| (Unranked) | 'Viva Zapata!' Blu-ray Announced (High-Def Digest, 3/15/2013 8:00pm) |
| The 60th anniversary edition of the Marlon Brando drama is planned for Blu-ray in May. In an early announcement to retailers, 20th Century Fox will release 'Viva Zapata!' on Blu-ray on May 7. The [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | Burnout Paradise for PS3 getting custom sountracks (Joystiq, 4/22/2008 3:00am) |
| Filed under: Culture, Sony PlayStation 3, Driving
On top of the previously announced three new online modes to be introduced in Burnout Paradise's so-called "Cagney" software update, developer Criterion has revealed that the forthcoming download will also level the pavement between the open-world racer's two console versions, finally bringing custom soundtracks to Burnout Paradise for the PS3 ... (Read Full Article) |
| CMT Brings Exclusive 'Elvis: Viva Las Vegas' Blu-ray to Wal-mart (High-Def Digest, 7/09/2008 4:00pm) |
| The King is headed to high-def in the Sam's Club and Wal-mart exclusive Blu-ray release of the CMT retrospective special, 'Elvis: Viva Las Vegas.' Celebrating Elvis' long career in Vegas and his enduring... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Trouble with the Curve Blu-ray Review (Big Picture Big Sound, 12/31/2012 7:00pm) |
| Despite Clint Eastwood and an all-star lineup, this predictable drama is more cornball than [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | Warner to Debut Elvis Presley Classics 'Jailhouse Rock,' 'Viva Las Vegas' on Blu-ray and HD DVD (High-Def Digest, 5/17/2007 8:23am) |
| Elvis Presley will make his high-def debut this September, when Warner Home Video brings the classics 'Jailhouse Rock' and 'Viva Las Vegas' to Blu-ray and HD DVD. The first-ever Elvis films to hit the... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Trouble with the Curve' Dated for Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 10/25/2012 11:00pm) |
| The baseball drama starring Clint Eastwood comes to Blu-ray this December. In an early announcement to retailers, Warner Brothers will be releasing 'Trouble with the Curve' on Blu-ray on December 21. [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Blu-ray Review: A Turtle's Tale 2: Sammy's Escape from Paradise - 3D (High-Def Digest, 7/24/2013 7:00pm) |
| Sammy and Ray, a pair of precocious sea turtles, are back with another adventure through the changes impacting their environment and endangering their species. It's been a few years since Sammy's [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | Signal to change for better (Richmond Times-Dispatch, 6/24/2005 4:28am) |
| If you're having trouble receiving WRIR-FM (97.3), Richmond's 6-month-old alternative, low-power radio station, relief may be in sight. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Vintage Image of the Day: Jarmusch Year Zero (Cinematical, 8/05/2005 8:34pm) |
| Filed under: Classics , Independent If there's one constant to the films of Jim Jarmusch - beyond a general indifference to narrative closure - it's that the director's got a knack for carving beauty out of the unpretty. This page has a collection of still from his first film, 1984's Stranger Than Paradise , that are worth looking at carefully. The film was shot by Tom DiCillio, who w ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'A Turtle's Tale 2: Sammy's Escape from Paradise - 3D' Announced for Blu-ray and Blu-ray 3D (High-Def Digest, 4/16/2013 6:00pm) |
| The adventurous animated sequel will be swimming to Blu-ray and Blu-ray 3D this summer. In an early announcement to retailers, Vivendi will be releasing 'A Turtle's Tale 2: Sammy's Escape from [...] (Read Full Article) |
| 'Jazz Standards,' 'Way to Paradise' Multichannel Audio Titles Out Today on HD DVD (High-Def Digest, 9/11/2007 2:55pm) |
| Surround Records has issued two additions to its HD DVD series of multichannel audio releases, due in stores today. Like 'Uncommon Bach' (which hit stores this past June), both new HD DVD discs are produced... ... (Read Full Article) |
| A Sharp-Shooting Camcorder (BusinessWeek, 9/01/2005 4:26am) |
| Sony's HC1 high-definition camera makes editing and viewing a challenge, but the crisp footage it generates is worth the trouble ... (Read Full Article) |
| Next-Gen DVD's Porn Struggle (BusinessWeek, 1/22/2007 7:47pm) |
| Legend has it adult entertainment killed Sony's Betamax. Will porn producers' choice of HD-DVD spell trouble for the company's Blu-ray format? ... (Read Full Article) |
| Sony pitches HD Handycam (Daily Bulletin, 9/27/2007 4:50am) |
| SAN FRANCISCO - Consumers are racing to replace their aging televisions with high-definition TVs. Trouble is, many are still using devices and services that can't fill those HDTVs with enough visual information to make them look their best. ... (Read Full Article) |
| HD DVD and Blu-ray Trouble: Not Enough Blue Diodes to Go Around (Gizmodo, 8/30/2006 4:03pm) |
| Things are looking dicey for both HD DVD and Blu-ray, because a key coponentl has suddenly become scarce: blue laser diode yield rates are only 30% according to Nichia, a company responsible for 80%... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Avoiding triple trouble (European Communications, 6/27/2005 11:23am) |
| Triple play convergence is now being driven by market forces, rather than the heavy hands of technical departments and marketing speak. Voice, video and data convergence is finally happening. ... (Read Full Article) |
| DivX support coming to PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 support in the works (Ars Technica, 11/13/2007 2:45pm) |
| <p>Suddenly, DivX is one of the hottest acts in town. The video codec is coming to the PS3 shortly, and the Xbox 360 deal is a sure thing. Viva, la DivX.</p><p><a href="http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20071113-divx-support-coming-to-playstation-3-xbox-360-support-in-the-works.html">Read More...</a></p>
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| 'Black Pearl' Blu-ray Disc Exchange Details Revealed (High-Def Digest, 12/19/2007 7:00pm) |
| Framing issues be gone! Disney has kicked off a disc replacement program for the Blu-ray edition of 'Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl.' As we've previously reported, trouble first... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Sony Finally Popping 400-Disc Blu-ray MegaChanger (So Don't Toss Your DVDs Yet) [Sony] (Gizmodo, 7/23/2009 7:00pm) |
| As predicted, Sony is announcing BDP-CX960, a 400-disc Blu-ray MegaChanger for the relatively sane price of $800. Trouble is, nobody has 400 Blu-ray discs yet.
OK, I'm sure somebody (Howard... (Read Full Article) |
| PlayStation 3 stumbles over backwards compatibility (Personal Computer World, 11/15/2006 11:08am) |
| Sony 's PlayStation 3 console is having trouble playing 200 games designed for the PlayStation 2, Sony has acknowledged. About 8,000 game titles are available for the console today, about 2.5 per cent of which have issues ranging from missing sound or a complete inability to run. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (AFX UK Focus) 2006-05-22 15:22 GMT: BSkyB's high definition TV launch stalls as supplies run out - report (Interactive Investor, 5/22/2006 2:30pm) |
| LONDON (AFX) - British Sky Broadcasting Group PLC has run into supply trouble on the launch day of its high-definition TV (HDTV) service as many subscribers are told they will have to wait until early August for their set-top boxes, the BBC website reported. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Is there trouble ahead for the High Definition Disc? (Digg.com, 2/10/2006 5:04pm) |
| In early 2006, two new high-definition videodisc formats, HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc, are expected to begin vying for the attention of consumers in an effort to replace current DVD as the future standard for watching movies at home. Insiders think the ensuing war could be the worst thing to happen to Hollywood in decades. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (No Title) (, 11/15/2006 1:15am) |
| Tom Sanders in California, vnunet.com , Wednesday 15 November 2006 at 00:00:00 About 200 PS2 games won't play on next generation gaming console Playstation 3 stumbles over backward compatibility Sony's new Playstation 3 gaming console is having trouble with playing about 200 older game titles that were designed for the PS2, Sony has... > Read the full article ... (Read Full Article) |
| High-definition TV sales make Tweeter results zoom; Canton electronics chain has trouble keeping sets in stock (Patriot Ledger, 4/07/2006 3:51pm) |
| CANTON - Red-hot consumer demand for high-definition TVs helped boost sales at Tweeter Home Entertainment Group by 3 percent in the first quarter. ... (Read Full Article) |
| NXE creating HDMI headaches for UK Xbox 360 owners? (Engadget, 11/21/2008 11:33pm) |
| The path to Netflix-enhanced glory hasn't been entirely trouble free for everyone, this time it's posters on AVForum noticing a distinct lack of audio on Xbox 360s connected to their HDTV by HDMI. So far suggested solutions for the afflicted include plugging in the hard drive while the system is on, or waiting several minutes before switching the monitor to HDMI, and repeating them every time th ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Rumor: Ominous tweets from Lightbox Interactive staff suggest trouble at Starhawk studio (Joystiq, 10/18/2012 12:40am) |
| There are rumblings that LightBox Interactive, the developer behind the PS3 exclusive Starhawk, will lay off most of its staff by Friday. 3D [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Reuters: PlayStation 3 catching up to Wii in Japan; Us: not really (Joystiq, 7/03/2008 9:29am) |
| Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii
While elsewhere in the world, the Wii has little trouble outpacing its competition - with nearly 25 million units sold worldwide, nearly double the PS3's 13 million and a solid 25% lead on the Xbox 360's 20 million in sales - in Japan, it's a two console race (sorry, Xbox). In a piece headlined "Sony PS3 catching up to Wii in Japanese sales," Reu ... (Read Full Article) |
| High definition iPlayer could exceed broadband bandwidth fair use (HDTV UK, 6/25/2009 10:20am) |
| A leading UK broadband comparison service has warned that users taking advantage of the BBC's new HD iPlayer could run into trouble with their Internet service provider. Even on many unlimited broadband packages, fair usage policies apply which could see users either charged, speed throttled or facing dropped connections if they exceed certain download limits, particularly during peak times. Whil ... (Read Full Article) |
| Does the Samsung Instinct HD really shoot HD video? (Consumer Reports, 10/08/2009 7:02pm) |
| The Samsung Instinct HD. [PHOTO courtesy of Samsung] The Samsung Instinct HD, available from Sprint for $250 with a two-year contract after a $100 mail-in rebate, is the first cell phone we've seen that claims to make high-definition video recordings. It also boasts a 5-megapixel still camera with flash. That camera is a step up from the flashless, 2-megapixel camera found on previous Instincts, also from Sprint, including the S30 version now in our Ratings, available to subscribers. We’re evaluating the Instinct HD now, and will post full test results on it to our Ratings later this month. Meantime, our initial results on its imaging are promising, albeit with a few quibbles. The new Instinct’s camera is easy to access, thanks to a dedicated camera button, conveniently located on the lower right side of the phone. Pushing the button activates the camera’s still mode. Tapping a camera icon on the upper left of the largish (1.78 x 2.66 in.) display switches the camera to video mode. Tapping again summons controls for auto-focus, exposure, and other camera functions. The Instinct HD claims it can record video resolution of 1280 x 720p, which is a true HD format—although, as we often point out, HD format alone does not assure images of pristine, high-definition quality. To assess quality, we shot a series of videos on the Instinct and hooked it up to a 50-inch Panasonic plasma television using the optional ($30) HDMI cable. Our findings: Color was good in the MPEG4 videos, though they lacked fine detail and texture. They blurred even more when we panned the camera to the left or right. In short, they couldn’t rival the image quality you’d enjoy from full-sized HD camcorders in our Ratings, available to subscribers. But such camcorders are much bigger and pricier than the Instinct HD, and do nothing except shoot video and stills. The high-def video quality of the Instinct was comparable to what you’d get from a standard-definition pocket camcorder, such as the Flip. And that's still way ahead of the video we've seen any other camera phone. A few details and quibbles: The HDMI cable has a proprietary connector that works only with the Samsung HD, so you may have trouble finding a replacement if it's lost while you're on vacation. You can't use the cable for showing stills on your TV. If your TV has an SD memory-card slot, you can play photos and videos off of the phone's 4GB microSD memory card (the phone comes with an SD memory card adaptor). Unfortunately, accessing the card is a pain. You have to open the phone's back cover and remove the battery, which shuts off the phone. And the still-image performance of the Instinct? Pictures were sharp and well-defined, with good color overall on the TV screen, though shots taken in low light still looked dark—even with the flash. Camera controls were fairly responsive for a phone, with an acceptable next-shot delay. Our photo engineers are currently giving the Instinct HD's... (Read Full Article) |
