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Toshiba …just announced the first combination HD DVD burner/hard disk recorder. The recorder has a massive 1-terabyte drive, allowing for up to 130 hours of high-definition recording, with the ability to archive up to 230 minutes of high def content to a single HD DVD disc.

In addition to HD

The folks at Cytonix Corporation claim they’ve got a solution to rainy/snowy-day satellite dish outages with their new WX2100 …spray-on coating.
According to the company, “WX2100 is a long-lasting, super hydrophobic coating that repels rain, snow and ice, keeping satellite dishes and radomes dry even in heavy precipitation and preventing

For those who absolutely need have to have EVERY channel, DirecTV …has introduced its Titanium package The package includes every premium channel, every movie channel, every pay-per-view movie, every sport channel, every adult channel every HDTV channel and up to 10 HD DVRs. The price: “only” $7500/year
DirecTV claims this

Three companies in Germany demoed their prototype Cinevision 2006 digital movie theater system yesterday with a 10 megapixel resolution.…

LCD panels have traditionally been lagging behind CRT monitors in terms of color response, saturation, accuracy and overall black-level response.- However, a company named eCinema Systems has announced a new LCD technology that it claims surpasses CRT in virtually every respect. [via Dailytech]…

With all the news about larger and larger LCDs, plasmas and RPTVs, it’s nice to see that front projection is alive and well. The story here is miniaturization thanks to super-bright LED projection technology. Mitsubishi has had a similar projector for about a year now, and Sony is now releasing…

Want the look of a flat-screen? Want a HUGE screen? Don’t want to mortgage the house for the world’s largest plasma display?
Optoma has released it’s unique Bigvizion modular 1080p DLP rear-projection system. These displays are recess-mounted into your wall, providing the clean lines of a flat-screen, while offering massive…

Sony will be releasing their first laptop to include a built-in Blu-ray drive by the end of June. The VAIO AR Premium Edition will include an Intel Core Duo CPU, 17-inch widescreen monitor, 1GB RAM and a copy of “House of Flying Daggers” on a Blu-ray disc.
MSRP is $3499…

OPPO Digital…, makers of the amazingly well priced ($199 USD MSRP), well reviewed upscaling DV971H DVD player has just announced the release of it’s baby brother, the DV-970HD. This new model actually includes a built in HDMI interface (rather than the DVI in it’s predecessor), universal audio format support

After 2005′s success with their acclaimed SXRD (Silicon X-tal Reflective Display) rear projection televisions, Sony announced their 2006 models. These new sets are available in more sizes (50″, 55″, 60″ & 70″), with the smaller models removing the controvertial “dumbo ear” speakers found in the 2005 model. If you’r looking…