PluggedIn: New TVs Gain Following -- But Complexity a Worry
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Want a big-screen television set  before this year's Super Bowl? Better figure out if you want  LCD, DLP, PDP or CRT, and if you want your picture to be HD, ED  or plain old SD.
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Ever wonder who buys those big, big TVs? Ever wonder if they ever get used?
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The big theme that's developing this year is high-definition connectivity. How will everything fit together in such a way that it's both convenient to the consumer and perpetually profitable for the various companies involved?
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New at CES: the 45-millimeter LG60 LCD, an ultramobile PC, and mobile broadcasting device.
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What could eventually resolve the value proposition for mainstream consumers to accept an incoming ultra-high-bandwidth pipeline into their homes is the ability of high-definition, on-demand video. But that will require a level of cooperation that competitors thus far have been unable to muster.
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We test this next-generation DVD technology, and get mixed results.
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Flat or fat? EDTV or HDTV? LCD or plasma? Anyone who&#39;s on the hunt for a new TV set these days knows getting a dream screen can be more confusing than the plotline of Days of Our Lives.
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After decades of hype, interactive television is now pouring into American living rooms. But how much do viewers really want to interact?
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New technologies wirelessly transmit high-definition video.
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I have good news, bad news, and worse news.  The good news is that I managed to get MythTV working well enough that it now plays standard definition channels better than the cable box alone, even though it's getting its signal from the cable output of the cable box.  I get this benefit because MythTV allows me to tweak various parameters that you can't change on the cable box.   The bad news is that high definition channels still look worse through MythTV than they do if I watch then directly from the cable box.  I don't expect to solve this problem. The cable box may be able to handle HDTV itself, but it outputs a digital signal in 480p, which is basically standard definition. The fact that I have two HDTV-capable tuner cards does me little good.  Here's the worse news. I had to learn way too much to get this far.
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At CES 2008, home entertainment will be dominated by a move towards various forms of wireless connectivity -- and, of course, enormous TVs. This year, LCD technology appears to have definitively won out over plasma and rear-projection, even for very large displays.
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Tycho: This thing is pretty huge. I don't mean in terms of kilobytes - I mean it's packed tight with powerful features. Upscaling of content has been in demand, and it's been delivered. Like the 360 Elite, you need to be hooked up via a managed connection (i.e., HDMI) to upscale a DVD. Past that, it will knock up your old PS/PS2 games to 1080p, but the results we've gotten here haven't been supernatural - still appreciated, though.The real flavor is elsewhere: specifically, the ability to stream video, pictures, and music from "a DLNA compliant device," which you'll find just about every computer already is. That's only half of it. The Remote Play option of the PSP (the one that lets you enjoy certain types of content stored on your PS3 via your PSP) is deeply enriched by this capacity. You can do this much already. But with the next update for the Playstation Portable - 3.50, to be released before the end of the month - you'll be able to access your PS3 remotely via any wireless connection. I must say, starting a download at home while I'm still at the office sounds pretty Goddamn good. Also, while we are loving the PSP, am I the only person enthralled by the idea of R-Type Tactics? (CW)TB
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A new product from Swarmcast monitors data flow to optimize video quality.
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Companies are teaming up to bring their technology to your living room.
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Integrated video engine to offer DVD quality on a handheld
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By BENJAMIN J. ROMANO, THE SEATTLE TIMES  It's getting harder to tell the difference between a television and a computer.  You might have read something like that in the mid-1990s, but never before have both platforms shared so many capabilities.
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Digital photo frames expand beyond standalone frames into home appliances.