Archive for April, 2007

Apple TV running full version of OS X

Sunday, April 1st, 2007

Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment
We all knew it was just a matter of time until someone figured out how to run a full blown version of OS X on an Apple TV, but who’d a guessed it would only take eight days? Semthex from hackint0sh has wrote a “processor emulation for the kernel”, which was […]

Toshiba to release two Regza-series LCDs for Europe

Tuesday, April 3rd, 2007

Filed under: Displays, HDTV
What with Sony announcing two new Bravia series LCDs for the European market to go with the new PlayStation 3s, Toshiba had to jump in with two new lines of their own — for connecting to HD DVD players, naturally. The X-series will start off at 40- or 46-inch sizes, and have […]

Panasonic’s HDC-SD3 and HDC-DX3 bring the H.264

Tuesday, April 3rd, 2007

Filed under: Digital Cameras, HDTV

You know that pair of Panasonic 3CCD AVCHD camcorders recently announced for the US? Yeah, the HDC-SD1 and HDC-DX1. Well, you might want to give a tug on your wallet reins cowboy ’cause Panny just announced their HDC-SD3 and HDC-DX3 (pictured) HD camcorders. Besides bringing new desktop software to the show, […]

LG / Harris announce In-Band mobile DTV system

Tuesday, April 3rd, 2007

Filed under: Cellphones, HDTV, Home Entertainment, Portable Video
Ah, yet another technology that looks oh-so-promising from the onset, but quickly becomes dulled when wading through the technical jargon required to understand it. So is the case with digital television broadcasting, but Harris Corporation and LG Electronics don’t seem to mind the complexities involved in establishing a […]

VESA approves DisplayPort 1.1: kiss those DVI and VGA ports goodbye

Wednesday, April 4th, 2007

Filed under: Digital Cameras, Displays, Handhelds, HDTV, Laptops, Media PCs, Portable Video, Tablet PCs

Get ready for hot, hot convergence kids ’cause the DisplayPort 1.1 specification was just approved. The new VESA-approved digital interface standard is meant to replace DVI and VGA ports while co-existing with HDMI for HDTV connectivity. As you can see in the […]