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At CES 2010, Vizio teased that they're working on a 21:9 HDTV and this year they've brought it to the event. Vizio has just unveiled their Cinema HDTV LED LCD and it pumps out an awesome 2,560 x 1,080 resolution and will be available in 50 and 58-inch models. Unusually, the smaller model has 240Hz technology while the larger one is stuck with just 120Hz. Sadly, the price is unknown but I can't see it costing more than Philips'. This one should be available in the near future, but we'll all have to wait for it.

Update: Vizio also brought a 71-inch model at CES this year but we have no clue if they're planning on mass-producing it.

[Engadget]

At IFA, Philips has just revealed their new Cinema 21:9 HDTV with a twist. This is the Cinema 21:9 Platinum HDTV which has 3D support. The display spans across 58-inches and has an LED-backlit display along with Ambilight technology, and a 400Hz refresh rate. Later this month this wide HDTV with Full HD support, will cost €4,000 ($5,112 USD) in Europe and £3,500 ($5,385 USD) in the UK. At least it'll be hitting the market which will be great for consumers (who have the money) and Philips (who might need the money).

[Engadget]

Philips is not alone now. Vizio has just unveiled their own TV with a Cinema 21:9 aspect ratio. The Vizio XVT Pro 580CD sports a 2,560 x 1,080 resolution and has a 58-inch display. Of course, it features Wireless HDMI, WiFi support, a 1,000,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio, a Bluetooth remote control with a slider-out QWERTY keyboard (like this), and 120Hz technology. It'll be available later this year, but the price hasn't been mentioned yet.

58" Cinema Wide Display
Taking a major step forward in enabling viewers to experience a fully immersive widescreen film experience without a separate projector and screen, VIZIO's first Cinema Wide Display, the XVTPRO580CD offers the ultimate experience for the movie enthusiast. This 58" Razor LED display has a 21x9 aspect ratio, with an incredible resolution of 2560 x 1080p, allowing consumers to view 2.35:1 "Scope" aspect ratio films using the entire display area, with no loss of resolution and no black bars. With 1 million to 1 Mega Dynamic Contrast Ratio™, Smart Dimming™, and 120 Hz with Smooth Motion technology, the XVTPRO580CD delivers brilliant details and rich colors to bring the cinematic experience into the home.


[Gizmodo]

Although Philips won't be releasing a 3D HDTV anytime soon, they showed off that they have the technology at IFA this year. Their 3D technology was shown off on their Cinema 21:9 HDTV with a prototype of their 3D Blu-ray player. We don't know when Philips will release their first 3D TV, but they're waiting for a higher consumer demand.

[Engadget HD]

Remember the ultra widescreen Philips Cinema 21:9? Well, the sad news is that the price tag for this HDTV gets higher and higher everytime we hear about it. According to the latest price tag published in the UK, it will be available for around $7,400 USD. That's a lot of money to pay to get rid of those ugly black bars at the top and bottom of your screen, but is it worth it? It's up to you, but I'm sure most of you will say it's not, since I still hear complaints over displays with a 16:9 aspect ratio. There is still no word on if it will hit the US shelves.

[Gizmodo]

We've all heard about those Internet-connected HDTV's at CES, but right now it's all about 3D. That is, 3D without the glasses. Using Philips' WOWvx 3D solution, the 3DFusion 3DFMax display was born. There is no word on the price, contrast ratio, resolution or availability, so be on the lookout for that on a future blog post.

Just like i predicted. With the spawn of YouTube charging its users with a fee for downloads, they are currently on the verge of killing all third-party downloading programs. In the near future, the only way you will be able to download YouTube videos are by paying, which is retarded. Everything is just based on money nowadays. It's a shame. How can Google let this happen? On a side note, Rinontherox (aka hiphoprox) got their account deleted on YouTube because of the whole Warner Bros. issue (most likely). I always watched their videos too, cause of Erin =D. But, their account was "suspended."

Sony is currently "looking for an 'evaluator/assessor' for a 'new game machine.' That is 'part of the PlayStation or PSP series and their peripherals.'" Wow, what could this be Sony? Could it be the Playstation 4? Or maybe the PSP 2? It could even be a PSPhone. Sony's getting our hopes up here and hopefully the "new game machine" will be one of the above. I'm hoping so, at least. I hope it's not some dumb PS3 add-on or something that imitates the Wii in some way.

Philips looks like they are finally ready to jump on the Internet-connected HDTV bandwagon. They are "readying" their Net TV module, which is a box thing. "The box will purportedly bring the web's best content to your HDTV through an easy-to-understand user interface, and the WiFi capability means that you won't have to run an Ethernet cable to your set." Engadget suspects that this Philips HDTV / home entertainment will be limited to Europe. That pretty much summed up what the box is and where it is coming out. Unfortunately, there is no price for the Net TV module, but it is said to be scheduled for an April release.

Remember the Philips Cinema "Ultra-Widescreen" 21:9 HDTV? The TV that "removes those black bars" from your HDTV DVDs and stuff. This "behemoth" is going to start shipping in June, but will cost a whopping $5,045 USD (€4,000). Talk about expensive, eh? If you can afford one of these, congratulations. But for us regular people, we'll have to look for something else.

3DFusion 3DFMax (and picture): http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/20/3dfusion-debuts-glasses-free-3dfmax-display/
YouTube Killing Third-Party Downloading: http://www.pcworld.com/article/159907/youtube_combats_external_video_ripping.html?tk=rss_news
Sony Looking For New Machine Game Testers (and picture): http://g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/693414/Sony-Testing-New-Game-Machine-In-Japan.html?utm_source=g4tv&utm_medium=rssfeeds&utm_campaign=TheFeed
Philips Net TV (and picture): http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/20/philips-net-tv-rumored-to-go-live-in-april/
Philips Cinema 21:9 HDTV (and picture): http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/20/philips-gives-cinema-21-9-hdtv-a-price-and-release-date/

Google Street View has just captured a man walking around in the streets of America with a rifle. I don't really know what else to say, but there's the picture above for you. Only in America.

I talked about the recent PS4 leaks (here) and Sony has denied the rumours again. Yes, i know it's kind of old that every rumour about Sony just has to be denied all the time, but what can i do.

You must remember the Philips 21:9 Cinema HDTV. This 56-inch ultra-widescreen monster will unfortunately not be making it's way to the United States. This also means that it will not reach the Canadian market either. This TV, that i talked about here and here, is also the TV that removes the 'black bars' on those widescreen DVDs. It seems that Philips might actually dislike the US market. This TV was also nowhere to be seen at CES, which was in Vegas. Philips do you have something to confess?

This morning if you used Google search, you might have noticed that every search result displayed the, "This site may harm your computer" tag. Luckily, it was fixed this morning at 11:50 a.m. EST. The whole Internet was going crazy, so it seemed like pretty big news. Now imagine if the whole Internet was infected by malware. I think that would cause a disaster worse than our current economic crisis or the upcoming end of the world (scheduled for December 21, 2012).

Google Street View (and picture): http://i.gizmodo.com/5143274/google-street-view-completes-tour-of-real-america-with-dude-carrying-rifle
Sony Denies the PS4 Leaks: http://gamingfront.net/story-165-.html
Philips 56-inch Cinema HDTV (and picture): http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/31/philips-56-inch-cinema-21-9-hdtv-not-for-americans/
Google Marks the Internet as Harmful (and picture): http://lifehacker.com/5143489/google-marked-every-site-as-harmful-this-morning

As you can see in the above photo, it is a screenshot of Starcraft 2. This is an amazing photo which consists of hundreds of zerglings approaching a Terran base. On a side note, i finally posted on my new blog today. You can go check it out by clicking on 'My Thoughts' in the top right corner of this page.

A couple of weeks ago, i talked about the Philips Cinema 21:9 HDTV (here) and i'm going to talk about it again today. This is a beautiful TV set and is a 56-inch monster. It will have "five HDMI sockets, a Spring release date and an estimated $4,276 [USD] price tag." Now, this TV may be wide, but it has a purpose. My aunt and uncle prefer buying 'Fullscreen' DVDs over 'Widescreen' because in 'Widescreen' you will notice that there are long black bars across the top and the bottom of the screen. This Philips HDTV is looking to get rid of those black bars, due to it's ultra-widescreen. Maybe, i should tell my aunt and uncle about this television set because it truly is gorgeous and it is something i know that they'll love. If you click on the link here, there is a short-clip about this TV.

So, Windows Mobile 6.1 will soon be out the door and we will make way for WinMo 6.5. There is a rumour that WinMo 6.5 will be unveiled at this year's MWC 2009, so it's just around the corner. In the picture that you see, it appears to be a leaked photo of the upcoming WinMo 6.5 Mobile OS. Engadget mentions that the photo is "pretty Zune-ish." I'll have to take their word for it, since i don't know what the Zune's UI looks like at all.

It's Intel vs AMD and we should know by now that Intel's i7 chips are faster than AMD's Phenom. But, it looks like Intel will be separating the Intel vs AMD margin even farther with the release of their new eight-core Xeon processor. It is "likely to be the Nehalem EP processor, an upcoming chip that is designed for dual-socket servers and workstations. This segment of the Xeon line is due for a refresh, and the Nehalem EP processor is scheduled to be released during early 2009." Intel will be revealing Nehalem at this year's ISSCC (International Solid-State Circuits Conference) in San Francisco on February 9. I'll give you more news on the Nehalem when the complete details are announced. Technology does evolve really fast. It seems like just a couple of week ago we were introduced to quad-core and now there will be 8-cores already.

Starcraft 2 Zergling picture: http://www.joystiq.com/2009/01/29/new-starcraft-2-screens-make-it-rain-zerglings/
Philips 56 inch Cinema 21:9 HDTV (and picture): http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/philips-56-inch-cinema-21-9-hdtv-gets-showcased-on-video/
WinMo 6.5 Screenshots (and picture): http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/seemingly-real-windows-mobile-6-5-screenshots-trickle-out-of-lea/
Intel's 8-Core Xeon Processor: http://blogs.zdnet.com/gadgetreviews/?p=1016

Even though i did say in my blog post, last night, that i would only be making one post today, i may be lying. This is only because during my lunch, which is right now, i was supposed to be installing Windows 7, but i can't. Apparently, if you try to install Windows 7 on a laptop, it must be plugged in. This is because if the battery shuts off, you can lose important information. It kind of sucks, but i'll do the installation at home because i got the ISO CD from my friend. Anyways, let's start it up.

The Dell 2209WA 22-inch LCD monitor was recently reviewed by CNET. They basically said that it was "the best 22-inch monitor we've seen." They also said that it has "excellent color and viewing angles and great gaming performance." It also had a reasonable price tag. This laptop looks pretty nice, except for the chubbiness. Judging from this angle, it looks like the monitor may be pretty thick. I like the monitor's stand, but the thickness really bugs me. I also prefer the shiny frame too, like the Samsung monitor from yesterday, that i talked about. I don't know the exact price, but Engadget did mention that it was "a fantastic price point." But, if you're looking for a new 22-inch LCD monitor for your everyday use, here it is.

Philips is introducing a new ultra-widescreen LCD TV. "The Cinema 21:9 is said to be the planet's first cinema-proportioned LCD TV, and of course, it'll also incorporate Ambilight technology around the borders. This TV looks pretty interesting and it's pretty wide to say the least. There is no price range for these, right now, but they are said to be shipping out during the Spring. There will be a site launching for this TV on the 29th, later this month. It looks shiny and i like the widescreen-ness, but i'm not even sure if this kind of ultra-widescreen is supported in some DVD's today.

There is now a computer worm that has already "infected more than a million PCs in the past 24 hours." So, if you're going to do your browsing, make sure that it is on a safe site. This is what happens when Microsoft cannot patch up their holes in-time. This hole has actually been around for months, but Microsoft has decided to take their sweet time in patching it up. Hopefully, Google will be better at this than Microsoft. Let's go Google, make that Android OS, quick. We need Google to save us all.

So, the new Palm Pre, which is scheduled to be released sometime in the first half of 2009, is receiving it's first batch of rumours. This rumour mentions that the Palm Pre will be exclusively held at Best Buy and Sprint stores, for the first couple of months. Apparently, "the rumor looks pretty solid." It'll be interesting to see if Palm can survive the downturn of the economy with this phone. It has good potential, but will it be the iPhone killer? I don't think so and it's because some people just worship Apple way too much. Everyone, nowadays, just has to get the newest Apple product, no matter what it is and no matter what the price is. Yes, their stuff are good (for lack of a better word), but the price is outrageous at times. The Pre won't be an iPhone killer because it will also be too expensive at launch. It may sell-out at launch, but it won't top the iPhone's sales because Apple just has too much momentum. Anything they make, just 'sells like hotcakes.' Even if Apple decided to create the Macbook Wheel, i'm sure people would still buy that. I bet someone actually thought it was real and wanted to pre-order it. I like Apple and they're a great company. I have an iPod Nano. Their iPhone is also a great device, i'm not going to lie. I don't really know what the point of this rant was and what it proved or didn't prove. But, anyways, we have 2 great devices here. I like the Palm Pre and the iPhone, but the bottom line is that the Apple product will always sell more.



So, there is the rumour about the new PSP and Sony has already denied it many times. But, were they being serious? Their new survey asks their consumers about what they would like to see in the new PSP2. Is the PSP2 real or not? We'll see, i hope it's true because i don't want to own a Nintendo DSi, which is going to be released soon. Yes, i know you can't see the survey that is pictured, but if you want to read more about it, you can read about it in the link below. It's a pretty interesting survey. Hopefully, Sony can finally build their DSi killer.

Dell's 22-inch Monitor (and picture): http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/15/dells-2209wa-lcd-monitor-reviewed-deemed-king-of-22-inchers/
Philips Cinema 21:9 LCD TV (and picture): http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/15/philips-introduces-ultra-widescreen-cinema-21-9-lcd-tv/
Worm Affects 1.1M PCs in 24 Hours: http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9125941
Palm Pre at Best Buy (and picture): http://www.pcworld.com/article/157754/.html?tk=rss_main
PSP Survey (and picture): http://i.gizmodo.com/5132043/sony-psp-survery-mentions-touchscreen-bluetooth-and-integrated-storage