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Netgear for wireless TV

Netgear has revealed a new category of wireless router that enables customers to connect televisions to the Web wirelessly. Patrick Lo, Netgear’s chairman and chief executive officer, said “A lot of the new Internet-connected televisions have an Ethernet port in the back. We want to offer products that can help customers stream very high bandwidth […]

November 8, 2010

Gefen ToolBox Splitters offer fast switching technology and 3DTV pass-through

Digital connectivity solutions provider Gefen have announced that two new ToolBox Splitters are shipping with Gefen Fast Switching Technology (FST) and 3DTV enabled. Now sources using HDMI with HDCP (high-bandwidth digital content protection) will no longer introduce a delay when syncing. Plus HDMI v1.4 features are implemented to support 3DTV. The ToolBox 1:4 and 1:8 […]

November 5, 2010

Virgin’s TiVo with 1TB storage

Virgin Media has revealed first details of its upcoming TiVo-powered HD/3D set top box which will give customers a record breaking 1 TeraByte of PVR storage. The new HD/3D set top box will launch alongside Virgin Media’s new TiVo-powered next generation connected TV service scheduled for later this year, and will be capable of storing […]

November 3, 2010

Witbe video quality solution for 3D

Witbe, a specialist in video Quality of Experience (QoE) monitoring solutions for three screen technologies, will launch a 3D stereoscopic TV solution in Q4 2010. Witbe claims it will be the first 3D solution of its kind available to 3D TV service providers. In the search for new revenue streams, operators are moving more premium […]

October 21, 2010

Witbe launches new video quality solution for 3D stereoscopic TV

Witbe, a specialist in video Quality of Experience (QoE) monitoring solutions for three screen technologies, has announced that it will launch a 3D stereoscopic TV solution in Q4 2010. It will be the first 3D solution of its kind available to 3D TV service providers. In the search for new revenue streams, operators are moving […]

October 21, 2010

Samsung offers prescription 3D glasses

Samsung Electronics has launched 3D TV eyewear in a bid to induce more consumers to buy its latest flagship features. Buyers of the South Korean company’s 3D-equipped TVs can now have their 3D spectacles prescribed by eyewear specialists at designated local shops. Samsung said it plans to offer two kinds of 3D eyewear for adults […]

October 20, 2010

Grass Valley helps launch Ghana’s new TV channel

As part of its on-going development in Africa, Grass Valley is supplying a turnkey high-definition TV production studio, complete with cameras, video production switcher, routers, and a shared-storage editing environment to Multimedia Group Ltd. (MGL), operators of Multi TV (a new digital satellite multi-channel TV station) based in Ghana. This new multi-faceted project (“Phase II”) […]

October 19, 2010

Sharp unveils 3D Blu-ray player

Sharp has launched the BD-HP90S, the company’s first 3D capable Blu-ray player, that can be positioned either horizontally or vertically and is only 36mm thin, less than most laptop computers. The player has built-in Wi-Fi connectivity and is compatible with other DLNA devices which means that the BD-HP90S will be able to stream content seamlessly […]

October 19, 2010

Samsung: Glasses free 3D soon a fantasy

Samsung Electronics is pouring cold water in Toshiba’s assertion there will soon be glasses free 3D. It has said that being able to view 3D TVs without glasses won’t be possible in the next five to ten years because of technical issues. “The first challenge (for 3D TVs) is the inconvenience of wearing glasses,” said […]

October 14, 2010

LG launches world’s largest 3D TV

LG has launched the world’s largest 3D LCD TV, the LG 72LEX9, which offers 72 inches of 3D home entertainment. The 3D TV comes with True-Motion LED backlit display with a 480Hz refresh rate, DLNA and web TV by NetCast. The TV is expected to be released in South Korea first, and be rolled out […]

October 14, 2010