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Dish Network Kills Commercials with Auto Hop
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Dish Network has just added a new feature to some of its DVRs that may be the best thing to happen to TV since the DVR. The new feature is called Auto Hop and is only featured on the company’s Hopper DVRs.… |
May 12th, 2012
NHK & Panasonic Unveil 145″ Ultra High Definition 8K Display: I Sense Another Star Wars Boxset in the Near Future
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So you have a kick ass home theater setup, with a 72″ 3D HDTV as its centerpiece. I applaud your fat wallet. But if you want to keep being a great consumer, keep an eye on this new technology: a 145-inch Ultra High Definition plasma display. Either that or this… |
May 3rd, 2012
High-Voltage Plasma TV Burnout Is Spectactular, Dangerous
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After watching countless “will it blend?” videos, I was actually getting pretty burnt out on viewing the destruction of countless innocent gadgets. Maybe it was because of the monotony of watching stuff getting chopped up in a blender. For those of you who’d like to see some stuff destroyed in… |
March 27th, 2012
Energy Stream Radio&TV 120 Packs Internet Radio and TV in a Portable Package
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With services like Pandora, XM and Sirius, you might think FM radio is well beyond its heyday. You’d be right. But that doesn’t mean you still can’t listen to FM with a modern gadget. This handy pocket sized device from Energy Sistem combines an FM radio with media player and… |
February 12th, 2012
LEGO Factory to Be on National Geographic’s Ultimate Factories
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If you read the site much, you know we get all giddy when we run across things that are made from LEGO. Spaceships, cars, decorations, anything with LEGO as the building material will get our attention. My recent favorite was that giant rocket. I also like to watch Discovery Channel… |
January 21st, 2012
55-inch Sony Crystal LED Display Has 6 Million LEDs, Looks Spectacular
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I’m still rocking a several year-old plasma TV and thinking it might be time to step into a the normal LCD/LED backlit era. Now, Sony has already gone beyond that. The company has unveiled the next generation in LED TVs at CES and it is called the Crystal LED Display.… |
January 10th, 2012
Porsche 996 TV Entertainment Center, for Those Who Want a Third of a Porsche
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Looks like Carlsen has done it again. He has crashed his Porsche into his living room wall. May as well use the thing as an entertainment center now. Well, at least this butt end of a 2005 Porsche 996 will hold a 42″ flat panel TV.… |
January 2nd, 2012
Myth Confirmed: Mythbusters Shoot Cannonball Through Home
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Jamie and Adam have some explaining to do. While trying to bust their latest myth, they sent a cannonball through someone’s home in Dublin, California. This marks the first time that they have been busted before an actual myth.… |
December 7th, 2011
Marvel 3D Converter Turns 2D Video into Marvelous Anaglyphic 3D
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For those of us who purchased TVs without 3D capabilities, there’s pretty much not been a way to watch 3D content on these sets without buying a whole new set. This $60 gadget aims to change that, if not is a somewhat unusual way.… |
November 23rd, 2011
Apple iTV Television Concept Renderings Surface
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With all the rumors that Apple is now working on their own line of televisions, it was only a matter of time before someone would start circulating some concept images of what an integrated Apple TV might look like.… |
October 31st, 2011
