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Vote for HDTV of the year
There is nothing new about us linking to ourselves, it is practically a Engadget commandment, but even we aren't so vain that we don't second guess writing a post for the sole purpose of linking to ourselves. But in the interest of our loyal Engadget HD fans who don't read classic Engadget, here goes (yeah, there are probably only two of you). Of all the Engadget awards, the one you guys just have to have your voice heard is: the HDTV of the year award. There are not many surprises on the list, but once again the age ol' battle of the best technology rages on and now is your chance to get behind your horse, so follow the link to stand up and be counted.
Xbox 360 getting an HDMI port soon?
[Via Engadget]
Engadget: Samsung's BD-P1000 launch party
Engadget gets to have all the fun. They got the invite to yesterdays launch in NYC for the first Blu-ray player on the market - the BD-P1000. They have some nice pics up of the event over on their site. It seems like it was just a lot of Blu-ray/Samsung marketing hype to us so maybe they aren't as lucky as it seems. They rounded off the event with a Terminator 2 1080p demo on what Engadget called "a huge freakin' plasma." Plus, the room had some cool Philips'ish ambient lighting. Check out the link for tons of pics.
Engadget: Top five HDTVs
Engadget's weekly column, The Clicker, ran a topic that might be of interest to most of you. They have taken some of the pain out of shopping for a new HDTV. They have five very good HDTVs and provided a good explanation of why they are special and what makes them better then others. Plus, to make it a bit more fun, Engadget style, they have put a celebrity to each HDTV. For example. The Westinghouse LVM-42W2 is number five on their list because of its great value and name. In other words, it is rail thin, cheap and comes with a former high-end name- like Paris Hilton. See, now isn't that fun.Bet you can't guess who goes with #1. (hint: the HDTV is a high-end projector)
Solid state TDEL flat panel HDTVs -- still -- coming soon
Cheaper than LCDs and plasmas plus better picture quality in a 1-inch thick flat panel HDTV? That's what iFire has been promising for a while now and it may be one step closer to reality. Their parent company Westaim hopes to bring the thick-film dielectric electroluminescent technology (TDEL) screens to market in 2007 at a price point of less than $1000 for a 34-inch model. It involves no gases, liquids or vacuums and requires no backlighting. Instead the materials are layered directly onto the glass which they say provides better PQ and a wider viewing angle, with half the production cost of LCDs. Much like the fabled SEDs which we still haven't seen, we've been looking out for these since Engadget first mentioned them in 2004. If/when either technology debuts, it will be very interesting to see how it affects the existing high definition flat screen market.
Qosmio HD DVD-equipped laptop shipping this week
If you can't find an HD DVD player because they're all sold out you'll soon have another option. Toshiba is shipping the Qosmio G35 AV650 laptop this week. It also features a 2Ghz Core Duo processor, two 100GB hard drives in a RAID setup, 1 GB of RAM, NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600 videocard and HDMI output. All that plus Windows Media Center Edition adds up to 10 lbs of weight and $3000 lighter in the pocket. [Via Engadget]
CustomFlix burns HD-DVD, Blu-ray on demand
So you're a small content producer who wants to release high definition video, but can't pick a format for fear of alienating half your customers? No problem. CustomFlix (who also just announced deals to provide DVDs of niche TV shows) will store a digital copy of your content, and burn it onto Blu-ray, HD DVD or WMV-HD disc whenever a customer wants to buy one. They also provide services for customers who choose their own set of clips from the database, and burn a DVD with whatever you want on it.You can already buy some HDNet programs from Amazon via this service, with the other two formats to be added "soon". Hopefully this type of service can alleviate the situation detailed in The Clicker, where smaller providers are locked out because they can't afford to support HDTVs.
Zenview: Not QuadHD but still impressive
You know whats better than a 24" Samsung 1920x1200 LCD screen with component inputs? 6 (Is that the number of the day or what?) 24" Samsung 1920x1200 LCD screens with component inputs.
$12k gets you the screens above on a desk stand, the Zenview Command Center Elite seems like it would be perfect for.....well anything. We honestly can't imagine blogging on anything else. Sure it doesn't have the zip zoom pow of CMO's offering, but we'll
[Via Engadget]
WWJD? Results @ Engadget
Because the day isn't complete without a Mac rumor, and in lieu of more real Apple rumors, Engadget decided to have their readers make some up. In answer to the question "What Would Jobs Do?" in his surprise announcement tomorrow, readers created their own potential Apple products.
Although it only garnered an honorable mention, this one was our favorite for obvious reasons. Check out the rest, there are some really talented and funny photoshoppers out there.
High definition DVD launches are back on again
In the on again-off again world of next
generation DVD formats, everything appears to be on again. The AACS conflict from last week has been settled with an
"interim" agreement that will allow manufacturers to start making players. With that, HD-DVD should be on
shelves in late March, followed by Blu-ray in May. Excellent, the day when HDTV owners can buy high priced, high DRM but low functionality DVD players is nearly upon us, are you guys excited yet?
[Via Engadget]
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Even the manufacturers don't know what is going on
More than a week later and I'm still trying
to find out what Viiv is all about and why I should be excited. I'm not even the only one, our friends at Engadget
have posted their reasoning for why no
one knows the secret of Viiv, making for an entertaining read at the least.Also, over at CE Pro they're recounting just a few of the flubs and missteps live presentations had at CES, according to Intel with Viiv they have succeded in "making the PC more PC like". Yeah great job on that one guys.
