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LRG: Nearly half of all U.S. households have a digital video recorder

New consumer research from Leichtman Research Group (LRG) found that 44 percent of TV households in the United States have at least one DVR, and one-third of DVR households have more than one DVR – representing 14 percent of all households having multiple DVRs. In 2005, just 8 percent of all households had a DVR.

What is Super High Definition?

When HD TV arrived on the market, the publicity said that it was the finest image that we could produce, at the time, of course this was accurate, but in just a handful of years, the technology has taken another enormous step forward.

Insights into LED-Backlit HDTVs

As if knowing the differences between HDTVs wasn’t hard enough, there are subtle but important distinctions between LED TV models. But first, what exactly is an LED TV? LED TVs are simply LCD TVs that use LEDs as backlights instead of CCFLs (cold cathode tubes). There are three different ways that LEDs can be used [...]

Samsung BD-D7000 is World’s smallest Blu-ray Player

Despite the modest size—it measures just 180 x 180 x 30.5 mm—it can play both 2D and 3D Blu-ray discs, automatically converting the former to three dimensions on the fly, and offers the same features as much bigger models.  A built-in media player can access most common video formats (including JPEG, MP3, AVI, DivX HD [...]

LG passive 3D technology coming to your home in 2011

LG showed a lot of new products at this year’s CES in Las Vegas, with the most interesting segment being in passive 3D technology. In 2010, all worldwide available TV sets were using active 3D technology, both for LCD and plasma screens.

LG Brings 3D Technology to Life with a jargon-busting Q&A

As LG Electronics is set to launch its first 3D cinema advert this week, it announces an additional element to the campaign to really bring 3D to life– a digital widget, which aims to educate consumers about this new immersive technology with a fun and entertaining Q&A functionality.