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Some news out of the Tokyo Game Show for you this Thursday morning, PS3 owners. 3D Blu-ray playback compatibility is coming a few weeks earlier than expected with a firmware update set to go live on September 21. Sony did not divulge whether or not firmware v3.50 will unlock or fix anything else. Still, there [...]
Man, bad day to NOT be in Paradise Valley, Arizona. Apparently Google gave away some 600 Sony Bravia TVs to guests attending its Zeitgeist conference. Not only that, the attendees also got Google TV (presumably built right into the Sony) and six months of free Dish satellite service.
Internet-to-TV video service, Boxee, has been available as a free software download for a while now, but the company has been working with hardware partner D-Link on a dedicated hardware box for the better part of a year.
Philips recently unveiled “the world’s first cinema proportioned 3D TV” at the IFA consumer electronics show in Germany. The line will be called Cinema 21:9 Platinum Series TV.
Time to put your sad face on because Sony is delaying the firmware update that will allow 3D Blu-ray playback on your PlayStation 3. There doesn’t seem to be any rhyme or reason for the delay that was announced back in January at CES. Alas, you won’t be able to dive into that ginormous catalog [...]
Apple announced today that it will try again with Apple TV, unveiling a smaller, all-HD device that eliminates storage, available to customers in about four weeks.
The validity of Bloomberg’s sources is questionable after the reputed outlet announced that Apple would be holding a special event on 9/7, a day before Apple made an announcement that its event would be held on 9/1, but I digress.
It’s a known fact that TV networks crank the volume to 11 when programming switches to commercials. It can be both annoying and frightening all at once.
Everyone’s favorite DVR fanatics have just announced a revolutionary new product to compliment the rest of their illustrious line of goods, the TiVo Slide Remote. The QWERTY slider connects via Bluetooth and is available starting today for $89.99 on the TiVo website. Best Buy will begin carrying the remote this weekend.
Verizon announced plans to offer an iPad app capable of showing television shows in real time to the company’s FiOS subscribers. Due to hit next year, the app will only show live channels at first—no recording or time-shifting just yet. Essentially, it turns your iPad into another TV if you’re a FiOS subscriber.
We typically wouldn’t cover something as mundane as the launch of a new line of 3D HDTVs but the Panasonic GT25 line of full HD 3D rigs converts 2D to 3D on the fly. We’re still in the process of testing and reviewing the VT25 that was announced at CES but we’ll surely follow that [...]
