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Archive for January, 2008

The all-in-one ‘Q’ gets a price: $10,000

Posted by Mike Yamamoto on January 17th, 2008
(Credit: Lumenlab)

Back in October a North Carolina start-up called Lumenlab caused a bit of a stir when photos of its "Q" were making the rounds, depicting an awfully fetching uber-machine that boasted a 42-inch 1080p HDTV and a fully integrated PC with a terabyte of storage. But little else ...

In multimedia television, Loewe goes high

Posted by Mike Yamamoto on January 17th, 2008
(Credit: Loewe)

As the evolution of the Apple TV shows, the digital television market isn't just about picture quality. The real fight, as has been predicted for the last decade, is for control of the living room in general.

Germany-based Loewe apparently knows this well and is responding with ...

Sony’s ‘portable’ Bravia TV

Posted by Mike Yamamoto on January 16th, 2008
(Credit: Engadget)

As Crave UK mate Rory Reid found out the hard way (risking a hernia with Dell's 20-inch laptop), the definition of "portable" is a relative thing with PCs. And thanks to Sony, British lower lumbar regions will soon be tested again, this time with TVs.

The Bravia B4000 ...

5 Webby services we’d like to see on the Apple TV

Posted by Josh Lowensohn on January 16th, 2008
(Credit: Apple Inc.)

I've had a love/hate relationship with Apple TV since its release. Despite yesterday's price cut, the addition of the movie rental service, and computer-free content acquisition for things like Podcasts and music tracks, to me it's still not a necessary living-room entertainment device. ...

iTunes HD movie rental only for Apple TV?

Posted by Donald Bell on January 15th, 2008

Now that post-keynote reality is starting to sink in, it's occurring to me that Apple's HD movie rental announcement has a big string attached named Apple TV. In order to rent HD-quality iTunes movies, it seems that you'll have to buy an Apple TV. People who just ...