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Philips launches 9704 LED Pro televisions in the UK

Nov 21st 2009 11:06AM on Engadget

What Hi-Fi recently reviewed a bunch of 32 inch LCDs and proclaimed the Philips the best, even better than the Sony.

As far as I'm aware, Philips TVs are no longer sold here in Australia.

What a shame.

:(

Sony's 2010/2011 OLED and flagship XBR series LCD roadmap leaked?

Nov 16th 2009 8:27AM on Engadget HD

The XBR10 isn't Sony's top-of-line quality model (I hope). It's a wireless, white LED edge-lit LCD.

Better LCD technology exists (RGB local back-lighting) and Sony had it in their XBR8 .

If the XBR10 is the best TV Sony offers for the next year, I'll be very disappointed.

Sony's 2010/2011 OLED and flagship XBR series LCD roadmap leaked?

Nov 13th 2009 7:15AM on Engadget HD

This is encouraging.

I feared Sony were abandoning RGB local backlighting.

I hope this is true.

Details of 3D cable demo at Cable-Tec emerge

Oct 29th 2009 9:21AM on Engadget HD

Dear Engadget,

Can you please consider having another site call engadget3d.com?

I have no interest in 3D whatsoever. If I see another 3D article, I'm gonna scream!

I don't care what anyone says. Although considerably improved, 3D is still a lame money-grabbing gimmick, that does little to improve the content. It improves the viewing experience in some small ways, but detracts from it in others. Plus, wearing those damn glasses is distractingly annoying.

I'm interested in HD technology only.

Thank you.

Samsung's 40-inch LCD is world's thinnest at 3.9-mm, attracts magic pencils

Oct 26th 2009 11:03AM on Engadget HD

I'm not interested in a TV until it's so thin, it's transparent!

Seriously, what a joke.

Samsung appear to have addressed black levels with their latest local-dimming LED LCD. But LCD technology is still fatally flawed.

Instead of focusing on the thickness, they should be trying to increase the lame-ass viewing angles! Or scrapping LCD altogether and coming up with a technology that can be enjoyed by more than the person sitting directly in front of the screen.

Patriot's $130 Box Office 1080p media player streams on the cheap

Oct 19th 2009 2:32AM on Engadget HD

Dear Engadget, can you please get this parasite off the site ASAP?

Panasonic including DivX Plus HD (MKV) support into next gen Blu-ray players, TVs

Sep 12th 2009 7:09AM on Engadget HD

Panasonic are being a little lazy with their Blu-ray players.

Do they not know what Samsung is doing?

Give us a Blu-ray player with built-in Wi-Fi for streaming directly from our computer. That's what we really want.

Anything else is old hat.

Panasonic Full HD 3D experience eyes-on

Sep 11th 2009 1:43PM on Engadget HD

I too, have been severely disappointed with 3D thus far.

I'm seeing Up tomorrow, and I sincerely hope the 3D is effective and doesn't infringe upon the viewing experience.

I saw Beowulf in 3D. The picture was dull and blurry. I had to focus and concentrate intently on the image to see it clearly.

What's with all this 3D garbage anyway?

Why do we need better than razor sharp 2D 1080P? Isn't that good enough?

Who can be bothered to put on a pair of goggles every time to watch TV anyway?

58 percent of salespeople recommend Samsung HDTVs, 100 percent like big commission checks

Sep 11th 2009 1:00PM on Engadget HD

Samsung's marketing over the last year or so has been intense and pervasive.

I couldn't switch on my TV or surf the internet (especially Cnet!) without seeing the Samsung LED ad with the hummingbird (as pictured above).

Couple that with the ultra thin LED "wow/cool" factor, you can see why Samsung has surged ahead in the TV marketplace.

Eyes-on: Sony's XBR10 LCD and its wireless video streaming box

Sep 10th 2009 11:00AM on Engadget HD

Agreed.

Also, this obsession with thinness worries me. There's no room for decent speakers!

I'd prefer it if my TV didn't sound like a 1950's transistor radio.

Let the hive mind of Engadget get that for you.

"I just moved into a new apartment and have been reading about all of the new power strips out there, especially the green ones. I was wondering if you had any suggestions about which "green "power strips are out there with decent joules ratings. And when I say green, I mean power strips that have the remotes or switches to turn off all electricity flowing to certain plugs and with at least 2 plugs that are always on. I was looking specifically at sub $50 because I will need two, but if that is not possible I could be convinced otherwise. Thanks!"

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