Best Buy Canada launches retail iPhone app
Best Buy Canada, owners of big box consumer electronics retailers Best Buy Canada and Futureshop, has released two iOS apps for the Apple iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad which let users search the respective retailers products.
The nearly identical Best Buy Canada and Futureshop apps let iOS users search the respective retailers entire catalogue as well learn more about each product through ratings, reviews and enlarged views.
Samsung rolls out premium 3D HDTV series
First shown at CES in January of this year, Samsung this week announced the Canadian launch of its new 9000 premium series of 3D ready LCD HD televisions.
Features of the sets include: super slim panel (less than 8 millimetres thick); stainless steel metal chassis; edge lit LED lighting; 1920 x 1080p resolution; quadruple frame rate (240 Hz); Samsung’s HyperReal video processing engine; Internet connectivity DLNA certification and four HDMI inputs.
LG Electronics unveils 3D line-up
LG Electronics today announced the imminent arrival in stores of a suite of 3D technology products which includes its new “Infinia” LED HDTVs along with its first 3D-capable Network Blu-ray Disc player and 3D active shutter glasses.
Available in 47- and 55-inch versions, the less expensive Infinia LX 6500 series of LCD HDTVs is available now while the more expensive LX9500 series of HDTVs will be in stores later this month.
Panasonic 3D Ready Plasma HDTVs now in stores
Panasonic Canada has announced that its new 3D-capable plasma HDTVs, which were first announced at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas are now available in stores.
The Viera VT25 series of plasma televisions starts at $3,000 and consists of four models ranging in size from 50 to 65-inches.
Global TV sales top 54 million in Q1
Global television sales rebounded sharply in the first quarter of 2010 thanks to improving global economic conditions according to a recent report from DisplaySearch.
Total television shipments in the first three months of this year were 54.7 million units, up 25% from the same time period in 2009.
Review: Panasonic PT-AE4000 Home Theatre Projector
Earlier this year Panasonic Canada began shipping the PT-AE4000 1080p Home Cinema Projector to retailers, the fourth iteration of its popular flagship high definition LCD front projector.
Recently, Digital Home spent three weeks using the Panasonic PT-AE4000 3 LCD Front Projector and found it to be the finest sub $3,000 front projector we’ve had the opportunity to review.
Panasonic Plasmas let you make a phone call
Panasonic Canada has announced that beginning in late May, Skype video calling will be available on 2010 Panasonic Vierra Cast enabled plasma televisions.
Combined with Panasonic’s TY-CC10W webcam (sold separately), the Skype program will allow Panasonic VT and G Plasma series owners to make video phone calls with a picture that has a 1,280 x 720 resolution at a maximum frame rate of 22fps
HDTV Primer: What you need to watch HD Programming
Over the last five years, the most discussed topic in Digital Home’s Digital Forum has been high definition television (HDTV). In reviewing the thousands of questions we have received about HD technology, it’s clear to us that the consumer electronics industry has done a lousy job in educating Canadians about this wonderful technology.
For example, a common misperception among Canadian consumers is that all you need to watch television programming in HD is to buy an HDTV. In this article, Digital Home explains briefly what HDTV is and the three things you’ll need if you really want to watch HD broadcasts on it.
