Monthly Archives: October 2011

Seeing Should Not Always Be Believing

Posted on Tuesday, October 25, 2011 by MegaZone

I saw this and thought it was very cool and wanted to share. The team of Kevin Karsch, Varsha Hedau, David Forsyth, and Derek Hoiem from UIUC have developed software that allows users to fairly quickly and easily insert synthetic … Continue reading →

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A Peak at the New DirecTV HD UI

Posted on Sunday, October 23, 2011 by MegaZone

DirecTV has a new HD UI ‘coming soon’ to their receivers, and it looks pretty good. They’ve released a promo video showing off the new UI, which Dave Zatz of Zatz Not Funny helpfully ripped to YouTube saving me the … Continue reading →

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Farewell ‘Full HD’, Forget 4K, Make Way for Ultra High Definition

Posted on Sunday, October 23, 2011 by MegaZone

Things have been quiet on the video front for a little while, nothing too major. But in the past week there were two bits of news which give us a look into the future. The biggest, literally, is news on … Continue reading →

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Woot! – Sony Dash Personal Internet Viewer Just $59.99

Posted on Saturday, October 22, 2011 by MegaZone

Today Woot! is offering a Sony Dash Personal Internet Viewer for only $59.99 + $5 S&H. What is the Dash? Basically it is a less cuddly Chumby. It runs the Chumby platform and has access to over 1,000 Chumby apps … Continue reading →

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A Peak at the Coming Google TV Upgrade

Posted on Saturday, October 22, 2011 by MegaZone

As I’ve mentioned before, Google TV stumbled out of the gate due to a combination of factors – high prices, limited features, lack of polish, etc. Google TV efforts were effectively put on hold once it became obvious it needed … Continue reading →

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