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Rejoice Japan! 1Seg TV Tuner coming to DS Lite

9:25 am PDT • October 25, 2007

Nintendo of Japan knows that if the ability to watch TV on a portable console is possible, it must happen. Thus, it should come as no surprise that a 1seg…

Let’s face it. Sometimes trying to get a video from your computer onto your television can be a cumbersome process. A product from Sandisk called "TakeTV" recently appeared on Buy.com’s…

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George Lucas working on 'Star Wars' TV show

9:15 am PDT • October 17, 2007

It’s not quite what you think, though. Sorta, maybe. "The Skywalkers aren’t in it, and it’s about minor characters. It has nothing to do with Luke Skywalker or Darth Vader…

Envision makes fairly good TVs for not much money. This 32-inch model is about $500 online right now and it has a built-in digital tuner and two HDMI in ports.…

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Toshiba announces 30-inch OLED TV by 2009

11:15 am PDT • October 3, 2007

Toshiba isn’t about to let Sony get the upper hand in the television market. Yesterday, Sony announced an 11-inch OLED TV that is only 0.3-inches thick, has a 1,000,000:1 contrast…

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World Series Of Video Games Tomorrow On CBS

12:41 pm PDT • July 28, 2007

Get this. CBS Sports will air the World Series of Video Games at noon tomorrow. That’s right, smack dab in the middle of all the golf, baseball, and auto racing…

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ABC Launches HD Streaming Beta

10:01 am PDT • July 26, 2007

Those of you who are keen to watch Lost or Grey’s Anatomy know ABC has been kind. For over a year now, ABC has let users stream episodes of all…

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Joost Scores Major VH1 Deal

12:24 pm PDT • July 9, 2007

Looks like hotshot startup Joost is gaining even more credibility as a true alternative to standard television. It just struck a deal with VH1 that will allow Joost to showcase…

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Sling Releases SlingPlayer Mobile For WM6

10:48 am PDT • June 21, 2007

Just a quick heads up to anyone with a new HTC Touch perhaps and a Slingbox. Sling Media released a new Windows Mobile 6 version of the popular SlingPlayer. You…

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LG Sues Hitachi

10:52 am PDT • June 18, 2007

I really wanted to use the title “Big Trouble In Little China” but this showdown is taking place in both South Korea and the US. LG has filed suit in…

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JVC Unveils World's Largest HDTV

11:24 am PDT • June 8, 2007

Football fans can rejoice knowing that there is now an even bigger screen to watch Tony Romo fumble on. Now you can experience failure on a 110-inch rear-projection screen of…

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NBC Wants You To Embed Videos

8:53 am PDT • June 6, 2007

http://www.nbc.com/Video/export/swf/nbcsyndpl.swf?id=snlbackstage With YouTube still growing every day, online video is in extremely high-demand. Don’t offer video? Keep movin’. It’s a Web 2.0 world and people want content. NBC has caught…

Now that flat-screen TVs are popping up everywhere, it makes sense to take advantage of them to the fullest. After all, you might not be watching that much television, but…

As a general rule, journalists (particularly us of the tech stripe) go gonzo when trying to proclaim something a new “trend.” We take one example of a hit YouTube video…

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Idol And Apple Partner For Fundraising

2:48 pm PDT • April 26, 2007

You may have caught the American Idol episode dubbed “Idol Gives Back.” It featured a bunch of famous recording artists and celebrities doing songs with Idol contestants and what not.…

TV obsessives take note: the fine folks at Technovision unveiled a 205-inch Luxio LCD TV at CeBIT. (And to think people were drooling over 108-inch TVs at CES earlier this…

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New Version Of Wiimote Out In Stores

2:10 pm PST • February 26, 2007

Well, not quite. This is the Weemote 3 from SmartHome – a special remote designed for little kids so they don’t go watching scary flicks like Texas Chainsaw Massacre. An…

Sling Media’s Slingbox is one of those products that you might not grasp the necessity of until you use it–like a tablet PC, TiVo or condoms. For the uninitiated, the…