MicroTune has announced that they will be releasing a very small TV-tuner for mobile phones. The MT2260 DVB-H tuner is 6 square millemeters and will cost approximately $5 for manufacturers of mobile phones.

Since the MT2260 uses the Digital Video Broadcast-Handheld standard, it can receive full-motion digital pictures and CD-quality audio when tuning into radio and video channels on future mobile handheld devices.

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The Inquirer has an awesome little article on the good and bad of Organic LED screens. I won’t get too much into it because I think you should read the entire article, but I will throw you an interesting little blurp about screen rot…

“Since the material in use is organic, it has a tendency to well, rot. Not what you want from your brand spanking new and expensive anorexic wall-hanging TV. Apparently, red and green polymers are sturdy enough but it’s the damn blue ones that need a lot of work. Still, big advances have been made and the whole “rotting” snag is being worked out.”

This article is a must read, and can be read here.

Anandtech has reviewed the Samsung SyncMaster 915N. The monitor has a lightning fast 8ms response time, and is competatively priced at around $349.99.

Anandtech concluded, “Compared to other 19” panels that we have recently reviewed, Samsung’s TN display outperforms similar solutions from AUO, CMO and LG.Philips hands down. Response time between each of these panels is quite negligible, but when compared to the 25ms LTM190E4 used in our highly recommended Dell UltraSync 1905FP, the difference is night and day.”

Get the full review here.

Kodak, for the low price of $150, has announced that they will be releasing a digital picture viewer that will have a 2.5 inch screen to make it easier to view your pictures on the go! It has a built-in 32MB’s of storage (you can insert more with SD cards), and will be available near the end of May (which is coming soon).

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