High-definition television

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 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

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...

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...

By ExtremeTech.com DirectX 10 Performance, Loyd's Vista Report Card, Computex news, Bang for the Buck PC, Pro Workstation, Gaming update, WWDC: EA gets in the game, HDTV Update: Loyd gets an HD-DVD player and more

By ExtremeTech.com Computex, Bear Lake officially launches, X38 is coming, Rumor: AMD RD790 leaks out, Sideshow devices rolling out, Company of Heroes DX10 patch out, Westinghouse monitor, Bang for the Buck preview, Western Digital drives hit 750GB, HDTV Update and more.

Ever wonder how you would design the perfect Xbox 360 Home Theater Edition? Gizmodo thought about it, and came up with some cool ideas. We also have a review of the Panasonic DMR-EZ47VK DVD Recorder; it received the coveted ‘digital video Swiss Army knife’ award. f/HdtvPodcast?a=F84ERgl...

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

Antipiracy safeguards embedded in digital TV programming create a new set of problems for those trying to hook up TV cables. The problem stems from restrictive antipiracy measures imposed by companies that own the content. At best, the transition to HDTV was going to be confusing for cons...

By James Kendrick Marc Orchant and James Kendrick chatted for an hour with the number one Tablet PC evangelist, Robert Scoble, who did the interview sitting on the red couch. Robert was raring to talk about a whole lot of wide-ranging topics and everyone will take a lot away from this show. He talks about his To...