Official CES 2008 Thread Of OMG 1.5" LCDs PLZ!!

Sunday, January 6, 2008
Tivo and SONY to combine efforts


Well, my first 'bit' of 'news' is something I picked up from a Tivo insider at the CES today.

Seems SONY and Tivo have extended their licencing agreement (see TivoToGo for PSP) with specific use in the PS3 gaming console.

An announcement is not forthcoming until E3 2008 but from what I heard SONY and Tivo will co-brand an add-on unit for approximately $100 that will bring Tivo functionality (DVR functionality) to your PS3. (The included photo is NOT a mock up of the Tivo add-on, there was nothing for me to see, but is the PlayTV add-on coming to the UK/EU later this year) If sales go well, a future revision of the PS3 platform may build this functionality into the console itself and allow Tivo to broaden its user base in the US and Canada. This is an exciting development for PS3 and SONY's attempts to claim your living room.

Tivos are not DVRs, they're PVRs

Originally Posted by V99

I mean really, with our naked human eyes do you really give a damn about color depth and refresh rates that you can't honesty tell apart?

Yes, when I can't see the dark areas in my games, it is annoying. When my game's colors are off and not as vibrant than my rear projection CRT, it is annoying. When the screen is full of ghosting when playing a game, it is annoying.

Originally Posted by Mr. Wonderful

Yes, when I can't see the dark areas in my games, it is annoying. When my game's colors are off and not as vibrant than my rear projection CRT, it is annoying. When the screen is full of ghosting when playing a game, it is annoying.

Yes, but V99 was right to a certain extent in saying at one point, it's just marketing bull**** where "Better X feature means better product" even though, allot of the time, consumer has no idea what X feature actually is and has just become a victim of marketing, like the way they're now making tiny 10 megapixle digital cameras and selling it as if "More megapixles= better camera".

Originally Posted by wiimoteman

Yes, but V99 was right to a certain extent in saying at one point, it's just marketing bull**** where "Better X feature means better product" even though, allot of the time, consumer has no idea what X feature actually is and has just become a victim of marketing, like the way they're now making tiny 10 megapixle digital cameras and selling it as if "More megapixles= better camera".

Yeah, and I totally agree with that. When there are so many consumers out there buying and bragging about their new flat screen HDTVs when they aren't even showing an HD signal on it and the picture looks worse than SD, they're idiots.

Originally Posted by Mr. Wonderful

When my game's colors are off and not as vibrant than my rear projection CRT

I'm not sure why this would happen on a properly calibrated monitor?

Originally Posted by F3

I'm not sure why this would happen on a properly calibrated monitor?

LCDs display less colors of the NTSC spectrum. The nicest monitors out right now are doing around ~92%. But just two years ago, ~72% NTSC was standard. OLEDs are big news because they do about 110%.