Cedia 09

Yamaha’s MCR-140 Wireless iPod Dock Sounds As Good As It Looks

7:30AM September 12, 2009 | Matt Buchanan

Yamaha’s latest iPod docks look fantastic—it’s made with metal, not plastic—and sounds damn near as good. Our quick impression is that the sound’s rich—highs aren’t tinny like most—and there’s some nice bass response. More »

Snap Judgement On 3 Different 3D Technologies

6:30AM September 12, 2009 | Mark Wilson

CEDIA is the US’s premier home theatre show, with the the big 3D push coming in 2010, I planted my eyes on three types of 3D technologies that you may have in your next TV…and passed some judgements. More »

The Best of LCD: New LED-Lit TVs From LG, Samsung, Sony Compared

10:50AM September 11, 2009 | Matt Buchanan

The best LCD sets money can buy are lit up by LEDs, and these are the best LED TVs you can buy from LG, Samsung and Sony. They start at $US3600. More »

Equivocation, In HD

2:40AM September 11, 2009 | Matt Buchanan

Oh really? The best Sony Bravia XBR HDTV in the world, eh? That’s quite the accomplishment. More »

LG 55LHX Flagship LCD HDTV: Backlit LED, Wireless HDMI And THX

12:00AM September 11, 2009 | Matt Buchanan

LG’s pulled the rest of the curtain off its top-of-the-line LHX TV, and on paper, the 55LHX gives Sony’s tip-top XBR10 a run for the money, even if it’s not as shiny: local-dimming LED backlight and wireless HDMI for $US4800. More »

Software

Windows Media Center Opens Up DRM Restrictions On Shows

8:57AM September 10, 2009 | Mark Wilson

If you record a lot of shows using a CableCard in Windows Media Center, know that the upcoming 1.19 update will loosen the reins on these recordings and allow you to copy them to other WMC machines and portable devices. In other words, you record into WMC, you can copy the content wherever you want—save for Pay-Per-View and premium content. So it’s not the Holy Grail, but it may be as close as we’re going to get.

Sony XBR10 Flagship LCD HDTV Has Sidelit LED, Wireless HDMI

7:00AM September 10, 2009 | Brian Lam

Sony’s new XBR10—known overseas as as the ZX5—is their new flagship. It heralds the return of LEDs that the XBR9 skipped, but is sidelit. That means it’s skinny, but doesn’t do localised background dimming. *Tears!* More »

LG’s Ultraslim “Seamless” SL90 LED TV Slides Out Soon For $US2699

4:00AM September 10, 2009 | Matt Buchanan

Teased a month ago with the SL80, LG’s dropped final price and release details on its new flagship LED TV, the “seamless” 1.15-inch thin SL90: It’ll be $US2100 for the 42-inch model, and $US2700 for the 47-inch, out later this fall. More »