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The PS3’s still got a long ways to go to catch up to the Xbox 360 in the online space, and their next step toward it with an HD VOD service seems kind of lackluster. It’s launching next year in Japan… …

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Filed under: Cable, New content

There’s been a rash of new HD announcements coming from all over the cable landscape lately, and now it’s Cablevision’s turn. The provider has added the HD-flavors of HGTV and Food Network to the lineup across its entire network. The new goodies will show up on channels 730 and 766, respectively. This double-dose of “lifestyle” programming arrives just in time for the holidays and brings Cablevision’s iO TV HD tally to 44. Sure, the number lags behind that of HD-count leader DirecTV, but it’s nothing to shake a stick at. But we’d really like to see Cablevision use up a more substantial portion of the that 500 HD channel capacity!

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Filed under: HDNet, New content

When the lights go up on the Democratic presidential debate (the Iowa Brown and Black Forum) this Saturday, all the cameras will be HD. What’s more, HDNet is the exclusive national broadcaster of the event. With YouTube becoming standard fare in the presidential debates, we’re glad to see a swing to the opposite side of the video quality spectrum. Granted, picture quality is not essential to the debate and maybe it even detracts from the point of the event; but still it’s nice to see more HD-exclusive content, right? One thing’s for sure, even if the candidates are able to hide behind “softball” questions and couched answers, there’s no hiding a bad makeup job or nervous tick from HD cameras!

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Filed under: Industry, Displays, Mitsubishi, Others, Samsung

It seems that SED’s reign as the most perpetually delayed television technology in recent memory may be getting a run for its money, as the Laser TV sets we were totally expecting (ahem) by Christmas aren’t making it onto Santa’s sleigh after all. According to The Sydney Morning Herald, vice-president of Arasor Scott Wilkie admitted that the sets wouldn’t be available by the year’s end, but he unsurprisingly passed the blame onto “other key component manufacturers” that “haven’t quite ramped up as fast as was expected.” Still, Frank DeMartin, vice-president of marketing and product development at Mitsubishi Digital Electronics, supposedly stated that we could see some Laser TV-based announcement at CES 2008, but we wouldn’t be shocked if it was simply an updated timetable and a subtle plea for patience. January’s just around the bend — hopefully this will get sorted out soon enough.

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Filed under: Displays, Others, Projector

Truth be told, we’ve no qualms with a company unveiling nine new DLP projectors at once, but it is a wee bit overwhelming. From the top, we’ve got Optoma’s 720p HD65 ($999) and HD71 ($1,299), which aim to please HT enthusiasts and deliver 1,600 / 2,400 lumens, respectively, and offer up HDMI 1.3, component, VGA, S-Video and composite inputs. Upping the ante is the 1080p HD803 ($2,599), which features 1,200 lumens, an 8,000:1 contrast ratio and a three-stage video processing system. Taking things down a notch, we see the EP721 ($599), EP727 ($699), EP728 ($999) and EP7155 ($999) which top out with an XGA resolution and seem to cater to educational institutions and businesses. Those needing a WXGA resolution can check out the EP1691 ($999; pictured), which weighs in at just 3.2-pounds and packs 2,500 lumens. Lastly, the port-filled EP761 ($1,299) touts an XGA resolution, 3,200 lumens, a 2,000:1 contrast ratio and DVI, VGA (2 in, 1 out), composite, S-Video, RS-232 and USB connectors. The whole lot is slated to ship out right about now, and if you’re craving more in-depth details on any one in particular, the read links below should do the trick.

[Via AboutProjectors, image courtesy of DealerScope]
Read - Optoma’s HD65 and HD71
Read - Optoma’s EP1691 and EP7155
Read - Optoma’s EP761
Read - Optoma’s EP721, EP727 and EP728
Read - Optoma’s HD803

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Filed under: ABC, CBS, The CW, Discovery-HD, ESPN-HD, Fox, HBO-HD, HDNet, INHD, MyNetworkTV, NBC, Showtime-HD, Starz, TNT-HD, Universal-HD, Listings

What we’re watching: Tonight is heavy on reruns, while those with NFL Network enjoy a Packers - Cowboys matchup, we’ll check out a new episode of ’til Death and an NBA doubleheader on TNT.

Our traditional high-def listings continue below.

Continue reading HDTV Listings for November 29, 2007

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Filed under: Blu-ray, Media PCs

Although we don’t use them around the Engadget HD labs, we love HD movie playback software for the computer. Not only does it enable the enjoyment of HD movies on a computer, it also opens up the possibilities to free our favorite movies, but most of all cause it is also easy to update when new features become available. WinDVD has been around for some time and now it appears that in early 2008 — yeah we know real specific — it may be the first Windows software to support Blu-ray’s profile 1.1 features like PIP. Sounds like a non-announcement doesn’t it? Seriously, no real date, but what we really want to know is how something can get certified at something it can’t even do yet — sounds like Blu spin to us.

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Filed under: Industry, Internet, New content

Getting video feeds over the ‘net is hardly a problem these days, but fetching honest-to-goodness HD footage is far less common. Granted, we’ve seen HD IPTV options crop up here and there, but finding new, unique HD programming streams online is more the exception than the rule. Still, the continual growth of HDTV over cable, fiber and satellite makes us wonder if PC content won’t be forced to measure up or get disregarded. Of course, there’s always the issue of bandwidth to deal with, but considering just how many individuals are now looking to the internet for at least some of their television needs, it just seems like a matter of time before we’ll be watching more than previously aired online versions of our favorite nighttime dramas in high-definition. Or, at least we hope.

[Image courtesy of ABC]

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