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Archive for the ‘HDTV’ Category
Tuesday, March 27th, 2012
This little new HDMI switch has exactly the same HDMI switching functions as our previous models, except that now it includes a built-in HDMI cable on the output end, which can connect to your HDTV directly.
One less cable needed.
A quick snapshot of its features:
- Connect up to 3 HDMI devices to 1 HDMI port on your HDTV / monitor;
- Built-in 1.5ft (46cm) HDMI cable;
- Avoid frequent plugging or unplugging of HDMI cables;
- Auto-switch to the device that is powered on first;
- Video support: 1080p FullHD, 1080i/720p, with 12-bit deep colour, retaining crispy clear images;
- Audio support: DTS/DTS-HD, Dolby Digital / Dolby TrueHD, and Linear PCM (LPCM);
- Support all 3D Blu-Rays, TV programs and games: anaglyph (2 colors) and Multiview Video Coding (MVC);
- No downsizing nor conversion, no compromise in quality;
- HDMI 1.3b compliant, HDCP v1.0/1.1 pass-through
- No need for external power, saving electricity;
- Mini size, saving space.
All that for just $15.99.
Read more:
https://enjoygadgets.com/3-Port-Mini-HDMI-Switch-with-Cable.html
Tags: HDMI switch
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Wednesday, December 8th, 2010
You may have the coolest 3DTV in the world, but the minute you wear that ugly 3D glasses of yours, you’ll become the lamest person in the world, right there in front of your friends. Knowing this, LG hired designers to design non-ugly 3D glasses for you, to be released in CES 2011.
The 3D glasses are designed by Alain Mikli, a highly regarded designer of eyeglasses. Aside from its much, much more appealing looks than traditional 3D glasses, it is built out of “select metals,” and featuring a co-patented nose bridge and perfect weight balancing for the utmost in user comfort.
If you’re going to CES next month, you will get a chance to play with it.
Check out more images after the break.
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Tags: 3d glasses, 3dtv, HDTV
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Saturday, August 14th, 2010
The first time I wanted to hook up my Xbox360, HTPC and Blu-ray player to my old HDTV which had only 1 HDMI port left, I didn’t know what device I should be looking for. I know what I want it to do for me, but I don’t know how to call it for me to google it. To be honest, I came up with “HDMI hub”, which I borrowed from a network hub which could split network signals for multiple computers. I was also thinking of “HDMI adapter” and “HDMI splitter”. Unfortunately, none of them were the popular names.
Such a product is actually commonly called an HDMI switch or HDMI switcher. Of course, there is no official name for it, but there are names more commonly used than others by the majority of the users. So knowing the right names help you research them better and find better prices before you decide to buy one.
After reading this article, you will get a much clearer picture of the common names of the many HDMI gadgets and what they do.
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Tags: HDMI, hdmi adapter, HDMI selector, hdmi splitter, HDMI switch, HDMI switcher, HDTV
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Friday, August 6th, 2010
A month after the release of L75-A91, Mitsubishi added another large-scale 3DTV to its LaserVue family, 75-LT1, to the Japanese market on Aug 21 for 50,000 Yens (~$8,700).
It comes with a 75″ screen, 1080P FullHD, 2 10W speakers, 2 pairs active shutter 3D glasses, a color range at twice that of regular HDTV for less energy consumption, making it one of the top-of-the-line product in the 3DTV market.
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Tags: 3D, 3dtv, HDTV, mitsubishi
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Monday, July 26th, 2010
Jailbreaking means you can use any 3rd-party Apps other than Apple-approved ones; Unlocking means you can use any wireless carrier in the world. They have never been any bad-ass activities you only do in a dark corner of an empty street (btw, did ya?), and it’s surprising they are considered legal only until now, but aren’t we glad at least the US is moving in the right direction of protecting everyone’s freedom of choice.
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Tags: bluray, dvd, iphone, jailbreak, jailbreaking, jailbreaking iphone, unlock, unlocking, unlocking iphone
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Thursday, July 22nd, 2010
Plextor, a premium optical drive producer, announces that it will ship an external usb-powered Blu-Ray Drive, PX-B120U, for a surprisingly tempting $100 price tag, given that it usually has the highest prices among its competitors.
With many nVidia/ATI/Intel graphic cards able to hardware-accelerate H.264/VC1 decoding using DXVA or CUDA technologies, a main-stream laptop, or sometimes even a netbook, can playback Blu-Ray content these days. At $99.99, Plextor PX-B120U seems to be quite a portable piece for reading Blu-Ray disks: it is fully functional using USB-power only, without having to rely on an external power adapter.
Besides playing back Blu-Ray, it also reads and burns DVDs and CDs, it can also become a living room Blu-ray player when connected to the upcoming PlexMedia.
Tags: 1080p, bd, bd player, bd rom, Blu-Ray, bluray, hd, HDTV, plextor
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Saturday, July 10th, 2010
The latest Apple MacBook, Mac, and iMac series use Mini DisplayPort as its outgoing video port. Because Mini DisplayPort has rather uncommon presence, this has put many Mac users into awkward positions: you probably cannot use your MacBook to give a presentation, or output your work project from Mac to another display, or simply share your photos to your family or friends on a bigger screen.
Isn’t Mac supposed to be easy to use? This is totally not what you’ve paid the good money to Apple for.
Well, don’t worry, there are solutions. Let’s first see what Mini DisplayPort is.
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Tags: apple, HDMI, imac, mac, mac mini, macbook, mini displayport, mini displayport to vga
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Friday, July 9th, 2010
While rolling out 1080p last December, YouTube today announces support for 4k video at the resolution of 4096 x 3072 pixels, or 4 times the size of FullHD 1080P.
It’s good to see YouTube is leading the curve, given that 4k videos can be quite stressful for a local computer, not to mention loading and displaying it over the Internet.
So how exactly is 4k video like? YouTube Blog said it well:
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Tags: 4k video, hd, youtube
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Sunday, July 4th, 2010
VideoLan’s VLC 1.1.0 is released, adding GPU hardware decoding under Linux using VAAPI and Windows using DXVA2, leaving Mac yet to be optimized for GPU decoding (which, ironicall, is the OS that actually desperately needs a GPU-accelerated player, since Win7 and Linux already have many alternatives).
Other major improvements include support for MKV HD, additional codecs such as MPEG-4 lossless and VP8, extensions (add-ons and script frameworks), better steaming capabilities.
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Tags: codecs, dxva, dxva2, gpu acceleration, hardware acceleration, vlc, vp8
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Saturday, July 3rd, 2010
With specs 1.0 finalized, HDBaseT Alliance is incorporated by LG, Samsung, Sony and Valen to promote HDBaseT™ which will make wiring your HD home entertainment center easier through a Lan-cable-like interface (Cat5e/6).
But it is more to the eyes than a regular LAN cable: it supports full uncompressed HD video, audio, 100BaseT Ethernet, power over cable, and various control signals through a single 100m/328ft CAT5e/6 LAN cable.
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Tags: hd, hdbaset, HDMI, HDTV, home theater, mini displayport
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