 | Sony Unveils Specs (and a Street Date Bump) for 'Steep' Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 3/03/2008 5:00pm) |
| Sony has unveiled an extensive array of new extras for the March Blu-ray release of 'Steep,' but fans will have to wait an extra week to hit the slopes with the high-def version. As we've previously reported,... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Extreme Skiing Comes to Blu-ray with 'Steep' (High-Def Digest, 1/15/2008 9:00pm) |
| --> In an early announcement to retailers, Sony has set a March Blu-ray arrival for the sports documentary, 'Steep.' Tracing the sport of extreme skiing from its beginnings in the mountains of France... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Best Buy offers steep cut on Matrix Trilogy HD DVD (Punch Jump, 2/19/2008 4:55pm) |
| Best Buy stores this week price cut the Matrix Trilogy on HD DVD by 50 percent amid the end of high-definition format. ... (Read Full Article) |
| HDTV prices plummet for the holidays (NAB SmartBrief, 11/25/2008 6:00am) |
| A sudden plunge in HDTV prices is a rite of the holiday season, but this year price drops are especially steep. -More- ]]> ... (Read Full Article) |
 | It's not just about TV anymore (Austin American-Statesman, 11/27/2005 5:25am) |
| Steep learning curve for the cable guy. Mandel Fernandes spent 45 minutes installing cable television and high-speed Internet service in Amanda Mendonza's Boston apartment, running wires and connecting converter boxes to televisions. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Warner dramatically lowers pricing on Blu-ray titles (AfterDawn, 7/13/2008 5:02am) |
| Warner Home Video has announced the launch of aggressive pricing cuts on its Blu-ray catalog beginning in the Q4 of this year.
Starting September, Warner will begin offering a "point-of-sale rebate program" meaning retailers will be able to order a number of catalog tiles for as low as $11 USD.
Even with expected retail mark-up, the new prices will sure to be a steep discount from their c ... (Read Full Article) |
| NEWS: Toshiba Qosmio X500 Blu-ray laptop announced (Pocket-lint, 9/23/2009 3:12pm) |
18.4-inch multimedia monster
Toshiba has announced the launch of the Qosmio X500 boasting a "sleek, glossy black chassis, backlit keyboard and LED-feathertouch controls".
Powered by Intel's latest Quad Core processors and the latest nVIDIA GeForce graphics, the Qosmio X500 claims to deliver "a realistic gameplay experience with intense visuals, vibrant environments and dynamic character effects".
With an 18.4-inch TruBrite Full HD LCD screen with 16:9 aspect ratio at a resolution of 1920x1080 pixels, Harman Kardon stereo speakers, a rewritable Blu-ray drive, the X500 appears, on paper at least, to be an entertainment powerhouse.
It also gets Toshiba's Resolution+ upscaling technology, that sees standard definition DVDs and video files upconverted to "near high definition" quality.
Other features include an "HD" webcam, a multi-touch touch pad, fingerprint reader, face recognition, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.1, eight touch-sensitive multimedia buttons, up to 4GB RAM, 1TB HDD, three USB ports all of which offer "Sleep-and-Charge" tech, REGZA-Link HDMI-CEC and a 5-in-1 card reader.
The Qosmio X500 will be available in the UK from late October - no pricing revealed, but it's gonna be steep.
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