HDTV: Misconceptions abound 
Home-theatre expert Raj Malhi demonstrates a 1.5-metre plasma HDTV at Future Shop’s Granville Street location. For some Canadians, high-definition television has become the greatest story never told.
Source: www.canada.com

Hilton to Open Warsaw, Polands Biggest Conference Hotel in March 2007 
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. | When the 29-story Hilton Warsaw Hotel and Convention Centre opens in Poland in March 2007, it will reveal an impressive new hotel, cutting edge in technology and precision built for meetings and conventions.
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Take home an LCD today 
The picture and surround-sound quality of those sleek, wall-mounted devices are bound to stop you in your tracks. They’re reasonably-priced
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Hyundai joins hands with UBS to hit market 
South Koreas Hyundai Corporation has partnered with Sheikh Abdulla bin Nasser al-Thani group subsidiary Universal Business Systems (UBS) for the maiden launch of its consumer electronics, motorcycles and all-terrain vehicles.
Source: www.gulf-times.com

A Moto with lots of bling 
If you simply must have a mobile phone thats louder (visually) than any of your friends, the Motorola RAZR V3i Swarovski is your best bet. It is a standard RAZR V3i, but with hundreds of Swarovski crystals set on its surface by Malaysian crystal setters MyFrost ( www.myfrost.com.my ). MyFrost offers some customised options too, if you want different colours or patterns.
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Series3 8.1 upgrade at CES

Filed under: DVRs, Set-top boxes, Cable, OTA

The Series3 has been around for about 3 months now and among other missing features the Series3 didn’t ship with some basic features available on other TiVos including “Recently Deleted” and KidZone. The exact reason isn’t known, but considering other more important features that are missing; it is reasonable to believe that somewhere along the way the code base split and TiVo has some work to do, to catch up on the Series3. Almost immediately after the Series3 released there was talk of a .1 update and at TiVo’s CES booth they were demoing the Series3 with the latest software. We can’t wait for this to be released into the wild and many other features to be enabled on the Series3, especially the new features that are only available on the Comcast version.

More pics after the jump.The highly desired “Recently Deleted”, not only does it no longer request deletion confirmation, but it keeps your shows there till you need room, so you always know how much space you have left for new recordings.

Guru Guides; helps you find new shows based on experts recommendations based on your interests.

TiVoCast: Brings Internet content to your TiVo.

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JVC HD-61FH97
Preview of the JVC HD-61FH97.

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Toshiba’s Perfect High-Def Storm
Toshiba plans to ride the ever-growing HDTV wave with a new HD DVD player and 13 new models in its REGZA line of LCD TVs.

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Sanyo’s blue laser to speed up HD DVD / Blu-ray burning?

Filed under: Industry, Blu-ray, HD DVD, Recorders

While Sony’s certainly had its fair share of blue laser supply issues, and the current generation of HD DVD / Blu-ray burners are sluggish at best, it looks like the first step towards marginally acceptable write speeds to next generation formats has been taken. According to Nikkei, Sanyo has developed a blue laser diode which will speed up data access, and moreover, should be able to reach write speeds of “up to 6x for dual-layer discs.” Similar to LG’s combo unit, this diode also plays nice with both HD DVD and Blu-ray recorders, but there’s no word if a hybrid writer using the laser is in our immediate future. Still, any progress towards harmony between the formats — not to mention being able to burn a dual-layer Blu-ray disc in time for your next birthday — is a step in the right direction, so we’re expecting nothing less than a 6x burner to be hitting shelves sooner rather than later, Sanyo. [Warning: read link requires subscription]

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