PlasmaTv-related stories
Posted May 25th 2009 1:10PM by Danny Gallagher
Filed under: HDTV, Hardware

I've been thinking about buying a high definition or big screen plasma television for awhile. I don't really need one. I'm not even sure I can write it off. I just want to finally be on the same level as my friends and family members who constantly show off their big screen-HD-TV-snootiness as clear as the last episode of
Yo Gabba Gabba.
Lately, I've given up the pursuit. I realized it was a wasteful, greedy, and (worst of all) selfish reason to want anything, just to look better than someone on a material level. I also realized that someone else out there would have a TV that would be 200 times better than mine would ever be.
That realization came to me when I found this
103-inch plasma TV set that runs for $110,000.
Continue reading A TV that could kick your TV's ass, depending on the warranty options
Posted Feb 19th 2008 11:19AM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: TV on DVD, HDTV, PVR Wire, Hardware

Do you hear that? That's the sound of "Taps" being played for HDTV players and recorders.
Toshiba has announced that, "it will no longer develop, manufacture and market HD DVD players and recorders." Yes, it's true. Just like Beta was phased out in favor of VHS, HDTV has lost in its head to head battle with Blu-ray. As of March 2008, the manufacture of the hardware will cease, and production of HD DVD disk drives for PCs and games as well. The only exception, said Atsutoshi Nishida, President and CEO of Toshiba Corporation are laptops. "[Toshiba] continues to assess the position of notebook PCs with integrated HD DVD drives."
Continue reading HD DVD is officially dead