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Comcast Begins National Launch of X1: Next-Generation Cloud Enabled Television Platform and Introduces the X1 Remote Control App
21 May 2012 1:00 PM | No CommentsPHILADELPHIA & BOSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Comcast, one of the nation’s leading providers of entertainment, information, and communications products and services, announced today it will launch its next-generation television experience, Xfinity TV on ...
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Comporium’s “Cable Show” Exhibit #1323 Features Home Management and Security System
18 May 2012 8:33 PM | No CommentsBOSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Comporium today announced that it will feature its award-winning Central Station Monitoring Service for the interactive security and home management system powered by...
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Pocoyo “Gets Caught Reading” with Actor Stephen Fry in Association of American Publishers National Campaign
17 May 2012 1:47 PM | No CommentsMADRID–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Pocoyo, the little boy in blue who has captured the hearts of children and their parents the world over, and actor/writer/presenter Stephen Fry, who narrates the animated Pocoyo television series,...
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Comcast Brings Family and Friends Closer Together with the Launch of Skype on Xfinity
16 May 2012 5:00 PM | No CommentsPHILADELPHIA–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Comcast today announced that Skype™ on Xfinity®, a new widescreen HD video calling experience, is now available in Boston and Seattle as the company begins its nationwide rollout of the...
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Taiki Has Made Preservative Free Mascara Formulas Possible
10 May 2012 3:11 PM | No CommentsMONTVALE, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Taiki Group, a premier, global leader of skincare and make-up beauty tools, products and packages has developed the first antimicrobial mascara, with EcoG+, an antimicrobial resin that allows ...
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shutter glasses Archive
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GamePro leak reveals Killzone 3 will be in 3D
Posted on May 22, 2010 | No CommentsBesides sports and movies, videogames are expected to be another huge driver for 3DTV, and Sony is apparently ready to get behind it with one of its showcase franchises for the PlayStation 3, Killzone 3. Featured as a cover story in this month's GamePro the entire game is compatible with today's 3D HDTVs using active shutter glasses (of course) but there's no exact word on the formats being used. Check the Gamespot forums or look for the issue on newsstands June 1 for more info.
GamePro leak reveals Killzone 3 will be in 3D originally appeared on Engadget HD on Sat, 22 May 2010 11:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Panasonic’s 50-inch TX-P50VT20 plasma reviewed: ‘The best 3D TV to date’
Posted on May 12, 2010 | No CommentsWe can see a time in the future, the very near future, where reviews of 3D HDTVs will lose their novelty. But, for now, they're still rare enough to warrant some attention, and so let's take a look at TechRadar's take on Panasonic's first 3D entry, the Viera TX-P50VT20. It's a 50-inch, 1080p plasma that excels as an HDTV, delivering great quality images -- even with SD content. When it comes to 3D the set similarly shines, supporting all of today's various modes of delivering multiple perspectives in a way those active-shutter glasses can decipher. Indeed, it was only those glasses themselves that really scored low marks, said to be uncomfortable to wear and, with their tinting, doing some unfortunate things to the color balance. Still, if you absolutely must have 3D right now, this looks like the best way to do it... for the moment.
Panasonic's 50-inch TX-P50VT20 plasma reviewed: 'The best 3D TV to date' originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 12 May 2010 10:29:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Engadget HD Podcast 192 – 05.11.2010
Posted on May 11, 2010 | No Comments
It must be The Cable Show week, because we've got lots of news regarding your local TV providers, from new FCC regs allowing for Selectable Output Control, a new tru2way guide from Cox to debate over how people use DVRs and what the future of TV is. We've got some Blu-ray chat as well, from the newly 5.1's classic Psycho to DVD2BLU changes, plus what's coming up -- and what isn't -- from DirecTV. We'll wrap things up with Samsung and Panasonic's 3D glasses conundrum, new Energy Star requirements and a bit of dreaming about the HDTV we will have, or the home theater we wish we had.
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Hosts: Ben Drawbaugh, Richard Lawler
Producer: Trent Wolbe
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02:57 - FCC will let the MPAA disable analog outputs, kind of
12:20 - Cox "Plus Package" brings advanced Trio UI, 500GB multiroom DVR and more HD channels
17:56 - Study finds commercial-skipping DVRs don't affect purchases, 'TiVo effect' may not exist
23:20 - Mark Cuban foretells Netflix demise, sees a future filled with on-demand video
29:05 - Cablevision starts "limited deployment" of network DVR
30:37 - Psycho gets 5.1 surround for the first time on Blu-ray
36:00 - Warner's DVD2Blu trade-up program gets bigger, cheaper (maybe)
41:05 - DirecTV Q1 results are great for profits, multi-room viewing and RVU -- but not DirecTiVo
44:44 - DirecTV quickly signs up the first baseball 3D broadcast
48:05 - Samsung and Panasonic 3DTVs use same active shutter glasses tech, but are (mostly) incompatible
50:38 - Energy Star 4.0 goes into effect for HDTVs, puts 'em on a diet
54:09 - Electronic House crowns 2010 Home of the Year award winners
58:25 - Ask Engadget HD: How do I take my home theater to the next level?
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LISTEN (OGG)Engadget HD Podcast 192 - 05.11.2010 originally appeared on Engadget HD on Tue, 11 May 2010 12:25:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Samsung and Panasonic 3DTVs use same active shutter glasses tech, but are (mostly) incompatible
Posted on May 5, 2010 | No CommentsAt a recent London shindig to promote its 3D television sets, Samsung revealed that the active shutter glasses used to view its glorious, mighty, breathtaking 3D content are based on the same technology as Panasonic's, only they're reversed. That is to say, using your Sammy 3D specs to view Panasonic's 3DTVs won't work -- unless you flip them upside down. You read that right, the two companies have opted for different implementations of the same technology, resulting in the farcical outcome that glasses will be interchangeable between their sets only if you're happy to wear them upside down. How that's gonna help the 3D takeup effort, we don't know, but Samsung R&D chief Simon Lee does see a light at the end of this dim, poorly focused tunnel, stating that manufacturers are likely to agree a common active shutter glasses standard "as early as next year." You might wanna look XpanD's way if you want universal compatibility before then, or away in disgust if you're already tired of all the absurdity surrounding 3D.
Samsung and Panasonic 3DTVs use same active shutter glasses tech, but are (mostly) incompatible originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 05 May 2010 03:43:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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