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A TV 4 times sharper than HD

Now that you've got a high-definition TV, you may want to start saving up for a super-high-definition one.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Apr 26, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (12) | comments 48

Key to Netflix's future: better recommendations

(AP) -- Netflix executives John Ciancutti and Todd Yellin are trying to create a video-recommendation system that knows you better than an old friend. It's a critical mission as Netflix faces pressure from ...

Technology / Business

created Apr 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Bravo plans 'Silicon Valley' reality show

(AP) -- Randi Zuckerberg, the sister of Facebook's founder, is working with Bravo on a TV show about Silicon Valley.

Technology / Other

created Apr 06, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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

created Jan 25, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

TVs getting 'smarter' but maybe not better

If last week's Consumer Electronics Show is any indication, the next major computing device to enter consumers' homes will be a "smart" television - whether viewers like it or not.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jan 20, 2012 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 8

TV, movies & motion at the Consumer Electronics Show

Another International Consumer Electronics Show has come and gone, and although there was no earth-shattering news, there were some fun and interesting developments among the deluge of new mobile phones, laptops, tablets, ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jan 20, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Good wingmen fib for a friend

It could be called the wingman theory or the Barney Stinson principle (after the character played by Neil Patrick Harris on hit TV show How I Met Your Mother). A University of Alberta researcher says that – like Barney ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jan 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Gadget Watch: Control a PC with body motions

(AP) -- Don't trash your keyboard and mouse just yet. But three companies at the International Consumer Electronics Show demonstrated depth-sensing cameras that let you to control your computer by moving ...

Technology / Software

created Jan 13, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

'Smart TVs' offer new windows onto the Internet

Goodbye boob tube. Hello smart TV.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jan 13, 2012 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 4

User interface revolution coming to computers, TVs

Control your television with your voice or a wave of the hand. Run your laptop with your eyes.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Jan 12, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Gadget Watch: 55-inch OLED TVs from Samsung and LG

(AP) -- Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc. are showing off 55-inch TV sets that use organic light-emitting diodes, or OLEDs, instead of plasma or liquid crystals.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jan 11, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Apple's TV presence is strong at CES, though it's not there

At the Consumer Electronics Show, models walked around with large, lightweight flat-screen televisions showing vivid nature scenes, executives waved next-generation "magic" remote controls and audiences were treated to demonstrations ...

Technology / Business

created Jan 10, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

LG presents large-screen cinema 3D Smart TV line-up

LG Electronics unveiled an entourage of 3D excitement at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. Led by the 55-inch 3D OLED TV and the 84-inch 3D Ultra Definition (UD) TV, LG will present a wide ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jan 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Netflix unveils video service in UK, Ireland

(AP) -- Netflix's Internet video service made its debut in the United Kingdom and Ireland Monday as part of a previously announced expansion that is expected to saddle the company with its first annual loss in a decade.

Technology / Business

created Jan 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

TVs you can talk to, without sounding crazy

Talking to the TV is usually a sign of extreme agitation, mental instability or loneliness. TV manufacturers are set to make it a more rational behavior this year, with a range of sets that respond to speech.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jan 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0