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“This holiday season, gaming consoles and games are red hot items on everybody’s most wanted to give and receive lists, according to the latest CEA research.
Gamers are ripe for high-end A/V systems and games are getting more advanced, with high-definition graphics and surround sound audio.
So with all this attention on gaming, what are the games [...]

“Choosing a home’s television service provider gets a little more difficult each year. Emerging technologies, changing rates and packages, and access limitations all factor into this battle royal between old – and new - enemies. There are some basics you can expect from everyone, like DVRs, HD channels, and bundled internet service. But take a [...]

According to this article on CEPro, HD-DVD is apparently preferred over Blu-Ray among new High-Definition buyers:
“Nearly one-third of non-HDTV households intend to purchase an HDTV in the next six months, and those who intend to buy are looking more “mainstream,” according to research from The Diffusion Group.
“HDTV intenders” who are also likely to purchase a [...]

Hard to Distinguish Multiple Interfaces, or HDMI for short, is quite possibly one of the most difficult to understand standards in the High Defenition era. Ok, ok so HDMI doesn’t stand for “Hard to Distinguish Multiple Interfaces” but it’s still confusing. Thankfully the smart folks at CEPro have put together an article explaining just what [...]

Here’s an interesting article on why our electronic components suck up so much energy, and why it’s causing some power plants to work overtime just to supply the energy needed to power a television that’s off:
“Your DVD player is wasting energy. Chances are, so are your TV, audio/video receiver, video game console, desktop or notebook [...]

It seems that the video game industry is really capitalizing on Hollywood’s downward spiral of doom: video game sales have far outpaced DVD sales this season:
“Lead by titles such as Halo 3, Guitar Hero III, and Rock Band, video games sales have already exceeded 2005 sales as of October, according to analysts at NPD. Video [...]

Christmas is right around the corner, and if you’re still running around trying to figure out what gifts to get the geek in your life, fear not, for here are the top 10 gifts for the loved one who has everything:
“What do you buy for that loved one who has everything? If your spouse or [...]

For just under $3000 you can own a top of the line 1080p LCD television. Of course, now that everyone and their grandparents has 1080p, what features can television sets compete with? How about speed: 120Hz refresh reate, as opposed to the 60Hz of other televisions.
“Now that everyone is doing 1080p these days it seems [...]

Xbox 360, Playstation 3, or the Wii - which one should you get? This is, of course, assuming you can even find a Nintendo Wii this Christmas (and with Nintendo pulling Wii ads during the Christmas holiday because of supply issues, there’s a good chance you’re not going to find one).
Electronic House is carrying this [...]

Let’s face it: remote controls are becoming increasingly complicated, and they don’t show any signs of getting simplified anytime soon (maybe Apple should create a remote control?) - so in order to gain control of your remote, here are the top 4 tips for controlling the remote control:
“Flipping through product manuals can be boring and [...]

Sharp has a new AQUOS television out there, and it’s built with gamers in mind - high refresh rates and full 1080p support:
“The 32-inch (LC-32GP3U) AQUOS LCD is designed specifically with gamers in mind—geeky ones that want the full high-def 1080p experience. The company says that this new unit handles every frame rate under the [...]

According to the NPD Groups report on the week of Black Friday - the Friday after Thanksgiving that ‘officially’ ushers in the holiday shopping season - retailers really don’t have a lot to be happy about.
“NPD claims that this year’s consumer technology retail sales grew by just 6 percent over 2006, less than one-half of [...]

CEPro has a great article on why you should skip the format war between HD-DVD and Blu-Ray video formats. According to them, the main reasons to skip the format war include:

The end of DRM

HD Downloads are here, skip buying a player

More HD channels are coming, especially from DirecTV

Physical media is going the way of the [...]

Its been a big third quarter for TiVo.
Your TiVo can now tap into your family memories. TiVo has announced that users will be able to browse photo collections from Photobucket and Picasa Also, if you’ve got a Series 3 TiVo you’ll be able to browse everything in High-Defenition. We’ll bet grandma never looked so [...]