This holiday season most will be trying to replace their DVD players with Blu-ray and their nice plasma flatscreens with HDTVs.

However, the industry already is worrying about the market for UHD — Ultra-High Definition.

Apparently, UHD will debut in the next five to 10 years, but is expected to take a long time before it reaches a "critical mass," deemed to...

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According to PCWorld (linked above), Toshiba will soon unveil its first television based on the Cell processor, the same multimedia chip that sits at the heart of the PlayStation 3 games console.

Toshiba has been showing prototypes of the television and Cell technology for the last couple of years and its unveiling on Oct. 5 will come just before its first public showing at...

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According to Yahoo news, TV stations began cutting their analog signals this morning, but many have opted to wait until the evening.

That being said, if you still own an analog TV set and wish to continue using it be sure to drop by www.DTV2009.gov to get a coupon for the now-required converter box.

There are also DTV FAQs available HERE and HERE for those interested.
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Over the weekend the Simpsons first HDTV introduction aired and featured the Nintendo DS.

In the new introduction, two of Lisa's classmates are playing on their Nintendo DS consoles while the Simpson family seems to have a new LCD TV. Elsewhere, Bart is now praising HDTV on the school blackboard... check it out below for those who missed it.

The video's caption...

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The article states they will announce Thursday (2-12) if there will be a change in direction, to quote:

There are multiple reports from Japan indicating electronics giant Pioneer may end its flat screen TV business due to slowing demand and the struggling global economy.

"We have publicly announced that we are actively evaluating our business," Pioneer said in...

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I figured I would share this here since I just went through this myself.. Many people complain that when they convert DVD to video and watch it on laptop or PC the quality gets bad.

How to resolve this issue? We can do so by converting DVD to MKV and other HD video formats. These HD videos are often bigger than standard video and maintain the high quality.

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Yesterday Apple expertly crafted by George Ou at ZDNet to the iTunes store, meaning you can watch Peter be super emo on Heroes at a crispy 720p resolution. That's a higher resolution than DVD, and technically, yup, that's HD. There's a catch though. Like every other video download service touting HD videos, it's all actually lower quality than DVD.

It's all about bitrate: How much data is packed into a file,...

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BUYING an HDTV usually starts with research. You then may make a decision based on what it looks like in the store.

Take the set home and the picture may look slightly different. Some colors are brighter than others, and the contrast between dark and light colors is heightened.

Now you need to calibrate the TV. Photographers and graphic artists have been...

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Sony wants to own 50 per cent of the Blu-ray Disc hardware market by the end of the year, according to a company executive.

Ryoji Chubachi, President and electronics CEO at Sony, made the bold statement during a recent press conference in Taipei, according to a DigiTimes are aware of the HD format.

Chubachi claimed that Sony already has 20 per cent of the market. But he aims to boost...

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This video shows you how to convert any movie to watch on your PS3.

Transformers HD-DVD is used in this example.

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