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Police to auction off nitrous-fueled, motorized La-Z-Boy {Engadget}
Oct 26th 2009 2:10PM This brings back fond memories of Roundhouse on Nickelodeon--a sketch comedy show that was a mashup of In Living Color and high school theater. The generic "Dad" character tooled around on a motorized La-Z-Boy.
HDTV Listings for September 30, 2009 {Engadget HD}
Sep 30th 2009 7:15PM Lindsay Price of "Eastwick," formerly of "Lipstick Jungle." "How I Met Your Mother" fans will recognize her as Chatty Cathy from "Spoiler Alert," and Josh Radnor's real-life girlfriend.
Entelligence: 3D may fall flat {Engadget}
Sep 8th 2009 8:19PM The real next step the consumers are waiting for--and what manufacturers should be focusing on--is improving the technology to make more affordable TV sets. Now that we've got one HDTV in half the households, it's time for manufacturers to make putting that second, third, or fourth widescreen TV in the house more appealing, and get those who haven't adopted HDTV yet to jump aboard. $500 for a decent (32"+) screen is still too much.
Scratch-n-Scroll noteable mousepad puts the "do" back in "To Do" list {Engadget}
Sep 6th 2009 6:24PM Levi: No, not magnadoodle. Clocker's talking about the childhood toy that TavisJohn better describes below--basically a waxy piece of black cardboard covered by a translucent plastic sheet. Pressing on the plastic sheet with a stylus of some sort makes the black cardboard show through. I had one as a kid as well.
Blu-ray Disc Association (still) working on a 3D standard, promises 1080p & backwards compatible discs {Engadget HD}
Sep 3rd 2009 12:07AM What they need to do is something akin to YouTube's approach--give the manufacturers and consumers the power of choice. Just encode the two video streams (left and right) on the disc as-is, and let the player and/or the display do the crunching when it comes to the method of bringing the 3D to the viewer. If you've got a regular TV set, the player will generate an anaglyph image; if you've got a Sony with shutter glasses, it'll generate the appropriate signal; if you've got a polarized projection system, the player will do that, too. This means the companies won't have to standardize their tech and get into another format war, the consumer will choose the tech that's best for them (and upgrade if they want), and they'll all work with the same 3D-Blu disc.
Tricorder PMP-09 won't analyze data or call Starfleet, will lift your spirits with music {Engadget}
Aug 18th 2009 1:16AM ::snort:: ::nerd voice:: Looks more like a Mark VII to me. Mark X? What a bunch of Pakleds.
Ask Engadget: Best pocket-sized camcorder out there? {Engadget}
Aug 14th 2009 1:15AM Got a Vado HD and am happy with it, but I'm looking forward to getting a Kodak Zi8 because of its external mic input, something that's sorely lacking in many low-priced camcorders (pocket-sized and otherwise).
Nintendo shatters dreams, has "no plans" to ship black Wii console in USA {Engadget}
Jul 16th 2009 3:25PM http://www.xbox-modchips.com/wii-casemods.htm
$40, couple of tiny screwdrivers, a truckload of patience (there's a lot of tiny screws), and you're good to go.
Nintendo shatters dreams, has "no plans" to ship black Wii console in USA {Engadget}
Jul 16th 2009 3:21PM There's a couple of 3rd party casemods out there. I've had a Black Wii for about a year now. I don't have the neat black controller, but the thing goes in the big Wiimote condom anyway.
Engadget HD's recession antidote: win a ZVOX Z-Base 550 soundbar {Engadget HD}
Jul 16th 2009 12:24PM My proposal to fix the world economy boils down to two words: FIX IT! Find someone to fix it, pay him to fix it, help him out if he needs help fixing it, and once he's done fixing it, it'll be FIXED!
