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THX developing automated audio-video adjustment tech {Engadget HD}
Jul 23rd 2007 1:40PM Hope you're not running cheap Kmart type calbes.
I'm running 'Time Correct-Magnetic Flux Tube' speaker cables at $15 per foot.
LG's Super Multi Blue combo burner reviewed {Engadget HD}
Jun 20th 2007 10:07PM HD DVD is dead, I will buy a dedicated Blu-ray machine.
A HD DVD/Laserdisc combo unit would be more appropriate for the HD DVD crowd.
Opera Audio's Ping weds CD player, amplifier, and USB connectivity {Engadget HD}
Jun 11th 2007 12:54AM Possibly a PS Hybrid Class A (HCA-2) power amplifier.
Using SDAT amplification the output Mosfets are off much of the time
reducing a lot of heat build up.
Onkyo teeters on HD DVD decision, ponders Blu-ray and combo player {Engadget HD}
May 20th 2007 2:46PM Come on guys, HD DVD has lost the battle.
Blu-ray it is!
Steinway & Sons, Peter Lyngdorf partner for high-end A/V equipment {Engadget HD}
May 16th 2007 10:02PM Why not have both?
Epson's EMP-X5, EMP-822 3LCD projectors disregard cool down time {Engadget HD}
Apr 27th 2007 5:22PM Seiko Epson Corporation has had 'Instant OFf' trademarked for their PowerLite Projectors, Epson's technology enabling users to turn off, unplug and pack up the projector immediately and safely without a cool-down period.
I'm not sure what 'direct shutdown' is adding to that.
30-inch OLED TV from Toshiba in 2009 {Engadget HD}
Apr 15th 2007 11:20PM That is Atsutoshi Nishida talking future again.
Remember Toshiba was going to have SED in production this year. Now Canon has bought out all Toshiba's share and Canon is having second thoughts of even starting contruction on the 180 billion yen plant for SED production.
Toshiba's CEO Atsutoshi Nishida has been known for the sales pitch ever since he was sent to Toshiba America Information Systems years ago to try and restore the Notebook division after losing out to Compaq's price war. Ony thing that really saved him on that was Toshiba bringing out the T-3400 at the right time.
Nishida has always been pushing growth since he was appointed CE of Toshiba. The Yokkaichi semiconductor plant to fab NAND flash chips was due to him and now Samsung and Hynix have grabbed market share.
Analyst John Yang of Standard & Poor's says "Toshiba has spread itself too thin to succeed at everything. "It has to make a crucial decision: Is it a chip company or not? It's trying to be a chipmaker and at the same time spend on TVs, PCs, CT scanners, and elevators. If Toshiba wants to survive or remain a major player a decade from now, it has to make a decision."
CNET gives the Panasonic TH-50PX77U plasma high marks {Engadget HD}
Apr 14th 2007 12:51AM From most reports this TV's display is great with DVD source and a 720p feed from ESPN, but it does not do 1080i very well. If your thing is FIFA on ABC or ESPN then get this, if you're into Major League Soccer on HDNet or CSN then look for a different set.
David Katzmaier's CNET reoport on the PX77U was tested in a darkened theater setting and they also did a service-menu level calibration.
The reports wasn't all good, like most plasma displays the Black-level retention was rated as POOR.
This false contouring issue with plasma displays makes LCD looking better nowadays.
Honeywell sues myriad of LCD TV makers for anti-flicker technology {Engadget}
Apr 2nd 2007 8:11PM I like how all this outsourcing is coming back to bite a lot of companies.
Company A develops a component,then out sources production to company B,
at the trade show the following year company A spots their technology in
company B’s own brand name product.
