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Samsung's CES 2009 HDTV lineup leaked?

Dec 29th 2008 1:30PM (Engadget)
Not to mention the fact that a 720p fixed pixel screen has to downsample 1080p content (BluRay, etc.) to 720p. I'd rather upscale 720p content to 1080p and have a TV that will display 1080p content at its native resolution.

Cable's fiber to the home plan is well underway

Oct 28th 2008 10:36AM (Engadget HD)
I think there is some misinformation/misunderstanding here... I am installing FiOS soon, and have been doing a lot of research. My understanding is that FiOS Internet may be provisioned over EITHER coax (RG6) or ethernet (Cat5e). When FiOS was brand new, it was all done over Cat5e, and they used a Motorola NIM (network interface module) to convert from ethernet to coax for the TV end.

However, for at least the last couple of years, the standard install has been to just coax from the ONT (optical network terminal) to the Actiontec router, which takes the place of the NIM for providing video service. From the Actiontec, coax runs to your TV(s) and you connect your computers via ethernet or wifi.

If you read the FiOS forum on DSLReports, you will see posts where people have run their own Cat5e from the ONT to where the Actiontec is located. Although the installer will by default run coax, if the Cat5e is there and the installer doesn't have to run it himself, he will generally use it--it just requires a change of the order at the main office to provision you for Internet over Cat5 instead of coax. Also, some people have reported being able to call Verizon and have this changed after the fact.

Discuss: So, How was 'Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull'?

May 22nd 2008 11:55PM (Cinematical)
It was all I expected it to be. I thoroughly enjoyed myself.

GUN sequel poster in Tony Hawk Proving Ground demo

Sep 13th 2007 12:55PM (Joystiq)
I hope they do make a sequel to Gun. For all its faults, it was a great story, and the horse and shooting mechanics were done very well... much better than Call of Juarez, IMHO.

Trailer Park: Career Day

Mar 23rd 2007 3:46PM (Cinematical)
Mostly Martha >>> No Reservations. Come on, Matt, how about giving some props to the original?

Zeta-Jones's 'No Reservations' Trailer Online

Mar 20th 2007 3:54PM (Cinematical)
Isn't this basically an English-language rehash of "Mostly Martha" (a German film which was pretty good in its own right)?

Superman Returns demo X-rays Marketplace [update 1]

Nov 15th 2006 10:19AM (Joystiq Xbox)
Crap! I forgot to check for this and start the download before leaving for work this morning. Really looking forward to this one.

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