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When Wide Screen Isn

When Wide Screen Isn't Quite Wide Enough

This year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is going to bring along a new wave of consumer HDTVs that feature what is being called ultra wide-screen displays with 21:9 aspect ratios. What does this mean? It means you’re going to be seeing a whole lot more than you ever have before on your television. But will anyone be able to afford it? Vizio will be the first company to bring ultra wide-screen televisions (called “Cinema HDTVs”) to the U.S., and while the pricing and availability is still relatively unknown, the prospects are quite high. This is yet another huge development in HDTV technology…

Video Games: Too Little and Too Simple

Video Games: Too Little and Too Simple

Completely engrossed in the action and strategy, I clicked the “turn” button just one more time, eyes barely managing to stay open even at the clock’s chirp of 4 AM, with only three hours until school started. Mere moments later, the other player had overrun my capital city and second largest city. Disgusted at this move and hungry for revenge, I sent every single attack unit to the rescue, saving my cities from this dastardly enemy player. Finally, with my renewed vigor, I marched all my armies to the enemy and took over all of its cities, showing no mercy for their unfound attacks on my territory….

Paramount Teams Up With Seagate to Get a Little more Kirk and Spock into Your Life

Paramount Teams Up With Seagate to Get a Little more Kirk and Spock into Your Life

In an attempt to get everyone interested in the Vulcan life, Paramount Pictures announced that they will be teaming up with Seagate Technology to sell hard drives with a copy of the newest version of “Star Trek” already installed onto the device. Paramount and Seagate are offering the 500 gigabyte hard drive special for one month only and units will sell for $100, whereas an empty drive would normally have a price tag of almost $150. The hard drives include 20 additional well-known titles such as “GI Joe” and “Nacho Libre,” and each require a code to unlock them, at $10 to $15 each. The extra films take…

Netflix Members Can Stream Instantly on iPad

Netflix Members Can Stream Instantly on iPad

As if the iPad and Netflix weren’t cool enough on their own! It was announced on April 2 that Netflix members will now be able to stream unlimited movies and t.v. episodes right to their iPad. Bored in class or at work? Stuck on the bus or train? Traveling for business or pleasure? Browse through everything that Netflix offers and you’ll be sure to find something that fits your mood, the genre you enjoy or just the right show or movie to pass the time.You can chose to watch the movie instantly but there’s also an option to save the title to a Queue for viewing at a later time or date. Netflix is the world’s largest…

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