Is 3D going to be the “next big thing” as far as TV tech is concerned or is it more of a passing fad? I’m kind of leaning towards fad. Make no mistake, the 3D movies I’ve seen in theaters are pretty tight. The TV’s at CES were pretty impressive themselves. Though because of the obvious differences between a projector situated behind you, displaying a picture in front of you and a TV positioned in front of you, displaying an image in a very...
It wasn’t that long ago that two electronics giants were duking it out for your dollar and world wide supremacy. The battle between Sony (Blue-ray) and Toshiba (HD-DVD) was fought out for many months in retail stores and estores across the world. In the end, Sony and Blue-ray won out. Naturally Toshiba was just a tad sour with their loss and initially announced that they had no plans to support Blue-ray. Though the good ‘ol boys in red are finally coming...
HD aficionados will no doubt stand by their HDMI cables proudly proclaiming of the greatness that those little cables add to their lives. If you happen to care about cable specs at all, you may want to sit up and take notice as HDMI 1.4 specs have been revealed and with them come reason for celebrating and crying all at the same time. With the introduction of the next generation/spec of HDMI comes some pretty far reaching changes that are sure to affect users further down...
For all of the mobile Hi-Def photographers/video nuts, Sony’s latest attemp at miniturization is paying off as the specs for the “World’s Smallest” camera module are pretty amazing. The new MCB1172 HD camera module developed and created by Sony is smaller than a quarter yet has enough muscle packed inside to capture 8.3 megapixel stills, shoot 720p video at 30fps featuring image stabilization, face detection, and even high-ISO support. The coolest...
It is CES week and electronic companies are starting to divulge scores of information for upcoming products of ’09. Canon has let loose a whole slew of information about a boat load of new camcorders coming hopefully very soon. So without any further blabbing click through to see the full list (it is quite long). *Pictures go from lowest to highest in each series* We’ll start with the Hi-Def Camcorders first: 1. HV40 HDV 2.96 Megapixel Full HD CMOS...
