 | Xbox 360 sales poor at Japan holiday retail (Punch Jump, 12/29/2007 6:17pm) |
| Sales for Microsoft Corp.’s Xbox 360 fared poorly against rival offerings during the holiday buying season in the latest Japan retail data. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | A few Sharp HDTVs banned from US import (AfterDawn, 6/25/2009 7:01am) |
| A few of Sharp's LCD HDTV line has been banned from import to the United States today, following the ruling against the company in a patent dispute with Samsung.
The two companies have been fighting for months over patents relating to the "apertures formed in the conductive layer comprising the electrode." The patents in question are used in widescreen LCD panels.
Not all of Sharp's LCDs ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Xbox 360 sales flat in Japan holiday retail (Punch Jump, 12/07/2007 5:09pm) |
| Sales for Microsoft Corp.’s Xbox 360 hardware were flat in the latest Japan retail figures released this week. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Ryu Ga Gotoku prologue heading to DVD, no import plans (Joystiq, 1/12/2006 5:15pm) |
| Filed under: PlayStation 2 , Action , Adventure Sega's Ryu Ga Gotoku ("Like a Dragon") was released a month ago in Japan and is being hailed as a gaming masterpiece. We've already seen Sega launch a line of shot glasses and lighters to promote the title, and now a live-action prologue is being released onto DVD in March, featuring 43 minutes of ultra-violent beatdowns and, we ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Xbox 360 HD DVD to Launch Nov. 22 in Japan (BetaNews, 9/20/2006 3:36pm) |
| Sensing a real possibility of dethroning Sony as the leading game console manufacturer worldwide, Microsoft has accelerated its marketing effort for Xbox 360. At the Tokyo Game Show this morning, the company announced it is increasing the target number of game titles available in Japan for the holiday season from 80 to 110, and will premiere the 360's HD DVD player accessory there on November 22 ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Techies Reveal Their 'Wish List' in AvantGo Consumer Electronics Survey; Results Offer Tips for Holiday Shoppers (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance, 9/29/2005 9:11am) |
| Electronics of all shapes and sizes are topping the list of "hot" holiday gifts this holiday season. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | News Study: HDTV Low On Holiday Gift List The Consumer Electronics Association releases its annual survey of holiday (TVPredictions.com, 10/17/2006 11:42am) |
| Washington, D.C. (October 17, 2006) -- High-Definition TV sales are expected to rise this holiday season, but HDTV still trails MP3 players and other gadgets on shoppers' wish lists. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Sony launches sales of Blu-ray DVD recorder in Japan (Sharewatch, 12/08/2006 11:54am) |
| The new high definition machines went on sale here in time for the crucial year-end holiday shopping season with a price tag of about 300,000 yen for the 500 gigabyte hard disk drive version. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | How to Capitalize on Holiday HDTV Sales (CE Pro, 12/10/2008 5:42pm) |
| CE sales this holiday season may not be as gloomy as originally thought. Here's what custom companies can do to take advantage of holiday HDTV sales. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Holiday gift ideas for the entrepreneurs on your list (USA Today, 12/01/2005 11:41pm) |
| Looking for a gift for the entrepreneur on your holiday list? Putting together your own holiday wish list? To help, I've developed a list of business gifts that are useful, practical, or just plain cool. To be honest, some of these are what I'm wishing for. You were thinking of sending me a gift, weren't you? ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Japan Gets New 3DS XL Colors (Kotaku, 3/12/2013 8:00am) |
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Nintendo is releasing two new colors in Japan. One is [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Two New 3DS Colors for Japan (Kotaku, 2/27/2013 9:30am) |
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On March 20, Japan is getting two new 3DS colors: Light [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | HDTV on top of holiday wishlist (Technorati, 12/06/2007 1:48pm) |
| High definition televisions and high-end game consoles are at the top of holiday wish lists in 2007, according to the results of a new web poll conducted by the Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA). The “most wanted†high-tech toy this holiday season is a HDTV, selected by 15.2 percent of the 1,012 individuals who participated in the poll. The newest versions of the three lead ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Holiday guide to buying your high-tech TV (Sun-Sentinel, 12/12/2005 3:06pm) |
| Long after the Christmas trees have been taken down and the menorahs packed away, that television set you purchased as a holiday gift will still be around. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Blu-ray Is A Holiday Shopping Hit (About.com, 12/07/2008 6:00am) |
| If Black Friday sales are any indication, the Blu-ray Disc player is emerging as one of the top gift items this Christmas and Holiday Season. With prices as low as... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Make it an Atomic holiday with free PC/Mac Duke Nukem 3D from GOG (Joystiq, 12/12/2012 6:30pm) |
Good Old Games has a festive holiday gift for you: the 1996 classic (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Holiday Gift Guide: What Do You Get The 3DS Gamer? (Kotaku, 11/21/2012 3:40pm) |
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If your friend [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Blu-ray Review: The Avengers - 3D (High-Def Digest, 9/26/2012 12:15am) |
| As Marvel describes it, 'The Avengers' marks the climactic conclusion of Phase One. And though we won't be able to own all six movies together in one package (unless we import it from Amazon UK) [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 3DS holiday bundle includes red 3DS, pre-loaded Mario 3D Land (Joystiq, 11/19/2012 3:00pm) |
| Nintendo isn't making too big a deal out of Black Friday. Its special holiday 3DS bundle, out Nov. 23, is almost exactly identical to the [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Xbox 360 250 GB Holiday bundle is $239 today on Amazon (Joystiq, 10/28/2013 4:00pm) |
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Microsoft's Xbox 360 Kinect Holiday Value Bundle is on sale for $239 as part of today's Gold Box discounts on (Read Full Article) |
 | The Brave New TV World (ThirdAge, 12/26/2005 7:13am) |
| Holiday decorating, megasales, plays and recitals, concerts, parties and charitable events -- it's easy to let the chaos of the holiday season snowball your spirit of peace and frugality. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | These Might Be Microsoft's Upcoming Xbox 360 Holiday Sales (Kotaku, 12/13/2012 8:00pm) |
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| (Unranked) | Pink 3DS XL coming to Japan on September 27 (Joystiq, 8/30/2012 11:30am) |
| Japan news now, as Nintendo has announced an exclusive 3DS XL for the region. The pink and white beaut' above is releasing in Japan on September 27 in [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | MPI Says 'Tell No One' on Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 12/15/2008 9:00pm) |
| In an early announcement to retailers, MPI Home Video has announced plans to bring the French import 'Tell No One' to Blu-ray this March. The 2006 French thriller, which stars Francois Cluzet and (in an... ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Paramount to Have a 'Last Holiday' on Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 9/26/2008 10:00pm) |
| In an early alert to retailers, Paramount has set a late-December Blu-ray release for the Queen Latifah comedy 'Last Holiday.' Marking its next-gen debut, the $35 million-grossing flick will hit Blu-ray... ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Holiday Special - Blu-ray Disc Players (About.com, 11/25/2008 8:00am) |
| Looking for a great Holiday Gift this year? If you own an HDTV, then consider giving the latest in home theater technology, a Blu-ray Disc player. This new format delivers... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | GOG's holiday sale discounts 475 games until Jan. 3 (Joystiq, 12/14/2012 10:00pm) |
| At some point the GOG holiday sale became unfair, an awfully cheap proposition that no [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | Toshiba's Third Generation HD DVD Players Selected As A Top Pick (NBC26 Green Bay, 8/08/2007 7:13pm) |
| WAYNE, N.J. -- Amazon.com has selected Toshiba's new assortment of third generation HD DVD players as one of their top picks for the upcoming holiday season -- the new models were highlighted at the Amazon.com Electronics store Holiday Preview this week where Amazon showcased their picks for this season's hottest holiday products. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Tweeter Presents Holiday Gadget Gift Giving 'Made Easy'! (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 11/16/2005 2:30pm) |
| CANTON, Mass.----Nov. 16, 2005--As the often-stressful countdown to the holiday shopping season officially gets underway, Tweeter, the nation's premier specialty retailer of entertaining consumer electronics solutions, is pleased to present "Holiday Gadget Gift Giving 'Made Easy.'" Whether shoppers are searching for musical entertainment for a teenage relative or home entertainment that will ... (Read Full Article) |
 | PS3 Gets Satin Silver Makeover in Japan [PS3] (Gizmodo, 2/05/2008 9:10am) |
| Sony Japan just announced a brand new satin silver version of the PS3. The standard 40GB machine will hit shelves in Japan on March 6th, but don't expect the color refresh love to be extended to the... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | High-Def Digest's Holiday Gift Guide 2012: The Essential Holiday Blu-rays (High-Def Digest, 11/16/2012 9:35pm) |
| Just like so many years before, David Krauss is dreaming of a Blu Christmas. Here are your newest Blu-ray options for the season! Although retail stores have been shamelessly hawking Christmas items [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | Hollywood Execs Banking on Blu-ray Holiday Boom (CE Pro, 11/18/2008 12:22am) |
| Taking a glass half-full view of the home video market, Hollywood studio executives are optimistic that Blu-ray sales will be stimulated by HD-hungry consumers this holiday season. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Xbox 360 holiday bundles feature Kinect titles, Halo 4, Tomb Raider (Joystiq, 10/12/2013 4:00am) |
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Microsoft has announced three new bundles for the holiday season featuring its soon-to-be-replaced home console, the Xbox 360. Two [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | High-Definition Demand Expected To Drive TV Holiday Sales (InformationWeek, 11/09/2006 1:20am) |
| Flat-panel HDTV sales will drive the consumer electronics market as a whole this holiday season, says an analyst for NPD. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Sony Uncovers 'The Lives of Others' on Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 6/25/2007 8:37pm) |
| Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has announced it will bring the Oscar-winner 'The Lives of Others' to Blu-ray this August. The highly-acclaimed German import won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language... ... (Read Full Article) |
 | HDTV - Free HDTV gives Japan the lead (Broad Help, 11/16/2007 1:56pm) |
| HDTV - Free HDTV gives Japan the lead By admin on November 16, 2007 Free HDTV gives Japan the lead PC Authority - Japan has more high definition TV viewers ... million Japanese homes will be watching HDTV broadcasts by the end of 2007, predicts US-based research ... (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) |
 | Universal Unveils Specs, Cover Art For 'Mr. Bean's Holiday' HD DVD (High-Def Digest, 10/23/2007 8:31pm) |
| Everyone's favorite British prankster will enjoy host of extras and the Dolby TrueHD treatment when 'Mr. Bean's Holiday' hits HD DVD this November. As we first reported late last month, Universal is planning... ... (Read Full Article) |
 | HDTV - Premium Products Reign This Holiday Season (Broad Help, 11/16/2007 7:04pm) |
| HDTV - Premium Products Reign This Holiday Season By admin on November 16, 2007 Premium Products Reign This Holiday Season Forbes - When forecasting 2007 Black Friday sales, Sang Tang, HDTV research analyst with Current Analysis West, an NPD Group company, stated that “plasma will be very aggressive at 50-inches and will maintain a foothold on the high Topics: HDTV | No Comments » ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Comic Studio' 3DS app seeking release outside Japan (Joystiq, 1/14/2014 5:30am) |
| Comic Studio, a 3DS app that lets users draw their own comics, is set to launch on the eShop in Japan this week. Developer Collavier has confirmed its intentions to launch the app outside of Japan, yet couldn't provide Siliconera with any kind of [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | HDTV Poll: Holiday shoppers prefer LCD to Plasma by 2-1 (Electronics NEWS - about-electronics.eu, 11/21/2007 4:13am) |
| HDTV Poll: Holiday shoppers prefer LCD to Plasma by 2-1 Filed under: TV & HDTV | by: luk | Hits: 21 TVPredictions: Nearly 20 percent of Americans are planning to buy a flat-screen HDTV as a gift this holiday season. That’s according to a poll released today by Consumer Reports magazine. The poll found that 54 percent of the likely flat-screen buyers will purchase LCD HDTVs while 29 pe ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Sharp 65 inch LCD TV Coming To The US! (I4U, 8/02/2005 5:35am) |
| Sharp announced their huge 65 inch LCD TV LC-65GE1 in Japan in June. I got many emails from apparently wealthy I4U Readers asking if this 65 inch beauty will be available outside of Japan. I actually contacting the Sharp PR unit in Japan. Back then... ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Silver PS3's Not *That* Expensive To Import [Playstation 3] (Kotaku, 3/05/2008 9:30am) |
| I just know there are people out there reading this who want a silver PS3. Need a silver PS3. You've got a silver TV, silver DVD player, silver PVR and you just can not sleep until you get rid of... ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Good News: Best Buy Reports Sharp Increase in Holiday Sales (Connected Home Media, 8/17/2005 2:04pm) |
| Holiday sales at Best Buy were up 8.6 percent over a similar period last year. We're unsure what Nintendo will do with its next console, but a recent price drop for its GameCube video game console has breathed life into the dying system. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | China Blue HD Format Hits the U.K. (High-Def Digest, 10/15/2009 4:00pm) |
| While it’s certainly not looking like the start of a new format war, a European import retailer is now selling CBHD players in the United Kingdom. Putting politics aside, online retailer GBAX is now... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Metallic Red 3DS, Eevee 3DS XL evolving in Japan (Joystiq, 5/15/2013 12:00pm) |
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In Japan-always-seems-to-have-the-coolest-3DS-skins news, the country's getting a new Metallic Red 3DS as well as - and we admit we're particularly [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 3DS trumps lifetime Wii sales in Japan (Joystiq, 9/25/2013 10:30pm) |
The Wii may be Nintendo's highest selling console to date, but at least in Japan, it's been eclipsed by the Nintendo 3DS.
The most recent figures [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | Wii, Xbox 360 top U.S. holiday sales (Punch Jump, 1/18/2008 2:58am) |
| Nintendo Co.’s Wii and Microsoft Corp.’s Xbox 360 topped U.S. video game console sales in Dec. as both offerings held strong sales during the holiday season. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Sony PS3 Holiday Sales to be disapointing (I4U, 12/29/2008 2:59pm) |
| The first preliminary sales numbers of the Sony PS3 console for the Holiday shopping season paint a grim picture. Apparently PS3 sales are down fell 19% last month from a year earlier according to NPD Group. The analysts predict for this month flat or lowe... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Holiday Gift Guide 2012: The Kindle Fire HD a Great Gift Idea (I4U, 10/22/2012 3:54pm) |
The Kindle Fire HD is available at Amazon for $199.00.
It is hard to believe that it is that time of year again. Time to start thinking about what you will get your loved ones for the Holiday's. [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | Envision Peripherals Inc. Unveils Ultimate Home Entertainment Holiday Gifts (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 11/16/2005 5:00pm) |
| FREMONT, Calif.----Nov. 16, 2005--Envision Peripherals Inc. , home to the AOC and Envision brand of display devices, has the solution for consumers hoping a flat-screen TV will be under the tree this holiday despite what some are calling a "cost-conscious Christmas." ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Black Nintendo 3DS XL Heading to Japan (I4U, 10/04/2012 4:03pm) |
Nintendo Japan has announced a black 3DS LL/XL is going to be launching in Japan. The black portable gaming console will launch in January 11 for ¥18,900. The black console will take a spot [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Zelda edition Nintendo 3DS XL spotted in GameStop ad with $220 price (Engadget, 10/18/2013 7:51pm) |
| Americans wanting that flashy Zelda edition 3DS XL may not have to import a European model. If GottaDeal.com's leaked copy of GameStop's Black Friday flyer proves to be accurate, Nintendo's gold-colored handheld should be available in the US for [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | PS3 Not Selling In Japan? Blame Japanese Publishers [Playstation 3] (Kotaku, 9/25/2008 1:20pm) |
| The PS3's doing well in Japan, but compared to the unstoppable Wii and the coming-along 360, Sony wish it was doing better. So much so that SCE Worldwide boss Shuhei Yoshida believes that many... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Pikachu 3DS XL in UK Dec. 7, headlines trio of holiday handhelds (Joystiq, 11/13/2012 5:30am) |
| Quite possibly the most huggable handheld ever, (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Blu-ray Review: Rise of the Guardians - 3D (High-Def Digest, 3/13/2013 2:25pm) |
| Every year during the holiday season we're sure to see one or two computer-animated flicks centered on Christmas. 'Rise of the Guardians' came out last year during the holiday season, though I guess [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Microsoft unveils three Xbox 360 holiday bundles for Xbox One refuseniks (Engadget, 10/12/2013 12:48am) |
| Microsoft is no stranger to launching Xbox 360 holiday bundles, but it faces a new challenge this year -- it has to include games that won't make us wish we had an Xbox One instead. It may have achieved that feat with a new trio of bundles [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | PlayStation3 Won't Get Holiday Season Price Drop Says Sony [PS3] (Gizmodo, 10/29/2008 10:12am) |
| Sony's basically just confirmed we're unlikely that we'll see a price drop of the PS3 for the holiday season. Speaking at the Gamer 3.0 conference in London, Sony's UK managing director noted that... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 3DS crosses 10 million mark in Japan (Joystiq, 1/08/2013 7:00pm) |
| According to Enterbrain data, the 3DS has surpassed 10 million units sold in Japan, with 10,068,192 [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Vizio's 'extra-large' holiday HDTV lineup goes from 55- to 70-inches (Engadget, 10/02/2012 1:00pm) |
| While Vizio's summer has been all about (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | You Can Win This Super Rare Nintendo 3DS XL in Japan [Culdcept] (Kotaku, 8/29/2012 11:05am) |
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 | New HDTV's from Envision - Great HDTV Deals for Holiday Shoppers (Technorati, 11/17/2007 12:52am) |
| We've seen budget HDTVs from Envision Peripherals Inc. before, and now holiday shoppers have a choice of 26, 32, and 42-inch models in the new Omni Series. The wide-screen 42-inch Envision L42W761 HDTV features 1200:1 contrast ratio, and comes equipped... [IMG][IMG] ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Corel Announces New HD Power Pack for Ulead(R) DVD MovieFactory(R) 6 Plus (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 10/23/2007 1:00pm) |
| OTTAWA----Corel Corporation , a leading developer of graphics, productivity, and digital media software, today announced that users of its Ulead® DVD MovieFactory® 6 Plus software can now install the new HD Power Pack to add AVCHD , BDMV and HD DVD Advanced Content authoring capabilities as well as M2TS import. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Mint white 3DS XL freshens Japan in April, Pikachu 3DS XL appears in US ad (Joystiq, 3/12/2013 5:20pm) |
| In more pretty-3DS-variant-not-headed-here news, Nintendo revealed a new mint and white skin for the 3DS XL in Japan, priced [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | Sharp Intros New LCD TV Line With Built-in Blu-ray Disc Recorders - For Japan (About.com, 8/13/2009 10:00am) |
| Once again, the U.S. consumer is being shut out of access to Blu-ray Disc recording as Sharp has announced a new high-end LCD Television line-up for Japan, and possibly other select overseas markets, but not the U.S., that feature built-in Blu-ray Disc recorders. Read it and weep... Posted by Japan Corporate News. (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 3DS XL holiday bundle includes free Mario Kart 7 (Joystiq, 11/28/2012 2:00pm) |
| A new 3DS XL bundle offered in North America starting December 2 will include a pre-installed copy of (Read Full Article) |
 | NTV and NTT Com Broadcasts Super Bowl in High-definition via IP Network to Japan (Japan Corporate News) (Japan Corporate News, 2/08/2006 8:46pm) |
| Tokyo, Feb 8, 2006 (JCN) - Nippon Television Network Corporation (NTV) and NTT Communications Corporation (NTT Com) have succeeded in using an Internet-protocol (IP) transmission for a delayed high-definition (HD) broadcast in Japan of NFL Super Bowl XL, the championship game of American professional football, played in Detroit, Michigan on February 5. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Japan offers blu-ray Disc (Baku Sun - Azerbaijan, 9/01/2006 12:58pm) |
| TOKYO — More than a dozen Hollywood studios announced movie offerings in Japan Tuesday for players of next-generation Blu-ray Disc video. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Blu-ray's popularity continues to grow in Japan (HDTV UK, 7/22/2008 5:02pm) |
| We've already reported on the rising popularity of Blu-ray discs and hardware in Japan, and the trend is continuing, according to the latest sales figures of Blu-ray recorders and players... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 3DS XL gets more colorful in Japan, orange and turquoise are the new black (Engadget, 10/23/2013 8:10am) |
| Given how many 3DS XL liveries Nintendo has teased of late, collectors are liable to go broke trying to catch 'em all. Fresh out of Japan is yet another pair of the gaming giant's extra large -- or LL -- handhelds , except this time they're [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | Week recap: PS3 Blu-ray; Xbox 360 flat; Wii discontent (Punch Jump, 12/23/2007 5:33pm) |
| The PS3 ranked No. 2 in console sales in the latest Japan retail charts. The hardware remained behind popular handheld sales in Japan. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Blu-ray Disc rapidly gaining popularity in Japan (Computerworld, 7/22/2008 1:00pm) |
| Shipments of Blu-ray Disc-based video recorders and players are increasing fast in Japan and hit 122,000 in June, according to data released today. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 3DS XL Circle Pad Pro gets big in Japan Nov. 15 (Joystiq, 10/05/2012 1:45am) |
| Japanese gamers looking to expand the experience (and form factor) of the 3DS XL will only have to wait until November 15, when the revised hardware [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | Flat Panel Mania, Everything MP3 and Simple Surround Sound to Drive Consumer Electronics Holiday Sales (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance, 10/20/2005 8:55am) |
| Easy-to-install surround sound systems, flat panel TVs, compact audio systems and MP3 players will likely be in great demand this holiday season, according to the Audio/Video experts at Cambridge SoundWorks. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Japan nabs special Metal Gear Rising PS3 (Joystiq, 12/04/2012 6:00pm) |
| The two new Metal Gear Rising announcements are for Japan only, accessible at different levels of difficulty for fans outside. The easiest to acquire is the [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | Blu-ray DVD Recorder Sales rising fast in Japan (I4U, 5/28/2008 5:47am) |
| TOKYO (Reuters) - Sales of high definition Blu-ray DVD recorders are zooming up
in Japan as consumers take to the new generation of home movie entertainment
after the end of a bitter format war.
... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Japan looks to next-gen 3D printers for a return to manufacturing success (Engadget, 4/02/2014 8:35am) |
| American 3D printer manufacturers have stolen a lead on the competition, but a Japan-based alliance is looking to fight back... it'll take a year or two, is all. The group includes universities, 27 companies including the likes of Panasonic, [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Gran Turismo 6 Comes to PS3 for the Holidays (Kotaku, 5/15/2013 4:00pm) |
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Gran Turismo 6 is headed for the PlayStation 3 this holiday [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | VIZIO Details Holiday LED HDTV Lineup from 24 to 70 inches (Big Picture Big Sound, 11/08/2012 2:51am) |
| The new lineup includes nine additions to the company's LED-lit [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Charizard Sets Japan Ablaze with a Special 3DS XL (Kotaku, 10/26/2012 6:35am) |
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 | PS3 sales double in Japan (AfterDawn, 12/06/2008 3:32am) |
| According to data from Media Create, the Sony PlayStation 3 doubled its previous week sales, selling a solid 35,000 units in Japan for the week ended November 30th.
Japan continues to be dominated by Nintendo consoles however, which saw the DSi sell 87,000 units and the Wii sell 50,000 units, a 30 percent increase from the previous week.
The Sony handheld PSP sold 55,000 units. The DSi's pr ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Sony to bring official Blu-ray discs to China as pirates peddle crapware (HDTV UK, 11/19/2008 1:16pm) |
| Sony Pictures Home Entertainment will distribute 30 current Blu-ray titles in China, making it the first Hollywood studio to do so, according to Variety magazine. Titles including Hancock, Kung Fu Hustle, the Spider-Man trilogy, Hitch, The Pursuit of Happyness, and Close Encounters of the Third Kind will be available for around 205 yuan (about £18). Initially, Sony will import discs, but it is ho ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Sony to bring official Blu-ray discs to China as pirates peddle crapware (HDTV UK, 1/14/2009 9:35am) |
| Sony Pictures Home Entertainment will distribute 30 current Blu-ray titles in China, making it the first Hollywood studio to do so, according to Variety magazine. Titles including Hancock, Kung Fu Hustle, the Spider-Man trilogy, Hitch, The Pursuit of Happyness, and Close Encounters of the Third Kind will be available for around 205 yuan (about £18). Initially, Sony will import discs, but it is ho ... (Read Full Article) |
 | HD-DVD Losing its Arsenal in Japan [Format Wars] (Gizmodo, 1/21/2008 4:59am) |
| The HD-DVD troopers are surely fighting the losing battle, as new research from Japan details a surge in Blu-Ray recorder ownership. The study surveyed buying trends from 2,300 electronic stores... ... (Read Full Article) |
 | PS3 Internet Use Dropping in Japan (360 Tiny Increase) [Research] (Kotaku, 1/30/2008 8:00am) |
| Over in Japan, business site Nikkei.net has a consumer poll that shows where console's internet use stand. In a six month period, both the Wii and the PS3 show drops in users using online, while the... ... (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) |
| (Unranked) | Xbox 360 holiday bundles get $50 price cut (Joystiq, 10/14/2012 5:00pm) |
| Microsoft cut the price of its 250GB and 4GB Kinect Xbox 360 bundles [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | New 3DS colors & bundles in Japan, eShop gets digital re-releases (Joystiq, 10/03/2012 6:00pm) |
| Nintendo announced three new 3DS XL bundles for Japan, with two special case designs [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | Xbox 360 sales fall further in Japan (Punch Jump, 3/27/2009 3:37pm) |
| Sales for Microsoft Corp.’s Xbox 360 fell further in the latest hardware retail data from Japan. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 3D Sonic the Hedgehog rolls onto 3DS eShop in Japan this week (Joystiq, 5/14/2013 7:00am) |
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A 3D-enhanced version of Sonic the Hedgehog spins its way onto Japan's 3DS eShop on May 15. As (Read Full Article) |
 | PS3 HD Video on Demand Service Crashes Into Japan Next Year [The Slow Lane] (Gizmodo, 12/01/2007 12:15am) |
| The PS3's still got a long ways to go to catch up to the Xbox 360 in the online space, and their next step toward it with an HD VOD service seems kind of lackluster. It's launching next year in Japan... ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Vizio Drops HDTV Prices for Holiday Shopping (I4U, 11/28/2008 12:25pm) |
| VIZIO has announced price reductions on some of its most popular models in time for holiday shopping. Price reductions are being offered on 19-inch, 32-inch, 37-inch, and 42-inch HDTVs. The prices are part of VIZIO's Black Friday push.
The 19-inch VA19 ... ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Blu-ray New Releases for January 6th, 2009 (Format War Central, 1/06/2009 9:09am) |
| The following are the Blu-ray new releases for Tuesday, January 6th, 2009.
Babylon A.D.
20th Century Fox
Retail: $39.98
Amazon: $27.99
Bangkok Dangerous
Lionsgate
Retail: $39.99
Amazon: $25.99
Butterfly on a Wheel (Import)
101 Distribution
Retail: $49.49
Amazon: $37.49
Dexter: The Complete First Season
Showtime Entertainment
Retail: $54.98
Amazon: $37.95
Disaster Movie
Lionsgate
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| (Unranked) | Luigi 3DS XL coming to Japan, has so many Luigis (Joystiq, 4/18/2013 3:30pm) |
| Japan is getting a 3DS XL we aren't (yet): a [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 3DS Light Blue, Gloss Pink models announced for Japan (Joystiq, 2/27/2013 1:00pm) |
| Boys and girls in Japan can look forward to new Light Blue (above) and Gloss Pink (below the break) variants of the 3DS, which are sure to do no [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | Sony PS3 outsells Wii in Japan again (I4U, 5/02/2009 12:00pm) |
| The light on the end of the tunnel is shining brighter for the Sony PS3 at least in Japan. The Sony PS3 console outsold again the Nintendo Wii for the 2nd month in a row.
As reported in March the PS3 outsold the Wii for the first time in 16 months.
I... ... (Read Full Article) |
 | No region codes for HD DVD? (Engadget, 10/07/2005 12:34pm) |
| The “DVD Forum Japan Conference 2005†is being held in Japan today, and because of the time difference, it’s already over. The primary topic of the meeting was, as expected, HD DVD. Plenty of information is emerging from the conference, such as the steps towards finalizing standards that we won’t bother you with (though they did announce “HD DVD-RR,†a sort of HD DVD version of DVD-RAM ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Blu-ray Rental Gets Serious In Japan [Blu-Ray] (Kotaku, 3/18/2008 9:00am) |
| Starting march 19th (tomorrow!), Japanese rental chain TSUTAYA will begin offering Blu-ray discs for rent at ten shops in big cities across Japan. The service will include rental at TSUTAYA bricks... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | How One Store Explains the Xbox 360's Lack of Popularity in Japan (Kotaku, 1/23/2013 12:30pm) |
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| (Unranked) | PS3 250GB Slim illuminating Japan in Garnet Red, Azurite Blue (Joystiq, 1/21/2013 5:15pm) |
| The PS3 is primping it up in Japan with newly unveiled Garnet Red and Azurite Blue colors, The flashy glazes for the 250GB Slim come with [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Dragon Quest 7 reborn on 3DS Feb. 7 in Japan [update] (Joystiq, 10/31/2012 7:00pm) |
| Square Enix has opened an official Japanese website for the (Read Full Article) |
 | Xbox 360 last in Japan game hardware sales (Punch Jump, 1/18/2008 5:53pm) |
| Microsoft Corp.’s Xbox 360 ranked last in overall video game sales in Japan as the console fails to attract buyers in the region. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Toshiba to highlight network-enabled LCD HDTVs at CEATEC 2005 (Digi Times, 9/30/2005 11:51am) |
| Toshiba will exhibit a series of high-definition (HD) LCD TVs at CEATEC Japan 2005, October 4-8 in Chiba, Japan, in sizes ranging from 32 to 47 inches. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Watch Japan's Nintendo Direct for third-party 3DS games right here (Joystiq, 2/21/2013 10:30am) |
The PS4? That's sooo yesterday, friend. This is today, and today sees Nintendo pump out another one of its Direct broadcasts, this one intended for screens in Japan - of course, that doesn't mean we can't tune in. Following on from (Read Full Article) |
 | Toshiba to highlight network-enabled LCD HDTVs at CEATEC 2005 (Digi Times, 9/30/2005 6:18am) |
| Toshiba will exhibit a series of high-definition (HD) LCD TVs at CEATEC Japan 2005, October 4-8 in Chiba, Japan, in sizes ranging from 32 to 47 inches. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Take a peek at the Japan-only Pokemon Center 3DS XL (Joystiq, 8/17/2012 9:30pm) |
| It was going to happen sooner or later, but we didn't expect it to be so soon. Two days before the US launch of the (Read Full Article) |
 | What Does HD DVD Death Mean For Xbox 360 Player? [Japan] (Kotaku, 2/19/2008 1:00pm) |
| Think that Toshiba's killing off HD DVD means curtains for Microsoft's Xbox 360 HD DVD player? Probably! For those who cannot put one and one together, Xbox Japan is here for you. To be vague. And... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Japan Getting Sweet Pokémon X & Y 3DS Handheld (Kotaku, 7/04/2013 3:25am) |
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On October 12, Japan will be getting this very sharp custom Pokémon 3DS XL, bearing illustrations of the two new legendary creatures - Xerneas and Yveltal - making their debut in Pokémon X [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | New 3DS Colour Option Is Very Metal (Kotaku, 5/15/2013 1:28am) |
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Nintendo Japan just unveiled a new colour of 3DS. It's not red. It's metallic red.
It'll be released in Japan on June 13.
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 | Xbox 360 outsells PS3 at Japan retail (Punch Jump, 11/09/2007 5:27pm) |
| Microsoft Corp.’s Xbox 360 outsold Sony Corp.’s Playstation 3 in the latest Japan retail data released on Fri. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Japan gets a pair of exclusive Pokemon X and Y 3DS XLs, world seethes with envy (Engadget, 7/05/2013 10:07am) |
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 | Eternal Sonata On PS3: More Than Just A Port [Eternal Sonata] (Kotaku, 6/26/2008 12:20pm) |
| Eternal Sonata's due on the PS3 (at least in Japan) in September 2008. It was released on the 360 (at least in Japan) in June 2007. Time enough for tri-Crescendo to make the wait a little more... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Monster Hunter 4G announced, MH4 Ultimate coming west in early 2015 (Joystiq, 1/26/2014 3:30pm) |
| Japan's favorite wildlife activity is getting a followup in Japan - following last year's Monster Hunter 4 for the 3DS, Monster Hunter 4G will plan more hunting excursions on the same device in the fall. Siliconera reports that the news was [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Yakuza 1 & 2 Coming to Wii U in HD for Japan (Kotaku, 5/17/2013 2:11pm) |
| Sega and Nintendo just announced that PlayStation 2 crime saga Yakuza 1 and its sequel Yakuza 2 for Japan. The games are getting HD makeovers, and will take advantage of the Wii U GamePad via [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Disney Magical World ships 500,000 in Japan (Joystiq, 1/15/2014 3:00pm) |
| Disney Magical World shipments surpassed the 500,000 mark in Japan, proving that as far as the 3DS game is concerned, it's not such a small world after all. Alright, we admit we shoehorned that reference in, so try not to take the Mickey.
The news [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | Japan market: LCD TVs a hot item on to-buy lists (Digi Times, 12/19/2005 11:37am) |
| Based on a survey conducted in Japan by BCN, 68% of the companies interviewed plan to reward their local workers this year with a winter bonus of 0.5-1 million yen (US$4,294-8,587), while among consumers surveyed, 20.4% plan to spend their bonus on a LCD TV. Interest in desktop PCs was at the same level as LCD TVs, while DVD players and notebook computers were also popular choices. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | PlayStation 3 Outsells Everything Else In Japan Thanks To Yakuza Influence [The Japanese Hardware Chart] (Kotaku, 3/06/2009 1:40am) |
| The PlayStation 3 outsold the Wii and Xbox 360 in Japan this week. It also outsold the Nintendo DSi, PSP, DS Lite and PlayStation 2, not something we've seen happen too often.
The hardware boost,... ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Blu-ray Making Significant Advances in Japan (Format War Central, 1/21/2008 7:12pm) |
| Via PS3Fanboy we find this Yahoo article about the state of Blu-ray, HD DVD and DVD recorder sales in Japan.
The Japanese study shows that next generation recorder sales are up to 20% of total sales, with a remarkable 35% of the revenue.
Of these next generation recorders, 90% were Blu-ray and only 10% HD DVD. The [...] ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Nintendo Japan: Wii and DS internet multiplayer services will shut down, Video for 3DS too (Engadget, 2/27/2014 4:45am) |
| Nintendo Japan is putting internet-connected services for some of its older consoles out to pasture, although it's not clear when or if these plans could impact the US. The Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection that served the original Wii and DS units [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Japan Display joins the Quad HD phone screen party with two new LCDs (Engadget, 10/25/2013 6:39pm) |
| LG clearly doesn't have a monopoly on Quad HD smartphone screens -- Japan Display has unveiled two low-temperature polysilicon (LTPS) LCDs that offer the extra-sharp 2,560 x 1,440 resolution. The headlining 5.4-inch panel is ever so slightly denser [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | Xbox 360 sales stay flat in Dec. Japan charts (Punch Jump, 12/21/2007 5:18pm) |
| Sales for Microsoft Corp.’s Xbox 360 remain flat in the latest retail sales data from Japan. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Blu-ray outselling DVD, in Japan (AfterDawn, 7/02/2008 7:45pm) |
| According to sales data from Amazon Japan, it appears that in the region, sales of Blu-ray discs are finally outselling their standard definition counterparts, at least for a couple of genres.
Nikkei has reported that for the first six months of 2008, Sony Pictures’ Resident Evil Trilogy Boxset on Blu-ray was the best selling movie product for the whole site, “significantly outperforming” th ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Metal Gear Rising Cancelled for Xbox 360 in Japan [Metal Gear] (Kotaku, 9/12/2012 8:50am) |
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| (Unranked) | Puzzle & Dragons Z is coming to the 3DS in Japan on December 12. (Kotaku, 8/27/2013 9:00am) |
| Puzzle & Dragons Z is coming to the 3DS in Japan on December 12. No word on a Western release. (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Sharp bringing new Blu-ray recorders to Japan (HD-Report, 10/31/2012 6:38am) |
| Well here’s a term you don’t hear much anymore: Blu-ray recorder.  Sharp is looking to change that, at least in Japan, with its newly announced trio of AQUOS Blu-Ray recorders. The BD-W1200 (1TB), BD-W520 (500GB) and BD-S520 (500GB) [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | And The 5 Best-Selling PS3 Games Of All Time (In Japan) Are... [PS3] (Kotaku, 12/09/2008 4:40am) |
| Famitsu have published a list showing the five best-selling PS3 games of all time in Japan. With exact sales figures and everything. And - no shock here - Metal Gear Solid 4 tops the list.
But what... ... (Read Full Article) |
 | (AFX UK Focus) 2006-09-21 03:40 GMT: Japan's Matsushita to launch the world's first blu-ray disc recorders (Interactive Investor, 9/21/2006 2:56am) |
| TOKYO (XFN-ASIA) - Matsushita Electric Industrial Co Ltd, which makes Panasonic and National products, will start selling the world's first Blu-ray disc recorders in Japan on Nov 15, the company said. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remasters coming to Japan in December (Joystiq, 10/10/2013 7:00pm) |
Square Enix has finally pinned a release date on Final Fantasy X and X-2 HD Remaster - in Japan, that is. The Vita and PS3 [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | St. Jude Medical Announces Launch of 3-D Vessel Reconstruction Technology in Japan (Business Wire, 3/14/2013 11:00am) |
| ST. PAUL, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--St. Jude Medical announced launch of ILUMIEN OPTIS in Japan. High resolution, 3-D visual of the coronary vessels help physicians differentiate plaque build-up, ultimately assisting in stent [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | Blu-ray shipments finally increase in Japan (the INQUIRER, 7/22/2008 9:39am) |
| Emma Hughes the Inquirer, Tuesday 22 July 2008. 10:25:00 Sony sigh of relief SHIPMENTS of Blu-ray players and recorders in Japan have increased to a six-figure level with 122,000 in June alone. This is a dramatic increase compared to May when it was only 82,000 units. It is expected that these figures will continue to rise in coming months, as Japanese workers receive... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Flipnote Studio 3D scribbles on Japan July 3 (Joystiq, 6/01/2013 11:30am) |
Flipnote Studio 3D has marked out July 3 for its arrival in Japan. There's no word yet on exact release timing for western eShops, though the free portable doodler was earmarked [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Theatrhythm: Curtain Call brings another gorgeous 3DS XL to Japan (Joystiq, 2/05/2014 1:00pm) |
| Oh, to live in Japan and have enough yen to buy all the 3DS XLs. Square Enix adds to the handheld's library of super-sized stunners with a black and gold number for Theatrhythm: Final Fantasy: Curtain Call, the follow-up to 2012's Final [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | Ceatec 2005 highlights digital, high-def TV (IDG.se, 10/10/2005 1:43pm) |
| Japan's electronics industry came together for five days last week in Chiba, just east of Tokyo, for the annual Ceatec Japan 2005 trade show. This year almost 200,000 people visited the show to see the latest and greatest of what the industry has to offer. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Nintendo 3DS XL Coming Out in Black in Japan with Monster Hunter Bundle [3ds] (Kotaku, 10/03/2012 2:05am) |
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 | Xbox 360 Japan sales slump despite Q2 profit (Punch Jump, 1/25/2008 5:39pm) |
| Sales for Microsoft Corp.’s Xbox 360 continued to slump in Japan despite recording a profit in the game division this week. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Pioneer to launch Blu-ray recorders before year end (HDTV UK, 7/08/2008 9:34am) |
| Pioneer has announced that it plans to introduce Blu-ray recorders in Japan before the end of this year, and globally next year, as it seeks to capitalise on their increasing popularity in Japan. Details are scarce, with no mention yet of prices or quantities, but Pioneer is working in partnership with Sharp. (Via Reuters) ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Nintendo's stork to deliver 3DS models in blue and pink to Japan (Engadget, 2/27/2013 9:55pm) |
| If you're a gamer and love you some bright colors, (Read Full Article) |
 | Xbox 360 sales fall in latest Japan data (Punch Jump, 1/30/2009 3:37pm) |
| Sales for Microsoft Corp.’s Xbox 360 fell below 8,000 units in the latest Japan retail data. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Fantasy Life Mixes Animal Crossing with Final Fantasy (Kotaku, 4/19/2013 11:00am) |
| JRPGs are often a dime a dozen in Japan but late last December, Level 5 released Fantasy Life for the Nintendo 3DS in Japan (which experienced shortages in its first week on sale). And what is [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Pokemon X, Y hurl dazzling limited edition 3DS XLs at Japan (Joystiq, 7/05/2013 12:30pm) |
A pair of stunning Pokemon X and Y 3DS XLs is coming to lucky, lucky Japan. If [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Japan Is Getting a Special Luigi 3DS XL (Kotaku, 4/17/2013 2:10pm) |
| To mark Luigi's anniversary, Nintendo is releasing a special Luigi emblazoned 3DS XL in Japan. The hardware comes bundled with a digital version of (Read Full Article) |
 | Panasonic Brings Back Open Access to Its Exclusive VIERA HDTV Concierge Service for Holiday Shopping Season and Leading Up to the Digital Transition (HDTV Magazine Bulletins, 11/26/2008 3:08am) |
| Panasonic, a market and technology leader in flat panel HDTV's, announced today that it will again offer consumers access to its Panasonic VIERA Concierge(TM) toll-free information service prior to "Black Friday" and through this holiday season. The Panasonic VIERA Concierge program, normally open exclusively to Panasonic VIERA Plasma and LCD HDTV owners, will be accessible to any consumer who ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Syntax-Brillian Launches Olevia(TM) HDTVs in Japan (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 3/09/2007 11:30am) |
| TEMPE, Ariz.----Syntax-Brillian Corporation , one of North America's fastest-growing digital entertainment companies, announced today the launch of its popular, award-winning Olevia brand of HDTVs in Japan, where it will debut in the public display and commercial markets. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Monster Hunter roars to life at Universal Studios Japan (Joystiq, 2/04/2014 3:30am) |
| Slaying giant beasts on your 3DS is all well and good, but if you want to meet the creatures of Capcom's Monster Hunter franchise face to face, you're going to need a plane ticket to Osaka.
There, at Universal Studios Japan, you'll find a new [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | Sony Japan launching 6x speed Blu-ray discs (HDTV UK, 7/17/2009 11:48am) |
| While Sony has already introduced an 8x Blu-ray disc writer, the media has yet to officially catch up. The likes of Imation and Panasonic have created 6x speed Blu-ray media, usable in recorders such as the LG GGW-H20LI, and now Sony is to launch two types of 50GB (dual layer) Blu-ray disc in Japan capable of 6x burning... ... (Read Full Article) |
 | PS3 sales pass 2 million in Japan (Joystiq, 4/11/2008 10:20am) |
| Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Sony PSP, Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox 360
The PS3 rode the Blu-ray past the 2 million sales mark in Japan recently according to Media Create. GI.biz reports the PS3's little milestone was severely overshadowed by the incredible sales the PSP is currently pulling off due to Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G, which surpassed 1.5 million units sold in two weeks since l ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Ritek to launch HD DVD discs via co-marketing with Toshiba in Japan (Digi Times, 10/31/2007 4:36am) |
| Ritek, the second largest Taiwan-based maker of blank optical discs, on October 30 announced it will launch HD DVD-R (recordable, write once) and HD DVD-RW (rewritable) discs under its own brand Ridata, while Toshiba will launch its new HD DVD recorder in a joint sales promotion in the Japan market. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Infinite Loop: Japan iTunes Music Store sells 1 million songs in four days (Ars Technica, 8/15/2005 3:07pm) |
| When Apple launched their iTunes Music Store in Japan last week, many people were curious how well their tiered pricing scheme would fare. According to most people who seemed to know better than me, the iTunes prices were actually lower than those of other, more established, online music stores. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Limited edition Monster Hunter 4 3DS coming to Japan (Joystiq, 10/17/2013 1:30am) |
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Japan will receive this limited edition Monster Hunter 4-themed 3DS XL [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | Japan's Ceatec opens on Tuesday (InfoWorld, 10/03/2005 11:39am) |
| ( InfoWorld ) - Japan's largest annual IT show, Ceatec, begins on Tuesday and is expected to provide a platform for the country's technology vendors to showcase their latest products and prototypes of devices yet to go on sale. The show runs from Tuesday until Saturday at the Makuhari Messe convention center in Chiba, just outside of Tokyo, and will this year feature around 700 companies, ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Xbox 360 sales below Wii, PS3 in Japan (Punch Jump, 12/05/2008 3:37pm) |
| Sales for Microsoft Corp.’s Xbox 360 ranked below Nintendo Co.’s Wii and Sony Corp.’s Playstation 3 in the latest Japan tally. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Watch the 3DS, Wii U Nintendo Direct for Japan live right here (Joystiq, 10/25/2012 11:45am) |
There are two Nintendo Direct broadcasts going out today, one for Nintendo of America but the first is beaming live from Japan. This first Direct is expected to focus on 3DS games and also cover previously announced Wii U games. There may [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Sony unveils top of the line HX95 HDTV for Europe at IFA 2012 (Engadget, 8/29/2012 5:35pm) |
| Sony's latest and greatest HDTV popped up in Japan earlier and now it has made its European debut as the HX95 series at IFA [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | KDDI R&D Labs Unveils Native H.264/MPEG-4 AVC Editing and Watermarking at NAB 2005 (BOOTH SL3622) (RedNova, 4/13/2005 5:07pm) |
| KAMIFUKUOKA, Japan, April 13 /PRNewswire/ -- KDDI R&D Laboratories, a subsidiary of Japan's global telecommunications company KDDI Corporation, will introduce its powerful H.264/MPEG-4 AVC editing and watermarking software, which adds new capabilities to conventional H.264 codec-based products. (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 3DS XL's Circle Pad Pro Gets a Release Date in Japan. This Is It! [Nintendo] (Kotaku, 10/05/2012 5:50am) |
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| (Unranked) | Professor Layton and the Azran Legacies unravels in Japan on February 28 (Joystiq, 1/10/2013 1:00pm) |
Luke, a true gentleman should always be aware that Professor Layton and the Azran Legacies releases in Japan on February 28. The 3DS game is the final entry in the Layton prequel trilogy, and (Read Full Article) |
 | Sony PS3 Beats Nintendo Wii for the First Time in Japan [Bitchfight] (Gizmodo, 11/30/2007 9:00am) |
| According to game magazine publisher Enterbrain, the Sony PlayStation 3 has beaten the Nintendo Wii for the first time in Japan: Sony sold 183,217 PS3 while Nintendo sold 159,193 Wii consoles in the four-weeks period ending November 25. Not a lot, yes, and while this is hardly a a sign of things changing anytime soon—and much less in the US and Europe, where Wii and Xbox 360 rule uncontested ... (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) |
 | 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) |
| (Unranked) | SUSS MicroTec Japan Seminar in Tokyo addressed critical challenges for 3D Integration and Next Generation Lithography (Business Wire, 12/07/2012 11:00pm) |
| GARCHING, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SUSS MicroTec, a global supplier of equipment and process solutions for the semiconductor industry and related markets, hosted the SUSS MicroTec Japan Seminar 2012 on December 4, at the Hyatt Regency Tokyo. In two [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | NHK shows off some live 7680 x 4320 "Super Hi-Vision" TV in Japan (Engadget, 11/05/2005 8:45pm) |
| This is totally not replacing HDTV for a good million years or so, but NHK of Japan has demoed some “Super Hi-Vision†TV running at 7680 x 4320 — 16 times the resolution of that lame old 1080i your grandparents are talking about. The demo involved a live feed from a couple of custom built cameras based around 8 megapixel CCDs, with their 24Gbps signal being chopped into 16 HD signals and ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Football Makes 2nd Christmas For TV Sales (Local6.com Central Florida, 1/13/2006 1:55pm) |
| The holiday shopping season is over -- unless you want a new TV. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Nintendo debuts 3DS screenshot sharing tool in Japan (Joystiq, 4/21/2013 2:00am) |
| Nintendo has released a web tool for use in the 3DS' internet browser, which allows the user to share screenshots from compatible [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | (AFX UK Focus) 2007-10-19 00:50 GMT: Japan's NTT to offer high-definition digital TV via fiber optic lines - report (Interactive Investor, 10/18/2007 11:53pm) |
| TOKYO (Thomson Financial) - Japan's Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp will start offering high-definition digital television broadcasting service in March by enhancing its fiber-optic network, the Nikkei business daily reported on Friday. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | MGS4 sells 476K units first week in Japan; UK PS3 sales impact 'minimal' (Joystiq, 6/17/2008 11:00am) |
| Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Action, Business
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Here is the Metal Gear Solid 4 tale of two regions. In Japan, Famitsu reports that MGS4 sold 476,334 copies in its first few days, becoming the best-selling PS3 game to date in the region. Snake also boosted sales of the PS3 itself, with Japanese sales hovering around the 10K mark; the console s ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Zombie Driver HD publisher bankruptcy causes PSN Japan, XBLA delisting (Joystiq, 1/22/2014 5:00am) |
| Add the Exor Studios-developed Zombie Driver HD to the growing list of delisted downloadable titles. According to the developer, the XBLA and PSN Japan versions of Zombie Driver will soon be taken down due to the bankruptcy of its publisher ...
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 | Blu-ray Recorders Outsell DVD Recorders in Japan (Format War Central, 12/10/2008 3:01pm) |
| Blu-ray Disc Recorders have exceeded 50% market share for DVD Recorders in terms of units sold in the first week of November 2008, according to the latest GfK Retail and Technology Japan numbers.
A year ago Blu-ray Disc Recorders held for a market share of only 10%.
It is also interesting to note that Blu-ray Disc Recorders are replacing DVD Recorders one and a half times faster than DVD Recorde ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Reuters: PlayStation 3 catching up to Wii in Japan; Us: not really (Joystiq, 7/03/2008 9:29am) |
| Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii
While elsewhere in the world, the Wii has little trouble outpacing its competition - with nearly 25 million units sold worldwide, nearly double the PS3's 13 million and a solid 25% lead on the Xbox 360's 20 million in sales - in Japan, it's a two console race (sorry, Xbox). In a piece headlined "Sony PS3 catching up to Wii in Japanese sales," Reu ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | How a PS3 Game Launched Japan's Newest Sex Symbol (Kotaku, 2/12/2013 11:00am) |
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| (Unranked) | Nintendo debuts 3DS image sharing tool in Japan, uploads your screengrabs to Twitter, Tumblr (Engadget, 4/20/2013 4:57am) |
| Still waiting for [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan Invites You to the 3D World Premiere Screening of "Biohazard: Damnation" (Business Wire, 9/15/2012 11:01pm) |
| TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The full CGI motion picture "Biohazard: Damnation" (English title: "Resident Evil: Damnation") -- based on Capcom's megahit "Resident Evil" video game franchise -- will hit theaters across Japan starting October 27th (Sat). [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Watch the 3DS Nintendo Direct for North America live right here [update: it's done] (Joystiq, 10/25/2012 2:50pm) |
With Japan's Nintendo Direct been and gone, it's now time for Nintendo of America to step up to the plate. We're expecting focus on [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | ATI Has Holiday Gift Giving Covered with Radeon'R' X1600 Series (CCNMatthews via Yahoo! Finance, 12/13/2005 11:00am) |
| MARKHAM, ONTARIO-- - ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Ace Attorney 5 files demo with 3DS eShop in Japan next month (Joystiq, 6/01/2013 3:30am) |
The Japanese 3DS eShop will host a new demo for (Read Full Article) |
 | Wii outsells PS3 by three-to-one in Japan during March (Tech Digest, 4/04/2008 1:53pm) |
| Latest sales figures for March show that Nintendo sold 265k Wiis in March,
compared to Sony's rather poor 81k PS3s. And the gap is widening - just last
week, Sony sold slightly over 11,000 PlayStation3s in Japan, while Nintendo
shifted nearly 49k Wiis. Poor old Sony just can't turn things around for PS3... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Metal Gear Rising gets re-revengeance on Japan with PS3 special edition (Joystiq, 10/21/2013 5:15pm) |
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Metal Gear series producer Hideo Kojima announced that [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | Xbox 360 passes PS3 on Japan sales chart on strength of exclusive title (Ars Technica, 11/12/2007 5:46pm) |
| <p>A price drop and big-name release propel the Xbox 360 to higher sales than the PlayStation 3 for one week, but it remains to be seen whether the momentum can be maintained as Sony readies its own price drop.</p><p><a href="http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20071112-xbox-360s-surge-past-ps3-shows-that-exclusive-titles-selleven-in-japan.html">Read More...</a>< ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Monster Hunter 4 will be released on September 14 in Japan. (Kotaku, 5/31/2013 11:10am) |
| Monster Hunter 4 will be released on September 14 in Japan. There will also be limited edition MH4 themed 3DS XL bundles available at launch.
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| (Unranked) | Konami Explains Why Metal Gear Rising Isn't on The Xbox 360 in Japan (Kotaku, 5/20/2013 9:30am) |
| In the West, Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance was released on the Xbox 360. In Japan, it wasn't. Here's why.
While speaking on the (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Postcards from Japan's Most Eagerly Awaited 3DS Game (Kotaku, 10/25/2012 9:30am) |
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 | TV glows for the holidays (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 11/25/2005 5:13am) |
| Ah, the rites of the holiday season: the decorations, the greeting cards, snowflakes in the air, TV specials on the air ... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | The new Guilty Gear is coming to PS3 and PS4 in Japan next year. (Kotaku, 9/09/2013 9:05am) |
| The new Guilty Gear is coming to PS3 and PS4 in Japan next year. Arc System Works, in a short and sweet one-minute trailer, announced that their next Guilty Gear game will be hitting Sony's [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | The 3DS is getting a new Tales of the World RPG in Japan, reports Weekly Shonen Jump (via ANN). (Kotaku, 4/02/2014 11:30am) |
| The 3DS is getting a new Tales of the World RPG in Japan, reports Weekly Shonen Jump (via ANN). The game, [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | Japan gets high-def Super Bowl coverage via IP link (InfoWorld) (InfoWorld, 2/08/2006 12:58pm) |
| ( InfoWorld ) - NTT Communications has used its IP (Internet Protocol) backbone for high-definition transmission of a live sporting event from the U.S. to Japan for the first time, it said Wednesday. Coverage of Sunday's Super Bowl game was sent to Nippon Television Network (NTV) in real time across the link, which spanned the distance between NTT's facilities in New York and Tokyo, said ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 3DS eShop cards become Mario AR Cards in Japan (Joystiq, 4/01/2013 8:00pm) |
| Nintendo's new eShop prepaid cards aren't just used to purchase content on 3DS, they also are content on 3DS. Nintendo is releasing a series of [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | LG 32LM6200 32-inch 3D LED/LCD TV - Product of the Week (About.com, 12/28/2012 8:00am) |
| Are you looking for a 3D TV, but came up empty during the holiday season because the screen sizes were too big for your room? Don't fret, there are 3D ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Altered Beast 3D coming to eShop in Japan (Joystiq, 5/23/2013 1:00am) |
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Altered Beast is about to wise fwom its gwave on 3DS. Sega has (Read Full Article) |
 | Panasonic Japan outs three Blu-ray set-top boxes with digital TV tuners (CrunchGear, 9/09/2009 3:20pm) |
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Panasonic Japan announced a total of three new Blu-ray-based set-top boxes today [JP], the first devices in the industry featuring a digital CATV tuner. All of the models (TZ-BDW900M/pictured, TZ-BDW900F and TZ-BDW900P) have a 500GB HDD on board, too. (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Report: Dragon Quest 7 remake on 3DS coming to Japan in February (Joystiq, 10/31/2012 2:30am) |
| Square Enix is porting PSOne RPG Dragon Quest 7 (known as Dragon Warrior 7 here in the states) to the 3DS, it would seem. According to [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | Pioneer to Strengthen Its PureVision High-Definition Plasma Lineup in Japan (Japan Corporate News, 9/14/2006 9:42am) |
| Tokyo, Japan, Sept 14, 2006 - (JCN Newswire) - Pioneer Corporation announced today that the company will introduce two "PureVision" high-definition plasma TVs equipped with its proprietary technology "New P.U.R.E.(*1) Black Panel" to strengthen its PureVision plasma lineup. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | PS3 hits new milestone in Japan (AfterDawn, 4/11/2008 10:54pm) |
| The PlayStation 3 has surpassed another milestone in Japan, passing the 2 million units sold mark after a strong sales week.
Sony's popular handheld, the PSP, had a very strong week as well in the territory and sold 121,000 units for the week ended April 6th. The Nintendo DS sold under half of the PSP, with 55,000 units for the week. The usually strong Wii sold a little less than usual at 44, ... (Read Full Article) |
 | byd:sign Introduces First DivX Certified HDTV to Hit Japan (eHomeUpgrade, 6/30/2008 4:45pm) |
| DivX, Inc., a digital media company, today announced the DivX Certificationâ„¢ of byd:sign Corporation’s new LCD HDTV (model: DC-1902DWB [black], DC-1902DWW [white]).
To be released this month, byd:sign’s LCD HDTV (liquid crystal display high-definition television) is the first LCD HDTV with DivX Certification for the Japan market. With guaranteed DivX video playback, users will enjoy ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Here's a new clip of Rain, the PS3 adventure game from Sony's Japan studio. (Kotaku, 3/26/2013 2:50am) |
| Here's a new clip of Rain, the PS3 adventure game from Sony's Japan studio.
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| (Unranked) | PS3 sales fall in Japan post PSN restore (Punch Jump, 5/21/2011 3:25pm) |
| Media Create Co. this week said the Sony Corp.’s Playstation 3 ranked third in hardware sales in the latest Japan post restore of the Playstation Network division. The PS3 sold 13,789 units between May 9 and May 15 to rank No. 3 in overall hardware sales. By comparison, it sold 20,883 units the week prior. [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | Japan Gets *Another* Metal Gear Solid 4 PS3 Bundle [Metal Gear Solid 4] (Kotaku, 5/02/2008 7:10am) |
| Yup. Another one. Well, another three, to be precise. Sony Japan have just announced that they'll be releasing a new PS3 bundle - The "Metal Gear Solid 4 Welcome Box" - to tie-in with the release of... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Xbox 360 sales decline in latest Japan figures (Punch Jump, 5/21/2011 3:45pm) |
| Sales for Microsoft Corp.’s Xbox 360 hardware held as the No. 7 hardware in the latest Japan retail figures. Media Create Co. on Fri. reported that the Xbox 360 sold 2,763 units between May 9 and May 15 to rank No. 7 in overall sales. By comparison, the hardware sold 3,419 units the week prior. [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | Limited edition Metal Gear Solid 4 PS3 heads to Japan's Outer Haven (Engadget, 3/21/2008 11:20am) |
| Filed under: Gaming, HDTV
On June 12th, 2008 there'll be no place to hide from the release of the gunmetal MGS4 PS3. Well no place except every single country other than japan where the ¥51,800 (about $520) limited edition console will exclusively launch. That wad of Yen nabs the limited edition 40GB console with a Metal Gear Solid 4 Guns of the Patriots software bundle and like-colored DualShock ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Drakengard 3 delayed to December 19 in Japan (Joystiq, 8/25/2013 1:00am) |
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Square Enix will keep Drakengard 3's [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | A new Theatrhythm Final Fantasy game is hitting the 3DS in Japan next Spring. (Kotaku, 9/11/2013 10:20am) |
| A new Theatrhythm Final Fantasy game is hitting the 3DS in Japan next Spring. Gematsu reports that the sequel, [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | Matching the Wide Screen With Clear Thinking (New York Times, 12/10/2005 5:25am) |
| Consumers are snapping up digital TV's this holiday season, but cutting through the clutter to select the right model can be trying. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | First HDTV broadcasts unveiled (BBC News, 5/09/2006 10:13am) |
| The BBC will screen Planet Earth and Bleak House in high definition television over the Whitsun Bank Holiday. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Blu-ray Highlights for January 2nd, 2013 (High-Def Digest, 1/02/2013 5:01pm) |
| As we recover from our holiday hangovers, the new year begins mostly with a lot of reissues of old Blu-ray titles. However, mixed in here somewhere may be a few new discs worth looking at. Join us [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | Look for holiday stocks ... in April (MSN Money, 4/27/2005 2:12am) |
| By next fall, when everybody's talking about the hot electronics gear for the holidays, would-be investors will have missed the boat. Here are some contenders for next season's big sellers. (Read Full Article) |
 | From Apple to Zipit (St. Petersburg Times, 11/28/2005 6:13am) |
| Shopping for electronics this holiday season? You might be surprised by some of the bargains - and some of the latest features - to be had in cameras, cell phones, televisions, computers and more. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Associated Press (The Plain Dealer, 1/01/2007 12:35pm) |
| Los Angeles -- Vanity, thy name is hi-def TV. The holiday shopping season was expected to sharply boost the number of U.S. homes with high-definition televisions to nearly 33 million. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Sony unveils latest HX950 flagship HDTV in Japan with 'Intelligent Peak LED' backlighting (Engadget, 8/29/2012 6:19am) |
| While Sony's current lineup [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | SiGen Announces NanoTec License to Shin-Etsu Chemical of Tokyo Japan (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 10/03/2005 2:01pm) |
| Silicon Genesis Corporation announced today that it has entered into a broad intellectual property license agreement with Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. of Tokyo Japan . Under this agreement, Shin-Etsu will have rights to SiGen's NanoTec suite of technologies and includes the purchase of SiGen proprietary equipment. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Hot Shots Golf Vita coming to PS3 in Japan (Joystiq, 8/23/2012 6:00pm) |
| Arcade golfer Hot Shots Golf: World International will be [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Nintendo and Sega just announced Miku Hatsune: Project Mirai 2 for the Nintendo 3DS in Japan. (Kotaku, 5/17/2013 2:17pm) |
| Nintendo and Sega just announced Miku Hatsune: Project Mirai 2 for the Nintendo 3DS in Japan. It will have new songs and more features than the previous game.
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| (Unranked) | 3DS XL exhausts color spectrum, turns to turquoise and orange in Japan (Joystiq, 10/23/2013 3:00pm) |
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If it hasn't achieved it already, the 3DS XL is making a serious bid to become the [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Super Mario Bros. 3 bounds onto Japan's 3DS Virtual Console Jan. 1 (Joystiq, 12/30/2012 2:00am) |
Super Mario Bros. 3 will be available for ¥500 on Japan's 3DS Virtual Console next Tuesday, January 1, Nintendo [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | Flat-Panel Prospects Burn Bright (BusinessWeek, 10/28/2005 8:14am) |
| Even if consumer spending slows, L.G. Philips LCD, a South Korean supplier of LCD TV panels, could benefit this holiday season ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Flat-Panel Prospects Burn Bright (BusinessWeek, 10/28/2005 9:01pm) |
| Even if consumer spending slows, L.G. Philips LCD, a South Korean supplier of LCD TV panels, could benefit this holiday season ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Blu-ray Highlights for December 18, 2012 (High-Def Digest, 12/18/2012 5:01pm) |
| Christmas is right around the corner, and the Hollywood studios have some last-minute Blu-ray releases to tempt holiday shoppers. Join us in the blog today to tell us which new discs you have your [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 3D LCD and Plasma TVs - Holiday Gift Special (About.com, 12/02/2012 10:00am) |
| 3D is one of the options you can get in a growing number of LCD and Plasma TVs - but what are the best 3D TVs? To get you started ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | In Japan, Sony is ceasing aftercare service for the launch PlayStation 3 consoles: the 60GB CECH-A00 (Kotaku, 3/03/2014 12:30pm) |
| In Japan, Sony is ceasing aftercare service for the launch PlayStation 3 consoles: the 60GB CECH-A00 model, the 40GB CECH-B00 [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | Are Blu-ray Prices Cheap Enough? (CE Pro, 11/19/2008 11:11pm) |
| Expectations for Blu-ray are on the rise this holiday season. But have prices of players dropped enough to warrant adoption? ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Blu-ray Highlights: Week of July 7th, 2013 (High-Def Digest, 7/08/2013 5:00pm) |
| Even with the holiday behind us, this is unfortunately another uneventful week for new Blu-ray releases. Nevertheless, we have a roundup of the handful of new titles you might want to know more [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Animal Crossing 3DS hits Japan November 8 (Joystiq, 8/29/2012 12:45pm) |
| Animal Crossing: Tobidase DÅbutsu no Mori (translated as 'Jump Out') is coming to 3DSes in [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | SiGen Announces NanoTec License to Shin-Etsu Chemical of Tokyo Japan (ZDNet India, 10/04/2005 7:57am) |
| Silicon Genesis Corporation (SiGen) announced on monday that it has entered into a broad intellectual property license agreement with Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. of Tokyo Japan (Shin-Etsu). Under this agreement, Shin-Etsu will have rights to SiGen's NanoTec(TM) suite of technologies and includes the purchase of SiGen proprietary equipment. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Television Technospeak (RedNova, 11/22/2005 4:48am) |
| By Aman Batheja, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Nov. 20--Shoppers considering high-definition televisions this holiday season may find themselves drowning in acronyms. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | (No Title) (, 1/01/2007 4:14pm) |
| High definition televisions (HDTVs) are no longer just for the super wealthy, or early-adopters. This holiday season saw a buying frenzy for these modern TVs, giving retailers a headache. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Hot Deal: LG BP325W 3D Blu-ray Player: $69.99 (Electronic House, 11/16/2012 6:03pm) |
| Dell is making it easy (and affordable) to stuff a little 3D under the tree this holiday.
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 | How to buy a big TV (The Arizona Republic, 1/25/2006 8:03pm) |
| MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. - Just when you thought the holiday rush to buy a new TV had died down, the Super Bowl brings in a new wave of buyers -- and we assume that you're a serious buyer, not the bozo who buys a TV for the big game and then returns it Monday. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Puzzle & Dragons coming to 3DS in Japan (Joystiq, 4/13/2013 4:00am) |
| Mobile puzzle hit Puzzle & Dragons, in which players build [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | The Best 3D Blu-rays for Halloween! (High-Def Digest, 10/30/2012 12:20am) |
| by Daniel Hirshleifer It's that time of year again. The jack-o'-lanterns are out, the scarecrows are up, and everyone's donning costumes. Yes, it's Halloween, the scariest holiday of them all. [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Pikachu 3DS XL coming to Europe this year (Joystiq, 10/04/2012 7:14pm) |
| Europe is joining Japan in the "cool yellow Pikachu 3DS [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Zelda: Oracle of Seasons And Ages Are Coming To 3DS Virtual Console Outside Of Japan... Eventually (Kotaku, 2/21/2013 6:22pm) |
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| (Unranked) | Zelda: Oracle of Ages, Oracle of Seasons to hit 3DS eShop in Japan (Joystiq, 2/21/2013 12:00pm) |
| So it was foretold: The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages and Oracle of Seasons will come to the 3DS eShop in Japan. The Capcom-developed [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Disney/Pixar's Brave Arrives On Blu-ray (About.com, 11/14/2012 1:15am) |
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One of the top Summer Blockbusters, Brave is now available on Blu-ray and DVD, just in time for the holiday season. The film is great family entertainment that transports you ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Consumer Confusion Causes HDTV Returns (About.com, 12/29/2007 10:00am) |
| One of the most popular gifts this Holiday Season is the HDTV. However, after setting it up many consumers aren't satisfied. The result of this dissatisfation is that many... ... (Read Full Article) |
 | VIZIO Announces Holiday HDTV Blockbusters (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance, 10/28/2005 4:41pm) |
| V, Inc., the multiple award-winning VIZIO digital display and set top maker, announced shipping and pricing for key LCD ... (Read Full Article) |
 | HDTVs are hot buys this season (Barrington Courier-Review, 12/22/2005 1:12pm) |
| If you've been waiting for the right time to buy the HDTV you've always wanted, now could be it. This holiday retail season is shaping up to be a good one for retailers who sell digital TVs. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Nintendo: Our 'powerhouse' franchises will ignite holiday sales (CNET News, 6/13/2013 11:00am) |
| The company sees the Wii U performing similarly to the portable 3DS and rebounding. "We know the power of great software driving hardware," one executive tells [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Arc System Works draws Swords & Darkness on 3DS eShop in Japan (Joystiq, 9/22/2013 3:00am) |
Fighting game-savvy developer Arc System [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | Sumitomo Electric Networks Selects Ikanos' 100 Mbps Symmetrical VDSL Chipset for Fiber Fast Broadband Delivery (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance, 12/19/2005 1:00pm) |
| Ikanos Communications, Inc. , a leading developer of Fiber Fast broadband solutions, today announced that Sumitomo Electric Networks , one of Japan's leading communications equipment manufacturers, has selected Ikanos' Fx100100-4 and Fx100100S-4 chipsets, enabling carriers to provide interactive broadband services with symmetric speeds of up to 100 Mbps to customers in Japan. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | HDTVs for the Holidays (Technorati, 12/11/2007 3:49pm) |
| For the many consumers searching for the perfect Flat screen HDTV this Holiday, PC World has "scoured the earth and the Web" looking for the best HDTVs from a variety of vendors, and have come up with a list of... ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Tech Toys 2005: A Holiday Shopping Guide (Connected Home Media, 11/30/2005 4:21pm) |
| Once again, the holidays are upon us. And as we do every year at Connected Home Media , we're turning our attention to the top technology products of the year. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Best Buy, Circuit City post strong sales (The Santa Rosa Press Democrat, 1/06/2007 3:32pm) |
| MINNEAPOLIS - The holiday season could have been ugly for electronics retailers, with deep Black Friday discounts and high-definition TVs so common even Home Depot had them. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Report: Nintendo aims for 5 million 3DS sales in Japan this year (Joystiq, 8/28/2013 12:30am) |
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Capcom held an event in Tokyo today for Monster Hunter 4 , during which [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | The Ultimate Holiday Gift Guide (InternetWeek, 12/10/2005 12:37am) |
| Want to make sure your gift list includes the latest and greatest? Our editors have come up with the hottest, highest-tech gadgets to give (and get) this year. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Sales blitz (Peoria Journal Star, 1/31/2006 9:08am) |
| The Super Bowl is sending television sales into overtime. Whether it will become the next Christmas is debatable, but it's clear the big game is extending the holiday season for many electronics retailers. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | (No Title) (, 11/06/2006 10:27am) |
| As the holiday season begins, many people will be shopping for a big-screen, flat-panel, digital television set, especially those capable of receiving high-definition television, or HDTV. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Blu-ray Review: Arthur Christmas - 3D (High-Def Digest, 11/02/2012 9:55pm) |
| Christmas is my favorite holiday season. Sure, it's devolved into stampeding hordes of the shopping zombies duking it out for parking spots and must-have toys (and HD gear!), but if ever there was [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Monster Hunter 4 out in Japan March 2013, includes online multiplayer (Joystiq, 9/21/2012 2:00am) |
North America will get Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate on 3DS and Wii U in March 2013. Meanwhile, Capcom announced a March 2013 window for the 3DS Monster Hunter 4 in Japan. Unlike the 3DS version of 3 Ultimate, Monster Hunter 4 includes online [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Dragon's Crown gets Vita, PS3 cross-play in Japan (Joystiq, 10/09/2013 4:30pm) |
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Japanese Vita and PS3 players can now buddy up in Dragon's Crown, after Vanillaware added [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | Disney Unveils First BD-50 Titles (High-Def Digest, 10/23/2006 8:55pm) |
| Continuing the rapid adoption of the BD-50, Buena Vista Home Entertainment has announced the release of its first four Blu-ray dual-layer 50GB discs in time for the holiday season. As reported late last... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Mary Poppins: 50th Anniversary Edition' Dated for Blu-ray! (High-Def Digest, 8/02/2013 8:00pm) |
| The classic musical and winner of five Oscars (including Best Actress: Julie Andrews and Best Original Score) will be available on Blu-ray this holiday season! In an early announcement to retailers, [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Blu-ray Highlights: Week of July 21st, 2013 (High-Def Digest, 7/22/2013 5:00pm) |
| Considering that it isn't even a holiday, this week brings us an almost inexcusably paltry selection of new Blu-ray releases that may only excite Criterion collectors and James McAvoy fans. What [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | Sony unveils PlayStation 3 (CNN (CNN Money, 5/17/2005 2:15am) |
| LOS ANGELES (CNN/Money) - Sony won\\\'t have a new console on the market this holiday season, but it\\\'s doing all it can to convince consumers to wait a bit longer before buying their next video game machine. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Buyers in the mood to splurge this year (Kansas City Star, 11/23/2006 8:14am) |
| After several penny-pinching holiday seasons, consumers seem to want to celebrate this year and spring for a Sony PlayStation 3, leggings, TMX Elmo, high-definition TVs and more. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Pokemon Mystery Dungeon 3DS comes to Japan this winter (Joystiq, 9/13/2012 9:30pm) |
| Pokémon Mystery Dungeon is coming back with a new 3DS game. Pikachu and [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Pokemon devs launching 3DS eShop game in Japan next week (Joystiq, 8/29/2012 1:30pm) |
| Pokémon developer Game Freak is launching a new game, Rhythm Hunter: Harmo Knight, on [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | LCD and LED/LCD TVs - 2012 Holiday Gift Special (About.com, 11/12/2012 6:00am) |
| LCD TVs make a great gift for the holidays. With prices continuing downward, screen sizes increasing, and a growing number with internet streaming and 3D capabilities, there is an LCD ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Is It Time to Buy That 50-Inch Plasma TV? (RedNova, 11/20/2005 10:35pm) |
| By Keith Reed, The Boston Globe Nov. 20--Should you or shouldn't you this holiday season? New brands, deep discounts, and increased production are pushing prices of high-definition television sets even lower this year. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | The ABC of HDTV (EARTHtimes.org, 9/18/2005 4:13pm) |
| High Definition Television (HDTV) is the next thing in technology that promises to take the markets by storm come this holiday season. A decision to purchase a HDTV should be thoroughly thought of since many factors have to be taken into consideration. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Blu-ray Highlights: Week of May 26th, 2013 (High-Def Digest, 5/28/2013 5:00pm) |
| As we return from the long holiday weekend, the Blu-ray pickings are a little slim this week. In fact, perhaps the most interesting title of the week is one of the biggest box office bombs of all [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Animal Crossing: New Leaf at 2.3M sold in Japan, bringing in new female 3DS owners (Joystiq, 1/08/2013 10:00pm) |
| Japanese sales of Animal Crossing: New Leaf are at around 2.3 million, with [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | HDTV prices plummet for the holidays (NAB SmartBrief, 11/25/2008 6:00am) |
| A sudden plunge in HDTV prices is a rite of the holiday season, but this year price drops are especially steep. -More- ]]> ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Yes, of course Nintendo is releasing its Zelda-themed 3DS XL in the US as well (Engadget, 10/29/2013 6:01pm) |
| Quit sending those mean letters to your European cousins, full of bitterness and jealousy that they're getting a shiny gold Nintendo 3DS XL with the Triforce emblazoned on its outer shell this holiday and you're not. Not only is it rude, but it [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | HDTV sets become a major holiday barometer (CEA SmartBrief, 12/01/2008 6:00am) |
| With Black Friday now in the rearview mirror, manufacturers of HDTV sets, Blu-ray discs and other video-enhancing goodies are -More- ]]> ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Hackers Eye Game Consoles, HD DVD (NewsFactor via Yahoo! News, 1/02/2007 4:56pm) |
| Following a holiday season full of electronics gift giving, reports indicate that hackers are already starting to target new gaming consoles and HD DVD technology. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | BRIAN DICKERSON: Mental exercise for a holiday (Detroit Free Press, 5/28/2006 8:52am) |
| 1. According to a statewide survey commissioned by the Free Press, 15% of Michigan families have borrowed money this year to pay for: A. Medical emergencies. B. Energy bills. C. High-definition TV sets. D. Household repairs. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Engadget HD Podcast 378 - 12.11.13 (Engadget, 12/11/2013 11:02pm) |
| While Ben digs into his holiday movie archive and Richard warms himself by a virtual yuletide fire, HD news continues to pour forth. The Xbox One received some post-launch updates, Dolby demoed some tech you might not have thought you needed, [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | New 3-For-2 Deal on HD DVDs at Best Buy (High-Def Digest, 12/23/2007 9:00pm) |
| Capping off a holiday season filled with next-gen media sales, Best Buy is offering up one last "buy two get one free" deal on HD DVD discs. The retailer is advertising a total over 200 qualifying discs... ... (Read Full Article) |
 | A guide to the types of high-definition TVs (Seattle Times, 2/26/2006 8:14am) |
| If the holiday deals on high-definition TVs and the hoopla surrounding HD broadcasts of the Super Bowl and Winter Olympics piqued your interest... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Ted' Announced and Detailed for Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 10/11/2012 10:25pm) |
| The hit comedy from Seth MacFarlane arrives on Blu-ray this holiday season! As previously reported, Universal is working on 'Ted' for Blu-ray on December 11. 'Family Guy' creator Seth MacFarlane [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | New Blu-ray releases: Ted, Bourne Legacy, Ice Age: Continental 3D (HD-Report, 12/11/2012 2:34pm) |
| It’s the holiday season and there are several anticipated Blu-ray titles hitting shelves that make great stocking stuffers. First off, Ted, the adult comedy that looks like a kid’s movie because it co-stars a teddy bear but actually [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | HIGH-DEF BLITZ (Miami Herald, 1/12/2006 8:30am) |
| For TV shoppers and sellers, Super Bowl XL is Christmas II. While shopping for most consumer electronics peaks around the holidays, the Super Bowl on Feb. 5 sends the holiday season into overtime for TVs. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | In Brief - November 30, 2005 (FMQB, 11/30/2005 10:23pm) |
| Brad Davidson joins Reprise Records, Conclave announces 2006 theme, RIAA sues another 754 over file-sharing, MUSEXPO 2006 details revealed, Pinnacle Media looks at holiday music ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Survey says buyers looking for smaller HDTVs this holiday season (Home Theater, 12/04/2009 12:48pm) |
| Along with McMansions and Hummers, it looks like the giant-sized HDTV has become a symbol of a not-so-distant era where people wanted bigger and better, their debt limits be damned. According to a new survey by electronics Web site Retrevo, the [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Amazon Blu-ray Discs under $10 (HD-Report, 12/16/2012 10:30pm) |
| Looking for some stocking stuffers for the holidays? Or still upgrading your DVD collection to high-definition? Amazon has got a huge selection of Blu-ray Disc titles under $10, ranging from holiday comedy hits such as Elf, to blockbuster titles [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | TVs Will Lead Seasonal Charge of HD for the Holidays, According to The NPD Group (Business Wire, 11/08/2006 12:00pm) |
| PORT WASHINGTON, NY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The high demand for high-definition will drive an already booming TV business for the 2006 holiday shopping season in the U.S., according to ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Consumer-electronics retailers see signs of hope for holidays (Richmond Times-Dispatch, 10/16/2005 5:06am) |
| Who would be dreaming of a big holiday retail season in a year when the economy has been battered by everything from hurricanes to high gas prices? The answer: consumer-electronics executives. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | High-def movies may help public pick format (Colorado Springs Gazette, 9/16/2007 1:15pm) |
| LOS ANGELES - People who own an HD DVD player can forget about watching “Spider-Man 3†in high definition when it goes on sale during the holiday season. The movie from Sony Pictures will be available only in the Blu-ray DVD format. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Firmware Updates and What It Means For Your Blu-ray Disc Player and Other Home Theater Components (About.com, 1/06/2009 10:00am) |
| Did you purchase or receive a Blu-ray Disc player as a gift this past holiday season? If so, you probably noticed a sheet packed in the box, or a section... ... (Read Full Article) |
 | 100,000 MGS4 PS3 Bundles for Japan (IGN, 5/07/2008 1:36pm) |
| Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (PS3)That's a lot. Maybe. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Super Mario 3D World scratches up Japan, Europe in late November (Joystiq, 10/01/2013 3:12pm) |
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Super Mario 3D World will bring kitty-cat versions of [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | Venturer to Unleash Budget HD DVD Player for the Holidays (High-Def Digest, 8/29/2007 1:23am) |
| Discount manufacturer Venturer Electronics today announced that it would release its first HD DVD player in time for this year's holiday shopping season. The Canadian-based company, which is known for... ... (Read Full Article) |
 | HD DVD Buying Guide 2007 (DVD Talk, 2/19/2007 6:47pm) |
| The response to our Holiday HD DVD Buying Guide was so positive, we've decided to do an updated guide to the next generation of home entertainment - HD DVDâ„¢. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Blu-ray Disc Players - 2012 Holiday Gift Special (About.com, 11/06/2012 8:00am) |
| One of the best gifts to get someone this year is a Blu-ray Disc player. Blu-ray players are popping up everywhere. With prices of an increasing number of Blu-ray disc ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Silent Hill: Downpour PS3 forecasts a November 8 launch in Japan (Joystiq, 9/08/2012 3:30pm) |
| The future may not be so bright for Silent Hill: Downpour developer (Read Full Article) |
 | HP Unveils Must-have Gifts for the Holidays (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 10/31/2007 11:45am) |
| PALO ALTO, Calif.----In time for holiday shopping, HP today introduced a range of consumer products - from personal, stylish devices that help protect and preserve digital memories, to the ultimate in high-definition digital entertainment PCs and TVs. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | 'Spider-Man 3' Blu-ray to Receive Unique Cross-Platform Promo Campaign (High-Def Digest, 9/18/2007 8:17pm) |
| In what Sony is billing as the home entertainment industry’s most integrated hardware-software campaign to date, the Blu-ray release of 'Spider-Man 3' will see unprecedented promotion this holiday season.... ... (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) |
| (Unranked) | ‘Ted’ gets Dec. 11 release date for Blu-ray, VOD (HD-Report, 10/11/2012 12:36am) |
| If a foul-mouthed teddy bear who sounds an awful lot like Peter Griffin doesn’t say holiday spirit to you, then I don’t know what does. Universal Studios Home Entertainment is delivering Ted, last summer’s comedy hit, to Blu-ray, [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | Kyodo economic news summary -6- (Kyodo via Yahoo! Asia News, 9/01/2005 11:08am) |
| _ ---------- Japan invokes retaliatory tariffs on U.S. steel imports ... (Read Full Article) |
 | High-Definition Decisions (The Tampa Tribune, 1/23/2006 2:05am) |
| TAMPA - televisions have never had more appeal. Prices are dropping after the holiday season, sizes are growing and more TV programs broadcast in high definition. This year, analysts say HDTVs may account for 38 percent of total U.S. television sales. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | The mirror never lies in hi-def television (Kansas City Star, 1/02/2007 8:06am) |
| The holiday shopping season was expected to boost the number of U.S. homes with high-definition televisions to almost 33 million. In the eyes of a growing number of image-obsessed on-air personalities, that’s 33 million reasons to be concerned. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 100K Pokemon X/Y 3DS bundles sell out in hours on Amazon Japan (Joystiq, 8/14/2013 4:30am) |
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Within hours of making Pokémon X and Pokémon Y bundles available [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | Microsoft Whines About Xbox 360 Shortages [Supply And Demand] (Kotaku, 2/14/2008 3:20pm) |
| Having a hard time finding an Xbox 360 in stores lately? You aren't the only one. Overwhelming demand for the console over the holidays has left many post-holiday Xbox seekers in the cold. In a... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Surviving Christmas' Dated for Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 7/15/2013 4:00pm) |
| The 2004 holiday comedy will climb down Blu-ray's chimney in November. In an early announcement to retailers, Warner Brothers says 'Surviving Christmas' will be available on Blu-ray on November 5. [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Arthur Christmas' Dated for Blu-ray and Blu-ray 3D! (High-Def Digest, 8/30/2012 4:00pm) |
| The 2011 animated holiday adventure comes to both Blu-ray formats this November! In an early announcement to retailers, Sony says 'Arthur Christmas' will arrive on Blu-ray and Blu-ray 3D on November [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | Sony will drop prices for its Blu-ray DVD player as it spars with HD DVD (Tacoma News Tribune, 11/02/2007 8:40am) |
| Sony Corp.’s Blu-ray DVD player will drop 20 percent or more in price this holiday season, the head of the company’s consumer electronics division said. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 4K TV Hits Retail (Home Media Magazine, 10/15/2012 7:54pm) |
| The 2012 holiday season should see the usual bevy of discounted home entertainment hardware — everything from HDTVs to 3D Blu-ray Disc players.
It will also see a relatively new home entertainment hardware offering: 4K TVs. And [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | HD responds to Target's Blu-ray deal. (Addict 3D, 7/30/2007 3:31pm) |
| As reported earlier, Target has decided to carry a Sony Blu-ray player for its only high-definition player this holiday season. This has prompted comments from Ken Graffeo, co-president of the North American HD DVD Promotional Group, who has pointed out that this is just a merchandise... ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Big TVs make big splash for big game (USA Today, 1/13/2006 2:11am) |
| While shopping for most consumer electronics peaks around Christmas, the Super Bowl on Feb. 5 sends the holiday season into overtime for TVs. Even though sales of digital cameras and audio gear drop off after Christmas, TV sales stay strong in January. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | PS4 launch will not lead to PS3 price cut (AfterDawn, 6/21/2013 3:00pm) |
| According to Sony UK, the upcoming PlayStation 4 launch does not mean the company is dropping the price of the PS3.UK Managing Director Fergal Gara says the aging console will not get a price cut following the holiday launch of the PS4."There's no [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | Super Bowl a TD for TVs (Montgomery Advertiser, 1/12/2006 10:06am) |
| MINNEAPOLIS -- For TV shoppers and sellers, Super Bowl XL is Christmas II. While shopping for most consumer electronics peaks around Christmastime, the Super Bowl on Feb. 5 sends the holiday season into overtime for TVs. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | 'Pursuit of Happyness' To Make Blu-ray Debut in March (High-Def Digest, 2/06/2007 11:46am) |
| The $150 million-grossing Will Smith smash 'The Pursuit of Happyness' will come to Blu-ray day-and-date on March 27, courtesy of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. One of the biggest hits of the holiday... ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Football fans shop for bigger, better sets (Contra Costa Times, 1/13/2006 2:39pm) |
| For TV shoppers and sellers, Super Bowl XL is Christmas II. While shopping for most consumer electronics peaks around Christmas time, the Super Bowl on Feb. 5 sends the holiday season into overtime for TVs. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | New 3DS Zelda falls after 'A Link to the Past' (Joystiq, 4/18/2013 1:30am) |
Nintendo is still mulling over an official North American title for this holiday's (Read Full Article) |
 | The Dark Knight Blu-ray: Crushing Nielsen Ratings December 9th [Blu-Ray] (Gizmodo, 9/29/2008 5:45pm) |
| Rumors and logic speculated that Warner would release The Dark Knight in time for the holiday season, and the Blu-ray two-disc and collectible limited edition will indeed go on sale December 9th, the... ... (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) |
| (Unranked) | 'The Dark Knight Rises' and 'The Dark Knight Trilogy Giftset' Blu-rays Announced (High-Def Digest, 9/28/2012 9:16pm) |
| There will be a few different editions of Christopher Nolan's Batman saga on Blu-ray just in time for the holiday season! In an early announcement to retailers, Warner Brothers says 'The Dark Knight [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Nintendo outs release dates for Super Mario 3D World, DK Tropical Freeze (Joystiq, 8/28/2013 5:05pm) |
Nintendo has detailed its fourth-quarter software lineup for the Wii U, revealing that multiple high-profile games are slated to launch in the months leading up to the holiday season.
The Wii Remote Plus-bundled minigame compilation [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | Dell Rolls Out 37-inch LCD TV (DesignTechnica, 10/18/2005 4:35pm) |
| Just in time for the holiday buying season, Dell debuts its new 37-inch W3706C LCD display, and has started taking orders for its W5001C 50-inch plasma display. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Sony won't abandon PS3 after PS4 launch, execs say (AfterDawn, 6/28/2013 10:18am) |
| With the launch of the PlayStation 4 console set for the holiday season, Sony is reassuring PS3 owners of potential buyers that the console has years left.In an interview with Japanese Weekly [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 3D printed photographs: a new twist on your holiday snaps (Engadget, 5/21/2013 11:58am) |
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Got hordes of old photos you don't know [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | Digital Cameras, Laptops, Televisions Top Holiday Wish Lists, Survey Says (RedNova, 11/30/2005 12:22am) |
| By Jim Stafford, The Daily Oklahoman Nov. 29--Tech-savvy Americans put digital cameras and laptop computers atop their Christmas wish list this year, according to a recent survey conducted by the technology Web site Cnet.com. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Venturer Makes Low cost HD DVD Player More Appealing (I4U, 12/14/2007 5:28pm) |
| Home theater fans in the UK will have something to be happy about this holiday season with Venturer making its low cost SHD1000 HD DVD player even more attractive. The player is already packaged with a free HDMI cable and the HD DVD films Troy and Hulk.The... ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Sony PS3 will see no Price Cut for Christmas says Sony (I4U, 10/13/2008 12:50pm) |
| Sony's CEO smashes hopes that Sony would lower the price of the Sony PS3 console in time for the Holidays. Kazuo Hirai told the Financial Times that the current PS3 pricing is the one that Sony will go into the Holiday shopping season.
Sony is arguing ... ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Warner Home Video's Happy Hi-Def Holidays Begin December 5! (Business Wire, 11/16/2006 12:12am) |
| BURBANK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Anticipating a big holiday demand for high definition DVD product, Warner Home Video has announced the December 5th new format ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Saudi Arabia: New PLAYSTATION®3 model to take holiday season by storm (Mena Report, 10/23/2007 12:26pm) |
| MECL today announced details of its new PLAYSTATION®3 (PS3™) model that will launch throughout Saudi Arabia at the price of SR 1,799 bundled with Spider-Man™ 3 movie on Blu-ray disc. It will be available very soon. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Super Bowl Extends TV Buying Season (Rapid City Journal, 1/12/2006 12:00am) |
| MINNEAPOLIS - For TV shoppers and sellers, Super Bowl XL is Christmas II. While shopping for most consumer electronics peaks around Christmastime, the Super Bowl on Feb. 5 sends the holiday season into overtime for TVs. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Must See HDTV (December 25th - 30th) (Engadget, 12/25/2012 10:52pm) |
| Even though most of us are enjoying a holiday break and our favorite TV shows are too, there's still a [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | DVD Format War Breeds Consumer Frustration (E-Commerce Times, 8/13/2007 4:17pm) |
| People who own an HD DVD player can forget about watching "Spider-Man 3" in high definition when it goes on sale during the holiday season. The movie from Sony Pictures will only be available in the Blu-ray DVD format. Likewise, people with Blu-ray players won't be able to enjoy the action-thriller "The Bourne Ultimatum," which Universal Pictures will release only in HD DVD. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Sony PS3 Price-Cut rumored to come in next Days (I4U, 2/25/2009 4:52pm) |
| Everybody tells Sony to cut the price of the Sony PS3 to get the sales of the most advanced console going again after the slow Holiday sales. GamesIndustry.biz reports today that analyst Mike Hickey at Janco Partners says that a PS3 price-cut is imminent a... ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Super Bowl carries the ball for extended buying season (Macon Telegraph, 1/12/2006 8:08am) |
| MINNEAPOLIS - For TV shoppers and sellers, Super Bowl XL is Christmas II. While shopping for most consumer electronics peaks around Christmastime, the Super Bowl on Feb. 5 sends the holiday season into overtime for TVs. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Study: Blu-ray Dominates HD DVD in Japan (allthingsHiDef, 1/23/2008 3:36am) |
| While U.S. consumer electronics retailers remain on the fence about whether to declare a winner in the format war, Japanese consumers appear to have voted Blu-ray champion, according to a new report. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | For the Coolest Gizmos, Head East (BusinessWeek, 10/06/2005 9:11am) |
| From a bunny-shaped, voice-activated remote control to eco-phones, Japan's CEATEC showed the quirky and hip coming to you soon ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Must See HDTV (July 8th - 14th) (Engadget, 7/08/2013 11:07pm) |
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After a long holiday weekend we have [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | VideoScan: Blu-ray Commands Thanksgiving Week Disc Sales (High-Def Digest, 11/29/2007 5:00pm) |
| Black Friday? More like Blu Friday. According to Nielsen VideoScan, US sales of Blu-ray discs swelled to a nearly 3:1 lead over HD DVD in the first official week of the holiday shopping season. According...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/highdefdigestallnews/~4/192514503" height="1" width="1"/> ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Save $1000 on a Panasonic VIERA 55-inch 3D LED HDTV (HD-Report, 12/21/2012 5:10pm) |
| Looking to upgrade your HDTV? Amazon has got quite a few holiday deals on LED 3D TVs happening now. One item that stands out is the Panasonic VIERA DT50 55-inch 3D LED HDTV on sale for $1,548.96 (once you add it to your cart). That’s almost [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | Debut of versatile Blu-ray DVD deck (International Herald Tribune, 9/21/2006 2:47pm) |
| Panasonic will sell the first Blu-ray DVD player-recorder in Japan in November, months after Toshiba released a comparable product in the feud for the next standard of DVDs. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Japan tops HDTV viewership (HDTV News Blog, 11/20/2007 5:03pm) |
| According to research firm, SNL Kagan, the number of HTDT viewers globally has continued to increase, with more affordable HDTVs coming onto the market. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Sony joins DVD war (News 24 South Africa, 12/08/2006 3:23pm) |
| Sony has rolled out its new high definition DVD recorder in Japan as it struggles to restore its tarnished reputation. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Nintendo Japan announces white 32GB Wii U, Wiimote quick charger and special Luigi edition 3DS XL (Engadget, 5/30/2013 4:50am) |
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 | Warner Unwraps 'Christmas Story' Blu-ray Specs, Packaging (High-Def Digest, 7/14/2008 8:00pm) |
| Warner Home Video has revealed final specs and box art for its double dip of 'A Christmas Story,' which will hit Blu-ray this November with hours of bonus materials and deluxe holiday-themed packaging.... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Francis Ford Coppola: 5-Film Collection' Announced for Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 9/25/2012 6:00pm) |
| Here's a great affordable Blu-ray gift idea for movie fans this holiday season! In an early announcement to retailers, Lionsgate says 'Francis Ford Coppola: 5-Film Collection' is coming to Blu-ray on [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Winnie the Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh Year: Gift of Friendship Edition' Announced for Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 6/24/2013 8:00pm) |
| A holiday family film starring Winnie the Pooh and his friends is bound for Blu-ray in November. In an early announcement to retailers, Disney/Buena Vista says 'Winnie the Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | TVSnob 2006 Christmas Buying Guide (Digg.com, 11/17/2006 5:51am) |
| Just in time for the crazy Holiday Shopping Season, the TVSnob Christmas Buying Guide breaks down some of the top values in numerous TV categories. Some of the categories include HDTV, Projectors, TiVos, Wireless Headphones, and much more. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Sony PS3 Console to utilize 65nm RSX Chips this Fall (I4U, 6/27/2008 6:00am) |
| Sony's Kaz Hirai let out some details about the state of the cost cutting of the Sony PS3 hardware.
Sony is shipping PS3 consoles with a 65nm Cell CPU since last holiday shopping season. The original Cell was still using 90nm technology.
This Fall ... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Mickey's Christmas Carol: 30th Anniversary Special Edition' Dated for Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 6/25/2013 8:00pm) |
| Disney's 1983 take on the Dickens' classic heads to Blu-ray this holiday season. In an early announcement to retailers, Disney/Buena Vista will be releasing 'Mickey's Christmas Carol: 30th [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Boxee Announces 3D and DLNA Upgrade for Boxee TV (About.com, 3/28/2013 1:00pm) |
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At the beginning of the 2012 Christmas and Winter Holiday Shopping Season, I reported on the Boxee/Walmart partnership to sell a low-cost, but very [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | HDTV values: Consider plasma, 720p, less-familiar brands (Consumer Reports, 12/04/2008 10:25pm) |
| If you're out shopping for a flat-panel HDTV this holiday season, you're likely wrestling with which models and technologies offer the most bang for your buck. The chart below (after the jump) aims to help by grouping LCD TVs and plasma TVs, in two popular sizes, into value categories. The chart uses a new tool called the Consumer Reports Value Indexâ„¢, which we launched last week on our ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'The Ultimate Buster Keaton Collection' Blu-ray Announced (High-Def Digest, 11/26/2012 7:00pm) |
| Check the Buster Keaton lover(s) off your holiday shopping list with this massive 15-disc Blu-ray box set from Kino! In an early announcement to retailers, Kino Video says 'The Ultimate Buster Keaton [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | Study: Online and Brick-and-Mortar Prices for HDTVs and Digital Cameras Vary by Up to 87 Percent (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance, 11/02/2007 12:35pm) |
| In preparation for the holiday shopping season, DigitalAdvisor.com, a research site for consumer electronics, recently conducted a study on where to find the best prices for digital cameras and HDTVs. ... (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) |
| (Unranked) | Gran Turismo 6 coming to PS3 in time for the holidays, creator has PS4 version 'in mind' (video) (Engadget, 5/16/2013 7:47am) |
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| (Unranked) | New Nintendo eShop releases: Gradius, Chibi-Robo Photo Finder (Joystiq, 1/09/2014 5:00pm) |
| Let's face it, the eShop is easing out of holiday hibernation. Just four new releases this week, and that's if you count a demo of 2D platformer Jump Trials Supreme.
That said, 3DS owners can augment their household reality with Chibi-Robo Photo [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | Satellite services look to HDTV for a boost (Houston Chronicle, 11/24/2006 6:32am) |
| Cable and satellite television providers will fight for upscale subscribers on a new battlefront this holiday season: the local electronics shop. Pricey flat-screen high-definition televisions are expected to be one of the hottest items in the United States this season, when an estimated $21 billion will be spent on consumer electronics products alone. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Tempe TVs to Debut in Japan (KTAR 92.3 Phoenix, 3/12/2007 3:40pm) |
| A local maker of high-definition televisions is expanding in the Far East. Syntax-Brillian is the name of the Tempe company…which manufactures Olevia LCD TVs. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | First HD DVD Player Goes on Sale (BetaNews, 3/31/2006 4:28pm) |
| Toshiba kicked off the next-generation of DVD technology on Friday with the launch of its first HD DVD player in Japan. The HD-XA1 is priced at 110,000 yen, or $940 USD -- slightly higher than it will cost in the United States. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | 3-D HDTV,Other Tech Demos Mark CEATEC 2009 (TWICE, 10/08/2009 1:00pm) |
| Chiba City, Japan - Sharp, Sony, Toshiba and Mitsubishi all showed versions of 3-D HDTV at the... (Read Full Article) |
 | Studios assign movies to Blu-ray DVD format (Tulsa World, 8/30/2006 11:56am) |
| TOKYO -- Some 75 movie titles, including "The Da Vinci Code" and "Chicken Little," will go on sale in Japan later this year using the next-generation Blu-ray DVD format. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Is it time to buy that 50-inch plasma TV? (Boston Globe, 11/20/2005 7:49am) |
| Should you or shouldn't you this holiday season? New brands, deep discounts, and increased production are pushing prices of high-definition television sets even lower this year. Consider: Circuit City is offering a 42-inch Samsung plasma for $2,700, slashing $800 off the regular price, and Best Buy is peddling newcomer Maxent's 42-inch, HD-ready plasma for $1,800. And last month, Fujitsu of ... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Everybody come and play Wii U, 3DS XL at the mall (Joystiq, 11/14/2012 8:00pm) |
Nintendo is going to the mall, everybody! The Nintendo 2012 "Holiday Mall Experience" will take place at 26 malls across the States between [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | Kmart Goes HD DVD; Toshiba Says Recent Price Cuts Retail-Driven (High-Def Digest, 10/31/2007 9:00pm) |
| Hot on the heels of a highly-publicized series of price cuts for its HD-A2 player, Toshiba says Kmart has chosen to stock its 1080i HD DVD player as its only stand-alone high-def disc player this holiday... ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Disney Unwraps 'Santa Clause 3' on Blu-ray This Christmas (High-Def Digest, 3/22/2007 8:32pm) |
| Buena Vista Home Entertainment is dropping off an early Christmas present for Blu-ray fans, announcing a November 20 street date for the holiday hit 'Santa Clause 3: Escape Clause.'. Though a street date... ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Buffalo Announces USB 3.0 12x Blu-ray Burner (High-Def Digest, 12/02/2009 10:00pm) |
| Buffalo’s new Blu-ray burner – hitting Japan this month, with international releases later – boasts impressive transfer speeds. The downside? You can’t really use it yet. Blu-ray burners seem [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | HDTV service in 10m homes worldwide (Digital Media Europe, 3/29/2005 11:03am) |
| HDTV services are currently widely available in only five countries: Australia, Canada, Japan, the United States, and South Korea, but rarely available in Europe. (Read Full Article) |
 | PS3 Countdown: Sony Exec on Those Pesky Blue Laser Diodes (High-Def Digest, 11/09/2006 4:02pm) |
| With just over over a week to go before the Blu-ray enabled PlayStation 3 finally hits stores in the U.S. and Japan, the VP in charge of the game console is talking about the rocky road to launch, and... ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Time Warner Customers Face Waitlist For HDTV Converters (WRAL-TV 5 Raleigh, 1/18/2007 4:09am) |
| An estimated 300 cable customers in the Triangle have HDTV sets, but can%u2019t watch high-definition programming. For the second year in a row, Time Warner Cable has run out of HD converter boxes because of high holiday demand. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Walmart to Reduce DVD and Blu-ray Disc Movie Displays (About.com, 10/08/2009 4:00pm) |
| In a puzzling move, especially just before the Christmas and Winter Holiday shopping season, retail giant Walmart has made a decision to unclutter their end-caps by removing displays of DVDs and Blu-ray Discs (in-aisle displays will remain). For more details on this development, check out the report from Blogging Stocks. (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | This one-of-a-kind 3DS has your name on it, proves you're a Pokemon Master (Engadget, 3/24/2014 3:20am) |
| You wanted to be the very best? (Like no-one ever was?) Here's the proof that you made it. Japan's annual Pokemon tournament kicked off this week, with the grand prize (aside from proving that it was worth all those hours of walking around in [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | Week recap: PS3 outsells, Xbox 360 falls, Wii $99 (Punch Jump, 11/18/2007 4:42pm) |
| Sales for Sony Corp.’s Playstation 3 outsold Nintendo Co.’s Wii in the latest Japan retail tally. The PS3 ranked No. 3 in overall hardware sales for the period. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Setting Up A Home Theater System For A High Definition Super Bowl (About.com, 1/13/2009 10:00am) |
| Super Bowl Sunday is the most popular annual unofficial U.S. national holiday. This year Super Bowl Sunday will be on February 1, 2009, and will be televised in high definition... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Setting Up A Home Theater System For A High Definition Super Bowl (About.com, 1/19/2013 10:00am) |
| Super Bowl Sunday is the most popular annual unofficial U.S. national holiday. This year Super Bowl Sunday will be on February 3, 2013, and will be televised in high definition ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Sony UK: Vita price cut timing 'still under discussion,' not this year (Joystiq, 10/01/2012 3:30pm) |
| Leading into a holiday season against an increasingly successful 3DS and even a new iPhone, Sony still isn't considering cutting the price [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | U.S. dominates pay-HDTV market, SNL Kagan says (Broadcast Engineering and Digital Television, 11/14/2007 7:46am) |
| When free HDTV programming is included, Japan has the largest HDTV base with 9.2 million households, says a new report from the research organization. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Blu-ray players remain expensive in Europe (AfterDawn, 11/28/2008 8:42pm) |
| According to media research firm Screen Digest, Blu-ray players will remain expensive in Europe this holiday season despite American consumers being able to purchase them for as low as $129 USD.
"A shortage of cheaper Blu-ray players means that the sub-$300 machines that are already appearing on U.S. shelves are unlikely to materialize in Europe this Christmas," said Richard Cooper, Screen Di ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Mitsubishi Latest Blu-Ray Records HD Content on DVD [Blu-Ray] (Gizmodo, 3/18/2008 9:49am) |
| The lastest Mitsubishi Blu-ray recorders released in Japan are the first to offer recording of high definition video in plain DVD discs using the AVC codec, good for saving HD TV episodes, and your... ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Mitsubishi's $6,999 65-inch LaserVue HDTV now hitting retailers (Engadget, 10/28/2008 5:46pm) |
| Filed under: Displays, HDTV, Home Entertainment
Just in time for your holiday wish list, Mitsubishi has announced that its stunning 65-inch LaserVue HDTV is now on sale at select specialty retailers nationwide. From what we've personally seen and from what we've gathered from those lucky enough to critique it in detail, this here set is a real winner. Of course, coming up with the $6,999 in orde ... (Read Full Article) |
 | 4.00pm Tuesday October 3, 2006 (The New Zealand Herald, 10/03/2006 3:07am) |
| CHIBA - Sony Corp. said today it will launch its Blu-ray high-definition optical disc recorder in Japan in December, with an expected price tag of around 300,000 yen ($3,900) for a model with a 500-gigabyte hard disk drive. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Skype update for iOS brings two-way HD video chat to newer Apple devices (Engadget, 1/16/2014 6:08pm) |
| Did you get a new iPad or iPhone this holiday? If so, Skype has a treat in store for you -- it just updated its iPad and iPhone apps to support two-way HD video chat on all A7-equipped devices. Not that Skype is leaving older hardware without an [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | Sharp expands AQUOS HDTV line (CEA SmartBrief, 3/24/2009 5:00am) |
| Sharp Japan has three new Aquos HDTVs on tap that are all said to be energy-efficient while also featuring 1920x1080 resoluti -More- ]]> ... (Read Full Article) |
 | First movies shot in 1080p heading for Blu-ray, HD DVD (TG Daily, 10/12/2006 6:06pm) |
| In time for the holiday shopping season, movies that were shot in high-definition format are heading for both next-generation DVD formats. The Da Vinci Code and Miami Vice will set the groundwork for a library of high-definition movies with a 1080p resolution (1920x1080 progressive). ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Buzz Editor's Column: Cinemark official shares Buzz critics' pain, but offers no perfect solution (Chico Enterprise-Record, 2/02/2006 8:11am) |
| Buzz movie critics Allen Lunde and Michelle MacEachern had enough two weeks ago. Their warm review of Queen Latifah's "Last Holiday" took a back seat to their description of the shenanigans they had to endure just to get through a Saturday screening of the movie at Chico's Cinemark movie-plex. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | BioShock PS3 Japanese Ad Slightly Frightens US [Clips] (Kotaku, 12/30/2008 2:00pm) |
| Yes, BioShock, been there done that — even on the PS3. But the game is just hitting Japan this month. Here is the game's official ad. Not sure if it's just me, but it is actually kinda freaky. ... ... (Read Full Article) |
 | 4 firms file for BS digital HDTV licenses (Kyodo via Yahoo! Asia News, 9/14/2005 12:12pm) |
| _ Japan's communications ministry said Wednesday it has received applications from four companies for approval to launch digital high-definition television broadcasting services via satellite. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Sony joins DVD war as Blu-ray machine hits stores (Middle East Times, 12/08/2006 1:43pm) |
| TOKYO -- Less than a month after the troubled launch of its PlayStation 3, Sony rolled out its new high definition DVD recorder in Japan Friday as it struggles to restore its tarnished reputation. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Pixar Shorts to Make Blu-ray Debut this November (High-Def Digest, 7/30/2007 4:30pm) |
| Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment has announced it will bring its first-ever collection of Pixar short films to Blu-ray this holiday season. On November 6, Disney will debut 'The Pixar Short Films... ... (Read Full Article) |
 | News: HD-DVD player debuts for UK press (MacCentral Online, 4/12/2006 3:38pm) |
| Hot on the heels of its launch in Japan, Toshiba has given the U.K. press a look at the world’s first HD-DVD player, the HD-XA1. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | (No Title) (, 9/14/2007 12:42am) |
| Sony has increased its bet on Blu-ray Disc and plans to ditch DVD and use the high-definition video disc format in all future digital video recorders in Japan. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Epson Shows Off Large Projection TVs (Gizmodo via Yahoo! News, 11/30/2005 2:56pm) |
| Bucking the trend, Seiko Epson has decided to throw some cash into the TV arena, showing off 2 HDTV projection TVs in Japan. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | There's Another New Pokémon 3DS XL, You Know (Kotaku, 7/04/2013 11:00am) |
| Nintendo isn't releasing one new jumbo-sized Pokémon XY 3DS handhelds for Japan, but two new 3D XL units.
Previously, Kotaku (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Mass Effect Trilogy pushed to Dec. 4 on PS3 (Joystiq, 11/02/2012 12:30am) |
| Mass Effect Trilogy is coming to the PS3 on December 4 in North America and December 7 in Europe, just in time for the Hanar holiday festivities. Hanars [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | HDD Spotlight Bargain: 'Game of Thrones: The Complete First Season Collector's Edition' Blu-ray $39.99 at Amazon (High-Def Digest, 12/17/2012 11:19pm) |
| This holiday season, give a Blu-ray gift fit for a king! The online retailer is now selling 'Game of Thrones: The Complete First Season Collector's Edition' on Blu-ray for only $39.99 (60% off [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | Sony adds China as a Blu-ray producer (CEA SmartBrief, 1/21/2009 6:00am) |
| Sony has started manufacturing its Blu-ray discs in China. After Japan, the U.S. -More- ]]> ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Save $5 on 'Santa Paws 2: The Santa Pups' on Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 11/20/2012 11:00pm) |
| Another coupon is here this time to save $5 on the puppy-proofed holiday sequel arriving on Blu-ray this week! Disney has released a coupon offer to save $5 on 'Santa Paws 2: The Santa Pups' Blu-ray [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Black Friday HDTV Deals: TCL 55-inch 1080p LED: $649.99 shipped (Big Picture Big Sound, 11/23/2012 6:14pm) |
| TigerDirect wants to make holiday shopping a snap, by slashing $450 off the price of this [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | Week recap: PS3 80GB; Xbox 360 HD DVD; Wii Fit (Punch Jump, 4/13/2008 3:47pm) |
| Sales for Sony Corp.’s Playstation 3 were steady in the latest Japan retail charts. The PS3 ranked No. 4 in overall hardware sales for the week. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Sony TVs embrace internet (CIOL, 1/12/2007 1:18pm) |
| LAS VEGAS: Japan's Sony Corp. said on Sunday it would enable most of its new televisions, including high-definition flat screens, to play video from the Internet. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | HDTV Deals: Samsung 46-inch UN46EH5000 1080p LED: $577.99 - Save $400 (Big Picture Big Sound, 11/26/2012 5:43am) |
| TigerDirect is kicking off the holiday shopping season, by knocking $400 off this [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | What? (Kotaku, 9/02/2013 1:00pm) |
| What? Bravely Default is evolving! On December 5, Japan is getting an updated and expanded re-release of the interestingly-named 3DS JRPG, [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | Xbox 360 Getting Lots of Shelf Space [Only In Japan] (Kotaku, 12/29/2008 10:00am) |
| Before we start, things to keep in mind: This is at one store in Osaka's electronics district, Den-Den Town. At this same store, something like ten people showed up for the Xbox 360 launch.
Japanese... ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Hitachi earnings slide despite higher sales (EETimes, 2/03/2006 5:24pm) |
| Japan-based Hitachi recorded net income of 5.4 billion ($47 million) on revenue of 2.2 trillion ($19.1 billion) in its third fiscal quarter ended December. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Prices plummet on 3DS, Wii U Resident Evil games (Joystiq, 10/24/2013 11:00pm) |
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To celebrate the spookiest holiday of the year, Capcom has slashed prices on its Nintendo 3DS and Wii U Resident Evil games by a sizable 50 percent. (Read Full Article) |
 | Week recap: PS3 Blu-ray; Xbox 360 sales; Wii outsold (Punch Jump, 3/23/2008 3:25pm) |
| Sales for Sony Corp.’s Playstation 3 fell after a one-week rebound in the latest Japan retail data. The PS3 ranked as the No. 4 in overall hardware charts. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Week recap: PS3 Trojan; Xbox 360 Blu-ray; Wii Ware (Punch Jump, 2/24/2008 6:00pm) |
| Sales for Sony Corp.’s Playstation 3 fell for the third consecutive week in the latest Japan retail data. The PS3 ranked No. 4 in overall hardware sales. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Nintendo unveils TV, Web features for DS (CNN.com, 2/16/2006 3:50pm) |
| TOKYO, Japan (Reuters) -- Japanese fans of Nintendo Co. Ltd.'s dual-screen DS portable game machine may soon be able to surf the Web and watch high-definition television programs on their devices in addition to playing games. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 3D Groups Merge (Home Media Magazine, 8/16/2012 11:03pm) |
| The 3D@Home Consortium and the International 3D Society have merged to form the largest 3D group in the world, with members in 20 countries and chapters in the United States, United Kingdom, Europe, Japan, China and South Korea.
The merger [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | Japanese broadcaster unveils tomorrow's TVs (Computerworld Singapore, 5/30/2005 3:50am) |
| Japan's public broadcaster showed off some bleeding-edge display technologies on Thursday that could one day lead to flexible TVs that roll up and slip in the pocket, and to smaller high resolution plasma displays than are available today. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Personal Tech: Holiday Gift Guide (RedNova, 11/22/2005 12:49pm) |
| By Rob Pegoraro, Washington Post Personal Technology Columnist The Washington Post's Rob Pegoraro was online to discuss the 2005 Tech Gift Guide and answer your questions. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | HD-Video Core Supported By Image Enhancement IPs Launched (Digital Broadcasting.com, 12/01/2005 12:49pm) |
| Tokyo, Japan - Imagination Technologies, a leader in system-on-chip intellectual property (SoC IP), announces the immediate availability of the PowerVR MSVDX HD-video core. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Commentary: What was new at FPD International 2005? (Digi Times, 11/08/2005 11:38am) |
| Although the numbers of visitors, participating companies and booths at the recently-finished FPD International 2005 in Yokohama, Japan, were at record highs, most participants indicated that there were barely any eye-catching products at the show. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Commentary: What was new at FPD International 2005? (Digi Times, 11/08/2005 9:22am) |
| Although the numbers of visitors, participating companies and booths at the recently-finished FPD International 2005 in Yokohama, Japan, were at record highs, most participants indicated that there were barely any eye-catching products at the show. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Hitachi Launches New Web Site For Its Blu-Ray DZ-BD10HA Just in Time for the Holiday Season (HDTV Magazine Bulletins, 11/17/2008 4:42pm) |
| Hitachi Home Electronics (America), Inc. will introduce a new sales channel for its award-winning Blu-ray camcorder, introduced last summer, using a direct sales Web site, www.hitachibd.com. Launched on November 17th, the microsite provides a convenient outlet for consumers to purchase the coveted camcorders. The user-friendly site also provides consumers direct online access to help them prepare ... (Read Full Article) |
 | News Japan Porn Biz Backs Blu-ray Sony is offering technical support there. By Swanni (TVPredictions.com, 7/30/2007 3:51pm) |
| Washington, D.C. (July 30, 2007) -- The Japanese adult film industry is releasing a slew of new titles on Blu-ray High-Definition disc, a sharp contrast to what's happening in the United States. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Week recap: PS3 rebound; Xbox 360 Blu-ray; Wii sales (Punch Jump, 3/16/2008 3:56pm) |
| Sales for Sony Corp.’s Playstation 3 rebounded in Japan after a five-week fall. The PS3 ranked as the No. 4 best-selling hardware for the week. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Iron Man 3 to Debut as a 4DX Film in Japan (eCoustics, 4/18/2013 5:19pm) |
| 3D movies made a comeback in recent years, driven primarily by the $3 billion success of James Cameron’s Avatar. Now, a new dimension in film presentation may be about to take audiences into brand-new territory by targeting our other senses [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Konami Offering Special PS3 For Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance (High-Def Digest, 12/04/2012 5:30pm) |
| The bundle is currently only for the Japan market. According to the post on Kotuku the PS3 contains "a download code for a customized PS3 wallpaper, a download code for a limited edition Cyborg Ninja [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | The 3DS So Rare Nintendo Only Made One Of Them (Kotaku, 3/24/2014 1:00am) |
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Every year, a Pokemon tournament is held in Japan to decide the nation's best schoolboy player. It's a competition worth entering, because the prize is one for the ages. (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) |
 | Week recap: PS3 outsold; Xbox 360 No. 4; Wii Fit (Punch Jump, 4/20/2008 4:41pm) |
| Sales for Sony Corp.’s Playstation 3 fell below 9,000 units in the latest Japan sales figures. The PS3 ranked No. 4 in overall hardware sales for the week. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Week recap: PS3 MGS4; Xbox 360 HD DVD; Wii outsells (Punch Jump, 3/02/2008 5:02pm) |
| Sales for Sony Corp.’s Playstation 3 fell for the fourth consecutive week in Japan. The PS3 ranked No. 4 in overall hardware sales for the week. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Yakuza 1 and 2 HD to paint the Wii U red in Japan (Joystiq, 5/20/2013 3:30pm) |
The first Yakuza entry for a non-Sony console is Yakuza 1 and 2 HD. Nintendo announced the Wii U port in last week's Nintendo Direct. Going by this vid, the gangster classics are compatible with off-TV play. The HD combo roughs up Wii U in [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Sharp's New 32" UHD Monitor is a Touchscreen (High-Def Digest, 7/03/2013 8:30pm) |
| The IGZO LCD designed for pen input and multi-touch. Yesterday, Sharp unveiled a new UHD display for sale in Japan. The Sharp PN-K322B is described as a "professional-use monitor" that combines a [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Black Friday Plasma TV Deals: Big Discounts on Panasonic HDTVs (Big Picture Big Sound, 11/23/2012 9:29am) |
| The Japanese HDTV giant kicks off the holiday shopping season with some massive discounts on their high performance plasma [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | HD DVD hits Japan's stores (Daily Bulletin, 4/01/2006 8:08am) |
| TOKYO - Toshiba began selling the first players using the next-generation HD DVD video format Friday, beating the rival Blu-ray disc format to market in a high-stakes competition to deliver theater-quality movies to living rooms. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Toshiba launches world's first HD DVD player (Reuters via Yahoo! News, 3/31/2006 1:34pm) |
| Japanese electronics maker Toshiba Corp. on Friday started rolling out its high definition DVD players in Japan, becoming the first company to offer next-generation optical disc players worldwide. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Real Yakuza 3 Cafes in Tokyo For You To Drink At [Playstation 3] (Kotaku, 2/21/2008 12:00pm) |
| The Ryu Ga Gotoku KENZAN! publicity machine continues! The game, dubbed Yakuza 3 for the West, is a PLAYSTATION 3 exclusive and will be released in Japan in early March. How can SEGA get the Japanese... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | The 404 1,106: Where the legend continues (podcast) (CNET Blogs, 8/09/2012 6:41pm) |
| We've heard stories about 3D printers being used for both good and evil, but we're not sure how to categorize a company in Japan offering pregnant women a 3D-printed model of their unborn fetuses. Gross. Other stories on today's podcast include a [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | PS3 4.40 firmware goes live, improves system stability (Joystiq, 3/21/2013 12:00pm) |
A PS3 firmware update rolled out this morning, very much out of the blue. It's maybe not surprising, then, the update is apparently minor, at least based on PS Japan's synopsis. (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | PS3's Puppeteer takes the stage for a new trailer (Joystiq, 9/19/2012 11:30pm) |
We were briefly introduced to Japan Studio's PS3 platformer, Puppeteer, at Gamescom. Sony has released a longer trailer, introducing the storyline and the very, very puppety presentation. (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Report: Ace Attorney GBA trilogy awaits retrial on 3DS (Joystiq, 1/22/2014 10:00am) |
| The first three Ace Attorney games are reportedly coming to 3DS, with a court date in Japan set for April 17. According to Siliconera and Shinobi (via Gematsu), this week's issue of Famitsu says the Game Boy Advance trilogy - that's Phoenix Wright: [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | Number of HDTV sets worldwide to reach 28.6m by end-2005 report (Digital Media Europe, 9/22/2005 2:03pm) |
| At the end of the year, the US will have 16.5m HDTV homes, giving it a 58 per cent global share, followed by Japan with a 27 per cent share. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Cool HD and Media Players (Washington Post, 3/22/2007 7:18pm) |
| TOKYO--It's been a year since the next-generation DVD battle kicked off with the launch in Japan of Toshiba's first HD DVD player. In the past 12 months we've seen players and recorders designed for each format go on sale, and customer reaction has made one thing clear: People aren't interested in... ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Microsoft Announces CableCARD Support (Slashdot, 11/16/2005 11:06pm) |
| Thomas Hawk writes "Microsoft and CableLabs announced today that they have reached agreement that will allow digital cable ready CableCARD supported Media Center PCs to ship by the Holiday Season next year. Lack of premium HDTV cable or satellite support was frequently cited as one of the largest weaknesses of the Media Center platform. Central to this agreement is the DRM protection scheme ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Fujitsu PC Enables HDTV Recording (DesignTechnica, 4/20/2005 8:00pm) |
| Fujitsu PC in Japan has developed a massive 32-inch LCD television that integrates a full personal computer capable of recording HDTV broadcasts. (Read Full Article) |
 | At CEATEC: Full shift to HDTV in evidence (EE Times, 10/04/2005 8:37pm) |
| TOKYO — The abundance of high-definition TVs at the CEATEC Japan show clearly indicate that the industry is serious about transitioning to high-definition digital TV broadcasting. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Samsung introduces "Bordeaux" LCD TVs in Japan (KrunkerHD, 7/31/2007 6:30am) |
| [ LN40R81B_1] Akihabara News reported on three new LCD HDTV sets from Samsung over the weekend ... LN40R81B_2 samsung lcd Check it out Technorati Tags: Samsung, Bordeaux, LCD TV ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Samsung 52-Inch 1080p LCD HDTV: $2447 (Technorati, 11/12/2007 8:32pm) |
| Samsung 52-Inch 1080p LCD HDTV: $2447 by Lcd hdtv Amazon.com is now selling a Samsung 52-inch 1080p LCD HDTV for $2447 -- more than $1000 off the suggested list. The flat-panel set, model ... to 1, ... Holiday Buying Guide 2007: Top 7 LCD HDTV's Of '07 A very reasonable price of $2000, saving you $100 ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Toshiba launches world's first HD DVD player (Reuters, 3/31/2006 1:43pm) |
| TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese electronics maker Toshiba Corp. on Friday started rolling out its high definition DVD players in Japan, becoming the first company to offer next-generation optical disc players worldwide. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | JVC to slash prices on rear-projection HDTVs (The Japan Times, 8/06/2005 12:09am) |
| Victor Co. of Japan plans to cut prices for rear-projection, high-definition televisions with flat screens as large as 70 inches, a JVC spokesman said Friday. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Bad news! (Kotaku, 5/10/2013 9:40am) |
| Bad news! If you were looking forward to the June release of Devil Survivor 2's 3DS port, which is known as Devil Survivor 2: Break Record, you going to wait until this fall in Japan. The game has been delayed, reports (Read Full Article) |
 | Toshiba Launches New HD DVR (DVD-Recordable, 11/02/2007 2:32pm) |
| In Japan, Toshiba have shipped a new digital video recorder (DVR) with HD DVD drive that integrates key new features that bring greater freedom of recording to the HD DVD, including recording of HD video to standard DVD discs. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Toshiba s HD-DVD delayed launch may trigger disk format wars next year (EARTHtimes.org, 9/05/2005 1:13pm) |
| Toshiba seeking to optimize may delay the US launch of its HD-DVD to next year, while possibly staying on course with its plans for its home market, Japan. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | NEWS: PS3 sales catching up with Wii (Pocket-lint, 7/05/2008 2:00pm) |
| Sony console sailing off shelvesNintendo's Wii is still the top selling console in Japan, but the latest stats would suggest that it's losing its lead.
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| (Unranked) | Does the World Need this 3DS Product? Probably Not. (Kotaku, 11/09/2012 10:00am) |
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 | Sony shows off new Blu-ray disc recorders (The Japan Times, 9/13/2007 11:57pm) |
| Sony Corp. has announced it will start selling four new Blu-ray disc recorders to augment its lineup of DVD players in Japan, stepping up the battle in next-generation video formats. Read more ... ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Aquos DX2 Blu-ray TVs Improve Image Quality, Record Times in Japan [] (Gizmodo, 8/07/2009 7:30am) |
| Sharp claims the new 7x mode in its 2nd-gen DX Series LCD TVs further extends built-in Blu-ray recording times, and that it has boosted the image quality for its 40-inch+ models.
The larger 40V-,... (Read Full Article) |
 | Toshiba's results up, Sanyo's down (EETimes, 1/31/2006 7:52pm) |
| Japan’s Sanyo Electric Co. and Toshiba Corp. are going in different directions, based on their financial results. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Sony Quietly Introduces PlayStation 3 Youtube Uploading [PS3] (Gizmodo, 5/16/2008 10:20pm) |
| Mainichi Issho, a Japan-only PlayStation Network game that's been out since 2006, has quietly brought a pretty killer function to the PlayStation 3. Players can now record gameplay and upload clips... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Dammit, Mario, Can't You Let Luigi Have His Moment Of Glory? (Kotaku, 4/19/2013 4:30am) |
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Japan is getting a very pretty Luigi 3DS XL handheld later this year. It's got little green Luigis all over it, and a special logo for his 30th anniversary, riffing on the (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Persona Q, Pokemon Trozei 3DS XLs revealed for Japan (Joystiq, 3/16/2014 7:30pm) |
| It's kind of fun to anticipate special edition 3DS XL designs, except for when they don't end up reaching Western audiences. Two new XL handhelds were shown off this week, wearing the influences of the upcoming Pokemon Battle Trozei and Persona [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | (No Title) (, 12/08/2006 8:32pm) |
| Japanese electronics giant Sony unveils the prototype model of the next generation DVD recorder with Blu-ray format, September 2006. Less than a month after the troubled launch of its PlayStation 3, Sony has rolled out its new high definition DVD recorder in Japan as it struggles to restore its tarnished reputation. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Ricoh Device May Easefight Over DVD Formats (RedNova, 7/15/2006 12:12am) |
| By HIROKO TABUCHI Associated Press writer TOKYO -- Japan's Ricoh Co. said Thursday it will be ready to supply an optical component that reads both HD DVD and Blu-ray discs next year -- a move that could diffuse the battle between rivals Toshiba and Sony over next-generation DVD formats. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | AUO to display HDTV technologies and panels at FPD International (Digi Times, 10/14/2005 11:08am) |
| AU Optronics (AUO) announced its latest breakthrough technologies for LCD TV applications and will exhibit them at the FPD International 2005 (October 19-21) in Yokohama, Japan. Some of the technologies including those that help improve response time, color and motion picture quality. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | ATI Releases Xilleon 260 (Addict 3D, 9/01/2006 11:13pm) |
| ATI has announced its new Xilleon 260 HDTV system-on-chip set top box solution. The new Xilleon 260 is designed for set top boxes and television sets with compatibility with every high definition and digital television standard around the world including Europe, Japan, Korea and North America. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Badass Steel Metal Gear Solid 4 PS3 Is US Bound (!) [PS3] (Gizmodo, 4/10/2008 11:18pm) |
| Originally thought to be another one of those obscene Japan-only gamer perks, the limited edition Metal Gear Solid 4 gun-metal grey PS3 is going to be infiltrating the US after all. But it might... ... (Read Full Article) |
 | White PS3 now approved for Stateside use (Engadget, 1/22/2008 11:12am) |
| Filed under: Gaming, HDTV
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| (Unranked) | Level-5 registers US trademark for 3DS game 'Yo-kai Watch' (Joystiq, 1/26/2014 8:30pm) |
| Youkai Watch, Level-5's tale of a magical watch that lets its user see spiritual beings, released in Japan last July for the 3DS. Localizing software isn't exactly free though, so we've resigned to just imagining what it's ... wait, Level-5 [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | There's a New Nintendo 3DS XL Color. This Is It. [Nintendo] (Kotaku, 9/25/2012 5:20am) |
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Japan is getting a [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | Silver PS3 For US? SCEA Have "No Plans" [Playstation 3] (Kotaku, 2/06/2008 6:30am) |
| It's how it always goes down. Japan gets something nobody else gets - in this case a silver PS3 - everyone else wants to know when they get it. So they ask their local guys, and the local guys say... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | New 3DS Zelda returns to the world of A Link to the Past (Joystiq, 4/17/2013 3:39pm) |
| A new top-down Zelda set in the "world" of A Link to the Past will be released in North America in Holiday 2013. While the perspective is the [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | Week recap: PS3 streak, Xbox 360 climb, Wii Black Friday (Punch Jump, 11/25/2007 5:51pm) |
| Sales for Sony Corp.’s Playstation 3 outsold Nintendo Co.’s Wii for a second straight week in Japan retail sales. The PS3 ranked No. 3 in overall hardware sales. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | First High Definition Moon Map Released, Uranium Sites Located [Space] (Gizmodo, 4/13/2008 7:00pm) |
| Selene, Japan's lunar spacecraft and HD peeping Tom, keeps sending stunningly-detailed information from our crystal clear Moon to trashed Mother Earth. These first-ever high definition global... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | December launch for Toshiba's spec-free 3D TVs (HDTV UK, 10/04/2010 1:54pm) |
| Toshiba are hoping to leap-frog the TV manufacturing competition by becoming the first major company to mass-produce glasses-free 3D TVs. Revealed at this week's CEATEC show in Japan, the company have two different sets in the pipeline, one 12 inches... (Read Full Article) |
 | FPD International highlights diversity in large-size TV panel segments (Digi Times, 10/19/2005 10:38am) |
| With display makers showing various large-size LCD TV panels at FPD International 2005 in Yokohama, Japan (October 19-21), it is clear that no unique size will become a standard for the over-40-inch segment. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | 'Freedom: 4' Headed to HD DVD This February (High-Def Digest, 1/23/2008 7:00pm) |
| Bandai Visual has announced that it will bring the fourth installment in the anime series 'Freedom' to HD DVD this February. Originally presented as a six-part series in its native Japan, Bandai is following... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Japan's Female Mecha Pilot President Is Getting a New Game (Kotaku, 4/18/2013 12:00pm) |
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Guild 01 for the 3DS was released last year as an anthology of games by 4 notable game creators. One of those games in particular is getting its own spin-off.
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 | Fans queue in cold for PS3 (The Herald, 11/11/2006 2:16am) |
| Sony's new PlayStation 3 console, the first to feature high definition Blu-Ray disc technology, was launched in Japan yesterday. Video game fans braved the cold to queue for the new console. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Yumi's Odd Odyssey journeys to 3DS eShop on March 20 (Joystiq, 3/11/2014 10:45pm) |
| Agatsuma Entertainment's sealife-themed puzzle-platformer Yumi's Odd Odyssey (yes, it's an apt title) is hitting the Nintendo 3DS eShop in North America next week, publisher Natsume announced.
Released in Japan last year (as Sayonara Umihara...
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 | Samsung delays Blu-ray Disc player (Addict 3D, 4/04/2006 5:59am) |
| In breaking news out of Japan today (April 3, 2006), Samsung is rescheduling its initial U.S. Blu-Ray player launch from May 23 to June 25 in order to complete compatibility testing with several Blu-Ray test discs that will become available in late April from product manufacturers and content providers. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | 'Afro Samurai' Headed to Blu-ray this August (High-Def Digest, 6/09/2008 4:00pm) |
| FUNimation has set a late-August Blu-ray debut for the first season of the animated series 'Afro Samurai.' Previously released on Blu-ray in Japan by Pony Canyon, FUNimation will give the Samuel L. Jackson-voiced... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Three more Level-5 collaborations coming to eShop (Joystiq, 4/17/2013 4:32pm) |
A second collection of Level-5 games (released in Japan as Guild02) is coming to 3DS eShop as separate downloads. Like the previous collection, each is a collaboration with a known game designer. (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Fantasy Zone next up in Sega's 3D Classics series for 3DS (Joystiq, 3/13/2014 7:00am) |
| The next Sega 3D Classic from port studio M2 is 3D Fantasy Zone: Opa-Opa Bros, due out in Japan on March 19. After beating the game, a new mode lets you play as the brother, Upa-Upa, and allows you to buy power-ups during the game.
[Image: [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Way of the Samurai 4 comes overseas to PS3 August 21 (Joystiq, 8/04/2012 5:00pm) |
| Way of the Samurai 4 will let you create a ronin and explore post-isolationist Japan starting August 21 in North America. The PSN-exclusive PS3 [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | Sharp to roll out Aquos HD DVRs (Engadget, 9/29/2005 2:23pm) |
| If the missing piece of your HD setup is a good HD-capable DVR, it looks like Sharp’s got you covered. The company is rolling out four new Aquos HD DVRs, two of which, the DV-ARW15 and DV-ARW12, have dual HD tuners, which allow them to record two HD programs simultaneously. Two other models, the DV-AR12 and DV-AR11, have single tuners. These are Japan-only for now, but we can dream. [Via ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Disney Magical World 3DS XL coming to Walmart, Nintendo World Store (Joystiq, 3/31/2014 2:30pm) |
| If you like Disney but you prefer your 3DS systems big and less "peach-pink" - such a thing is possible - then you'll be pleased to hear the Disney Magical World 3DS XL that Japan got last year is also headed for North America. New promo [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | Panasonic to launch a Freesat-enabled Blu-ray recorder in UK (HDTV UK, 3/30/2009 12:02pm) |
| Things are seriously starting to ramp up in the UK and hopefully it won't be long before the sort of hardware available in Japan comes over here. Take Panasonic's announcement that it's to launch a Freesat+ PVR with built-in Blu-ray recorder. That's a pretty meaty piece of kit, ensuring that most of your home entertainment needs are met in just one box. According to various reports coming out ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Panasonic to launch a Freesat-enabled Blu-ray recorder in UK (HDTV UK, 2/26/2009 10:52am) |
| Things are seriously starting to ramp up in the UK and hopefully it won't be long before the sort of hardware available in Japan comes over here. Take Panasonic's announcement that it's to launch a Freesat+ PVR with built-in Blu-ray recorder. That's a pretty meaty piece of kit, ensuring that most of your home entertainment needs are met in just one box. According to various reports coming out ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Plasma Deals: Panasonic 50-inch TC-P50UT50 1080p 3D Smart HDTV: $800.99 with Free Blu-ray 3D Player (Big Picture Big Sound, 12/11/2012 6:44pm) |
| Panasonic is enticing holiday shoppers with a little freebie and $200 off the price of this pretty [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | Panasonic Blu-ray/VHS player headed to America (AfterDawn, 3/14/2009 11:13pm) |
| After showing off the player in Japan last August and then again at the CES event this January, Panasonic's Blu-ray/VHS player, the first and probably only in the industry, is headed stateside in April, with a price tag of $399.95 USD.
The company is also launching two other BD-Live Blu-ray players the same day, each of which include Panasonic’s own Viera Cast technology which allows any Web-e ... (Read Full Article) |
 | TGS: Microsoft's Tokyo Game Show Booth Round-Up (Gamasutra, 9/17/2005 5:53am) |
| This first in a series of live Gamasutra reports focusing on the major companies' exhibits at the Tokyo Game Show looks at Microsoft's presence at TGS, which is, unsurprisingly enough, wholly focused around the Xbox 360, due to launch in Japan in early December. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Surprise! Japanese Get First Toshiba HD DVD Player (I4U, 3/31/2006 2:37pm) |
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The Toshiba HD-XA1 HD DVD player is in stores in Japan and it comes even with HD DVD movies.
Initial shipments of the Toshiba HD-AX1, until April 27, will bundle two complimentary HD DVD movie discs, "Resident Evil" and a Japanese film, &q... ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Like High-Def? Here Comes the Next Level - New York Times (New York Times, 9/26/2005 5:06am) |
| Like High-Def? SAN DIEGO, Sept. 25 - Scientists and engineers in the United States and Japan plan to test the world's highest-resolution videoconferencing system on Monday evening over a 9,000-mile optical network linking the University of California, San Diego, with Keio University in Tokyo. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Sony Confirms PlayStation 3 Production Delays (E-Commerce Times, 9/06/2006 4:40pm) |
| Sony on Wednesday said the European launch of its next-generation PlayStation 3 video game console will be delayed until March 2007. The machine will go on sale in the U.S. and Japan in November as planned. A problem in mass producing a key component in the machine's Blu-ray disc player is causing the delay. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | 'Freedom: 6' Comes to HD DVD This June (High-Def Digest, 3/19/2008 4:00pm) |
| Bandai Visual says it will bring the penultimate installment in the popular 'Freedom' series to HD DVD this June. Originally presented as a seven-part series in Japan, entitled The Freedom Project, Bandai... ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Sony's PS3 to Cost $100 More Than Microsoft Xbox 360 (Update2) (Bloomberg.com, 5/09/2006 10:14am) |
| May 9 (Bloomberg) -- Sony Corp., the world's biggest maker of video-game consoles, will sell the PlayStation 3 from Nov. 11 in Japan, betting features such as a high-definition DVD player make the machine worth $100 more than Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox 360. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Sony PS3 outsells Wii in Japan in March for the first time in 16 months (I4U, 4/06/2009 5:38pm) |
| Japanese gamers made the Sony PS3 the best selling console in the month of March beating the Nintendo Wii the first time in 16 months.
Sales of the PS3 got pushed by two new games: Sega Sammy Ryu Ga Gotoku 3 and Capcom's Resident Evil 5.
Apparently S... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Professor Layton vs. Ace Attorney trailer heralds Japanese launch (Joystiq, 11/29/2012 9:15pm) |
3DS crossover Professor Layton vs. Ace Attorney is out today in Japan, but a Western release is yet to be announced. While every Layton game has made its way here, [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Tearing the 3DS XL's Guts Open [3Dsxl] (Kotaku, 7/31/2012 9:00am) |
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Japan's Nikkei tore a Nintendo 3DS XL apart [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | PS3 to get trophies (the INQUIRER, 6/02/2008 10:32am) |
| Dean Pullen the Inquirer, Monday 2 June 2008. 10:49:00 Console round-up XBLA restrictions eased SONY'S PSP is still topping sales figures in Japan. According to Gamesindustry.biz the PSP shifted 64,449 units over the past week ending May 25th, with the Wii at second place with 49,047 units sold. The Nintendo DS sold 37,404 units, and the PS3 only managed a meagre 9,071 units.... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Google rolls out 3D maps for Tokyo and other Japanese urban hubs (Engadget, 1/16/2014 6:16am) |
| As ubiquitous as 3D city maps might be these days, they typically don't cover Tokyo -- quite possibly due to the massive size of Japan's megalopolis. Google, however, has just taken on that daunting task. Fire up Google Maps or Google Earth and [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Sega considering more free-to-play games for 3DS beyond Initial D (Joystiq, 12/29/2013 8:30pm) |
| Sega's first free-to-play title for the 3DS, Initial D: Perfect Drift Online, is scheduled for release in Japan this winter. Players will be able to purchase points to speed up the unlocking process, but the game's content can be earned for free [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | HD DVD Market Penetration Revealed (Format War Central, 2/19/2008 6:18pm) |
| In comments following the Toshiba press conference, there are some interesting sales numbers for HD DVD players.
Toshiba stated sales of 600,000 players in the US and 300,000 Xbox 360 HD DVD drives. 100,000 units were sold in Europe. And about 10,000 players and 20,000 recorders in Japan. So about 1,030,000 units worldwide.
Personally I found those [...] ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Consumer Reports Advice on Buying HDTV, Plasma TV, LCD TV Sets; March Issue Has Latest Ratings of HDTV, Plasma TV, LCD (U.S. Newswire via Yahoo! News) (U.S. Newswire via Yahoo! News, 2/06/2006 11:01pm) |
| A combination of holiday deals on high definition TVs, hoopla surrounding HD television broadcasts of the Super Bowl and Olympics, and the arrival of sets with bigger screens and lower prices will find many consumers pumped up about buying an HDTV. And the March 2006 issue of Consumer Reports magazine suggests that there's no reason to hold off that purchase but also offers consumers some ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Fortis.TV - candy-colored HDTVs for Japan (Engadget, 10/13/2005 10:45pm) |
| Is the Fortis.TV from display-maker Eizo Nanao the ugliest HDTV ever made? While our peeps at HD Beat may think so, we’re not too sure — though given the relatively short history of the HD industry, it may just qualify. Regardless, we have to admit that the sets, which come in sizes from 19 inches to 26 inches, don’t exactly make the best use of space. By mounting the candy-colored ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Panasonic announces new Japanese PVRs (TV Squad, 3/02/2007 8:30am) |
| Filed under: HDTV, PVR Wire
Panasonic is having a PVR party. Okay, I'm done with the alliteration now, I promise. The big P is launching five new high definition personal video recorders in Japan. The lowest-end models will sport 250GB hard drives, while the priciest of the bunch will have 1TB of storage. They've all got DVD burners, and two models also include retro-style VHS recorders. Can you ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Toshiba launching BD 18 Blu-ray player by year's end (Engadget, 7/18/2009 8:50pm) |
| Need a little something to get you over the Saturday lull? Gnaw on this. Japan's own Yomiuri is reporting today that Toshiba is expected to finally admit defeat and enter the dark, devious world of Blu-ray later this year. For those keeping tabs, we've heard both confirmations and denials about the outfit finally caving and supporting the format it once battled so valiantly, but this seems to so ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Luigi edition Nintendo 3DS LL gives Mario's brother his due, but only in Japan (Engadget, 4/18/2013 8:11am) |
| There must be some kind of unstated rule that Nintendo can never give the [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | North American HD DVD Sales hit 1 million: Toshiba (I4U, 1/07/2008 7:48am) |
| LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Japan's Toshiba Corp said on Sunday sales of HD DVD
players in North America, including other brands' HD DVD drive sales, totalled 1
million units last year, driven by demand for Internet-delivered content.
... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Monster Hunter 4 Is Looking Good As The 3DS Continues Its Amazing Year (Kotaku, 8/09/2013 12:00am) |
| The absurd string of major games on the once-sleepy 3DS continues next month, at least in Japan, where they're getting the mammoth Monster Hunter 4 on September 14. (Read Full Article) |
 | Fujitsu posts profit on strong consumer sales (EETimes, 1/31/2006 6:07pm) |
| Japan-based Fujitsu Ltd. reported consolidated net sales of 1,121.4 billion yen ¥ ($9.5 billion) for the third quarter of fiscal 2005, up 7.5 percent over the third quarter of fiscal 2004. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Pokémon X, Y announced for 3DS, worldwide release this October (Joystiq, 1/08/2013 11:30am) |
Nintendo announced two major Pokémon games for the 3DS this morning. Pokémon X and Pokémon Y are coming to the handheld this October, and going against tradition Nintendo is releasing them in the Americas, Europe, Japan, [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | Ceatec 2005 sees record attendance (IDG.se, 10/10/2005 1:43pm) |
| Ceatec Japan 2005, the country's largest electronics trade show, registered record attendance this year, organizers said Saturday after the show ended its five-day run. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Project Diva F Looks Good On The Vita, Even Better on the PS3 (Kotaku, 5/28/2013 11:40am) |
| Hatsune Miku: Project Diva f, released last August, is one of the Vita’s best-selling games despite never being released outside of Japan. Then back in March the PS3 version of the game, [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Nintendo Is Rolling Out a New AR App for Japan (Kotaku, 4/01/2013 9:30am) |
| Later this month, Nintendo will start selling pre-paid cards for downloadable 3DS games that come with AR cards for Issho ni Photo: Super Mario ("Photos Together with Super [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | JVC to launch first full high-definition camcorder (Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News, 2/07/2007 10:07am) |
| TOKYO, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Japanese consumer electronics maker Victor Co. of Japan Ltd. (JVC) said on Wednesday it plans to launch the world's first home-use camcorder that can make recordings at full high-definition quality. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Toshiba intros first notebook with rewritable HD DVD drive (Tech Digest, 12/21/2007 8:00am) |
| Toshiba this week announced that it is to launch its first notebook PC with built-in rewritable HD DVD drive.
The Qosmio Series 2 will initially launch in Japan, where arguably they can put it to much more use that us lowly high-definition-catcher-uppers in the West.]]>
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 | Toshiba intros first notebook with rewritable HD DVD drive (HDTV UK, 1/04/2008 8:00am) |
| Toshiba this week announced that it is to launch its first notebook PC with built-in rewritable HD DVD drive.
The Qosmio Series 2 will initially launch in Japan, where arguably they can put it to much more use that us lowly high-definition-catcher-uppers in the West.
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 | Fujitsu to Launch PCs Compatible With Blu-Ray Disc, HD-DVD in June (RedNova, 4/11/2006 11:23pm) |
| Tokyo, April 11 (Jiji Press)--Fujitsu Ltd. said Tuesday it will launch a desktop personal computer with a recordable disk drive compatible with the next-generation Blu-ray Disc format in Japan in late June. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | New Layton for 3DS revealed, will be Layton's last adventure (Joystiq, 8/29/2012 12:30pm) |
| Level-5 announced a new Nintendo 3DS Professor Layton game this morning for Japan on Nintendo's Direct video feed. CEO Akihiro Hino introduced [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | Toshiba Releases First HD DVD-RW Laptop in Japan for Christmas [Qosmio G40] (Gizmodo, 12/17/2007 9:45am) |
| Toshiba has upgraded its 17-inch Qosmio G40 laptop and its smaller brother, the 15-inch F40. The two laptops, the G40/97E and the smaller F40/88EBL now sport HD DVD-RW drives as opposed to HD DVD-R,... ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Moon in HDTV (Technorati, 11/07/2007 4:29pm) |
| Moon in HDTV Gadgets, Site Feeds, pinktentacle.com No Comments » The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and public broadcaster NHK have succeeded in capturing the world’s first high-definition video of the moon taken from lunar orbit. The 8x time-lapse video was shot using an HDTV camera ... (Read Full Article) |
 | What's New (Guardian Weekly, 4/13/2005 11:14pm) |
| Sony has confirmed it is to bring its premium Qualia range to the UK. The high-end series of devices, which includes a tiny digital camera and a gold/silver-plated MiniDisc personal, initially went on sale in Japan in late 2003. The first products to be released in the UK include the Qualia 004, a high definition home cinema projector scheduled for next month, and the Qualia 005, a (Read Full Article) |
 | 'One Seg' digital TV broadcasting begins for mobile phone users (Kyodo News, 4/01/2006 8:55am) |
| ''One Seg,'' a new type of digital terrestrial broadcasting that began in Japan on April 1 is displayed on a mobile phone held by a man in Tokyo. People can watch TV programs in high-definition on their portable terminals like mobile phones and car navigation equipment. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | New Harvest Moon en root to 3DS (Joystiq, 10/09/2013 2:36pm) |
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A new Harvest Moon game is well into production, with Japan expecting to reap the 3DS game in February 2014. Unveiled in this week's Famitsu magazine (via (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | First Look at the Special One Piece 3DS XL Handhelds (Kotaku, 8/07/2013 2:33pm) |
| To mark the release of 3DS title One Piece: Unlimited World, Nintendo is rolling out two One Piece branded 3DS XL units for Japan. One is "Luffy Red", and the other is "Chopper [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | UK Satellite provider unveils its HDTV channel line-up for 2006 (Addict 3D, 8/29/2005 4:23am) |
| While some cable and satellite TV services already offer HD channels in the US, Japan, Canada, Australia and South Korea, so far there are no HDTV services of any sort in the UK, despite cable and satellite TV services going digital many years back. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Toshiba unveils HD-DVD recorder with 1 TB hard drive space (TG Daily, 6/22/2006 8:02pm) |
| Toshiba announced teh RDD-A1 HD-DVD record with a one Terabyte worth of hard drive space. Up to 130 hours of high-definition video can be stored and up to 230 minutes of that content can be burned to a single HD DVD disc. Unfortunately, the recorder will only be sold in Japan. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Game Freak's HarmoKnight coming to 3DS in North America (Joystiq, 12/05/2012 6:00pm) |
Rhythm Hunter HarmoKnight, a 3DS eShop game by Pokemon developer Game Freak, was released back in September in Japan. There's been no word on an international release for the rhythm action game, however, until today's Nintendo Direct. (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Bravely Default Will Still Be Called Bravely Default In North America (Kotaku, 4/18/2013 12:00am) |
| For quite some time now, the world has been laughing at the name Bravely Default: Flying Fairy, even as we begged Square Enix to bring it out of Japan.
Today's good news: the 3DS [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | Kodak ends OLED joint venture with Sanyo (EETimes, 1/31/2006 8:23pm) |
| Eastman Kodak Co. has relinquished control of its SK Display joint venture with Japan-based Sanyo Electric Co., choosing to broaden its participation in Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) displays by working with various partners. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Hey, There's No Triangle Button on the 3DS! (Kotaku, 6/27/2013 11:30am) |
| Digimon World Re:Digitize Decode was just released on the 3DS in Japan. Originally, it appeared on the PSP as Digimon World Re:Digitize. If this is anything to go by, it might not be the best [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | JVC Reaffirms ATI's Digital TV Technology Leadership (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 7/19/2005 10:00am) |
| ATI Technologies Inc. announced today that Victor Company of Japan, Limited , one of the world's leading producers of high-definition televisions , reaffirmed ATI's position as the digital TV technology leader by choosing the Xilleon 226 plus ATI's CARD and demodulation technology for its new high-end Plasma Display Panel and rear-projection HDTVs. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Blu-ray DVR coming from Mitsubishi (AfterDawn, 12/06/2008 3:15am) |
| Mitsubishi has released a new Blu-ray DVR, dubbed the DVR-BF2000 that comes with a 500GB HDD and the simple ability to burn Blu-ray discs.
User can also record two program simultaneously, one to disc and one to the HDD. Users can also record one program while watching another, thanks to the dual digital tuners set to support Japan's BS/110CS digital and analog broadcast systems.
AVC record ... (Read Full Article) |
 | KDDI R&D Labs Unveils Native H.264/MPEG-4 AVC Editing and Watermarking at NAB 2005 (BOOTH SL3622) (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance, 4/13/2005 3:00pm) |
| KDDI R&D Laboratories, a subsidiary of Japan's global telecommunications company KDDI Corporation, will introduce its powerful H.264/MPEG-4 AVC editing and watermarking software, which adds new capabilities to conventional H.264 codec-based products. (Read Full Article) |
 | PS3 finds its rumble with DualShock 3 (AfterDawn, 4/04/2008 11:54pm) |
| Owners of the Sony PlayStation 3 (PS3) console can enjoy rumble technology now with the DualShock 3 controller announced at the Tokyo Game Show last year and released in Japan on November 11th. Scheduled for release in the United States on April 15th, the DualShock 3 is arriving at some stores already who have permission to sell the item immediately after receiving it.
The DualShock 3 costs $54 ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | An Ace Attorney 5 special edition you can't have, and a trailer you can (Joystiq, 4/19/2013 9:30pm) |
Ace Attorney 5 will be released July 25 in Japan, with a special edition containing a Phoenix Wright figurine (to scale with the Edgeworth figurine released alongside the sorely missed Ace Attorney Investigations 2), a 3DS case patterned [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | Denon DVD-3800BD Blu-ray Player (I4U, 1/21/2008 8:00am) |
| Denon will release the Denon DVD-3800BD Blu-ray Player in March in Japan.
The Denon DVd-3800BD is for sure one of the most expensive ways to watch blu-ray movies with a price-tag beyond $3,000.
The Denon 3800BD-DVD features Dolby TrueHD, DTS-HD M... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Bravely Default's Surprising Japanese Idol Influences (Kotaku, 4/11/2013 8:00am) |
| For several weeks after its release, every game store I went to was sold out of Square Enix's 3DS game, Bravely Default: Flying Fairy. The game has proved to be a hit in Japan, thanks in part, [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Kindle Fire HD and Kindle Fire Now Available for Pre-Order at Amazon.co.jp, Shipping December 19 (Business Wire, 10/27/2012 5:01am) |
| TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--(NASDAQ:AMZN)—Today, Amazon.co.jp is excited to announce that the all-new Kindle Fire and Kindle Fire HD are coming to Japan, giving Japanese customers access to Amazon’s vast selection of over 22 million books, manga, [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Razer Unveils Atrox Arcade Stick for Xbox 360 (eCoustics, 5/17/2013 9:48pm) |
| Razer today unveiled the Atrox Arcade Stick, an Xbox 360 controller intended for modders and tournament gamers. The Atrox will retail for $199.99 and will be released in Japan this month before expanding worldwide in June. Pre-orders begin May 21 on [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | JVC Selects ATI Digital TV Technology (Broadcast Newsroom, 7/20/2005 6:02pm) |
| ATI Technologies Inc. announced that Victor Company of Japan, Limited ( JVC ), one of the world's leading producers of high-definition televisions (HDTVs), reaffirmed ATI 's position as the digital TV (DTV) technology leader by choosing the Xilleon(TM) 226 plus ATI 's CARD (Customer Application Ready Design) and demodulation technology for its new high-end Plasma Display Panel and rear-projecti ... (Read Full Article) |
 | PS3 firmware 1.90 hits Japan, Europe tomorrow, NA "coming soon" (Joystiq, 7/23/2007 11:27am) |
| Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3
Firmware 1.90 is infecting Japanese PS3s as you read this. Symptoms of 1.90 - helpfully deciphered at NeoGAF - include:
XMB backgrounds
Move games in XMB up and down
Eject games, CD's and movies from XMB by pressing triangle, and selecting "Eject Disk"
Force 24Hz output for Blu-ray over HDMI
Change the frequency of music to either 44.1, 88. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Toshiba's LCD TVs with Ethernet (Engadget, 9/28/2005 10:50pm) |
| Toshiba has just announced a new lineup of LCD TVs that incorporate Ethernet ports for Video on Demand services. These Japan-only sets will come in 32, 37, 42, and 47-inch flavors, with the three biggest screens sporting 1920 x 1080 resolutions and dual-digital-tuner picture-in-picture. The big draw here, though, is the 4500 on demand movies and 50 video channels that will be available to NTT ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Tomodachi Collection is One Odd Little Game (Kotaku, 5/17/2013 8:30am) |
| I spent this past week playing what is currently the best-selling game in the world: the Japan only 3DS game Tomodachi Collection: New Life.
After (Read Full Article) |
 | Autumn UK launch for Toshiba HD player (Personal Computer World, 4/07/2006 3:06pm) |
| Toshiba is to launch its HD-DVD player in Europe some time in autumn following an April 18 launch in the US, the company said as it showed the player off to UK journalists this week. The player launched in Japan yesterday. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Sharp floods Japan with 13 LCDs with built-in Blu-ray recorders (CrunchGear, 8/07/2009 12:20pm) |
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I am seeing more and more TV/Blu-ray combos in Japanese electronics stores, and today Sharp announced [JP] a total of 13 new LCD TVs boasting a built-in Blu-ray recorder. The AQUOS DX2 series consists of screens measuring 26/32/40/46 and 52 inches. (Read Full Article) |
 | (AFX UK Focus) 2006-02-14 00:29 GMT: Japan cos eye more flat-panel high definition TV sales in US, Europe - report (Interactive Investor, 2/14/2006 12:56am) |
| TOKYO (AFX) - Major consumer electronics companies here are stepping up efforts to tap the expanding market for flat-panel, high-definition television (HDTV) sets in the US and Europe, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun reported without citing sources. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | New Sharp Aquos 20'' LCD HDTV LC-20AX6 (I4U, 4/03/2006 6:58am) |
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Sharp announces the LC-20AX6 20" LCD HDTV in Japan.
The Sharp Aquos LC-20AX6 features a 1,366x768 pixel resolution, 1,200:1 contrast ratio and 500cd/m2 brightness.
Sharp highlights the low annual power consumption of 86kWh. The LC-20AX6 has ... ... (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) |
 | FHP to release full HD PDP TVs (Digi Times, 8/30/2006 9:52am) |
| Japan-based Fujitsu Hitachi Plasma Display (FHP) will release four new PDP (plasma display panel) TVs that feature full HD (high-definition) resolution, according the Japanese-language Nikkei BP. The maker will begin producing 50-inch and 60-inch full HD PDP TVs in November 2006 and March of 2007, respectively, the paper said. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Shopping.com Reports Black Friday and Cyber Monday Traffic Spikes as More and More Shoppers Go Online This Holiday (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance, 11/29/2005 4:17pm) |
| Shopping.com, a leading online comparison shopping service, reported a 30 percent increase in year over year traffic on Black Friday and a 37 percent increase in year over year traffic on Cyber Monday. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Sony unveils new Blu-ray recorders (Addict 3D, 9/14/2007 5:28am) |
| Sony Corporation has announced plans to launch four new models of its Blu-ray high-definition optical disc recorders in Japan. The new models, capable of storing up to 16 hours of high-definition programs on a dual-layer 50GB Blu-ray disc, will go on sale on November 8. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Toshiba starts selling next-generation DVD player in Japan, beating rivals in format war (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, 3/31/2006 1:35pm) |
| TOKYO (AP) - Toshiba began selling the first players using the next-generation HD DVD video format Friday, beating the rival Blu-ray disc format to market in a high-stakes competition to deliver theater-quality movies to living rooms. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Nintendo announces 'mint white' 3DS XL, Tomodachi Collection bundle for Japan (Engadget, 3/12/2013 3:41am) |
| Just in case your desire to catch them all extends to Nintendo 3DS variants, the company [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Level-5 and Grasshopper's 'Liberation Maiden' becomes an adventure game (Joystiq, 4/18/2013 4:45pm) |
| Grasshopper Manufacture and Japanese game publisher 5pb are adapting Liberation Maiden, the 3DS/iOS game in which the teenage president of Japan shoots down enemy structures from her flying [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Report: Final Fantasy X-2 HD could include 'Last Mission' (Joystiq, 5/13/2013 11:00am) |
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Final Fantasy X-2 HD could feature content never previously released outside of Japan, although Square Enix is reportedly "undecided" about [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Etrian Odyssey 4 set to reach North America by early 2013 (Joystiq, 10/04/2012 5:20pm) |
Etrian Odyssey IV: Legends of the Titan is journeying to North America early next year, Atlus today announced. It's no [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Flipnote Studio 3D delayed in Europe due to 'unexpectedly high' use in Japan (Joystiq, 7/30/2013 5:30pm) |
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European 3DS owners hoping to flip some 3D notes this week will have to wait a bit longer. Flipnote Studio 3D was coming to the continent this week, but Nintendo [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | NHK proposes new 3D broadcast format: transmits dual images at higher resolution (video) (Engadget, 1/07/2013 3:52pm) |
| A technical arm of Japan's national broadcaster, [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | Sony PS3 Firmware 2.0 (I4U News, 11/07/2007 5:35pm) |
| <p>Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) announced today the availability of the latest version of the PS3 firmware 2.00.
Usually Sony Japan announces a new firmware for the PS3 first, this time Sony Europe issued a late afternoon press-release about...</p><div class="feedflare">
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 | Sony announces more Blu-ray recorders for Japan (AfterDawn, 4/12/2008 1:14am) |
| Sony Electronics has announced another two Blu-ray Disc recorders for the Japanese market. The electronics giant will offer two new models with 320GB and 500GB hard disk drives in the territory to add to its existing line-up of Blu-ray equipment. The BDZ-A70 and BDZ-T90 read and write both blank Blu-ray and blank DVD media. The BDZ-A70 comes with a 320GB HDD while the BDZ-T90 has a larger 500GB HD ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Panasonic Introduces World's First 65-inch 1080p Plasma TV (PhysOrg, 8/28/2005 11:35am) |
| Panasonic, the leading brand for which Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. is known, announced it will launch the world's first 65-inch 1080p (progressive) high-definition (HD) plasma TV TH-65PX500 on November 1 and three new entry-level PX50 series HD plasma TVs with 50-, 42- and 37-inch displays on September 10 in Japan. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | PanAmSat and JSAT to Expand Satellite Capacity in U.S. to Satisfy Growing High-Definition and IP Television Markets (SpaceRef, 6/27/2005 7:28pm) |
| TOKYO, JAPAN, June 27, 2005 -- PanAmSat (NYSE:PA) announced today that it was joining forces with long-time partner JSAT Corporation to form a joint venture that will launch a new Ku-band satellite to satisfy the growing demand in the U.S. market. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Super-Slim PS3 Is Coming in Blue and in Red (Kotaku, 1/21/2013 6:30am) |
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Later this month in Japan, [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | LG.Philips LCD to debut HDTV LCD panels and e-book display at FPD International (Digi Times, 10/18/2005 10:40am) |
| LG.Philips LCD will showcase several widescreen HDTV LCD panels and a 10.1-inch electronic book reader (e-book) display at FPD International 2005 (October 19-21) in Yokohama, Japan. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Fujitsu to Release H.264 Format Video-Processing LSI Chip Supporting High-Definition and Low Power Consumption; (Japan Corporate News, 11/30/2006 8:33pm) |
| Tokyo, Japan, Nov 30, 2006 - (JCN Newswire) - Fujitsu Limited today announced the development of a new large-scale integrated circuit (LSI) chip capable of real-time compression and decompression of high-definition TV-level video, in H.264(1) format. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Genesis Microchip Demonstrates Purview HD Digital TV Controllers (Asia Pulse via Yahoo! Australia & NZ News, 10/04/2005 1:32am) |
| (Full text of statement. Contact details below.) SAN JOSE, Calif. & CHIBA, Japan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 3, 2005--Genesis(R) Microchip Inc. (Nasdaq:GNSS), a world leader in the development of image processing technologies for flat-panel monitors, TVs and other consumer display products, today demonstrated the first DTV controller of its new PurVIEW HD(TM) series, the gm10500, to a broad base of ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Buffalo LinkTheater PC-P3LWG/DVD HD Media Player (I4U, 5/03/2005 8:07am) |
| The Buffalo LinkTheater PC-P3LWG/DVD Wi-Fi enabled DVD and Media Player is apparently one of the bestselling media streaming devices in Japan. It is also available in the USA. The PC-P3LWG/DVD seems to have it all: Integrated Wi-fi (802.11g), HDTV r... ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Panasonic to Launch the World's First Blu-ray Disc Recorders Capable of Playing Back BD-Video Discs (Japan Corporate News, 9/20/2006 4:57am) |
| Osaka, Japan, Sept 20, 2006 - (JCN Newswire) - Panasonic, the leading brand for which Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. is known, unveiled the world's first Blu-ray Disc (BD) recorders that can play back BD-Video discs. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Sharp Showcases High-Definition Display Dominance at CES with World's Largest LCD TV and Groundbreaking New Technologies (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 1/08/2007 1:00pm) |
| LAS VEGAS----Sharp is once again raising the bar for LCD technology at 2007 CES with one-of-a-kind innovations and increased performance. The world's largest LCD TV, the 108-inch, is headlining the company's wide breadth of TV offerings, which also includes the newest lines of large-screen AQUOS HDTVs to come from the company's 8th generation factory in Kameyama, Japan, featuring enhanced ... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Yakuza 5 and Fist of the North Star inspire ... interesting PS3 special editions (Joystiq, 10/02/2012 2:45pm) |
| The first special-edition releases of the new toploading PS3 have been revealed for Japan, and they're ... uh ... different, and made in [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | PQI mPack 600, HDTV portable media player (Engadget, 10/21/2005 8:15pm) |
| Power Quotient International is a Taiwanese firm who will be releasing the “mPack P600†on November 12th in Japan. We’ve addressed the mPack 600 in the past — it’s a portable media player that features and integrated 20GB hard drive and 1.8-inch LCD. It can play MP3, WMA, AC3, M4A, WAV, and Ogg Vorbis audio files, and MPEG-1/2/4, DivX, XviD, and AVI video files. So why bring it up agai ... (Read Full Article) |
 | SeaChange Powers World's First H.264 High-Definition IP Television Service; Japan's OnDemand TV Extends IPTV Platform (RedNova, 6/07/2006 9:14pm) |
| SeaChange International (Nasdaq: SEAC) customer OnDemand TV, Inc. is launching the world's first IPTV on-demand service to offer high-definition programming encoded in the H.264 video compression standard. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Monster Hunter 4 Direct sets off on Sunday (Joystiq, 9/06/2013 2:30pm) |
This weekend's Monster Hunter 4-themed Nintendo Direct could spill some intriguing news. As our friends at Engadget Japan [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Puppeteer pulls back the curtain on PS3 (Joystiq, 8/14/2012 7:05pm) |
| Gavin Moore from Sony Online Entertianment took the stage during Sony's Gamescom 2012 press conference to reveal Puppeteer, a new game from Sony's Japan [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | The game where you take Satoru Iwata on vacation arrives next spring, now on 3DS (Joystiq, 8/29/2012 1:00pm) |
| Nintendo's Mii-based game "Friend Collection" arrives in Japan next spring, according to Nintendo head Satoru Iwata. Iwata showed a brief video of the game featuring his own Mii - vacationing and learning how to Hula dance, playing in a rock band [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | Sanyo Ships Digital Television (DTV) Sets with Zentek Software (HardwareZone, 7/12/2005 9:07am) |
| Zentek Technology Japan announced today that Sanyo Manufacturing Corporation (Sanyo) is shipping production digital television (DTV) sets with Zentek MediaStack software in the U.S. market. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | New Sharp Blu-ray Player BD-HDW30, BD-HDW25 and BD-HDW22 (I4U, 5/19/2008 7:46am) |
| Sharp announces three new Blu-ray Player with Hard-drives in Japan.
The Share BD-HDW30 Blu-ray player features a 1TB HDD, the BD-HDW25 has 500GB and the BD-HDW22 features a 250GB HDD.
All three new Sharp Blu-ray players and HD DVRs feature 2 digita... ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Hitachi Prius series includes DH75N desktop with HDMI out (Engadget, 9/02/2005 6:03am) |
| Hitachi has rolled out a series of desktop and laptops under the Prius brand. Most include at least some media features (though all come bundled with XP Home), but the top-of-the-line model, the Prius Desk DH75N, looks like the clear winner, with a digital tuner and HDMI output to pump HD video straight to a compatible TV. These are Japan-only models for now, and from the specs, it looks like the ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Xilinx Spartan-3E FPGAs Enable JVC'S Latest Professional Broadcast HDV Camera-Recorder (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance, 11/14/2006 12:30pm) |
| Xilinx, Inc. , the world leader in programmable logic solutions, today announced that Victor Company of Japan, Limited has adopted Xilinx low-cost Spartan-3E field programmable gate arrays for their latest handheld high definition video GY-HD 250 series camera-recorder. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Toshiba's 52- and 46-inch REGZA H3300 120Hz LCD televisions (Engadget, 7/11/2007 12:34pm) |
| Filed under: Displays, HDTV, Home Entertainment
What better way to start the day than with a pair of big-azz 120Hz LCD televisions with integrated HD recorders? Meet the new 52- and 46-inch REGZA H3300 sets for Japan. Each features a bevy of tuners and 300GB slot loading disk with a hunger for more via eSATA expansion. With support for 1080p (60p/24p) frame rates over 2x HDMI, Tosh's 120Hz panel ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Sharp Claims First Blu-ray Disc Recorder (E-Commerce Times, 2/16/2007 11:04pm) |
| Sharp has introduced a new Blu-ray recorder that is the first player capable of recording high-definition content directly from television. The new BD-HP1, a standalone device set to go on sale in Japan next month, allows the transfer of content from the company's Aquos digital tuner or Aquos HD Recorder to the Blu-ray Disc without losing the high-definition quality. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | New Denon Blu-ray player is DivX Certified (AfterDawn, 4/03/2008 4:51am) |
| DivX, Inc. announced that the latest Blu-ray Disc player from Denon, the high-end audio/video brand owned by D&M Holdings Inc., has been given DivX Certification. This puts the product in a growing list of DivX Certified products. The DVD-3800BDCI will go on sale in the Japan and U.S. markets at the end of this month. This is the second Denon Blu-ray player to receive DivX Certification.
"DENO ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Toshiba develops HD DVD writer drive (InfoWorld, 10/02/2006 2:12pm) |
| ( InfoWorld ) - On Tuesday Toshiba will unveil the first slim-type HD DVD writer drive suitable for use in laptop computers. The SD-L902A drive is the standard 12.7-millimeters high, which means it can fit in the drive bay of most laptop computers. It can read and write HD DVD, DVD, and CD discs, Toshiba said Monday. It will be shown at the Ceatec show, Japan's biggest electronics show, ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Europeans, grab Super Mario 3D Land for free in Nintendo promo (Joystiq, 11/19/2013 6:30pm) |
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Nintendo of Europe is getting into the holiday spirit by giving away Super [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | LG.Philips LCD Demonstrates Cutting-Edge Suite of TFT-LCDs at FPD International 2005 (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 10/17/2005 11:00pm) |
| LG.Philips LCD Co., Ltd. , one of the world's leading innovators of thin-film transistor liquid crystal display technology, announced today that it will showcase its cutting-edge suite of TFT-LCDs for HDTVs, deskop monitors, digital information displays and other applications at booth #390 during FPD International 2005 in Yokohama, Japan. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 3DS tool to transfer save data from cartridge to SD out in Japan in March (Joystiq, 1/26/2013 1:45am) |
Nintendo is planning a March release for a downloadable tool allowing transfer of save data from a cartridge-based 3DS game to a downloaded version of the same game. The news comes from a special mini Nintendo Direct released only on the [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | Toshiba planning HD-DVD notebook for April (InfoWorld, 3/07/2006 5:34pm) |
| ( InfoWorld ) - Toshiba is planning to launch its first laptop computer with an HD-DVD drive in Europe in April, the company said Tuesday. The Qosmio G30 laptop will also be available in Japan and North America at about the same time, said Oscar Koenders, general manager of marketing at Toshiba Europe's PC division. It will cost around the same as Toshiba's current Qosmio G20 notebook, ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Xbox 360 and Windows MMORPG Monster Hunter Frontier G is coming to the PS3 and the Wii U this fall i (Kotaku, 8/01/2013 11:40am) |
| Xbox 360 and Windows MMORPG Monster Hunter Frontier G is coming to the PS3 and the Wii U this fall in Japan. (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | This trailer for Ace Attorney 5 shows off some of the 3D investigation in Phoenix Wright's new outin (Kotaku, 4/29/2013 2:40pm) |
| This trailer for Ace Attorney 5 shows off some of the 3D investigation in Phoenix Wright's new outing. Capcom's next big lawyer game is out July 25 in Japan, and sometime in the future for [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | CyberLink's DTCP-IP Solution Enables Playback of Japanese HDTV Content on Sony Notebooks (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 4/04/2006 9:24pm) |
| TAIPEI, Taiwan----April 4, 2006--CyberLink Corp. , a world leader in digital home solutions, released details of it cooperation with Sony Corporation featuring a software solution that enables the playback of high-definition TV content on selected Sony VAIO notebooks in Japan. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Drag-on Dragoon 3 or, as we know it, Drakengard 3, hits the PS3 in Japan on October 31. (Kotaku, 6/27/2013 8:30am) |
| Drag-on Dragoon 3 or, as we know it, Drakengard 3, hits the PS3 in [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | Marantz BD8002: chunky feature-laden Blu-ray player coming to Japan (Tech Digest, 5/16/2008 1:40pm) |
| High-end manufacturer Marantz has announced it's bringing the BD8002 Blu-ray player to the Japanese market next month. It features a Silicon Optix 10-bit chipset, compatibility with Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby True HD and DTS-HD Master Audio, 7.1 analogue audio output, full 1080p video output including 24fps mode for accurate playback of movies, and of course HDMI output... ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Pioneer 50'' 1080p Plasma Display Delivers Cinematic Picture Performance of High Definition Film Titles (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 3/16/2007 9:29pm) |
| ORLANDO, Fla.----At the NSCA Expo this week, Pioneer Electronics Inc. is showcasing its first 50" Pioneer branded 1080p plasma display for the U.S. market. Previously only available in Japan and Europe, the Pioneer PDP-5000EX provides fine detail and accurate color for the entire range of high definition signals including 720p, 1080i and 1080p. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Toshiba to Collaborate With Sarnoff On Protecting ICs from CDM Electrostatic Discharge (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 12/13/2005 2:00pm) |
| TOKYO & GISTEL, Belgium----Dec. 13, 2005--Toshiba Corporation of Tokyo, Japan and Sarnoff Europe of Gistel, Belgium today announced that Toshiba will further extend its cooperation with Sarnoff to use new technology based on Sarnoff TakeCharge to protect its ICs from charged device model electrostatic discharge , which can destroy devices during testing, packaging, or assembly into systems. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Assault the Cheating Boyfriend! Caught You Red-Handed' hits Japan's 3DS eShop next week (Joystiq, 1/22/2013 12:15am) |
| Japanese 3DS game Assault the Cheating Boyfriend! Caught You Red-Handed has one of the most straight-forward yet adorable names we've [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Professor Layton x Ace Attorney announced for west, due in 2014 (Joystiq, 8/07/2013 3:37pm) |
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Nintendo announced Professor Layton x Ace Attorney will make its way to the west in 2014. Today's Nintendo Direct confirmed the 3DS game, released in Japan last year, hits [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | Mitsubishi Announces Super-Charged Blu-ray Disc Recorders....For Japan (About.com, 8/22/2009 10:00am) |
| Here we go again! Another announcement by a large Asian consumer electronics manufacturer that it is introducing a new line of Blu-ray Disc recorders, but, unfortunately, they will probably never see the light-of-day in the U.S.
What makes Mitsubishi's announcement even more frustrating is that these units are a home theater fan's dream: One unit combines Blu-ray Disc recording with a 1 Terabyte Hard Drive, a second unit offers a 500GB hard drive, while the third houses not only a Blu-ray Disc recorder and a 320 GB hard drive, but also includes a VHS deck. Of course, all these units can record in all the standard DVD recording format as well, and it also appears that they all have USB and SD Card slots for accessing additional digital content. For details, check out the brief report from Akihabara News as well as the Official Announcement and Product Specifications from Mitsubishi (in Japanese with some technical terms in English).
To add more insult to injury, Mitsubishi has also announced a line of LCD TVs with built-in Blu-ray Disc/Hard Drive combos (See report from Tech-On!.
Blu-ray Disc recorders have been available in Japan for about two years, and not as much as a word about U.S. availability. What happened to the U.S. as the primary market for the latest in consumer electronics technology - especially when it comes to video recording? For some perspective, read my article: The Case of the Disappearing DVD Recorder.
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 | Toshiba Cell Regza 55X1: The HDTV of the future? (Home Theater, 10/07/2009 1:04am) |
| Let’s set aside 3D TVs for a moment—they seem to be coming whether we want them or not—and look at another futuristic set concept that’s (of course) coming to Japan by year’s end. Toshiba’s “Cell” project, which powers an LCD HDTV with the Cell processor—best known as the brains behind the PlayStation 3—finally appears closer [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | Panasonic bundles 103-inch plasma, Blu-ray player in 3D home theater package (Engadget, 9/24/2008 12:34pm) |
| Filed under: Displays, HDTV, Home Entertainment
Didn't see anything that particularly suited your fancy at CEDIA? Then feast your eyes on CEATEC. As the Japan-based trade show hastily approaches, out pops a mind-boggling new home theater package from Panasonic. The system will include one of its marvelous 103-inch plasma HDTVs, a Blu-ray player and at least one set of fancy 3D goggles. Hailed as ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Pokemon Mystery Dungeon 3DS makes portals out of globes (Joystiq, 9/17/2012 1:00pm) |
The new Pokémon Mystery Dungeon coming to 3DS is stepping up the [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | NTT Develops World's First Video Stream Server Capable of Handling up to Ten Uncompressed HDTV Video Streams; IP-based, (Japan Corporate News, 5/24/2005 2:59pm) |
| Tokyo, Japan, May 24, 2005 - (JCN Newswire) - Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. (NTT: 9433; NYSE: NTT) today announced a PC cluster-based, video stream product, named the i-Visto eXmedia server, which can simultaneously handle up to ten 1.5-Gbps of uncompressed high definition television (HDTV) video streams in real-time using an IP network. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Panasonic Starts Launching Digital Consumer Electronics Products Using Its Advanced System LSIs for Integrated Platform (Japan Corporate News, 10/15/2005 6:53am) |
| Tokyo, Japan, Oct 13, 2005 - (JCN Newswire)- Panasonic, the leading brand for which Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. is well known, announced today that the company launched an SD card movie camera, using Panasonic's advanced system LSIs for integrated platform for next-generation digit- al consumer electronics products. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | FUJITSU TEN Develops "Automotive Compact 77GHz 3D Electronic Scan Millimeter Wave Radar" Distance, Azimuth and Elevation range Detection (Business Wire, 10/21/2012 1:01am) |
| KOBE, Japan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--"Automotive Compact 77GHz 3D Electronic Scan Millimeter Wave Radar" - While making further improvements, FUJITSU TEN will aim at delivering this product to automobile manufacturers from [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | Panasonic Developing 4 GB SDHC Memory Card; Based on New SD Memory Card Specification (Japan Corporate News, 3/09/2006 3:29pm) |
| Tokyo, Japan, Mar 9, 2006 - (JCN Newswire) - Panasonic, the leading brand for which Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. is best known, today announced that it is developing a 4 GB SDHC (SD High-Capacity) Memory Card based on the new SD Specifications Version 2.00. The new specifications were established to meet the growing demand for HD (High Definition) video and high-resolution image ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Victor JVC to roll out new Everio full HD camcorder (CrunchGear, 7/30/2009 12:00pm) |
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Victor JVC Japan announced [JP] a new full HD camcorder from their Everio series today, the Everio GZ-HM400. The device features a 10.3MP CMOS sensor, 10x optical zoom, 32GB of built-in storage, a 2.8-inch flip-out LCD screen, a YouTube and iTunes upload function, a USB port and an HDMI interface. (Read Full Article) |
 | Pioneer to launch their first 1080p plasma television sets in October (KrunkerHD, 8/03/2007 8:51am) |
| Pioneer Japan announced on Thursday that it would be launching its first full high definition plasma television sets this coming October. The company is playing catch-up with other rivals including Matsushita Electric Industrial which already released full HD plasma displays. Pioneer will be releasing new 50 inch and 60 inch 1080p displays ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Memory-Tech said to make pre-recorded HD DVD discs in China, Taiwanese makers watching (Digi Times, 11/16/2006 4:57am) |
| Japan-based Memory-Tech will increase investment in China-based Shanghai United Optical Disc to produce pre-recorded HD DVD discs specifically for the China market, while Taiwanese pre-recorded discs makers will watch the situation and evaluate the feasibility of investing in China, according to industry sources. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Canon to launch HF11 and HF21 high definition camcorders in Japan (HDTV UK, 7/24/2008 9:00am) |
| Canon has announced that it will launch two new high definition camcorders to the Japanese market in late August, both priced the same but one featuring 32GB of flash memory and the other a 120GB hard drive. The lighter HF11 features the large 32GB memory store, giving up to 12 hours of HD footage when shooting in AVCHD, and nearly three hours in full 1080p quality. An additional SD card can doubl ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Professor Layton and the Azran Legacies' Japanese launch trailer (Joystiq, 2/26/2013 9:00am) |
| Professor Layton and the Azran Legacies for 3DS will be available later this week on February 28 in Japan. For those with the ability [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | D&D: Chronicles of Mystara gets enhanced PS3 retail release in Japan (Joystiq, 6/18/2013 10:30pm) |
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While Capcom's arcade brawler compilation Dungeons [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | OMRON Develops World's First Commercial Ultra-Wideband (UWB) MIMO Antenna for High-Definition Video Transmission; (Japan Corporate News, 9/25/2006 5:12am) |
| Tokyo, Japan, Sept 25, 2006 - (JCN Newswire) - OMRON Corporation (TSE: 6645, US: OMRNY), a global leader in electronic components, sensing and control technologies, announced that it will release the world's first commercial polymer antenna for Ultra-Wideband (UWB communications *1) targeted toward high-definition (HD) and other telecast quality video transmission applications. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Denon Blu-ray Player DVD-3800BDCI gets DivX Certified (I4U, 4/01/2008 12:52pm) |
| The upcoming high-end Blu-ray player Denon DVD-3800BDCI got DivX certified.
The DivX Certified DENON Blu-ray Disc Player DVD-3800BDCI will go on sale in the Japan and U.S. markets at the end of this month. This Denon Blu-ray player ships already via A... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Magna Gate and the Infinite Labyrinth catches Japan Nov. 23 (Joystiq, 10/04/2012 11:45pm) |
Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Magna Gate and the Infinite Labyrinth, Nintendo's first 3DS entry into its roguelike [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | SiBEAM’s Second Generation Chipsets Accelerate WirelessHD Market Adoption (Business Wire, 10/06/2009 12:00am) |
| TOKYO & SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SiBEAM, the leading innovator of 60GHz wireless solutions and developer of high-speed wireless communication platforms, today unveiled its second generation 60GHz chipsets based on the WirelessHD® specification at CEATEC Japan. Following the success and widespread adoption of its award-winning first generation high performance WirelessHD chipsets, this latest achievement keeps the company in the industry lead as the only option for high quality lo (Read Full Article) |
 | Pioneer and VividLogic Enter Into License Agreement for Development of OCAP(TM) Software for OCHD 2.0 Devices (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 3/27/2006 7:12pm) |
| FREMONT, Calif.----March 27, 2006--VividLogic Inc., a leading provider of Home Entertainment Software Infrastructure for High Definition Televisions and High Definition Set Top Boxes based in Fremont, CA, today announced that it has entered into a development and license agreement with Pioneer Corporation based in Tokyo, Japan, to license, enhance and distribute OCAP 1.0 software and related ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Monster Hunter Frontier G exploring Wii U, PS3 this year in Japan (Joystiq, 7/31/2013 5:30pm) |
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Capcom will bring Monster Hunter Frontier G to PS3 [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | VHS lives: JVC announces VHS/DVD/Blu-ray recorder for Japan (CrunchGear, 10/30/2009 8:21am) |
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It seems VHS will never die, and this is generally welcome, as a lot of good movies aren't still available on optical discs. In summer 2008, Panasonic released a VHS/Blu-ray combo, followed by Sharp's Aquos BD-HDV22 that was pretty much the same thing. And today, over one year later, JVC anounced the DR-BH250 [JP], which is a VHS recorder, Blu-Ray Recorder and 250GB HDD rolled into one. (Read Full Article) |
 | NPD says Blu-ray going mainstream next year (AfterDawn, 9/26/2009 6:33pm) |
According to a new NPD analysis, Blu-ray will finally break into the mainstream in 2010, especially as prices continue to drop.
The company researched consumers using Blu-ray set-top boxes (not including the PS3) in February 2008 and in August of this year, and the figures clearly showed that BD is out of the "early adopter" phase and into the "dreamers" phase which is the group that wants the new technology but are "deterred by price."
Regardless, NPD says falling prices, strong holiday sales, and a slowing uptrending economy will finally push Blu-ray from "niche" technology to "mainstream."
In the 2008 study, over 64 percent of users were early adopters, which only account for 20 percent of the entire market. By August however, the number had been reduced to 38 percent, and replaced by "dreamers" and "sensibles," a group full of middle aged families who like the technology but waited some time before investing. Those two groups account for over 40 percent of the entire market.
“In the last year, we have made great strides toward becoming mainstream, but we’re not quite there yet,” ntoes NPD analyst Russ Crupnick, via VB. “But going into the holiday season, we are seeing a combination of fairly reasonable price points on hardware and a lot of content. By February, after the holidays, it’s going to quickly look more and more mainstream. We are on that path.”
There are however still a decent amount of "late adopters" who do not care for the technology or are neutral. Neutral consumers are at 17 percent while "anti-tech" (users that frankly hate Blu-ray) are at 7 percent.Permalink | Comments
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 | Mitsubishi shows off 155-inch OLED HDTV (AfterDawn, 10/10/2009 5:32pm) |
Mitsubishi has unveiled a 155-inch OLED TV this week at the CEATEC 2009 event in Japan, showcasing one of the largest displays ever for OLED.
Mainichi Japan says the "OLED display consists of 720 10-centimeter-square OLED blocks that can be rearranged to change the dimensions of the display using Mitsubishi's Aurora Vision LED screens at baseball stadiums."
The screen is also about three times brighter than any current LCD TV. Lifespan is about 200,000 hours.
Being that the OLED blocks are so small means Mitsubishi can create a TV of any size, ranging from the now standard 15-inch TVs to infinity.
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| (Unranked) | New Super Mario Bros. 2 tops Japanese sales charts again (Joystiq, 8/22/2012 9:40pm) |
| New Super Mario Bros. 2 for the 3DS has sold almost 1 million copies in Japan [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | Amazon on Demand comes to ‘09 Panasonic Blu-ray players (CrunchGear, 8/04/2009 11:30pm) |
| You gotta love automatic updates the bring new features to Blu-ray players. Panasonic is pushing out new firmware for its '09 Blu-ray lineup that adds Amazon on Demand to the already impressive extras of YouTube, Picasa, Bloomberg, and weather info. Oh, and that little portable Blu-ray player (BD15) also gains this ability along with the DMP-BD60, BD70V, and BD80. So once these players are graced with the update sometime today, users will have access to 45,000 SD titles and 1,000 HD titles. What's there not to love? (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | PSA: Dragon's Crown cross-play update now on PS3, PS Vita (Joystiq, 10/16/2013 2:00am) |
The cross-play update for Dragon's Crown is live. If you purchased Dragon's Crown on [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | Blu-ray Gets Big Boost From Sony, Best Buy, and Apple (About.com, 9/28/2009 10:00am) |
| For those that are still Blu-ray doubters, the trend is against you. Blu-ray has not only been on a continuous growth pattern despite the current lackluster economy, but may experience substantially increased growth as a result of four new developments.
First: The large number of Blu-ray Disc players introduced at the recent CEDIA EXPO from both mainstream and niche-brand manufacturers.
Second: Sony has revealed that its new Playstation 3 Slim (which has a built-in Blu-ray Disc player) has sold more than 1 million units since it was released on September 1st.
Third: Apple is finally jumping on the Blu-ray bandwagon with an announcement that it will be including a Blu-ray Disc drive in its upcoming series of iMacs.
Fourth: Best Buy has announced that it will be marketing a new line of its Insignia-brand LCD TVs that will include built-in Blu-ray Disc players; just in time for the 2009 Christmas and Winter Holiday Season.
For more details on these developments, check out the reports from Channel Web, CNET, and High Def Digest. (Read Full Article) |
 | New HD Wii coming in 2011? (DVICE, 9/21/2009 5:45pm) |
| Square Enix is the biggest game developer in Japan, so when president Yoichi Wada speaks, people listen. And when he says that Nintendo is prepping a next-gen, high definition Wii with a brand-new motion controller for 2011, we believe him.
The current Wii is by far the most underpowered of the current crop of gaming consoles, so it makes sense that they'd be working on an update far earlier than Sony and Microsoft. Heck, it doesn't do HD! In this day and age, that seems crazy. So will 2011 be the year of the Wii 2? We'll just have to wait and see.
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 | Panasonic in-dash HD nav system & Blu-ray player ready to ship, are you ready for the price? (Engadget, 8/20/2009 2:01pm) |
Don't think you can sell the kids short anymore, keeping the Blu-ray copy at home and taking DVD rips on the road, now that Panasonic is ready to deliver its in-dash Blu-ray player and 7-inch HD screen packing nav unit in September. We got a good peek at these back in April and the specs haven't changed, with the Profile 1.1 Bonus View compatible CY-BB1000D taking care of Blu-ray duties and featuring the same UniPhier guts as the company's line of living room Blu-ray players. The CN-HX3000D is a WXGA 1280x720p 7-inch LED backlit widescreen display ready to play back media via standard HDMI, iPod connector, SD card or its digital TV tuner, powered by Windows Automotive with navigation duties assisted by Google Maps and Yahoo! Japan. The CY-BB1000D is ¥99,750 ($1,057) and the CN-HX3000D is ¥365,400 ($3,872), and both arrive September 10 in Japan. We'll let you decide if around 5 grand is a good price for the in car HD experience (might want to look at custom mounting a DMP-B15, $800 and you can take it with you.)
Read - CYBB1000D Read - CN-HX3000DFiled under: GPS, HDTV, TransportationPanasonic in-dash HD nav system & Blu-ray player ready to ship, are you ready for the price? originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 20 Aug 2009 09:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink | Email this | Comments (Read Full Article) |
 | Toshiba introduces first Cell-powered HDTV (AfterDawn, 10/05/2009 10:24pm) |
Toshiba has unveiled their first HDTV to use the extremely powerful PS3 Cell processor today during the CEATEC event in Japan, and the TV packs a serious punch.
Besides the processor, the 55-inch REGZA 55X1 includes LED-backlighting, 240Hz refresh rate, and dynamic contrast ratio of 5,000,000:1. The Cell processor also allows for improved image quality, stronger colors, enhanced brightness balance and a "luminance of 1250cd/m²."
The TV also has a 7-speaker sound bar, and has DLNA support as well as a built in HD web browser created by Opera.
More notably, the HDTV has a 3TB HDD allowing users to record up to 26 hours of 1080p content from 8 channels, at the same time. As pictured below, the Regza can also display 8 channels at the same time, with no delay when switching between stations.
Toshiba also dropped word that they plan to use the Cell processor in an upcoming TV that will upconvert 1080p films to 3840 x 2160.
The TV will leave a dent in your wallet however, and is retailing for 1 million yen in Japan (about $11,000 USD) and Toshiba says it anticipates 1000 sales before release in North America next year.
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 | Philips Sets Flat-Panel TVs Free with U.S. Launch of Wireless HDTV Link (HDTV Magazine, 10/21/2009 2:57pm) |
Philips Electronics (NYSE:PHG, AEX: PHI) today confirmed U.S. retail availability for its much-anticipated Wireless HDTV Link (SWW1800/27) that uses innovative technology to wirelessly deliver superior high-definition TV picture quality (up to 1080p) without ruining the aesthetics of the home. Unsightly wires are a digital burden of the past with the Philips Wireless HDTV Link which replaces the cables that connect the HD cable set-top box, HD satellite receiver, Blu-ray player and gaming console to a HDTV.
Just in time for holiday gift-buying, Philips Wireless HDTV Link is currently available for...
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 | Panasonic Full HD 3D And More From CEATEC 2009 [Video] (I4U, 10/06/2009 9:00pm) |
| The CEATEC 2009 has opened today in Japan. We cannot be there, but Panasonic was nice enough to offer up some video footage from their booth at the CEATEC 2009 featuring the Panasonic Full HD 3D technology and more.
Panasonic exhibits the 50-inch Full...
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 | SiBEAM's Second Generation Chipsets Accelerate WirelessHD Market Adoption (HDTV Magazine, 10/06/2009 1:11am) |
SiBEAM, the leading innovator of 60GHz wireless solutions and developer of high-speed wireless communication platforms, today unveiled its second generation 60GHz chipsets based on the WirelessHD® specification at CEATEC Japan. Following the success and widespread adoption of its award-winning first generation high performance WirelessHD chipsets, this latest achievement keeps the company in the industry lead as the only option for high quality lossless 1080p Full HD video in the world. Major technical breakthroughs in the new chipsets also serve to boost and simplify CE manufacturer accessibility and WirelessHD product development.
The second generation consists of...
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 | SiBeam readies 2nd gen Wireless HD chip (EETimes, 10/06/2009 9:39am) |
SiBeam, a pioneer in 60GHz chips for wireless video networking, is demonstrating its second generation chipsets based on the WirelessHD specification at this week's CEATEC Japan exhibition.
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 | Argentina chooses Japanese ISDB-T standard for High-Definition TV (AfterDawn, 8/31/2009 4:28am) |
Argentina has passed over European and American standards for High-definition television broadcasts, and followed Brazil in opting to adopt the ISDB-T standard for HDTV in the country.
Argentine President Cristina Kirchner made the announcement of its decision to follow Brazil's lead in the region in a highly-competitive market for HDTV broadcasts at a South American summit.
Kirchner ratified a memorandum between the governments of both Argentina and of Japan to introduce the Japanese ISDB-T standard in the country to co-operate together in the sector. Kirchner also signed a cooperation accord on HDTV with Brazil.Permalink | Comments
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 | JVC brings 46-inch GD-463D10 3D LCD HDTV to America: shipping now for $9,200 (Engadget, 9/10/2009 5:40pm) |
Jumpin' Jehosaphat! We know exchange rates have been sort of crazy of late, but we can say with a good deal of certainty that the in-home 3D revolution isn't going anywhere with MSRPs like this. After introducing the 46-inch GD-463D10 3D LCD HDTV in various overseas markets, JVC is announcing here at CEDIA that its flagship 3D panel is now available on US soil for a solid chunk of change. The 1080p display touts a 2,000:1 contrast ratio, three HDMI sockets, 178-degree viewing angles, a depth of 1.5-inches and two incredibly awesome sets of 3D goggles. If you're not concerned that actual 3D content is all but nonexistent for home users, you can snag this now for $9,153 (and not a penny more). Gallery: JVC's 1080p GD-463D10 3D LCD HDTV to AmericaFiled under: Displays, HDTV, Home EntertainmentJVC brings 46-inch GD-463D10 3D LCD HDTV to America: shipping now for $9,200 originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 10 Sep 2009 12:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments (Read Full Article) |
 | Sony TRIMASTER quad-HD LCD multiplies the resolution, and the price, of any home HDTV (Engadget, 10/06/2009 6:03pm) |
Can't wait until December for Toshiba's CELL REGZA LCD? Sony is bringing its own 56-inch 3,840x2160 quad-HD display to market November 1 in Japan. Priced at 6,825,000 ($76,583) including taxes this is clearly for pros only, hence the TRIMASTER name referring to the three elements combined within -- exact color, accurate picture and reliability -- thanks to a RGB LED backlit panel built with incredible picture reproduction and exact calibration (with included software via a connected PC) in mind. While it's cheaper than JVC's $175k 4K projector, unless you're mastering the next Pixar flick, viewing high res satellite imagery or can't live without four HD feeds on one screen even the most well heeled amongst may be better served scouring bargain bins for a used Westinghouse D56QX1 for now.
[Via AV Watch]Filed under: Displays, HDTVSony TRIMASTER quad-HD LCD multiplies the resolution, and the price, of any home HDTV originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:03:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments (Read Full Article) |
 | Mitsubishi unveils REAL line of Blu-ray burning, super upconverting LCDs (Engadget, 8/20/2009 3:52pm) |
Providing some competition for Sharp's DX series, Mitsubishi has taken the wraps off of its REAL Series LCD HDTVs, including a set with built-in hard drives and Blu-ray recorders, plus a few more that lack the recording, but throw in super resolution upconversion that claims to make even the worst SD look better than ever. Even if that's just hype, we hope it fares better than the company's ill-fated 120Hz processing. The 37- (1080p) and 32-inch (720p) BHR300 models feature their disc drives in the stand, rather than back-mounted approach of the AQUOS, plus 320GB HDDs, SDHC slot, plus i.LINK and USB connectors that let owners edit video from a camcorder on the TV before saving to disc or hard drive. The MZW300 models are all 1080p, in 40-, 42- and 52-inch sizes, with Diamond Engine Pro IV HD super resolution tech, the latest and most power efficient Diamond panel with 20,000:1 contrast ratio, built in 5.1 Dolby Digital decoder, virtual surround speakers and a talking program guide feature. These hit shelves in Japan in late October ranging in price from ¥350,000 ($3,705) for the LCD-52MZW300 to ¥200,000 ($2,117) for the LCD-32BHR300.Filed under: Displays, HDTV, Home EntertainmentMitsubishi unveils REAL line of Blu-ray burning, super upconverting LCDs originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 20 Aug 2009 10:52:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments (Read Full Article) |