Archive for May, 2007

Rosie home control modular system integrates it all

Tuesday, May 1st, 2007

Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment, Household

Though Savant Systems’ “Rosie” home control system is in pre-beta right now, its aims for the home automation and media server markets are still quite lofty, and the team seems to have the chops to back it up. The modular system is centered around the Rosie Server, which features dual […]

Ask Engadget: How do you shop for a HDTV?

Tuesday, May 1st, 2007

Filed under: Ask Engadget, HDTV, Home Entertainment
The week of Ask Engadget is still going strong. We’re committing a whole seven days to taking your questions — which you can hit up ask at engadget dawt com with — and putting the best ones up here for discussing by your fellow readers in the comments. Saturday […]

Sony spills new Bravia LCD and projector info

Tuesday, May 1st, 2007

Filed under: Displays, HDTV
Along with that leaked Sony laptop info we saw this morning, there’s word on some upcoming Bravia LCDs and projectors due for the UK this summer. Sony’s prepping two front projector models — the VPL-AW10 and VPL-AW15 — with 6000:1 and 12000:1 contrast ratios, 1300 lumens of brightness, and 1080/24p input via […]

Samsung’s 32-inch LN-T325H boasts ATSC tuner, 8000:1 contrast ratio

Wednesday, May 2nd, 2007

Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment

Samsung (among others) has certainly been on a contrasty trip of late, as just a month or so after hitting us up with a trio of Bordeaux LCDs that each sport a 15,000:1 contrast ratio, the firm’s latest 32-incher musters a not-too-shabby 8,000:1 itself. The LN-T325H LCD HDTV offers up the […]

Pioneer’s BDC-2202 $300 Blu-ray drive heads for the States

Wednesday, May 2nd, 2007

Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment, Storage
No more gazing jealously across the Pacific as those Chinese consumers gobble up cheap-as-free BDC-S02 Blu-ray drives from Pioneer. The new BDC-2202 will be available in the US next month, and can read Blu-ray at 5x, Blu-ray dual layer at 2x and reads and writes to DVDs and CDs as […]