Apple TV, Google TV, and dumb monitors

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	What's new in TV and home theater David Katzmaier CNET.com All about Apple TV After a flurry of last-minute rumors, Apple announced its completely revamped Apple TV at its keynote last week, featuring a much smaller design, 99-cent TV rentals from ABC and Fox, and Netflix streaming capabilities. And in a non-Apple-like move, it costs just $99. Read more  Apple TV, second-generation (photos)  Review: Old Apple TV  Best Network Video Streamers Popular CNET home theater product reviews Vizio XVT553SV  Check prices Samsung UN55C8000  Check prices Panasonic Viera TC-P50VT25  Check prices Samsung PN50C7000  Check prices Samsung LN46C630  Check prices Home theater news and reviews New Apple TV: How does it compare to streaming rivals? The newly revamped Apple TV is a huge upgrade over its predecessor, but in many ways Apple is playing catch-up in the streaming video space. A wide variety of product types already contain much of the same functionality, although the Apple TV has a few advantages. Read more  More: Apple TV isn't 1080p and you shouldn't care Review: Samsung LNC630 series Solid image quality and features as well as sleek looks make Samsung's mainstream LNC630 LCD an affordable alternative to LED-based LCD TVs. Read more  Check prices Sony's Google TV on display at IFA Sony plans to release a Google TV-powered television later this year, and it showed early versions off at the IFA electronics show in Berlin. Google TV builds the Android operating system into a TV, opening it up to applications available through the Android Market. Read more  More from IFA in Berlin Poll: Smart TV or dumb monitor? The first mainstream TVs with built-in Internet connectivity appeared a couple of years ago with just news and weather feeds, but now TVs have streaming video, Apps and games. Do you want all that stuff built-in? Read more  Internet-connected TVs compared Crave 3D 'Avatar' to Blu-ray in December; exclusive to Panasonic 3D TVs David Katzmaier Confirming the rumors, Panasonic has announced that the 3D version of the 'Avatar' Blu-ray disc will arrive in December as an exclusive available only to owners of the company's 3D TVs. Read more The Audiophiliac World's best-sounding 3D Blu-ray Posted by Steve Guttenberg with the release of "Goldberg Variations Acoustica" AIX has ventured into producing original 3D video programming. The new Blu-ray was shot with four prototype Panasonic 3D A1 cameras, and the sound was recorded in 96 kHz/24-bit high-resolution audio.  Read more  More audiophilia 1. Records to die for, literally 2. Poll: What makes bad sounding recordings sound bad? 3. iPod 160GB Classic: Not dead yet 4. Get turned on by circuit board art 5. World's most amazing subwoofer has no woofer 6. The audio reviewers dilemma: Can they predict what you'd like? 7. As brick-and-mortar audio shops fade away, who loses? 8. 100 years of Denon 9. One-stop shopping for replacement remote controls 10. Study: Hearing loss among U.S. youths has risen More CNET home theater resources  Best LCD TVs  Best plasma TVs  Best HDTVs overall  Best home video  Best Blu-ray players  Best home audio  3D TV FAQ  HDTV 101  Settings and calibration FAQ  TV reviews home page  TVs-related blog posts  HDTV World  Home video home page  Home video blog posts  Home audio home page M A R K E T P L A C E Ads By Marchex
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