LED Engine 1080p DLP HDTV $1379.98 shipped

hdtv — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 13:56:52 +0000

Samsung HLS-5679W 56″ LED Engine 1080p DLP HDTV

* Texas Instruments SmoothPictureTM DLP chip (1920 x 1080 pixels)
* 4,000:1 contrast ratio; widescreen 16:9 aspect ratio
* Digital Format Converter (upconverts all signals to 1080p) - (no need for a separate upconverting DVD player); DNIeTM (Digital Natural Image engine) picture enhancer; 2-tuner Picture-in-Picture (split-screen or inset)
* 3 composite video (2 rear, 1 side), 2 S-video, 2 HD-compatible component video, 2 HDMI digital audio/video inputs, 2 IEEE 1394 ports for connecting a compatible HD recorder
* Built-in stereo speakers (10 watts x 2)

Samsung’s new LED Light Engine

Previous DLP HDTVs have used an Arc lamp and color wheel cobination as the source fo light and color for the DLP image. Samsung has replaced this arrangement with an LED light source that produces briliant light with less energy usage, a longer life, and produces better color reproduction by truly mixing red green and blue sources. The result is a more enviornmentally friedly DLP HDTV with better color reproduction and lower operating energy costs than other models can match. And, just as arc lamps in other DLP HDTVs could be easily replaced once they were used up, the LED light engine itself can also be swapped out after it’s 20,000 hour lifespan to bring your DLP HDTV back to like-new condition.

Buyers Reviews are good from Amazon and it is real good price for the size and 1080P TV.

HDTV Display Types

hdtv — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 18:49:03 +0000

CRT	CRT stands for Cathode Ray Tube.
DLP	DLP is a technology made by Texas Instruments. It uses a Digital Micromirror Device (DMD) which has approximately one million tiny mirrors to reflect light that creates a digital image. This is considered to be the best digital picture you can get! DLP is said to have a fill-rate of 88%. The fill-rate is determined by how much of the image is made up of elements compared to the space in between the elements. Thus, 88% means the screen is 88% full of color, while 12% of the image is in between those elements.
LCD	LCD stands for Liquid Crystal Display. It has millions of individual LCD elements that are turned on and off to create the colors Red, Green, and Blue. If an element is turned on, light is projected through that specific LCD cell and you see the corresponding color. The fill-rate of LCD is said to be 83%.D-ILA is a type of LCD display that is owned by JVC. D-ILA, unlike LCD, uses a method of reflecting light through the elements twice before being passed to the lens. The fill-rate of D-ILA is said to be 93%.LCOS stands for Liquid Crystal on Silicon and is very similar to the technology of D-ILA, but is instead owned by Hitachi.
Plasma	A plasma screen is different in that it contains millions of compartments that contain noble gases such as Argon, Neon or Xenon. To turn these pixels on a current is passed into the compartment and they turn red, green or blue. This is the exact same technology that is used in Neon signs, except a neon sign usually only has one or two compartments of gas, whereas plasma screens have millions.

1080p resolution

hdtv — Tue, 12 Dec 2006 20:26:03 +0000

1080p is the shorthand name for a category of video modes. The number 1080 represents 1,080 lines of vertical resolution,^[1] while the letter p stands for progressive scan or non-interlaced. 1080p is considered an HDTV video mode. The term usually assumes a widescreen aspect ratio of 16:9, implying a horizontal (display) resolution of 1920 dots across and a frame resolution of 1920 Ã— 1080 or about 2.07 million pixels. The frame rate in hertz can be either implied by the context or specified after the letter p (such as 1080p30, meaning 30 frames per second).

1080p is sometimes referred to in marketing materials as “True High-Definition” or “Full High-Definition”. 1080p is currently the digital standard for filming digital motion pictures. Directors such as George Lucas (in Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith) shoot their digital films in this high definition mode to be shown in theaters equipped with 1080p digital projectors.