TVSnob July 2008 Monthly Roundup

Blu-ray

• LG BD300 Network Blu-ray Player: Stream Netflix Movies Instantly To Your HDTV
• Buffalo Delivers 8X Blu-ray Drives, An Industry First
• Sony's BDP-S350 Blu-ray Player With BD-Live Now Shipping In The United States
• NEC Hints At Mass Blu-ray Player Price Drops In The Near Future
• NEC's BD Live Compatible Chip: Still Waiting For Cheaper Blu-ray Players
• Pioneer Has Blu-ray Recorder Release Plans For 2008
• Pioneer Comes Up With A 16-Layer 400GB Optical Disc, Possibly Compatible With Blu-ray
• Sony: 27-Inch OLED TV's "Awfully Close" To Release
• Panasonic DMP-BD30K Blu-ray Player Gets Naked
• Panasonic DMP-BD50 BD Live Blu-ray Player Now Available In United States

DIY

• DIY: Install A Hard Drive In Your Popcorn Hour A-100 Media Streamer

DLP

• SIM2 DOMINO D60 DLP Front Projector Breaks $5000 Barrier, Now Shipping
• Texas Instruments' DLP Pico Projector Caught On Video
• Panasonic's PT-DZ12000 DLP Projector Displays Images On Curved Surfaces, Cooled By Water

DVD Players/Recorders

• Onkyo Gets DV-SP406 Upscaling DVD Player While Working On Blu-ray Release
• New Logo From Toshiba Connected To The Blu-ray Killing DVD Player?

Deal of the Day

• Steals And Deals: AOC's 42-Inch L42H861 LCD HDTV For $799.99

Digital TV Transition 2009

• Universal TechTronics And The Art Of Digital TV Converter Box Scamming
• DTV2009: First Orlando Analog Shutoff Goes Off Smoothly

Gaming Systems

• Playstation 3/PSP Owners Get Video-On-Demand
• The Connected Home Theater: Netflix Coming To The Xbox 360
• Xbox 360 Price Cut In Full Effect At Amazon, Pre-Order 60GB Model
• 20GB Xbox 360 Gets $50 Price Cut, New 60GB Model Coming Next Month, No PS3 Price Cut

HDTV

• LG's 2009 Flat Panel HDTV's To Be tru2way-Enabled
• Pantel's MirrorTV Lineup Brings HDTV To The Bathroom
• Hotels Love HDTVs Says iSuppli
• Toshiba Debuts 880-Inch LED HDTV...285 Feet Above Times Square
• Syntax-Brillian, Maker Of Olevia HDTV's, Going Bankrupt
• Could We Put A TV In A Contact Lens?
• Sony's Going With FED TV's In 2009, Debuting A 60-Inch Super-Thin CRT-Like TV
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Home Theater A/V

• Onkyo TX-SR806 And TX-SR706 Home Theater Receivers, HT-S7100 And HT-S6100 HTiB's Available Now
• Hands On With The TV Armor TV Screen Protector
• 3D Home Theater Getting Its Own Set Of Standards
• Mark Levinson's No502 Media Console: Does Creative Design Justify Outrageous Pricing?
• Klipsch Gets "Budget-Conscious" With New Palladium Speakers

How to buy an HDTV

• Salespeople Recommend LCD TV's Over Plasma, But Don't Really Know The Difference

LCD TV

• Samsung Series 6 LCD TV's: The New 630 Family With Red Touch of Color
• Bravia T Series: Sony Gets Design Crazy With 6 New LCD TV's To Hit Asia Pacific In August
• Samsung Series 8 LCD TV's: 4 New Models With Blue And Red Touch Of Color Coming In September
• Samsung's LN46A950, LN55A950 Series 9 LED-Backlit LCD TV's Coming Next Month
• Forget LCD's And Plasma's, Telescopic Pixel Displays May Be The Future
• Pioneer Kuro KRL-32V And KRL-37V LCD TV's Caught On Camera
• Vizio VP422 Reviewed: Great Value, Good Performance
• Mitsubishi's iSP 149 LCD Lineup Reproduces 5.1 Surround Sound Straight From The TV
• byd:sign's New DivX Certified LCD TV A Japanese First

Media Center

• Samsung Pushing Out New MediaLive Windows Media Center Extender For 2008 Samsung HDTV's

Media Streamers

• Amazon Launches VOD, Bring Content To Sony Bravia's
• Belkin FlyWire: Wireless 1080p Video To Any Room In Your Home
• FyreTV: Porn Streaming On Demand
• Kodak Theatre HD Player: Media Streaming Personal Memories
• D-Link's DivX Connected DSM-330 Media Streamer Now Available
• WhereverTV: Media Streaming For Foreign TV Junkies
• Roku Netflix Player Source Code Available

OLED TV

• Matsushita, AKA Panasonic Corporation, Mass Producing 40-Inch OLED TV's By 2011?
• World War III: Japanese OLED Makers Team Up With Government To Compete With Korea
• Sony: 27-Inch OLED TV's "Awfully Close" To Release

Plasma

• How Much More Efficient Are 2008 Plasma TV's Compared To Those From 2005?
• How Much Is Your Plasma TV Standby Mode Costing You?
• Pioneer PDP-5020FD Plasma Gets Reviewed: Excellent Picture, But Still Some Shortcomings
• Samsung's Series 7 Plasma TV's: 50-Inch PN50A760, 58-Inch PN58A760 and 63-Inch PN63A760 Coming Next Month
• Forget LCD's And Plasma's, Telescopic Pixel Displays May Be The Future
• Pioneer Elite Kuro PRO-111FD 50-Inch Plasma Gets An HD Guru Review

Projectors

• Sanyo PLC-XL50 XGA Projector: Can Project An 80 Inch Image From 3 Inches Away
• SIM2 DOMINO D60 DLP Front Projector Breaks $5000 Barrier, Now Shipping
• Open Air CineBox Home: Turn Your Backyard Into A Drive-In And Enjoy The Summer
• Mitsubishi's FL7000U High-End, High-Priced Projector Hits The US
• Panasonic's PT-DZ12000 DLP Projector Displays Images On Curved Surfaces, Cooled By Water

Remote Controls

• Niles iRemote TS: Whole Home A/V Control At Price

TV Biz

• FiOS TV Coming To New York City Today, Web Vid Streaming On Its Way
• Verizon FiOS, AT&T U-Verse Going Big For Beijing Olympics

TiVo

• TiVo Software Update Bringing YouTube To The Living Room

Web TV

• Report: 50% Of Online Viewers Replacing Traditional TV With Web Video
• NFL's Sunday Night Football Moves To The Web Thanks To NBC Agreement
• Mark Cuban Knows How To Save Internet Video

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