Archive for June, 2010

The iPhone's display blows away every other display we've ever seen

In resolution and detail that is — there has been a lot of fuss about the iPhone 4's new so called retina display and now that we've had some time to check it out ourselves we have to say, there hasn't been enough fuss about it. As videophiles we understand that resolution isn't ev……

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Back to the Future's 25th Anniversary celebrated by a Blu-ray box set October 26

The Back to the Future trilogy is coming to Blu-ray for its 25th Anniversary, with a boxed set hitting stores October 26. There's apparently two hours of new extra content, with plenty of BD-Live and U-control features baked in. Back to the Future.net reports these should be great looking and s……

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Blu-ray releases on June 29th 2010

We're always up for a good comedy or documentary and this week there is both on Blu-ray. First on the lighter side Hot Tub Time Machine fits our rule of thumb regulating time travel in movies. Then up next is the BBC's How the Earth Changed History — which has two of our favorite topics in ……

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Samsung 3DTVs put to the test with World Cup, Monsters vs. Aliens and… iCarly?

Of course we've talked 3D to death and back, and we've seen several reviews and previews, but Technologizer took some time out to grab a more “man on the street” impression of the technology. With a mini focus group intact they checked out the Samsung Experience in NYC, taking time to focus ……

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How to force your DirecTV receiver to output 3D

The entire point of frame compatible 3D is the ability to send a 3D signal via 2D equipment so that only the source and the display itself needs to be 3D aware. Now for a reason that we can't comprehend, DirecTV decided to try to make things simple and in the process completely disabled 3D for ……

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Poll: When did you join the HDTV ownership club?

Since you're reading this, we'll guess that you have an HDTV (or three) in your possession but not everyone got on board the movement at the same time. So let it be known, did you suffer through the early days, with only a few channels, watching the Olympics a day behind and no HD movies on ……

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Popular TV shows disappearing from Netflix streaming queues? – Update: Fixed

And not just things that should go, like season 2 and on from Heroes. We're getting reports (and have noticed in our own queues) that things like 30 Rock, Lost, The Office……

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Google Maps, Facebook come to Samsung TVs & Blu-ray players

We still don't know if Samsung will put Google's Android into its TVs, but it has recently launched Google Maps and Facebook as a part of its existing Samsung Apps platform. There aren't a lot of details in the press release (included after the break) but buyers of most of the 2010 ……

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Sony releases Blu-print 6 software for mastering Blu-ray 3D movies

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs on Blu-ray 3D doesn't make its retail debut until next week, but you can get a taste of the tools used to make it right now, as Sony has announced the availability of its Blu-print 6 and Z Depth software packages. The latest version of Blu-print adds “Profil……

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Ask Engadget HD: Home theater on a $2,500 budget?

Keeping with our recent theme of more frugal home theater efforts, this week our question is similar to the pie in the sky dreams of a few weeks ago, but with a very down to earth monetary restriction. Our friend Thomas has space for a home theater setup, but not a lot of cash to use to fill it……

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