Samsung Demonstrates New 3D SmartTV

Samsung 3D SmartTV

Samsung has shown its latest 3D SmartTV that comes with a full set of interactive features and media/info accessible via Samsung’s Smart HUB that not only gives you the possibility to enjoy Video On Demand contents, uses Skype or GTalk, YouTube and gives you access to any of your media stored on external devices or on your network (DLNA), but also, from the comfort of your sofa offers you the opportunity to control your TV experience directly from your Samsung Android Smartphone and/Or your GalaxyTab Tablet.

[Via Akihabara News]

Satellite TV on any Mac, PC or iPad with Elgato's 'EyeTV Netstream Sat'

Elgato announced its new network tuner for free-to-view satellite TV, 'EyeTV Netstream Sat', which streams the signal, live and in HD, from a satellite dish to any computer in the house. This device connects to your existing satellite feed and sends the TV signal through your router. If you have a Wi-Fi Network, even iPads can access standard definition channels from EyeTV Netstream Sat. This direct connection between the network tuner and an iOS4 device requires iOS 4.2 and the new version of the EyeTV app, (version 1.2, available in the App Store).

This EyeTV app feature also works with the hugely successful DVB-T version of the network tuner, EyeTV Netstream DTT. The device to start shipping on November 22nd for £189.95 (or about $300), while the EyeTV app will set you back an extra £2.99.. A dual-tuner add-on is sold separately.

[Source Aving.net and Engadget]

Television Meets Internet with Sony Google TV

Sony announced Sony Google TV in New york earlier today, it is a Sony Internet TV powered by Google TV.

The big difference between current connected HDTVs and Sony Google TV  is simultaneous Web surfing and TV watching, what Sony calls "Dual View." For instance, if you're watching Law & Order: SVU, you can search for details on the real live crime the story is based on while continuing to watch the episode. If you're watching a baseball game, you can check on fantasy league stats. The whole idea is to mimic and reduce watching TV with a laptop on your lap to a single screen.

There are four models - 24-inch ($599), 32-inch ($799), 40-inch ($999) and 46-inch ($1,399). All are edge-lit LED LCD sets except the smallest, which is old-fashioned CFFL.

[Source ubergizmo, sonystyle.com]

Vizio 7-inch VMB070 7-Inch Portable TV

This portable tv set has a 7-inch screen that uses Razor  LED edge lit tech for a better image, resolution of 800 x 480 and a 500:1 dynamic contrast ratio. The little screen is rated for 250 nits brightness.

The antenna for the NTSC/ATSC/QAM tuner is integrated into the design and folds down for portability to receive your local digital stations over the air. There’s also a composite video input if you want to connect an external video source such as a DVD player or a video game system, as well as a USB port for viewing photos and using it as a digital picture frame. It doesn't have an HDMI port.

The set is less than an inch thick and has an internal battery good for 3.5 hours of use. The price is $159.99(USD).

[Via technabob]

Sony Created 360-Degree Display

The 3D Television can be found in most big electronic shops today. But Sony is showing off the next generation of 3-dimensional screens, providing 360-degree volumetric images that you can walk around and gesture control. 

May be the real application of this invention will not be for entertainment. Can you imagine watching movie where you to go around over and over to see the characters from different angle? maybe?

[The Awesomer]

Toshiba is Developing 3-D TV Without Special Glasses

Image: from CrunchGear

Toshiba Corporation said yesterday that it is developing technology for 3-D television that won't require special glasses. However a spokeswoman from toshiba didn't give confirmation whether Toshiba plans to start selling this new  television by the end of this year.

The 3-D televisions that are available today from Panasonic and Sony require special glasses, although there are already screens that doesn't require glasses mainly intended for store display.

Yumiori newspaper said that Mitsubishi's technology involves transmitting different images at various angles to create an illusion of dimension and depth.

[Metronews]

Samsung Introduces World's Biggest 3D LED TV

The eyes are gettting more and more spoiled everyday. By the end of 2011 maybe your regular plasma or LCD televisions will be so 2008.

Samsung Electronics on Wednesday launched the world's largest full-HD 3D LED TV. It announced the debut of the 65-inch TV at the Samsung Experience store in the Time Warner Center in Manhattan.

"The bigger the screen, the more real the images look on 3D TVs," a Samsung spokesperson said. "The key to success is to make a big screen that can display images in great detail." With the latest model the company's line-up of 3D LED TVs in the North American market ranges in size from 40 inches to over 60 inches.

The Korean electronics giant also released the world's first portable 3D Blu-ray player with a 10.3-inch  full-HD screen.

[Source]

Tim Baxter, President of Samsung Electronics America, stands next to the world's largest 3D LED TV (65-inches)  in New York, August 11, 2010. Picture credit