Daily Marauder

TECHNOLOGY

LG and Samsung have announced that they will begin offering upgrades to their respective Blu-ray players that will accommodate Netflix streaming. Between the two companies, LG’s BD300 and Samsung’s BD-P2500 and BD-P2550 will serve up more than 300 Netflix titles in HD. CEPro.com (11/26) , TWICE (11/26)

With Black Friday now in the rearview mirror, manufacturers of HDTV sets, Blu-ray discs and other video-enhancing goodies are hoping that consumers take advantage of steep discounts on their products to drive retail trends higher through the holiday shopping season. On the cable front, companies such as Comcast are busy acquiring the rights to movies and TV shows to play on those cool, new TVs. USA TODAY (11/27)

Despite one of the worst economic climates in decades, consumer spending on Black Friday hit $10.6 billion, 3% higher than the day after Thanksgiving in 2007, according to researcher ShopperTrak. CE products accounted for nine of the top 10 most popular Black Friday products, PriceGrabber said. ClipSyndicate (11/28) , The Washington Post (12/1) , Los Angeles Times (free registration) (12/1) , CNET (11/30)

With the launch of multiple DSLRs including today’s Nikon D3X, camera manufacturers are ready and waiting for you to buy their wares. But should you? (http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/12/01/help-key-why-when-and-where-should-you-buy-a-dslr 12/1)

Visible World and Ensequence are developing technology to enable TV providers to more effectively deliver interactive advertising, according to this article. The solution, which employs CableLabs’ Enhanced TV Binary Interchange Format, combines Ensequence’s interactive-television platform with Visible World’s IntelliSpot Connect network. Multichannel News (11/30)