What do you get when you take every single source of audio and video content, including Blu-ray with
Managed Copy, online streaming content and everything else you can think of (except Hulu), and then combine it with control and remote viewing capabilities? You guessed it, the Entertainment Tap. We understand that Pioneer is shooting for the stars with this one, but it most definitely falls under the category of it sounds too good to be true. Of course Pioneer is just trying to throw everything against the wall to see what sticks, which is great, but the anticipated release of 2010 seems ambitions considering everything included in the demo. We could go on and on listing the media sources and control devices, but Pioneer wasn't exactly giving us any negative responses. Lets just say the new ET concept is a do it all media server as well as a client client that plays nice with everything. For example, the ET can connect to a HR22 DirecTV HD DVR via USB and using the data from the DVR, it'll build its own version of the interface. Of course the whole video part is hard to integrate, so the ET simply instructs the TV to switch inputs at the right time to give you a seamless experience. At this point none of these features are finalized so don't be bashful with your ideas in the comments, because who knows, Pioneer might actually include them.
posted Sep 10th 2009 3:01PM
Bring back the KURO - nothing else matters.
Remember, there is always the alternative choice, Mitsubishi's LaserVUE
http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/09/mitsubishis-65-inch-laservue-l65-a90-gets-evaluated/
http://hdguru.com/mitsubishi-laservue-l65-a90-first-tech-review-hd-guru-exclusive/310/
http://www.thetechlounge.com/article/585/Mitsubishi-LaserVue-65-HDTV-We-Meet-Again/
Barcode - while Mits has one of the better pictures, after having personally seen 4 mits TV's go bad because of cheap parts such as capacitors, it is hard to give them any more of my money. I researched the issue and found thousands of posts about the blinking green light of death for Mits TV's. It is a well known issue so I figured Mits would stand behind their products and take care of the issue. When I called they immediately knew what the issue was and offered to sell me the part which I would have to take apart my TV myself and install. Just taking apart a Mits TV to get to the DM board is about 1 hour of work unless you just start ripping things out.
I ended up being able to desolder the existing capacitors and solder in new ones but this is not for the technologically timid. My best friend has a similar TV. Unfortunately replacing the bulbed capacitors wasn't enough - seems like the eprom or the entire DM board is shot - both well known issues.
It is easy to forgive Mits for making mistakes but not being a stand up company and recalling or fixing the issues seems pretty crappy to me.
It needs to be able to hover at least 2 feet in the air. Any less and that's a deal breaker for me.
Give it the ability to play streaming movies from Netflix and iTunes.
Soooo it's a control system that programs itself?
This sounds like an idea that's on the right track. I'm trying to do something like this with my HTPC and it's a real bear of a project. I wish them all the best on this endeavor, but I'm not holding my breath.
win7 + orb + tuners + decent upstream + x360 or any other extenders for inhouse
HAL 9000: No Dave....I don't want to change the channel for you...I want to watch the movie...
Shoots for the moon? More like jumps the shark...
this isn't really a new concept. Tru2Way has been playing with this sort of idea since it's inception - just blowing it badly.
You buy any cable box, DVR or TV, you plug it into your cable network, the device takes the cable service information and integrates it into the device's own functionality to display it however it chooses.
Of course in reality it's more like - you buy a Tru2Way TV (if you can ever find one) you plug it into the cable, the cable provider sends it's crappy IPG software for the TV to use.
I'm looking at you Time Warner Cable.
I'd tap that
in the hdmi or display port?
x2
So.... tap makes me think touch screen.... I always wanted one of those TV on CNN :)
Well can it tell me the answer to the ultimate question? Other than 42....
Just give me decent built-in speakers for those times I want to watch TV without having the whole home theater running. I cannot believe how bad, on average, flat-panel TV speakers are these days.
Looks like first gen Front Row
Beat me to it. Exactly like Front Row.
give me one of those!!
i will deffo be keeping my eyeballs out for this when/if it appears on the shelves!!