A new connector is coming to your future cell phones and mobile devices and its solely purpose is to connect said device to HDTVs and display. The Mobile High-Definition Interface Working Group will conceive it soon as various companies have already agreed upon such a bold endeavor. Nokia, Samsung, Toshiba, Sony and Silicon Image will work together to create the new standard. The question is, do we really need a new standard in our lives? After all we already have so many and with Apple’s and Intel’s Light Peak universal connector that’s coming in a couple of years there isn’t much point for devising an HD-only standard. What are your thoughts on the matter?

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Looking for a Blu-ray camcorder? Hitachi has a hybrid now, the DZ-BD10HA which will do the trick for you. Its 7 megapixel CMOS image sensor will get you both photos and videos in FullHD quality. (more…)

Tags: Blu-ray, camcorder, HDTV, hitachi, Portable Devices

Are you shopping for a new HDTV? You should consider LG’s 47 inch 47LG90 HDTV which brags to offer you no less than a 1,000,000:1 contrast ratio with the help of the local-dimming capable LED backlight.

This HDTV will bring you blacker blacks and whiter whites. Simply control individual areas of backlighting up or down to get those deep blacks and brighter whites. The 47LG90 also has 120MHz motion processing, 24p Real Cinema, 500cd/m2 brightness and an 8ms response time. There are three HDMI ports, two sets of HD component video, one S video, one PC video and one analog input.

The 47LG90 has an universal remote control and it’s just 5 inch thick. You will have to wait it out until September to get one. In the mean time better start saving. The 47LG90 will cost you no less than $3,599.

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The Insignia 37” Flat-Panel LCD HDTV is probably popular when it comes to its price. This television set is priced at only $799.99 but features some cool functions such as a built-in HDTV tuner, native resolution of 1366 x 768, brightness display of 500 cd/m2 and contrast ratio of 1000:1. Today, we have the opportunity of including a review done by I4U that includes practically both positive and negative aspects of this HDTV set.

The NSLCD37 is equipped with connectivity options such as two HDMI inputs, a VGA for PC, one S-Video, two component inputs, one composite input and a headphone jack. This enables users to have several setups for this TV. There is also a built-in speaker, but it falls a but flat with only 10 watts of power. If you need that oomph from your audio, then its best to get a separate sound system.

What’s good about this set is that virtually, everything is just plug and play. The picture display is quite good although transitions from black to grey in dark, shadowed scenes were a bit pixilated. But you probably won’t know the difference, but still, it could have been more.

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