| Three new portable DMB TV devices from LG
Congratulations LG! You are now the proud parents of three new additions to your handheld video-watching family, all of which have been blessed with touchscreens. Welcome the FM37, FM33, and T50.
As their model numbers suggest, the FM37 and FM33 align themselves with the FM35 portable DMB TV device that was announced some time back. The FM37 is the bigger brother with its 2.4-inch TFT LCD, being made available as a 249,000 KRW (US$264) two gigabyte version and as a 299,000 KRW (US$318) four gigabyte version. The FM33, by comparison, is physically smaller with its 1.77-inch TFT LCD, and it will be sold in three sizes: 1GB, 2GB, and 4GB for 149,000 KRW ($158), 179,000 KRW ($190), and 239,000 KRW ($254), respectively.
The odd one out of the three is the T50, which will come be priced at 189,000 KRW ($200) and 249,000 KRW ($264) for the 1GB and 2GB variants.
Terrible content, even on a wide-screen TV, is still terrible
(Former managing editor of the Beaverton Valley Times and The Times, serving Tigard, Tualatin and Sherwood, Mikel Kelly handles special sections and contributes a regular column.) By mikel kelly The Times, Feb 1, 2007, Updated Feb 1, 2007 (1 Reader comment) .
TV retailers doing Super business
CHICAGO (AP) - Mark Smithe admits to a moment of doubt before shelling out $10,000 for a 65-inch high-definition, flat-panel, plasma TV and related gear last week.The hesitation was brief. He's a Bears fan, after all, and what better way to experience the Super Bowl than to see and hear every Brian Urlacher glare and crunching hit through a system with 2 million pixels and theater-quality speakers?"It's a little bit of keeping up with the Joneses," said Smithe, one of an estimated 2.5 million Americans purchasing a new television for Super Bowl Sunday, based on results of a recent survey."Our friends' jaws are going to drop when they see this."
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EyeTV Hybrid is tiny, handy
As a platform, the Macintosh computer has almost surpassed Windows as the best system to use as a media center to watch video content either on the computer's monitor or on your TV. This hasn't happened because of Apple. We can thank Elgato Systems for single-handedly supporting TV on the Mac. .
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