News tagged with digital video

Gadgets: Even in a recession, you gotta have tunes

Back in the mid 80's I bought my first component stereo system, which included Klipsch speakers. To this day they perform as well as the day I got them.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jun 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

HDMI 1.4: New video cables will connect TVs to the Internet

(AP) -- Digital video and audio cables, similar to the ones that already connect TVs to DVD players, cable boxes and receivers, will soon come with a new capability: connecting those devices to the Internet.

Technology / Telecom

created May 28, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Dish Network 1Q profit rises 21 percent

Dish Network Corp., the second-largest satellite TV provider in the U.S., surprised investors Monday by posting first-quarter results that were not as bad as feared. Earnings rose by 21 percent on the back ...

Technology / Business

created May 11, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Company pulls plug on 'Fallujah' video game

(AP) -- The publisher behind a video game based on one of the Iraq war's fiercest battles has pulled the plug on the title, called "Six Days in Fallujah."

Technology / Software

created Apr 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Soft hardware for a flexible chip

(PhysOrg.com) -- Technology is struggling to meet demands for high-performance, specialised computing systems. A European consortium is responding with a new kind of reconfigurable chip that is both efficient and flexible.

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Apr 21, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1

TiVo DVR viewers bypassing 10 p.m. slots

New research indicates viewers who use digital video recorders to watch their favorite broadcast TV shows tend to watch shows recorded between 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. -- and many of them appear to be skipping 10 p.m. telecasts ...

Technology / Other

created Apr 15, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Netflix links online DVD service to Facebook

Netflix has linked to Facebook, and Blockbuster is making films available on-demand to users of TiVo digital recorder devices as the US DVD rental giants continue an Internet-age duel.

Technology / Internet

created Mar 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Cisco buys Flip Video maker

US networking giant Cisco Systems Inc. announced on Thursday it was buying Pure Digital Technologies, maker of the popular Flip Video camcorder, in a deal worth more than 600 million dollars.

Technology / Business

created Mar 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

'Digital living room' getting closer

The digital living room is still under construction, but consumers can now get a glimpse of what it might look like.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Mar 11, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Roku teams with Amazon to stream videos

Roku, maker of a $100 box that delivers streaming Netflix videos to consumers' TVs, is teaming with Amazon.com to vastly increase the number of movies and TV episodes consumers can watch through the device.

Technology / Internet

created Mar 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Samsung Introduces Pair of 12 Mega-Pixel, 24mm Ultra-Wide Angle Compact Digital Cameras

Samsung Electronics today unveiled two new 12 mega-pixel compact digital cameras boasting 24mm ultra-wide angle Schneider lenses. Samsung’s new TL320 raises the bar for innovation in the digital imaging industry ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Feb 24, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Engineering graduate student narrows gap between high-resolution video and virtual reality

(PhysOrg.com) -- With their immersive 3D capabilities, virtual-reality environments (VEs) provide the kind of intense visual experience that two-dimensional digital televisions could never to live up to. But ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Feb 04, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (15) | comments 2

Ideal set-top box would combine DVR, wireless and remote access

Each week in the space I review gadgets and electronics and tell you which ones are worth buying. Frankly, it's a selfless job where I try to put your interests above my own. But now it's my turn.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Dec 31, 2008 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (3) | comments 2