Digital Video Essentials is a must have for any home theater enthusiast’s toolbox due to its low price and uncanny calibration ability. The disc is seriously one of the best ways to get your HDTV properly setup but some question the quality of calibration via a 480p DVD player. What we need is a high-def version but the disc has been constantly pushed back but hopefully this time around we will finally see the disc hit shelves come February 27th. This will be the best $34.99 you have spent on your HDTV if you happen to have an HD DVD player and unfortunately for Blu-ray owners, they haven’t announced that version yet.

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So it looks like HD DVD fans are not going to get Spielberg’s blockbuster films as soon as expected. The PR group for the HD DVD forum has just posted an apology for placing E.T., Jaws, and Jurassic Park on their Coming Soon list before consulting with Spielberg first. Long time movie experts know that Spielberg does not embrace new home movie formats right off the bat, but rather waits for a bit - George Lucas is the same way with his films. So basically, these three movies are not going to be the saving grace of HD DVD anytime soon.

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The Dell E207WFP may not be the best-performing 20-inch widescreen LCD monitor out there, but it’s more than capable of handling your everyday workload as well as a few after-hours tasks.

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The Samsung LN-S4696D is a capable 1080p 46-inch LCD HDTV that offers many compelling features, but image-quality concerns degrade its appeal in the face of strong competition.

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Own an HDV camcorder and a high-definition TV?

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The Westinghouse LTV-32w3 HD delivers a very good, detailed picture at a great price.

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KATC 3 - If you need an HDTV-ready flat-screen, plasma, projection or direct view TV, check out our guide for choosing the right Other easy options available for purchase include the Avia Guide to Home Theatre ( www.ovationmultimedia.com , $49.99), Digital Read More

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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.
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Ready for your close-up Some stars fear HDTV’s clarity will show every flaw 
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Vanity, thy name is hi-def TV.
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Sketch comedy good draw 
THERE IS A STRONG Judy Garland/Mickey Rooney “Hey kids, let’s put on a show” parallel here.
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DTS Licenses DTS-HD Master Audio Technology to World-Leading IC Companies 
AGOURA HILLS, Calif.,
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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.
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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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Beurs.nl - In 2006, the biggest revenue growth was in LCD television displays with an estimated 85% rise from the year before to $22.5 billion. Revenue in the Plasma TV display market rose an estimated 28% to $7.2 billion. But revenue for desktop computer Rest of story

Taipei Times - Inventec, which first became involved in the flat-screen television market in 2005, is the second local notebook maker to quit LCD TV production — following Mitac Technology Corp ( ), which quit production in the middle of last year Rest of story

Louisville Courier-Journal - Only those people who don’t have a digital receiver and get their television over the air with an antenna will have to buy a You may have heard that plasma is the best picture, but the LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) models are just as good right Rest of story

AZCentral.com - Or maybe LCD? Jim Palumbo wears plasma’s colors, even if he doesn’t own a plasma TV. After spending more than 30 years as a Sony executive, he now presides over the Plasma Display Coalition, a group founded by television manufacturers Hitachi, LG Rest of story

South America up for grabs in global game of HDTV Risk
The Inquirer - conglomerate Clarin, which owns not only one air TV station - Channel 13 in Buenos Aires - but also the largest cable television According to the local media, ATSC backers LG among others offered the government the manufacture of HDTV LCD and Plasma
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HDTV Buyers Guide
KESQ News - HDTV, as you may very well know, means High Definition Television. What you may not know, is that the picture is five times With a fully integrated HDTV tuner and CableCARD compatibility, the Sharp LC-45GD4U, a 45-inch LCD TV, is a complete
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Out: Convergence
Silicon Valley - CES reached its 10th year back in 1977, the average American family owned just a handful of electronics devices — a television machines based on their own platforms, such as PDAs that play MP3s to compete with digital music players, or LCD screens
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The LG 42LB1DRA is an attractively styled 42-inch LCD HDTV that incorporates a high-def DVR, but its disappointing contrast ratio and other image-quality concerns detract from an otherwise appealing design.

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Preview of the Pioneer PDP-5070HD.

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Filed under: Displays, Others

Oh boy, there’s yet another contender in the “world’s largest” HDTV race, and per usual, it’s at a sports-related venue. This time around, Pittsburgh’s Heinz Field is getting ready to see a high definition makeover as it seeks to replace the aging SD screen that has stood since the stadium opened in 2001. The new HD display, which will be manufactured by Daktronics, should be fully installed and ready to go for the 2007 Steelers’ season, and will reportedly enable an additional 3,600 ticket holders who can’t see the current board due to a viewing angle snafu to get a glimpse of those beautiful HD replays. Notably, no details were present about the exact resolution, screen size, or any other specifications of the sure-to-be-mammoth board (as is the case on the forthcoming screen to be built in the Washington Nationals Baseball Stadium), but it won’t be too long before we’ll get to gaze at this bad boy in person, anyway.

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You don’t get a lot of extras with NEC’s 19-inch MultiSync 1940CX LCD display. In fact, you’ll have to supply your own digital cable to utilize its DVI input. Nevertheless, this monitor is a good choice for users seeking a general-purpose LCD.

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Saving memories in high definition
Indianapolis Star - You can monitor what you’re filming through the camera’s view finder, or flip out the bright widescreen LCD. The screen can be twisted and placed back flush with the camera’s side, providing a great opportunity to step away and use the remote control
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Last chance to grab hot holiday deals
CNN Money - On both days, the retailer will give a $10 “reward card” to the first 50 shoppers to its stores, said Sears spokesman Larry Costello. The Christmas specials at Sears include a 40-inch Sony LCD HDTV for $1,299, marked down from its original price of $1
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MHI To Ship 6 Centrifugal Chillers for Hong Kong’s Tallest Skyscraper
JCN Newswire - A microcomputer control system with color TFT liquid crystal display (LCD) enables meticulous and optimized operation management. Takasago Thermal Engineering (Hong Kong.) Co., Ltd., the HVAC services conductor of the ICC offer partner, awarded the
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