News tagged with tv sets
TV outside the box: Using cell phones, new system would let TV programs spill off the screen (w/ Video)
Augmented reality is an emerging discipline that uses handheld devices to superimpose digital data on the real world: If, say, you're in Paris and point your phone at the Eiffel Tower, the tower's image would ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Apr 12, 2010 |
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Remote control pushed aside by gesture-sensitive devices
The remote control has never been much beloved. If it's not getting lost or running out of batteries, the device - and its inscrutable buttons - is confusing some family member or acting as a totem in an argument about what ...
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Jan 25, 2012 |
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Logitech pulls plug on Google TV set-top boxes
Logitech has pulled the plug on Google TV set-top boxes, saying consumers just aren't ready for the device which merges television and the Internet.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Nov 11, 2011 |
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Google tunes Internet television offering
Google on Friday set out to breathe new life into its moribund Internet television platform.
Oct 28, 2011 |
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Tablets, 3D in focus at future-shaping Taiwan IT show
The question of how to get 3D technology into every living room and a tablet computer into every hand is set to dominate Asia's largest IT fair which opens in Taiwan next week.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
May 29, 2011 |
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'Google TV': Sony unveils TVs with Google's Web-surfing system
Sony Corp.'s lineup of sleek televisions boasting Google Inc.'s Web-surfing system will go on sale Saturday, testing how much consumers are willing to pay to combine access to the entire Internet with their ...
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Oct 12, 2010 |
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Review: A better Apple TV doesn't beat competition
(AP) -- Apple is a pioneer in many fields, but in the race to connect our TV sets to the Internet, it's been lagging badly.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Oct 06, 2010 |
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1962 glass could be Corning's next bonanza seller
(AP) -- An ultra-strong glass that has been looking for a purpose since its invention in 1962 is poised to become a multibillion-dollar bonanza for Corning Inc.
Aug 01, 2010 |
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Sony to stop selling ultra-thin organic TV in Japan
Sony said Tuesday it would stop selling in Japan an ultra-thin television using organic materials because of sluggish demand, in a setback to its efforts to regain a reputation for innovation.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Feb 16, 2010 |
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Calif. requires TVs to be more energy-efficient (Update)
(AP) -- California regulators adopted the nation's first energy-efficiency standards for televisions Wednesday in hopes of reducing electricity use at a time when millions of American households are switching ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Nov 18, 2009 |
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TV makers hope thin is in for newest sets
(AP) -- Lee Richman installs high-end home theater systems that can cost as much as $170,000. Lately, he's noticed that some of his clients - or their interior designers - are perking up when they hear about ...
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Jul 06, 2009 |
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100 million TVs will be Internet-connected by 2016, report predicts
Soon, the living room TV will become as hyper-connected as the people watching it.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Mar 23, 2012 |
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Apple event begins where new iPad expected
(AP) -- Apple has begun an event in San Francisco where it's expected to reveal a new iPad model. There's been speculation of an updated tablet with a speedier processor, a sharper screen and an option for ...
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Mar 07, 2012 |
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Verizon-Redbox deal adds to online video choices
(AP) -- A new Internet streaming venture built around Redbox's DVD-rental kiosks adds to a crowded field of online video-viewing services dominated by Netflix.
Feb 06, 2012 |
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Sony quits organic-screen TV business
Sony Corp. has discontinued production of TV sets with organic electroluminescence (EL) display panels, widely seen as the mainstream panel to be used in next-generation flat-screen TVs, it was learned Saturday.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Jan 09, 2012 |
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