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It’s approaching mid 2010 and you know what’s missing. Jetpacks. Jetpacks and those 30-inch and larger OLED TVs we were promised. Hell, the largest OLED TV available for retail currently is only 15-inches… if you can both find and afford it. Now OLEDNet claims that Samsung Mobile Display — you know, the cellphone AMOLED guys — is purchasing equipment in preparation for bringing its 5.5 generation facility on-line in the first half of 2011. That should give Samsung the ability make 42-inch AMOLED TVs on a trial basis by the end of the twenty-eleven. But with relatively cheap LCDs steadily closing the gap on OLEDs size, contrast, and power savings advantages, well, we’ll believe it when we see the first big screen OLED TVs in our living rooms. And with 3D LCDs (and plasmas) all the rage amongst distracted and financially-vested television manufacturers, we don’t see that happening anytime soon.

Samsung preparing for 42-inch OLED TV trials in 2011? originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 14 May 2010 06:04:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Two years back, consumer research told us the vast majority of DVR users skipped commercials; now, statisticians at Duke University say that’s not the case. More importantly, even those who do hit that oh-so-tempting skip button aren’t necessarily spending less on advertised products as a result. Pulling data from over 1,200 TiVo boxes over the course of three years, Professor Carl Mela and colleagues found that a staggering 95 percent of television was watched live instead of recorded, giving viewers no opportunity to skip, and even when there was an opportunity, users took it only 6.5 percent of the time.

Moreover, every attempt the researchers made to find a “TiVo effect” failed — comparing those who had DVRs with those who didn’t, they found no significant difference in the amount TV watchers spent on nine different goods (including cleaning and grooming products) advertised. This could be for a variety of reasons — perhaps advertising doesn’t work, period, or perhaps those without DVRs “skipped” commercials simply by walking out of the room — but no matter the reason, it seems these days television advertisers don’t have quite so much to fear.

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Study finds commercial-skipping DVRs don’t affect purchases, ‘TiVo effect’ may not exist originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 06 May 2010 21:19:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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As usual with OLED displays, we’re taking one step forward only to find there are hundreds more to go. LG has today officially announced a new $226 million investment in its OLED production facilities, which will markedly expand its ability to churn out ultrathin canvases of wonder. The not so good news, however, is that this production line is still being built — with a planned activation in the third quarter of 2010 — and the effects of the new cash infusion will not be felt until the second half of next year. Should you have the patience to endure such protracted roadmaps, you should be seeing a lot more from LG in the mobile display space — where Samsung currently holds the technological lead with its Super AMOLED screens — as well as the luxury TV market that already counts the 15-inch 15EL9500 among its numbers. The Korean manufacturer describes OLED screens as one of its “new growth engines,” alongside e-paper and solar cells, so even if we may consider development slow, it’s looking increasingly likely that OLED TVs will eventually make their way into the mainstream.

LG Display set to triple OLED production capacity with $226m facility expansion, effects to be felt in 2011 originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 22 Apr 2010 05:07:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Sick of your cable company? Well, thankfully, much of that content is available now through other channels (forgive the pun), such as Hulu and Netflix. And according to a new report, number of consumers in the U.S. have opted to “cut the cord” of their cable providers, in favor of Web-based content providers.

The report puts the number at around 800,000. it doesn’t seem all that large when compared to the roughly 100 million homes in the US who are sticking with cable for the time being. But the number seems to be growing–rapidly. According to the Convergence Consulting Group, the which released the the report, the number of people abandoning cable will double to 1.6 million by the end of next year.

This article was written on April 24, 2008 by CyberNet.

It’s hard to imagine life without a computer, isn’t it? We use computers for so many things these days, and most of us have our computers running 7 days a week, and nearly 365 days a year. What would happen if you turned off your computer for a whole day? Would you be able to survive for 24 hours without going through withdrawal? Let’s find out!

The first annual Shutdown Day is quickly approaching in about 8 days on May 3rd. On the official website for the project, they explain the purpose of it. The site reads, “The idea behind Shtudown Day is to find out how many people can go without a computer for one whole day, and what will happen if we all participate!” Not only does this give computer-a-holics the opportunity to rest their fingers and eyes, it also gives everybody the opportunity to save some energy if they actually shut-down their computers. They further explain:

Shutdown Day was founded with the sole purpose of spreading awareness about the pitfalls and dangers that lie in the excessive use of television, computers, and computing equipment like game boxes, cell phones, music players, online social websites, etc. Our main purpose is to get people to think about how their lives have changed with the increasing use of the computer, and whether or not any good things are being lost because of this.
Shutdown Day calls people to shut down their computers for one whole day of the year and involve themselves in some other activities: outdoors, nature, sports, fun stuff with friends and family – whatever, just to remind themselves that there still exists an enjoyable world outside one’s monitor screen.

What would happen if everybody participated? Maybe people would get out and get some exercise? And hey, I’m sure most everybody could afford to have their heart pumpin’ a little faster for a short while, don’t ya think? Maybe people would get together with their real friends in person instead of virtual friends, or maybe people would take their dog for an actual walk instead of putting them out in the backyard. The possibilities are endless, really.

If you plan to participate whether it’s on May 3rd or any other day in the future, what is it that you’d do if you actually turned off your computer, TV, cell-phone, and video-game system for a day?

Checkout Shutdown Day’s Website

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