- Sharp Shows Solar-Powered 26-inch LCTV
- Digital Trends News - July 4, 2008
- At next week's Hokkaido Toyako Summit, Japanese electronics giant Sharp plans to show off a prototype low-power 26-inch LCD television that consumes about a quarter of the power of a conventional 28-inch LCD panel, along with a new triple-junction th...
- AT&T and Dish Network Parting Ways in 2009
- Digital Trends News - July 2, 2008
- AT&T and Dish Network have had a deal since mid-23003 to sell a "triple-play" package of satellite television, telephone, and Internet service in a combined offering. However, the company has informed Dish Network that, as of the end of it year, ...
- AMD Revives All-in-Wonder Video Card
- Digital Trends News - June 27, 2008
- When chipmaker AMD took over ATI back in mid-2006, one of the first things it did was cancel the ATI All-in-Wonder, a moderately priced video card that combined graphics acceleration with an integrated television tuner. Now, AMD is bringing it back, ...
- JVC Touts Thinnest LCD TVs with Tuners
- Digital Trends News - June 24, 2008
- JVC has announced that, beginning in July, it will begin offering two new LCD HDTVs in its Procision line that claim to be the world's thinnest LCDs with integrated television tuners. Or, at least that was true way back in January when JVC first show...
- Matsushita Planning 37-inch OLED TVs?
- Digital Trends News - June 24, 2008
- According to the Japanese trade daily Sankei Shimbun, electronics giant Matsushita—still in the process of transitioning its corporate identity to its better-known sub-brand Panasonic—is putting the finishing touches on plans to mass-prod...
- YouTube Embraces Indie Film
- Digital Trends News - June 20, 2008
- As video sharing site YouTube gets closer and closer to consumers' living room television, it's no surprise the service is trying to come up with ways to offer higher quality content than, say, teenagers doing karaoke via a Web cam or eight years-old...
- Sharp Puts 108-Inch LCD TV on Sale in Japan
- Digital Trends News - June 13, 2008
- Electronics manufacturer Sharp has announced it is now accepting orders in Japan for business and commercial use of its mammoth 108-inch LCD television, which the company claims is the world's largest LCD panel. Sharp plans to deliver a unit to the S...
- Jillian Michaels Fitness Game Coming to Wii
- Digital Trends News - June 12, 2008
- Majesco Entertainment has announced they will be bringing Jillian Michaels' Fitness Ultimatum 2009 to the Nintendo Wii, combining the video game system's innovative wireless controller and Wii Fit Balance Board accessory in a celebrity fitness regime...
- Turning the TV into a 'social-media center'
- CNET News - June 11, 2008
- Like Microsoft and Apple, start-up Boxee wants to tie televisions to computers, eventually enabling users of social networks to update their profile through a living-room set.
- AU Optronics Unveils Record-Breaking LCDs
- Digital Trends News - June 9, 2008
- After delivering the world’s first convex LCD last week, AU Optronics let its remaining R&D secrets slide from its sleeve at Display Taiwan 2008 on Monday. The world’s second-largest manufacturer of TFT-LCDs unveiled the world’s...
- Vizio Sued Over MPEG Video Patents
- Digital Trends News - June 6, 2008
- A number of the world's leading manufacturers of high-definition televisions haev filed a patent suit against low-cost HDTV maker Vizio, claiming the company is violating some 15 patents key to supporting MPEG-2 video in its products. According to th...
- Sony Intros XBR LCD TVs, Hooks Up YouTube
- Digital Trends News - June 6, 2008
- Sony has introduced seven new high-definition LCD televisions in its Bravia XBR line, all featuring Sony's Triluminos LED backlighting and local dimming for improved contrast. What's more, the new models range from 30-inches all the way to a whopping...
- Comcast: 100 Mbps Internet Coming by 2010
- Digital Trends News - June 6, 2008
- Speaking at the Merril Lynch U.S. Media Conference in London, Comcast senior VP of investor relations Marlene Dooner said the company plans to offer cable Internet customers bandwidth up to 100 Mbps in most of its markets by early 2010—and some...
- Digital Trends Week In Review 06/06/08
- Digital Trends News - June 6, 2008
- Plasma TV, Games Consoles Guzzle Power Australian consumer agency Choice took a look at the amount of power consumed by 16 common electronics devices, including notebook computers, stereo systems, DVD players, televisions and game consoles. And ...
- RadioShack Offers DTV Converter with Analog
- Digital Trends News - June 5, 2008
- With the impending doom of analog television, many smart TV watchers are taking the government’s advice and buying digital-to-analog converter boxes in preparation for the switch to digital-only broadcasting. But what if your favorite station h...
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