Today’s deal of the day comes to us via Dell’s official eBay account… Where they appear to be liquidating a number of new 32″ Sony Bravia LCD HDTVs. We’re probably in agreement that 32″ is too small to act as a primary television. However, it could be a reasonable size for a bedroom or den. … Read more
Amongst all the dazzling new televisions and parade of tablet devices, there were two products and services that clearly stood out during my abbreviated CES journey. FiOS TV… As An App While we saw at least three methods of bypassing the cable box at CES, none excited me more than the Verizon FiOS TV approach. … Read more
Zagg was present at the ShowStoppers CES event Thursday night… sans their yet-to-be-released ZaggBox. The one we took a look last year appeared to have an interesting industrial strength feature set along with possibly industrial prices. Zagg tells me they’ve brought a new person onboard to hit the CEDIA crowd hard to work distribution deals and expect … Read more
We haven’t spent much time discussing the new OnLive gaming service, as I’ve had difficult time seeing how a micro-gaming console ($100) could find momentum situated somewhere between casual smartphone or iPad gaming and the Xbox/PS3 contingent. However, as OnLive’s game library is streamed from the cloud, integrating into the upcoming connected Vizio VIA Plus HDTV line … Read more
Vizio’s begun dropping details on their 2011 lineup, including what could be a defection from Yahoo connected services in favor of Google’s broader ecosystem… which corresponds nicely with a Vizio expansion into mobile gear. This year Vizio Internet Apps (VIA) will become or be augmented by VIA Plus, their take on Google TV. While the … Read more
Our big move begins today, although the movers don’t actually arrive until next Saturday, and I’ve been debating how to best handle our television situation. At the time of purchase our bedroom and living room HDTVs were top notch and reasonably sized for their respective placements (and eras). But bigger is better… Except when it’s … Read more
Today’s question of the day comes to us via Rick in the comments: Do you know of a way to get an HDMI signal into a TiVo like device? I would like to record my own stuff and watch it with instant replay etc. Do you know of a solution? This is an interesting topic … Read more
Well, this is unexpected. When Vudu dramatically shifted course to de-emphasize their own hardware in favor of a licenseable software platform, I figured their original set-top would wither and die. As it turns out, the companies did right by their customers and have ported the newer appilicious Vudu experience in its entirety to the early … Read more