Posts by Noah Robischon
Screens
Samsung’s 31-Inch OLED Is Biggest, Thinnest Yet
7:15AM Noah Robischon | It’s still years away from mainstream adoption-and there are huge barriers to manufacturing the larger screen sizes-but Sony and Samsung are already slogging it out to achieve the largest screen size for its prototype OLED TVs. (Toshiba already took its 30-incher out of this year’s battle.) The active-matrix organic light-emitting diode technology (AM-OLED), produces brighter images and use less power than any current TV—this Samsung uses half the power of a “typical” 32-inch TV. The 1080p panel is just 4.3mm thick (.17-inches), thinner than any LCD other than the prototypes we’ve seen this week. The 14-inch is even more impressively razor thin (maybe as thick as a USB flash drive). The colours pop, the blacks are deep and it makes me think that Samsung, like Sony, is going to transition to OLED more quickly than anyone guessed. Plasma’s not dead, but LCD might be. More »
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Microsoft’s Brainwashing Children’s Book: Mummy, Where Do Servers Come From?
2:30PM Noah Robischon | “Mummy, Why is There a Server in the House?” is a children’s book dedicated to “Helping Your Child Understand the Stay-At-Home Server.” At first we snarked at this over-the-top marketing propaganda. But then it made us crap our pants with laughter. More »
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What You Missed Today at CES
1:19PM Noah Robischon | Here’s what you missed today at CES while some Democracy thing happened in New Hampshire: •Bill Gates told us how it feels to be the villain and the underdog, as well as what keeps him awake at night in the continuation of our multi-part interview. •We hear that CES may be leaving Las Vegas. •Mitsubishi cut us deep with their laser TVs. •Art Lebedev justified his Maximus Pro Keyboard; Wowwee justified its FemiSapien robot. •Mark groped the biggest remote control at CES 2008. •Peavey came out with a $2,000 fake guitar and amp kit for Guitar Hero. Nyko showed off some Guitar Hero and Rock Band guitars, wireless Wii nunchucks, and PS3 rumble replacements. And some dude who looked like Slash played with his belt buckle—which is also a wireless Guitar Hero controller. •ATI gave us a sneak peek at its graphic card that is faster than a Cray-1 supercompter. •Matt spent some quality time with the 8.9-inch ASUS Eee PC. •You know you’re gonna click it: 10 Insane Wii Weapons. •Oh, and Apple crashed the party for the second year in a row with a couple of announcements. We ask: why release new gear when the Macworld Keynote is only a few days away? More »
Gadgets
Hello Kitty Gallery and CES 2008 Booth Tour
6:51AM Noah Robischon | We [heart] Sanrio’s Hello Kitty lineup. They didn’t have anything as innovative as last year’s lady shaver on display. Instead, the Kitty seems to be going emo, with a line of sweet matte black music devices. A full gallery of the booth and all its wacky goodness is after the jump… More »
Screens
Cheat Sheet: TVs at CES 2008
10:30AM Noah Robischon | Holy Crap: First 150-Inch Lifescreen Plasma Photos Battlemodo: Pioneer Super-Black Kuro Concept Duels Best TV Ever… and Wins Pioneer 9mm-Thin Concept Plasma Ogled From All Angles Sizemodo: Pioneer Kuro 9mm Plasma TV Concept Vs. iPhone Sony 27-inch OLED Prototype Gallery Sony’s 11-inch XEL-1 OLED TV Finally Ships in January for $2,500 Sony’s High End LCD Bravia Line (Where are the Big TVs?) Samsung High End Plasma: Series 7 Getting Ethernet and Amber Tinged Frames Samsung Says Phooey to 1080p, Goes 4x Better with Quad HD Samsung Low End Plasmas: Series 4, 5 are 3D Ready HDTVs Samsung Sticks With Rear-Screen Projectors, Shows New Series 6 and 7 Sets Samsung’s High-End LCDs for 2008: Series 6 and 7 HDTVs Get Ethernet, Amber Tint, but No LEDs (WTF?) Toshiba: “1080p is the New 720p!” Giz Explains: Vizio’s Latest HDTV Models High End Budget HDTV: Vizio VP605F VP504F 1080p Plasma Has Silicon Optix HQV Reon Processor Inside?! LG MPH TV-Everywhere Coming to North America in 2009 LG Announces Slew of LCD and Plasma Panels The Biggest Losers: JVC, Sharp, Hitachi and Pioneer Battle for the Super-Slimmest TV More »
Announcements
What’s Going to be Big at CES Today
3:28AM Noah Robischon | Other than Panasonic’s 150-inch plasma, you mean? Casio’s 60FPS , 1,200 fps still/video camera Laser TVs More super-slim, ultra-slim and anorexic HDTVs Sizemodo galore Xbox 360 guitars from Nyko Sony Ericsson phones more and moreUltra-Mobile PCs Motorola’s wireless speakers and other accessories Massage chairs, always the massage chairs More »
Phones
Motorola Z10 and ROKR E8 Hands On
5:51PM Noah Robischon | As with all Motorola phones, the new Z10 and Rokr E8 are innovative but not so much to be considered breakthrough technologies. Click through for specs and some impressions. More »
Phones
Hello Motorola Press Party
4:34PM Noah Robischon | The Motorola Z10 multimedia phone. We open with a long demo of the Z10, which has built-in video edited tools and a wireless broadband video uplink via HSDPA quadband GSM. *30 fps *8 GB expandable memory *16 million colour display As much camera as phone. Moving on to the Rokr E8. More »
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