3M's New Vikuiti Film Aims To Help Save Power For Flat HDTVs By Up To 30 Percent

3M's Optical Systems Division just unveiled the industry's first multi-function film for monitors, Vikuiti™ Brightness Enhancement Film - Reflective Polarizer (MNT BEF-RP-230). Delivering superior performance that's similar to that of two separate prismatic enhancement and reflective polarizer films, Vikuiti Monitor......Read More

Apple Denies Rumor About 1080p Video on iTunes

Rumors have recently surfaced that Apple is quietly adding higher-resolution HD video content to their increasingly popular iTunes download platform. 1080p video resolution is currently the highest level of high-definition content available to consumers today and is found only on......Read More

California Passes Anti-Flat-HDTV Legislation To Try To Save Energy

As a resident of California who owns a "green home" complete with new windows, high efficiency air conditioners, space-age insulation and drought tolerant planting on over two acres of hillside - today's decision to toughen standards on HDTVs is a......Read More

California Reportedly Set To Regulate Power Usage of Flat HDTVs

Remember back in the 1980s, when you were watching The Price is Right with Bob Barker and they finally got around to giving away a car that had "California Emissions" as one of the line-listed features? Living in Pennsylvania, I......Read More

Control4 Riased $17.3m To Fund SmartGrid Products

Control4 just announced that it has secured an additional $17.3 million in equity financing. Best Buy Capital, Mercato Partners and University Venture Fund join current investors Foundation Capital, Frazier Technology Ventures, Thomas Weisel Venture Partners and vSpring Capital, to accelerate......Read More

Energy Efficiency Programs Can Realistically Reduce Growth in Electricity Consumption by 22%, According to EPRI

Energy efficiency programs in the United States could realistically reduce the rate of growth for electricity consumption by 22 percent over the next two decades if key barriers can be addressed, according to an analysis released today by the Electric......Read More

GreenPeak Makes a Universal Remote That Needs Barely Any Batteries Ever?

GreenPeak recently announced the launch of a new wireless radio technology for home remote control devices based on RF (radio frequency). GreenPeak is a semiconductor company offering ultra low power wireless and battery-free data communication technologies for sense and......Read More

Hollywood Sets New Trend: Recycle Your Home Theater (LA Style)

Green is in - especially in trendy West Los Angeles. It's been years now since the Blue-state, ultra-liberal, Hollywood power brokers in TMZ.com-photog-infested neighborhoods such as Brentwood, North Santa Monica and Pacific Palisades started dumping their Mercedes S65 AMG sedans......Read More

Is Cheap The New Green? Not For Long In This Economy...

Take a walk down Rodeo Drive or Fifth Avenue and you can stop in any shop to speak with the seemingly bored proprietors to hear all of the gory details about how even the most wealthy people are cutting back......Read More

Lutron Sponsors Green Life Smart Life Program

Green Life Smart Life, a Rhode Island-based green building showcase home, today announced Lutron Electronics as the home's lighting control partner. Lutron, whose products save 9.2 billion kWh annually, will be showcasing its HomeWorks® total home lighting control system in......Read More

Maxell Unveils Consumer Battery Lineup

After a three year hiatus, Maxell Corporation of America has announced that they will re-enter the market with a full lineup of alkaline batteries. For Maxell, this means a return to the company's roots. The trusted brand can trace its......Read More

Microsoft's Xbox 360 To Offer 1080p Movie Downloads This Fall

"Hello I am a Mac." "And I am a PC." Today the PC smacked back with an announcement that Microsoft's highly popular Xbox 360 video game platform that is also now an effective movie download system - will this fall......Read More

NAD Launches Top-of-the-Line CD Player With Upsampling For $799

NAD Electronics just introduced the C 565BEE CD Player, the flagship of NAD's Classic Series components. The C 565BEE applies the latest in semiconductor design, refined cosmetics and quality construction to achieve breakthrough performance close to NAD's top-of-the-line Masters Series......Read More

New Avielo Kroma LED Front Projector Promises Better Color, Longer Life and More Green Operation

The avielo kroma by projectiondesign is one of the first LED front High Definition projectors to come to market. The projector promises better color fidelity, longer bulb life and a more energy efficient operation thanks to its implementation of`ReaLED™......Read More

New High End Runco LED Projectors Save Energy

Runco just introduced a new series of LED HDTV front projectors including their QuantumColor™ Q-750i and Q-750d. The QuantumColor projectors maximize the benefits of Runco's new InfiniLight™ lampless LED illumination technology and pair it with proprietary engineering to create energy-efficient......Read More

Radio Shack Earns New Sales With Green Trade-in Program

If you thought sex sells then wait until you see how green sells. Radio Shack is the latest player in the consumer electronics space to cash in on the opportunity to open a sales dialog with consumers by suggesting that......Read More

Samsung Introduces 1.1 Inch Think Energy Efficient 50-inch Plasma

Samsung has reportedly made a CES promise a reality with their ultra-thin 50 inch 8-Series plasma set. Amazingly, the 50 inch set is a mere 1.1 inch thick which is easily half of the current standard for flat HDTVs -......Read More

SANYO's Two New Under-$1,000, Eco-Friendly Projectors

SANYO, one of the world's largest manufacturers of LCD and DLP projectors launches two ultra portable projectors - the PLC-XW250 and the PLC-XW200 - that offer educators outstanding cost performance with an eco stand-by power mode that uses a mere......Read More

Solutions For Recycling Your Televisions As You "Transition" To A New HDTV

A lot of fuss has been made about the DTV transition from analog television to an all-digital system. Transition dates have been postponed amidst political debate. Coupons for converter boxes famously ran out to screams by some of foul play.......Read More

Spinal Tap To Tour In 2009

The faux heavy metal band, Spinal Tap, known for their songs "Cups and Cakes" and albums "Shit Sandwich" are going on tour this year.Harry Shearer, known for his work on The Simpsons as well as his role as Derrick Smalls......Read More

The Plasma Makers Respond With List of ENERGY STAR Approved Sets

The Plasma Display Coalition, which represents industry leaders Hitachi, LG Electronics, Panasonic and Pioneer, today announced that 43 big screen Plasma models introduced by its member companies in the last nine months have earned the new ENERGY STAR rating and......Read More

Toshiba Buys Panasonic's Stake In LCD/OLED Business

Toshiba announced last Wednesday that they have reached an agreement with Panasonic to buy all of Panasonic's shares in the co-owned LCD and OLED panel production operation called Toshiba Matsushita Display Technology (TMD). The deal reportedly goes down on April......Read More

VIZIO Offers Complete Line of Energy Efficient LCD HDTVs

VIZIO revealed details about seven new EcoHD™ LCD HDTVs that meet or exceed all of the Energy Star 3.0 requirements. Currently, all VIZIO LCD HDTVs meet Energy Star 3.0 requirements for lower energy consumption. These seven new EcoHD™ models, however,......Read More