What we’re watching tonight:

• Fox (720p) has Human Target at 8 p.m. and American Idol at 9 p.m.
• ABC (720p) lines up Scrubs at 8 p.m., The Middle at 8:30 p.m., Modern Family at 9 p.m., Cougar Town at 9:30 p.m. and Ugly Betty at 10 p.m.
• CBS (1080i) lines up The New Adventures of Old Christine at 8 p.m., Gary Unmarried at 8:30 p.m., Criminal Minds at 9 p.m. and CSI: NY at 10 p.m.
• USA (1080i) has the season finale of Psych at 10 p.m.
• CW (1080i) has the series premiere of High Society at 9:30 p.m.
• NBC (1080i) has Mercy at 8 p.m. and Law & Order: SVU at 10 p.m.
• History (720p) has MonsterQuest at 9 p.m.
• Showtime (1080i) has Inside NASCAR at 10 p.m.
• DirecTV (1080i) has Underbelly at 10 p.m.
• Brave (1080i) has Shear Genius at 10 p.m.
• TBS (1080i) brings House of Payne at 10 & 10:30 p.m.
• ESPN (720p) has Seton Hall/Notre Dame college basketball at 7 p.m. and Cincinnati/Louisville at 9:30 p.m.

HDTV Listings for March 10, 2010 originally appeared on Engadget HD on Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Continue reading Panasonic 3D home entertainment system goes on sale to a country in mourning

Panasonic 3D home entertainment system goes on sale to a country in mourning originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:37:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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For those enjoying media bliss thanks to a little MediaSmart box humming away somewhere in the corner, life just got a even more lovely. HP has announced a partnership with TiVo that allows MediaSmart users to install a Windows Home Server add-in, enabling the two devices to talk sweet nothings to each other. From within the WHS console you’ll be able to suck recorded content from the TiVo onto the MediaSmart’s expansive storage array and, from there, play it on any of your compatible devices (PC, Mac, Xbox, PS3, etc.). Or, when you start to miss those happy TiVo sounds, you can send that content back over to DVR to view from there. The WHS extension is available right now to MediaSmart owners, so get on with the downloading already.

HP MediaSmart add-in adds TiVo compatibility, enables video transfers to and fro originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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There’s no bigger sport in March than College Basketball and CBS is once again stepping up its coverage of March Madness by covering the last three games in 3D. With some help from Cinedigm Digital Cineman Corp, 100 movie theaters throughout the nation will present the games in 3D for your viewing pleasure, but If you don’t live near a theater — or just want to find content for your new 3DTV — you might be in luck as CBS is also reaching out to cable and satellite providers about sharing the love. This is yet another live 3D broadcast to add to the others this year, which will hopefully be just the beginning of live 3D sports for years to come.

CBS Sports to present the Final Four in 100 3D theaters originally appeared on Engadget HD on Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:13:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Planning on buying one of those fresh Samsung 3D HDTVs and Blu-ray players now that they are available? Well, the good news from Samsung’s press conference is that you’ll get a free 3D Starter Kit if you decide to fork over the cash for them both. Included are two pairs of active shutter glasses (available separately for $150) and the 3D Blu-ray version of Monsters vs. Aliens, which is exclusive to Samsung for the time being. And speaking of new 3D titles, DreamWorks’ own Jeffrey Katzenberg took stage to announce that Shrek will be coming soon. We’re not sure how we feel about these super expensive sets, but the hands-on pictures of the kit do seem to make spending plus $2,000 for that new Sammy 3DTV and Blu-ray player a bit more enticing.

Samsung 3D Starter Kit gets 3DTV and Blu-ray buyers started originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:57:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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If you’re into great movies then this might be the week you’ve been waiting for as there are two that were nominated for best picture as well as other Academy Awards. But if Up In the Air and Precious aren’t up your alley, then maybe Planet 51 and The Boondock Saints II is. There are also a number of titles out this week that deserve a look and we’d bet there is something for everyone.

• Up In the Air (Paramount)
• Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (Lionsgate)
• The Stoning of Soraya M. (Lionsgate)
• The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day (Sony)
• Planet 51 (Sony)
• Capitalism: A Love Story (Anchor Bay)
• UFC: Best of 2009 (Anchor Bay)
• Glacier National Park (Image)
• Hachi: A Dog’s Tale (Sony)
• The Kids are Alright (Universal)
• NFL Super Bowl XLIV Champions: New Orleans Saints (Warner)
• Ninja (First Look)
• Old Dogs (Walt Disney

Blu-ray releases for March 9th 2010 originally appeared on Engadget HD on Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:43:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Good news for those who found themselves a few yen short after hearing the Japanese prices of Panasonic’s first 3D plasma HDTVs — their American counterparts will be considerably cheaper. Even at a recent line show the company kept the MSRPs close to its chest, but March 10 Best Buy’s 24 hour location at Union Square will sell the first full HD 3D home theater system, consisting of the aforementioned VT25, DMP-BDT350 Blu-ray player and active shutter glasses. Japan’s Nikkei pegs the bundle price at around $3,000, with 50-inch televisions by themselves arriving for around $2,500. Compare that to the ¥430,000 ($4,813) price in Japan and you’ve got an idea of the discounting going on so Panasonic can hit its targets of 1 million 3DTVs (worldwide) sold in 2010. Can’t get to Manhattan by Wednesday? The Panasonic/Best Buy team up will reportedly place demos at 300 or so stores shortly, rising to 1,000 locations by the end of the year. Unfortunately they won’t be able to advertise an Academy Award for Best Picture winner (catch Samsung’s ad last night?) in the 3D demo reel, but between Avatar and this week’s box office smash, Alice in Wonderland, we’re sure there will be at least a few people interested in taking 3D home once it’s available.

Panasonic’s VT25 3DTVs will be nearly 50% off Japanese prices, launch this week at Best Buy originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 08 Mar 2010 04:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Depending on ones personal calendar, the removal of WABC-7’s signal from Cablevision in New York is potentially tragic for different reasons but all in all it’s a very familiar scene. Fresh off its standoff with Scripps over Food Network and HGTV, Cablevision is rumbling with Disney over the same issue that nearly caused Time Warner customers to miss Fox-broadcasted bowl games around New Years Day (and yes, Senator John Kerry is involved, again) — will the cable company pay to carry what’s available free OTA? With both sides firmly dug in slinging accusations back and forth via screen crawls and press releases, the most interesting wrinkle is Cablevision’s suggestion that users just go online and check out primetime programming via ABC.com or Hulu (or grab an antenna for some digital TV love, whatever works.) These things can turn at a moments notice so we’ll wait see if the fighting is resolved in time for an afternoon NBA Finals flashback as the Lakers take on the Magic, or for the 82nd Annual Academy Awards at 8:30 p.m. No matter what happens, if things aren’t back to normal by Tuesday we’d evacuate the city, a Lostie without their fix is a dangerous thing.

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What we’re watching tonight:

• HBO (1080i) presents Magic & Bird: A Courtship of Rivals at 8 p.m.
• NBC (1080i) airs Saturday Night Live with Zach Galifianakis at 11:29 p.m.
• HGTV (1080i) has The Outdoor Room with Jamie Durie at 9 p.m. and the season finale of Curb Appeal: The Block at 9:30 p.m.
• Fox (720p) has Cops at 8 p.m.
• ESPN (720p) has North Carolina/Duke college basketball at 9 p.m.

HDTV Listings for March 6, 2010 originally appeared on Engadget HD on Sat, 06 Mar 2010 19:52:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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What we’re watching tonight:

• NBC (1080i) has the series premiere of Who Do You Think You Are? at 8 p.m.
• MyNetworkTV (720p) has WWE SmackDown at 8 p.m.
• CBS (1080i) brings Medium at 9 p.m. and Numb3rs ar 10 p.m.
• Syfy (1080i) has Caprica at 9 p.m.
• History (720p) has Gangland at 9 p.m.
• Discovery (1080i) brings American Loggers at 10 p.m.
• TLC (1080i) airs What Not to Wear at 9 p.m. and Four Weddings at 10 p.m.
• Starz (1080i) has Spartacus: Blood & Sand at 10 p.m.
• Food (1080i) has The Best Thing I Ever Ate at 10 p.m.
• HBO (1080i) brings The Ricky Gervais Show at 9 p.m., The Life and Times of Tim at 9:30 p.m., Real Time with Bill Maher at 10 p.m. and Funny or Die Presents at 11:59 p.m.
• ESPN (720p) has an NBA doubleheader with Pistons/Cavaliers at 7 p.m. and Spurs /Hornets at 10:30 p.m.

HDTV Listings for March 5, 2010 originally appeared on Engadget HD on Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:53:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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