TVSnob Roundup for April 2009

April Fool's! No just kidding. But here's your April TVSnob roundup...

Blu-ray

• Trade in your Warner HD DVDs for Blu-ray discs
• Pioneer launches 3 BD-Live Blu-ray players in Japan
• Pioneer outs BDR-2203 Blu-ray burner for $250
• Sharp and Pioneer pair up for Blu-ray dominance

DLP

• Samsung outs 8 new data projectors
• Mitsubishi intros 3D-ready, 82-inch Home Theater DLP rear projection HDTV and friends

General News

• Blockbuster's time on death row is nearly up

HD-DVD

• Trade in your Warner HD DVDs for Blu-ray discs

HDTV

• Samsung outs 46- and 55-inch B9000 LED HDTVs
• LG outs 240 MHz LH90 LED-backlit HDTVs in Korea
• HDTVs with Adobe Flash support shipping this year
• JVC bows GD-463D10 3D professional display
• Hitachi Wooo plasma and LCD HDTVs outed for '09
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Home Entertainment

• Heimweh Loge multimedia lounger sports a 22-inch LCD TV

LCD TV

• Sony outs Bravia Z5500 trio in the United Kingdom
• Eizo 20-inch EV2023W, 23-inch EV2303W LCD monitors get TCO Displays 5.0 certification
• New Dallas Cowboys stadium packed with 3000 Sony LCD TVs
• 42-inch oval TV looks like a cellphone
• JVC bows GD-463D10 3D professional display
• Hitachi Wooo plasma and LCD HDTVs outed for '09
• Mitsubishi Unisen LCD "immersive sound" HDTV's cram in 16 speakers
• Samsung debuts eco-friendly SyncMaster 70 LCD monitor pair
• Samsung announces 460UT LCD Professional Display Series for video wall creation

Media Center

• Promise SmartStor NS4600 NAS offers Sony, Samsung HDTV content support

Media Streamers

• Promise SmartStor NS4600 NAS offers Sony, Samsung HDTV content support

Mobile TV

• Washington, DC first US market to get free mobile DTV this summer
• Panasonic Viera SV-ME850V: A Viera on the smaller side

OLED TV

• Panasonic debuting a 37-inch OLED TV in next 18 months? Yeah right.
• Sony releasing 23-inch OLED TV in 2010?
• Philips says no to OLED TV, outs giant OLED wall

Plasma

• Hitachi Wooo plasma and LCD HDTVs outed for '09

Projectors

• Samsung outs 8 new data projectors
• Sanyo announces 7000 lumen laser projector
• Sanyo rolls out PLC-WXE45 LCD short throw projector

Web TV

• Amazon HD movie rentals, TV shows get official
• YouTube shifting some focus to professional, long form video content

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