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Netflix instant streaming demoed on PlayStation 3 (updated with more video!) {Engadget HD}
Nov 6th 2009 11:39PM I took a look at Pan's Labyrinth too, but it only looked dvd (at best on my 50") quality to me. But, It's so much better than the non-hd content they offer. The audio is still a weak point.
This implementation of Netflix worked much better than I expected, but I was connected to a 20 mb connection, not wireless. Why does W7 get passed over? I'll use the ps3 exclusively until they make the hd content available to Windows.
Overall it's on a par with most network programming hd content. Keep the bd discs coming, I want it all!
Kodak demolishes building, cameras still kinda suck {Engadget}
Jul 1st 2007 12:38PM I live in Rochester and they're demolishing the building for no reason other than to get the buildings off the tax books. They couldn't turn the buildings into condos because it's till in the middle of the sprawling complex called Kodak Park which is a secured facility. The area is probably way too polluted for condos anyway. Kodak used to be the major employer in Rochester 55,000. Now they're 2nd behind the U of R (University/Health Care)
Some of the folks that were downwind of the implosion caused a small stampede trying to get out of the way of the dust plume.
Make your own component video switch {Engadget HD}
Sep 5th 2006 10:31PM Or you could use any old rca rwy switch like I've been using for years. It doesn't switch audio, but neither does this... No soldering involved.
Panasonic Prez Sayz: Small market for high-def DVDs {Engadget HD}
Aug 22nd 2006 10:44PM No kidding Sherlock, that's basic economics. You don't sell many of anything at $999, but you sell a lot more at $99. I'm still waiting to see the fat lady in spandex at Walmart with the HD/BD-dvd player in her cart before I buy. Early adopters will buy some product, but you need to be selling millions of players, not thousands for the market to become important. Maybe I should get a job at Panasonic doing market forecasts?
As far as the ps3 being the savior of bd, how many kids are going to let their parents get near it? How many parents have enough money to put a hd gaming system on a hdtv for the kids? If they do, they'll have another/better tv that they'll be watching. Anyone that's serious about hdtv won't be doing double duty with a ps3 unless they're a single guy.
We may see sub-$1000 37-inch LCDs this year {Engadget HD}
Aug 1st 2006 7:46PM I already a sub $1,000 37" lcd, granted it is refurbed, but it seems to be new, no obvious flaws. It's a Philips, with cc, 2 hdmi and a ton of other features, $900 shipped. A friend of mine got the best deal though, a freebie 42" from T-mobile in a world cup giveaway.
LCD price drops could be ending soon {Engadget HD}
Jul 31st 2006 11:54PM Yeah, like competition is shrinking in this market. Until manufacturers abandon this market, lcds are going to fall and bring everything with them. Monitor companies are starting to get smart with their large lcds (for pcs) and put component input on them.
It won't be long before we see a $500 37" display...
Sony Playstation 3 Conference Details {Engadget HD}
May 8th 2006 10:40PM Hmm, hard to sell a blu-ray player at twice the price of a ps3! I think there's going to be a price adjustment in the stand alone blu-ray players the moment this gets released...
Commercial skipping to cost $8 billion in TV ads this year? {Engadget}
May 5th 2006 11:26PM Uhh, let's think back to how I used to watch tv before dvrs, oh yeah, I changed the channel when a commercial come on. What's the difference? Skipping a commercial or changing channels takes an effort on the part of the viewer (unless you have mythtv).
Guess what networks? If I am forced to watch a commercial with my 8300, I pop up a window and watch another channel! Maybe having 12 minutes (guess) of commercials an hour is too much?
Dell 2007WFP 20-inch LCD reviewed {Engadget}
Apr 29th 2006 9:08AM I just hooked mine up to my lg3510a dvd/stb via vga because it was handy. It displayed 720p without a problem, but it won't do 1080i. Then I decided to pop in a dvd and it wouldn't play, it put up a warning, I guess saying that the vga port wasn't hdcp. When I switched it to dvi, it worked. Who'd have tought they'd bother on plain old dvds.
It looks really good as a small hdtv.
HDTV Listings for April 22, 2006 {Engadget HD}
Apr 22nd 2006 8:17PM In Rochester NY, the geniuses at TW have blacked out the Sabres/Flyers inhd broadcast, I guess because OLN is showing it. Oh wait, they're partners, the inhd broadcast is oln. What a bunch of idiots.
