Oh, CES. How we loved this year, with your gargantuan 150-inch plasma, your flashing lights, and your promoting of the shrinking HD-DVD field. You were mentioned on nearly every website, blog, TV station, radio station, and even our grandmas mentioned it. How glad we were last year when we learned that you and MacWorld wouldn’t coincide this year, but were then ticked off when we learned that next year is not the same case. The amount of people that attended and covered it were enormous, and you were easily over-covered. Might we ask that only press people and a select …read more

EngadgetHD has a complete wrap up of all their galleries, features, press conferences, and news stories they covered during CES 2008. It’s quite an extensive list and could take you a few hours before you finish completely. Some things to remember: the 150″ Plasma TV, the Pioneer “Project Kuro” 9mm thin screens, and various booth tours. Visit the site below to see the list on EngadgetHD.
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The HD-DVD group can take a breath, although a short one at that. While Universal Studios has not terminated their usage of HD-DVD, they also have not renewed their contract, which means that they could drop support any minute. Ken Graffeo, executive vice president of HD strategic marketing for Universal said, “Contrary to unsubstantiated rumors from unnamed sources, Universal’s current plan is to continue to support the HD DVD format.” They’re still treading on thin ice, so this is definitely a hot topic. Will 2008 be the year a victor comes out? Only time can tell. That, and movie studios …read more

No, you don’t have your 3D glasses on yet. That’s just preparing you for what’s coming. Texas Instruments has announced their DualView technology that will allow users to watch two different sources on one DLP TV. Of course, there are a few catches. First off, you need to buy a 3D-ready DLP TV. You also need a “compatible source” (whatever that may include), and special DualView glasses. Granted we don’t know if they will be the old-school red and blue glasses, but we couldn’t think of anything else to put on there. Yet again, no word on availability, so you …read more

My, oh my. This format war keeps getting more and more out of hand. With studios switching content storage mediums more and more, consumers have more to worry about when choosing which next-gen format to choose. Thankfully, Samsung has another option for those in doubt. First off is their new BD-P1500 Blu-Ray player including 1080p playback, 7.1 PCM, Dolby Digital Plus, TrueHD, DTS-HD HR and MA, and Bitstream audio output of HDMI, as well as HDMI 1.3 support and Profile 1.1. In addition, Samsung has announced their new combo player, the BD-UP5500. The player supports 1080p24 (24 frames/second at 1080p …read more

Yes, other manufacturers are killing off rear-projection TVs, but Samsung is embracing them more and more. First up: the 61 and 67 inch HL67A750A. They both include a new LED light engine, which gets rid of the color wheel and also increases the life of the TV to 30,000 hours, they also include 1080p resolution and 10,000:1 contrast ratio. It also includes an option for a 3D accessory kit, four HDMI 1.3 ports, USB 2.0 ports, and a single tuner picture-in-picture capability. Also available is the HL56A650A series available in 50, 56, 61, and 72 inch sizes. These models include …read more

Pioneer already has their Kuro line with some of the deepest, best blacks seen on the entire market today. Now in Pioneer’s roadmap is “Project Kuro” and it is claiming to display absolute black, as in no light at all, and as well as being the thinnest plasma at an absolutely astounding 9 millimeters. For those who like comparisons, that’s thinner than your second generation iPod shuffle. Sadly, we won’t see this in stores in 2008. But we can keep drooling over the press pictures, can’t we?
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When you think of Logitech Harmony remotes, you may think of expensive, king-of-all remotes. Well, the Harmony One is still in that category. The Harmony One has a 2.2″ touch screen with easy access to turning your home theater and more on in one click of a button. The remote is also a piano-black glossy finish which looks snazzy and somewhat similar to the TiVo Series 3 remote. This has been their most extensively-tested device as well, with the testing time totaling to more than 20,000 hours. 20,000 hours on a single remote. That’s quite amazing, really. You can demo …read more

So you think that your memory foam mattress is cool? How about that adjustable pressure bed? Well, you haven’t seen anything yet. How about a bed that adjusts? Wait, seen that before. Heating/cooling? That may be new. How about one that has “anti-snore technology,” dual temperature control that’s programable, and a sleep diagnostic center? Ok, then how about this: a 1080p projector, surround sound system with four eight inch subwoofers, internet connectivity, a RF remote for Windows Media Center, iPod docking station, DVR-capabilities, 1.5 terabytes of storage for your music and video collection, 4GB of DDR2 RAM, and a solid …read more

With CES 2008 just around the corner, manufacturers are pushing their newest, flashiest products out the door for the public to see, and sometimes they even announce products before CES. Belkin has announced their newest HD product, the FlyWire, which will send HD signals over the 5GHz from whatever source you’d like, be it your Blu-Ray or HD-DVD player, perhaps your HD game console, or your dusty little Apple TV. There hasn’t been too much information announced, but the maker of the Wireless HD chip, AMIMON, says they have completed tests where they were able to be up to 100 …read more