High-definition television

High-definition television ownership in the US jumped 73% in the past year (to about a third, up from 19.3% a year earlier), due to falling prices and the upcoming switch to all-digital broadcasts. The leap also fueled growth in spending on Blu-ray ...

 Canada The HD launch in Edmonton marks a significant milestone as Global becomes the first local station to transmit in High Definition. Television service providers within the footprint of each transmitter must now carry Global Calgary and Global Edmonton in ...

 UK Firstly, I'll explain the nature of HDTV. It stands for High Definition Television and gives you a sharper high resolution picture, because it contains more horizontal lines. Regular TV's contain around 576 lines on the screen, and an HDTV packs in at ...

 Ghana However, the argument between Celluloid and Video is a fading one. It is like swearing to remain with monochrome television when High Definition Television is overtaking Digital Television, although the earlier is seen as the high end of Digital TV. ...

DTV Questions & Answers  AK There is still plenty of time to get you up to speed on all the changes, and help simplify your transition to DTV. What If I Don't Have a High Definition Television? Will I Still be Able to Watch TV? Yes, absolutely. If you currently have an HDTV, ...

 Netherlands High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) function lets you view an image on a large HDTV(High Definition Television) screen without compromising its resolution and delivers a vivid impression of your past memories. Furthermore, with its remote ...

The Russian summit of specialists in the field of HDTV will be held with the support of: the Ministry of telecommunications and mass communications of the RF, the Association for High-Definition Television and Digital Cinema (HD Union), and also with ...

 United Kingdom Should you invest in an HD TV set? Photo: BLOOMBERG NEWS High-definition television, or HDTV as it is better known, is going mainstream. Falling costs now mean interest in high-definition TV extends beyond the clique of early adopters and the well ...

By Ross Miller Far be it for us to judge the decisions of a huge corporation and its ad campaign, but Sony announcing a new line of BRAVIA HDTVs while the vast majority of the consumer electronics industry is intently focused on cellphones in Barcelona seems a bit peculiar. For those who need a break from MW...

By Jack Loftus We'd say HDMI and HD gaming are *somewhat* important parts of the Xbox 360 user experience, so we hope that's true, at least for the hundreds of users allegedly without sound for their Xbox 360 games and movies. [Xbox Forums via Boy Genius Report]

By CBS Interactive staff This model is the Ferrari of televisions, and it only began shipping last week. It is sold only through really high-end retailers, and it cannot yet be ordered online. It has a professional studio-quality monitor and the richest black detail of any TV on the market. The plasma technology off...

By rss@youtube.com (playstationpro13) Philips showed off some really impressive LCD TVs with their new Ambilight technology. Ambilight technology is an advanced lighting system that provides emotive environment lighting and enhanced picture quality to create a viewing experience with less eye strain. Watching televisi...

By David Katzmaier The television category is a perennial CES staple and this year was no different. For some reason nobody showed a TV bigger than Panasonic's 150-inch plasma from last year (have we maxed out in flat-panel screen size?), but most of the other trends I discussed in the preview were borne out i...

By Trent Wolbe 12:18 - SlingPlayer Mobile for iPhone, SlingPlayer for Mac HD make debuts 24:24 - Panasonic intros DMR-BR360V Blu-ray / VHS combo player 26:00 - Live from the 2009 Blu-ray Disc Association press conference 28:38 - Panasonic officially premieres Z1 wireless HDTV

By matt buchanan Amazon Video on Demand (www.amazon.com/vod) — Amazon Video On Demand plans to “Connected HDTV” Platform, providing users with the total on demand entertainment solution. Using the VIZIO television’s built-in Internet connection, Amazon Video On Demand plans to

By Michael Rose In my preliminary testing with the new unit I got much better signal on some stations that had previously been on the fringe, and the picture is still crystal-clear (HD sporting events on a 24" iMac screen are a revelation). The only annoying quirk I saw in the EyeTV 3.1 app was a propensity for...

By Darren Murph With LCD HDTV sales expected to slow dramatically in the new year, it's no wonder that Sharp's playing the tried-and-true "Buy something, get something else free" card in order to shave down its presumably bloated AQUOS HDTV inventory. From now until January 31, 2009, anyone who purchas...

By matt buchanan •Insiginia NS-LCD42HD-09 1080p LCD$800 (Note: We actually tested the 52-inch version because Best Buy didn't have the 42-inch model, but they assured that the guts are the same, so we assume that the results would be the same) •Westinghouse VK-40F580D 1080p LCD$850-$899

By info.rss@cro.consumer.org (Consumer Reports) Don't rule out the best 720p sets. We recommend buying a set with 1080p, or so-called "Full HD," resolution, especially since the price premium for 1080p is shrinking. But we caution against ruling out TVs with 720p resolution, the best of which are fine performers that offer significant v...

By Wilson Rothman Hitachi's Director's Series 1.5 UltraThin UT37X902 (37 inches listing for $1,900) got its name because it's an inch and a half thick across its entire panel. It is a monitor with speakers, but no tuner and the barest of inputs—one HDMI and one VGA—to help it keep trim. JVC's LT-46SL89 (46 inch...

By David Katzmaier This bargain-priced 47-inch LCD won't wow anybody with its black levels or color accuracy, but for the money those aspects of its image quality are decent enough. Unfortunately, its screen uniformity is not. In our testing this set basically failed every aspect of our uniformity tests, s...

By matt buchanan To dive into the nittier gritter, it has the widest color gamut of any set Gary's ever tested, far beyond the HDTV Rec. 709 broadcast standard: "Reds are so intense and crimson they’re indescribable. Ditto for yellows, purples and other colors and hues."

By Elaine Chow In case you haven't opened up your iTunes in the last few hours, Apple's released v.8.0.1 to fix several 8.0.0 issues with HDTV episodes, the Genius auto-playlist feature and software update checks. For instance, iTunes will no longer accidentally overwrite HD versions of your TV episodes wi...

By Benny Goldman As seen with the USA-China basketball debacle, NBC has no business delaying broadcasts for Pacific time. Thanks to the internet, this old broadcasting habit looks increasingly lame. After all, even those of us without the dedicated HD channels have TiVos and alarm clocks, right? Those w...

By Mark Wilson On the technical end, this small set top box is dead simple to configure and use with my existing Netflix account. Plug it in, hook it up to the HDTV with an HDMI cable, plug in an Ethernet cord, and then use a confirmation code to link it to your account. I was running within five minutes.

By Wilson Rothman The PZ850 also makes it easy to enjoy your own High Definition digital still and video images in breathtaking 16x9 widescreen format by inserting an SD Memory Card into the HDTV. While all of Panasonic's VIERA HDTV's can display digital still images via SD card, the PZ850 features H.264 cod...

By matt buchanan Optimized with 1080p-capable HDMI™ inputs, the HT-SS2300 and HT-CT100 models support full HD video and eight channels of uncompressed audio. The HT-7200DH and HT- DDWG700 models round out the line, offering 5.1 channel home theater surround sound.

By Trent Wolbe 05:04 - Mitsubishi laser TV unveiled 13:35 - Sony XEL-1 OLED slips into US stores 19:51 - OpenCable officially becomes tru2way 31:20 - Lenovo launches IdeaPad, IdeaStation laptop and desktop lines 39:24 - AirCell set to hook up Virgin America with in-flight broadband

By Jason Chen The Performance: Fantastic. We were able to stream live 1080i over-the-air (OTA) HDTV with no glitches for the most part, and whatever glitches we did see were due to the fact that OTA reception in our area isn't great and we had a small antenna. But when we watched pre-recorded content in bot...

By Adrian Covert The Sony VAIO TP-25 one ups last year's media center offerings with a dual CableCARD PC, while adding 500 GB of storage (good for 50 hours recording), a BD-ROM drive and a 2.1 GHz T8100 Penryn processor for $3000. The non-CableCARD TP-20 can also be had for $1600.SONY'S WELL-ROUNDED HOME THEA...

By Charlie White LAS VEGAS, Jan. 6, 2008 - LG Electronics, co-developer of the MPHâ„¢ in-band mobile digital television (DTV) system, today previewed a series of products that will support local TV stations' plans to launch DTV broadcasts for mobile devices in 2009.

By Wilson Rothman This is an eye opener. People are going to deeply desire this Westinghouse Digital Wireless HDMI HDTV in their living room as soon as they see it at CES," states Bruce Watkins, Pulse~LINK President and Chief Operating Officer. "We've been leading the technical pursuit of this for several y...

By Matt Buchanan Let's skip the JD Power and go straight to Giz Power: If any of you guys are DirecTV and Dish HD customers, what horror stories can you share to keep potential comrades in arms from entering a treacherous pool of satellite-beamed misery? Or maybe, you know, what kind of high praise can you si...

By Charlie White Solo is a worthy addition to the Slingbox line, and unlike the Slingbox Pro, requires no optional adapter to get it working with HD sources. Sure, we would've liked an HDMI port on the back of this baby (also lacking on the Pro), but component video will just have to do. And forget sending HDTV a...

It seems like a lot of what we’ve been talking about on the show lately has revolved around something Braden is doing. But if it matters to one of us, odds are it might matter to some of you, so here’s another one. With the addition of boy number four to the Russell home, we’ve realized that our cur...

It is no secret that the HT Guys like and recommend Oppo Digital upconverting DVD players. We have reviewed the current lineup of DV-970HD, OPDV971H, and DV-981HD players in the past. Today we take a look at the new Oppo Digital DV-980H. Essentially the 980 is the same as a 970 but with 1080p and...

Back in April of 2005, Episode #2 in fact, we did a comparison between LCD, DLP and Plasma as your three main choices for living room HDTVs. The landscape has changed a little since then, so we’ve decided to update the comparison. We also had to add flat panel LCD and LCoS to the discussion. Like t...

By Gearlog If you've got a new HDTV, you already have a digital tuner. Just plug the antenna in and you're good to go. Luckily for those who don't have an HDTV but do have a decent computer and monitor, Pinnacle's PCTV HD Stick is a fairly cheap solution that's simple to set up. For under $100 and the sacrific...

By Mark Cuban Our business is bullt on on ONLY programming for those households that have HDTVs and receive HD signals. We create programming that takes full advantage of the widescreen, resolution, color palette, 5.1 or better sound, digital connectivity and more to make great original programming...

We came across an article recently at cable360.net entitled From Nature to News: HD’s Learning Curve. The article got us thinking about how far HDTV has come since we started the podcast, and how much territory is still left to cover. The article focuses on the nonfiction HD programming avai...

Today we talk about the DVD Copy Control Associations attempt to add an amendment to its licensing agreement that requires a DVD to be present during playback. Then we move on to discuss an email from Jason in Brooklyn, NY which spurred some debate around the offices of the HT Guys. Jason aske...

Also, we throw a bunch of terms around when talking about Home Theater receivers, and, based on some of the emails we have received, it has come to our attention that a few of you may not understand some of them. We thought it might be time for a review. f/HdtvPodcast?a=GIEN14nK”> f/HdtvPo...

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By Brian Lam New York, NY - Westinghouse Digital Electronics, the fourth largest manufacturer of LCD TVs in the U.S.*, raises the home theater bar with an advanced new line of 1080p LCD HDTV's, the TX Series. Designed for the consumer who wants to step up to the ultimate cinema experience and the best in LC...

By Charlie White Incidentally, Sony was also showing off an 82-inch prototype 1080p LCD screen, also graced with that coveted 120Hz frame rate. Its picture was nothing short of exquisite. Too bad it's not available yet, nor will it be for some time. And when it is, well, we'll just have to take up gun running or...

By Ryan Block Program: 00:30 - Apple's iPhone 20:00 - Sony SIXAXIS retracts Emmy 25:58 - AppleTV 32:03 - TotalHD disc fits Blu-Ray and HD-DVD on single disc 38:49 - Live at the Dell keynote LISTEN (MP3) LISTEN (AAC) LISTEN (OGG) Filed under: Cellphones, Gaming, HDTV, Podcasts

By Randall Bennett 06:52 - Sony Vaio VGX-TP1 announced, loaded up with HDMI out, DVD burner 12:30 - Xbox 360 IPTV interface gallery 20:44 - Wireless HDMI over UWB? Heck yes! 32:15 - LG's BH100 hybrid Blu-ray & HD DVD player: $1,199 34:41 - Samsung builds on ATSC, develops A-VSB for mobile broadcasting

By Charlie White HD Connect down-converts your 720p or 1080i signal into a 640x480 video stream, where the horizontal part is anamorphically compressed for transport, and then is stretched back out to that typical widescreen 16x9 format on your laptop in the field. How does it look, and is it worth $50?

When watching standard definition media, such as a DVD, both recorders will upconvert the signal to make it look better on an HDTV but only if the set is connected using the HDMI (high-definition multimedia interface). That restriction is because HDMI includes copy-protection support...