TVSnob Monthly Roundup For May 2008

It's been a busy month at TVSnob in May and it only looks to be busier as we head into June. This month will be featuring a series of hands-on reviews if everything goes according to plan, so stay tuned. While you're waiting though, check out a look back at May 2008 after the jump...

Blu-ray

• Microsoft Says Blu-ray Sucks, Xbox Live Marketplace So Much Better
• Panasonic's UniPhier 3 Blu-ray Processor Could Mean Profile 2.0 Blu-ray Player Prices Will Drop
• Wooo! Hitachi Wooo DV-BH250 Blu-ray Recorder Hitting Japan In June
• Denon Previews "More Affordable" DVD-1800BD Blu-ray Player Priced At "Only" $749
• Hitachi Wooo DZ-WR90 HDD: Portable Camcorder Dubbing To Blu-ray Disc
• Sharp Launches 3 New Aquos Blu-ray Players With DVR/HDD
• Marantz BD8002 Blu-ray Player Hits Japan In June, Is Damn Expensive
• Profile 1.1 Blu-ray Player Breaks $300 Price Point
• Pioneer's BDP-51FD And BDP-05FD Blu-ray Players Unimpressive In Features And Price
• Tips For Buying A Computer Blu-ray Drive (BD-ROM)
• BDLive.com: Blu-ray Opens Up BDLive API To Developers
• Panasonic DMP-BD50 Blu-ray Player Gets BD-Live, $700 Price Tag

Buying Guides

• How To Create A Kick Ass High-Def Gaming Setup

DLP

• NEC NP100 Gets Reviewed

DVD Players/Recorders

• Sony's DVP-NS708H Upscaling DVD Player Sees European Light Of Day
• Toshiba Vardia RD-X7, RD-S502, RD-S302 And RD-E302 HDD/DVD Recorders Land In Japan

Deal of the Day

• Best Buy Deal: Buy A Insignia NS-BRDVD Blu-ray Player, Get $100 Of Blu-ray Movies Free
• HDTV Deals: 5 Top 32-Inch LCD TV's
• HDTV Deals For The Week Of May 11/08: 3D Ready DLP Giants, Samsung 720p Discounts
• HDTV Deals For The Week Of May 4/08: Top 5 Bestsellers

Digital TV Transition 2009

• DTV2009: Cable Companies Dreaming Of Subscriber Dollars Rolling In
• DTV2009: NAB Wants FCC To Answer Some Wilmington Questions
• DTV2009: Orlando Testing Out Digital Switch Starting June 25
• DTV2009: Wilmington Won't Pull Analog Plug In Event Of A Hurricane, We Sure Hope Not
• DTV2009: Converter Box Coupon Rules May Soon Change
• DTV2009: Wilmington, NC DTV Transition Coming September 8, It's Official And OTA Viewers Will Be Lost
• DTV2009: Wilmington, North Carolina Sacrificing Analog TV As Early As September 8
• DTV2009: How Much Is The Digital TV Transition Costing American Taxpayers?
• DTV2009: KVBC Las Vegas Runs Mock Analog Shut-Off, World Doesn't End

Gaming Systems

• How To Create A Kick Ass High-Def Gaming Setup
• ASUS Involved In Latest Blu-ray Xbox 360 Rumor

General News

• Cable Costs Jump Twice The Rate Of Inflation, But Web TV's Just Too Much Of A Pain To Stop The Cable Juggernaut
• Which Pay TV Company Offers The Best Customer Service?
• Spanish Dominated American TV In April...Really Dominated
• Best Buy About To Buy Netflix?
• Taiwan Giving High-Def TV Channel A Go
• Comcast Subscribers Getting Hundreds Of MGM HD Movies
• Blockbuster The Latest Partner In The Viacom-Led Premium TV/VOD Joint Venture?
• Verizon's FiOS TV One Step Closer To New York City

HDTV

• Comcast Hits 500 HD VOD Titles, Next Target Infinity
• Taiwan Giving High-Def TV Channel A Go
• New Pioneer Stores Opening On North America's West Coast
• Toshiba Using Cell Processing In Upcoming HDTV Release

HTPC

• Tips For Buying A Computer Blu-ray Drive (BD-ROM)
• ArcSoft TotalMedia Theatre First PC Software With DTS-HD Audio

Home Entertainment

• Americans Love Their Video On Demand: Rentrak

Home Theater A/V

• Sony's Sountina NSA-PF1 Speaker Nothing More Than A Glass Tube
• Marantz Kicking Out AV8003 Pre-Amp And MM8003 Power Amp
• LG's Xcanvas HT953TVP Home Theater Simulates 10.1-Channel Surround Sound!
• ArcSoft TotalMedia Theatre First PC Software With DTS-HD Audio
• China's DIVA Wants To Go Head To Head With HDMI
• Toshiba REGZA ZH500 And ZV500 Series' Features Dolby Volume Audio Processing

How to buy an HDTV

• Sony Goes To Bat For Consumers: Look For A Sony Home Theater Sans Set-Top Box As Sony Adopts Tru2way
• Tru2way Technology Explained
• Best Time To Buy A New HDTV? Plasma And LCD TV Prices Dropping Like Rocks This Month

LCD TV

• Pantel's Launching 20-, 52-, And 65-Inch PAN Series Outdoor LCD TV's, All Featuing Monster Price Tags
• Westinghouse VK-40F580D 40-Inch LCD TV Tries Integrating A Front-Loading DVD Player
• Economic Worries Be Damned, Large-Sized LCD Panel Growth Expected To Be Huge In 2008
• Dai Nippon Printing Build New Plant To Crank Out More LCD TV Color Filters For IPS Alpha Technology
• 6G LCD Panel Production Getting A Boost Right Past 5G Production Volume In 2009
• Samsung, LG Swallow Competitive Pride, Launch LCD TV Panel Purchasing Partnership
• Sony's Bravia V4000 LCD TV Series Gets European Launch
• Get Your Tan On With A 102 Inch Suntronic Weatherproof LCD TV
• Sharp Aquos G Series Features 7 New LCD TV's
• Sharp Aquos R Series: 6 New Models, 2 Color Options...Yahoo!
• Sharp Aquos D Series LCD TV's With A Trio Of Color Options Coming July...In Japan
• Oops, Our Mistake! That 82-Inch Samsung Is An LCD Not An OLED!
• AOC's Envision Series L42H761 42-Inch LCD TV Just For Dad's
• HDTV Buyers Flocking To Buy 32-Inch LCD's
• Sanyo's 2008 LCD TV Lineup: 52-Inch 1080p Model Sanyo's Largest Ever
• Pioneer 46-Inch LCD TV's Coming This Year
• AU Optronics Unveiling 42-Inch "Green" LED Backlit 10mm Thin LCD TV Next Week
• ad notam Ultimate Rotation Line LCD TV's Rotate 270 Degrees
• Samsung's Blue Phase LCD Panel Has A 240Hz Image Driving Speed, Never Deal With Motion Blur Again
• Sharp's New TL Professional LCD Monitor Line: 46-Inch TL-M4600, 52-Inch TL-M5200 Feature Internet Connectivity
• Where Do You Find The World's Brightest LCD Panel? Try Your Local Bus Shack
• Sony Bravia S4 LCD TV Series Features A Rainbow Of Color Options, Hitting Asia In June
• HDTV Prices Dropping: Samsung First To Chop Prices In Flat Panel Price War
• Sony's Bravia KLV-32V400A, KLV-40V400A, KLV-46V400A LCD TV's (Asia)
• Samsung, Sony, And Vizio Battling For North American TV Buyers
• LG's Scarlet Super Slim LCD TV Not Quite The World's Thinnest, Even Though They Say It Is
• Sharp Aquos LC-32X20E 32in LCD TV Reviewed
• Sony BRAVIA V4500 LCD Line Lands In Europe
• HP Bringing YouTube To Its MediaSmart TV's
• Hitachi's 1.5-Inch UltraThin LCD HDTV's Hitting US Shelves
• LCD TV Association Launches GreenTV Program To Reduce LCD's Carbon Footprint
• Toshiba REGZA ZH500 And ZV500 Series' Features Dolby Volume Audio Processing

Media Streamers

• Vudu Goes Version 1.5, Let's You Extend 24-Hour Rental Viewing Limit For A Reduced Price
• How To Hack Your Apple TV In One Easy Step
• Vudu Goes Bricks-And-Mortar, Gets Shelf Space In 24 California Best Buy Outlets
• Roku, Netflix Partner Up For The First Netflix Set-Top Box But Where's The HD Support
• Microsoft Mediaroom IPTV: Code Your Own Applications For Your Favorite TV Shows
• SlingMedia Launches DOCSIS 2.0 SlingModem With Placeshifting Features
• Apple TV Features New "Buy" Option

Mobile TV

• Mobile TV: Femtocells, Sideloading Could Threaten 3G And Dedicated Broadcasting Networks
• Mobile Phones Going HD As Early As 2009
• MediaFlo Mobile TV Headed For The UK?
• LG, Samsung Team Up To Create Yet Another North American Mobile TV Standard
• MobiTV: NBA Playoffs Live On ESPN Mobile TV
• Broadcast TV Will Only Be Useful For Big Events In 15 Years: NBC's Ben Silverman
• AT&T MediaFlo Mobile TV Service Ready To Roll

OLED TV

• Sony Shows Off A 0.3 mm OLED Display, 27-Inch OLED TV Hitting Shelves Soon
• Visionox Launching First Chinese OLED Mass Production Line In October 2008
• Sony Teams Up With Idemitsu Kosan, Produces Super Efficient Deep Blue OLED Panels
• Sony Betting Big On OLED TV, $210 Million Big; Churning Out 30-Inch And Larger OLED TV's In 2009
• Sumitomo Chemical Won't Have 40-Inch OLED Panels In 2009
• Samsung Pulls A 82-Inch 120Hz LCD TV With LED Backlight Out Of Its Hat At SID 2008; Will Produce 31-Inch OLED TV's?
• Samsung OLED Laptop Hints At Web TV's Future
• Sony Doctored XEL-1 OLED TV Specs?
• Sumitomo Chemical Will Have 40-Inch OLED Panels Ready To Go In 2009
• American Chemical Maker DuPont and Dainippon Screen Sign OLED TV Deal

PVR & DVR

• Seagate's Showcase HDD: A Storage Solution For Motorola DVR's
• Next-Gen Dish DVR Will Feature Slingbox, Clip And Sling, Slingcatcher, And Web Access!
• TubeStick Hybrid TV Tuner Hits The US

Plasma

• Panasonic TH-50PZ800U Plasma May's Top TV According To CNET
• Panasonic's PZ850 Viera Cast Internet-Enabled Plasma Line Hitting North America Mid-June
• Panasonic 150-Inch Monster Plasma Could Hit Stores As Early As June 2009
• Shinodo Plasma Producing 150-Inch Curved Plasma Displays This Fall
• Philips Dropping Plasmas In 2009
• LG's PG7000 Plasma Set For July Release, Features Infinite Blacks (The Latest HDTV Buzzword?)
• Pioneer Closing Two Plasma TV Plants In Plasma Biz Restructure, Posts Loss For 2007
• Rumor: Pioneer Slashing 2000 Jobs To Save Plasma Biz
• Pioneer's PRO-101FD And PRO-141FD Plasma Monitors For Custom Install Market
• Pioneer's PDP-5020HD And PDP-6020HD Plasma TV's Feature 5 Times Deeper Blacks Than 2007 Models
• LG Electronics Takes Top Plasma Maker Honors In Q1
• Panasonic Viera TH-42PX80 42-Inch Plasma TV Reviewed
• Samsung PAVV Cannes 650 Series 50 And 58 Inch Plasma Models Hit South Korea

Projectors

• Sanyo PLC-XC55, PLC-XC50 Portable Projectors Hitting The US In July, Half The Price Of Companion Japanese Projectors
• Hitachi CP-X450J LCD Projector Launches For Business Use June In Japan
• Earth Trek's 90-805R Mini Projector The World's Smallest Non-Embedded Projector
• Sanyo LP-XC55 and LP-XC50 With Active Maintenance Filter Get Japanese July Launch
• 3LCD Front Projection Tops In United States
• Epson EX90 Ultrabright Business Projector: HDTV Ready And Featuring 3 LCD Technology
• Got $9000 To Spare? Pioneer's Elite KURO Projector Hits The US
• NEC NP100 Gets Reviewed
• JVC Claims 8K x 4K D-ILA Projection Device

Remote Controls

• Save Home Theater Energy Usage With The Energy Saver Universal Remote Control

Televisions

• Beds Can Be TV's Too Says Dave Zatz
• Watch TV While Driving: US Telematics Brings IPTV To The Dashboard, Insurance Premiums To Skyrocket
• Forget The Burglar Alarm, The Fake TV Will Fend Off Any Intruders
• Sezmi's TV 2.0: Broadcast, Satellite, And Broadband Content In An Individualized, On-Demand Package

Tuners

• AVerMedia AverTV Hybrid NanoExpress TV Tuner: Watch HDTV On Your Windows Laptop

Web TV

• Online Video Viewers To Move Into The Billions By 2013
• Samsung OLED Laptop Hints At Web TV's Future
• HP Bringing YouTube To Its MediaSmart TV's
• Hulu Launches YouTube Channel: Why Is Everyone So Surprised?
• Broadcast TV Will Only Be Useful For Big Events In 15 Years: NBC's Ben Silverman
• Apple Expected To Announce Big iTunes Movie Deal Today
• Blockbuster The Latest Partner In The Viacom-Led Premium TV/VOD Joint Venture?

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