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As the DTV transition looms in February 2009, some TV stations are worrying that their signal dispersion pattern may shrink or change shape. To deal with that potential problem, the Federal Communications Commission has green-lighted distributed transmission systems (DTS). This is essentially a fix that would allow the usual single broadcast tower to be supplemented with additional transmitters.

Criterion Collections just announced new release dates for a tasty selection of new releases on Blu-ray. They're all pushed back by three weeks until December 16th, 2008 - we can only assume that coming from a quality label, they'll be...

Instead of sitting back and gloating as it watches its biggest competitor flounder, Best Buy is doing whatever it can to prevent a trip down the same  path. Best Buy's President and COO Brian Dunn stated that "In 42 years of...

Not actually, but The Dark Knight is expected to ship more than 1 million Blu-ray discs to stores in time for the December 9th street date. Iron Man, which holds the previous record, sold 500,000 Blu-ray copies the first week it hit the shelves....

If you thought you were the only one with financial woes these days, well . . . you're not alone. When Pioneer stopped doing their own manufacturing of their plasma panels, their factory was left empty, and their workers looking at the...

A new technology, developed by NPR, Harris Corporation and Towson University is changing how the deaf and hard-of-hearing "listen" to radio. Not an oxymoron, radio for the deaf and hard-of-hearing is something the more than 77% of...

Lots of companies are putting out so-called HD mini camcorders. They have the numbers, but they just don't look good on anything besides YouTube. That's about to change.The world's smallest HD camcorder just hit the streets. The Flip...