Director's Cut Blog with Frank Macek

By Frank Macek Here's something that we've been expecting for quite some time - tv manufacturers are starting to see the huge potential of offering video from the web that you can watch on your new HDTV. We've been pretty confident in our feelings that this was just a matter of time before the content you watch on your big screen comes from the internet, instead of your local broadcaster. However, the challenge for local broadcasters will be to get their local content to the web for you to watch in the same fashion. It's a challenge we are already thinking about and making plans for. According to reports, YouTube videos will be the test bed for Sony LCD flat panels to be one of the first to stream. Sony Corporation last week said YouTube and Wired.com have been added to the video providers for a $300 module it sells for its LCD flat panel TVs. The Internet Video Link module is a small box that fits into the back of some 2007 and 2008 LCD TVs. It connects to the home bro...

Sony Corp announced on Monday that it will launch an ultra-thin, flat 11" TV this December. The new 3mm TV will be the world's first based on organic light-emitting diode or OLED technology. "Some people have said attractive products are slow to come at Sony despite its technological strength," said Sony President Ryoji Chubachi at a news conference in Tokyo. "I want this world's first OLED TV to be the symbol of the revival of Sony's technological prowess." The new TV will have an average life span of about 30,000 viewing hours - roughly half of Sony's LCD TVs. This breaks down into about 8 hours of daily use for 10 years. It it difficult at the moment to make larger panels the company addded, limiting the appeal of the otherwise promising, next generation TV sets.. The price tag will be about 200,000 yen ($1740). The new set will go on sale in Japan first on December 1st. Overseas dates have yet to be announced.