Skype to offer HD video calling on some new TVs

Skype's voice and video calling technology will be embedded in upcoming high-definition televisions with Internet capabilities.

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Cisco, Pelco to develop HD video security cameras

Pelco Inc., a video and security systems company, said Monday that Cisco Systems Inc. will use its technology to develop high-definition Internet protocol video security cameras.

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Makeup sellers offer high-definition makeup

High-definition makeup is sprouting up at makeup companies nationwide. Here are some examples:

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Electronics giants to create wireless HD standard

Sony, Samsung and other consumer-electronics heavyweights are uniting to support a technology that could send high-definition video signals wirelessly from a single set-top box to screens around the home.

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HD enthusiasts crying foul over cable TV's crunched signals

In Brent Swanson's basement home theater, there should be nothing drab about "Battlestar Galactica." He's got a high-end projector that beams the picture onto a wall painted like a silver screen, and speakers loom in the corners, flanking two big subwoofers.

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Acer to Launch 6-Speaker Movie Laptop

Acer Inc., the Taiwanese computer maker that bought Gateway last year, said on Tuesday that it now aims to take laptop users as close as they can get to the high-definition home theater experience.

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Review: Toshiba HD DVD Needs Fine-Tuning

Consumers looking to upgrade their home theaters can now choose between two types of high-definition DVD players — the confusing result of a long-running format war involving Hollywood studios and technology companies.

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Review: Netgear Adapter Closes Speed Gap

Wireless networking equipment is cheap, convenient and widespread. If you want to connect computers in your home, is it really worth doing it with wires? The answer, surprisingly, is yes.

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I'm not entirely sure how I feel about 3D TVs just yet. I mean, I don't know if I really want to sit at home wearing those glasses when I'm watching TV but I do have to say that it will completely change the way we watch sports at home.

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Patients are having their eyes fitted with an artificial lens that allows them to see in high definition.

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At the NewTeeVee Live conference on Thursday in San Francisco, YouTube director of product management Hunter Walk announced that the video-streaming service is getting a new high-quality streaming option: full HD, or "1080p" resolution.

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Los Angeles Tour Video in HD

For the first time new HD video touring Los Angeles released

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Microsoft's LifeCam, which the company claims is the first webcam capable of 720p HD video, is pleasing to the eyes in all regards.

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You didn't think we would leave this one unscathed did you? For the last few days the Zune HD sat particularly close to the tool set. After passing by it a few times eying them both, I could not longer resist and started tearing it apart.

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Microsoft's VP of Interactive Entertainment Business in Europe, Chris Lewis, tells GI.biz that the removal of the HDMI cable from the Elite packaging was to enable more "flexibility to consumers who can then decide which type of cable they want for their specific gaming and TV sc …

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In a note to clients Thursday, Gene Munster, a senior analyst at investment bank Piper Jaffray, floated the notion that Apple would take a bite out of the TV market in 2011 by introducing its first television.

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HD vs Film - Will the Future be All Digital?

The HD world has changed dramatically over the past few years.

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Wendy's Goes High Def

On an overcast Wednesday morning, I sat in my 9x9 cubicle, I began contemplating where I would dine for lunch. I thought and thought, and then had a sudden craving for a frosty. Wendy's immediately popped in my mind.

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We are living in exceptional times. Scientists tell us that we have 10 years to change the way we live, avert the depletion of natural resources and the catastrophic evolution of the Earth's climate.

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The California Energy Commission is proceeding with a proposal this summer to ban the sale of TV sets that do not meet new efficiency standards when they are turned on and displaying a picture — a measure of power consumption that is not currently regulated at all.

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Many customers who currently pay $1 extra per month for HD discs will soon have to shell out $4 per month.

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Technology and the economy.

I have been wondering as to what allot of people feel that the need to upgrade items such as TV's computers home entertainment etc.... in today's economy with the loss of jobs and down sizing in companies that is going on.

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Heres PC worlds review on HDTV's check them out and study before you buy since there is still more time.

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"Why go to the cinema? Come to the opera." ____________ "It changes the rules of engagement for singing and acting," said Stephen Wadsworth, an opera director and opera acting teacher, who said he had noticed a surge in invitations to teach acting master classes.

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Fitch Ratings said Friday that it has placed Harley-Davidson Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiary, Harley-Davidson Financial Services Inc., on rating watch negative, an action that affects $3.2 billion of debt at HDFS and $182 million of debt at the parent company.

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If you've got a lot of photos, music, videos, other random massive files that you'd like to back up and keep in your pocket, then the latest memory stick from Sandisk and Sony may be for you.sd

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Blu-ray won the hard-fought high-def format war, but a recession is a lousy time to foist new technology on belt-tightening consumers. Everyone agrees that Blu-ray technology is great, but consumers have other options -- and they're not in a spending mood.

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Anthony Rose new year resolution is to be able to bring HD content to the people using the BBC website by this year, provided if the user has a high speed internet connection.

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High Definition Video Formats: 1080 Questions and Counting

Not long after the demise of the HD-DVD format at the hands of Sony's Blu-ray spec, it's apparent that the High Definition format wars are far from over, and in dire need of a tide-turning surge.

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Excerpt: Without fanfare or even a press release, YouTube has started offering high-definition videos. Starting this morning, certain videos -- presumably those originally uploaded in HD -- now include a "watch in HD" link in the lower-right corner (see sample here).

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Creative Vado Camcorder shoots video in HD quality

The beauty of pocket camcorders is in their simplicity. So far this came at expense of video quality. But with the new generation of HD-capable pocket camcorders this restriction is no longer valid. There are several models on the market already.

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America has a strong -- and growing -- used motorcycle market. Add a plunging economy to that, and the road is getting a little rough for Harley-Davidson these days.

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Forget boring old standard-def DVDs—movie pirates have moved on to selling high-definition discs in an effort to make money on the HD craze.

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