 | Hands flailing wildly with JVC's Snap and Gesture HDTV (Engadget, 1/08/2008 8:16pm) |
| Filed under: CES, Features, HDTV
We've now experienced JVC's Snap and Gesture HDTV -- the display that replaces your remote by responding to audio cues like snapping/clapping, or visual ones with hand gestures -- and can confirm we are exactly the type of lazy couch potatoes this is not aimed towards. While leading a nation, signaling for a time out or expressing displeasure with another driver ... (Read Full Article) |
 | New Microsoft Hardware Products (Addict 3D, 4/04/2006 6:45am) |
| * Wireless Notebook Optical Mouse 3000: An upgraded version of the best-selling Wireless Notebook Optical Mouse, this mouse features enhanced with High Definition technology for smooth and precise tracking over any surface (even airplane tray tables), as well as a smaller receiver for traveling convenience. ($29.95) * Wireless Laser Mouse 5000: From the fashionably inclined businessman to your ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Innovation: Who Made That Mouse? (New York Times, 6/14/2013 2:00pm) |
| A fast computer needs a driver’s seat. (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 3D-Printed Replacement Cover Makes Your Mouse Infinitely Adjustable (Gizmodo, 6/06/2013 1:49pm) |
| For those who just can't seem to find a standard mouse that fits comfortably in their hand, Pyott Design has come up with a (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Navigating the Castle of Illusion with a 3D Mickey Mouse (Joystiq, 6/18/2013 11:00am) |
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When players look back on the platformers of yore, it's easy to forget one important thing about them: They're tough. Modern platformers allow [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Plasma vs. LCD vs. LED: Which HDTV Type is Best? (eCoustics, 11/15/2012 6:21pm) |
| When you’re shopping for an HDTV, there are plenty of factors to consider. Chief among them is the type of display. While boxy, bulky CRTs are long dead and mammoth rear-projection HDTVs are all but extinct, the HDTV market currently offers [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Type A Machines previews aluminum-framed Series 1 Pro 3D printer (Engadget, 5/20/2013 10:37am) |
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If you've navigated through the endless sea of 3D [...] (Read Full Article) |
| TEEN SCREENS / ZACHARY STONE: Stay away from `Stay Alive' (The Charlotte Observer, 3/29/2006 8:18am) |
| When the opportunity to review "Stay Alive" presented itself, I was excited. Like the heroes of the movie, I am an avid gamer. Trailers made it obvious that the filmmakers were trying to appeal to gamers by showing people with microphones and headgear crowded around a high-definition TV, clutching customized wireless controllers. This is the trap I fell into. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Small Apartments' Blu-ray Announced (High-Def Digest, 12/19/2012 7:00pm) |
| Jonas Akerlund's independent comedy will move into Blu-ray this February. In an early announcement to retailers, Sony is working on 'Small Apartments' for Blu-ray on February 19. Trapped in a seedy [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Super Snap: HDTV Sales Seen Rising (AP via Yahoo! Finance, 1/25/2007 6:44pm) |
| The Super Bowl will come in clearer than ever for fans this year, as more people watch the games on high-definition television. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Better Business Thursday (KROD News 13, 7/07/2005 9:57pm) |
| A WARNING FOR SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS IN THIS WEEK’S BETTER BUSINESS THURSDAY REPORT; IF YOU RECEIVE AN UNEXPECTED CHECK IN THE MAIL FOR A SMALL AMOUNT OF MONEY, YOU MAY WANT TO THINK TWICE BEFORE YOU CASH IT. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Most Beautiful Items: June 8 - June 14, 2013 (Gizmodo, 6/15/2013 12:06am) |
| What do a giant wooden egg, a crazy Japanese tech office, and a 3D printing factory have in common? Nothing, really. Except they were some of our favorite design posts this week. Check them [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | CORRECTING and REPLACING Panasonic Introduces a 1/3 Type Single MOS Full HD Remote Head Camera for Surgical Use (Business Wire, 9/16/2012 11:00pm) |
| SECAUCUS, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Panasonic has announced the GP-KH232 series, a 1/3 type MOS full HD remote head camera system. This camera allows hospitals and clinics to upgrade surgical microscopes seamlessly from SD to [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Small Cable Ops: We Need More HDTV (Broadcast Flag | Keeping track of the FCC, MPAA and the broadcast industry's desire for DRM., 8/03/2007 2:55pm) |
| Small Cable Ops: We Need More HDTV: Cable executives say they must compete against more high-def ... in Multichannel News. Several large cable operators, such as Comcast and Time Warner, have announced ... (Read Full Article) |
| HDTVs You Can Give or Hide Away at Forbes.com (Violence Against Art, 11/28/2007 3:59am) |
| [IMG HDTV] My third article for Forbes.com, on the virtues and value of small or mid-sized televisions as opposed to their more overbearing, oversized peers, was published today. I touch on ten models that would fit well in a small apartment or dorm room, or would be good if you just don't want a gigantic television dominating your home. Personally, I lean toward the high-end. I used to think I ... (Read Full Article) |
| Cable companies are now cash machines (MSN Money, 7/20/2005 2:12am) |
| It may be time to snap up shares in cable providers Comcast, Time Warner and Liberty Media. With most infrastructure investment behind them, the green is about to roll in. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Inhabitat's Week in Green: carbon fiber 3D printer, mollusk shell glass and a self-sustaining island (Engadget, 2/02/2014 3:00pm) |
| Wouldn't it be great if you could just snap your fingers and a pizza would appear? It might not be too far off: NASA recently funded a plan to build a 3D food printer for astronauts, and a new video shows the prototype in action. In other 3D [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Listen to Radiohead's Idioteque On a Laser-Printed Wooden Record (Gizmodo, 5/12/2013 12:00am) |
| We've seen 3D-printed records before, and while they don't sound great, they're [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Inhabitat's Week in Green: 'Saltygloo,' 3D-printed lingerie and a Christmas tree made from 365 wooden sleighs (Engadget, 12/15/2013 3:00pm) |
| Each week our friends at Inhabitat recap the week's most interesting green developments and clean tech news for us -- it's the Week in Green.
The 3D-printing craze was in full effect this week. No longer content making plastic figurines or [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | The UPS Store Makes 3D Printing Accessible to Start-Ups and Small Business Owners (Business Wire, 8/03/2013 2:00pm) |
| SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The UPS Store® today announced it is the first nationwide retailer to test 3D printing services in-store. Select UPS Store locations will be offering the services to start-ups, small businesses and retail customers, [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Syscan Imaging to Present at ValueRich Small Cap Expo in New York City on September 14th and 15th (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 9/06/2005 1:47pm) |
| Syscan Imaging Inc. , an IP-driven original equipment manufacturer and private label manufacturer of mobile image-scanning systems and image-display technology solutions will participate in the ValueRich Small Cap Financial Expo. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Cobham to unveil small wireless HD camera transmitter at NAB Show (Broadcast Engineering, 3/07/2013 5:51pm) |
| The new Solo Micro HD transmitter offers latency as low as 15ms.
read [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | iMotion 3D controller launches on Kickstarter with dreams of replacing your mouse, we go hands-on (video) (Engadget, 9/28/2013 12:18am) |
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If you thought the (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Battlefield 4 patched for PS3, 'small patch' for PS4 (Joystiq, 12/05/2013 5:00pm) |
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Battlefield 4 developer DICE has rolled out a pair of patches to PlayStation platforms that [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | DisplaySearch Reports Small/Medium Display Revenue to Reach $21B in 2005 (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 6/09/2005 2:25pm) |
| DisplaySearch, the worldwide leader in flat panel display market research and consulting, has released the Q2'05 Flash Small/Medium Shipment Report. This comprehensive report covers display shipments, revenues, and market share by manufacturer and technology, in mobile phones, PDAs, automotive monitors, games, DVDs, subdisplays, MP3 players, DVD players, multifunction printers and other ... (Read Full Article) |
| Want Your HDTV? Here's Where To Start (Hartford Courant, 9/23/2005 7:23am) |
| Want Your HDTV? No matter what time of day, there's always somewhere to turn for answers to all those can't-wait HDTV questions. Fire up the computer, and steer your mouse toward ... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | What Is Available to Play on a Blu-ray Disc Player? - Question of the Week (About.com, 3/31/2013 10:00am) |
| OK, so you want to get in on the Blu-ray action, but you want to know what type of content, and how much of it, is actually available if you ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Black Friday HDTV Deals: TCL 55-inch 1080p LED: $649.99 shipped (Big Picture Big Sound, 11/23/2012 6:14pm) |
| TigerDirect wants to make holiday shopping a snap, by slashing $450 off the price of this [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Welcome to the Punch' Blu-ray Announced (High-Def Digest, 4/15/2013 10:00pm) |
| The cat-and-mouse thriller from Producer Ridley Scott is hitting Blu-ray in July. In an early announcement to retailers, MPI Home Video is preparing 'Welcome to the Punch' for Blu-ray on July 23. The [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Tom and Jerry: The Golden Collection - Volume 2' Announced for Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 2/07/2013 5:00pm) |
| Another batch of animated shorts featuring the crazy cat and macho mouse will hit Blu-ray in June. In an early announcement to retailers, Warner Brothers is preparing 'Tom and Jerry: The Golden [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Tom & Jerry: Shiver Me Whiskers' Blu-ray Dated (High-Def Digest, 11/30/2012 5:00pm) |
| Join the cat and mouse on another wacky adventure on Blu-ray this spring! In an early announcement to retailers, Warner Brothers has set 'Tom & Jerry: Shiver Me Whiskers' for Blu-ray on March 12. [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Welcome to the Punch' Blu-ray detailed (High-Def Digest, 6/26/2013 4:00pm) |
| The cat-and-mouse thriller from Producer Ridley Scott hitting Blu-ray in July has been fully detailed. As previously reported, MPI Home Video is preparing 'Welcome to the Punch' for Blu-ray on July [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Disney's New Algorithm Turns Any Photo Into a 3D Wonderland (Gizmodo, 7/22/2013 11:16pm) |
| Disney Research, a partnership between the mouse-eared entertainment juggernaut and universities around the globe, is on a virtual reality roll. Its latest development, (Read Full Article) |
| Tip of the Week: Be on the lookout for new HD channels (Consumer Reports, 7/23/2009 1:17pm) |
| [ Photo courtesy of Sanja Gjenero ] If you’re like me, you’re thrilled when a new high-def channel is added to your lineup. TV providers have been beefing up their HD offerings regularly over the last year or two, and many now offer dozens of stations. I get about 60 channels in HD, and if I subscribed to the premium channels, I’d get many more. My cable provider, Cablevision, recently added HD versions of USA and FX, so I can watch shows like Psych, Burn Notice, and Damages in all their high-def splendor. Sometimes I’ve stumbled across these new offerings by accident, while idly surfing with the channel up/down button on the remote. Though the discovery gladdens my heart, I can’t help but wonder how long I’ve been missing out, unknowingly settling for their standard-def counterparts. Cablevision does announce new HD offerings, but it’s usually in small type down the side of my monthly service bill, or in an occasional pamphlet listing the full channel line-up. But when I’m rushing to pay my bills, I don’t always read the fine print or flyers. Now, I make a point of doing so. I also check the onscreen program guide to see if any new channels have materialized in the high-def tier. And there's always the Web: Like most companies, Cablevision provides a full lineup of channels for my area on its Web site. If you’re not regularly searching out new HD options, I recommend you start doing so. You might be happily surprised by what you find. – Eileen McCooey (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | The Rescuers: 35th Anniversary Collection Blu-ray Review (Big Picture Big Sound, 8/22/2012 4:28am) |
| Disney adds another classic to its Blu-ray roster, but does this 2-film set live up to the House of Mouse's [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Tom and Jerry's Giant Adventure' Announced for Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 5/01/2013 8:00pm) |
| The crazy cat and mouse will be climbing up a beanstalk in August. In an early announcement to retailers, Warner Brothers says 'Tom and Jerry's Giant Adventure' will hit Blu-ray on August 6. This Tom [...] (Read Full Article) |
| It's Official: HDTV Now an Impulse Buy - the $750 42-inch Plasma TV (Big Picture Big Sound, 5/22/2008 9:04pm) |
| Forget Black Friday and Cyber Monday, now you can get the VIZIO VP422 42-inch flat panel plasma HDTV for under $750 any time you want, just by walking into your local WalMart or clicking your mouse on WalMart.com. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Holographic 3D for mobile could become a reality (CNET Blogs, 3/21/2013 7:24pm) |
| Boffins at Hewlett-Packard Laboratories claim to have created a new type of multidirectional backlit screen that creates the holographic 3D effect. (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Tiny, 3D-Printed Batteries Power New League of Small Devices (DailyTech, 6/19/2013 5:37pm) |
| They could be used for medical and communication [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | TV market offers greater choice, better price deals (Inside Bay Area, 11/11/2005 11:54am) |
| LCD? PLASMA? Projection? Buying a television used to mean choosing between 27 or 32 inches. But today, consumers have a dizzying array of choices in size, screen type and image quality. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Who's watching? 3D TV no hit with viewers (USATODAY, 9/29/2012 12:41pm) |
Audience for 3D is so small it can't be measured by Nielsen.
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| (Unranked) | NintendoWare Weekly: The Denpa Men, Quarth (Joystiq, 9/27/2012 7:00pm) |
| The Denpa Men: They Came By Wave is a new dungeon RPG by Genius Sonority, in which you use augmented reality-type exploration to find little guys in the environment, who then form your party. It's cute, quirky, and available on the 3DS eShop [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Basics of Choosing HDTV Display Technology (BellaOnline, 10/01/2005 1:42am) |
| Selecting the type of display can be the most overwhelming decision in your pursuit for HDTV. There are several main types and each have their advantages and disadvantages. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Men like their HDTVs big, while women prefer them smaller, says new survey (Digi Times, 12/21/2005 10:50am) |
| Although a new survey from Panasonic reveals that one in four (about 26%) US households either owns or plans to own a HD (high definition) TV by the end of 2006, up from 15% last year, spouses are divided on what type of purchase should be made, according to the Consumer Electronics Association. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | How to Buy an HDTV (eCoustics, 7/08/2013 3:25pm) |
| Whether you’re looking for a very basic low-cost set or a feature-packed, razor-thin model with 3D, selecting the right HDTV isn’t easy. There are plenty of questions to answer: What type of display should you get: Plasma, LCD, or LED? [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | How to Buy an HDTV (eCoustics, 11/16/2012 7:52pm) |
| Whether you’re looking for a very basic low-cost set or a feature-packed, razor-thin model with 3D, selecting the right HDTV isn’t easy. There are plenty of questions to answer: What type of display should you get? Plasma, LCD, or LED? [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Best Blu-ray 2.0 Player? Could Be Your PC with CyberLink PowerDVD Ultra [Blu-Ray] (Gizmodo, 4/08/2008 3:20pm) |
| When we bring up Blu-ray Profile 2.0 with BD-Live, you guys are divided. Some of you say "Who gives a damn?" while others say "PS3 FTW!" but a small minority say that the PS3 doesn't meet your other... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Wireless HDTV link (HDTV News, 9/04/2009 8:30pm) |
| Cables can be a pain if you are trying to clean up your office or just happen to be a tad bit clumsy and the type that trips over everything that is not solid flooring.
However, there is a solution if your living room looks like an electrical hazard - the new Phillips Wireless HDTV [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Handycam offers vivid detail (USA Today, 7/15/2005 11:06am) |
| You took the plunge recently and surrendered a small ransom for a wall-size high-definition TV. Only now you wish there were compelling programs to watch. ... (Read Full Article) |
| HDTV sets put to the test: tube-type, wide-screen (Seattle Times, 4/17/2005 7:16am) |
| LCDs, plasma screens and rear-projection sets may be winning over more television buyers, but the tubby and dependable picture-tube television... (Read Full Article) |
| Report: Sony Says Blu-ray Standalone Players Out-Selling HD DVD (High-Def Digest, 9/06/2007 4:30pm) |
| Although it's the type of news we'd expect to see accompanied by a huge press release, Sony apparently revealed Wednesday that stand-alone Blu-ray players have begun out-selling their HD DVD counterparts.... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | What Type of TV Do I Need To Use With a Blu-ray Disc Player? - Question of the Week (About.com, 5/26/2013 10:00am) |
| You want to buy a Blu-ray Disc player, but you aren't sure if your TV will be compatible with it. To find out, check out the answer to this week's ... (Read Full Article) |
| KVM Switch enables sharing of music and video files. (ThomasNet, 4/04/2006 1:29pm) |
| Model GCS634U 4-port MiniView USB Keyboard, Video, Mouse Switch can support 4 computers and connects to High Definition Television with Video Graphics Array input. It comes equipped with 2 built-in cables for Plug-n-Play use, and 2 additional ports and detachable cables. Device incorporates USB Sniffing Technology that allows multiple computers to be booted simultaneously, and VSE Technology that ... (Read Full Article) |
| CES 2006 Profile: BenQ (DesignTechnica, 1/12/2006 10:11pm) |
| Company's 2006 line up includes some ultra fast monitors, small digital cameras and high performance LCD HDTVs. ... (Read Full Article) |
| 5 Big Screens For Small Budgets (AskMen, 7/26/2005 4:17am) |
| Just about everybody would love to hang a 50-inch plasma on their wall, but most mortals who see the sticker prices of flat-panel HDTVs in larger sizes quickly realize that they need to choose another technology. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Edward C. Baig: Personal Tech - Handycam offers vivid detail (USATODAY.com via Yahoo! News, 7/14/2005 2:04pm) |
| You took the plunge recently and surrendered a small ransom for a wall-size high-definition TV. Only now you wish there were compelling programs to watch. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Sharp to focus on small HD TVs (Financial Times, 10/30/2007 6:21pm) |
| Sharp is shifting from producing 40in and 50in televisions towards smaller, high-definition TV, as it seeks to adapt to changing consumer tastes. ... (Read Full Article) |
| New reality: downloadable TV (Canadian Business, 11/29/2006 2:06pm) |
| Roma Khanna has three televisions in her downtown Toronto office. A small set screens the all-news station CP24; a large high-definition flat-panel screen is usually tuned to MuchMusic. ... (Read Full Article) |
| HDTV is the DEVIL (Technorati, 12/10/2007 2:58pm) |
| There is this sweet little invention called HDTV that makes your television screen so crisp, clear and amazingly life like you feel as if you are sitting right in the screen. It is a must have especially if you are even thinking of watching some type of sporting event, such as football. The problem, not all local channels are dishing out the signal for HD for their network. This is causing major ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Competition grows between 3-D technologies, says NDP DisplaySearch (Broadcast Engineering, 4/01/2013 3:29pm) |
| A new report from the display authority says film-type patterned retarder is catching up with the shutter glass approach.
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| (Unranked) | Segway-like robot helps fight fires with 3D, thermal imaging (CNET Blogs, 6/05/2013 11:34pm) |
| Engineers at UC San Diego are testing small, mobile robotic vehicles that create virtual reality maps with temperature data that first responders can use in real time. (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 3D is dead--long live 4K (Broadcast Engineering, 2/13/2013 3:28pm) |
| Similar to 2010, the 2013 consumer electronics industry has decided the next great thrill will come from everyone buying another hugely expensive 4K television. Never mind the small detail that the so-called 4K televisions aren’t really capable of [...] (Read Full Article) |
| In brief: Nakamura, Philips, fiber-optic market (Compound Semiconductor Magazine, 6/16/2006 4:03pm) |
| Shuji Nakamura scoops one million euros; Philips launches its Blu-ray Disc player, featuring a blue laser of the type that Nakamura helped to develop; and a new report suggests that the market for active optical telecom components is set for a sharp upturn. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Intel plans return to embedded flash market (IT World, 4/07/2005 1:58pm) |
| Intel Corp. plans to ship a new family of embedded NOR-type flash memory chips with capacities as high as 1G bits to meet growing demand for the technology in consumer electronics products, the company said Thursday. (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Build a custom home in 20 hours using a giant 3D printer (DVICE, 8/03/2012 11:35am) |
| 3D printing seems to be everywhere these days, but usually it's just for making small machines or mechanical parts. Now a professor from the University of Southern California [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Curiosity rover flexes arm for first time on Mars (USATODAY, 8/21/2012 1:50am) |
NASA's Mars rover has taken another small step for robot-kind.
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| Motorola Says Nanotube Technology Will Shrink Flat-Panel Display Costs (Small Biz (Small Biz Pipeline, 5/09/2005 8:00pm) |
| The company is negotiating with manufacturers to create large displays that offer better quality, extend life, and dramatically lower costs. ... (Read Full Article) |
| 'One Seg' digital TV broadcasting begins for mobile phone users (Kyodo News, 4/01/2006 8:55am) |
| ''One Seg,'' a new type of digital terrestrial broadcasting that began in Japan on April 1 is displayed on a mobile phone held by a man in Tokyo. People can watch TV programs in high-definition on their portable terminals like mobile phones and car navigation equipment. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Blu-ray and HD DVD movies: Buy one, get one free (CNET News, 12/17/2007 1:00pm) |
| Choose two Blu-ray or HD DVD movies from Best Buy's small but decent selection and you'll pay for only one of them. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Entertainment Weekly's EW.com | (Entertainment Weekly, 7/11/2005 4:40pm) |
| Let's think of this week's videogame tournament and foreign-commercial shoot as a small break from the fast pace of Hollywood — a TV version of Lost in Translation , if you will. No cameos by big stars playing themselves (sadly, not every episode can feature a foul-mouthed, stoned Bob Saget). ... (Read Full Article) |
| A different type of TV: Q&A with RPTV maker Inshon, part two (Digi Times, 9/15/2005 11:37am) |
| While market research indicates that rear-projection TVs are currently seeing a wave of renewed market enthusiasm, particularly in North America, models were not noticeably in evidence at Computex Taipei, in June. One interesting exception was RPTV models shown by Inshon, a company within Taiwan’s First International Computer (FIC) group. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Sony Debuts One-Handed Camcorder (NewsFactor via Yahoo! (NewsFactor via Yahoo! News, 5/18/2005 5:36pm) |
| Sony (NYSE: SNE) announced plans Tuesday to release a new high-definition camcorder that the company says is small and light enough to hold and operate in one hand. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Dolby Laboratories Turns 40 (Business Wire via Yahoo! (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 5/17/2005 9:29pm) |
| Dolby Laboratories , founded by Ray Dolby on May 17, 1965, celebrates its 40th anniversary today. The company got its start by introducing Dolby A-type noise reduction, which significantly improved the sound of recorded audio by reducing background noise inherent to professional tape recordings. ... (Read Full Article) |
| HEATHER NEWMAN: Tune in to HDTV (Detroit Free Press, 1/15/2006 10:03am) |
| When Jan and Dale Walker built an addition on their Ann Arbor house, they bought a small high-definition television for their bedroom. But the furniture wasn't in there yet, so they put the HDTV in the living room next to their old TV. For kicks, they turned on both at the same time. They were impressed. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Telco David Takes on Goliaths (TV Week, 12/12/2005 5:22am) |
| The day before Thanksgiving, a small California telephone company conducted a trial of high-definition television services, running a feed of Discovery HD Theater on two 50-inch-plus Panasonic HDTV sets side by side. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Blu-ray Review: Ghosts of the Abyss - 3D (High-Def Digest, 9/04/2012 6:20pm) |
| Early on in 'Ghosts of the Abyss,' Lewis Abernathy, who played a small role alongside Bill Paxton in James Cameron's 'Titanic,' asks the honest question about our fascination with the historical RMS [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Panasonic LIFI HDTV, LCZ, LCX (HDTV Reviews Blog, 1/17/2007 12:10am) |
| Panasonic LIFI HDTV, LCZ, LCX January 16th, 2007 | Panasonic Panasonic have announced a new type of... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | LG monster 3D OLED screen details leak ahead of IFA (HDTV UK, 8/31/2010 10:20am) |
| It's been heralded as the future of flatscreen TVs, but OLED screens have so far been so small and expensive that they've remained something of a novelty. Until now that is. Details have leaked of an LG super OLED set... (Read Full Article) |
| In Demand Working with Smaller Ops (MultiChannel News, 10/07/2005 8:32pm) |
| After some small cable companies complained about pricing structures proposed during the past two weeks by In Demand for the right to carry pay-per-view sports packages, the programmer decided to negotiate accommodations with those operators that would keep the content available, parties to the dispute said Friday. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Bluetooth Adopts New Radio Technology (Washington Post, 3/29/2006 11:51am) |
| NEW YORK -- The Bluetooth wireless standard used in cell phones and other small devices will take a leap in transmission speed, broadening its scope to enable high-definition video and files for digital music players like the iPod. ... (Read Full Article) |
| What's new (Guardian Unlimited, 6/08/2005 11:18pm) |
| Virgin Mobile is targeting young mobile phone buyers with a new handset brand it is calling Lobster. The Lobster 485, the first in the series, is due on sale this week. It is a small and light GPRS clamshell, weighing just 68g, which has been made for the network by manufacturer Bellware. ... (Read Full Article) |
| "Evan Almighty" Trailer - Starring Steve Carell (Digg.com, 11/17/2006 7:56pm) |
| The "Evan Almighty" trailer was just released on apple.com. It is available in five sizes, Small, Medium, Large, High Definition, and iPod. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Video Processing Board includes Stratix II FPGAs. (ThomasNet, 7/01/2005 1:58pm) |
| Featuring 4 Altera® Stratix® II EP2S130 devices, 4 GB of SDRAM, and up to 16 TI TMS320C6415 DSP processors each running at 1 GHz, Bluejay Compact PCI Card handles DSP-intensive algorithms that require true multi-processing. Card supports PCI 66/64 as well as rear I/O transition card, which can provide any type of digital I/O via LVDS interface. Bluejay is suited for development of ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | ‘The Blob’ Blu-ray oozes out with March 12 release date (HD-Report, 12/19/2012 6:27pm) |
| Leave it to those crafty upstarts at Criterion to totally recognize what this world has been sorely: The Blob on Blu-ray! Yes, the 1958 cult horror classic starring Steve McQueen and an icky mass of red alien goo that tries to take over a small town [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Luxury home winners (The Beacon (The Beacon News, 5/09/2005 8:24am) |
| Imagine yourself sitting poolside, overlooking a lake, enraptured by the melancholy sounds of small, lapping waves reaching the shore. A guest house adjoins the pool, which is shadowed by your custom designed estate, commanding space in excess of 5,000 square feet. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Warner Goes Big, and Small for Blu-ray (Home Media Magazine, 7/26/2012 10:31pm) |
| Warner Home Video has made Blu-ray Disc collector’s editions for famous films an art form.
Beyond the physical extras — including books with rare photos and production art — the studio painstakingly restores and remasters [...] (Read Full Article) |
| OPINION: HD DVD is dead - but does that mean Blu-ray automatically wins? (Tech Digest, 2/18/2008 2:28pm) |
| Gary Cutlack writes... So it looks like HD DVD has died.
That doesn't bother me much as I can't tell the difference between HD and
normal telly from the comfort of my uncomfortable DFS sofa, so I'm yet to
bother upgrading to any new movie formats. But my "old" DVD collection is huge
- although it only covers a relatively small period of time, back when DVD was
the hot new thing. It start ... (Read Full Article) |
| Turn your Mac Mini into an HD PVR using this. (Digg.com, 3/30/2006 9:09am) |
| Using state of the art technology, TVMini HD and your Mac let you watch and record free-to-air or free cable Digital TV in outstanding digital quality. Don't let TVMini HD's small size fool you--it supports full HDTV resolutions of up to 1080i! ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | BigRep's ONE can 3D print full-sized pieces of furniture (Engadget, 2/19/2014 9:54am) |
| While consumer 3D printers are cheaper and more efficient than ever before, their small size often means designers are limited to creating hand-sized models and figurines. With the launch of its open-source ONE printer, German studio BigRep [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Sony Cuts Price on New Blu-Ray Player (The Columbian, 6/04/2007 7:05am) |
| NEW YORK (AP) -- With dominance of the market for high-definition movie discs still up in the air, Sony Corp. said Monday it is including a small surprise with the new Blu-ray disc player it is shipping this week: a price tag $100 lower than previously announced. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Disk Makers ReflexBlu Blu-Ray Tower Duplicators (I4U, 3/02/2007 2:00pm) |
| Disc Makers, a manufacturer of CD and DVD duplicators, launches its first Blu-Ray compatible tower duplicators, the ReflexBlu2 and ReflexBlu4.
So if you need to do start a small distribution of your legal content on blu-ray these machines save you s... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Sanyo HD1 Camcorder's Video Quality Called "Disastrous" (Gizmodo, 3/01/2006 3:14pm) |
| The as-yet-unreleased Sanyo VPC-HD1 Xacti camcorder, a small-form-factor HDV shooter that records 720p MPEG-4 high-definition video onto an SD flash memory card, was negatively reviewed by Akihabara... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Big screens, small budgets (The Charlotte Observer, 3/07/2005 12:41pm) |
| The private screening room, once reserved for movie moguls and millionaires, is coming to more homes thanks to the emergence of low-cost projectors. Two years ago, projectors optimized for home theater could easily cost $10,000, but office projectors had begun to fall sharply in price. (Read Full Article) |
| Video: Sony's BDZ-A70 Blu-ray recorder with 1-touch transfer to Walkmans, cellphones, and PSPs (Engadget, 4/08/2008 1:10pm) |
| Filed under: HDTV, Portable Video
Now we're talking Sony, this is the type of integration we expect to see on the heels of your promise to cash in on portable video after losing the audio battle to Apple. As a Blu-ray recorder, the BDZ-A70 features all the in/outs you'd expect, a 320GB (the new BDZ-T90 offers 500GB) disk with the ability to burn to dual-layer BD-RE media, and a host of analog an ... (Read Full Article) |
| Hackers break HD-DVD copy protection (Infomatics, 1/17/2007 1:16pm) |
| The first pirated HD-DVD movies have surfaced on file-sharing websites, according to new reports. BitTorrent is an open source peer-to-peer file sharing system that allows users to share large files by transferring them in small pieces to and from multiple machines. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Corel VideoStudio v.11: A Small Step Forward (E-Commerce Times, 7/18/2007 12:02pm) |
| With the arrival of high-definition cameras, the push for video-to-go and, of course, Windows Vista, makers of video editing software have been handed a ticket to introduce new versions of their products. Canadian application architect Corel has done just that with the new version of its VideoStudio. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | HDD Deal of the Week: Assorted Fox Blu-rays 46-60 Percent Off at Amazon (High-Def Digest, 2/24/2013 8:11pm) |
| There should be a bargain for everyone in this week's Blu-ray deal at Amazon! Amazon is selling an assortment of Fox titles this week for 46% to 60% off the suggested retail price. The small [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Toshiba develops HD DVD writer drive (InfoWorld, 10/02/2006 2:12pm) |
| ( InfoWorld ) - On Tuesday Toshiba will unveil the first slim-type HD DVD writer drive suitable for use in laptop computers. The SD-L902A drive is the standard 12.7-millimeters high, which means it can fit in the drive bay of most laptop computers. It can read and write HD DVD, DVD, and CD discs, Toshiba said Monday. It will be shown at the Ceatec show, Japan's biggest electronics show, ... (Read Full Article) |
| Retailers rush to sell Super Bowl fans their big TVs, souvenirs, party goodies (Detroit Free Press, 1/27/2006 10:18am) |
| Retailers big and small are competing to provide the massive televisions, party decorations, furnishings, jerseys and food to metro Detroiters throwing Super Bowl bashes. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Bush hopes for $25 billion from spectrum sales (Engadget, 2/07/2006 9:41am) |
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| Sony HVR-A1U HDV Camcorder Spot takes a first look at a pre-production model (Broadcast Newsroom, 8/25/2005 7:02pm) |
| Bringing its fourth HDV camera to market, Sony is about to start shipping the second in their professional offerings for the HDV shooter. The HVR-A1U is the latest addition to the HDV market, and is a dynamite camcorder both for DV shooters and HDV shooters. Good things come in small packages. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Panasonic TH-17LX8 17 inch LCD HDTV (I4U, 1/21/2008 5:48am) |
| Panasonic gears up for the expected TV sale bonanza in time for the Olympic Games in Beijing this August. They already announced the feature-packed TH-32LX80 LCD HDTV today. The small 17 inch TH-17LX8 packs almost all the same features making this tiny HDT... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Disney Magical World ships 500,000 in Japan (Joystiq, 1/15/2014 3:00pm) |
| Disney Magical World shipments surpassed the 500,000 mark in Japan, proving that as far as the 3DS game is concerned, it's not such a small world after all. Alright, we admit we shoehorned that reference in, so try not to take the Mickey.
The news [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Vitesse Introduces Photodiodes For Ethernet and FTTx Markets (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 9/07/2005 4:01am) |
| Vitesse Semiconductor Corp. today announced a new line of photodiode products for the resurgent optical communications market. The first two products in the family, the VSC7750 and VSC7780, are designed for use in the optical receiver side of both the Small Form Factor and its pluggable counterpart . ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | BenQ (Short) Throws Down with W1080ST and W1070 - 1080p 3D Projectors Starting at $1,099 (Big Picture Big Sound, 1/20/2013 4:11pm) |
| Need to fit a big screen into a small space? The W1080ST might just be your new best [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Global market for Ultra-HD will be “small niche” (Broadcast Engineering, 1/23/2013 4:14pm) |
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The global satellite Ultra-HD market is expected to reach $412 million in 2025 from an $8.2 million revenue base in 2015.
Ultra-HD, the “next big thing†being pushed by television set manufacturers at the [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Those 8-foot TVs are mighty tempting on Super Bowl Sunday (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 2/02/2006 5:26am) |
| Black & Gold mania has hit even this West Coast native. My entire focus is honing in on Super Bowl dining although I can't decide whether to stay home and invite friends over to watch on our small, non-HDTV screen or to join a mob of "Stiller" faithfuls at one of Pittsburgh's colorful sports bars. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 Remix spins a new trailer (Joystiq, 12/26/2013 3:00pm) |
| It's a good time to be a fan of the Disney-Enix crossover gloop that is Kingdom Hearts: HD 1.5 Remix is out, HD 2.5 Remix comes to PS3 next year, and then there's the small matter of Kingdom Hearts 3 for Xbox One and PS4.
Yet there's one piece [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Mitsubishi launches first in-car Blu-ray player (AfterDawn, 2/17/2009 2:17am) |
| Mitsubishi has announced that it has developed the world's first in-car Blu-ray player.
At 50 x 178 x 180mm, the company says the player is only 1/3 the volume of its home standalone BD player.
The player will support BD-ROM, BD-R and BD-RE and the company plans to commercialize it at some point in 2009.
Tech-On adds that "there are two main factors that contributed to the small size. F ... (Read Full Article) |
| Bluetooth to get faster (Pioneer Press, 4/03/2006 11:56am) |
| The Bluetooth wireless standard used in cell phones and other small devices will take a leap in transmission speed, broadening its scope to enable high-definition video and files for digital music players like the iPod. The industry group behind Bluetooth said Tuesday it would boost transfer speeds in the next few years by incorporating a new radio technology, known as ultra-wideband, or UWB. ... (Read Full Article) |
| PS3 to wait until 2007? One analyst thinks it could happen (Joystiq, 8/03/2005 5:11am) |
| With all this talk to day of Xbox 360 - a price cut here, a credit card there - here comes GameSpot with some interesting speculation on Sony’s business strategy. One analyst predicts that, if the 360 does not become a giant success, Sony might spend the 2006 year earning profits from $99 slim line PS2 which, due to small production costs, will actually still give Sony a profit with each consol ... (Read Full Article) |
| Blue Underground to add Blu-ray Releases (Format War Central, 3/01/2008 5:20pm) |
| Blue Underground have announced on their website that a number of high definition Blu-rayTM releases are in the works.
Blue Underground have quite a range of cult and foreign movies in their library - it is great to see another small distributor joining the Blu-ray camp.
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| The Clicker: Small Frequency Networks and OTA HDTV (Engadget, 5/05/2005 8:29pm) |
| Every Thursday Stephen Speicher contributes The Clicker , a weekly column on television and technology: One look at the eye-popping picture and you were hooked. The window-like effect dazzled you. You all but drooled over the rock-solid picture. There’s no snow. There’s no ghosting. The resolution is to die for. You saw the light and its name was High-Definition. There’s only one pro ... (Read Full Article) |
| Sony Aims Higher Than The Gaming Market (Slashdot, 1/24/2006 3:31pm) |
| Next Generation tries to take a look at what Sony is up to with the PS3, without going off on a rumour-filled tangent. Their thought? Sony is after something much bigger than the gaming market. From the article: "The big play is for the high definition DVD market, and in this context, an early launch, with small hardware numbers and threadbare games software support might just be a good move. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Mitsubishi shows off 155-inch OLED HDTV (AfterDawn, 10/10/2009 5:32pm) |
Mitsubishi has unveiled a 155-inch OLED TV this week at the CEATEC 2009 event in Japan, showcasing one of the largest displays ever for OLED.
Mainichi Japan says the "OLED display consists of 720 10-centimeter-square OLED blocks that can be rearranged to change the dimensions of the display using Mitsubishi's Aurora Vision LED screens at baseball stadiums."
The screen is also about three times brighter than any current LCD TV. Lifespan is about 200,000 hours.
Being that the OLED blocks are so small means Mitsubishi can create a TV of any size, ranging from the now standard 15-inch TVs to infinity.
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| Baldinger is off the wall (The Sporting News via Yahoo! News, 5/24/2005 6:44pm) |
| Tucked in a corner of the basement in his home, a beautiful Renaissance-style ranch in a New Jersey suburb of Philadelphia, is Brian Baldinger\\\'s office. It\\\'s small, dominated by a desk with chairs in front and behind, facing a wall with a built-in 48-inch flat-screen HDTV. Framed pictures of Baldinger -- one with Springsteen in Copenhagen in \\\'93, others from his playing days as an offensi ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Nintendo finally updates 3DS with Miiverse, Nintendo Network ID support and unified eShop wallet (Engadget, 12/10/2013 4:52am) |
| A year and a half ago, Hideko Konno hinted that Nintendo's Miiverse might eventually find its way to the 3DS. Now it finally has. The stereoscopic handheld's latest update is a doozy, not only brining the quirky social network to the small screen, [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Motorola Empowers Small to Mid-Sized Operators With New Centralized Service Supporting Advanced, Two-Way Access Control (RedNova, 6/15/2005 3:34pm) |
| SAN ANTONIO, Texas, June 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Motorola, Inc. today announced the availability of a centralized content authorization service in a joint effort with Comcast Media Center (CMC), a business unit of Comcast Cable. ... (Read Full Article) |
| DivX support finds its way into HP, LG HDTVs (Engadget, 4/23/2008 5:46pm) |
| Filed under: Displays, HDTV, Home EntertainmentThere's no other way to say it, DivX is on a roll in 2008 (that small Stage6 stumble is already a fading memory). If support from Blu-ray players and videogame consoles wasn't enough, DivX Certification has snaked its long arm directly into HDTVs, with "over 80 models" from HP and LG slapping on a sticker indicating users can simply plug a USB dri ... (Read Full Article) |
| Sony HC1E First Look Douglas Spotted Eagle reviews PAL version of Sony's consumer HDV camcorder By Douglas Spotted Eagle (Digital Video Editing, 7/19/2005 4:34pm) |
| The Sony HDR-HC1E is the first small-bodied camera in the HDV world, but it s size belies it s quality and capability. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Inhabitat's Week in Green: floating skate ramp, foldable electric bicycle and a 3D-printed sneaker (Engadget, 3/16/2014 12:03pm) |
| Each week our friends at Inhabitat recap the week's most interesting green developments and clean tech news for us -- it's the Week in Green.
The Earth is a mysterious place. Scientists recently discovered a small, rough diamond that reveals [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Big Things in Small Spaces Clear Channel builds an HD mobile production pocket rocket By Charlie White (Digital Video Editing, 6/20/2005 7:19am) |
| (6/20/05) Clear Channel, one of the largest media companies in the United States, owns 40 television stations, over 1200 radio stations and also includes television entertainment and sports production divisions. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Vizio moves to second place in HDTV sales (AfterDawn, 2/22/2009 9:26pm) |
| Vizio has announced that they have surpassed Sony as the second-biggest seller of HDTVs in the United States, as of the 4Q 2008.
According to figures from iSuppli, Vizio accounted for over 14 percent of LCD and Plasma shipments, up 3.11 percent from the Q3. Sony fell 0.42 percent to 13.5 and Samsung remained the leader at 20.2 percent despite a small drop of 0.62 percent from the Q3.
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| Sony shrinks camcorder (Pioneer Press) (Yahoo! News (Error), 2/26/2006 12:11am) |
| Sony Corp. introduced on Tuesday a high-definition camcorder that is small enough to rest comfortably in the palm of your hand. Sony billed its 18-ounce, 5.5 inch-long HDR-HC3 as the world's lightest and smallest. The device, 26 percent more compact than the previous model, is set to go on sale next month in Japan for $1,300 and in April in the United States for $1,700. Sony officials in Tokyo ... (Read Full Article) |
| Panasonic's VIERA TH-65PX500 sub 9k 65-inch plasma (Engadget, 8/26/2005 7:25pm) |
| Ah, we remember those halcyon days as though they were only last week, when even small plasmas cost about $10,000 US, and a faint hope of the HDTV dream lingered o’erhead as we slept. But Panasonic’s announced they’re to sell a sub ¥1,000,000 ($9,000) 65-inch 3000:1 contrast ratio 1080p beast of a monster of an HDTV, the VIERA TH-65PX500. Funny how in this market now ten grand’ll get you ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | HDTV Deal: 32-inch Samsung UN32EH4003 LED: $247.99 shipped (Big Picture Big Sound, 11/23/2012 11:48pm) |
| Amazon is selling this small HD set with a big discount -- 41 percent off its list [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Blu-ray trumps iTunes in consumer quality test (HDTV UK, 7/13/2009 7:11am) |
| In news that is hardly likely to surprise anyone with even a rudimentary knowledge of the difference in quality of a Blu-ray disc compared to a high definition download, a recent test carried out by CEDIA found that nine out of ten participants favoured disc over download. Albeit a small survey of just 25 people, it required participants to view the same film on two identically set-up non-calibrat ... (Read Full Article) |
| AMD launches Radeon HD 5850 and 5870 (the INQUIRER, 9/23/2009 5:34pm) |
Paul Taylor THE INQUIRER Deals double dose of DirectX 11
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| (Unranked) | HDTV Deals: Panasonic 32-inch TC-L32C5 LCD: $189 shipped (Big Picture Big Sound, 11/22/2012 9:46pm) |
| Amazon is making this small HDTV a must-have, by slashing a few more bucks off the retail [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Microsoft working on Blu-ray recording support in Vista (HDTV UK, 1/16/2009 2:55pm) |
| Microsoft is to provide an update to Windows Vista that will allow Blu-ray discs to be recorded. A first beta version of Service Pack 2 for Vista has been released to a small group of Technology Adoption Program customers for evaluation. Though the ability to write data to Blu-ray discs will exist, Microsoft did not say whether a revised Windows Media Player would play Blu-ray movie discs. There' ... (Read Full Article) |
| World's Smallest 1080p Plasma HDTV Panasonic TH-50PX500 (I4U, 10/05/2005 7:14am) |
| There is a direct relationship between resolution and size of a Plasma TV panel. The challenge is actually to develop a small panel with a high resolution. Panasonic introduced now a 50 inch Plasma HDTV with full 1920x1080 pixel resolution (1080p)... ... (Read Full Article) |
| NEWS: LG adds VUDU to broadband HDTVs (Pocket-lint, 7/30/2009 11:06am) |
Streaming movie service
LG has announced that it's adding movie streaming capability to its HDTV range in a deal with VUDU - a company that provides on-demand video over the web.
A library of over 2,000 high-definition movies will be available, as will some TV shows. The company says that there's no monthly fees and no additional hardware, and that you'll get full 1080p resolution and 5.1 surround sound.
To get the package, you'll need a LG's NetCast Entertainment Access, and a TV with an ethernet port. The compatible TVs range from 42-inch to 60-inch and also have content from Netflix, Yahoo Widgets, and YouTube. Existing LG Broadband TV owners should get the VUDU service next month, the company says.
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| Sony multidisk Blu-ray player hits the shops (the INQUIRER, 9/02/2009 9:21am) |
Nick Farrell THE INQUIRER Plays 400 disks
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| Xtend Networks to Show T1, 3GHz and Cellular Backhaul Solutions at Commercial Services Forum (PR Newswire via Yahoo! (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance, 5/18/2005 12:30pm) |
| Xtend Networks, a Vyyo® company that provides advanced broadband solutions for the cable TV industry, will showcase the full suite of its solutions for the Small-to-Medium Business market tomorrow, May 19 at the CTAM Commercial Services Forum in the Washington, D.C. metro area. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Experience Home Cinema with Epson (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 8/31/2005 1:20pm) |
| The home cinema - compact and small, in highest quality and with state-of-the-art technology - this is the central topic for Epson at the IFA in Berlin. In hall 26, the HDTV hall, stand 118 Epson presents the state-of-the-art 3LCD technology for home cinema as well as the latest projector range from 2 to 7 September 2005. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | More Dragon Age 3 details surface (Joystiq, 10/21/2012 12:30am) |
| A few small details and concept art for Dragon Age 3: Inquisition were revealed during a [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | AXIS COMMUNICATIONS: Axis introduces attractively priced outdoor, day/night fixed mini domes with HDTV performance (Business Wire, 5/05/2013 7:00am) |
| LUND, Sweden--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Two new AXIS M30-VE Network Cameras address the market’s need for small, affordably priced fixed domes with HDTV performance, day/night functionality and easy installation in indoor and outdoor environments. The [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Sharp Aquos P 22V - Smallest Full 1080p HDTV (BizToolbelt - Business Gadgets, gizmos, and tools, 10/30/2007 8:04pm) |
| I am sure you've been used to reading about those extremely big 1080p HD displays that should go ... to hold the name for the smallest full HDTV with their Aquos P 22V model. Sharp Aquos P 22V should ... , the 26-inch that should sell for $1,700 and the 32-inch for $2,050. I am sure the small HDTV market ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Early Black Friday HDTV Deal: 60-inch Panasonic TC-P60U50: $898 Shipped (Big Picture Big Sound, 11/13/2012 11:54pm) |
| Amazon is selling this big 1080p HDTV for a small [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Early Black Friday Deal: VIZIO 32-inch E3D320VX Theater 3D LCD HDTV with Internet Apps: $299.99 (Big Picture Big Sound, 11/20/2012 6:30am) |
| One of Amazon's retailers is slashing 40 percent off the price of this small, stacked [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Best Buy bringing value priced all-in-one 32-inch LCD & Blu-ray HDTV to stores "soon" (Engadget, 9/23/2009 11:09pm) |
It's not that surprising to learn Best Buy will be among those delivering a 1080p LCD with Blu-ray disc player packed in under its Insignia store brand, as we've been expecting rebadged units from overseas to hit the value market for some time. Marked "coming soon" at $599, it's easily a few hundred less than a comparable model from Sharp, but buyers will have to live without some of the newer line items like 120Hz motion processing and a contrast ratio higher than 20,000:1. Though we don't expect a lot in terms of load times, audio support or other features (no specs on the Blu-ray player noted) we're sure a bedroom or dorm room somewhere will find a spot for the NS-LBD32X. Your move, Wal-mart.
[Thanks, Zach]Filed under: Displays, HDTV, Home EntertainmentBest Buy bringing value priced all-in-one 32-inch LCD & Blu-ray HDTV to stores "soon" originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:09:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments (Read Full Article) |
| Epson Unveils 705HD & MovieMate 60 Home Theater Projectors: Both Under $750 (Big Picture Big Sound, 9/19/2009 12:55am) |
| For lovers of a big screen on a small budget, the PowerLite Home Cinema 705HD offers a 720p HD image, while the MovieMate 60 packs in speakers and a built-in CD/DVD player. (Read Full Article) |
| Toshiba TDP-SW25U Wireless Projector Provides High Performance and Portability (Business Wire via Yahoo! (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 5/17/2005 10:00am) |
| Toshiba\\\'s Digital Products Division, a division of Toshiba America Information Systems Inc. and provider of industry-leading portable computers, projectors and other mobile-related services and products, today introduced the TDP-SW25U wireless projector, a high-performance, portable presentation tool for mobile professionals, educators, corporate customers and small-to-medium-sized businesses ... (Read Full Article) |
| Toshiba's TDP-T40U Mobile Projector Provides High-Quality Performance at an Affordable Price (Business Wire via Yahoo! (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 5/10/2005 10:00am) |
| Toshiba\\\'s Digital Products Division, a division of Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc. and provider of industry-leading portable computers, projectors and other mobile-related services and products, today introduced the TDP-T40U projector, a high-performance, portable presentation tool for mobile professionals, educators, corporate customers and small-to-medium-sized businesses priced at ... (Read Full Article) |
| Syntax-Brillian Chief Financial Officer, Wayne Pratt, to Speak at Upcoming Brean Murray, Carret & Co. Institutional (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 1/24/2006 1:45pm) |
| TEMPE, Ariz.----Jan. 24, 2006--Syntax-Brillian Corp. Chief Financial Officer Wayne Pratt will be a presenter at the Brean Murray, Carret Small Cap Institutional Investor Conference, Feb. 1, 2006, at the Grand Hyatt New York. ... (Read Full Article) |
| NewTek Unveils Miniature Live TV High Definition Production Vehicle on Cross-Country Tour (Business Wire, 10/15/2009 10:00pm) |
| SAN ANTONIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NewTek Inc., manufacturer of industry-leading video and 3D animation products, announced the NewTek TriCasts™ America Tour, sponsored by Canon U.S.A., Inc. and TodoCast™. From October 27 through November 17, 2009, NewTek is traveling cross-country in one of the world’s first, and smallest, live TV high definition (HD) production vehicles showcasing the small footprint, portability and ease of use of NewTek products. From Los Angeles to New York Cit (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Walking Dead Episode Four PS3 save issue patched (Joystiq, 10/14/2012 9:30pm) |
| A "small number" of PS3 players encountered a save glitch when booting up The Walking Dead [...] (Read Full Article) |
| iTunes 9 to bring Blu-ray support, iPhone App management? (AfterDawn, 8/09/2009 5:44am) |
According to sources speaking to BoyGeniusReport, the upcoming iTunes 9.0 software update will include Blu-ray support and iPhone App management, along with social networking integration.
Blu-ray support would be a welcome addition, and the App management would allow users to connect their iPhone or iPod Touch and visually manage the apps.
Social networking integration would allow easy access to Twitter, Facebook and Last.fm.
For now, this is rumor and Apple has not confirmed or denied any of the details or a release date for iTunes 9.
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| JVC $200 XV-BP11 Blu-ray Player In Time For Black Friday (I4U, 10/28/2009 4:30pm) |
| JVC today released their first budget Blu-ray player, the XV-BP11. This player is a back-to-basics type of machine. It only recognizes Blu-ray Profile 1.1 and measures only 1.5” thick at its fattest point. The XV-BP11 has the standard, front-mounted USB d...
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| JVC's ultraslim 32-inch LT-32WX50 HDTV landing in November for $3,000 (Engadget, 9/10/2009 5:23pm) |
Hey, remember that ultra skinny, LED-backlit HDTV that JVC showed off at CEDIA UK earlier this year? The seven millimeter-thin LT-32WX50? Yeah, that very panel is making a second debut here in Atlanta, but it has somehow managed to slim down to 6.4 millimeters (at its thinnest point) and get a November ship date in the US. Weighing just 12.5 pounds, the 32-inch set packs a 4,000:1 contrast ratio, edged-light LED backlight system, a super wide color gamut (100 percent of sRGB and 90 percent of Adobe RGB), a 1080p native resolution, two HDMI sockets, VGA input and an RS-232c control port. The pain? Just under $3,000, or in other words, a small fortune.
Gallery: JVC's ultraslim 32-inch LT-32WX50 HDTVFiled under: Displays, HDTVJVC's ultraslim 32-inch LT-32WX50 HDTV landing in November for $3,000 originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 10 Sep 2009 12:23:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments (Read Full Article) |
| Sony announces new PS3 Slim, coming first week of Sept. (Update: now with pics!) (Joystiq, 8/18/2009 7:20pm) |
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We know, we're as shocked as you are! Sony has used the GamesCom stage in Cologne to announce the oh-so-tiny PS3 Slim. The good news is that the system sports both a slimmer form factor (33 percent smaller, 36 percent lighter and 34 percent less power use) a 120GB hard drive and the tidy price tag of $299. It boasts all the same features as the current PS3, which means still no backwards compatibility with your PS2 games.
If you've been holding off on buying a chunkier PS3 until the inevitable release of its slimmer little brother, your wait will finally end in September.
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| Dell Inspiron Zino HD destined for home theaters (DVICE, 8/13/2009 8:14pm) |
Check out this Dell Inspiron Zino HD, a tiny PC destined for your home theater. Shipping this Fall, there's scarce information about this hotshot, but the company says there are desktop parts inside, unlike the favorably reviewed Studio Hybrid that's so small it uses laptop parts to save space.
Why is Dell talking about "desktop parts" when the Intel Atom processor and NVIDIA Ion graphics processor have proven to us to be such a highly capable duo in the home theater? Perhaps you'll be able to opt for either desktop chips or the smaller Atom/Ion processors that are usually deployed in netbooks.
Dell is being coy about pricing and the exact release date of this home theater powerhouse. For real information you can see, take a look at the gallery below to see the ports in the back of the Zino HD, revealing HDMI, eSATA, and plenty of USB ports, all welcome sights for those of us who crave a PC in the home theater.
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| California to ban energy-hungry HDTVs? (AfterDawn, 9/19/2009 4:04am) |
According to the LATimes, the California Energy Commission is actively considering banning sales of "energy-hungry" HDTVs, setting a new efficiency standard that will help offset the massive energy use in the state.
If the proposal goes through, sales of all non energy-efficient models will be banned by 2011 and even more strict standards will occur in 2013.
The public has a 45-day period to comment on the proposal, beginning Monday, and approval goes to vote in November. If approved, California's electricity consumption will drop enough to save $8.1 billion USD in 10 years.
If approved, the Consumer Electronics Association says about 25 percent of all HDTVs available will have to be removed from store shelves. The group also notes that any would-be customer could simply drive over a state and buy a non-restricted TV if they choose to however.Permalink | Comments
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| WD intros WD TV Live HD Media Player (AfterDawn, 10/13/2009 6:04pm) |
Western Digital has officially launched its WD TV Live HD Media Player today, offering full HD playback from external drives via your HDTV.
Full specs are very interesting:
Full-HD video playback and navigation - up to 1080p -
This is the real thing; Full-HD 1080p playback. Sit back and enjoy the spectacular picture quality of brilliant high definition video and the crystal-clear sound of digital audio. Use the included remote control to make your entertainment choices using our crisp, animated navigation menus.
Play a wide variety of file formats -
WD TV Live supports a wide variety of the most popular file formats. No need to spend time transcoding.
Play videos, music and photos from the Internet on your big screen TV -
Explore and watch YouTube videos and Flickr pictures on the big screen. Rock out to thousands of radio stations via Live365 and discover new music with Pandora radio.
Access files anywhere on your home network -
Play movies, music, and photos from any PC or drive on your home network. The Ethernet port connects this player to your home network through a wired connection or via popular, supported WiFi adapters (sold separately).
Turn your USB drive into an HD media player -
Play content from most popular USB drives, and digital cameras, camcorders, and portable media players that can be recognized as mass storage devices. Optimized for My Passport portable hard drives.
Collect without limits -
There's no limit to the size of your media collection; just add more USB drives for more space.
Play media seamlessly from multiple USB drives -
Two USB ports on the player let you connect multiple USB storage devices and access them simultaneously. Our media library feature collects the content on all the drives into one list sorted by media type.
Transfer files easily -
Copy, move or delete files stored on a USB drive, a network drive, your camcorder, or a camera to the attached USB drive using the on-screen menus.
Show photos and movies directly from your digital camera or video camera -
Works with digital cameras, digital video cameras, in fact, any digital imaging device that supports Picture Transfer Protocol.
File Copy
Copy files between USB drives
HDMI 1.3, composite video and component video output -
The HDMI port lets you connect to the highest quality HDTV or home theater. Additional composite (RCA), and component outputs ensure compatibility with virtually all television sets.
SPDIF digital output -
The optical audio output sends digital signals to your AV receiver for the best surroundsound experience.
Access media files on your home network -
WD TV Live supports a direct Ethernet connection or a USB attached wireless connection to your home network. Click here to view compatible wireless-ready USB adaptors.
Ultra-compact design -
Fits easily into your entertainment center.
The player retails for $120 USD.
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| Motorola Unveils New All-Digital, High-Definition Set-Top for Cable Operators (HDTV Magazine, 10/28/2009 3:00pm) |
Expanding on Motorola, Inc.'s industry-leading set-top portfolio, Motorola's Home & Networks Mobility business today introduced the addition of the DCX700 all-digital, high-definition (HD) set-top to the DCX product line. This new low-profile design will help cable operators' successful migration to an all-digital network while accelerating the delivery of personal media experiences and multi-room-DVR (MR-DVR) capabilities.
The Motorola DCX700's small, streamlined profile allows for a space-saving wall-mounted installation. It is a cost-effective set-top with a single 1 GHz tuner that supports both MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 AVC services. The all-digital DCX700 also includes...
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| LG has first THX-Certified LCD HDTV (AfterDawn, 7/29/2009 5:21am) |
LG has announced that their LH90 model has become the first THX Display certified LCD HDTV.
According to HighDefDigest "the 240hz capable LH90 features LED backlighting with local dimming for precise picture control and a 2,000,000:1 contrast ratio ensuring a ridiculously good picture."
Says Peter Reiner, LG VP of marketing: “LG's advanced LED Backlight technology precisely controls the brightness of specific areas of the screen, providing crisper, clearer pictures while using less energy than traditional LCD models.”
The HDTV also has THX Movie Mode, which allows owners auto-adjustments for black levels, colors and signal.
With its impressive specs, the TV is pricey. $1900 USD will get you a 42-inch model and $3200 will get you a 55-inch version.Permalink | Comments
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| NEWS: ViewSonic launches Blu-ray home theatre PC (Pocket-lint, 7/23/2009 4:39pm) |
pc mini VOT550 looks awfully familiar
The last of a slew of ViewSonic launches is the pc mini VOT550, although, again as with the previous two mini computers, this one comes in two different models with its more basic sibling going under the name of VOT530.
The VOT550 comes with Windows Media Centre and is intended as a home entertainment or home theatre PC and as such, ViewSonic has equipped the top of the line model with a Blu-ray drive. We're not sure how big of a selling point this is, especially as this is a rebadged system from AOpen that we've seen sold under several other brand names in the past.
In terms of features, the VOT550 has a mobile Intel Core 2 Duo processor, 4GB of memory, a 320GB hard drive, 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi, eSATA and a DVI port. A dongle is supplied that turns the DVI port into an HDMI port which allows for easy connectivity to your HD TV.
The VOT530 shuns the Blu-ray drive in favour for a DVD super-multi drive and both models feature slot-in type drive, similar to those in a car CD player. Price wise the VOT530 is going to set you back £494, while the Blu-ray equipped VOT550 ups the price to £678, making both fairly poor value for money compared to the other mini PCs that ViewSonic has just launched.
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| VUDU comes to LG broadband HDTVs (AfterDawn, 9/02/2009 2:23pm) |
Owners of LG HDTVs with NetCast Entertainment Access now have access to another source of online video. LG announced an automatic update which adds the Vudu video rental (and purchase) service to LCD models .42LH50, 47LH50 and 55LH50 and plasma models 50PS80 and 60PS80.
If you have one of these TVs (and it is connected to the internet) you should see a VUDU option in the Netcast Interface. LG broadband HDTVs were announced at this year's CES and began selling in June with support for Netflix's Watch Instantly streaming video service already available.
Unlike Netflix, which packages streaming video with online DVD rentals, VUDU uses a pay as you go model. They also give you access to more new movies on the same day they are released on DVD and give you the option to purchase them.Permalink | Comments
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| Sony adds PSP copy to Blu-ray discs (AfterDawn, 10/03/2009 9:33pm) |
Sony America has announced that beginning with the upcoming Blu-rays "Godzilla" and "The Ugly Truth," a new feature will allow PSP owners to directly transfer digital copies right from their PS3 instead of from their computers from a separate DVD disc.
“Blu-ray is already known as the best way to watch movies at home, and now SPHE & SCEA are also making it the most convenient way to watch movies on the go,” Sony VP of new business development Rich Marty added, via VB.
Added director of hardware marketing John Koller: The new feature will allow “users to easily take the best in movie and entertainment content on-the-go—all of which is only possible on the PSP and PS3 platforms.”Permalink | Comments
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| NETGEAR Introduces Digital Entertainer Live, Compact All-in-One Set-top Box for Playing Home Media and Streaming Internet Video on HDTVs (HDTV Magazine, 9/08/2009 5:14pm) |
NETGEAR launched the newest Internet-connected set-top box in its popular "Digital Entertainer" product family. The new Digital Entertainer Live (EVA2000) is an easy-to-use and affordable Internet set-top box that enables viewers to play their digital media collections, YouTube videos and a wide range of other Internet content on big-screen TVs. Rather than having to watch downloaded movies and online videos on small computer screens, families can now enjoy media collections stored on USB storage devices, computers and network storage directly on their HDTVs, from the comfort of their couch.
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| Argentina chooses Japanese ISDB-T standard for High-Definition TV (AfterDawn, 8/31/2009 4:28am) |
Argentina has passed over European and American standards for High-definition television broadcasts, and followed Brazil in opting to adopt the ISDB-T standard for HDTV in the country.
Argentine President Cristina Kirchner made the announcement of its decision to follow Brazil's lead in the region in a highly-competitive market for HDTV broadcasts at a South American summit.
Kirchner ratified a memorandum between the governments of both Argentina and of Japan to introduce the Japanese ISDB-T standard in the country to co-operate together in the sector. Kirchner also signed a cooperation accord on HDTV with Brazil.Permalink | Comments
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| LG Blu-ray player adds VUDU support (AfterDawn, 9/10/2009 5:46pm) |
LG has announced that their BD390 Blu-ray player will now support VUDU video streaming, following a firmware update.
VUDU offers over 2200 movies and TV shows in SD or 1080p HD and 5.1-channel audio.
The player now supports Netflix, VUDU, CinemaNow and YouTube.
The BD390 has been applauded for fast loading times, 1GB of onboard memory, as well as its ability to play DivX video files off a USB drive.
The BD player retails for $379.99 USD from most retailers.
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| Guinness Book of Records lists largest HD screen (AfterDawn, 10/01/2009 5:28am) |
The Guinness Book of Records files some of the most interesting and utterly useless records for our entertainment, constantly looking for more weird entries to fill the books each year. A new entry into the Guinness book of records is the awesome High-definition (HD) video screen(s) present above the Dallas Cowboys' football stadium in the United states.
Manufactured by Mitsubishi Electric, the giant four-sided screen has a surface area of about 1058 sq m (11,400 sq ft). "This is probably the most exciting project we've ever been involved with," said Mark Foster of Mitsubishi Electric.
Mitsubishi said the video board is the equivalent size of 3,268 52-inch television sets, packs more than 10 million light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and with all four panels account for, weighs around 600 tonnes.
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| CinemaNow comes to Funai HDTVs and Blu-ray players (AfterDawn, 10/15/2009 3:48pm) |
Funai and Sonic Solutions have announced a deal which will bring online video to more consumer electronics devices. A client for Sonic's CinemaNow service will be built into an as of yet unspecified selection of HDTVs and Blu-ray players built by Funai.
Funai manufactured brands include Phillips, Sylvania, Magnavox, and Emerson.
Like many online video services CinemaNow video on demand can already be used on a number of devices ranging from PCs and portable media players to blu-ray players
What makes them somewhat unique is their use of Sonic Solution's Qflix, which allows them to sell you DVDs which can burn at home, complete with standard CSS encryption, and don't depend on the continued operation of DRM servers. Unfortunately they do require you to buy a Qflix DVD burner and media.
Hideaki Funakoshi, General Manager of DVD Division, AV Management HQ of Funai, said "We view the inclusion of Roxio CinemaNow technology powering convenient access to high-quality entertainment as an important driver for consumer adoption of our next-generation devices."Permalink | Comments
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| Philips shows off 3D 21:9 HDTV (AfterDawn, 9/08/2009 2:55am) |
Philips has announced during the recent IFA event that they will be the latest company to go 3D, adding the third dimension to their Philips Cinema 21:9 HDTV.
"The technology is ready, but the content is not there yet," said Philips Consumer Lifestyle CEO Andrea Ragnetti. "It has to be based on what consumers really want and currently it is not clear if consumers actually want to wear glasses to watch TV or want it without."
A different spokesperson did add that "3D TV is the ultimate dream for consumers", and Philips decision follows that of Sony and Panasonic.
One glaring difference however, is that Philips is said to be favoring strereoscopic glasses, instead of active shutter glasses like its rival brands.
The TV is still in prototype but will be available when the content is there.Permalink | Comments
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| New Sony Blu-ray player adds online streaming services (AfterDawn, 9/10/2009 8:48pm) |
Sony's latest Blu-ray player, the BDP-N460, will add for the first time, streaming video and audio, from Netflix, YouTube and Slacker.
The company does note however that regardless of what TV you have attached the wireless will work better with a Linksys WET610N Ethernet-to-Wi-Fi bridge.
The player has oboard decoding of Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio, is BD-Live compliant, and will output HDMI Deep Color. The player can read photos and MP3s off USB drives and will upscale DVDs and AVCHD videos.
The BDP-N460 will begin shipping in October, with a price tag of $250 USD, the same price as other BD players with similar specs, and $50 cheaper than the PS3.
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| Sonic brings HD streaming to CinemaNow (AfterDawn, 8/03/2009 12:42am) |
Sonic Solutions has announced that they will finally be bringing HD streaming to its Roxio CinemaNow online video service, using a new technology dubbed Sonic CineVision Adaptive HD which the company promises will make films look Blu-ray-esque in 1080p full HD.
Sonic's competitors, such as iTunes, Amazon, VUDU, and Sony have all had HD streaming or downloads for some time now.
CineVision Adaptive HD will also be available "as part of the company’s CineVision Master Encoding system" says TWICE, "enabling others to maximize the quality of streaming video content."
The CineVision Master Encoding system is used in current Blu-ray production, so the company says the streaming quality will be second to none.
Adds CinemaNow executive VP of strategy Mark Ely: “Consumers not only want instant access to new Hollywood hit movies on their connected TVs and Blu-ray players, they want it in HD.”Permalink | Comments
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| Create disc with all Windows Updates - Save YouTube HD videos (AfterDawn, 9/13/2009 10:27pm) |
We've been working on updating some of our stone-age guides (yes, we get the complaints ;-) ) and adding a few new ones as well, for anyone who is interested. Decided just to mention a couple here that were written as a result of recommendation. The first one uses a freeware utility to download Windows Updates for any Windows OS after 2000 (not 7 just yet), make an ISO and burn to disc.
The disc (or alternatively USB) will provide an automated install then on a Windows machine. It's a very useful program if computer repairs are part of your business. It also can download all updates for Microsoft Office 2000, XP, 2003 or 2007 and automate the installation.
Read: Create DVD with all Windows & Office Updates
The second is just an update to a simple guide for saving YouTube videos to your hard drive. I had been asked about saving YouTube HD videos and remembered a simple JavaScript bookmark I had set just to do that, so I added it as a second page to the guide. I looked for the original source but found it has been scattered pretty far across the Internet, so I couldn't find it anymore (so kudos, whoever you are).
Read: How to save YouTube videos (incl. HD) to HDD
Hopefully they will be useful to any of you.Permalink | Comments
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| Microsoft denies Blu-ray on Xbox 360 (AfterDawn, 10/25/2009 9:18pm) |
Earlier this week we reported that Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer made comments that implied that the company would be bringing Blu-ray accessories to the Xbox 360.
At the time, the notoriously tongue-tied Ballmer had said: "Well I don't know if we need to put Blu-ray in there -- you'll be able to get Blu-ray drives as accessories."
The company has since released a statement denying the rumor and adding that Ballmer was speaking instead of PC accessories.
"During an interview yesterday, Steve Ballmer was asked about Blu-Ray and the Xbox 360. I wanted to clear something up. Steve was referring to Blu-Ray accessories for the PC. As we have said in the past, we have no plans to introduce a Blu-Ray drive for the Xbox 360. In fact, the future of home entertainment starts very soon when Xbox 360 becomes the first and only console to offer instant-on 1080p streaming HD movies. With a library of thousands of TV shows and movies to choose from, Xbox 360 owners can instantly watch the movies they want, when they want, in the highest form of high definition," says the post on MajorNelson.
That should put the Blu-ray on Xbox 360 argument to rest, at least for the time being.Permalink | Comments
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| BBC wants to lock-down Freeview HD content (AfterDawn, 9/18/2009 7:01am) |
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has appealed to regulator Ofcom to be allowed to use encryption on Freeview HD data to prevent piracy. Of course, the request was immediately criticized as under licensing rules, the BBC is not allowed to encrypt video or audio streams. However, the BBC is requesting it be allowed to encrypt the data associated with TV listings, which in effect will stop set-top boxes from decoding TV content.
"We are committed to ensuring that public service content remains free to air i.e. unencrypted," the broadcaster said in a statement. "However, HD content holders have begun to expect a degree of content management on the Freeview HD platform and therefore broadcasters have recognised that a form of copy protection is needed."
A vocal critic of the plan is Labour MP Tom Watson, who says the plan results in limiting consumer choices. "In an attempt to satisfy the fears of powerful rights holders, the BBC will prohibit millions of people from programming their existing set top boxes," he in a blog entry. "If implemented this will make it difficult to view or record HDTV broadcasts with free software. Where's the consumer interest in that settlement?"
Under the new system, only trusted manufacturers would be offered the decryption keys for the HD data. Many set-top-boxes use open source software such as Linux to bring down costs, and critics say that the BBC's request will hit these boxes, because DRM is incompatible with open source software. As a result, it would be more difficult for producers of the boxes to get the necessary permissions from the BBC.Permalink | Comments
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| NEWS: Nikon introduces the D300s with HD video (Pocket-lint, 7/30/2009 4:00am) |
Update to their popular model
Adding to the already popular D300 DSLR is the D300s, which brings HD movie capture to the party in a previous-anticipated move by Nikon.
With an effective 12.3-megapixels, the D300s offers 7fps continuous shooting (8 with battery pack) driven by the EXPEED image processor, and a 51-point focusing system.
The new video mode benefits from autofocus whilst shooting, but doesn't stretch to Full HD, instead offering a maximum resolution of 1280 x 720 at 24fps. Lower resolution options are also available.
Boosting the video option, you'll be able to attach an external mic thanks to a 3.5mm audio input. Video capture is sadly limited to 5 minutes in 720p, but can be extended to 20 minutes at lower resolutions.
Dual memory card slots have been added, giving you Compact Flash and Secure Digital, with flexible set-up options allowing you to shoot JPEGs to one and RAW to the other, or stills on one and video on the other.
Live View mode can be activated on the 3-inch 920k-dot display, whilst viewing your movies will be a breeze to view thanks to the on-board HDMI slot.
Available from 28 August, the Nikon D300s will set you back £1499.99, body only.
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| NPD says Blu-ray going mainstream next year (AfterDawn, 9/26/2009 6:33pm) |
According to a new NPD analysis, Blu-ray will finally break into the mainstream in 2010, especially as prices continue to drop.
The company researched consumers using Blu-ray set-top boxes (not including the PS3) in February 2008 and in August of this year, and the figures clearly showed that BD is out of the "early adopter" phase and into the "dreamers" phase which is the group that wants the new technology but are "deterred by price."
Regardless, NPD says falling prices, strong holiday sales, and a slowing uptrending economy will finally push Blu-ray from "niche" technology to "mainstream."
In the 2008 study, over 64 percent of users were early adopters, which only account for 20 percent of the entire market. By August however, the number had been reduced to 38 percent, and replaced by "dreamers" and "sensibles," a group full of middle aged families who like the technology but waited some time before investing. Those two groups account for over 40 percent of the entire market.
“In the last year, we have made great strides toward becoming mainstream, but we’re not quite there yet,” ntoes NPD analyst Russ Crupnick, via VB. “But going into the holiday season, we are seeing a combination of fairly reasonable price points on hardware and a lot of content. By February, after the holidays, it’s going to quickly look more and more mainstream. We are on that path.”
There are however still a decent amount of "late adopters" who do not care for the technology or are neutral. Neutral consumers are at 17 percent while "anti-tech" (users that frankly hate Blu-ray) are at 7 percent.Permalink | Comments
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| PS3 buyers using console for gaming over Blu-ray, says NPD (AfterDawn, 10/19/2009 12:35am) |
Despite Sony's marketing team deciding to change the focus of the PS3 more to the console's movie downloading and Blu-ray capabilities, it appears consumers are still purchasing the system mainly for gaming.
Last August, the NPD Group released a study that showed that about 37 percent of PS3 owners had never once watched a Blu-ray film on their system. The second edition of the study was released recently, and the number hardly changed, moving down to 34 percent.
NPD did note however that the number of PS3 owners watching Blu-ray was higher then PS2 owners watching DVDs at the same point in the console's life cycle.
“It’s at a fairly high level, where it took years for PS2 owners to use [that console] for DVD,” NPD analyst Russ Crupnick added, via VB. “Most PS3 people think of it as a gaming device, but there is a reasonable level of awareness and intended use for Blu-ray.”
The new study gave the following figures to the question of why PS3 owners had purchased the console:
58 percent - Mostly to play games
34 percent - For games and movie, equally
8 percent - Mostly movies
NPD also noted that PS3 owners who have had their machines for a couple of years of more tend to buy more Blu-rays over standard definition DVDs and vice versa for newer owners.
“Newer owners are somewhat more oriented to DVD than Blu-ray,” Crupnick says. “The later you get into an adoption cycle, the more you’re not getting the super aficionado. These are people who are tougher to convince about the benefits of Blu-ray and who are sensitive to price.”Permalink | Comments
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| Toshiba introduces first Cell-powered HDTV (AfterDawn, 10/05/2009 10:24pm) |
Toshiba has unveiled their first HDTV to use the extremely powerful PS3 Cell processor today during the CEATEC event in Japan, and the TV packs a serious punch.
Besides the processor, the 55-inch REGZA 55X1 includes LED-backlighting, 240Hz refresh rate, and dynamic contrast ratio of 5,000,000:1. The Cell processor also allows for improved image quality, stronger colors, enhanced brightness balance and a "luminance of 1250cd/m²."
The TV also has a 7-speaker sound bar, and has DLNA support as well as a built in HD web browser created by Opera.
More notably, the HDTV has a 3TB HDD allowing users to record up to 26 hours of 1080p content from 8 channels, at the same time. As pictured below, the Regza can also display 8 channels at the same time, with no delay when switching between stations.
Toshiba also dropped word that they plan to use the Cell processor in an upcoming TV that will upconvert 1080p films to 3840 x 2160.
The TV will leave a dent in your wallet however, and is retailing for 1 million yen in Japan (about $11,000 USD) and Toshiba says it anticipates 1000 sales before release in North America next year.
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| Sony: No plan to launch 3-D support for all PS3 games (Joystiq, 9/05/2009 1:00am) |
Hold on before you run out to buy a new TV! You may have seen the report on Engadget stating that, according to a Sony rep, all PS3 games will run in 3-D with a software update next year. We contacted Sony ourselves to learn more about what sounded like a major megaton to let slip at a trade show. Sony told us that the company is "conducting a technological investigation" of whether it's even possible to do that. As for specifics: "there is no plan for the market launch of this at this time."
If you're dying to look at a 3-D game right now, Engadget also captured a video of Wipeout HD being played in 3-D, which you can see above. For some reason, the 3-D effect doesn't come through when viewed in an embedded video recording -- even with the glasses in front of the lens. Sony really needs to work on that.Sony: No plan to launch 3-D support for all PS3 games originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 04 Sep 2009 20:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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| Rumor: Apple entering the HDTV market in 2011 (AfterDawn, 8/22/2009 3:02am) |
According to a new Piper Jaffray note this week, analyst Gene Munster says he expects Apple to eventually get into the HDTV market providing a full home entertainment system alongside the Apple TV media device.
Additionally, Munster says that a new, updated Apple TV is coming before Christmas, including DVR and a monthly sub to iTunes TV shows.
"We believe Apple is exploring a subscription-based offering for its TV content in iTunes," says Munster, via The Street. "Apple could leverage its deep library of content with many network and cable channel content owners to provide unlimited access to a sub-library of its TV shows for a standard monthly fee."
Adds Apple COO Tim Cook of the Apple TV:
"It is clear that the movie rental business has really helped Apple TV and there are more and more customers that want to try it," he says, noting that sales were up 300 percent year-on-year. "We're going to continue to invest in it, because we fundamentally believe there is something there for us in the future."
As for the HDTV, Munster expects a 2011 debut, and the completion of a full Apple home entertainment center.
"The device would push Apple further into the digital living room with interactive TV, music, movie, and gaming features," he added. "Such a device would command a premium among a competitive field of budget TVs."Permalink | Comments
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| Toshiba unveils Blu-ray player, price, specs (AfterDawn, 9/05/2009 2:32am) |
Via a press release today, Toshiba has put the final nail in HD DVD's coffin, unveiling their first Blu-ray player, the BDX2000.
The full specs read as follows:
* BD-Live(TM) (Profile 2.0)
* 1080p/ 24 fps Full HD Video Output
* AVCHD Playback
* Toshiba REGZA-LINK(R) (HDMI-CEC)
* Support for enhanced audio formats from Dolby(R) True HD and DTS-HD Master Audio | Essential(TM) Playback
* Bonus View
* SD Card Slot
* ENERGY STAR(R) Certified
"Toshiba is a technology leader in high definition products," says Jodi Sally, Vice President of Marketing, Digital A/V Group. "From listening to our consumers we know they demand access to full high definition content. With the introduction of our BDX2000 we are offering consumers what they want with a breath-taking HD viewing experience to meet the needs of today's home theater."
The REGZA-LINK, much like how Sony does with Bravia TVs, allows for users to connect a Regza HDTV to the Blu-ray player via HDMI, and then control both from one single remote controller. It's unclear what formats the player can read off the SD cards, but standard MP3, WMA, JPEG and AVI should not be a problem.
The player will hit stores in November and have $249.99 MSRP.
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| Disney to release 12 more 'Diamond' Blu-ray titles (AfterDawn, 9/13/2009 9:42pm) |
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment has announced they will be expanding their Blu-ray 'Diamond Collection', adding 12 new titles including The Lion King, Bambi, Cinderella, The Little Mermaid, Peter Pan, Lady and the Tramp, The Jungle Book, 101 Dalmatians and Pinocchio.
The 'Diamond' collection is considered the studio's high-end BD line, just like the 'Platinum' collection was for standard DVD.
The releases will be staggered, two per calender year, with Fantasia and Beauty and the Beast set for 2010. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs will be the first Diamond available, hitting shelves on October 6th. Just like the Platinum collection before it, each Diamond title will include a plethora of new bonus features and will only be available in limited quantities for a limited period.
One of the bonus features for Snow WHite, as explained by VideoBusiness is "‘Magic Mirror,’ which the studio touts as its first use of artificial intelligence in a film. The Blu-ray-exclusive technology recognizes viewing patterns and suggests where viewers should go next in the film for an overall personal experience."
“Walt Disney’s gift of telling captivating and engaging stories was matched only by his passion for presenting them in the most spectacular way,” adds Dick Cook, chairman of The Walt Disney Studios. “We are proud to continue his pursuit of excellence with ‘The Diamond Collection,’ which brings the films that are the foundation of our company to audiences of all ages across the globe.”
Bob Chapek, president of Disney’s DVD division, also noted: “We believe that the collection offers consumers the opportunity to enjoy these timeless classics like never before and underlines Disney’s commitment to continue to bring the best quality product and immersive experiences into the home.”Permalink | Comments
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| HDI concocts 100-inch laser-based 3D HDTV, calls rivaling technology child's play (Engadget, 9/17/2009 1:48pm) |
Look, we've seen an awful lot of HDTVs in our day -- one lap around the average CEDIA show floor makes your local Best Buy look awfully small -- and to this day we've yet to put our peepers on a more stunning set than Mitsubishi's LaserVue HDTV. Sure, it's fat, ugly and expensive, but the image is otherworldly. Before Mitsu can even take the logical next step, a California startup has arisen to introduce what it calls the world's first laser-based 3D HDTV. We're talking 1080p 3D like you've never seen before, with CTO Edmund Sandberg noting that this production is smoother than RealD, Dolby, film and pretty much every other 3D solution. The secret here is in the speed; this set is so fast that the image "no longer needs to flash from one eye to the other," and no flashing should equate to no headaches. Too bad there's no planned release date, but we're still cautiously optimistic for a sneak peek (in addition to the video past the break) at CES 2010.
[Via OLED-Display]Continue reading HDI concocts 100-inch laser-based 3D HDTV, calls rivaling technology child's playFiled under: Displays, HDTV, Home EntertainmentHDI concocts 100-inch laser-based 3D HDTV, calls rivaling technology child's play originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 17 Sep 2009 08:48:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments (Read Full Article) |
| NPD predicts PS3 sales to increase by 40-60% post price drop (Joystiq, 8/21/2009 9:30pm) |
The NPD Group, famed tabulator of video game hardware and software sales, says it sees the new $299 price point of PlayStation 3 contributing to a significant sales boost for the system. "We would expect to see in the range of a 40% to 60% unit sales increase when September sales are reported," NPD analyst Anita Frazier told InformationWeek. We'll see how accurate of an estimate that was when the September NPD data hits mid-October.
Frazier added, "The $299 price point is important to getting to a point where the next segment of price-conscious consumers can jump into the market and it most certainly will re-energize sales of the platform." So, basically, a cheaper PS3 will sell better because people are more likely to take the plunge at a cheaper price. We know that analysts get paid to offer their opinions, but this just ... gave us an idea!
"It's our opinion that a $99 price point for PS3 would increase sales by 90 to 100 percent." -- Joystiq
Small, unmarked bills only, please.
[Via IndustryGamers]NPD predicts PS3 sales to increase by 40-60% post price drop originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 21 Aug 2009 16:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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| Netflix CEO Hastings speaks about YouTube, iPhone, Xbox 360 (AfterDawn, 9/23/2009 4:09am) |
During an interview with Reuters, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings spoke out about the future of the physical DVD, as well as Netflix's plans for the iPhone, Xbox 360, PS3, Wii and possible competition from YouTube
The interview in its entirety:
Reuters: What will Netflix subscribers gain from the improvements in the recommendation system?
Hastings: ItÂ’s doubling the quality of our movie recommendation and that helps our subscribers get more enjoyment from movies. Because more often they love the movie they watch. More often the movies recommended will will turn out to be movies that you love. If you watch a couple of movies and donÂ’t like many, you start to watch (sports and other programming). If every movie is incredible, you start to watch more.
Reuters: Netflix video streams on MicrosoftÂ’s Xbox Live system. What about the PS3 and Wii?
Hastings: Eventually we want to be on all the game consoles, all the Blu-ray players, all the Internet TVs. So we are working in parallel with all of those efforts. Currently our Xbox deal is exclusive and we havenÂ’t characterized it more than that.
Reuters: Any plans to work in partnership with Apple and the iPhone?
Hastings: itÂ’s something thatÂ’s likely to come over time. But nothing in the short term. (With) movie watching, we are not focused on mobile yet, but (instead) on the TV, on Blu-ray and on the video game consoles. We will get to mobile eventually, including the iPhone.
Reuters: What of YoutubeÂ’s potential movie service?
Hastings: I think there will be a lot of competition in this market: Hulu, Apple, Amazon, Youtube, Blockbuster. Internet video is a huge opportunity. And there will be a lot of people engaged, and that is going to be great for the consumer. All of us are going to innovate and compete with each other and provide more and more value to the consumer.
Reuters: How far along are we on the transition to all digital video watching?
Hastings: There will be people doing DVD-by-mail in 15 or 20 years, so I think DVD will last a long time. Our best guess is that DVD will peak for us in 5 or so years. But it is continuing to grow. And the streaming is exploding. So we are getting nice growth in the DVD side and huge growth on the streaming side.
Reuters: What do you make of BlockbusterÂ’s store closing plan?
Hastings: Blockbuster and Redbox really compete on doing the inexpensive new releases, and we are much more the streaming and the catalog. Their closings donÂ’t really benefit us. It will benefit Redbox more than it does us.
Reuters: Have you been approached about an acquisition or partnership?
Hastings: We donÂ’t comment and any acquisition prospects.Permalink | Comments
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