Tag: HDTV

HDTVs have been around for a decade now, and, if you have the lucky pleasure of hosting this year's Super Bowl party and are without an HDTV, we assure you that now is the time to take the plunge. We've got the HDTV that'll score as high as your preferred team, and won't bust your bank account, either. HDTVs are a mature enough technology today that even average ones perform rather well, and ...

We knew it was coming -- so to speak -- but now it's official: 3-D porn will soon be here! Penthouse has just announced that it will be launching an all-3-D porn channel in the second quarter of this year. "We started shooting in 3-D this past summer, and have significantly invested to perfect 3-D production quality," said Marc Bell, CEO of Penthouse publisher FriendFinder Networks. "Consumer ...

According to a recent report from Nielsen, 56-percent of U.S. homes have both HD TVs and high-def service. Despite that fact, more than 80-percent of programming in the U.S. is viewed in standard definition. Calling this number shocking is a bit of an understatement. The American public has pumped billions of dollars into the electronics industry by purchasing HD TVs, and now most popular shows, ...

Roundtable Concepts definitely targets niche audiences with its electronic gear. The company emblazons its products with various logos and designs, and has previously released the Marvel-approved 'Ultimate Comic's Fan Television.' Tapping into another specific demographic, the company has now devoted a line of limited edition LED HDTVs to the band KISS. The models apparently display an ...

For now, fans of the Dallas Cowboys can brag that their team's stadium boasts the world's largest HD video screen. Enjoy it while you can, Cowboys fans. According to DVICE, the Charlotte Motor Speedway will unveil, in April 2011, a 200-foot-by-80-foot Panasonic HD screen that will supplant the Cowboys' screen as the world's largest. The monster screen will cover an area of 16,000 square feet, ...

According to Geekosystem, many a DirecTV customer who owns the company's HD DVR woke up Tuesday to find that their device wouldn't work. The glitch was apparently a result of the satellite company's Whole-Home DVR service, which allows customers to record and watch shows in any room of their house with just one DVR unit. When this roll-out occurred late Monday night, some updated program guide ...

There's a load of great tech news happening out there every day, and, unfortunately, we just can't cover it all. Here are a few of the other noteworthy things we saw today on our never-ending journey through the wild, wild Web. Google updated its excellent online Calendar app today with a roomier visual refresh and a right-aligned Tasks sidebar. No official announcement yet, but head over to ...

Because watching HD TV on an actual TV is so last decade, Netflix has reportedly begun streaming over half of its HD collection for both PC and Mac users. As HackingNetflix explains, all you have to do in order to find out which titles are currently available for HD streaming is roll your mouse over a given movie or show, and look for the 'HD available' tag that pops up at the bottom of the ...

Share A reader asks: I just moved into a new house, have an empty living room, and want the best possible TV I can get to fill the gaping hole -- for under 500 bucks, that is. I know it's a tall order, but I'm broke and need to be sure whatever TV I get is going to impress my suspicious wife and last for the next, oh, 30 years -- until I've finally paid off my mortgage. So please, just tell me ...

A reader asks: One of my college housemates just moved out, which is a good thing, but he took his TV with him. This is a bad thing. So I'm looking for a PC monitor that can do double duty as a TV, too -- something reasonably big, as good quality as possible, fast enough for console games and is around $350 or so. I'm stuck with a laptop 12-inch screen until you reply, so hurry up and just tell ...

CooKey and WhizKey USB Sticks by La Cie La Cie has given us some design-y products in the past, most notably the gorgeous hard drives crafted by the nonpareil Philippe Starck. This year, La Cie didn't let us down. We were floored by the simple, elegant CooKey and WhizKey USB sticks (ranging from 4 to 32 gigabytes in capacity), which are scratch-resistant and require no housing to keep them ...

With online services like Netflix Watch Now and Hulu offering full-screen, high-quality streaming video, there's no reason to keep it confined to your laptop or monitor. Netflix's Watch Now is available already on a bunch of devices, however, if you don't have those you can still hook your PC or Mac up to your HDTV (or regular TV) to watch. Depending on the type of TV and computer you have, you ...

What we're watching tonight: CBS (1080i) has 'The New Adventures of Old Christine' at 8 p.m., 'Gary Unmarried' at 8:30 p.m., 'Criminal Minds' at 9 p.m., and 'CSI: NY' at 10 p.m. Fox (720p) has 'Glee' at 9 p.m. ABC (720p) airs 'Modern Family' at 9 p.m., 'Cougar Town' at 9:30 p.m., and 'Eastwick' at 10 p.m. Discovery (1080i) has 'Mythbusters' at 9 p.m. FX (720p) has 'Nip/Tuck' at 10 ...

What we're watching tonight: ABC (720p) has 'V' at 8 p.m. and the season finale of 'Dancing with the Stars' at 9 p.m. CW (1080i) airs '90210' at 8 p.m. and 'Melrose Place' at 9 p.m. CBS (1080i) has 'NCIS' at 8 p.m. 'NCIS: LA' at 9 p.m. and 'The Good Wife' at 10 p.m. Discovery (1080i) has 'Dirty Jobs' at 9 p.m. and 'Ghost Lab' at 10 p.m. FX (720p) has 'Sons of Anarchy' at 10 p.m. ...

All of the major TV networks currently broadcast HD video over the air and in better quality than what you likely receive from your cable/satellite company. And despite any techno-babble you may read, you can receive HD television signals over the air using a regular old TV antenna (as long as your HDTV has a built-in tuner, which most do). To figure out what channels are available in your area, ...