Geekie Gadgets

Stream Movies and TV Shows Instantly Using Amazon Video on Demand

by jrjuan on 21/10/09 at 12:00 pm

Selected Samsung HDTV such as the Samsung LCD and Plasma HDTVs Series 650 and above as well as Samsung LED HDTVs Series 7000 and above are equipped with the feature called Internet@TV where widgets can be downloaded right into the TV to allow premium content to be streamed right through. Currently, Twitter, YouTube, and Yahoo among others are the premium service providers giving premium content for users who want to get their media right on their TV sets. Amazon now is joining the bandwagon with their Amazon Video on Demand.

Using Amazon Video on Demand is very easy like with other content providers as it just needs a quick download of a free widget through the Internet@TV service. Amazon Video on Demand offers a huge array of uninterrupted movies and TV shows that span to more than 50,000! That amount of movies and shows can be rented or purchased on demand! So in case that you want to catch up on the latest season of Lost, you can head over at Amazon’s widget and then decide whether you want to rent or purchase the season then you can already enjoy watching Lost commercial free right there on your gorgeous HDTV. Also, Amazon offers free content for promotional shows and some  blockbuster movies are being offered for as low as $0.99!

Go over at Amazon and see how good watching movies and TV shows in an instant.

Panasonic Drops Price on 103-Inch Plasma

by mydz on 19/05/09 at 6:00 am

Good news for those who have been eyeing the $69,999.95 price tag of this 103-inch Plasma and wishing it would drop down to the price of a mid-range car – just low enough to get one in your house. Yes, because the gigantic 1080 display from Panasonic will now be priced at $50,000 – where it was priced at $69,999.95 when it debuted in December 2006.

This world’s largest Plasma TV delivers smooth, crisp motion images ideal for the fast pace of sports, action movies, and video games, truly making it and its 7-1/2ft. By 4 ft. of viewing space the ultimate home theater experience. It can support up to a 5 x 5 video wall and also provide new video processing capabilities to further sharpen images when displaying low resolution content, or when zooming the image in video wall applications. Its portrait zoom function lets you display one horizontal image across three vertically-mounted 103-inch plasmas for an incredibly impactful visuals of over 90 square feet.

So what made Panasonic decide to reduce the price of this world’s largest Plasma commercially available when its features [I think] are just right for its original price? The President of Panasonic Professional Display Company, Andrew Nelkin, said that the combination of advancements in Plasma production technology and the tremendous worldwide success of the 103-inch Plasma HD display over the last two plus years have made the company decide to increase production and offer it to a wider range of customers at a lower price point.

How about you, do you think it’s worth the price? If you do, then get it here. Or you may just stumble upon plasma bargains over at Hotsilo.

OLED Ultra-Thin Televison & Monitor by Sony

by rheaver on 06/12/08 at 11:24 pm

We have all seen how thin LED, LCD, and plasma monitors and televisions have gotten, but wait till you see what Sony has introduced. The new OLED (organic light-emitting diode) ultra thin monitor, it has better contrast, picture quality, and is only 0.01 inches thick. It now holds the title “world’s thinnest television”.

The OLED panel has a resolution of 960 x 540; it is energy efficient and shows fast-moving images with crisp colorful quality. It is the new wave of thin monitors, in a plasma and LCD market that is valued over $82 billion dollars it has to be good to compete.

The challenge with the OLED is the size; the larger panels have proven to be more difficult to create. In today’s society we have plasma TVs as large as 103 square inches, and LCD TVs 40-50 inches. Size matters in our community and all though the OLED is better it currently isn’t bigger. Sony is confident that they will be able to make them larger in the future that the OLED will take over as the leading monitor for just about everything.

Currently the cost is around $1600 to $2000 for an 11 inch panel. It has the life span of about 30,000 hours, which is only about half of an LCD TV, but is enough for about 8 hours a day for ten years. Sonny predicts 2,000 unit sales per month, which is nothing compared to their 10 million unit production of LCD TVs.

The possibilities that an ultra thin monitor like the OLED has are not being overlooked. The medical field, the military and even large businesses have found very practical and necessary uses for this innovation. It can create space like the other thin monitors but is easier to conceal. OLED may replace plasma and LCD in the future, with its eco-friendlyness if Sony can overcome the challenges.

Vizio VX37L LCD HDTV

by bs04c on 28/11/08 at 12:18 pm

Vizio VX37 LCD HDTV

Vizio VX37L LCD HDTV which has a screen size of 37 inches and has a crystal clear picture let you and your loved one enjoy your favorite DVD movies at the convenience of your home. It will leave you to a no comment instead satisfaction. And surely it would give its maximum performance.

It has integrated NTSC/ATSC/QAM HDTV Tuner, and has a resolution of 1366 x 768 that allows you to experience enhanced audio and video reproduction, making your entertainment more exciting and interesting.

VX37L remarkably delivers 16.7 million colors, and has a response time of 8ms and brings an impressive viewing angle up to 178 deg to enable everyone to enjoy watching and ask for more.

The Vizio VX37L’s performance goes with the rest of its level. It provides an adequate picture but nothing more spectacular. It creates difference and makes its own mark.

Surely to be noted by most of gamers as it has its own gaming setting to make textures even clearer.

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VIZIO VX37L – 37″ LCD TV – widescreen – 720p – HDTV

VIZIO, Electronics, $799.99