 | Raw Feed Bringing Double Dose of 'Rest Stop' to Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 6/19/2008 10:00pm) |
| Raw Feed and Warner Premiere have announced the next-gen arrival of the direct-to-video horror flick 'Rest Stop' and its sequel, both of which make their Blu-ray debuts in time for Halloween. Due in stores... ... (Read Full Article) |
| LG Kills Blu-ray/HD DVD Hybrid Player [Hd Dvd] (Gizmodo, 5/13/2008 8:19pm) |
| LG will stop swinging both ways with HD formats this fall, when it ceases production on its Blu-ray/HD DVD combo player. (Samsung's is already dead.) I'm just kind of amazed an already dead format... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | High-Def Digest's Top 10 Impending Blu-ray Releases for the Rest of 2012 (High-Def Digest, 7/27/2012 1:55am) |
| by Aaron Peck We've been covering some of the best Blu-ray releases this year in our "So Far…" series, but it's important to look ahead. The releases that await as the year continues are some of [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Dead Rising 3 demo available now, first DLC out Christmas Eve (Joystiq, 12/13/2013 8:30pm) |
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If you're not dead set on Dead Rising 3, don't dead fret: There's a new demo on the Xbox [...] (Read Full Article) |
| With HD DVD dead, Blu-ray's next threat is digital downloads (Ars Technica, 2/19/2008 2:48pm) |
| Toshiba has officially put HD DVD to the sword, saying it will stop shipments by the end of March. Blu-ray's backers will now turn their attention to the format's next competitive threat: high-def downloads.Read More... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Rumor: Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate coming to PS3/360 (Joystiq, 5/08/2013 12:45am) |
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An enhanced version of last year's Dead or Alive 5, dubbed Dead or Alive 5 [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Dead Rising Collection hits European Xbox 360s in March (Joystiq, 1/23/2014 8:30pm) |
| Europe is getting a Dead Rising Collection for Xbox 360 on March 7, bundling up the original Dead Rising, Dead Rising 2, and the Case Zero, Case West and Off the Record DLC missions. Capcom hasn't said if the collection will make its way to North [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Go Ahead, Roll This 3DS Stylus All Over Your Face! [3ds] (Kotaku, 9/11/2012 8:40am) |
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| (Unranked) | Dead or Alive 5 1.03a patch on PS3 today, see it in action (Joystiq, 2/13/2013 4:00am) |
For specifics about the updates coming to Dead or Alive 5 with the version 1.03a patch - hitting PS3 today and Xbox this month - consult (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | If you're all-in on Dead Space 3, don't watch this trailer (Joystiq, 1/31/2013 8:30pm) |
For those picking up Dead Space 3 next week who don't need any [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | New PlayStation 3 Hack May Be One That Sony Can't Stop (Kotaku, 10/24/2012 10:30pm) |
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| (Unranked) | Nintendo's 3DS eShop Line-Up For The Rest of 2012 Is Spectacular [Nintendo] (Kotaku, 10/04/2012 6:37pm) |
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| (Unranked) | FOX putting digital ahead of Blu-ray & DVD (HD-Report, 5/12/2013 10:45pm) |
| Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment will start selling more digital copies of films up to four weeks ahead of Blu-ray and DVD formats. This Tuesday, May 14, FOX will offer A Good Day to Die [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | New Nintendo eShop Releases: 3D Sonic, 3D Altered Beast, Donkey Kong sale (Joystiq, 12/05/2013 6:00pm) |
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Like the rest of the games industry, the Nintendo eShop is slowing down ahead of the holidays. We're not quite at the [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Why Stop Now?' Dated for Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 11/08/2012 7:00pm) |
| Directors Phil Dorling and Ron Nyswaner's crime comedy will take Blu-ray hostage in December. In an early announcement to retailers, MPI says 'Why Stop Now?' will hit Blu-ray on December 11. Piano [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Dead Space 3 demo out starting January 15, 'Story So Far' trailer released (Joystiq, 12/26/2012 2:45pm) |
Dead Space 3's playable demo will crawl out from the void where nightmares [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Dead Space 3 demo 'close to 2M' downloads (Joystiq, 2/04/2013 2:15pm) |
| EA revealed nearly two million people have already downloaded the Dead Space 3 demo, at least 10 percent [...] (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) |
| (Unranked) | UHD Channels Launching Ahead of Schedule (High-Def Digest, 7/19/2013 5:30pm) |
| Five Content providers now broadcasting to a limited audience in Korea. Six months and seventeen days. That is the length of time ahead of schedule for the first UHD channels, which launched [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | New Blu-ray, 3D & UltraViolet: Battleship, Walking Dead Season Two, Sons of Anarchy (HD-Report, 8/28/2012 8:51am) |
| It’s a big week for TV shows on Blu-ray. We already mentioned The Walking Dead: The Complete First Season is Amazon’s Blu-ray Deal of the Week. Today, The Walking Dead: The Complete Second Season hits shelves. The box set includes audio [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Dead Man Down' Blu-ray Dated & Detailed (High-Def Digest, 5/14/2013 10:00pm) |
| The crime thriller from director Niels Arden Oplev (the original 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo') will hit Blu-ray in July. In an early announcement to retailers, Sony has slated 'Dead Man Down' [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Evil Dead Blu-ray Review (Big Picture Big Sound, 7/15/2013 7:29pm) |
| Was a remake really necessary? Bruce Campbell makes everything better, but this Blu-ray still scares up a few [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Prediction: HD DVD Not Dead, Toshiba Will Produce Dual Format HD Players [Hd Dvd] (Gizmodo, 1/07/2008 2:54am) |
| We snagged a second with Wolfgang Schlichting, IDC's research director for removable storage, to ask what the picture looks like for HD DVD. His thoughts? HD DVD isn't dead yet. Toshiba will probably... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Fox to Offer $15 HD Movie Downloads Weeks Ahead of Blu-Ray Release [Film] (Gizmodo, 9/07/2012 9:21am) |
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| Shane Kim Can't Quit HD DVD [Xbox 360] (Kotaku, 4/17/2008 8:00am) |
| The dust has settled. Long ago. HD DVD is way dead, way dead. But Micrsoft Game Studios boss Shane Kim hasn't given up! The man is an optimist. He can see the bright side of a train wreck. Bless him.... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 3D Video Games Sound as Good as Dead. Good. [3D] (Kotaku, 8/22/2012 3:30am) |
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3D was everywhere a year or [...] (Read Full Article) |
| 'Before the Devil Knows You're Dead' Heads to HD DVD (High-Def Digest, 12/14/2007 5:00pm) |
| Image Entertainment is planning an April HD DVD arrival for the acclaimed Sidney Lumet crime thriller 'Before the Devil Knows You're Dead.' Starring Ethan Hawke and Philip Seymour Hoffman as brothers who... ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Starz to Unleash 'Halloween,' 'Evil Dead 2,' 'Dawn of the Dead' on Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 7/17/2007 2:55pm) |
| Nearly a month after formally announcing its support of the Blu-ray format, Starz Home Entertainment says it will release four horror film classics as its first Blu-ray titles. As we originally reported... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | The Walking Dead Season 2: Episode 1 - All That Remains dated for Xbox 360 (Joystiq, 12/10/2013 2:15pm) |
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Season 2 of The Walking Dead premieres December 18 on Xbox 360, according to an [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate confirmed for Xbox 360, PS3 this fall (Joystiq, 5/09/2013 7:00pm) |
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| (Unranked) | 'The Living Dead Girl' and 'Two Orphan Vampires' Announced for Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 8/09/2012 6:00pm) |
| Two cult horrors from director Jean Rollin will sink their teeth into Blu-ray at the end of the month. In an early announcement to retailers, Kino's Redemption label is preparing 'The Living Dead [...] (Read Full Article) |
| HDNet Adds Joan , Dead (MultiChannel News, 4/24/2006 8:07pm) |
| HDNet is adding off-network shows Joan of Arcadia and Dead Like Me to its weekly HDTV program lineup, officials said Monday. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Dead Man Down' Blu-ray Announced (High-Def Digest, 4/11/2013 6:00pm) |
| Colin Farrell and Noomi Rapace will be seeking vengeance on Blu-ray in June. In an early announcement to retailers, FilmDistrict is preparing 'Dead Man Down' for Blu-ray on June 18. Victor (Colin [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Bus Stop' Blu-ray Announced (High-Def Digest, 5/15/2013 4:00pm) |
| The Marilyn Monroe romantic comedy is heading to Blu-ray in July. In an early announcement to retailers, 20th Century Fox is preparing 'Bus Stop' for Blu-ray on July 30. Marilyn Monroe gives an [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Dead Souls' Announced for Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 3/11/2013 6:00pm) |
| Colin Theys' supernatural thriller will be available on Blu-ray in June. In an early announcement to retailers, Scream Factory has revealed 'Dead Souls' for a Blu-ray release on June 25. On his 18th [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Get The Walking Dead First Season on Blu-ray just $24.99 (HD-Report, 8/26/2012 2:51pm) |
| Here's your chance to pick up the The Walking Dead: The Complete First Season 3-disc Blu-ray edition for just $24.99 -- a 60% savings off the list price of [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'TerrorVision / The Video Dead' Blu-ray Date Correction (High-Def Digest, 11/15/2012 7:00pm) |
| The TV-themed horror double feature is now on its way to high-definition at the end of February. As previously reported, Scream Factory is working on 'TerrorVision / The Video Dead' for Blu-ray on [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'TerrorVision / The Video Dead' Announced for Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 11/05/2012 9:00pm) |
| A TV-themed horror double feature is on its way to high-definition in February. In an early announcement to retailers, Scream Factory is working on 'TerrorVision / The Video Dead' for Blu-ray on [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'The Definitive Document of the Dead' Announced for Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 9/17/2012 8:00pm) |
| Roy Frumkes' 1978 documentary on George A. Romero is getting a limited edition Blu-ray release this November. Synapse Films is now taking pre-orders for 'The Definitive Document of the Dead' which [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Day of the Dead: Collector's Edition' Blu-ray Announced (High-Def Digest, 5/07/2013 6:30pm) |
| A double dip of George A Romero's 1985 zombie flick is coming in 2013. In an early announcement to retailers, Scream Factory says 'Day of the Dead: Collector's Edition' is on its way to Blu-ray later [...] (Read Full Article) |
| UK Cult Fave 'Dead Fish' Bound for Blu-ray, HD DVD (UPDATED) (High-Def Digest, 11/26/2007 11:00pm) |
| UPDATE (11/27/07, 4pm ET): Contrary to earlier reports, it looks like high-def early adopters will have to keep waiting for the UK crime caper 'Dead Fish' to hit Blu-ray and HD DVD. We've just received...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/highdefdigestallnews/~4/191472901" height="1" width="1"/> ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Contest: Win 'Evil Dead' (2013) on Blu-ray! (High-Def Digest, 7/16/2013 5:00pm) |
| This week's contest is for all you horror junkies out there. We're giving away a copy of the splatter-tastic 'Evil Dead' remake on Blu-ray. Enter our contest today for your chance to [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | D creator Kenji Eno dead at age 42 (Joystiq, 2/21/2013 8:30pm) |
| One of the most fascinatingly creative voices in the Japanese game industry has died. Kenji Eno, designer of the D series, the 3DO's most interesting games, and [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Evil Dead' Remake Dated for Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 5/28/2013 10:00pm) |
| The hit remake of Sam Raimi's cult classic will be summoned to Blu-ray in July. In an early announcement to retailers, Sony will be releasing 'Evil Dead' on Blu-ray on July 16. The story follows Mia, [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Day of the Dead: Collector's Edition' Blu-ray Features Detailed (High-Def Digest, 7/08/2013 10:00pm) |
| Features have been revealed for the Collector's Edition of the cult George A. Romero horror film coming to Blu-ray in September. As previously reported, Scream Factory will release 'Day of the Dead: [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Dead or Alive 5 PS3 patch bugs out, Xbox 360 patch delayed to Feb. (Joystiq, 1/24/2013 2:00am) |
| Dead or Alive 5 patch 1.03 (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'The Walking Dead: The Complete Third Season' Blu-ray Announced and Detailed (High-Def Digest, 6/05/2013 4:55am) |
| No less than three Blu-ray editions of Season 3 will be available this August. In an early announcement to retailers, Starz/Anchor Bay is working on 'The Walking Dead: The Complete Third Season' for [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Army of Two: The Devil's Cartel coming to PS3 and Xbox in March [update: trailer] (Joystiq, 8/02/2012 4:27pm) |
Ahead of today's EA software showcase, the publisher has gone ahead and announced a new Army of Two for PS3 and Xbox 360. Called [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Walking Dead Season 2 Episode 2 gets dates on Xbox 360, iOS (Joystiq, 3/04/2014 11:00am) |
| There's no point trying to hide on Xbox 360 and iOS, Clem, because A House Divided is also headed their way this week. After originally leaving the platforms in release date limbo, Telltale revealed the second episode of The Walking Dead Season [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Here’s an idea, stop including standard A/V cables with Blu-ray players (CrunchGear, 10/27/2009 5:30pm) |
| Manufacturers, let me save you some money. It won’t be much, but something is better than nothing. But more importantly you would be helping out the consumers actually spending money on your products. So please, stop including standard A/V cables with Blu-ray players. We don’t need anymore of them, thankyouverymuch. Every household in America already [...] (Read Full Article) |
| In case you missed it: peace broke out in the format war, HD DVD is dead (Engadget, 2/19/2008 6:02pm) |
| Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment
Just in case you missed the big news earlier this morning, after more than two years on the market, HD DVD finally rolled over. Here's everything you need to know:
Official: HD DVD dead and buried, format war is over
Toshiba: "no plans" to adopt Blu-ray
HD DVD casualty report: over 1m players, recorders, and drives lost to the format war
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| New BD+ Blu-ray Copy Protection Cracked Months Ahead of Schedule [Blu-Ray] (Gizmodo, 12/29/2008 11:20pm) |
| The robust update Blu-ray's BD+ copy protection that was gonna take three months to crack was just busted by Slysoft, months ahead of schedule. Wanna guess what's gonna happen to the next BD+ update?... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Non-Combo HD DVD Re-Issues Planned For 'Dazed & Confused,' 'Land of the Dead' (High-Def Digest, 12/19/2007 9:00pm) |
| In its latest round of combo demotions, Universal will re-issue 'Dazed & Confused' and 'Land of the Dead' as stand-alone HD DVD releases this March. Universal first released both titles back in 2006... ... (Read Full Article) |
| HD DVD not dead yet: research group calls for caution interpreting weekly sales figures (HDTV UK, 1/29/2008 8:00am) |
| According to the NPD Group, who has provided weekly sales tracking figures for high definition discs in the US, the HD DVD format is far from dead.
They have correctly reminded those using the figures alone to signal Blu-ray's victory to be cautious at using a single week's results to plot a trend.
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| 'Dawn of the Dead,' 'Notting Hill' Lead Universal Late August HD DVD Wave (High-Def Digest, 5/31/2007 10:01pm) |
| Universal Studios Home Entertainment has added two more catalog titles to its ever-expanding next-gen library, bringing 'Notting Hill' and the 2004 remake of 'Dawn of the Dead' to HD DVD late this summer.... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | PSN Tuesday: Awesomenauts, Dead Nation on PS4, South Park on PS3 (Joystiq, 3/05/2014 1:30am) |
| The PSN update this fine Tuesday includes Awesomenauts Assemble and Dead Nation: Apocalypse Edition for PS4, as well as South Park: The Stick of Truth, Master Reboot and NASCAR '14 for PS3. Vita gets Hatsune Miku Project Diva F, and PS3 owners [...] (Read Full Article) |
| SHIFT: Stop shopping for an HDTV! 3D is coming! (DVICE, 8/28/2009 12:47am) |
| Do not buy an HDTV. Do not buy a Blu-ray player. Do not buy an AV receiver.
Why? 3D HDTV and Blu-ray is coming.
Big deal, you say? Yes, big deal, says I. Read on if you want to avoid a killer case of instant obsolescence and buyer's remorse. (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | A Homeland Security intelligence bulletin has warned that it could be "impossible" to stop 3D-printe (Gizmodo, 5/24/2013 11:17am) |
| A Homeland Security intelligence bulletin has warned that it could be [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | This Week in the Business 'PS3 has a Great Future Ahead of It Over the Next Few Years.' (Kotaku, 11/03/2012 4:01pm) |
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| (Unranked) | This Week on Blu-ray: 42, Evil Dead, Hell on Wheels, Lord of the Flies, and more! (Big Picture Big Sound, 7/17/2013 12:15am) |
| A baseball icon, a cult classic reincarnated, and another stunner from AMC; get a peek at this week's new and notable [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Xbox 360 Ultimate Sale continues with FIFA 14, Skyrim, Dead Island: Riptide (Joystiq, 2/20/2014 12:00pm) |
| It's day 3 of the Xbox 360 Ultimate Game Sale, and that means seven more discounts vying to divorce hard-earned cash from bank accounts. The big name games include FIFA 14, Skyrim, and Dead Island: Riptide, but the biggest discount of the day goes [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Steam Holiday Sale Day 3: DOTA 2, Dungeon Defenders, Dead Island and more (Joystiq, 12/22/2012 8:45pm) |
| Ah, the steady march of time. Just as the electronic transition frequency of an atom can be used to measure the passage of [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Universal Cancels 'Dazed & Confused,' 'Land of the Dead' HD DVD Re-Issues (High-Def Digest, 2/08/2008 7:00pm) |
| Sorry, combo haters: Universal has pulled the previously-announced HD DVD non-combo re-issues of 'Dazed & Confused' and 'Land of the Dead' from its high-def schedule. As we've previously reported,... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Left 4 Dead 2 'Cold Stream' DLC for Xbox 360 this Friday (Joystiq, 8/01/2012 1:15pm) |
| It's been a long time coming, but the Cold Stream DLC will arrive on Xbox 360 this Friday, August 3, according to (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | A new Dead or Alive 5 project is "coming soon" to the PS3 and the Xbox 360. (Kotaku, 4/29/2013 9:30am) |
| A new Dead or Alive 5 project is "coming soon" to the PS3 and the Xbox 360. Yosuke Hayashi, Team Ninja's leader, recently announced that the "newest work" (最新作) for [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Inspired by various stop-motion movies, Gabriel Salas used the exact same 3D tools and a hand-made d (Kotaku, 3/11/2014 12:30pm) |
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Inspired by various stop-motion movies, Gabriel Salas used the exact same 3D tools and a hand-made diorama to create this [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | The Walking Dead: Season 3 on Blu-ray Comes In This Creepy Cabinet of Zombie Heads (Gizmodo, 4/12/2013 2:26pm) |
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| (Unranked) | DOA 5 1.03 update takes PS3 to Zack Island today, Jan. 29 on Xbox 360 (Joystiq, 1/22/2013 11:00pm) |
A new patch has been issued for Dead or Alive 5, available today on the [...] (Read Full Article) |
| A one-stop shop for Blu-ray licensing (CNET News, 3/05/2008 7:15pm) |
| Getting licenses for DVD players is tough. It may be simpler to do the same in Blu-ray. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | news0r - XBox 360, PS3, Revolution - and the rest of course! (News0r, 9/01/2005 10:27am) |
| Shawn LeBlanc Designer and Programmer of the Far Cry Instincts Map Editor takes a time out and chats about his favorite Instincts! ... (Read Full Article) |
 | FCC Chairman will stop at nothing to 'level the playing field' (The Register, 6/08/2005 7:56pm) |
| SuperComm Quells VoIP 911 terror ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'G.I. Joe: Retaliation' Blu-ray and Blu-ray 3D Dated (High-Def Digest, 5/21/2013 8:00pm) |
| Duke, Roadblock, Snake Eyes, and the rest of the team will be protecting both Blu-ray formats in July. As previously reported, Paramount's 'G.I. Joe: Retaliation' is in the works for Blu-ray, and now [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Hawaii Five-0: The Third Season' Blu-ray Dated and Detailed (High-Def Digest, 7/02/2013 8:00pm) |
| McGarret, Danno, and the rest of the Five-0 gang will be booking more criminals on Blu-ray in September. In an early announcement to retailers, Paramount is preparing 'Hawaii Five-0: The Third [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'G.I. Joe: Retaliation' Blu-ray and Blu-ray 3D Up for Pre-Order! (High-Def Digest, 4/04/2013 3:05am) |
| Duke, Roadblock, Snake Eyes, and the rest of the team will be protecting both Blu-ray formats later this year. In an early announcement to retailers, Paramount's 'G.I. Joe: Retaliation' appears to be [...] (Read Full Article) |
| HD Update - 4/27/06 (MultiChannel News, 4/27/2006 6:34pm) |
| Top Story Now, Ultra HD! Just when the U.S. and the rest of the world was finally settling into a routine with the HD transition along comes Japanese broadcaster NHK with a demonstration of Ultra High-Definition TV system at the NAB convention. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Coming TV change won't make your set obsolete (USA Today, 10/27/2005 11:58pm) |
| Despite things you may have read elsewhere, your television will not become obsolete in 2009. The only people who have to worry are those who A) get their TV over the air via a "rabbit ears" or rooftop antenna, and B) don't have a digital TV. The rest of us just will get more channels to choose from. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 2013 DICE Award nominations led by Journey, Walking Dead, Far Cry 3 (Joystiq, 1/14/2013 4:45pm) |
| The nominations have been announced for the 16th annual DICE Awards, and Journey leads the [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Burning Questions: Why the Rush to Blue? (PC World, 9/21/2005 8:02am) |
| You've heard the hype surrounding forthcoming high-capacity formats Blu-ray Disc and HD-DVD. What challenges lie ahead? ... (Read Full Article) |
| PRODUCT REVIEW: All around the house with digitally recorded TV (Duluth News Tribune, 3/17/2005 8:02pm) |
| MINNEAPOLIS - Digital video recorders like TiVo long ago freed us from the tyranny of network schedules. The newest DVRs provide liberation from the need to coordinate our viewing with the rest of the household. (Read Full Article) |
| Iron Man Soars On Blu-ray (About.com, 10/09/2008 10:00am) |
| If there was any doubt about the increasing acceptance of the Blu-ray Disc format, the release of Iron Man may be putting this doubt to rest. Although Paramount has not... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Review: DVRs Can Be Used All Around House (Greenwich Time, 3/17/2005 6:40pm) |
| MINNEAPOLIS -- Digital video recorders like TiVo long ago freed us from the tyranny of network schedules. The newest DVRs provide liberation from the need to coordinate our viewing with the rest of the household. (Read Full Article) |
| HELP DESK: Digital television switchover to cost us (The Charlotte Observer, 11/22/2005 8:14am) |
| Some time in the next few years your TV may stop working. You'll turn it on and things will seem normal, but you'll see no picture. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Blu-ray Review: Prometheus - 3D (4-Disc Collector's Edition) (High-Def Digest, 10/12/2012 8:45am) |
| While I enjoy the first two 'Alien' movies, I'm no fanatic of the series. My opinion of 'Prometheus' is based solely on 'Prometheus.' If you still have not yet seen 'Prometheus,' rest assured knowing [...] (Read Full Article) |
| CEO of NBC Universal looks ahead to year two (USA (USA Today, 5/19/2005 4:54am) |
| NBC Universal CEO Bob Wright could probably think of happier ways to celebrate the first anniversary of NBC\\\'s $14 billion acquisition ... ... (Read Full Article) |
 | New DVD's (New York Times) (New York Times, 2/06/2006 10:33pm) |
| Watching Warner Home Video's new edition of David Lean's "Ryan's Daughter" is almost enough to make you believe that high-definition DVD has arrived ahead of schedule. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Sony says ok to Blu-Ray (MobileMag, 3/17/2006 4:19pm) |
| Sony for one isn't waiting to see who wins the next-gen DVD war. The electronics giant is going ahead with its plans to release Blu-ray Discs. The first players will hit the U.S. markets this summer. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 3D-printed designer shoe contains working iPhone (CNET News, 5/09/2013 5:27pm) |
| Alan Nguyen's slick heels double as a carrier for your phone. They're perfect for people who can't stop texting while [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Talk This Waltz Blu-ray Review (Big Picture Big Sound, 11/05/2012 7:09pm) |
| Michelle Williams, Seth Rogen and the rest of this impressive cast delivers Sarah Polley's view of how a happy marriage can go [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Xbox hopes for 360 success (USATODAY.com via Yahoo! News, 11/16/2005 11:49am) |
| When Microsoft's Xbox 360 goes on sale Tuesday, hard-core gamers and early adopters will all but ensure midnight sales, long lines and sellouts. But for the rest of us, the key question remains: Will 360's advances represent a whole new game or just a hop up to the next level? The answer is yet to come. ... (Read Full Article) |
| British Broadband Satellite Prepped (ISPreview, 5/16/2006 2:56pm) |
| The £75m (110m euros) satellite, to be built by EADS-Astrium, will receive a third of its funding through the European Space Agency (Esa). Private financing will pay for the rest of the project, which Avanti says will also be capable of delivering hundreds of high-definition TV channels. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Expendables 2' is the First Blu-ray to Ship with DTS Neo: X (High-Def Digest, 11/06/2012 10:00pm) |
| You'll get extra width and height channels to accompany the non-stop action. Whether 'The Expendables 2' is a movie that you were already going to put in your collection or not, the Blu-ray release [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Fans Crave Zombies at $50 a Movie Ticket (Home Media Magazine, 6/20/2013 10:18pm) |
| ATLANTA — Neil J. said he bought a $50 mega ticket to a special June 19 screening at Regal Cinemas Town Center Stadium 16 RPX of Brad Pitt’s World War Z in 3D not to get a 48-hour jump on the rest of the country when the futuristic [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Cat. 8' Blu-ray Announced (High-Def Digest, 7/24/2013 6:00pm) |
| The race to stop the end of the world begins on Blu-ray in August. In an early announcement to retailers, Gaiam Vivendi Entertainment is preparing 'Cat. 8' for Blu-ray on August 13. When government [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Vision of the future (Guardian Weekly, 3/07/2005 11:58am) |
| BSkyB is banking on customers paying more for better sound and picture quality. While the rest of the broadcasting world was digesting the contents of the government's BBC green paper on Wednesday, BSkyB was unveiling its own vision of the future of TV that could have equally profound ramifications. (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Eyes-on with Panasonic's new HDTV lineup ahead of CES press conference (Engadget, 1/07/2013 5:55pm) |
| Our (Read Full Article) |
| Startup Launches Super-Cheap Digital Cable (Connected Home Media, 3/08/2005 10:20pm) |
| A Utah-based startup recently launched a low-cost digital cable service "for the rest of us" that promises to wean people off of their high-priced cable TV habits. (Read Full Article) |
| BusinessWeek Says Blu-ray Ahead; Analysts Predict HD DVD FTW [Format War] (Gizmodo, 12/11/2007 3:59pm) |
| Too long since your last shot of format-war speculation? BusinessWeek uses three indicators to call Blu-ray (and Sony) the current leading contender:
1. Blu-ray has sold more than twice as many... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Flat panel TVs getting too big? (Electronics NEWS - about-electronics.eu, 8/30/2006 1:18am) |
| Flat panel TVs getting too big? Filed under: TV & HDTV | by: ryan | China Post: Ahead of... ... (Read Full Article) |
| ViewSonic Turns on True High Definition with 1080p TVs; LCD TVs Offer Outstanding Performance and Value (Business Wire, 1/08/2007 10:00am) |
| LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Forging ahead with its commitment to bring the highest quality HDTV to homes everywhere, ViewSonic® Corp. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Go ahead, dish out the insults; I have satellite (Baltimore Sun, 10/08/2005 12:38pm) |
| Rob Kasper ÀøÀÀßÀcap After years of fighting it, I got wired this week to the modern world. I climbed up on the roof and watched a guy attach a satellite dish to our chimney. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 4K or 3D? The future remains unclear (Broadcast Engineering, 2/25/2013 7:56pm) |
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Is 3D dead? Is 4K alive? Readers seem unsure
Readers provide their views on how 3D and 4K technologies may arrive in their plans.
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| Sky boost from HD TV sales (Daily Telegraph, 1/03/2007 1:13am) |
| BSkyB pointed to forecasts for strong Christmas sales of high-definition televisions as the broadcaster also revealed its Sky+ digital video recorder had passed the 2m sales mark ahead of target. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (No Title) (, 10/18/2007 3:05pm) |
| No wonder we're raising a society of brain dead kids. Between the Internet, video games, and TV, ... and anchordudes spending more time watching THEMSELVES in makeup mirrors. Why? HDTV. The Cincinnati Enquirer ... (Read Full Article) |
| Sky Unveils HD TV Plans (DVD-Recordable, 8/29/2005 10:19am) |
| Ahead of the DisplayForum HDTV (High Definition Television) 2005 conference being held in Berlin in September, Sky TV (UK) has announced provisional details of the channels in its HDTV launch line-up, scheduled for some time in 2006. ... (Read Full Article) |
| game news, reviews and previews - news0r - XBox 360, PS3, Revolution - and the rest of course! (News0r, 9/01/2005 10:28am) |
| Shawn LeBlanc Designer and Programmer of the Far Cry Instincts Map Editor takes a time out and chats about his favorite Instincts! Resident tech expert and Xbox maven DEC has posted a guide explaining the intracacies of HDTV for all of you thinking of upgrading. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | DPA Microphones deliver HD sound for HD pictures at IBC 2013 (Broadcast Engineering, 7/22/2013 6:13pm) |
| Broadcasters attending IBC 2013 will only need to stop at DPA Microphones’ stand D76 in Hall 8 to cover all HD broadcast microphone applications, from the single interview to the complete TV show.
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| Warner Bros. softens on HD DVD, says it'll do Blu-ray, too (Engadget, 10/09/2005 5:34pm) |
| October is shaping up to be a cruel month for Toshiba and the rest of the HD DVD gang. Last week Paramount confirmed that they were softening their support for HD DVD and would be releasing movies in both HD DVD and Blu-ray , now a Japanese newspaper reports that Warner Bros., which had been firmly pledged to HD DVD, will announce that they’re going to offer movies on both formats, as well ... (Read Full Article) |
| Microsoft Continues to Pimp HD DVD Player [Hd Dvd] (Kotaku, 2/20/2008 9:00am) |
| So, HD DVD is dead. But, Microsoft is having a hard time moving on, it seems. Soon after the Toshiba announcement, Xbox Japan said the death of HD DVD is something it "will examine from now." By... ... (Read Full Article) |
| US Retail Looks Abroad for Ways to Enliven 2006 (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 1/10/2006 3:26pm) |
| BALTIMORE----Jan. 10, 2006--Now that the numbers are in and this past retail season was not as robust as everyone had hoped, U.S. retailers and developers need a tonic for their ills - a reason to be optimistic about the road ahead. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | HBO pioneer writes off 4K prospects (Broadcast Engineering, 3/24/2013 12:23pm) |
| HBO CTO Bob Zitter, who retires this month, had a sting in his tail for delegates at the TV Connect show in London, with his declaration that 3-D with glasses was dead and that prospects for 4K were little better.
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| (Unranked) | Blu-ray Review: Frankenweenie - 3D (High-Def Digest, 1/14/2013 3:00pm) |
| A boy's best friend is his dead dog in Tim Burton's 'Frankenweenie,' an extended remake of the director's 1984's short film which didn't see the light of day until a decade later and cost him his job [...] (Read Full Article) |
| IPTV supporters hoping for better luck in reruns (CommsDesign, 5/09/2005 3:56pm) |
| Las Vegas — It\\\'s 1993 all over again for telco veterans like Matthew Goldman who are regrouping for a fresh charge into the convergence of telephony and TV. That first wave flopped a decade ago, and technologists like Goldman admit that real problems still lie ahead. ... (Read Full Article) |
| ATI Brings High-Definition Television To The Rest of Us (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 7/06/2005 10:00am) |
| ATI Technologies Inc. , the leader of the VSB receiver chip market, just made high-definition reception for television sets more affordable with the introduction of the Theater 311, Theater 312 and Theater 314 chipset solutions. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Clearing the Picture (RedNova, 12/05/2005 10:21pm) |
| The two houses of the U.S. Congress remain divided by just four months on a firm "drop dead" date for analog TV. But it's fairly certain that by April 7, 2009 (if not Dec. 31, 2008), your old-line TV set will no longer be able to tune in over-the-air TV channels. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Weekly Top 10: PS3 outsells Xbox 360, Xbox 360 price-cut, iPhone SDK (I4U, 3/15/2008 4:00pm) |
| This week the video game
sales numbers show
that in February more consumers bought the Sony PS3 than the Xbox 360. The
Wii is still way ahead though. Microsoft only
lowered the prices of the
Xbox 360 in Europe,... ... (Read Full Article) |
| First custom PS3 theme created (tech news blog - technology blog , gadgets, gaming , hdtv, gps, intech news,wii, ps3, xbox, 11/08/2007 3:58pm) |
| Filed under: Gaming, HDTV, Home Entertainment Ok, you’ve downloaded your PS3 2.00 update right? Good, so why not create a custom theme? Go ahead, call in sick, and give Brent’s guide a whirl ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Kill 'Em All' Blu-ray Announced (High-Def Digest, 10/25/2012 4:00pm) |
| Raimund Huber’s non-stop martial arts action film will be unleashed on Blu-ray in December In an early announcement to retailers, Well Go USA is prepping 'Kill 'Em All' for Blu-ray on December 11. [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Black Friday HDTV deals at Amazon (HD-Report, 11/19/2012 5:40pm) |
| Amazon has revealed a bunch of Black Friday deals happening this week on HDTVs and Blu-ray Disc players. A few of those deals stand out from the rest, such as the Samsung 46″ ES6003 LED HDTVÂ for just $697 (List: $1,099). They also have the [...] (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) |
| PlayStation 3 (Rocky Mountain News, 11/17/2006 8:31am) |
| The PlayStation 3 is a one-stop shop for entertainment. From listening to music to viewing images; from watching high-definition Blu-ray movies to playing video games, this console is a technophile's nirvana - albeit a slightly flawed one. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Opinion: All rights reserved (MacCentral Online, 4/12/2005 9:34pm) |
| There’s no telling where computers and hard drives stop and music, movies, and television begin. The result is a potentially cataclysmic clash of special interests fighting over your rights as a consumer. (Read Full Article) |
| Paramount Says 'There Will Be Blood' on HD DVD (High-Def Digest, 2/20/2008 9:00pm) |
| Toshiba may have sounded the death knell for HD DVD Tuesday, but that didn't stop Paramount from announcing a two-disc special edition HD DVD of 'There Will Be Blood' for early April. One of the most acclaimed... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Blu-ray uphill Battle ahead this Holiday Shopping Season (I4U, 5/05/2008 10:00am) |
| According to sales statistics by Market Research Company NPD, Blu-ray is not a selling as one would expect after HD-DVD died.
Blu-ray player sales dropped 40% from January to February in the U.S. and only saw a 2 percent increase from February to Marc...]]> ... (Read Full Article) |
| Digit Online - Features - Disc dilemma (Digit Magazine, 8/17/2005 12:30pm) |
| CD: FREE! Perfect polygons in 3DS, Maya, Carrara... As both the Blu-ray and HD-DVD camps travelling full steam ahead to get their disc format to market, optimism for a single successor to the DVD format is diminishing. ... (Read Full Article) |
| A Consumer's Cheat Sheet to HD DVD's Death and Blu-ray's Victory [Format War Over] (Gizmodo, 2/19/2008 7:09pm) |
| HD DVD is dead. Officially. That may mean a whole bunch for the early-adopter tech geek crowd that's been wading in the kiddie pool of technological bickering and backhandedness for years, but what... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | ParaNorman Blu-ray 3D (Big Picture Big Sound, 12/03/2012 10:20pm) |
| The makers of "Coraline" unleash another stop-motion-animated film filled with sharp imagery and tons of [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Next-generation Wi-Fi from Metalink: Q&A with VP David Pereg (Digi Times, 7/27/2005 1:34am) |
| Headquartered in Israel, with design centers in both the US and Israel, Metalink Broadband is moving ahead with wireless LAN at the 802.11n standard and recently announced a new chipset family designed to support video over 802.11n for the networked home. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Deadline for Digital TV Established (TV Week, 12/19/2005 6:52pm) |
| Feb. 17, 2009, is the new drop-dead date by which broadcasters must make the switch to digital TV, under a legislative compromise approved by House and Senate leaders late Sunday. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Blu-ray, HD DVD crack becomes a crevice (Ars Technica, 3/07/2007 3:55pm) |
| Another piece of the high-definition content protection puzzle has been found, as hackers have located device keys for a software player. Does this mean that next-gen copy protection is already dead? Read More... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Crimewave' Blu-ray Dated (High-Def Digest, 2/11/2013 7:00pm) |
| The 1985 cult serial killer spoof debuts on Blu-ray in May. In an early announcement to retailers, Shout Factory will release 'Crimewave' on Blu-ray on May 14. Sam Raimi ('The Evil Dead') directs [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Next-generation Wi-Fi from Metalink: Q&A with VP David Pereg, part two (Digi Times, 7/28/2005 10:38am) |
| Headquartered in Israel, with design centers in both the US and Israel, Metalink Broadband is moving ahead with wireless LAN at the 802.11n standard and recently announced a new chipset family designed to support video over 802.11n for the networked home. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Zombies Normal to Norman (Home Media Magazine, 11/21/2012 2:50am) |
| The 3D stop-motion comedy-thriller ParaNorman is set for release on DVD and Blu-ray Nov. 27 and the film’s directors are thinking long term.
“Forget about the opening weekend box office; that’s not why we’re making [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Deal with it: 3D Printed guns are reality (CNET Blogs, 4/23/2013 11:07pm) |
| At the Inside 3D Printing conference in New York, Defense Distributed's Cody Wilson argued that politicians can't stop innovation, and 3D printing makes homemade guns inevitable. (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Nintendo's free-to-play game lets you haggle for bargains (Joystiq, 2/13/2014 10:15pm) |
| Nintendo announced a 3DS mini-game collection by the name of Rusty's Real Deal Baseball during today's Nintendo Direct livestream. The game is free to download, and offers one demo game by default. The rest are cartridges that players purchase [...] (Read Full Article) |
| ABI Research Foresees a Speedy End to High-Definition DVD Player Format Wars (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 1/23/2007 2:19pm) |
| NEW YORK----When LG Electronics launched its Super Multi Blue Player at the recent CES exhibition, it signaled an exit strategy from the "war of the high-definition DVD formats." By creating a player that will accommodate both HD-DVD and Blu-ray discs, the Korean manufacturer may have created a precedent that the rest of the industry will have to follow. ... (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) |
| Syntax-Brillian Lifts 2Q Sales Outlook (AP via Yahoo! Finance, 12/04/2006 9:41pm) |
| High-definition television set maker Syntax-Brillian Corp. said Monday it expects second-quarter revenue to come in ahead of a previous forecast, thanks to strong holiday sales over the Thanksgiving weekend. ... (Read Full Article) |
| AVN 2008: No more Porn on HD DVD? (I4U, 1/11/2008 9:01am) |
| What a difference a year makes. At the AVN 2007, we ran a story titled No Porn on Blu-ray?. Today, Prominent adult movie producer Digital Playground says that they plan to stop releasing porn on HD DVD probably by the end of 2008.
The statement was ma... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | GameStop discounting used Xbox 360 and PS3 systems (Joystiq, 10/10/2013 8:30am) |
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Ahead of next-gen console launches this November, GameStop is cutting the prices of its used PS3 and Xbox 360 hardware from October 11 to October 24. During the promotion, customers can pick up the original Xbox 360 for $99.99 (previously $129.99) [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Professor Layton vs Phoenix Wright presents its box art to the court (Joystiq, 1/27/2014 4:00pm) |
| While North America's gearing up for Professor Layton and the Azran Legacy on February 28, Europe's looking ahead to March 28 and the Prof's court date with the Ace Attorney. No news yet beyond 2014 for when the 3DS sleuthing crossover will hit [...] (Read Full Article) |
| CEDIA 2007 roundup (Engadget, 9/08/2007 5:30pm) |
| Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment
CEDIA 2007 was bigger, louder and more pixelated than ever, and as always, we were live from the Mile High city to bring you (just about) everything the show had to offer. In case you blinked along the way, here's a rundown of our coverage, and don't forget to check out the rest after the break:
CEDIA 2007: the pre-game show
Hands-ons
Hands-on wi ... (Read Full Article) |
| Panasonic's first 1080p LCD projector, the PT-AE1000 (Engadget, 9/14/2006 11:14pm) |
| Filed under: Displays, HDTV
Christmas has come early at CEDIA this year, and even Panasonic is joining the fray with their first 1080p LCD projector, the PT-AE1000. The unit is based on Epson's new 0.7-inch D6 LCD chips, the same thing powering Mitsubishi's new HC5000 unit, and while we don't have an exact price, it doesn't seem like $4k would be a far wrong guess. As for the rest of the spe ... (Read Full Article) |
| 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) |
| Paramount Kills Entire HD DVD Release Schedule, But No Blu Flicks 'Til Summer [Hd Dvd] (Gizmodo, 2/29/2008 6:10am) |
| There won't be a soft transition to Blu-ray for Paramount—they're dropping their whole HD DVD release slate right this second. Their last two movies on the dead format hit Tuesday, even though... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Stop PS3 Danger Dust! [Peripherals] (Kotaku, 1/19/2008 5:00am) |
| Dust is a problem. A big, big problem. Well, it is for my PS3. Those dust particles cannot be good when they get sucked up in the consle's air vents. But, I can't even seem to keep it dust free!... ... (Read Full Article) |
| MPEG-only bows out of codecs race; H.264 and VC-1 still contending (Electronic Engineering Times Asia, 3/06/2005 9:06pm) |
| Facing the inevitability of multiple audio/visual codecs required in new-generation digital set tops, Broadcom Corp. said Thursday (March 3) it will stop developing MPEG-only chips by the second quarter of this year. (Read Full Article) |
| DVD Forum green lights three-layer 51Gb HD-DVD (Technorati, 11/20/2007 5:04pm) |
| The DVD Forum, the group behind the technology for DVD and HD-DVD has gone ahead and approved a proposal by HD-DVD spearhead Toshiba to produce a triple layered 51Gb HD-DVD disc. This move is a blatant show of power towards the current capacity of Blu-ray being only capable of 50Gb. read more | digg story ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Google Fiber Adds 3D Content (High-Def Digest, 3/11/2013 7:00pm) |
| Google adding 3net for free and ESPN3D for $5 extra a month. As Google Fiber continues its to expand its Gigabit internet service throughout Kansas City, it has decided to go ahead and add 3D content [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Kaz Wants Lifetime PS3 Sales To Beat Lifetime PS2 Sales [PS3] (Kotaku, 7/21/2008 7:30am) |
| While the PS3 is outselling the PS2 on a monthly basis, it's still well over 100 million units shy of its older brother in the lifetime sales department. But don't let that stop Sony from dreaming... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Sony announces BDP-S350, BDP-S550: first new Blu-ray players since the fall of HD DVD (Engadget, 2/26/2008 8:02am) |
| Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment
Those waiting for the next generation of Blu-ray players, here you go: Sony's got two new ones for you today, the BDP-S350 and BDP-S550. Both feature BD-Live (and thus Ethernet) and USB (for external) storage, while the S550 has PiP (BonusView) and 1GB of onboard storage. As for the rest of the specs, well, expect TrueHD, Dolby Digital Plus, dts-HD (and dts-H ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Oz The Great and Powerful Arrives on Blu-ray - Read the Review (About.com, 6/06/2013 8:00am) |
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The "prequel" to the celebrated 1939 classic, The Wizard of Oz, Oz the Great and Powerful, comes to Blu-ray courtesy of Walt Disney Studios and Evil Dead/Spiderman ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'The Sorcerer and the White Snake' Dated and Detailed for Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 3/20/2013 6:00pm) |
| The Chinese fantasy epic bursting with non-stop action is bound for Blu-ray this April. In an early announcement to retailers, Magnolia says 'The Sorcerer and the White Snake' is coming to Blu-ray on [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Ultimaker debuts its latest 3D printer ahead of World Maker Faire (Engadget, 9/20/2013 5:39pm) |
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Over the past few years, (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Clint Eastwood 20 Film Collection' Blu-ray Dated (High-Def Digest, 2/12/2013 12:00am) |
| Go ahead, punk. Get dad a load of squinty goodness on Blu-ray this Father's Day! In an early announcement to retailers, Warner Brothers will release 'Clint Eastwood 20 Film Collection' on June 4. [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD development outsourced to contractor Virtuos (Joystiq, 1/12/2014 3:30am) |
| After delaying its pilgrimage to North American PS3s and Vitas, the cast of Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster will set out to stop Sin again on March 18. The visually-upgraded, content-rich telling of Yuna's story has kept fans waiting for a while, [...] (Read Full Article) |
| MPEG-only bows out of codecs race; H.264 and VC-1 still contending (EE Times UK, 3/04/2005 12:49pm) |
| DUBLIN, Ireland — Facing the inevitability of multiple audio/visual codecs required in new-generation digital set tops, Broadcom Corp. said Thursday (March 3) it will stop developing MPEG-only chips by the second quarter of this year. (Read Full Article) |
| News website stand against piracy triggers online revolt (AFP) (Addict 3D, 5/06/2007 4:15am) |
| AFP - Popular news-ranking website Digg has sparked a fierce rebellion in the world of citizen journalism by trying to stop the spread of software code for hacking high-definition movie discs. ... (Read Full Article) |
| MPEG-only bows out of codecs race; H.264 and VC-1 still contending (EE Times, 3/03/2005 11:08pm) |
| DUBLIN, Ireland — Facing the inevitability of multiple audio/visual codecs required in new-generation digital set tops, Broadcom Corp. said Thursday (March 3) it will stop developing MPEG-only chips by the second quarter of this year. (Read Full Article) |
| Universal Brings 'Thing,' 'Dead' Series to Blu-ray this Halloween (High-Def Digest, 7/17/2008 10:00pm) |
| Universal has announced plans to bring three of its top catalog horror hits to Blu-ray this September with all-new U-Control features, both as stand-alone releases and a three-title 'Halloween Starter... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Toshiba VP on HD-DVD: We've Been Declared Dead Before (Big Picture Big Sound, 1/09/2008 2:11am) |
| In a press conference just two days after Warner's announcement to drop support of the HD-DVD format as early as this May, Toshiba showed no sign of throwing in the towel in the high definition disc format war. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Distro's CES 2013 Daily Issue 73.1 is hot off the digital press (Engadget, 1/08/2013 6:56pm) |
| Today may be the official first day of the rest of our lives CES, but [...] (Read Full Article) |
| BSkyB launches HDTV push before World Cup (Reuters.co.uk, 4/06/2006 1:55pm) |
| LONDON (Reuters) - BSkyB unveiled details for its high-definition TV (HDTV) service on Thursday ahead of the World Cup, which the broadcasting industry hopes will showcase the next-generation service to consumers. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Seiki Introducing a 39 inch UHDTV at $699 (High-Def Digest, 6/25/2013 5:30pm) |
| Seiki 65 inch UHDTV follows this fall. Seiki, known for their no-frills approach to TVs, has already made big waves in UHD with their sub $1500 50 inch SE50UY04. The company is now moving ahead with [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Shapeways Now Lets You 3D Print With Soft, Squishy Plastic (Gizmodo, 5/31/2013 5:07pm) |
| Are you ready for an influx of 3D printed sandal and slip-on shoe designs? Shapeways, your one stop shop for 3D printing when you don't want to shell out for a printer of your own, is now [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Edifis Announces Lineup For IBC Show To showcase Finaliser SD/HD, Deliverance, Stillstation and f/Stop (July 15,2005) (Digital Video Editing, 7/15/2005 11:34pm) |
| In Amsterdam Edifis will show the latest features included in the just-released V2.1 software on The Finaliser SD/HD color correction and formatting system. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Rune Factory 4 isn't coming to Europe after all (Joystiq, 1/21/2014 2:00am) |
| The European production line for Rune Factory 4 churned to a stop this morning, after publisher MarvelousAQL canceled the game for the continent. The first 3DS entry in the Harvest Moon spin-off series was due in Europe this spring, having already [...] (Read Full Article) |
| HD DVD gets "community screening" while Blu-ray pulls ahead in Europe (Ars Technica, 11/28/2007 4:06am) |
| <p>HD DVD crossed the 750,000 mark in dedicated player sales in the US and is gearing up to launch a new "community screening" feature, while Blu-ray movies are outselling HD DVD in Europe by more than three to one. And here we are: still stuck in the same old high-def deadlock. </p><p><a href="http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20071127-hd-dvd-takes-advantage-of-the-net- ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | LG's 105-inch, 21:9 curved UHD TV is wide enough to be a tanning bed (Engadget, 12/19/2013 2:00am) |
| LG already has a big 77-inch curved Ultra HD OLED TV, but why stop there? The Korean company has just announced that it will be unveiling a 105-inch version at CES next month, but with a twist: this one uses LCD instead of the more expensive OLED, [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Amazon selling ‘Argo’ Digital Copy before Blu-ray/DVD release (HD-Report, 2/16/2013 12:16am) |
| Warner Bros.’ Argo is slated to release on Blu-ray Disc and DVD this coming Tuesday, Feb. 19. But if you want to watch it ahead of time jump to Amazon and purchase the digital title [...] (Read Full Article) |
| CEA Head Gary Shapiro Asks Broadcasters to Support an Analog Cut-off Date and Promote over-the-Air Broadcasting (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 4/19/2005 3:31pm) |
| The broadcast industry should stop pushing for regulations on other industries, "remove its shackles" and market the value of its digital service to consumers, said Consumer Electronics Association President and CEO Gary Shapiro. (Read Full Article) |
| Xbox 360 Games Don't Sell In Japan [Dead Horse, Beaten] (Kotaku, 12/27/2007 6:40pm) |
| New numbers have come from Famitsu, who has broken down Japanese sales figures on the top 50 Xbox 360 games since launch. None of the results are good. While Blue Dragon, an RPG by famous Final... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Save $8 on Tim Burton's 'Frankenweenie - 3D' at Amazon! (High-Def Digest, 10/26/2012 5:50pm) |
| Pre-order the stop-motion homage to 'Frankenstein' on Blu-ray 3D (2D included) at Amazon and instantly save an additional $8! Amazon is currently offering 'Frankenweenie - 3D' for $26.99 (30% off [...] (Read Full Article) |
| South Korea, Japan lead Asia in mobile broadcasting services (Channel NewsAsia, 6/15/2005 12:29pm) |
| SINGAPORE : South Korea and Japan are leading the rest of Asia in mobile broadcasting. They will be the first to use a new technology called Digital Multi-media Broadcasting, or DMB. ... (Read Full Article) |
| South Korea, Japan lead Asia in mobile broadcasting services (Channel NewsAsia, 6/15/2005 12:15pm) |
| SINGAPORE : South Korea and Japan are leading the rest of Asia in mobile broadcasting. They will be the first to use a new technology called Digital Multi-media Broadcasting, or DMB. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Panasonic 2009 VIERA HDTVs official pricing revealed (Engadget, 3/12/2009 12:11am) |
| Just in case the HDGuru didn't carry enough credibility for you, Panasonic has finally issued a press release with prices and shipping months for most of its 2009 VIERA brand lineup. We've taken a peek, and everything appears to line up with the leaked figures, including that slim wireless HD equipped Z1 and its $5,999 pricetag, while only copping to a summer ship date. The rest of the lineup pr ... (Read Full Article) |
| Top 10 Tech Stories: Blu-ray won, E-Loremo, NVIDIA 9600 GT (I4U, 2/24/2008 11:00am) |
| This week marked an historic event in technology.
HD DVD is officially dead,
long lives Blu-ray. NVidia launched a new GPU with the
9600 GT. We have
published a review of the
XFX 9600 GT.... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Consumers, analysts, retailers give HD DVD the cold shoulder (Ars Technica, 1/29/2008 8:56am) |
| HD DVD may not be dead yet, but it looks to be a solid candidate for the endangered species list. Some early adopters believe the format war is over and are looking to unload their players while analysts call the format's demise inevitable.Read More... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Syntax Olevia 232V 32" Series LCD HDTV $480 at CircuitCity.com (PopDeal | The latest tech deals, 11/18/2007 12:19pm) |
| CircuitCity.com has the Syntax Olevia 232V 32" Series LCD HDTV for $480 with free shipping. It runs at 720p resolution of 1366 x 768, with 1600:1 contrast ratio, HD Tuner, and HDMI inputs to hook up the rest of your system. [BizRate] ... (Read Full Article) |
| Japan: roughly 60% Xbox 360s unsold (Joystiq, 12/13/2005 4:31pm) |
| As some expected, the Xbox 360 hasn’t been selling well in Japan. Next-Gen reports that only 62,000 units have been sold from a shipment of 150,000. That represents just a little over 40% of the available units. From the article: “Microsoft Japan had been expecting to bring in more units in the weeks ahead, but with shortages biting elsewhere in the world, this now looks unlikely.†... (Read Full Article) |
| NEWS: Logitech launches force feedback wheel for PS3 (Pocket-lint, 7/16/2008 1:53pm) |
| Wireless one-piece Logitech has launched a racing wheel for the PS3 that features a one-piece design, an expandable lap rest and built-in acceleration and brake controls.
...
Read Logitech launches force feedback wheel for PS3 on Pocket-lint now]]> ... (Read Full Article) |
| Eurogamer XBox News Xbox 2 rumours rampant ahead of Allard GDC keynote (EuroGamer, 3/09/2005 3:54pm) |
| Rumours are mounting that Microsoft executive J Allard will use his keynote address at the Game Developers Conference later today to unveil a number of key features of Xbox 2. (Read Full Article) |
| Report: Blu-ray Adoption Ahead of DVD’s (Format War Central, 10/05/2009 9:05pm) |
| A recent report put out by Futuresource research claims Blu-ray adoption in the U.S. is slightly out-pacing that of DVD. The report used both 2002 and 2010 as they were the 5 year mark for both DVD and Blu-ray respectively, claiming DVD in 2002 reached 32.6% market penetration while Blu-ray should reach 34.1% in 2010. [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | New on Blu-ray this week: 42, Evil Dead, Solomon Kane (HD-Report, 7/16/2013 1:30pm) |
| What’s new on Blu-ray Disc this week? Let’s start with 42 starring Chadwick Boseman, Harrison Ford, and Nicole Beharie. The Blu-ray Combo Pack from Warner Bros. comes with BD, DVD, and UltraViolet code to download [...] (Read Full Article) |
| NBC to stop trying to annoy DVR owners (Engadget, 8/04/2005 7:07pm) |
| Looks like NBC is finally going to be putting an end to one of their more odious practices: scheduling shows by a minute or two off in order to purposefully create the kind of scheduling conflicts that prevents TiVos and other digital video recorders from properly recording shows. Not as massive of a problem as it used to be now that there are more and more dual-tuner DVRs on the market, but even ... (Read Full Article) |
| Singapore to start HDTV trials ahead of World Cup (Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News, 5/31/2006 10:27am) |
| SINGAPORE, May 31 (Reuters) - Singapore will start testing High Definition Television (HDTV) in homes and public places with a view to rolling out the new television standard by the end of this year, officials said on Wednesday. ... (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) |
| Blu-ray disc sales jump in Q4 2008 (AfterDawn, 1/10/2009 3:02am) |
| The past year has been very eventful for Blu-ray. Many new Blu-ray products have been shown at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas this year, where just a year ago Blu-ray jumped ahead of its former rival HD DVD. "It turned out to be a phenomenal year for Blu-ray," said Tom Adams of Adams Media Research. In the fourth quarter of 2008, which is only too important for te ... (Read Full Article) |
| The Other AACS Shoe Drops (HDBlog.net, 2/28/2006 2:06pm) |
| The powers that be. Ever wonder about that phrase? Who are those powers? Unfortunately if you live in the world of HDTV, “the powers” end up being Hollywood studios, and their enforcer is AACS.
Remember that “interim” agreement a while ago that allowed manufacturers to go ahead and start making BD and HD DVD players? [...] ... (Read Full Article) |
| Panasonic Blu-ray: Final Standards, not Lower Prices (TOYS and GADGETs | News | Reviews | Videos, 11/02/2007 6:33pm) |
| Panasonic Blu-ray: Final Standards, not Lower Prices [ Panasonic BD-30-5] It won't be the cheapest, but it'll have the most new features--including the Final Standard Profile--says Panasonic, introducing the $500 DMP-30 Blu-Ray player. Much of the rest of the high-def video crowd is headed downmarket. On Thursday Sony said it would drive Sony ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Robot Chicken: DC Comics Special' Blu-ray Announced (High-Def Digest, 3/22/2013 5:52pm) |
| Seth Green's stop-motion comedy series invades the DC universe on Blu-ray in July. In an early announcement to retailers, Warner Brothers says 'Robot Chicken: DC Comics Special' is coming to [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Microsoft's Aaron Greenberg Talks CES, Xbox 360 In '09 And Beyond [Xbox 360] (Kotaku, 1/15/2009 2:40am) |
| We caught up with Microsoft's Aaron Greenberg, Director of Product Management for Xbox 360 and Xbox LIVE, to chat about the console's presence at CES, the year ahead and the number 17 million.
While... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Sonic: Lost World shipped 640,000 copies last year (Joystiq, 2/07/2014 10:00am) |
| Sega Sammy revealed Sonic: Lost World shipped 640,000 units across Wii U and 3DS in 2013, as the company looks ahead to the mascot's new guise in the also Nintendo-exclusive Sonic Boom. The figure comes via newly published financial reports for [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Chinese pirates crack Blu-ray DRM, sell pirated HD discs (Ars Technica, 11/17/2008 11:15pm) |
| A recent bust in China netted several hundred pirated HD discs ripped from Blu-ray masters. The discs were only 720p, not 1080p, but their mere existence shows that Blu-ray's amped-up DRM schemes, AACS and BD+, won't be enough to stop pirates.Read More... ... (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) |
| HD-DVD confirmed dead (the INQUIRER, 2/18/2008 11:26am) |
| Nick Booth the Inquirer,
Monday 18 February 2008. 10:19:00
Hip hip, Blu-ray!
FOLLOWING REPORTS that it is set to dump HD DVD, Toshiba has pretty much
confirmed its tactical retreat from the HD-DVD battleground. The Blu-ray camp,
led by Sony, may finally get this market their own way. Company sources at
Toshiba said it is mulling three main options.... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Leap Motion Opens Software to Developers Ahead of July Launch (eCoustics, 6/24/2013 9:25pm) |
| Leap Motion’s 3D motion controller is not scheduled to debut until July 22, but the company this week is rolling out the latest version of its software to the developer community so they can identify any last-minute problems. “Thousands [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Gadmei 3D HD Pad hands-on (video) (Engadget, 1/10/2013 11:48pm) |
| While some have declared 3D dead, Chinese electronics firm (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | This Is Not the Lego: The Hobbit Trailer You Were Expecting (Kotaku, 3/06/2014 3:40pm) |
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Go ahead and guess how this trailer for the PS4/PS3/WiiU/XboxOne/Xbox360/PC/Vita/3DS Spring 2014 game is going to play out. You'll probably guess wrong. Well-played Lego marketing people. [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Xbox 360 reaches 70 million units sold (AfterDawn, 10/22/2012 12:09am) |
Microsoft has sold 70 million Xbox 360, a strong milestone for the aging console.
The console launched in November 2005, a year ahead of the rival (Read Full Article) |
| (No Title) (, 5/06/2007 4:24am) |
| An HD DVD sign is prepared at the Las Vegas Convention Center for the opening of the 2007 International Consumer Electronics Show, 05 January 2007. Popular news-ranking website Digg has sparked a fierce rebellion in the world of citizen journalism by trying to stop the spread of software code for hacking high-definition movie discs. ... (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) |
| NBC Airs Nascar Daytona 500 in Hi-Def (Mediaweek, 2/16/2006 5:09pm) |
| NBC will air the 2006 Nascar Daytona 500 on Sunday, Feb. 19, in high definition, televising the action with 76 cameras, including 10 in-cars, from Daytona Speedway. The telecast will also feature a "crew-cam" helmut camera worn by a jack-man in Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s crew to capture pit stop actioon. ... (Read Full Article) |
| NBC Airs Nascar Daytona 500 in Hi-Def (Mediaweek, 2/19/2006 10:10pm) |
| NBC will air the 2006 Nascar Daytona 500 on Sunday, Feb. 19, in high definition, televising the action with 76 cameras, including 10 in-cars, from Daytona Speedway. The telecast will also feature a "crew-cam" helmut camera worn by a jack-man in Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s crew to capture pit stop actioon. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Woolworths to drop HD DVD, claims Blu-ray outsold it 10:1 over Christmas (HDTV UK, 1/28/2008 8:00am) |
| Woolworths may not be the first name you think of when it comes to buying movies, but they do tend to stock a fairly decent range of CDs and DVDs, and have also started selling high definition discs.
So, it's not inconsequential that they've decided to stop stocking HD DVDs in store, in favour of creating more shelf space for Blu-ray, from March. HD DVDs will still be available to buy online, t ... (Read Full Article) |
| Lionsgate to feature advanced interactivity on future Blu-ray films (HDTV UK, 12/17/2007 8:00am) |
| Lionsgate is pushing ahead with its plans for interactive content on forthcoming Blu-ray titles, claiming that its next two titles will "push the limits of next-gen interactivity", with features never before seen on Blu-ray titles.
Admittedly, that's not a particularly difficult achievement to hit, given that there are precious few interactive Blu-ray titles at present, thanks to the scramble ... (Read Full Article) |
| Wii Dominates April, PS3 & Xbox 360 In Dead Heat On GTA IV Sales [Console Wars] (Kotaku, 5/15/2008 10:40pm) |
| Nintendo had an amazing April, pushing over 700,000 Wiis in the United States. That's a massive difference from its "current gen high definition console" competition, as the Xbox 360 and PlayStation... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Samsung Galaxy Note 3 drops by the FCC ahead of global launch (Engadget, 9/04/2013 10:20pm) |
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| Toshiba says HD DVD ''has not lost'' despite Warner Move (I4U, 1/07/2008 7:46am) |
| By Franklin Paul and Mayumi Negishi
LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Toshiba Corp insisted on Sunday that its HD DVD
high-definition video format is far from dead despite being dealt a major
setback by Warner Bros studio's decision to exclusively back So... ... (Read Full Article) |
| BDP-S350 and S550: Sony's First Full 2.0 Spec Blu-ray Players [Sony] (Gizmodo, 2/26/2008 8:01am) |
| PS3 aside, the Blu-ray players Sony sold up until now are worthy of only your garbage can. Now that HD DVD is dead like a doornail, the 800-lb. gorilla is getting serious. The $400 BDP-S350 will... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Doctor Who finally getting high definition treatment (HDTV UK, 3/05/2009 12:16pm) |
| Though Russell T Davies is probably right when he suggests people won't stop watching Doctor Who just because it's not in high definition, there's no doubt that a HD version of the hit sci-fi show would be amazing. The main issue cited has always been that of the number of special effects used, in comparison to a show like Torchwood. Still, there have been glimmers of hope and now it seems that ... (Read Full Article) |
| Doctor Who finally getting high definition treatment (HDTV UK, 2/05/2009 12:48pm) |
| Though Russell T Davies is probably right when he suggests people won't stop watching Doctor Who just because it's not in high definition, there's no doubt that a HD version of the hit sci-fi show would be amazing. The main issue cited has always been that of the number of special effects used, in comparison to a show like Torchwood. Still, there have been glimmers of hope and now it seems that ... (Read Full Article) |
| Studio executives talk up Blu-ray, future challenges (HDTV UK, 6/19/2008 7:31am) |
| Senior executives at a number of major film studios have been sharing their views on Blu-ray and the future of film distribution, at the recent Home Entertainment Summit. Presidents from Disney, Fox, Lionsgate, Paramount, Sony Universal, and Warner spoke about the increasing dominance of Blu-ray, and the challenges facing them in the years ahead... ... (Read Full Article) |
| CEA Chronicles the Future of the Consumer Electronics Industry in Five Technologies to Watch (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 10/18/2005 7:47pm) |
| The Consumer Electronic Association today released the 2006 edition of Five Technologies to Watch, an annual publication that examines five prominent technology trends set to influence the consumer electronics industry in the year ahead. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | MakerBot and Stratasys merger now official, promises 'full speed ahead' on 3D printing (Engadget, 8/16/2013 2:23am) |
|
Just a couple of months after [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 3DS Update Adds Rabbit Who Sells You Stuff In the Most Nintendo Way [UPDATE] (Kotaku, 7/12/2013 3:07am) |
| A new 3DS update in America (the rest of North America, too?) is triggering a major overhaul to the system's Mii StreetPass Plaza. And, in the process, Nintendo adds a rabbit to the system [...] (Read Full Article) |
| CES: HD DVD Press Release Recaps "Breakthrough Year" (High-Def Digest, 1/07/2008 5:00pm) |
| A new CES-themed press release from the HD DVD Promotional Group offers a glimpse of what we might have seen had the group gone ahead with its Sunday press conference. The just-issued press release recaps... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Disney's 'Pirates' DVD Previews 2007 Blu-ray Booty (High-Def Digest, 12/13/2006 11:00pm) |
| Offering a tantalizing preview on its recent DVD release of 'Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest,' Disney appears to have a bountiful 2007 lined up for Blu-ray fans. In a brief teaser that appears... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Return to Forever Returns: Live at Montreux 2008 on Blu-ray Disc (Big Picture Big Sound, 5/06/2009 8:44am) |
| These giants of Jazz Fusion got together again for the first time in 25-years for a brilliant live performance captured during a stop on their 2008 tour at the Montreux Jazz festival and presented here in a solid 1080i transfer on Blu-ray Disc.
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| DTV Transition Date 2/17/09 CONFIRMED! (Digg.com, 1/17/2007 4:06am) |
| "On February 18, 2009, full power television stations will stop analog broadcasting and transition to digital broadcasting." Basically, If you do not own an HDTV you will have to buy one or get an digital to analog converter. Though it will potentially make millions of TVs obsolete, it's a great excuse to go out and buy a new HDTV. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Retailers offering credits/refunds to early HD DVD adopters (Ars Technica, 3/22/2008 5:20pm) |
| With HD DVD officially dead, multiple retailers are reaching out to soften the loss for early adopters, and maybe entice them back into the store. Ars tells you who's offering the trade-ins and how to take advantage.Read More... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Cello Electronics intros HDTV that records to SD cards (Engadget, 6/24/2009 1:59pm) |
| We'll go ahead and hurt the feelings of those in Asia, North America and the Cook Islands: this here set is bound for the European market only (for now, anyway), but hey, at least we know the technology is here. Over in the UK, one Cello Electronics has issued the first HDTV that records OTA (Freeview) content directly to an SD card, giving users an easy option for shuffling recorded content to p ... (Read Full Article) |
| Lionsgate Blu-ray Movies $10 Each at Wal-Mart (Format War Central, 12/05/2008 3:43pm) |
| If you’re in the market for some cheap Blu-ray movies that don’t suck (and who isn’t), you might want to stop by your local Wal-Mart. You will have the chance to pick up selected Lionsgate Blu-ray movies for $10 each!
Some of the titles were: Rambo 1,2,and 3 (separates) , Saw 1 and 2, Terminator 2, Stargate, Crash, and The Punisher. Â We have a feeling that each store will have ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Join the Engadget HD Podcast live on Ustream at 8:30PM ET (Engadget, 11/06/2013 1:20am) |
| It's Tuesday and time for the Engadget HD Podcast. We hope you'll join us live when the Engadget HD podcast starts recording at 8:30PM. If you'll be joining us, go ahead and get ready by reviewing the list of topics after the break -- then you'll be [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Join the Engadget HD Podcast live on Ustream at 8:30PM ET (Engadget, 10/22/2013 11:54pm) |
| It's Tuesday and time for the Engadget HD Podcast. We hope you'll join us live when the Engadget HD podcast starts recording at 8:30PM. If you'll be joining us, go ahead and get ready by reviewing the list of topics after the break -- then you'll be [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Survey: HD DVD is dead, but did anyone tell the online retailers? (Tech Digest, 4/01/2008 6:12pm) |
| With the HD
DVD Promotional Group dissolving, Toshiba abandoning ship, and precious few
studios releasing anything on the format any more, you'd have to be totally
uninformed and just a little bit stupid to buy an HD DVD player thinking that
it was the future. Enter two fairly benign entities -- online retailers and the
Great British consumer -- which when mixed can be deadly (or at least, g ... (Read Full Article) |
| Sony CEO expects expansion in PS3 connectivity, PSN (Joystiq, 12/16/2007 4:45pm) |
| Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3Last month, an update to the PS3 firmware allowed the PSP Remote Play function to reach across the boundless expanse that we call "the internet" -- but the PS3's connective capabilities aren't going to stop there, according to a recent statement from Sir Howard Stringer, Sony's CEO and resident knight. During a speech in Tokyo, Sir Stringer announced the company ... (Read Full Article) |
| Toshiba's portable HD DVD player prototypes (Engadget, 1/09/2008 1:13am) |
| Filed under: Displays, HDTV, Portable Video
If the HD DVD format lives to see the day, then we'll be carrying around these swank portable players. They're just concepts, and that screen is as dead as HD DVD is to Warner (it's just a picture). But man do they get our man juices oozing something fierce. They're almost good enough to make us hope HD DVD wins the format war. Almost.Gallery: Toshib ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Join the Engadget HD Podcast live on Ustream at 8:30PM ET (Engadget, 10/09/2013 12:09am) |
| It's Tuesday, the new regular day for the Engadget HD Podcast. We hope you'll appreciate us clearing up Monday for football and join us live when the Engadget HD podcast starts recording at 8:30PM. If you'll be joining us, go ahead and get ready by [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Company 3 Colours Tim Burton’s Frankenweenie with DaVinci Resolve (Broadcast Engineering, 9/25/2012 3:59pm) |
| Manchester, UK - September 25, 2012 - Blackmagic Design today announced that Company 3’s London-based office has used DaVinci Resolve for colour grading Walt Disney’s new 3D animated stop-motion feature, [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Breaking News: Barbara Bel Geddes dead at 82 (TV Squad, 8/10/2005 8:52pm) |
| Filed under: Talent She played Miss Ellie on Dallas for many years. When she had a heart attack and was replaced by Donna Reed for several episodes, fans were up in arms. She died of lung cancer on Monday. Bob Thomas has a great (naturally) obituary of her at the link below. Read Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments Ads by ... (Read Full Article) |
| Generation Next gets one upped (Joystiq, 4/18/2005 4:22pm) |
| Wondering what the future holds? Well don’t go playing with your crystal balls. Instead, check out 1UP’s Generation Next feature. Sort the fact, from the fiction. A good look at what we know so far, and it even gives props to the Dreamcast, a console which, despite being dead, still has a strong homebrew community. Of course, you’re interested in the future, not the past. Go check the (Read Full Article) |
| Judge stops DirecTV's high-definition TV ads in spat with Comcast (The Scranton Times-Tribune, 8/20/2007 5:03pm) |
| A federal judge in Illinois has ordered DirecTV Group Inc., the nation's largest satellite TV provider, to stop running ads saying consumers and home-theater installers prefer the quality of satellite's high-definition TV over cable's. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Jacob Luft: Top 10 HD Non-Sports Shows (Sports Illustrated, 7/20/2005 1:55pm) |
| Some television programs just aren't made with HDTV in mind. The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and Late Night with Conan O'Brien come to mind. So does George Lopez. But that doesn't stop their respective networks from airing those shows in High Definition. Fortunately, there are at least 10 HD shows that are worth watching for those times when there is no ballgame on to satisfy our collective spor ... (Read Full Article) |
| Sony debuts Blu-ray in China (AfterDawn, 11/22/2008 9:03pm) |
| In an effort to stop the growing piracy of Blu-ray discs in the region, Sony Pictures has become the first Hollywood studio to distribute Blu-ray titles in China.
The studio will distribute 20 current and catalog titles in the format for 205 yuan ($30 USD) a price that it almost certainly way to high for the low-wage country.
A few of the movies available are "Hancock," "Kung Fu Hustle," ... (Read Full Article) |
| Fewer and Fewer Consumers Rely on Free Over-The-Air Broadcasting, Suggests CEA's Shapiro (Business Wire via Yahoo! (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 5/12/2005 9:05pm) |
| Broadcasters need to stop trying to regulate other industries and instead promote free over-the-air broadcasting to consumers if they want their industry to survive, advised Consumer Electronics Association President and CEO Gary Shapiro in remarks delivered Tuesday. ... (Read Full Article) |
| PS3 expected to live 10 years in the market? (Engadget, 7/25/2005 10:31pm) |
| Besides the original Game Boy platform, no system has ever lasted 10 years in the market. Pretty much straight up like that. But that apparently didn’t stop Sony Computer Entertainment Prez Kenny Kutaragi from stating at PlayStation Meeting 2005 that they’re “looking at a life cycle of 10 years with the PlayStation 3 †due to the transition to HDTV. Uh, ok, that’s a little oblique—s ... (Read Full Article) |
| Finally, A PS3 Guitar That'll Work On Both Rock Band And Guitar Hero [Rock Band] (Kotaku, 1/09/2008 4:20am) |
| Bless you, Nyko. Rather than wait for Harmonix and Activision to sort out the whole Rock Band/Guitar Hero/PS3 guitar incompatability fiasco, they've gone ahead and released their own guitar, one that... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Is HDCP Dead? PS3 Blu-ray and Xbox 360 HD DVD Without HDMI (I4U, 5/09/2006 10:52am) |
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The Microsoft Xbox 360 does not support HDMI and the cheaper version of the Sony PS3 also does not have a HDMI interface. Which means if HDCP is enforced on Blu-ray or HD DVD Discs you would only be able to watch the movie in DVD quality.
The Sony P... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Strategy Analytics: France Leaps Ahead In European HDTV (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 2/21/2007 4:45pm) |
| LONDON----France has set a new benchmark for European digital television policy, according to "Digital TV Transition: Europe Watches France's Mandates As Terrestrial HDTV Arrives," the latest research from the Strategy Analytics Broadband Media and Communications service. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Digital TV switch in April 2009? (Ars Technica, 10/15/2005 3:15pm) |
| A new bill working the rounds on Capitol Hill would see the mandatory and complete switch to digital TV coming on April 7, 2009. At that time, all broadcasters would be required to turn off their old analog towers, or if you listen too closely to CNet , you'll even have to stop your own TV from broadcasting (" All television sets in American households must air digital-only broadcasts by spring ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | PlayStation 3 up to 80 million consoles shipped worldwide (Joystiq, 11/06/2013 1:00pm) |
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The PlayStation 3 passed the threshold of 80 million units shipped on November 2, just ahead of its successor's launch next week. Given the [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Help stop the Broadcast Flag (Engadget, 5/29/2005 4:15am) |
| We lucked out when a federal appeals court struck down the lameness that is the Broadcast Flag earlier this month, but that sort of setback doesn’t faze the alliance of broadcasters and movie studios which pushed the rule on the FCC in the first place. Remember that the court overturned the rule because the FCC had overstepped its authority, not because the Broadcast Flag was inherently ... (Read Full Article) |
| Joystiq hands-on: Xbox 360--the games (Joystiq, 10/12/2005 11:08am) |
| I’m slowly recovering from a 10-hour date with the Xbox 360. For an event that offered free non-stop gaming—true, it was invite only—the number of attendees (on Tuesday) was shockingly sparse; but the room did start to fill up once cocktail hour rolled around. Needless to say, I was free to hop from station to station and get down n’ dirty with the following titles (listed alphabetical ... (Read Full Article) |
| Samsung's latest LED-packing HDTVs get official prices, availability (Engadget, 3/31/2009 4:02pm) |
| Finally, we can stop playing hide and seek with Samsung's 2009 lineup of edge lit LED HDTVs, now that its loosed official pricing and availability details for screens hitting shelves between now and June. They've already been busy popping up everywhere -- around the world, in stores near you, on Best Buy's website, and Samsung's made sure to mention how eco friendly the LED scheme is compared ... (Read Full Article) |
| Web search: From lo-fi to high-def (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune, 7/26/2006 11:12pm) |
| DVDs are only nine years old, yet the home-entertainment industry recently introduced the next generation in the home-video format -- high-definition discs, which require a new player. If you want to catch up, here's a one-stop Web guide to major audio-video formats over the decades. (See the Web Search blog at www.startribune.com/websearch for even more.) VIDEO HIGH-DEF DISCS ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Universal releases lineup of Blu-ray “Steelbook” editions (HD-Report, 6/25/2013 4:58pm) |
| Universal has released a lineup of titles to the Blu-ray “Steelbook” format this week, including titles like Scarface (1983), The Big Lebowski, Serenity, and Shaun of the Dead. The Steelbook editions come with a Blu-ray [...] (Read Full Article) |
| DisplaySearch White Paper Outlines Bright Future for Plasma HDTV (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance, 10/30/2007 6:43pm) |
| A bright future lies ahead for Plasma HDTV according to a white paper co-authored by Ross Young, founder and President of DisplaySearch, a leading display industry research firm, and YS Chung, the firm's Director of FPD Material and Technology Analyst. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Broadcasters and movie studios look to Congress to save the broadcast flag (Engadget, 5/09/2005 3:51pm) |
| A federal appeals court may have struck down the broadcast flag this past Friday (check out Demystifying the Broadcast Flag for some background on all this), but you don’t seriously think a little something like a court decision is going to stop the alliance of broadcasters and movie studios that pushed the FCC into adopting the rule in the first place, do you? The industry has been ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Samsung unveils 3D-capable NX300 mirrorless camera and 45mm f/1.8 2D/3D lens ahead of CES (eyes-on) (Engadget, 1/03/2013 6:30pm) |
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| Hancock streaming home to BRAVIA HDTVs ahead of Blu-ray release for $9.99 (Engadget, 10/14/2008 3:24pm) |
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Tired of watching Amazon Video on Demand, Dailymotion and YouTube videos on your BRAVIA Internet Video Link? Coming through on its promise to send Hancock to Sony HDTV owners first, Sony Pictures is offering the flick (in 720p or 480p, depending on bandwidth) for $9.99 starting October 28 through November 10, and even throwing in a free Blu-ray copy after it' ... (Read Full Article) |
| Belkin kills the FlyWire -- does wireless HD / HDMI even have a chance? (Engadget, 7/16/2009 9:44pm) |
| We sort of saw the writing on the wall, but now Belkin has went and made it official: the FlyWire is dead. Originally showcased at CES 2008 and at practically every AV-related trade show since, the wireless HD-enabling FlyWire was seen as the poster child for wireless HD / HDMI by many, and the death of this product certainly doesn't bode well for the technology as a whole. It's true that AMIMON ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Video walkthrough: Xbox 360 Fall 2012 dashboard update (Joystiq, 10/16/2012 6:00am) |
Microsoft is preparing to update your Xbox 360's UI, but we thought it'd be good to give you a look-see at the Xbox 360 Fall 2012 dashboard update ahead of time - you know, [...] (Read Full Article) |
| The iMuse high-end home entertainment system (Engadget, 8/11/2005 5:27pm) |
| Nah, this isn’t the same iMUSE that used to power music in old school Lucasarts SCUMM-based adventure games—this iMuse media system takes dead aim at the custom media server market players like Kaleidescape and Chord with their much more box-centric (and apparently cost effective) solution. Each room gets an iMuse Sierra PC (which you may recognize is the same media PC that Gateway and ... (Read Full Article) |
| Blu-ray gets a new layer of copy protection (AfterDawn, 7/14/2008 5:38am) |
| The German manufacturer X-PROTECT has announced a new layer of copy protection for use on Blu-ray Discs, meant to add extra security to the existing AACS.
X-PROTECT, known for its creation of anti-piracy-protection systems for DVDs and DVD-Rs, say the new X-PROTECT blue solution will work with both HDMV and BD-J Blu-ray Discs and will be updated regularly to stop new piracy attacks.
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| Analyst: PS3 price cut won't help Sony in short term (Joystiq, 3/17/2009 10:00pm) |
| Despite the rallying of software publishers, EEDAR Analyst Jesse Divnich thinks a PS3 price cut won't be that beneficial to Sony in the short term. In his retail sales preview for February 2009, Divnich calls the hypothetical, analyst-expected June price drop "unlikely to propel sales ahead of last [fiscal] year for the first half of 2009." Even though he says the PS3 has "an impressive holida ... (Read Full Article) |
| MRC High Definition Wireless Camera Systems Deliver Non-Stop World Series Action (BriefingRoom on BroadcastEngineering, 11/12/2007 4:54pm) |
| Enitre Series Broadcast Using MRC Airborne & Ground Links North Billerica, Massachusetts- Microwave Radio Communications (MRC) today announced that its Link High Definition (HD) Wireless Diversity camera systems powered FOX-TV Sports’ state-of-the-art, high resolution coverage of baseball’s American League Championship Series, ... (Read Full Article) |
| Blu-ray sales grow, but home video revenue still down (AfterDawn, 4/25/2008 10:28pm) |
| Despite large growth in the high definition market, standard DVD sales continue to sag, and home video revenue will continue to fall, report a few notable analysts.
According to Reuters, 5 million HD movies have already been sold this year (mainly Blu-ray) and that puts the pace far ahead then 2007 which saw only 10 million movies sold for the entire year.
This strong growth however is not ... (Read Full Article) |
| Bell Canada Launches First High Definition Dual-Tuner Personal Video Recorder (CanadaIT.com, 6/16/2005 7:32pm) |
| TORONTO, June 15 /CNW Telbec/ - Bell Canada today announced the launch of Canada's most advanced digital TV receiver, which allows Bell ExpressVu customers to instantly pause live television, as well as record, replay, stop, fast forward and fast rewind High Definition and Standard Definition (SD) programming on more than one TV in the home through a single receiver. ... (Read Full Article) |
| 'The Closer' shuts door on competition (TV Squad, 12/29/2005 5:37pm) |
| Filed under: Drama , Cable , Industry The Closer , TNT's new drama series, has now been ranked as the most watched original cable series of 2005. It ranked first in all basic cable networks in total viewership and other key demographic categories. That's a pretty good honor for a freshman show which was competing with other basic cable programs such as Monk , The Dead Zone , The ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | A new strategy RPG called Natural Doctrine is in the works for PS3, PS4, and PS Vita. (Kotaku, 9/09/2013 11:50am) |
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A new strategy RPG called Natural Doctrine is in the works for PS3, PS4, and PS Vita. Kadokawa Games, publisher of Killer is Dead and Lollipop Chainsaw, announced the game today with a rather [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Animal Crossing 3DS detailed in Japanese Nintendo Direct (Joystiq, 10/05/2012 7:00pm) |
| Nintendo just cannot stop doing Nintendo Direct videos, as evidenced by this morning's Japanese presentation about the 3DS Animal Crossing: [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Mario Party: Island Tour pushes back European leg (Joystiq, 10/02/2013 3:15pm) |
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Mario Party: Island Tour won't be one of the growing number of games visiting Europe ahead of [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Kotaku Holy Hell, This Guy Re-Created All Of Baldur's Gate In 3D | Gawker NYC Couple Who Hosted Self (Kotaku, 6/05/2013 9:15pm) |
| Kotaku Holy Hell, This Guy Re-Created All Of Baldur's Gate In 3D | Gawker NYC Couple Who Hosted Self-Help Radio Show Found Dead [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Dead-Finger Tech: Panasonic HD front projector (Storage Bits, 7/30/2009 6:43am) |
I like my toys. Dual monitors on a quad-core, 12 GB Mac Pro. Blackmagic Intensity Pro HDMI capture card. 4 TB of local disk, including my favorite, a 300 GB WD 10k Velociraptor system disk. Logitech Trackman Wheel and a Microsoft Natural Keyboard Elite.
Canon HV20 and Kodak Zi6 HD camcorders. Final Cut Studio and Shake. [...]
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| LG teases us with 15-inch OLED HDTV (DVICE, 8/31/2009 4:59pm) |
Watching the development of super-thin OLED video displays is a lot like watching a baby grow up. The early pictures show a little, cute, and sometimes clever toddler, showing great promise. Soon the kid starts getting more sophisticated, like this 15-inch OLED HDTV from LG that goes on sale in Korea this November, and the rest of the world next year.
Of course, we're assuming you'll pay a pretty penny for this attractive, ultra-sharp bauble, probably in the neighborhood of Sony's $2500 11-inch XEL-1 OLED display that rolled out a couple of years ago. So LG is next. And then there were two.
Bigger OLED screens can't be that far off, but wait, now we find out LG's 30-inch OLED display has been delayed until 2012, and Sony is putting off its next OLED screen, too. What's the holdup? Entirely new manufacturing techniques must be developed. One day soon, though, these fantastic displays will be cheap.
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| Microsoft: 'We have no plans for Blu-Ray on Xbox 360' (Engadget, 10/23/2009 6:49am) |
| A recent Gizmodo sit down with Steve Ballmer led with a headline exclaiming a Blu-ray add-on for Xbox was coming. See, when Ballmer was asked about making the Xbox a home theater companion of choice and where Blu-ray might fit in, the Windows 7 wild man 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." He then added that on-demand is the future of movies, not physical media. Now our bud Major Nelson, Director of Programming for Xbox Live, has stepped up to lay the conflation to rest. The Major says that Ballmer was referring to Blu-ray accessories for the PC and reiterated Microsoft's focus of bringing instant-on 1080p streaming movies to the Xbox 360. So... that should end speculation of Blu-ray on Xbox right? Not if history serves, nope.Filed under: Gaming, HDTV, Home EntertainmentMicrosoft: 'We have no plans for Blu-Ray on Xbox 360' originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 23 Oct 2009 01:49:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments (Read Full Article) |
| Homegrown CBHD discs outsell Blu-ray by 3-1 margin in China (Ars Technica, 8/02/2009 8:00pm) |
A Japanese TV station broke a major piece of news on the progress of China Blue High Definition (a China-grown competitor to Blu-ray) in the China market last week, but the English-language technology press, through a translation mistake, misreported the news. It turns out that CBHD penetration in China appears to have hit a staggering 30 percent, in only a few months on the market.
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| PS3 Slim all but official with leaks, rumors, and scans galore (Ars Technica, 8/05/2009 2:33pm) |
The talk of a slimmed down version of the PlayStation has been around for a long time, with our favorite inside source laying down the timeline for the system as well as what would happen before the hardware's launch. It looks as if more and more of the prophecy is coming true, with a new mountain of evidence pointing towards the upcoming release of new PS3 hardware.
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| VUDU's 1080p movie streaming goes live on LG Netcast HDTVs (Engadget, 9/02/2009 10:22am) |
You knew good and well it was coming, and come it has. Starting today, those fortunate enough to own an LG Broadband HDTV in the LH50 LCD series and PS80 plasma range can tap into VUDU's growing library of on-demand 1080p films. If you're still skeptical, we'll invite you to surf over to your set's Netcast interface; from there, you can either update your software to gain VUDU access or begin viewing right away (depending on when you purchased your tele). Oh, and if you're thinking of just lallygagging around while the rest of the world takes advantage, you should know that your first HD or HDX movie rental is gratis for a limited time, so there's some pretty obvious motivation to hop on it. Anyone given it a go? Impressed / unimpressed?Filed under: HDTV, Home EntertainmentVUDU's 1080p movie streaming goes live on LG Netcast HDTVs originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 02 Sep 2009 05:22:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments (Read Full Article) |
| Kodak's Zi8 HD pocket camcorder hits the 1080p mark, adds Facebook uploading (Engadget, 7/29/2009 6:10am) |
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The Zi6 is still fairly fresh in our memory banks, but Kodak's already looking ahead with its newly unveiled Zi8 pocket camcorder. The Flip Ultra HD competitor boasts 1080p recording this time around, in addition to usual features like face tracking, image stabilization, a 2.5-inch LCD display, and SD card slot. YouTube uploading is back, and joining it Facebook support, too. It'll be out in September in blue, red, and black colors for just a hair under $180.Filed under: Digital Cameras, HDTV, Portable VideoKodak's Zi8 HD pocket camcorder hits the 1080p mark, adds Facebook uploading originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 29 Jul 2009 01:10:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments (Read Full Article) |
| Week in Microsoft: Zune HD final details confirmed (Ars Technica, 8/15/2009 3:00pm) |
Let's look back at the week that was in Microsoft news:
Zune HD 16GB is $220, 32GB is $290, coming on September 15: Microsoft has finally confirmed that the Zune HD 16GB will cost $220 and that the 32GB version will cost $290. The device is set for release on September 15, 2009.
Zune HD specs reveal battery life estimates, format support: Microsoft has finally released the technical specifications for the Zune HD. We've got details on dimensions, included accessories, battery life, and format support.
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| NEWS: Sky stunt sees horse hooked up with 52-inch HDTV (Pocket-lint, 7/23/2009 10:07am) |
To promote high def horse show
In what must be one of the most bizarre publicity stunts of recent time, Sky has helped hook up an ex-international show jumping horse with a 52-inch telly complete with Sky+HD.
Belle De Harlequin or Belly Bumps for short, "one of the most pampered horses in Britain", can also "thank" her owner Vicky Davies for the high tech stable set-up:
"I didn't want Belly Bumps to miss out, so I decided to go after the next best thing, a luxurious stable a stone's throw from the action, kitted out with her winning trophies, horse treats, a grooming station and a 52-inch TV with Sky+HD. People might think it's extravagant but this old timer deserves a little pampering".
Shame on the vet that chimes in with: "Belly Bumps has been responding to the action on screen. The clarity of the images and sound provide a great stimulus, and her ears are constantly pricked forward showing she's engaged with the television. She seems to recognise some of her fellow stable mates and viewing other horses will certainly stop her feeling lonely".
It's all in order to promote 4 days of live coverage of the Longines Royal International Horse Show in high definition on Sky Sports from Thursday 23 July.
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| Zune HD specs fill in the blanks on video format support, battery life and more (Engadget, 8/13/2009 8:28pm) |
Now that everything Zune HD is official and available for pre-order, Microsoft has seen fit to loose official specs, putting to rest -- at least until we can do a full hands on -- questions about what to expect from the OLED touchscreen packing device. From dimensions (52.7 mm x 102.1 mm x 8.9 mm, 2.6 oz) to battery life (24 hours for music with wireless off, up to 4 hours of video) and charge time (3 hours, 2 hours to 90%.) While the offical site (incorrectly) currently lists max video res at barely-better-than-DVD 720 x 480, we contacted Microsoft and received the official specs on video support, and if for some reason you needed to hear it again: the Tegra chip is a beast. Ready for HDTV playback when it's plugged into the AV dock, the Zune software supports up to 1280 x 720, 30 frames per second at a max 14 Mbps bitrate for WMV HD and h.264 sources. Confirmed still a bummer? No wireless video streaming from the Zune Video Marketplace, though the specs do indicate that purchases and rentals will work across all three screens, PC, Zune and Xbox 360. Check the corrected specs after the break, now all that's left is getting some alone time with one.Continue reading Zune HD specs fill in the blanks on video format support, battery life and moreFiled under: Handhelds, HDTV, Home EntertainmentZune HD specs fill in the blanks on video format support, battery life and more originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 13 Aug 2009 15:28:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments (Read Full Article) |
| 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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| Don't let retailer's lights distract you from buying the right HDTV (Engadget, 8/10/2009 10:01pm) |
In case you hadn't already learned your lesson and started checking behind the displays while HDTV shopping, the HD Guru points out another element of the in-store experience that throws off buyers (and likely contributes to the LCD vs. plasma choices we find so infuriating): lighting. In case you don't recall from your last trek to a big box superstore, the lighting is quite often stuck on blinding making it nearly impossible to discern any difference in picture quality between televisions, specifically in terms of contrast and black levels (the pictures above are of the same value priced display, at left, under normal home lighting, at right, how it looks under some store lighting setups.) Tested with an illuminance meter, all the stores (except Best Buy's Magnolia showrooms) averaged well above home ambient lighting levels, with Wal-Mart and Costco measuring the highest at 411.66 and 742.77 lux. Still, there's tips on how to get a good idea of a TV's black levels even under those circumstances, plus some choice words left over for the incredible (and useless) dynamic contrast ratio numbers every manufacturer trots out these days, so go ahead and get educated.Filed under: HDTV, Home EntertainmentDon't let retailer's lights distract you from buying the right HDTV originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 10 Aug 2009 17:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments (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) |
| NEWS: Philips BDP7500s and 9500 Blu-ray players get colourful (Pocket-lint, 9/03/2009 10:47am) |
New players with all the usual bells and whistles
Philips has announced two new Blu-ray players at IFA in Berlin as it continues to push ahead with the format that has trebled in popularity in the last year.
The new BDP7500 will be housed in an "real" aluminum (we not sure what fake aluminum is) and offer full HD 1080p at 24 fps for cinema-like images.
The players will also get DivX Ultra for enhanced playback of DivX media files, DVD video upscaling to 1080p via HDMI for near-HD images, and Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD MA for HD 7.1 surround sound. BD-Live (Profile 2.0), and USB drive connectivity complete the package.
A rather niche technology also included is subtitle shift allowing you to change the location of the subtitles on screen.
The players themselves will come with touch sensitive controls and for the design conscious three different colours; blue, red and black.
No word on pricing, but expect the devices to hit the UK early next year.
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Philips BDP7500s and 9500 Blu-ray players get colourful originally appeared on Pocket-lint on Thu, 03 Sep 2009 11:47:20 +0100 (Read Full Article) |
| Movie studios again demand HDTV disabling powers from FCC (Ars Technica, 9/02/2009 11:22am) |
Hollywood's bid to force a yet-to-be-agreed-upon number of households to buy new home theater gear is back in business. The Motion Picture Association of America has once again asked the Federal Communications Commission for the right to selectively control output streams to the TV entertainment systems of consumers. "The pro-consumer purpose" (!) request "is to enable movie studios to offer millions of Americans in-home access to high-value, high definition video content," three MPAA biggies explained during a meeting they held with seven FCC Media Bureau staffers last Thursday.
Consumer groups, electronics makers, pro-consumer bloggers, and consumers, it should be noted, think this idea is a very stinky dog. So did former FCC Chair Kevin Martin. But that does not seem to dissuade the MPAA, whose principals just can't seem to let the issue go. What's interesting about the group's latest filing, however, is that it effectively concedes that the output changes it wants could, in fact, hobble some home video systems.
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| LG unveils new slim design LCD HDTVs due this fall (Engadget, 7/31/2009 1:14am) |
Sure it's summertime in New York and not January in Las Vegas, but that didn't stop LG from rolling out a couple new lines of LCD HDTVs today. The new SL80 and SL90 models don't bring new high water marks on the spec sheets, but feature LG's take on the "borderless" design trend that's the rage these days, built from a single edge to edge piece of glass with a slim bezel and Invisible Speaker design. The top of the line SL90 is due later this year for an unspecified price range in 42- and 47-inch sizes with LED backlighting contributing to its 3,000,000:1 claimed contrast ratio and 1.15 inch depth, plus 120Hz TruMotion processing. The SL80 line has 240Hz processing, but older CCFL backlighting means a 300,000:1 measured contrast ratio and 1.8-inch thick design, but the 42-, 47-, and 55-inch models will be available this August for $1,599, $1,899 and $2,799, respectively. Want a closer look at LG's new global flat panel design platform? The gallery is right here.
Gallery: LG's SL80 and SL90 hands-on
Filed under: HDTV, Home EntertainmentLG unveils new slim design LCD HDTVs due this fall originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 30 Jul 2009 20:14:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments (Read Full Article) |
| 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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