Dec 19, 2010

Panasonic’s plasma sets get most of the attention, and perhaps rightfully so, but it’s actually the company’s new LCD lineup for Japan that can help you make use of your woefully neglected SDXC cards. In addition to compiling terrestrial HDTV footage on a standard external hard drive, the Panasonic Viera G3 and X3 can record to a new SD card...

Dec 18, 2010

What we’re watching tonight: ESPN (720p) has a basketball doubleheader with Heat/Knicks at 7 p.m. and Suns/Mavericks at 9:30 p.m. ESPN 3D (720p) has Heat/Knicks basketball at 7 p.m. Syfy (1080i) has WWE Smackdown at 8 p.m. and the fall finale of Sanctuary at 10 p.m. History (720p) has Modern Marvels at 9 p.m. and The Beatles on Record at 10 p.m. TLC...

Dec 17, 2010

We’re just a few hours away from the first NBA game on ESPN 3D when the Heat face the Knicks at 7 p.m. at Madison Square Garden, and now ESPN has announced it will have the “television premiere” of the 3D trailer for Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides during the broadcast. While we wonder if that will become a trend for the ...

Dec 16, 2010

If the current crop of active shutter 3D televisions isn’t your style and you’d prefer some cheaper specs, say hello to VIZIO’s new 65-inch Theater 3D Razor XVT3D650SV LED set, its biggest TV yet. Previously spotted lurking about on the manufacturer’s website, this set uses cheap polarized glasses like the ones in most movie theaters...

Dec 15, 2010

What we’re watching tonight: Fox (720p) has Human Target at 8 p.m. NBC (1080i) has The Sing-Off at 8 p.m. CBS (1080i) has Survivor at 8 p.m., Criminal Minds at 9 p.m. and The Defenders at 10 p.m. USA (1080i) has Psych at 9 & 10 p.m. Showtime (1080i) has Inside the NFL at 9 p.m. Discovery (1080i) has Mythbusters at 9 p.m. HBO (1080i) has the season...

Dec 14, 2010

Welcome to the Engadget Holiday Gift Guide! The team here is well aware of the heartbreaking difficulties of the seasonal shopping experience, and we want to help you sort through the trash and come up with the treasures this year. Below is today’s bevy of hand curated picks, and you can head back to the Gift Guide hub to see the rest of the product guides...