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	<title>Hidefster: HDTV News</title>
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	<description>Putting the definition in High Definition</description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jul 2007 15:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>$75 Digital TV Converters from Samsung</title>
		<link>http://www.hidefster.com/HDTV_blog/?p=325</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jul 2007 15:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nikos</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Samsung</category>
	<category>News</category>
	<category>Digital TV</category>
	<category>Legislation</category>
	<category>Analog TV</category>
	<category>Converter</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Broadcasting &#038; Cable magazine is reporting that Samsung is expected to soon sell a $75 digital TV converter box that will display digital signals on analog TVs.
 
As you very well may already be aware, these converter boxes will be an absolute necessity come February 17, 2009 (when the nation switches from analog to Digital TV) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>3-D HDTV Appears to be on the Way</title>
		<link>http://www.hidefster.com/HDTV_blog/?p=324</link>
		<comments>http://www.hidefster.com/HDTV_blog/?p=324#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jul 2007 16:33:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nikos</dc:creator>
		
	<category>HDTV</category>
	<category>News</category>
	<category>3DTV</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A London Guardian article states that 3-dimension HDTV’s, which are being developed by Philips and other companies, are on the way and could be ready as early as a year or so.
 
According to the article, the 3-D images will not require the use of special 3-D glasses/goggles and will appear to be surrounding the viewer.
 
A [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vizio to Launch 40” and 52” Full-HD LCDs</title>
		<link>http://www.hidefster.com/HDTV_blog/?p=323</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jul 2007 16:30:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nikos</dc:creator>
		
	<category>HDTV</category>
	<category>LCD</category>
	<category>News</category>
	<category>LGPhilips</category>
	<category>Vizio</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Inside sources say that a 52” full-HD LCD HDTV from Vizio is expected to be available in North America next month August for $2,200. 
 
LG.Philips LCD will provide the panels for the new Vizio 52” full-HD LCD HDTV, which will first be available in Costco, sources have said.
 
Taiwan-based Amtran Technology, the major manufacturer of Vizio-brand LCD [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sony Axes Newly Priced PS3 Model</title>
		<link>http://www.hidefster.com/HDTV_blog/?p=322</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jul 2007 15:46:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nikos</dc:creator>
		
	<category>HDTV</category>
	<category>Blu Ray</category>
	<category>Sony</category>
	<category>News</category>
	<category>HDTV DVD</category>
	<category>PS3</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, Sony lowered the price of it’s 60GB PlayStation 3 model from $599 to $499.  Great news! Not so fast.
 
Yesterday, Sony confirmed that the $499 60GB PlayStation 3 will no longer be manufactured!  Instead, Sony will offer only the 80GB PS3 model.
 
According to Reuters, a Sony spokesman said yesterday that the company would sell [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HD DVD Reportedly Outselling Blu-ray in Europe; War Wages On</title>
		<link>http://www.hidefster.com/HDTV_blog/?p=321</link>
		<comments>http://www.hidefster.com/HDTV_blog/?p=321#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jul 2007 15:30:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nikos</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Blu Ray</category>
	<category>HD DVD</category>
	<category>Sony</category>
	<category>News</category>
	<category>Toshiba</category>
	<category>HDTV DVD</category>
	<category>HDTV DVD players</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reuters is reporting that HD DVD players are outselling Blu-ray players by a 3-1 margin in Europe, according to The European HD DVD Promotional Group says.
 
The promotional group says it has a 74% market share for standalone HDTV players in Britain, Germany, France, Italy, Spain and Switzerland, the Reuters article states.
 
HD DVD backers, which include [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Amazon/TiVo Unbox Does Not Offer HDTV</title>
		<link>http://www.hidefster.com/HDTV_blog/?p=320</link>
		<comments>http://www.hidefster.com/HDTV_blog/?p=320#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2007 15:26:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nikos</dc:creator>
		
	<category>HDTV</category>
	<category>News</category>
	<category>TiVo</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Starting today, TiVo owners will be able to order movies and TV shows directly from Amazon.com by using their remote.  Unfortunately, no HD programming is available. 
 
Previously, customers using the download service known as “Unbox” had to order the programs on a computer using Amazon.com, and the shows would then be sent via a high-speed Internet [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sony Announces PS3 Price Cut from $599 to $499, 80GB Model</title>
		<link>http://www.hidefster.com/HDTV_blog/?p=319</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jul 2007 17:57:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nikos</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Gaming</category>
	<category>Blu Ray</category>
	<category>HD DVD</category>
	<category>Sony</category>
	<category>HDTV DVD</category>
	<category>PS3</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sony will announce today its plans to lower the price of its PlayStation 3 video game console from $599 to $499.  Sony saus that the new $499 price will be effective Thursday.
 
Sony President Ryoji Chubachi denied reports of a PS3 price cut in an interview with Reuters last Friday, but he later qualified his statement, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cable Operators to Raise Prices for Set-Tops</title>
		<link>http://www.hidefster.com/HDTV_blog/?p=318</link>
		<comments>http://www.hidefster.com/HDTV_blog/?p=318#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jul 2007 16:20:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nikos</dc:creator>
		
	<category>HDTV</category>
	<category>Cable/Satellite</category>
	<category>News</category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.hidefster.com/HDTV_blog/?p=318</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Associated Press is reporting that cable television operators will soon charge customers more to lease set-top boxes, including HD, in response to a FCC mandate to offer more expensive receivers.
 
Starting July 1, a new FCC rule requires cable TV operators to use the same technology in their boxes as cable set-tops sold at retail [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hitachi Looks to larger Models and Introduces Six New Display Panels</title>
		<link>http://www.hidefster.com/HDTV_blog/?p=317</link>
		<comments>http://www.hidefster.com/HDTV_blog/?p=317#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jul 2007 14:11:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nikos</dc:creator>
		
	<category>HDTV</category>
	<category>Plasma</category>
	<category>LCD</category>
	<category>News</category>
	<category>Hitachi</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hitachi recently introduced four new LCD HDTVs and six new plasma display panel TVs with sizes ranging from 42 to 60 inches, expanding its flat-panel TV screen sizes.
 
Hitachi said in a press release that it will begin offering four new LCD TVs, two 42” and two 47” models, in September while the new plasmas will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Warner Delays Dual Disc</title>
		<link>http://www.hidefster.com/HDTV_blog/?p=316</link>
		<comments>http://www.hidefster.com/HDTV_blog/?p=316#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2007 15:34:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nikos</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Blu Ray</category>
	<category>HD DVD</category>
	<category>News</category>
	<category>HDTV DVD</category>
	<category>Warner</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday at an entertainment conference, Warner Home Video said that it&#8217;s delaying the launch of a dual-format HDTV DVD until next year, a Video Business article says.
 
Warner initially said the &#8216;Total HD&#8217; dual-format disc, which would include a Blu-ray version on one side and a HD DVD edition on the other, would be introduced in [...]]]></description>
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