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Picture Frame Antenna Supply Catching Up after Popular Demand ...
7/14/07 - St. Louis-based HDTV antenna manufacturer Terrestrial Digital is finally starting to breathe a sigh of relief. The PF7, the companys HDTV antenna disguised as a picture frame, is now back in stock at antennasdirect.com after three months of record breaking sales.
The company had the best type of problem on their hands beginning in December of last year. The PF7 was featured on NBCs The Today Show, alongside big screen HDTVs, the Nintendo Wii and Sonys Playstation 3, as one of the best gadget gifts for guys. The problem? Within hours of the program airing, demand went above and beyond supply. It even went beyond the product orders they had placed in anticipation of the buzz.
Its a little bit surreal to see Matt Lauer and one of the Senior Editors at CNet.com talking about your product on national television, Terrestrial Digital President Richard Schneider said.
Sony hands out free 46" HDTVs to the first 100 customers in London
Eager London gamers that waited in line to get their hands on a PlayStation 3 this morning got way more than they may have bargained for before camping out. Sony, obviously in a generous mood, gave the first 100 customers to purchase a £425 ($834 USD) PS3 a free 46" HDTV and a free taxi ride home. In all, Sony gave away over £250,000 ($490,450 USD) in HDTVs to accompany the PS3 launch. The free taxi ride was most likely a nod to the fact that many customers who showed up to purchase a PS3 might not have exactly had enough room to transport a 46" HDTV back to their homes. "I feel fantastic. I'm delighted that everyone here also gets a television," said 17-year-old Ritatsu Thomas who was the first buyer in line. The PS3 has gotten off to a somewhat slow start in the United States and has been consistently outsold by both the Wii and Xbox 360 since its November launch.
Reviewed by ; David Katzmaier
In case you haven't noticed, the price of plasma TV has officially fallen into the three-figure range. The 42-inch Vizio VP42HDTV, available for $999--and in some cases even less--is the perfect example. This HDTV misses no features, hits the style note nicely, and most importantly, comes through with a picture that's good enough to satisfy most viewers, especially for the price. Yes, discerning home theater-philes will find fault with its low-light picture, but at the end of the day, even they would probably pronounce the Vizio VP42HDTV a great value. Design Vizio maintains a fairly consistent two-tone look across its product line, and the VP42HDTV is one of the more handsome examples. The black around the screen is glossy, and the silver of the speaker section below lacks the strange-looking crease found on some of the company's LCDs.
PC Perspective attempts to review the OnAir GT USB HDTV tuner
USB-powered HDTV tuners are commonplace these days so how do you choose one? Well, most people turn to reviews in order to select the right one for them. But how do you select a review? The first quality in our book is that the reviewer knows what he is talking about. Take this HDTV tuner review for example. PC Perspective is attempting to review OnAir GT USB tuner and we got through most of the review without a hitch but then we happened upon the screenshot page showing examples of different broadcasts. (this is where all their credibility flew out the second story window) The last two examples are signals off digital stations showing daytime programing - none that are high-def. We are sure the reviewer noticed that the stream was 720p/1080i via an onscreen display, but we are here to tell you that the programs are not in high definition - note the side black bars and SD picture quality.
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