Japanese hardware sales, Feb. 22 – Feb. 28: Oscar primer edition
March 7, 2010 – 7:54 pm | No Comment

[Image via The Stub ] If you’ve been avidly following the Hollywood scuttlebutt this past week, you’ve probably heard of an event which is unfolding at this very moment: The 82nd Annual Academy Awards. We know how badly you guys want to be able to talk about the Oscars whilst chatting over your place of business’ water cooler, coffee pot or rodeo clown make-up station, so we’re here to help you understand the Awards ceremony in terms you’ll find easily understandable: The Oscars are the Spike TV Video Game Awards, but for movies. The similarities between the two events really are pretty striking — the awkward presentation by the cast of the Jersey Shore and Mike Tyson will surely be paralleled by the Oscars’ pairing of Young Starlet A and Lecherous Old Comedian B. While the VGAs have scantily-clad, off-season Victoria’s Secret models hand out their awards, the Oscars assign that task to off-season actors , who spend a majority of their on-stage time wondering whether or not this will be the closest they’ll ever come to holding…

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Sony launches EX300, EX500, and EX700 Bravia TVs in Japan
January 20, 2010 – 3:29 pm | No Comment
Sony launches EX300, EX500, and EX700 Bravia TVs in Japan Your HDTV comparison list just got a little longer, with Sony announcing a big long line of new Bravia LCDs of all shapes and sizes. Lowest end is the EX300, with 22-, 26-, and 32-inch models that all sport 1,366 x 768 resolutions, a suite of silly colors (white, pink, brown, and black), and prices ranging from
LG Magic Motion gesture control HDTV remote hands-on
January 11, 2010 – 5:53 am | No Comment
LG Magic Motion gesture control HDTV remote hands-on Packed in with LG's new top of the line LCD, the 3D capable, LED backlit LE9500 is a new RF remote that users wave, Wii-style, to operate the onscreen menus. There's also a standard IR remote for universal remote compatibility and the very necessary lazy bastards who don't want to lift their arms to change the channel compatibility. Check out a quick demo from the CES show floor after the break. LG Magic Motion remote ...
Sharp introduces Quad-Pixel HDTVs
January 7, 2010 – 7:36 pm | No Comment
Sharp introduces Quad-Pixel HDTVs [CES 2010] Sharp has introduced HDTVs with 4-element pixels in a bid to radically improve color rendering. Most Ts have 3-elements pixels (red, green, blue), but Sharp has red, green, blue and yellow. It's a bit the same idea found in color inkjet printers. While most colors are composed, it helps to have variants of the primary colors handy. The more variants you have and the more accurate the final compositing is. It's a gross description, but ...
Sony touts spiffy HDTVs, cool camera, Chumby chumminess
January 7, 2010 – 11:40 am | No Comment
Sony touts spiffy HDTVs, cool camera, Chumby chumminess Sony's CES 2010 press conference started with a short serenade from off-key teeny bopper singer Taylor Swift, and winded its way through a boatload of new products from the Japanese consumer electronics giant. Sony's courtly chairman and CEO Sir Howard Stringer touted Sony's commitment to 3D from lens to screen, the "monolithic" Bravia line of HDTVS, and lots of new video and still cameras. Our faves? The Sony Bloggie, a USB video camera knockoff of the Flip Mino ...
Live from LG’s CES press event
January 6, 2010 – 10:32 am | No Comment
Live from LG’s CES press event 11:31AM No Jim Nantz?11:30AM LG is shifting its focus from featurephones to smartphones in 2010 -- looks like the LG Expo is just the beginning, or so they say. Like college hoops? Expect to see lots of LG ads during CBS broadcasts. Sports analyst James Brown is on screen talking the "Something Better" company line.11:28AM Now it's time for a staged Q&A with the marketing guys... ...
Skype Goes 720p, Jumps Onto LG and Panasonic HDTVs [Skype]
January 5, 2010 – 12:51 am | No Comment
Skype Goes 720p, Jumps Onto LG and Panasonic HDTVs [Skype] Big news from Skype: They're making a push for better video quality, with both new HD webcams and software support, but that's not the biggest deal here. They're also partnering with LG and Panasonic for Skype-enabled HDTVs. The new Skype 4.2 beta can achieve better quality video than ever before: 1280 x 720 resolution at 30fps. They've also got a line of HD webcams (hardware from faceVision and In Store) that pack video encoding and processing onboard, so as not to confound your ...
Hold everything — HDMI 1.3 gear will work with 3D
December 28, 2009 – 9:53 am | No Comment
Hold everything — HDMI 1.3 gear will work with 3D Remember how I've been telling you not to buy a new Blu-ray player, to wait until new 3D Blu-ray players with HDMI 1.4 connectors become available? Well, forget all that. The HDMI Licensing group has solved at least the Blu-ray side of the 3D problem. All devices with HDMI 1.3 and an upgrade connection method — Blu-ray Live decks (including PS3), satellite receivers and cable set-top boxes — can be upgraded to output 3D. However, as with all things, ...
Some Sunday deals for your perusal
December 27, 2009 – 3:32 pm | No Comment
Some Sunday deals for your perusal Didn’t get what you wanted over the holidays? Still have a little money left in the bank? Here’s a handful of enticing deals for some lazy Sunday shopping. - Refurbished 2GB Sansa Fuze for $23 (Woot.com) - Xbox 360 Arcade for $179 (Amazon via dealnews) - New Super Mario Bros. Wii for $40 (Best Buy via FatWallet) - Spaceballs Blu-ray for $9 (JR.com via dealnews) - Xbox Live ...
How To Guides: The Best of 2009 [How To]
December 26, 2009 – 7:30 am | No Comment
How To Guides: The Best of 2009 [How To] As any diligent weekend reader knows, we don't just find and explain the news around here, we like to do stuff; hack things; make gadgets better. Here's the cream of this year's how to guide crop: Make Your PC and Mac Share Stuff Like Best Friends: Getting PCs and Macs to play nice over a home network seems like ...
TimeGate sues SouthPeak for alleged breaches in publishing agreement
December 23, 2009 – 4:44 pm | No Comment
TimeGate sues SouthPeak for alleged breaches in publishing agreement Chalk up another frustrated party accusing SouthPeak of wrongdoing. The company has been sued by Section 8 developer TimeGate, which alleges that the publisher has withheld royalty payments and entered into a PS3 licensing deal on the game with Russian company IC, an arrangement that TimeGate claims SouthPeak had no right to make. In legal documents obtained by Joystiq, TimeGate also alleges that this SouthPeak T-shirt promotion was ...