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Televisa broadcasted the first soccer match in 3D {Engadget HD}
Oct 27th 2009 2:35PM The Primera División Apertura is the equivalent of the MLS for Mexico. The league year is broken into two parts Apetura and Clausura (Opening and Closing). Each half has it's own champions. Closest thing to a Mexican Super Bowl.
Poll: What's the worst mistake HD channels make? {Engadget HD}
Aug 9th 2009 7:24PM I'll take you that and raise you one more. HGTV. I have a wife, so I get to watch this abomination on a regular basis. Depending on the production company, we get great HD, stretch-o-vision, the non-linear stretch-o-vision (good middle, stretched edges), and one show (My Parent's House) that has gone from regular, to non-linear, to INVERSE non-linear stretch-o-vision! The middle 1/3 of the screen is PINCHED and the edges are approximately OAR (kinda). It's like watching families of pinheads all the time. When they pan over flooring or tile, it's like you're watching on drugs or something.
Ask Engadget HD: What's the best on the go HD camcorder? {Engadget HD}
Aug 6th 2009 4:26PM Just as a note to the purists, the "1080p" is actually 1440x1080 rectangular pixels that display at 1920x1080 on your computer and TV. Then again, you have to go 7-8x as expensive to get "true" 1080.
Ask Engadget HD: What's the best on the go HD camcorder? {Engadget HD}
Aug 6th 2009 4:21PM My wife just got back from China where she used a DXG-581V ($140ish) to take over 500 hundred stills and over 100 short movie clips in 720p and 1080p. That filled up about half of the 8GB SDHC card. Peter Jackson wouldn't be impressed with the quality, but then again, my wife isn't a cinematographer or film director either! The photos were actually better then I thought (8MP) and the video looked pretty decent on our 50" plasma. As far as audio - well, it will pick up the camera guys voice very well, but not much else unless it's louder than a speaking voice.
Ask Engadget HD: Can I subscribe to a service for just HDTV channels? {Engadget HD}
Jul 29th 2009 3:29PM Just remember, even with an "HD Only" package a large chunk of programming ON the channels is still SD and very little of that in the OAR.
Engadget HD's recession antidote: win an OmniMount Power55 motorized TV wall-mount {Engadget HD}
Jul 23rd 2009 7:29PM A motorized mount would make my wife and unborn son very happy!
Oppo BDP-83 pre-orders now open for all (in North America) {Engadget HD}
Jun 30th 2009 8:25PM If you took a look at more than just the little snippet above, you would see several reviews noted that you can play both of those.
Dallas Cowboys record breaking 1080p display caught on video before the stadium opens {Engadget HD}
May 7th 2009 11:11PM Is it my imagination, or were they showing stretch-o-vision on their new bijilion-dollar screen!?!?
DivX fills in the gaps and adds MKV support to Windows 7 {Engadget HD}
May 1st 2009 2:17PM Sorry Ben, but at least MOV does both. I would disagree with the article author's assertion that MKV is the "most popular file format online today". Unless you equate "online" with "torrents" that is.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_container_formats
$15,000 homebuyer tax credit could come back on its own {WalletPop}
Feb 16th 2009 4:48PM Except you should really read the fine print on these things. The Senate $15K rebate was NON-refundable. Meaning you would have to have owed $15K in taxes, or if you did it over two years $7.5k in taxes each year to get the full amount. For instance this year, even with a massive 1099, I only owed $6k in taxes. That's ALL I would have been able to get back. The $8K that passed IS refundable. I will get all $8k. (I'm under the $75K income limit and the house is over $80K.)
The current bill has a lower amount, but for those of us who are not loaded, the current compromise is actually better.
