Remember when OLED technology was the future of HDTVs? That future is looking a bit hazy now. According to Engadget HD, Sony has decided to discontinue its XEL-1 OLED screen in Japan, citing low demand for the 11-inch, $2,000 HDTV.
It's not...
We're smack-dab in the middle of the Olympics (well, day 5 out of 17), and while the opening ceremonies didn't have the Cirque du Soleil-meets-Bravehard sense of epic theatrical scale the 2008 Beijing Olympics had, it's still a great event for any...
LEGO's no stranger to marketing, but this one managed to surprise me. Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time is coming to LEGO later this year. Based on the upcoming movie (which is based on the 2003 video game), the LEGO series will include various...
Toy Fair 2010 is in town this weekend. The trade show opens its doors on Sunday, but toy manufacturer Hasbro kicked things off a day early with its Collectors' Day event. If you wanted a sneak peek at some of the biggest toys of the coming year,...
If you like Isaac Asimov, I have some good news and some bad news. The good news is that Asimov's classic Foundation trilogy is headed for the silver screen as a 3D film. The bad news is that it'll be directed by the man behind the 1998...
Analysts who predict mass defections from cable and satellite service call it "cord cutting." But fewer people are interested in cutting the cord than has been widely reported.
We don't often talk about the Nintendo Wii on this blog, and for good reason. It doesn't support high-def, it isn't as good with audio as its competitors, and it's simply not very impressive for home theater buffs. At least, it's not very...
OLED displays may well be the next wave in flat panels after LED-backlit LCDs. But making them in home theater worthy sizes has been a stretch up till now. Well, Mitsubishi has broken the size barrier by demonstrating a 149-inch OLED display at trade shows in Japan and Amsterdam.
It's no secret that Netflix considers streaming to be a huge part of their future, but unfortunately that dosn't mean they're going to be making the leap to 1080p any time soon. Yesterday, Netflix used its official Twitter account to...
I have to be honest, this is simply inexplicable. For $250, Pet Acoustics will give you a sound system made specifically for cats and dogs (and horses, for some reason). Instead of the 20Hz-20KHz range most sound systems span, the My Pet Speaker...
Netflix regards streaming as a major component of its future survival when online delivery eventually takes over from disc rentals. But until now, Netflix streaming has been limited to 720p resolution. That's high-def but not the highest-def. And so Netflix streamers' hearts were glad when a report slipped out that Netflix was about to go 1080p. Unfortunately that report has since been retracted.
If you want to be an early adopter of 3D HDTV technology, get ready to shell out a pretty hefty chunk of change. Panasonic has announced pricing and shipping information for its upcoming TH-P54VT2 3D-capable plasma TV in Japan.
The good news is...
SlingMedia's SlingPlayer is a popular way to place-shift your local TV programming to any broadband-connected computer in the world. Now you can do it with an AT&T smartphone too.