television
Build Your Own Ambilight TV
This is a really cool project that creates a Phillips Ambilight TV with a few LED bars. It’s a plug-and-play system that uses the a HTPC to control the LEDs. Complete directions over at fun3’s blog. This might be a project I have to play around with.
(via hackaday)
Plasma TV “Burn-In”: Fact or Myth?
HDGURU has a great write up on Plasma TV burn-in. It’s always talked about that you have to be careful with Plasma TVs so you don’t burn the image in to the screen. I advise people on this too even with current TVs. HDGURU advises that ““Burn-in” is for all practical purposes [...]
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 [...]
Video: VIZIO Connected TV & VIZIO Internet App Platform
Vizio demoed the connected TV and Vizio Internet app platform at CEDIA. The video above was captured by EngadgetHD. It looks good and I personally like the slim widgets across the bottom then popping them up on the side. The other thing that impressed was the remote. The slide out keyboard [...]
Vudu Coming to Connected LG HDTVs
Vudu announced that they are coming to LG connected TVs. Gizmodo got a demo of it in action. I had issues with their business plan of selling expensive set-top boxes but now they seem to be headed in the right direction. Building into existing products will probably get you a lot more [...]
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 [...]
YouTube Comes to Wii and PS3
YouTube now has a browser friendly URL for your game consoles. It’s only for Wii and PS3 because they have a web browser. Just point the web browser to www.youtube.com/TV.
Currently in beta, the TV Website offers a dynamic, lean-back, 10-foot television viewing experience through a streamlined interface that enables you to discover, watch and [...]
Mediacom Cable Fails DTV Test
Mediacom Cable here in central Illinois failed a DTV test yesterday. The test showed a message on the screen providing info about the DTV switch. You only saw the message if you were on analog. The bad news is Mediacom subscribers saw the message and called the number on the screen to [...]
Obama Wants to Delay DTV Transition
Obama’s team has asked to delay the DTV transition. They cited reasons that the coupons are out and people are still waiting. They also said people didn’t have all the information they needed about the switch. They bring up some good points as the video above shows. But I’m thinking that delaying it [...]
DTVPal DVR Coming Soon
Dish Network is releasing soon the DTVPal DVR. The best part is that is will include Dish’s DVR software and from what I hear is very good. This is a OTA (over the air) DVR that won’t have monthly service fees associated with it. It’s going to sell for $300. The look isn’t anything to [...]
