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If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to our RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Philips Electronics has developed a three-dimensional television that does not require glasses! 
 
The prototype combines slightly different angles of the same image to create video that appears to have different depths. 
At its annual presentation of corporate research Tuesday, the company [...]

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It was only a matter of time before we saw the successor to the HT-CT100, a 3.1 speaker combo system from Sony. Now you have the option of bringing those golf ball size speakers to your Home-Cinema with the release of the HT-IS100 series: 
 
The HT-IS100 includes 4 tiny speakers of 43×43mm (70g), offers a total [...]

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Check out the long awaited Sony Bravia V4000 series LCD. 
 
These Full-HD models will be available in 40”, 46” and 52” ans will feature a dynamic contrast ratio of 33000:1, 24p True Cinema, a TNT TV tuner, Bravia Sync, 3 HDMI ports and the new Bravia Engine 2. 
Although these puppies look slick, i can’t wait to [...]

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Napster has launched the world’s largest online music store without digital rights management (DRM). 
More than six million tracks will be sold as MP3 files, from all of the major record labels and independents. 
The songs will play on any MP3 player, including iPods, and can be burnt to CD and transferred to other devices. 
Napster boss Chris [...]

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Come July, Sharp will release three new Blu-Ray DVR (Digital Video recorders) in Japan - The BD-HDW30 with 1TB of storage, the BD-HDW25 (500GB), and the BD-HDW22 (250GB). 
 
 
 
All three DVRs record video in MPEG-4 AVC/H.264, with three different BR (4.8, 8 and 12Mbps), have both digital and analog TV Tuners. They don’t support AVCREC and [...]

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Now this is what i call Home Cinema - Samsung’s 82 inch LCD TV with an Ultra Definition panel! 
 
The resolution of the UD (aka 4K x 2K) LCD Panel is 3,840 x 2,160px and is guaranteed to give those Full HD models a run for their money. This badboyl managed to get 120Hz technology and [...]

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Ignore the rumours, the official word is here - Sony has confirmed that the PlayStation 3’s PlayTV digital video recorder (DVR) add-on will be available in four months’ time. 
Last month, a sales page for the product appeared on Amazon UK stating PlayTV would be available from the end of July for £70.  
Sony swiftly [...]

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The popular iPlayer is coming to a TV near you following a recent deal between BBC and Virgin Media. 
By simply tuning to any BBC channel and pressing the red button Virgin Media customers can access the iPlayer and catch up with their favourite shows from the past seven days. TV titles available include ‘Top Gear’, [...]

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Now we’re talking Sony, this is the type of integration we expect to see on the heels of your promise to cash in on portable video after losing the audio battle to Apple. As a Blu-ray recorder, the BDZ-A70 features all the in/outs you’d expect, a 320GB (the new BDZ-T90 offers 500GB) disk with the [...]

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REM has announced that it’s going to debut its new album through social networking service iLike.
REM will allow users of the site to stream music from its new album, Accelerate, for six days before the official launch of the album on 1 April.
As well as listening to the album through the site, fans will also [...]

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Freevo 1.7.6 has been released, the latest version of this great media centre app. From the changelog it seems there has been quite a decent number of changes and additions.

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Check out this the Sony “micro TV” concept design: 
 
The new “micro TV” by Tokyo Fiber was developed in a similar fashion as the 1960’s SONY version of their mini TV’s. However, with this new design, all senses are impacted. This Micro TV is covered in fabric and can fit in the palm of your hand. [...]

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CinCity 2000 has posted the entire pilot episode of Fox’s upcoming Terminator series Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles!! 
For those who are a little confused about what a pilot episode is, here’s a brief explanation: courtesy of Wikipedia: 
A television pilot is a test episode of an intended television series. It is an early step in the [...]

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Prepare for a gamegasm PS3 owners because the PS3 will soon allow you to playback DivX files!! 
 
Gizmodo met with DivX yesterday to discuss their upcoming plans, and one of the topics that came up was support for the Playstation 3 console. According to the company, they expect the previously announced firmware update to hit the [...]

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Japan saw the release of a 1seg tuner earlier this year and soon Japanese PSP owners are going to be able to use their PSP consoles to record their TV favourites! 
 
The new functionality will be available with firmware update 3.80, which will be released on December 18th in Japan. Once it comes, PSP owners will [...]

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