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You’re Doing It Wrong: LG Unveils Retro TV with Channel and Volume Knobs

We live in a marvelous age. It’s so nice not to not have to get up off your butt to change the channel or turn the sound up. Who wants exercise? Besides, as a species, our fingers are probably stronger than they have ever been, hitting the keys on remotes and using our touchscreens.

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Tcl Shows 3d Display That Requires No Glasses

While everybody and their brother is showing off 3D display technologies here at CES, this is the first display I’ve seen up close and personal that doesn’t require glasses. Made by China’s TCL, this unique display uses a special set of lenticular LCD layers which let you see truly 3D images without any special eyewear.

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Sony Bravia Xbr Lx900 Tvs Get Face Detection to Adjust Image Quality

The new Sony BRAVIA XBR-60LX900, XBR-52LX900, XBR-46LX900 and XBR40LX900 have a feature I haven’t come across on any other set yet. These sets include a new feature called “Intelligent Presence Sensor,” which automatically detects faces of people viewing the set, and optimizes the picture for their viewing pleasure.

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Vizio Xvt Pro Razor 58″ LED LCD Gets 21:9 Aspect Ratio: Now That’S a Widescreen Tv

You’ve got to hand it to Vizio. 10 years ago, these guys were barely a blip on the radar screen, and now they’re one of the dominant players in the television business. Now they’ve got a new TV that’s gonna have you running to the store to return that new set you just got for Christmas.

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Tv Armor Protects Your Flat Screen Tv From Kids, Flying Wii-Motes, and Other Ufos

So you just plunked down thousands of dollars on that shiny new flat screen HDTV. But you’ve got kids, and they like to throw everything from the remote to peanut butter and jelly sandwiches around the room.

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Shuttle X50 All-in-One Flat Screen Pc Goes Barebones

The Shuttle X50 is a sleek, flat panel all-in-one PC – and now you can order one in a barebones configuration, which lets you put in your own choice of operating system, storage and memory to save a little money.

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Reactogon Interactive Sequencer Reminds Me of Star Trek

I recently came across this rather cool user interface for a music sequencer called the ReactOgon. Looking like something you’d find on the deck of the Starship Enterprise, the instrument uses a large tabletop multi-touch interface to create music sequences in real time.

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Philips Aurea Tv: Ambilight Gets an Overhaul

Philips Ambilight technology has been around for a few years now, providing flat-panel televisions with color-enhanced ambient backlighting. While placing lights behind of television screens has long been known to improve perceived contrast ratios and decrease eyestrain, Ambilight’s color-cycling was always a bit more superflous in my opinion.

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Hide Your Flat Screen Tv in Your Fireplace

For those of you who want to have a big flat-panel TV and want satisfy the wife/girlfriend factor too, this new fireplace could be just the trick. This innovative fireplace designed by Picture House lets you conceal your flat-panel LCD or Plasma behind the fireplace when not in use.

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Vizio 47-Inch 1080p LCD HDTV Sets Under $2k

One of the best deals going in flat panel televisions has been from Vizio. Last year, I picked up one of their 50-inch plasma sets (1366×768 resolution) at Costco for around two grand, and have been duly impressed by the price-to-performance value on these sets.

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Philips Shows 100-Inch LCD With Ambilight

At this week’s IFA consumer electronics show, Philips showed off a prototype 100-inch LCD FlatTV complete with their Ambilight Full Surround technology. For those not already familiar with Ambilight, it provides an array of colored LEDs as a backlight source behind the set.

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2D/3D LCD Screen in the Works

LG is working on a 42-inch LCD monitor capable of displaying images in either 2D or 3D without glasses, by simply toggline a switch. At this time, there are no other details on the technology or when a release is expected.

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New Sony Vaio Combines Tv and Pc

Sony’s latest attempt to combine a flat panel LCD with a PC has resulted in the svelte new VAIO LS1 TV/PC. The new system combines a reasonably powerful computer into the back of a flat-panel 19-inch WSXGA+ (1680 x 1050) LCD display.

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You’re Doing It Wrong: LG Unveils Retro TV with Channel and Volume Knobs

Tcl Shows 3d Display That Requires No Glasses

Sony Bravia Xbr Lx900 Tvs Get Face Detection to Adjust Image Quality

Vizio Xvt Pro Razor 58″ LED LCD Gets 21:9 Aspect Ratio: Now That’S a Widescreen Tv

Tv Armor Protects Your Flat Screen Tv From Kids, Flying Wii-Motes, and Other Ufos

Shuttle X50 All-in-One Flat Screen Pc Goes Barebones

Reactogon Interactive Sequencer Reminds Me of Star Trek

Philips Aurea Tv: Ambilight Gets an Overhaul

Hide Your Flat Screen Tv in Your Fireplace

Vizio 47-Inch 1080p LCD HDTV Sets Under $2k

Philips Shows 100-Inch LCD With Ambilight

2D/3D LCD Screen in the Works

New Sony Vaio Combines Tv and Pc

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