- 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...
- Plasma TV, Games Consoles Guzzle Power
- Digital Trends News - June 3, 2008
- 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 if you think you power bills are too high, y...
- Best Buy Tests Free E-Waste Recycling
- Digital Trends News - June 2, 2008
- These days, electronics retailers are feeling increasing pressure from watchdog groups, municipalities, and even consumers to help clean up some of the so-called e-waste they help create: by peddling new phones, computers, televisions, and other gizm...
- Time Warner Cable Wants to Put Web on TV
- Digital Trends News - May 30, 2008
- Speaking at the a conference in New York, Time Warner Cable chief Glenn Britt said the company plans to offer subscribers a way to get Internet video on their living room TVs—and plans to offer wireless in-home networking via the company's cabl...
- Westinghouse Packs DVD into 40-inch HDTV
- Digital Trends News - May 23, 2008
- Westinghouse may not be the most-recognized name in the flat-panel television game, but they're doggedly trying to appeal to consumers who want straightforward, multi-functional entertainment. The new VK-40F580D tries to appeal to folks who want thin...
- Google Co-Founder Touts White Space Plan
- Digital Trends News - May 23, 2008
- Google co-founder Larry Page has gone to Washington in hopes of convincing members of Congress and officials at the Federal Communications Commission to allow a new class of unlicensed, low-power wireless devices that would operate in the "white...
- Set-Top Boxes May Anchor Home Networks
- Digital Trends News - May 22, 2008
- In a research report looking at the state of the IPTV industry, research firm Gartner forecasts that, in the future, PCs aren't likely to serve as the central hubs of in-home networks. Instead, set-top boxes—such as those offered by televisions...
- James Cameron: 3D heading beyond movies
- CNET News - May 20, 2008
- The legendary filmmaker tells a crowd of digital advertisers that the kind of three-dimensional experiences just making their way into film will also revolutionize television and gaming
- Sony's Rolly Pops, Locks, and Rolls to U.S.
- Digital Trends News - May 20, 2008
- Sony might be a purveyor of tried-and-true consumer electronics devices like televisions, computers, portable music players, and—of course—video game systems, but that doesn't mean the company is afraid to take chances and (ahem) roll out...
- Comcast Buys Social Network Site Plaxo
- Digital Trends News - May 15, 2008
- Cable operator Comcast has announced it will be acquiring pioneering social networking site Plaxo as a leg up to implementing social networking features across its television and, eventually, mobile platforms. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, bu...
- CBS to buy CNET Networks
- CNET News - May 15, 2008
- Television giant will purchase CNET Networks in a deal valued at $1.8 billion.
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