News tagged with tv system
Latest 3D TV Technology Offers Interactive Control
(PhysOrg.com) -- Three-dimensional TV is now closer than ever to becoming a reality for consumers, and the latest research is investigating the full extent of 3D TV’s possibilities. In a recent study, researchers ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Mar 19, 2009 |
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HoloTV Images Jump off the Screen, into Tomorrow's Homes (w/Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Unlike today’s biggest and most realistic LCD and plasma TVs, 3D TV screens can project images that seem to float in mid-air beyond the screen. That means, for instance, that viewers could ...
Mar 12, 2009 |
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Better glasses-free 3-D: A fundamentally new approach
Nintendo's 3DS portable gaming system, the first commercial device with a glasses-free 3-D screen, has been available in the United States for barely a month, and it’s already sold more than a million ...
May 04, 2011 |
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Japan develops 'touchable' 3D TV technology
A Japanese research team said Thursday it had developed the world's first 3D television system that allows users to touch, pinch or poke images floating in front of them.
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Aug 26, 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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Supreme Court rejects appeal of 'must-carry' rule
(AP) -- The Supreme Court has declined to take up a challenge from cable television operators to the 18-year-old requirement that they carry local broadcast stations on their systems.
May 17, 2010 |
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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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Cable cos to share access on 50,000 Wi-Fi hotspots
(AP) -- Cable TV companies are trying to give their customers another reason not to cancel their service: better access to Wi-Fi hotspots.
May 21, 2012 |
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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 ...
Apr 09, 2012 |
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Cable cos. shut down interactive ad venture
(AP) -- The country's largest cable TV companies are shutting down the bulk of a venture that let viewers interact with TV ads, laying off 120 employees.
Feb 22, 2012 |
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3D television without glasses
When the boundaries merge between the action and the viewer, television becomes a special experience. Fraunhofer research scientists are optimizing the technologies that make it possible to watch TV in 3D ...
Sep 01, 2011 |
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Viacom, Cablevision settle suit over iPad TV app
(AP) -- Cablevision Systems Corp. and Viacom Inc., the owner of MTV and other cable TV channels, have settled a lawsuit over software that lets subscribers view Viacom channels and individual shows on demand on their iPads.
Aug 11, 2011 |
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Viacom sues Cablevision over iPad video app
(AP) -- Viacom, the owner of MTV, Comedy Central and other television channels, is suing cable TV distributor Cablevision over an iPad app that Viacom says streams video of its channels without permission.
Jun 23, 2011 |
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Comcast to sell Skype box for video calls
(AP) -- Comcast subscribers: In the future, believing that the TV is talking to you might not be a sign of insanity. You may be getting a Skype video call.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Jun 14, 2011 |
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FCC to study rules on cable-broadcast negotiations
(AP) -- Federal regulators want to do more to avoid TV signal blackouts caused by disputes over programming fees that pit broadcast television stations against cable companies and other pay TV operators.
Mar 02, 2011 |
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