Home Video News
WHDI Group Working Toward New Standard
Wednesday, July 23rd @ 10:40am PDT
WHDI developer Amimon has assembled tech giants into a special interest group, with the goal of publishing a new standard multi-room wireless high-def media by the end of the year.
Samsung Announces New Plasma, LCD TVs
Wednesday, July 23rd @ 9:15am PDT
Samsung has announced its new series 7 plasma HDTVs, along with two second-gen LED-backlit Series 9 LCD TV and four new Series 8 LCDs.
Amazon and TiVo Team on TV Ad Links
Tuesday, July 22nd @ 8:10am PDT
Amazon and TiVo have announced plans to let customers make purchases from Amazon directly from onscreen links in television programming.
TiVo Launches YouTube Viewing
Thursday, July 17th @ 8:00am PDT
Announced way back in March, TiVo is finally rolling out the capability to tap into YouTube video from its Internet-connected DVRs.
Amazon to Unbox Video On Demand Store
Thursday, July 17th @ 8:00am PDT
Amazon is getting ready to pack up Unbox and launch a new streaming video service called Amazon Video on Demand.
Indian Conglomerate Gobbles Up MovieBeam
Monday, July 14th @ 9:30am PDT
Indian conglomerate The Valuable Group has snapped up the assets of defunct push video-on-demand service MovieBeam, built by Cisco, Intel, and Disney.
Mitsubishi Packs 5.1 Audio into TV Speakers
Friday, July 11th @ 10:15am PDT
Mitsubishi's Ultra Thin Frame Premium Flat Panel TV with Integrated Sound Projector claims to reproduce 5.1 surround sound audio with 16 speaker below the screen.
Kodak Aims Theatre HD Player at Living Room
Thursday, July 10th @ 10:15am PDT
Kodak's Theatre HD Player not only brings photos to a high-def TV from all of your home network: it taps into online content.
Samsung SC-MX20 Camcorder Talks to YouTube
Wednesday, July 9th @ 10:00am PDT
Samsung's new SC-MX20 camcorder is designed to appeal to the YouTube generation with a 34x optical zoom and YouTube optimized movie formats.
Pioneer Plans to Launch Blu-ray Recorders
Tuesday, July 8th @ 9:30am PDT
Pioneer says it plans to work with Sharp to offer Blu-ray recorders in Japan by the end of the year.
Nielsen: Internet Hasn't Hurt TV Viewing
Tuesday, July 8th @ 7:00am PDT
Sorry naysayers, YouTube isn't about to demolish traditional television just yet. Americans spent more time in front of the TV this year than ever before.
Pioneer Makes 16-Layer, 400 GB Blu-ray Disc
Monday, July 7th @ 9:00am PDT
Pioneer has announced it has succeeded in making a 16-layer Blu-ray disc that can hold 400 GB of data...and it's backward-compatible.
Sharp Shows Solar-Powered 26-inch LCTV
Friday, July 4th @ 9:30am PDT
Sharp is showing off a prototype low-power 26-inch LCD TV that consumes one quarter the power of a 28-inch TV...and could be run off a solar panel.
AT&T and Dish Network Parting Ways in 2009
Wednesday, July 2nd @ 8:15am PDT
AT&T has told Dish Network that, at the end of 2008, it's ending their agreement to sell combined TV, phone, and Internet services.
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