HDTV
Moxi Lowers Prices and Releases 3 Tuner DVR
Moxi lowered prices of their two-tuner HD DVRs to $499 down from $799. They also released multi-room bundles for two room and three room setups. The two room with a three-tuner HD DVR is $799 and comes with one Moxi Mate. The three room setup with a three-tuner HD DVR is $999 with two Moxi [...]
Video: OLED Explained Using a Pickle
OLED stands for organic light-emitting diode. There are a few HDTVs that are based on the OLED technology but they are still small and very expensive. The video above describes how OLED works by using a pickle. Pretty cool and it’s only 3 minutes long. (via Engadget)
Calibrate Your HDTV to Save Money
A THX study shows that calibrating your TV can save you money on your electric bill. Most people don’t even adjust a single setting when they get their new HDTV home. I can honestly say I didn’t do much to the plasma and the LCD I didn’t touch. Not only will adjusting the HDTV give [...]
Snow Leopard is HDTV Ready
If you connect your Mac to a LCD or plasma you might have experienced some issues getting it to output the display properly. Now in Snow Leopard’s display preferences you can set the resolution to 720p, 1080i or 1080p. This will help out a lot of people. In the past I have used SwitchResX but [...]
Chumby Widgets Coming to Your TV
Chumby widgets are coming to connected TVs and Blu-Ray players. The video demo is above. I’m not in favor of all these widgets on my TV. I’m sure they see how it can be useful to some but in my house we have our laptop or cell phone within an arms reach. Maybe I haven’t [...]
Calibrate Your HDTV
Calibrating your HDTV isn’t as complicated as one might think. The video has a lot of helpful tips. I can say that I haven’t calibrated either one of my HDTVs. I have never been watching a show and thought that the colors weren’t right. I’ll probably spend some time doing a little adjusting now though. [...]
