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 What we’re watching tonight:
- ABC (720p) has LSU/North Carolina college football at 8 p.m.
- ESPNU (720p) has Memphis/Mississippi St college football at 7 p.m.
- ESPN (720p) has TCU/Oregon St college football at 7:45 p.m.
- ESPN2 (720p) has NASCAR Nationwide Series @ Atlanta at 7 p.m. and Cincinnati/Fresno St college football at 10 p.m.
- Versus (1080i) has Wisconsin/UNLV college football at 11 p.m.
HDTV Listings for September 4, 2010 originally appeared on Engadget HD on Sat, 04 Sep 2010 16:16:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments
It’s not the full-on demo you’re probably hoping for, but Sony devoted a section of its sprawling, city-within-a-city of a booth at IFA 2010 to diving into some of the capabilities its Google TV-enabled televisions will be offering when they launch in the US before the end of the year. The two-plus minute video loop runs through web search, Google Maps (which looks pretty awesome, we have to admit), YouTube and Picasa functionality, app favorites, and picture-in-picture, which means you don’t have to miss those first few precious minutes of Iron Chef America while you look up desserts that use eggplant. Interestingly, we stopped by Logitech’s booth today, who insisted there wasn’t a Revue anywhere near the show — despite the fact that beta units are in the field, the launch is coming up, and these guys are probably all looking to strike content deals with European providers right about now. In other words, we’ve got a sneaking suspicion there are Revues (and fully-functional Google TV sets from Sony) on the premises, they’re just locked away in meetings where our press badges are… shall we say, “frowned upon.” Follow the break for the full video.
Continue reading Sony shows off Google TV (or a video of it, anyway) at IFA 2010 Sony shows off Google TV (or a video of it, anyway) at IFA 2010 originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 04 Sep 2010 16:14:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments
Well, what do we have here? Looks like a Logitech beta user was kind enough to (potentially break his NDA and) show off his early grab: the Google TV-infused Revue. What follows is a series of blurred photos that’d make the FCC weep, but all the same, who are we to critique news? The little unassuming box has HDMI in and out ports, a couple of USB inputs, ethernet, and SPDIF. According to the handler, installation was a “12-step process includes asking the details of your Google account, your physical location, TV, cable box, amp, and more.” It works with any Harmony remote, an Android device (in this case, a Droid Incredible), or the packaged keyboard. That latter input we last heard was still in development, but it seems to be working fine right here: full QWERTY, a trackpad, all the necessary keys for GTV navigation. One more pic of the keyboard after the break, as well a video walkthrough.
[Thanks, Craig] Continue reading Logitech Revue and Google TV get very early blurrycam impressions Logitech Revue and Google TV get very early blurrycam impressions originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 03 Sep 2010 19:25:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments What we’re watching tonight:
- Disney (1080i) presents Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam at 8 p.m. and the series premiere of Fish Hooks at 9:50 p.m.
- MyNetworkTV (720p) has WWE Smackdown at 8 p.m.
- Discovery (1080i) has Man, Woman, Wild at 9 p.m. and Beyond Survival with Les Stroud at 10 p.m.
- TLC (1080i) has Say Yes to the Dress:Atlanta at 9 p.m.
- ESPN (720p) has Arizona/Toledo college football at 8 p.m.
HDTV Listings for September 3, 2010 originally appeared on Engadget HD on Fri, 03 Sep 2010 17:26:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments
After The Dark Knight, there’s no doubt many Blu-ray fans can’t wait to see Christopher Nolan’s next blockbuster on their HDTVs, and now the Inception special edition has been listed for pre-order in the UK. Specs confirm Warner will include its Maximum Movie Mode where the director walks you through key moments of the film and two digital comics that serve as prologues to the film’s events. The packaging itself is also special, with a case resembling the PASIV (Portable Automated Somnacin IntraVenous) device that controls dreams in the movie, a spinning top to remind you when things are over and of course, DVD and digital copy version. Play.com lists a December 6 release date, here’s hoping the US gets a similarly full-featured treatment for one of this year’s biggest movies. Inception European Limited Edition Blu-ray (w/ briefcase) listed for December 6 originally appeared on Engadget HD on Fri, 03 Sep 2010 16:13:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments
When we first caught wind of LG’s “180-inch plasma” we were understandably enthused (and just a little skeptical), but our excitement was quickly ruined with word that LG was merely sticking nine 600Hz 60-inch plasmas next to each other and calling it a day. We got a glimpse at the “multi-vision display” (LG shorthand for “a bunch of screens next to each other”) today, and it’s still decently impressive in its own right. LG’s managed to get the seams between the screens down to a mere 1.5mm, and while the lines are still noticeable, they could be a lot worse. While they lines certainly get in the way of entertainment, it actually provides an interesting effect when donning the 3D glasses — almost highlighting the effect of depth. LG has some pretty boring plans for the screens, like digital signage and education, and we’ll be sticking to projectors for our big screen needs, but we’re still saying a 180-inch straight-up, no funny business plasma would be pretty stellar.
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Confirming earlier rumors and despite Fox’s denials Panasonic representatives told TWICE and CNET we can expect a n exclusive offering of Avatar on the Blu-ray 3D format in “early December.” Naturally, the 3D blockbuster is expected to push more than a few to make the jump, but this is nothing but bad news to those with televisions from other manufacturers like Samsung and Sony. There aren’t many other details available yet, like if equipment outside of 3DTVs qualifies, or how much it might cost, so for now we’ll just let the disappointment of yet another 3D exclusive wash over us. Panasonic locks up Avatar Blu-ray 3D release for 2010 originally appeared on Engadget HD on Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:07:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments
The problem with the future is that it’s always 3 to 5 years away. Nevertheless, what you’re looking at is what Philips and Dimenco, a small company of ex-Philips engineers, say will be coming to the consumer television market as early as 2013 — earlier if you’re in the professional advertising business or just want to view your family photos on a small 3D photo frame. Just remember that Philips has been showing off variations of the glasses-free technology behind this prototype lenticular lens television for years, so we’re not getting our hopes up. Nevertheless, Dimenco assured us that the path to the consumer market for its 3D display is clear.
So how did it look? Well, it was ok, we guess. It doesn’t have that in-your-face pop of the current generation of 3D televisions that require 3D glasses. The effect is more subtle (or maybe the content was). Our biggest problem was with the sharpness of the display. Although the 56-inch prototype CCFL LCD was 4k (that’s 4 times the resolution of your Full HD TV) the image we saw was coarse in appearance due to the lenticular lens required to refract the left and right images for each eye. Having said that, the lenticular lens technology used is certainly better suited for non-stationary viewing. While the border around objects on the screen tended to shift quickly and blur (see the video after the break) when looking at the panel frombetween any of its 15 viewing angles (spread across a 120-degree arc), at least it didn’t exhibit those horrible dark vertical bands seen when changing your angle even slightly while viewing 3D panels based on the parallax barrier method of glasses-less 3D. Still, it was hard to find the viewing sweet spot and honestly, given the option to sit in front of this display and a 4k panel “limited” to 2D, we’d have to opt for the latter. Get back to us in 3 to 5 and see if we feel the same. Continue reading Philips Dimenco glasses-less 3D TV of the future, hopefully our future Philips Dimenco glasses-less 3D TV of the future, hopefully our future originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 03 Sep 2010 09:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments
Yeah, we spied a few of LG’s new 31-inch, 2.9mm thick displays the other day, but we hadn’t seen the standard TV-like configurations — which don’t mean too much, because this is still a prototype, but they’re a comfort all the same. We also managed to peep a 3D setup with the screens, which used polarized glasses and was surprisingly sharp. We promised ourselves it would just be a quick look, and that we had important things to do today, and that we really don’t need a new TV all that much… but three hours later we found ourselves still planted in the same spot, a small trickle of drool dripping all over our camera gear. When we finally managed to snap out of it, we clicked a few stills and grabbed a video of one of the screens spinning before running out of the LG booth with our eyes shut tight and desire still raging in our heart.
Continue reading LG’s 31-inch OLED spin-slices its way into our cold LCD hearts LG’s 31-inch OLED spin-slices its way into our cold LCD hearts originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 03 Sep 2010 08:19:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments |
