As you might have noticed from our live reporting of Sony's IFA 2009 press conference, the concept of displaying 3D images in Full HD (1080p) quality was the centerpiece of CEO Sir Howard Stringer's keynote speech and marks the beginning of a whole new chapter for the Japanese company, who is determined to play a very important part on this specific market niche on the future. Incorporating frame sequential display and active-shutter glass systems, Sony’s proprietary high frame rate technology will enable the reproduction of full High Definition high-quality 3D images, and will form the centerpiece of Sony’s 3D entert... [read more >>] The market for home media players is expanding at a fast pace, as a number of new companies are introducing their latest innovations in the field. Such is case with netbook pioneer ASUSTeK, which is reportedly planning to launch its very own, first media player, dubbed O!Play. The said device is expected to debut at the upcoming Computex 2009 show, where the Taiwanese giant will bring about the details regarding O!Play's technical specifications. According to a recent news-article on hardware.info, O!Play has been designed as a compact media player, featuring a new chip that is said to be capable of delivering an increased perfor... [read more >>] Despite unveiling a whole load of new products for this year's International CES in Las Vegas, it seems that LG still has quite a lot of goodies in its bag. Hence, the Korean company has just introduced (only on its home market, for the time being) two new plasma displays, which feature some pretty amazing contrast ratios, of up to 100,000,000:1.While the figure might seem rather high, indeed, it's not actually impossible, since LG is known for having some of the best development labs around. Plus, the devices will also provide a very impressive refresh rate, of up to 600 Hz (or frames per second, to be more precise).The “XC... [read more >>] Although modern home entertainment systems have become extremely complex, some of them featuring widescreen HDTVs whose diagonal size goes even above 46 or 52 inches, it's still quite difficult to enjoy the same feeling one experiences when actually going “to the movies,” in a real cinema. However, it seems that Philips is trying to solve this issue, since it has just unveiled the Cinema 21:9 LCD TV, a device that allows users to enjoy movies exactly as they would do at the cinema.Philips offers just a few pieces of technical information at this time, pointing out the fact that we're dealing with a 56-inch LCD with a 2... [read more >>] One of the greatest things about all consumer electronics shows (whether we're talking about CES, CEDIA, IFA or CeBIT) is the fact that they're the places where the world's most advanced technologies “congregate” visitors being able to take a look at certain products (some of them only prototypes) that will certainly push forward everyone's expectations even further. And that's exactly the case with Samsung, which might rock the CES 2009 show with what appears to be the world's thinnest HDTV, measuring just 6.5-mm in thickness.As some of you might remember, back at IFA 2008, Samsung introduced a HDT... [read more >>] Everyone's talking about high-definition nowadays, this concept becoming a “must have” even for those people who don't fully understand what it's actually all about. However, in general, any discussion related to high-definition refers either to HDTVs, Blu-ray discs or multimedia playback machines, and less to audio. That's not at all the case with PS Audio's latest products, though. Thus, the company has announced that it will be showcasing at CES the world’s first CD transport system capable of directly playing high resolution WAV files (HRX) recorded on both DVD and CD media. Dubbed the Perfect... [read more >>] | 
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