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BitTorrent Inventor: My Goal Is To Kill Off Television So far, the best thing you could say about IKEA’s media centre TV centaur was that it came with an appropriately quirky introductory video. But GigaOm’s got some actual, you know, details about the Uppleva. And they’re looking very, very appealing.
We understand that not every decor can accommodate a big flatscreen TV mounted to the wall. But the TV Tank, which hides your flatscreen behind a giant aquarium, is like trying to conceal an Austin Mini behind a Lamborghini. It’s still going to draw attention.
Remember when Foxconn got loose lips and started popping off about a certain Apple HDTV that’s in development? Seems like someone at Apple put the fear of god into its manufacturing partner, because all of a sudden, Foxconn is claiming that they had “neither confirmed, nor speculated” about any such thing.
When we saw the gorgeous Samsung Super OLED TV at CES, we were stunned. We wanted it in our living room. We thought about stealing it. We wanted to buy it, but it turns out we can’t afford it. It’s going to be $US9000.
Over the past few weeks, the big four in TV screens announced their 2012 lineup. The common theme between them all appears to all about the smart apps and multitasking capabilities. And it seems that we’re yet to see the last of those 3D panels that we all love to hate. If you’re looking to upgrade your TV anytime soon, be sure to read up on what’s in store for the Australian market.
Hello Jessica Starr, weather woman of FOX Detroit, you don’t seem to be wearing any clothes. In fact, you look invisible! Is this meteorologist sorcery? A camera trick? A fashion faux pas? A bit of everything actually.
One of the more notable gaps in Apple’s local media lineup has been the ability to download TV episodes in HD. Movies have been on sale in HD for quite a while, but TV for Australian iTunes account holders was a strictly SD affair. That has finally changed, with Apple adding some HD TV shows to the local iTunes Store.
Rumours have been floating around for the past couple of months that Amazon was looking to produce sitcoms and children’s television. Now All Things D is confirming it: Amazon is looking to pay $US10,000 to option scripts and $US55,000 if a show is greenlit.
At the beginning of MacGyver season 3, Angus MacGyver moves into a floating house. 25 years later your can move in to the very same home because it’s up for sale. Time to get your eBay bidding skills on.
We thought Sharp’s eye-skewering, 85-inch 8k TV ad CES was an act of Zeus. It literally made us nauseous, it looked so good. But that’s nothing, as of right now: Panasonic just dropped a 145-inch 7680 x 4320 mega-set.
