Sure, it's hard to imagine a reason for most people to pick up a DMP-B15 over a cheapish Blu-ray playing laptop -- the thing is monstrously thick, and can't even handle a traditional laptop-style screen orientation, only everything but -- but the hardware is reliable enough for kids to handle on the road, and the single-use makes it a good home Blu-ray player for plugging into that second HD-starved TV.
She is also, rather surprisingly, promising to get a HD-ready LCD TV in place in time for all the TV viewing.
With industry-leading products such as the ultimate 55-inch OLED TV, the world's first-to-ship 84-inch Ultra HD TV and the most advanced 3D Smart TVs in the market, LG is setting a high bar by demonstrating that superb picture quality is its top priority.
ENGADGET: LG's 55-inch OLED HDTV ships in Korea next week, has 100 pre-orders so far
Customers have access to the most HD channels, the most international channels, state-of-the-art interactive TV applications, and award-winning HD and DVR technology including the ViP 922 SlingLoaded DVR, the world's only DVR with TV Everywhere functionality.
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The KDL-W900A LED HD TV leverages the highest level of MotionflowTM XR for the best experience when viewing fast- moving action.
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The Wall Street Journal recently reported that Apple is working with Sharp (OTC: SHCAY) and Hon Hai Precision (better known as Foxconn) to produce a prototype, flat-screen HD TV, but it is unclear how far along Apple is in the process.
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Consumers flocked to HDTV because of falling set prices and the massive volume of HD content available from pay-TV service providers like Comcast and Time Warner Cable.
And LG will be introducing two new sizes - 55-inch and 65-inch - to its Ultra HD TV lineup this year.
ENGADGET: LG's 55-inch OLED HDTV ships in Korea next week, has 100 pre-orders so far
The new app will allow Verizon FiOS TV subscribers to access 26 live HD channels directly through their connected LG Smart TV or Blu-ray Player without any additional hardware required.
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Nothing replicates the HD quality of TV or the earth-shattering surround sound.
An integration of ICC (Integrated Cognitive Creation) technology, developed by I3 (I-cubed) Research Center, and Sharp large-screen panel technology that gives a resolution four times that of conventional full HD LCD panels, the ICC-LED TV reproduces the cognitive process by which the human brain interprets light stimuli, resulting in on-screen images that approach true-to-life quality.
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ESPN2-HD (720p): Hot Rod TV (6:30 p.m.), NFL Live (7 p.m.), College Football Live (7:30 p.m.), CFB: Marshall vs.
The J PC runs a Core 2 Duo or Athlon 64 FX, Windows Vista Ultimate, 8GB of DRAM, NVIDIA GeForce 8800GTX 768MB of RAM, 2TB of 7, 200 SATA storage, Blu-ray or HD DVD drive and plenty more trimmings like a 7-inch built-in screen, TV tuner and 7.1-channel sound.
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By the end of the year, GetGlue HD will be able to control Direct TV channel-changing.
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This year, it added all-new algorithms that can handle native UHDTV content or up-res HD to 4k, both in non-realtime for quality, or realtime to convert standard 2D TV to 3D on-the-fly.
Falling prices for Blu-Ray and HD DVD players have helped, as has the expanding availability of HD programming from TV broadcasters and cable and satellite companies, which has conditioned more consumers to expect high-def picture quality, Holden says.
No SDTV support-- not every TV in our house is HD after all.
Hulu Plus will deliver a library of high-definition (HD) content including full seasons of popular TV shows and blockbuster movies from nearly 150 leading content companies.
There's plenty to talk about this week, and we kick things off with a lot of internet-related discussion -- Apple turned loose HD video purchases, Amazon has some HD TV show sales, and Netflix opened up its Facebook Connect program.
"This is a great day for our customers because our best-in-class HD offering just became even better with HD movies and TV shows now being offered by Amazon Video On Demand, " said Tara Maitra, vice president and general manager of Content Services and Advertising Sales at TiVo Inc.
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"The electronics industry's groundbreaking launch of 4K Ultra HD TV has given us reason to even further elevate our Blu-ray offering, " said David Bishop, President, SPHE.
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Samsung's 85-inch UHD TV, the world's largest commercialized UHD LED TV, boasts life-like picture quality in ultra HD resolution with over 8 million pixels, four times the resolution of Full HD displays.
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Following the successful launch of its 84-inch 4K LED TV in September 2012, Sony is expanding its 4K UHD XBR LED TV line by adding 65-inch and 55-inch screen sizes to the X900A series of 4K Ultra HD TV, with four times the resolution of Full HD (3, 840 x 2, 160 pixels).
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Download to own: For the first time you can download-to-own or rent full movies and TV shows in SD or HD formats.
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Then we have a company called Shahmoon TV whose Street Ads use large HD video posters to bring big-screen advertising to small scale stores, enabling businesses to interact with passers-by, feed live information, and communicate directly with those consumers.
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The TV ads will be in high-def and only on Discovery HD, INHD and HDNet.
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This make life easier, with that HD-out feature a no-brainer to access, Sony's created a TV launcher that springs to life when connected to HDMI and is navigable via mapped function buttons on your remote control or the phone's own display.
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This in contrast to the HD-DVD demo which was in the back of a store on a much less expensive TV in less than ideal lighting conditions.
The introduction of Internet-ready HD TVs in the next few years presents a major threat of disintermediation for TV operators (cable, satellite, and telecom companies), as consumers will be able to access high-quality online video directly through their HD TVs.
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Now the Slingbox 500 and Slingbox 350 raise the bar by delivering a superior HD quality video experience, making it easy for them to watch and control their home TV -- virtually anywhere.
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