With spring just around the corner, it’s time to clear away the cobwebs and get your house back in shape. In addition to windows, walls and floors, your spring cleaning project should also include TV screens, iPods and remote controls. What’s the best way to de-grime them? Here are a few products we’ve run across as well as tips from custom electronics professionals. 1. “Most cleaners—even soap and water—are either… View this story
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Skeptical about 3D TV? Not convinced that IPTV is the wave of the future? You can see for yourself whether or not these new technologies are as good as they’re cracked up to be by participating in a hands-on demo hosted by Panasonic. The Touch the Future Tour will take place in venues in 15 cities across the U.S. over the next five weeks. You can catch it at Atlanta,… View this story
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Skeptical about 3D TV? Not convinced that IPTV is the wave of the future? You can see for yourself whether or not these new technologies are as good as they’re cracked up to be by participating in a hands-on demo hosted by Panasonic. The Touch the Future Tour will take place in venues in 15 cities across the U.S. over the next five weeks. You can catch it at Atlanta,… View this story
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Apparently 3D stands for 3 dips, because that’s what it looks like it’s going to take to get “Avatar” on 3D Blu-ray. According to the Los Angeles Times, “Avatar” will receive an initial bare-bones, movie-only release on DVD and Blu-ray on April 22. The Los Angeles Times also cites “Fox sources” who say previous reports of a 3D version being released in 2010 are incorrect. James Cameron, who postponed the… View this story
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Network in need of an overhaul? Been holding off on a Gigabit network because your PC(s) don’t have capable Network Interface Cards (NICs)? Avoiding a new NIC because your router or switch isn’t up to speed?  Chicken? Egg? Cart? Horse? Well, today you can get all of your poultry and spaghetti western transportation in order in one fell swoop with help from NewEgg. The online retailer has the Rosewill RC-410X… View this story
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What video content looks best in Blu-ray format? It’s tough to go wrong with stunning nature video. Usually broadcast TV shows are very clean. I’d still say it’s very difficult to outdo animation - look no further than Pixar, especially. Unfortunately there aren’t any new Pixar releases this week, but there are some animated efforts that ought to sparkle on your combination of big screen and Blu-ray to highlight this… View this story
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With so much video available online these days (not to mention other video downloads you may have rented or purchased or somewhat illegally obtained) more people are looking for ways to view it on a big screen sitting comfortably on their couches rather than hunched over a computer monitor. Depending on where your PC is situated, or better yet if you have a laptop or netbook, Atlona may have the… View this story
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The loudest buzz-word in the industry these days is 3D. One thing that rarely comes attached to AV industry hype-trains, however, is the word cheap.  There’s almost always a very hefty early-adopter tax associated with any new bleeding-edge technology, and 3D is no different. With Panasonic’s 50” 3DTV combo pack coming in at around $2,800 and displays from Samsung sharing similar price points, the cheap 3D HDTV horizon might seem… View this story
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Sink a couple of Benjamins into an Nvidia 3D Vision system in the last year? Getting a little worried whether it would play nice with the new 3D Blu-ray spec and HDMI 1.4?  Turns out you’re in luck, as all 3D Vision owners will receive a free upgrade to the new 3DTV Play software supporting full hardware decoding of 3D video and output over HDMI 1.4 in 1080p24, 720p60 (gaming… View this story
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Panasonic offers 3D combos exclusive to Best Buy and Magnolia This week, Panasonic began selling 3D displays, Blu-ray disc players, and glasses. What threw some for a loop is they are only available as a combo, and only through Best Buy’s Magnolia Home Theater store-in-a-store. [Electronic House] Onkyo introduces entry-level AVRs with 3D support Thanks to the HDMI 1.4 spec, Onkyo’s new line of entry-level AVRs will include support for… View this story
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