TVSnob Roundup for May 2009

It's getting to be the busy time of year when all of the products we first laid eyes on at the beginning of the year finally get release dates and price tags. I'm in the market for an entire new home theater myself and the choices are overwhelming! But it's definitely nice to see the HDTV industry picking up again after the economic slowdown. Here's TVSnob's look back at the month of May 2009:

Blu-ray

• Sony BDP-CX700ES Blu-ray changer holds 400 discs
• Sharp outs 20-inch LC-20DX1 with built-in Blu-ray burner
• Walmart chases Best Buy to Blu-ray domination
• Denon outs Profile 2.0 Blu-ray playing duo for 2009
• Which retailer sells the most Blu-ray discs?
• Samsung BD-P4600 Blu-ray player gets reviewed, kicks butt
• Vizio's VBR100 Blu-ray player delayed by an eternity

DIY

• How to clean your HDTV screen (Hint: do it right or void your warranty)

DVD Players/Recorders

• Researchers fit 2000 DVDs of info on a single disc

Digital TV Transition 2009

• Analog shut-off test prompts 55000 to finally figure out how to prepare for DTV2009

Gaming Systems

• Logitech Harmony Adapter for Playstation 3 now available, Guitar Hero Wireless Controller on its way
• Video game console sales hammered by recession

HDTV

• HDMI 1.4 specs announced; include 3D and 4K x 2K resolution support
• LG claims the world's brightest 3D LCD monitor
• JVC's 42-inch Xiview LCD monitor is built for photographers
• What recession? HDTV-owning households increase 4% since November 2008
• Sharp outs 20-inch LC-20DX1 with built-in Blu-ray burner
• Are LED-backlit LCD HDTVs worth the extra money?
• Flat panel HDTV sales increase in Q1 2009, research firms look stupid

Home Theater A/V

• HDMI 1.4 specs announced; include 3D and 4K x 2K resolution support
• GefenTV Wireless HDMI extender stream 1080p video up to 100 feet
• Denon rolls out 9 A/V receivers in 2009

LCD TV

• Samsung's UN46B8000 240 Hz LED HDTV is the best LCD TV ever...so far
• Hitachi UltraVision and Alpha LCD HDTV lines shipping in '09
• LG claims the world's brightest 3D LCD monitor
• JVC's 42-inch Xiview LCD monitor is built for photographers
• LG's 240 Hz LH55 LCD line shipping in the United States today
• Sharp outs 20-inch LC-20DX1 with built-in Blu-ray burner
• Are LED-backlit LCD HDTVs worth the extra money?
• LG claims world's thinnest LCD HDTVs
• CLAiR Pink Ribbon LCD HDTV is the young girl's intro to home theater
• NEC introduces bright MultiSync X461HB digital signage display
• Vizio reclaims top LCD HDTV brand in North America for Q1 2009
• Philips kicks 2009 HDTV and home theater products to the United States
• LG rolls out wireless LH80 LCD HDTV line in Korea
• Samsung outs trio of Touch of Color LCD monitors
• Samsung 46-inch UN46B6000 LED HDTV gets reviewed

Media Streamers

• GefenTV Wireless HDMI extender stream 1080p video up to 100 feet
• Vudu goes embedded with Entone partnership

OLED TV

• Seiko Epson says it will pump out bigscreen OLED TVs by 2015 due to ink-jet innovation
• Panasonic, Sumitomo team up for 40-inch OLED panel in 2010

Plasma

• LG outs enigmatic 50- and 60-inch Time Machine plasma HDTVs
• Panasonic slashes price of 103-inch plasma HDTV
• Shinoda intros a 145-inch curved plasma display
• Bang & Olufsen's BeoVision 4 103-inch plasma shipping in the US for cheap...er than Europe
• Samsung 850 PAVV plasma family appears, about an inch thin

Projectors

• NEC's NC2500S-A digital cinema projector launches for Disney Pixar's 3D flick, Up
• BenQ Joybee GP1 mini projector gets reviewed
• 802.11n Sanyo PLC-WXU700 coming to the US next month
• Sanyo LP-WXU700 LCD projector streams wireless video over 802.11n

Remote Controls

• Logitech Harmony Adapter for Playstation 3 now available, Guitar Hero Wireless Controller on its way

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