Overview You’ve probably already read the State of the Union Addresses from my fellow Buffalos — and if you haven’t, you certainly should — but mine’s a little different. As TechnoBuffalo’s resident Brit, I’m going to be taking a look at the state of mobile devices and television here in Britain and how it compares

Just how thin is the new LG 55-inch OLED TV?  Super freakin’ thin. LGs new 3D 55-inch OLED TV is not just thin (4 mm), but its light (16.5 lbs) and sports passive 3D technology as opposed to active.  As TVs go, this is getting as close to hanging a painting on your wall as

While Vizio further expands its reach into consumer homes with its new all-in-one PCs and laptops, the company is still sticking to what it does best: TVs. The Irvine-based company announced today a line of premium HDTVs that will truly attract avid cinephiles. Not content with the standard 16:9 aspect ratio, Vizio has taken upon

We’ve seen the news break about Roku coming out with a new class of device that transforms the “streaming box” into a wee little HDMI dongle — one that doesn’t require a separate remote control (it can use the TV’s remote), but delivers all the same robust online video content of its larger, very popular

Samsung just announced a 55-inch Super OLED TV from the future at its CES press conference. The TV boasts an incredibly beautiful design, with practically no bezel and a wafer-thin body. A new age of television is upon us, and we couldn’t be more excited. Samsung promises its new TV will eliminate the need for a

LG went 3D wild at CES in Las Vegas this morning, unveiling the latest additions to its 3D Smart TV lineup. In addition to 55-inch, 60-inch and 72-inch panel sizes, LG will offer a mammoth 84-inch 3D Ultra Definition Cinema TV. This monster of the cinematic persuasion specializes in a resolution that’s four times that

If you look at today’s tablet and immediately think, “you fat so and so,” then you’re just far too hard to please. But Toshiba may have something up its sleeve that can satisfy you. According to a post on the Japanese company’s website, it is set to announce “the world’s thinnest and lightest” 10.1-inch tablet

In addition to all the new gadgets and gizmos at CES each year it seems like there’s always at least one (if not several) televisions on the show floor touting themselves as the “world’s largest.” It looks like CES 2012 will be no exception; however, this year LG has jumped the gun a bit and

Samsung’s never been one to shy away from multiple iterations of the same basic concept in their product lines. To wit, they currently sell smartphones that run the Android, Windows Phone and Symbian OSes in addition to their own Bada platform. So why should TVs be any different? Just because Sammy’s got a line of

Another day, another email from Logitech. If you’re among the Logitech Revue users losing hope of ever seeing Android grace our set top boxes (like I am), then note that the company has sent a second email telling us to hold on — the Google TV 2.0 software is on the way. The message promises

Last week I posted my written review of Google TV and its newly minted Honeycomb (Android 3.1) update. This week I took out the video camera to do the review again. My conclusions are still basically the same now as they were last week, though a platform like GTV by its nature is a constantly

Timely, isn’t it, to post this review hot on the heels of Logitech’s CEO calling his company’s foray into Google TV “a mistake of implementation of a gigantic nature”? As Adriana reported, company chief Guerrino De Luca said the GTV-powered Revue set-top box cost his business, “well over $100M in operating profits,” and that he

Today Google announced, via their blog, that the Honeycomb-based overhaul to the Google TV platform will start rolling out this weekend. Sony Internet TV users can expect the system update to be available beginning Saturday, while Logitech Revue owners will have to wait a bit longer for their upgrades. I’ve got a Sony Internet TV

For about six weeks I had the privilege of moving my several years old Sharp 32-inch 720p TV set out of my living room and staring at the shiny new Samsung UN46D7000 set up in its place. The Sammy is a 46-inch full 1080p HDTV with 3D capabilities, a 240 HZ refresh rate, and a slew of

From the realm of “too little, probably too late,” comes the news today that four electronics companies are teaming up to come up with a standardized version of 3D for home viewing to alleviate some of the confusion in the marketplace.  Cue the screams of those who have already bought 3D televisions. Panasonic, Samsung, Sony and

Got a Logitech Revue Google TV and a penchant for tinkering with your gadgets? Well then, you’ll be interested to know that as of today, Honeycomb can run on your box/TV set-up — and it doesn’t even need rooting. That’s the good news. The bad news is that it’s a beta release, so users may

Right now, it’s like there’s a war brewing to see which mystical combination of hardware, software and services will captivate the TV-loving masses. Given the recent news of the Logitech Revue Google TV getting a price drop to $99, you’ve got to wonder how well some areas of this niche are doing. Everyone seems to

The Logitech Revue may have been a bit of a flop, but it looks like connected TVs are going to be here to stay. Best Buy is throwing its hat in the ring today with the announcement of its own in-house connected TV model, the Insignia Connected TV. The TV will come with TiVo’s user

  Samsung just sent me their BD-D5300 Blu-Ray Player for review. Which more or less means they sent me their new Smart Hub software for review, since I am not a Blu-Ray expert. But I have been spending lots of quality time with various forms of connected TV over the past six months, so I

It’s the rumor that just refuses to die. Once again the story that Apple is preparing an actual Apple Television – can’t really call it Apple TV as that product already exists – has shown up around the blogosphere.  This rumor seems to pop up every few months like clockwork, the last time being back