There’s still a great chance that this thing will completely underwhelm, but those willing to give it a shot without reading so much as a single review can now secure their place in line. For $179.95, to-be owners can pre-order Kodak’s Zi6 HD pocket video camera in either pink or black, but there’s no mention [...]
The 2008 Beijing Olympics — the first covered entirely in high definition, with super slow-motion cameras and 3,600 hours of coverage, online and on TV — approach. Think you’re ready to get the most out of the Games, and maybe, just maybe catch the event you actually want to watch live as it happens? [...]
DirecTV and DISH Network trying to get together again? That’s the idea according to the Wall Street Journal, apparently in response to DISH making “a major strategic shift” after losing 25,000 subscribers in Q2. Of course the last time these two tried U me = Us back in 2001, regulators put the smackdown [...]
Thanks to an early jump in Japan, we already knew that Canon’s VIXIA line was getting a refresh, but now we can rest easy knowing they’ll be coming to America. The HF11 Dual Flash camcorder (32GB in addition to an SDHC slot) and HG20 (60GB) / HG21 (120GB) HDD camcorders all boast 1,920 x 1,080 [...]
Now here’s a rate of progress we could get used to. Nary a month after Pioneer trumpeted a 400GB Blu-ray Disc, out pops another press release from the firm boasting about a 500 gigger with a score of layers. Based on research at its Tokyo headquarters, specifications have been drafted for an incredibly capacious 500GB [...]
Who knows if Popcorn Hour really is still working on a couple more HD media streamers, but its latest one is definitely up for pre-order. First whispered about a few months back, the $215 A-110 is a revamped A-100 that adds 2.5- / 3.5-inch SATA HDD and USB Slave functionality, HDMI 1.3a support (for full [...]
If our gallery of hands-on pictures from this morning were all you needed to pull the trigger on ZeeVee’s ZvBox, well, we’d surmise that you have more money than sense. Regardless, if you’ve done your homework and feel confident that the localcasting box will make your life remarkably better, you can rest assured that units [...]
Well, would you look what just arrived at Engadget HD’s headquarters? Yep, that’s ZeeVee’s localcasting ZvBox, and it has been carefully photographed as it danced right out of its packaging. Head on over to take a look at the gallery — a full review will be following shortly.
Need some early impressions of how LG’s BD300 Blu-ray / Netflix combo player feels from the couch? Crave got some seat time in front of the device last night, finding its handling of Netflix streams basically the same as the Roku Netflix Player, unfortunately with a much larger price tag. The remote’s home button may [...]
Never one to let its rival Samsung get too far ahead, LG is rolling out its long awaited local-dimming LED-backlit 1080p LCD (formerly known as the 47LG75) now dubbed the 47LG90. Rocking a $3,599 pricetag when hits shelves in September — we’ll assume it missed the original Q2 2007 projections due to our request for [...]