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3D gaming with flickery goggles is old-school tech that won’t die, and is poised for a big-time comeback this year. Samsung is at the forefront, hoping you’ll go all cross-eyed over its upcoming 2233RZ. The $399 panel, shipping in April, measures 22-inches and sports a healthy 1680 x 1050 resolution, 20,000:1 contrast ratio, 300 nits brightness, and a 120Hz refresh rate. If that sounds familiar it should, as those specs all match the earlier 2233Hz, with the obvious difference being that you can split those cycles across two eyes — 60-per — for some immersive 3D action. Yes, goggles are required, but they’ll be included, as will be compatibility with the new GeForce 3D Vision cards.

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Samsung officially introduces 2233RZ, the 22-inch 3D panel for gamers with two eyes originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:27:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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At its pre-CES press conference today, Sharp introduced a slew of new home theater products, including the world’s first LCD with a built-in Blu-ray player, the company’s first soundbars, and two new Blu-ray players.

We swore we wouldn’t fall for tech demos of Toshiba Matsushita Display’s sexy optically compensated bend LCDs and their CRT-like ultra wide viewing angles and high refresh rates ever again but by adding autostereoscopic 3D (read: no glasses necessary) we’re falling in love all over again. By adapting a 3D film for use with 3- and 9-inch displays, this year’s CES demo promises simultaneous 2D and 3D viewing on the same display in high res. How close is OCB’s curved, rather than horizontally or vertically aligned liquid crystal approach to reality? Your guess is as good as ours but for now we’ll wait for some eyes-on time and throw it on the wait-and-wait-and-see heap with SED and the rest.

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Toshiba Matsushita Display teases handheld, high res, no glasses 3D originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:27:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Yup, it’s official. LG will be showcasing the world’s first Netflix-enabled HDTVs at CES this week. The so-called Broadband HDTVs will arrive in plasma and LCD flavors, though exact screen sizes and model names have yet to be disclosed. They’ll arrive with Netflix streaming software baked right in, meaning that no external set-top-box will be required to suck down Watch Instantly material. Best of all, it sounds like HD Netflix content will also be supported, and with the accompanying remote, viewers will be able to “read synopses, rate movies and fast-forward / rewind the video stream.” No word on pricing, but the family of sets should be shipping this Spring. Hop on past the break for a look at the full release.

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LG gets official with Netflix-enabled Broadband HDTVs originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 05 Jan 2009 07:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Finally ready to give up further details on its 24.8-mm thick LED backlit LH95 (apparently dubbed the LH9500 in the UK), revealing to Stuff.tv we can expect a 55-inch HDTV with wireless HD box included. DivX HD support on the panel itself (sorry, no word about any Netflix streaming abilities just yet) via USB or Bluetooth makes sure there will be plenty to watch on the 2,000,000:1 contrast screen with 240Hz technology. At least on paper, one of the slimmest, best looking LCDs we’ve heard about so far, we’ll see if it impresses in person shortly.

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LG’s super slim LED backlit LCD packing wireless HD, DivX HD originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 05 Jan 2009 03:27:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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