Showing posts with label TV. Show all posts
Showing posts with label TV. Show all posts

Sunday, August 16, 2009

Cylinder TV



The rolled-up television uses the company's proprietary spinning LED technology.

Source: http://dynascanusa.com/

Sunday, April 12, 2009

TV is changing


Is the way TV is now brought to your home going to change? Once there were only three network channels. Then, Cable and satellite TV emerged, which expanded to hundreds, now thousands, of channels. Internet and network providers really kicked things into gear. Cellphones made it even crazier. Throw in Netflix, Xbox and PlayStation 3 streaming, along with Roku, Amazon Video on Demand, Apple TV, Blockbuster MediaPoint, Vudu, Zvbox, Boxee, and XStreamHD, and it's just plain nuts. TV is getting complicated, and everyone, particularly the networks, are scrambling to keep up. Will it go the way of printed newspapers?

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Thursday, February 26, 2009

OLED Wallpaper turns into a TV

Toshiba is working on an ultra-thin OLED (Organic Light-Emitting Diode) display that could be used to wallpaper your home, turning any wall into a huge TV.

From Toshiba:

"The wallpaper uses light that has been redirected by an ultra-fine grating that is fabricated by self-assembled nano particles." Also according to Toshiba, it's several years from commercial production.

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Sunday, February 8, 2009

People turning to Web to watch TV and movies

This is a disruptive technology for the movie, TV industry.

As more Americans get used to watching video on their computers, more Web sites are popping up to offer free movies and TV shows. Consumers are taking advantage of this to eliminate cable or satellite TV and integrate their home entertainment with the Web. And online video viewership is skyrocketing.

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Friday, January 9, 2009

Do-it-yourself 3D movies

See video here

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Mobile TV

Sixty-three TV stations plan to roll out mobile TV broadcasting for a new generation of mobile phones, MP3 players, GPS devices and in-car entertainment systems in 2009.

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