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HDTV Almanac - Happy HD New Year!

By Alfred Poor • 18 hours ago

Happy New Year!
While there are plenty of gloomy topics floating about in our world these days, high definition television is not one of them. We survived the transition to digital broadcast of television programming (more or less) and now many viewers can enjoy HD shows for free over the air. HDTV prices fell another 20% [...]

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HDTV and Home Theater Podcast - Podcast #406: Predictions for 2010

By The HT Guys • Dec 31, 8:22pm

Each year we try to look into the future and predict the state of the industry. The last few years we have been about 30% accurate but that doesn't stop us from trying. With technology moving so fast its difficult to know where its going to end up in just one year but its still fun to try!

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HDTV Almanac - LCD HDTVs: Speed Hertz

By Alfred Poor • Dec 31, 1:00pm

The LCD HDTV business is highly competitive, and profit margins are razor thin for the manufacturers. They keep looking for ways to increase margins with new features, but the competition rapidly beats back any attempts at getting more money for differentiation. A case in point is the efforts to reduce blurring of moving images on [...]

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DIRECTV HD and Movie Choices to Get a Lift With Successful Satellite Launch

By Shane Sturgeon • Dec 30, 4:27pm

As the DIRECTV 12 satellite soars into space following its successful launch today, DIRECTV customers will soon see a stellar lineup of new HD channels and movie choices.

When the satellite begins operations in the early second quarter of next year, it will be among a fleet of five powerful, HD satellites delivering an unprecedented array of programming and other services to households across America.

The new satellite will boost DIRECTV's HD capacity by 50 percent, to more than...

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HDTV Almanac - Itsy Bitsy HDTV Spider

By Alfred Poor • Dec 30, 1:00pm

My friend and touch-screen technology expert Geoff Walker sent me a link to an interesting site. Price Spider scours the Web for prices on popular product categories such as HDTVs. It then can present you with a list of sites and their prices for a specific product. Nothing special so far. But the site also [...]

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HDTV Almanac - Fox vs. Time Warner

By Alfred Poor • Dec 29, 1:00pm

I’m an unabashed fan of the Philadelphia Eagles NFL football team. Once again, the final game of the season is against the Dallas Cowboys, and the outcome will have a major impact on the playoffs leading to the SuperBowl. And the way things are headed, Time Warner cable subscribers may not get to see the [...]

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HDTV Almanac - Prices Holding Steady

By Alfred Poor • Dec 28, 1:00pm

If Santa didn’t put a flat screen in your stocking, you don’t need to cry or pout, as the good prices on LCD and plasma HDTVs seem to be hanging around like the extra pounds gained from holiday cheer. I’ve checked a couple price watch sites, and conducted my own unscientific scan of a stack [...]

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HDTV and Home Theater Podcast - Podcast #405: Listener Q & A

By The HT Guys • Dec 25, 2:25pm

Merry Christmas to all and to all another HDTV Podcast episode. May your tree be full of gifts to help you enjoy HDTV and Home Theater even more this coming year and may your stocking overflow with great gadgets.

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HDTV Almanac - Happy Holidays!

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By Alfred Poor • Dec 25, 1:00pmGeneral Interest

HDTV Almanac - Broadcast Battle

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By Alfred Poor • Dec 24, 1:00pmGeneral InterestCable & Satellite

HDTV Almanac - Avatar Is Box Office Boffo!

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By Alfred Poor • Dec 23, 1:00pmGeneral Interest

HDTV Almanac - LG Gets Super Skinny

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By Alfred Poor • Dec 22, 1:00pmGeneral Interest

LG Electronics, Samsung Electronics, Sony Pictures Entertainment and Valens Semiconductor to Launch the HDBaseT™ Cross-Industry Alliance

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By Shane Sturgeon • Dec 21, 7:20pmWireless HDMI/HDTV

HDTV Almanac - Milennials Want Mobile TV

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By Alfred Poor • Dec 21, 1:00pmGeneral Interest

Disney's Toy Story 3 to be Released in IMAX(R) 3D on June 18, 2010

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By Shane Sturgeon • Dec 19, 1:43am3D HDTV

HDTV Almanac - Almost Silent Night?

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By Alfred Poor • Dec 18, 1:00pmGeneral Interest

HDTV and Home Theater Podcast - Podcast #404: 2009 Prediction Results

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By The HT Guys • Dec 18, 7:41amGeneral Interest

Blu-ray Disc Association Announces Final 3D Specification

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By Shane Sturgeon • Dec 18, 2:40amBlu-ray3D HDTV

HDTV Almanac - The Ultimate Living Room PC

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By Alfred Poor • Dec 17, 1:00pmGeneral Interest

NXP Announces Support for 21:9 Cinema-like Display

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By Shane Sturgeon • Dec 16, 6:01pmTechnology