Many companies are posting their 2009 Q4 reports and TiVo has recently reported a major loss of about $10.2 million. This financial blow is mainly due to the fact that most cable and satellite companies can provide a simpler, easier version of TiVo for a much lower price. This also allows the customers the option of using a product that is provided by the TV providers. This is really bad news for TiVo, especially since they recently released their latest Premiere units that will come with a new flash-driven interface.

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Samsung has made a lot of announcements about their 3DTVs today. However, this announcement is about the opening of their new Apps store. This is the world’s first HDTV-based application store. It allows those who have internet connected HDTVs to browse and select internet apps that they would like. This also helps the company from installing internet apps onto HDTVs that users will not use. Some of the apps that will be included at the store include The Associated Press, Netflix, Pandora, Twitter, USA Today, and Vudu. The store is looking to launch in March will begin with more than 20 apps. The company looks to expand that list to over 100 before the end of the year.

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Samsung is announcing a lot of new 3DTVs that will be coming soon with the 3D blitz. However no one has really announced any information yet about any 3D content. Samsung was happy to announce today that they look to improve their partnership with DreamWorks. The company announced a new 3D Starter Kit that will be available to anyone who purchase one of Samsung’s new 3DTVs. The 3D kit will include two pairs of 3D glasses and a copy of DreamWorks’ 3D Blu-ray copy of Monsters vs. Aliens. Unfortunately though, Samsung did not announce how much extra this starter kit will retail for. More information will be released as it becomes available.

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Samsung has already announced today their new LED and plasma HDTV lineups. To finish out their HDTV lineup, the company has released their 2010 LCD HDTV lineup. The list includes many new models from 8 new series. The TVs range from 60” to 19” and will retail between $2499 and $279. The majority of the LCD lineup will be released this month, but several models will be delayed as far back as June. “Samsung is proud to deliver increasingly flexible, immersive HDTV experiences including the incorporation of 3D technology that meet consumers’ evolving entertainment expectations,” said John Revie, senior vice president of Home Entertainment for Samsung Electronics America. “The 2010 lineup of LCD TVs delivers our commitment to quality, with new breakthrough designs, improved picture quality, connectivity capabilities and energy efficiency.”

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Samsung is a market leader and award-winning innovator in consumer electronics. Today, the company released their USA availability portfolio of their 2010 plasma lineup. The list includes TVs from the 8000, 7000, and 6500 series and are all expected to release in May 2010. The prices range from $1599 for a 50” model up to $3799 for a 63” display. To make things better, Samsung announced that all TVs in the 8000 and 7000 series will be 3D Ready and will also come with the ability to convert 2D content into 3D in real time. “Samsung has raised the bar for the plasma TV marketplace by providing exceptional picture quality in a slim and energy efficient package,” said John Revie, senior vice president of Home Entertainment for Samsung Electronics America. “With our 2010 select models which include 3D capabilities and Web-enabled multimedia access through Samsung Apps, we are delivering on our promise to create products that evolve with the needs and desires of our customers.”

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Once a week the hosts of HD Nation talks about the best in HD devices and HD content. This week they kick off the show with the announcement that TiVo is releasing a new upgraded set-top-box. However, even with the upgraded system, the hosts were disappointed with the new device. Some of the complaints included a stretched picture and the new flash interface is not compatible with the older TiVo systems. The hosts also discuss the new Harmony remotes from Logitech that were released last week. The remotes feature a screen display as well as the ability to control up to 5 devices, which is good or bad, depending on you’re A/V setup. Lastly, the hosts handle a viewer question that asks about the difference between 600Hz plasma and a 240Hz LCD refresh rate. The hosts state that the frame per second rate basically tells the user how many times an image is being flashed on the screen per second. The higher the rate, the smoother the image will look. Also the retail companies like to look at the big numbers and use them as a promotional point during the advertising. Because plasma and LCD technology is different, the difference in the frames per second is not a big concern. Also this specification is only really noticeable when you watch movies. Content like regular cable shows, video games, and sporting events are not really going to show a difference between the frame rates.

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At CES this year, Samsung was one of the many companies that were displaying their new 3DTVs. Today, the company has released their retail list for the upcoming models and the new TVs will cost you. The list includes TVs from the company’s 9000, 8000, 7000, and 6000 series. The 3DTVs will be released between now and July 2010 and range in size from 32” to 65”. All of these displays will feature the new LED lamp technology and Samsung’s Real240Hz refresh rate technology. “Our commitment to innovation has always been strong. We’re not only delivering elegant design and eco-friendly energy consumption, but we’re adding a new dimension to superior home entertainment through a broad lineup of 3D LED TVs,” said John Revie, vice president of Home Entertainment for Samsung Electronics America. “We are passionate about this year’s LED TV lineup as we once again raise the bar on technology innovation by delivering a superior TV experience and leadership in the HDTV space.”

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Sony unveiled today when their 3DTVs will be released to the consumer market in June. The problem though is that they will only come with two glasses per TV. However, Sony has also announced that they will also be releasing individual 3D glasses, the TDG-BR100 and TDG-BR50. The glasses come in three different colors and you have your choice between Blue, Pink, or Grey. The glasses use the active shutter technique and require an infrared emitter to use them. The bad news about them though is their price. Sony plans to sell both models for about $133 a pair. The IR emitter will only cost $55, but Sony’s 3DTV comes with one as part of the package. However, this means that if you buy one of the 3DTVs that don’t have glasses, and you are a family of four, then you can look to spend an extra $587 in order to see 3D at home.

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Sony is proud to announce today that they will be releasing several new series of HDTVs in June. The new series include the LX900, HX900, and HX800. These series includes 12 HDTVs in total and all of them will come with LED backlit technology and are the company’s first 3D Ready HDTVs. The TVs range in size from 40- to 60-inches, diagonally. The flagship series is the LX900 and it will come with Sony’s new “Intelligent People Sensor.” This feature allows the TV to tell when and where a viewer is sitting and be able to direct the sound directly towards them. Also, the feature can detect the lighting and environment conditions and adjust the image to look its best. All three series come with a Monolithic design and sits in the stand just like a scrabble tile on a rack. The LX900 TVs each come with two pairs of 3D glasses, but the company did not say if the same applies to the other series. Sony will release all the TVs in June, but the USA retail price was not released.

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Samsung is one of the biggest manufacturers of HDTVs. Today the writers from Gizmodo got the opportunity to take a tour of the company’s factory in Kaluga, Russia. One thing that they noticed was that the entire factory is virtually automated. Everything from the plastic mold machines to stamping the company’s logo onto the bezel is controlled and run by robots. The only thing that the humans do at the factory is oversee the machines and occasionally tighten molds.

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