ESPN has confirmed it will cease broadcasting its 3D channel at the end of the year and will focus on new technologies such as 4K. Rather than making an official announcement, the first news came in the form of a tweet from an ESPN employee this morning. ESPN 3D was great at home but due …
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Now that Logitech’s Squeezebox is out of the picture, Sonos is one of the best streaming devices you can buy, but it hasn’t been without its niggles. One of the previous criticisms of the Sonos software was that playlist support was limited and couldn’t incorporate songs from Spotify; the newest software update promises to remedy this. Related stories: Sonos Play …
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In the event’s most closely fought battle in years, the Samsung PNF8500 series plasma TV emerged as the winner of the annual Value Electronics Flat Panel Shootout. It narrowly defeated the Panasonic VT60 and ZT60 series plasmas in the final voting by the public in attendance. The event, in its ninth year, included a field of three Panasonic TVs (ZT60, …
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Last week, Panasonic announced that it was considering cutting its plasma production after next year; this is especially troubling, as its 2013 lineup looks like the company’s best yet. Panasonic TVs like the ZT60 and VT60 could (finally) give our reference TV the Pioneer Kuro a run for its money, and for a much more affordable price. We’re not conspiracy …
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Panasonic confirmed this week that it’s in discussions over whether it will jettison its plasma TV business. For me, it’s deja vu as yet another Japanese manufacturer struggles to sell high-quality televisions. In 2008, the Pioneer Elite Kuro PRO-111FD became one of the greatest TVs ever developed — and it is still among CNET’s reference TVs after five years. But …
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Now playing: Watch this: SunBrite TVs: Outdoor speakers for your eyes 1:07 Everyone has heard of outdoor speakers — they come shaped like lamps, rocks, or even tree stumps — but have you ever heard of an outdoor TV? California’s SunBriteTV says it wants to make 2013 “the year of the outdoor TV.” The SunBriteTV Signature TV is designed to …
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The dead are so hot right now. Teen romance “Warm Bodies” was No. 1 in the box office a week ago, and “The Walking Dead” just broke a basic cable record for the most watched show at 12.3 million viewers. Amid this undead fervor, the fertile, tasty brains of Montana’s residents have fallen foul of a hoax alerting them that …
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In a bid to compete with rival Spotify, Sony has announced it is increasing the quality of its Unlimited Music streaming catalog to 320Kbps. Spotify has offered 320Kbps streams since 2009 in “high bit rate” mode, while Sony has reportedly offered only a lower 48Kbps stream until now. Announced at CES 2013, users will be able to utilize the new …
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A new on-demand streaming video service called M-Go is coming to a TV or tablet near you and promises user-friendly features and UltraViolet support. M-Go offers movies and TV shows on a “pay per play” or download (SD/HD) basis and will be available from January 2013 on televisions from Samsung (2012/2013 models), Vizio, and LG (coming later in April), plus …
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Spotify will now be available on TiVo Premiere, giving Spotify’s premium subscribers access to its catalog of over 20 million songs via the set-top box. TiVo users can sign in with an existing Spotify Premium account ($9.99/month) to stream music through their home theater system (or TV), as well as browse playlists, albums and artists, and search using the TiVo …
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