Category Archives: HDTV

Save on Handheld Games & Accessories, HDTV, and Blu-ray Players at Amazon

Posted on Thursday, August 18, 2011 by MegaZone

Amazon has a number of promotions running currently. First up, for the handheld gamers, their Summer Roadtrip Handheld Gaming Event. That’s a fancy way of saying save on a selection of 153 Nintendo DS, Nintendo 3DS, and Sony PSP games, … Continue reading →

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Sony Slashes $50 Off the PlayStation3 Price

Posted on Thursday, August 18, 2011 by MegaZone

Sony has slashed the price of the PS3 worldwide. In the US they trimmed $50, €50 in Europe, and ¥5,000 in Japan. In the US at least that brings the 160GB model to half the price of the 20GB model … Continue reading →

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Google’s Motorola Buy is About More Than Phones & Patents

Posted on Tuesday, August 16, 2011 by MegaZone

The big news Monday was, of course, Google’s $12.5B purchase of Motorola Mobility. (Though Motorola has $3B of cash on hand, so when & if the deal closes I suppose it is more like a $9.5B deal since Google gets … Continue reading →

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ATSC Begins Work On Broadcast 3D TV Standard

Posted on Tuesday, August 16, 2011 by MegaZone

The Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC), the group behind the television standards known by the same initials, today announced that they’ve begun work on ATSC standards for broadcast 3D TV. As announced: The groundbreaking work on the new 3D-TV broadcast … Continue reading →

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30% of US Homes Have an Internet Connected Video Device

Posted on Wednesday, August 10, 2011 by MegaZone

I found this surprising at first, but reading the numbers it does make sense. 30% of US households have an Internet connected device capable of handling video for their TV. The most common device is, not too surprisingly, a game … Continue reading →

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