 | High-Definition Video Puts the World's Most Visionary Leaders in Politics and Economics Face-to-Face with Asia's (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 9/15/2006 1:50pm) |
| HONG KONG----Sept. 15, 2006--Leveraging the exceptional quality of its recently introduced high-definition videoconferencing solutions, TANDBERG , a global leader in visual communication, supported CLSA in putting Asia's financial elite face-to-face with speakers in the United States. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | UK Man Receives New 3D Printed Face (DailyTech, 4/15/2013 8:18pm) |
| He lost half of his face to [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Go Ahead, Roll This 3DS Stylus All Over Your Face! [3ds] (Kotaku, 9/11/2012 8:40am) |
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| (Unranked) | Pez Dispensers With Your Own 3D-Printed Face on Top Are the Best Pez Dispensers (Gizmodo, 1/28/2013 5:03pm) |
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| (Unranked) | How 3D Printing Gave This Man His Life (and Face) Back (Gizmodo, 4/01/2013 3:36pm) |
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| (Unranked) | 'Eyes Without a Face' Dated and Detailed for Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 7/23/2013 6:00pm) |
| Georges Franju's 1960 spine-tingling classic arrives on Blu-ray in mid October! In an early announcement to retailers, Criterion says 'Eyes Without a Face' will be released on Blu-ray on October 15. [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Here's What Happens When You 3D Scan Mist, Ice, and Smoke (Gizmodo, 5/09/2013 4:23pm) |
| 3D scanners can clone architecture, objects, and even your own face. But what about the natural [...] (Read Full Article) |
| High-definition TV content gains hype at media, IT shows: MDA (Channel NewsAsia, 11/30/2006 3:09pm) |
| SINGAPORE: High-definition television (HDTV) takes the spotlight at this year's SITEX. The annual exhibition brings consumers face-to-face with the latest technologies in computers, digital products and wireless applications. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Mixamo Brings 3D Facial Capture and Animation to Indie Developers with Face Plus (Business Wire, 8/31/2013 5:00pm) |
| VANCOUVER, British Columbia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--3D character animation pioneer Mixamo today announced the launch of Face Plus, a technology that brings facial animations to 3D characters with just a simple webcam and the Unity [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Cable's Final Frontier: People Who Want Less (RedNova, 11/08/2005 12:28pm) |
| By David Lieberman NEW YORK -- One of the toughest challenges media executives face is deciding how to deal with people such as Kelly Cunningham. ... (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) |
| Cable's final frontier: People who want less (USA Today, 11/08/2005 3:57am) |
| Television companies face a bleak future if they can't persuade millions of customers to buy more or better programming, gear and services. The hard part: persuading people who find what they have good enough programming, to buy more. That may vex even the savviest marketer. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Research and Markets: 3D Printing Market Potential: Changing the Face of Product Development, Sales and Manufacturing (Business Wire, 5/04/2013 2:00pm) |
| DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "3D Printing Market Potential: Changing the Face of Product Development, Sales and Manufacturing" report to their offering. The fundamental purpose of a 3D printer is to [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | New Hitman HD Trilogy screens are a familiar face (Joystiq, 1/20/2013 3:30pm) |
| These screens for Hitman HD Trilogy, Square Enix's hi-def collection that [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | I Got a New 3D TV - Help! (About.com, 12/25/2012 6:00am) |
| One of the frustrating things about watching 3D at home is how to adjust your 3D TV to get the best 3D viewing experience. Let's face it, most consumers bring ... (Read Full Article) |
| Herb Weisbaum: Built-In HD Or HD-Ready? (KOMO, 1/20/2006 4:10pm) |
| Many fans racing to get a big, new set for Sunday's big game face some important questions. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Return to Forever Returns: Live at Montreux 2008 on Blu-ray Disc (Big Picture Big Sound, 5/06/2009 8:44am) |
| These giants of Jazz Fusion got together again for the first time in 25-years for a brilliant live performance captured during a stop on their 2008 tour at the Montreux Jazz festival and presented here in a solid 1080i transfer on Blu-ray Disc.
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| (Unranked) | Say 'I love you' with your 3D-printed chocolate face (CNET Blogs, 2/11/2013 8:32pm) |
| Some lucky Japanese will get their lovers' sweet likenesses on Valentine's Day. Lollipop format also available. (Read Full Article) |
| What's New (Guardian Weekly, 8/03/2005 11:08pm) |
| At face value, it would appear that Creative's new 20GB hard disk jukebox, the £199 Zen Sleek, is unlikely to cause Apple or Sony execs too many sleepless nights. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Blu in the Face - Samsung BD-P1000 Blu-ray Player Review (DVD Talk, 9/11/2006 11:44pm) |
| If you follow home theater at all, you've probably already heard plenty about the High Definition format war. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Retro-cool sunglasses put pixels on your face (CNET Blogs, 9/20/2012 7:53pm) |
| Startup Protos, which specializes in 3D-printed eyeglasses, makes Lego-looking shades a fashionable accessory.
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| AU Face-off: Wii MotionPlus vs. Xbox Natal vs. PS3 Wand (IGN, 6/24/2009 1:00am) |
| PlayStation Motion Controller (PS3)Which motion technology are we most excited about? ... (Read Full Article) |
| Studios face crack in security for high-definition DVDs (International Herald Tribune, 1/01/2007 2:43pm) |
| An anonymous computer programmer claims to have thwarted the HD-DVD coalition's effort to prevent consumers from copying movies. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Paramount's First Blu-ray Flicks Hit May 20, Will Blow Your Face/Off (Sorta) [Blu-Ray] (Gizmodo, 4/30/2008 4:13am) |
| Even though Paramount has taken longer to announce their Blu-ray slate than the other former HD DVD lackey, they're getting 'em out the door quicker, surprisingly. The first three BDs (I hate the... ... (Read Full Article) |
| The only game in town (Newsday, 2/10/2006 8:22pm) |
| With sharp images, vivid colors and an in-your-face picture, our critic says high-definition TV is the ultimate slam dunk Suddenly, I'm obsessed with the Little League World Series. ... (Read Full Article) |
| The Many Benefits of an Upconverting DVD Player (Connected Home Media, 4/25/2006 8:38pm) |
| Let's face it. On the eve of the HD-DVD vs. Blu-ray deathmatch—surely the bloodiest format war since the VHS-vs.-Betamax debacle—any self-respecting technophile is going to watch and wait. A costly, obsolete paperweight is the last thing any of us wants to get stuck with. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Sempre Fabul: Final Fantasy IV Now Available on iOS (High-Def Digest, 12/21/2012 5:30pm) |
| The 3D Nintendo DS version from 2008 the basis for the latest re-release. The Super Nintendo classic, originally released as 'Final Fantasy II' in the West has been released for iOS devices at a [...] (Read Full Article) |
| FACE IN YOUR (The Myrtle Beach Sun News, 2/17/2007 8:21am) |
| During this weekend's all-star game in Las Vegas, the National Basketball Association will hold an invitation-only screening party at the Mandalay Bay Hotel to unveil the first broadcast of league games in 3-D high definition. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Jurassic Park Blu-ray 3D (Big Picture Big Sound, 4/22/2013 5:16pm) |
| The 20-year-old film comes roaring onto Blu-ray 3D for a birthday release that's more in your face than ever [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Blu-ray stutters in face of tough economy, HD downloads (Ars Technica, 9/24/2008 1:18am) |
| Now that HD DVD is out of the picture, Blu-ray should be soaring, right? Wrong. The high-def format's market share has dropped in recent weeks, with regular old DVD taking the very large majority of the market. Read More... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Sky HD installs delayed (The Register, 5/19/2006 1:55pm) |
| Viewers face World Cup misery Sky has delayed the installation date for thousands of its customers who are hoping to tune into High Definition (HD) TV in time for the World Cup.… ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Sony gets in your face with upgraded personal 3D viewer (CNET Blogs, 8/29/2012 7:48pm) |
| The headsets are coming, the headsets are coming! The disturbing trend of consumer electronics companies wanting to perch on your mug continues.
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| ATI X600 Pro All-in-Wonder (The (The Register, 5/20/2005 2:33pm) |
| Review Tour-de-force or tour-de-farce? ... (Read Full Article) |
| High-Def Digest's Mid-year Blu-ray Report Card (High-Def Digest, 7/15/2009 1:30am) |
| by Drew Taylor HDD walks you through the highs and lows of the 2009 Blu-ray releases so far... Well, we're halfway through the year, and the studios face essential questions related to Blu-ray releases.... ... (Read Full Article) |
| HDTV revolution to create casualties (Florida Today, 6/06/2006 6:35am) |
| Cable operators face hard choices in the high-definition TV revolution, possibly cutting analog channels to make room for more HDTV offerings. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Adelphia may face competition in Londonderry (The Union Leader and NewHampshire Sunday (The Union Leader and NewHampshire Sunday News, 5/19/2005 4:15am) |
| LONDONDERRY — Londonderry residents may soon have a cable television alternative to Adelphia. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 3D-printed guns may face regulations, bans in New York (CNET Blogs, 6/14/2013 3:38am) |
| Both New York City and New York State introduce legislation to either curb the making of 3D-printed firearms or ban their use altogether. (Read Full Article) |
| In the US the Digital Television Market Leaders Will Face Greater Competition, as Consumers Opt for Price over Brand (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 12/21/2005 5:05pm) |
| DUBLIN, Ireland----Dec. 21, 2005--Research and Markets has announced the addition of Digital Television in the United States to their offering ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 3D Print a Stormtrooper With Your Face On It (eCoustics, 5/18/2013 7:25pm) |
| 3D printers can make just about anything (even guns), but now they can also make your Star Wars fantasies come true. Disney’s “D-Tech Me” experience is returning this weekend, which will allow park visitors to 3D print a [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | '12 Rounds: Reloaded' Blu-ray Announced and Detailed (High-Def Digest, 5/16/2013 6:00pm) |
| Another WWE superstar will face 12 rounds of action-packed mayhem on Blu-ray this summer. In an early announcement to retailers, 20th Century Fox is working on '12 Rounds: Reloaded' for Blu-ray on [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Royal Vegas Poker Brings High Definition to Bluff Poker Tour (PrimeZone via Yahoo! Finance, 9/12/2005 3:01pm) |
| Royal Vegas Poker , the online poker room that transforms amateur poker players into professionals, announces its participation in the Bluff Poker Tour , the world's first international virtual poker tour. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Dish Network ads go on the attack (USA Today, 2/13/2006 3:33am) |
| Even a new high-definition or big screen set won't get you better TV if your TV service provider still "sucks." That has been the in-your-face message of recent ads for the No. 2 satellite TV service, Dish Network. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Dish Network ads go on the attack (USATODAY.com via Yahoo! News, 2/13/2006 12:11pm) |
| Even a new high-definition or big screen set won't get you better TV if your TV service provider still "sucks." That has been the in-your-face message of recent ads for the No. 2 satellite TV service, Dish Network. ... (Read Full Article) |
| CEA's Gary Shapiro Pushes Broadcasters (DesignTechnica, 5/13/2005 12:23am) |
| In a bold statement, Consumer Electronics Association and CEO Gary Shapiro says broadcasters need to embrace HDTV or face obselence. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Dish Network Ads Go on the Attack (RedNova, 2/13/2006 1:38pm) |
| By Theresa Howard NEW YORK -- Even a new high-definition or big screen set won't get you better TV if your TV service provider still "sucks." That has been the in-your-face message of recent ads for the No. 2 satellite TV service, Dish Network. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Cyberextruder Turns Speech Into 3D MMS (BIOS, 8/01/2005 10:31am) |
| CyberExtruder and Acapela have partnered to develop a new text-to-speech engine that enables an image of a person's face to be quickly and easily turned into a rendered 3D model. This innovative and differentiating service be demonstrated during SpeechTEK show in N... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Digitizer makes 3D scanning accessible, but not yet practical (Engadget, 10/31/2013 8:54pm) |
| When Bre Pettis unveiled MakerBot's Digitizer, you couldn't wipe the smile off his face. And, upon opening our own unit, it's easy to understand why. When you lift the plastic unit, swaddled in black foam, out of its cardboard box, you feel like [...] (Read Full Article) |
| DVD Disc Sales Value Slows, But New Technologies Will Spur International Growth (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 12/09/2005 3:00pm) |
| DUBLIN, Ireland----Dec. 9, 2005--Research and Markets has announced the addition of The Changing Face of Studio Video Sales: Grow New Markets, Push High Definition, Get Interactive to their offering. ... (Read Full Article) |
| HDD Editorial: Another Slap in the Face from Netflix for Blu-ray Fans (High-Def Digest, 3/31/2009 10:00pm) |
| Remember back in October when Netflix upped their monthly charges $1 for Blu-ray subscribers? Well, the company is about to launch another gouge this April. Starting April 27, the online rental company... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | New Google Earth Hack Lets You Nuke Any City in Devastating 3D (Gizmodo, 7/22/2013 1:57pm) |
| A perverse fascination with nuclear fallout and blast radii isn't that weird. Don't you want to know how hard you and everything you know is going to disappear from the face of the Earth in [...] (Read Full Article) |
| CNN-HD launches this fall (TV Squad, 1/21/2007 3:02pm) |
| Filed under: Cable, News, Industry, HDTVSo you love CNN but you wish you could get a better look at every wrinkle, crevice and circuit board in Larry King's face? Well, don't slit your wrists just yet, because CNN is going high def this fall. CNN-HD has already been picked up by DIRECTV, which will be launching one hundred new high def channels, most of them in the third quarter of 2007.
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| Studios face tough battle protecting hi-def DVDs (Reuters) (Addict 3D, 5/05/2007 4:16am) |
| Reuters - Hollywood studios may find it impossible to squash a Web-based movement to facilitate the illegal copying of high-definition DVDs, even though the law is on their side, because the information has already been distributed so widely. ... (Read Full Article) |
| HDTVs are season's big seller (The Wichita Eagle, 12/07/2006 7:15am) |
| High-tech television has put a smile on Greg Hephner's face and revenue in his pocket. And he's not alone. Rapidly falling prices and the 2009 government-mandated switch to digital television have made HDTV sets the hottest item, both of 2006 and of Christmas 2006. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Mario Golf: World Tour tees off on 3DS this summer (Joystiq, 2/14/2013 3:10pm) |
| The Mario Golf series is taking to the 3DS fairway with World Tour, releasing this summer, as detailed by Nintendo president Satoru Iwata in this [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Beam your face onto a 3D-printed Star Trek figurine (CNET Blogs, 5/13/2013 7:33pm) |
| Energize! Cubify will put your mug on a Star Trek figurine in classic uniform, with your choice of rank, pose, and shirt color. Red shirt, anyone? (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Save $5 on 'The Muppet Christmas Carol' Blu-ray at Amazon! (High-Def Digest, 10/26/2012 6:46pm) |
| Here's a limited time Blu-ray offer that will surely put a smile on any miser's face! Amazon is currently offering 'The Muppet Christmas Carol' for $22.99 (30% off suggested list price + an instant [...] (Read Full Article) |
| With more HD camcorders comes more detail and anxiety (Consumer Reports, 7/13/2009 10:00am) |
| This photo was taken in the late afternoon. Note how the warmer sunlight creates softer, less conspicuous shadows, particularly on the face. This lighting technique can improve your HD video as well. (Click to enlarge.) [ Photo: T. Sullivan ] Sony recently announced two new flash-memory camcorder models for consumers, the HDR-CX500V ($1,100) and HDR-CX520V ($1,300), which will be available in Sept ... (Read Full Article) |
| High-definition camcorders face limitations (Canada.com, 2/21/2007 9:54pm) |
| Canon's HV20 HD, $1,750, top left, and Sony's SR1-HD consumer high-definition camcorders and the Sony Vaio Digital Studio Notebook Computer, $3,999, can't store or play back the original images as easily as many consumers might think. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Steve Coogan's stand up tour to be filmed in high definition (HDTV UK, 1/30/2009 12:43pm) |
| Steve Coogan will begin his first stand up tour for a decade at the Blackpool Opera House tomorrow, and it will all be captured in high definition for a subsequent DVD (and Blu-ray?) release. The "Steve Coogan as Alan Partridge and Other Less Successful Characters" tour will revive the likes of Alan Partridge, Paul Calf, Tommy Saxondale, Duncan Thicket and Tony Ferrino. NEP Visions, the largest ... (Read Full Article) |
| Withdrawal of Cablevision MBO Spotlights Cable Values Says Kagan Research (RedNova, 11/07/2005 10:32pm) |
| The Dolan family's 10/25 withdrawal of its plans to take Cablevision private, combined with a recent drop in cable MSO share prices, has again given center stage to the resiliency of cable values in the face of new and existing competition. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Mario Party: Island Tour stops off in Europe in January (Joystiq, 11/13/2013 4:16pm) |
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3DS Mario Party entry Island Tour reaches Europe on January 17, Nintendo revealed [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Wiimote-like controller coming for Xbox 360? (AfterDawn, 4/08/2008 6:48pm) |
| According to "sources" cited by MTV News, Microsoft has been developing a Wiimote-like controller for the Xbox 360 for 9 months and plans to release it at some point this year.
The new 360 controller will be similarly shaped to the Wiimote and will have "a speaker, microphone, four LED lights, A/B/X/Y face buttons, an analogue stick and an underside trigger."
Gameplay would be like "Ha ... (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) |
| Sony officially confirms GTA IV PS3 bundle (Tech Digest, 4/24/2008 8:56am) |
| In the UK, Microsoft is doing its damndest to make sure that the buying public remains blissfully unaware of any automobile theft on any kind of scale, grand or otherwise, on anything except the Xbox 360. Sony hasn't really done a lot to dispel the myth - in the face of a Microsoft funded GTA IV adverts, Live points promotions and exclusive content deals, it has remained stony faced as if wonderi ... (Read Full Article) |
| (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) |
| (Unranked) | Goku, Luffy, Kenshin, Naruto and 48 More Characters Face Off (Kotaku, 3/25/2014 10:00am) |
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J-Stars Victory Versus, the new Shonen Jump game, is a 3D fighter that lets you pit all your favorite Shonen Jump characters in battle against one another. In fact, there are 52 characters [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Publishers tell Sony it's time for a PS3 price cut (Ars Technica, 3/16/2009 4:12pm) |
| While overall game sales are doing very well in the face of recession, Sony seems to be lagging behind the pack when it comes to both software and hardware sales. The reasons for this are debatable—and could likely fill a book—but the simplest and toughest issue is the price. At $400, the PS3 is the most expensive system on the market by a large margin. Publishers are really starting t ... (Read Full Article) |
| NEC shows off super resolution upconverting for your cell, HDTV and all in between (Engadget, 2/05/2009 12:52am) |
| Let's face it, that low res cellphone video of last weekend's party and your Days of Thunder VHS won't be upscaling themselves, hence the sudden explosion of Super Resolution technology including this most recent entry from NEC. Claiming low power and memory requirements, part number uPD9245GJ is ready for duty blowing up images for display on your VGA cellphone or nav system without blurring, ... (Read Full Article) |
| NEWS: Blu-ray survey shows discs preferred over downloads (Pocket-lint, 12/01/2008 1:14pm) |
| Physical format still in demand in the face of digital growth Two-thirds of consumers think that Blu-ray offers a better experience than streaming or downloading films, a new survey has revealed.
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| CEA's Shapiro Calls on Broadcasters to Embrace HDTV or Face Obselence (Business Wire via Yahoo! (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 5/12/2005 5:02pm) |
| Broadcasters need to figure out a business model that actually works for them in the new digital age and sell Americans what they really want - HDTV, advised Consumer Electronics Association President and CEO Gary Shapiro in remarks delivered yesterday before the Advanced Television Systems Committee\\\'s Annual Meeting. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'The Beatles: Magical Mystery Tour' Blu-ray Announced (High-Def Digest, 8/23/2012 10:00pm) |
| The 1967 film from the Fab Four arrives on Blu-ray this fall. In an early announcement to retailers, Capitol Records is working on 'The Beatles: Magical Mystery Tour' for Blu-ray on October 9. In [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'FCA! 35 Tour: An Evening With Peter Frampton' Announced for Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 10/15/2012 4:00pm) |
| The 2011 concert Blu-ray will hit stores this November. In an early announcement to retailers, Eagle Rock Entertainment is prepping 'FCA! 35 Tour: An Evening With Peter Frampton' for a [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Disney Unveils Specs, Bundles Glasses with 3-D 'Hannah Montana' Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 4/09/2008 6:00pm) |
| Disney has revealed final specs for 'Hannah Montana and Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert Tour,' which will hit Blu-ray this August in a format-first 3-D viewing option -- with 3-D glasses included.... ... (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) |
| CES 2008: Blu-ray studios claim 85% share of HD hardware market, predict two million player sales in 2008 (Tech Digest, 1/07/2008 8:00am) |
| This evening's Blu-ray press conference at CES was a predictably cheery affair, although thankfully without too many digs at HD DVD, and more focus on the state of the market, and plans for 2008.]]>
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| (Unranked) | Mario Golf World Tour tees off on May 2 (Joystiq, 2/13/2014 10:23pm) |
| Mario Golf World Tour launches on May 2 in North America for 3DS and 2DS, Nintendo announced today.
The game features a Castle Club mode that allows players to hit the green with their own, customized characters. There are eight customizable [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Rollercoaster Tycoon 3DS admits thrillseekers on Oct. 16 (Joystiq, 9/05/2012 5:30am) |
| Rollercoaster Tycoon 3DS has finally gotten its release date. Starting October 16, Atari will put roller coasters all up in your face and [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Inhabitat's Week in Green: stair-climbing vacuum cleaner, carbon dioxide diapers and a real 3D-printed face (Engadget, 4/07/2013 5:00pm) |
| Each week our friends at Inhabitat recap the week's most interesting green developments and clean tech news for us -- it's the Week in Green. (Read Full Article) |
| Wal-Mart sells Blu-ray 2-packs for under $25 (Punch Jump, 7/08/2009 3:39pm) |
| Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has begun selling Blu-ray 2-packs at under $25 via its online division.
Walmart.com is offering a wide range of Blu-ray 2-pack SKUs to online customers. Titles include Shooter / The Italian Job, Top Gun / Days of Thunder, Face Off / Next, and Mission Impossible / Mission Impossible 2.
Meanwhile, retailer Amazon.com is offering [...] ... (Read Full Article) |
| BenQ's CES booth tour (Engadget, 1/11/2006 7:25pm) |
| Filed under: Cellphones , CES , Digital Cameras , Displays , HDTV , Laptops We took a tour of BenQ's swanky booth and saw the sights. They had the required 1080p display and the "everybody's doing it" dual-screen-aroma-therapy-projector, but nothing much to match their sweet booth setup. But hey, we're suckers for a nice presentation, so here are the pics. Believe it or not, t ... (Read Full Article) |
| Hannah Montana Goes 3-D with 'Best of Both Worlds Concert Tour' Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 4/03/2008 10:00pm) |
| In a high-def first, Disney's August Blu-ray release of 'Hannah Montana and Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert Tour' will feature 2-D and 3-D viewing modes. An unstoppable phenomenon, the fictional... ... (Read Full Article) |
| OMG That's a HUGE HDTV! (Technorati, 12/07/2007 9:08pm) |
| Your pal down the street keeps bragging about his 50-something-inch TV. HDMI blah blah, 1080p yada yada. He thinks he’s so cool. Imagine the look on his face when you show up with the Olevia 65-inch 1080p LCD HDTV. The Olevia 256T FHD HDTV is the perfect companion when you’re watching a certain entertainment news program and you want to see Britney and the gang in stunning 65-inch clarity. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Mario Party: Island Tour pushes back European leg (Joystiq, 10/02/2013 3:15pm) |
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Mario Party: Island Tour won't be one of the growing number of games visiting Europe ahead of [...] (Read Full Article) |
| 'American Idols Live!' Extends Tour for Katrina Victims (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance, 9/06/2005 7:51pm) |
| 19 Entertainment President Simon Fuller and AEG announced that the American Idols Live! tour will play an additional night in Syracuse, NY on Sunday, September 11 to aid victims of Hurricane Katrina. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Lady Antebellum: Own the Night World Tour' Blu-ray Announced (High-Def Digest, 10/24/2012 6:00pm) |
| The 2012 concert from the country music superstars will rock Blu-ray in December. In an early announcement to retailers, Eagle Rock is readying 'Lady Antebellum: Own the Night World Tour' for Blu-ray [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Disney: Economy May Slow Blu-ray Adoption (Format War Central, 11/13/2008 3:48pm) |
| Speaking to the Hollywood Reporter, Disney’s GM of domestic home entertainment claims Blu-ray’s biggest hurdle is indeed the economy.
The economy is the biggest challenge, because there are just so many pieces to the Blu-ray puzzle that consumers face,” said Lori MacPherson, GM of domestic home-entertainment at Disney. “You need the high-definition television set, you need ... (Read Full Article) |
| Panasonic Takes 3D HDTV On Tour (Big Picture Big Sound, 9/08/2009 8:33am) |
| A multi-vehicle tour is hitting the road to show off the next wave of home entertainment: HDTV in the third dimension. (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Jesus Christ Superstar: Live Arena Tour' Blu-ray Announced and Detailed (High-Def Digest, 6/27/2013 6:00pm) |
| Andrew Lloyd Webber and director Laurence Connor's new musical will arrive on Blu-ray in September. In an early announcement to retailers, Universal says 'Jesus Christ Superstar: Live Arena Tour' [...] (Read Full Article) |
| The Walt Disney Studios Presents DISNEY'S MAGICAL BLU-RAY(TM) TOUR (Business Wire, 7/17/2007 4:00pm) |
| BURBANK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Walt Disney Studios today announced the launch of Disney’s Magical Blu-ray Tour, which will visit 18 malls nationwide ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Final Fantasy 14 console release exclusive to PS3, PS4 (Joystiq, 6/11/2013 3:19am) |
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During Sony's E3 keynote, Adam Boyes said Final Fantasy 14 will come to consoles exclusively on [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | First Look at Final Fantasy XIV's Shortcut System for the PS3 [Final Fantasy] (Kotaku, 10/11/2012 5:15am) |
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| (Unranked) | Apple Films restores Beatles Magical Mystery Tour for Blu-ray & DVD (HD-Report, 8/22/2012 1:58pm) |
| Apple Films has announced restoration of the classic Beatles film Magical Mystery Tour for October release on Blu-ray Disc and [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | What's More Glorious Than HD Final Fantasy VII? Paper Final Fantasy VII. [Final Fantasy] (Kotaku, 7/27/2012 10:30am) |
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| (Unranked) | Final Fantasy 14 for PS3 exists, and here are the screens to prove it (Joystiq, 10/11/2012 3:15pm) |
| Square Enix rebooted version of Final Fantasy XIV, "A Realm Reborn," is [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Hitachi announces DZ-BD10HA tri-format Blu-ray camcorder (HDTV UK, 1/28/2009 11:26am) |
| Hitachi has announced its new DZ-BD10HA high definition camcorder, able to record directly to Blu-ray disc, internal 30GB hard drive, or SDHC. It features a seven megapixel CMOS image sensor offering full 1080p high definition recording, a dubbing feature which allows footage to be transferred directly from the hard drive or memory card to the Blu-ray disc, face detection, and image stabilisation. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Final Cut Express HD for Mac OS X Learn Final Cut Express through quick study guides By David James Rockingham III (Digital Video Editing, 8/01/2005 8:19pm) |
| When Apple released Final Cut Express HD, there were plenty of happy users to hear about the new advances in the program. With the release of any new application, users of previous versions and especially new users now have to get themselves up to speed with the new program. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Rumor: Final Fantasy X HD Comes With Final Fantasy X-2 HD on the PS3 (Kotaku, 3/20/2013 3:15am) |
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| (Unranked) | Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster audio episode teases post-X-2 events (Joystiq, 8/12/2013 3:30pm) |
The HD Remaster of Final Fantasy X and X-2 contains a bonus half-hour audio drama written by series wordsmith Kasushige Nojima, and going by this tease it delves into [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | BBC to broadcast Wimbledon final and semi-final matches in 3D (Engadget, 7/04/2013 5:56am) |
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| New Line Slices Out 'Final Destination' Blu-ray Specs (High-Def Digest, 12/31/2008 5:00pm) |
| New Line has outlined final specs for the early April release of 'Final Destination.' As announced earlier this month, the franchise-starting teen horror hit will arrive on Blu-ray April 7. Full specs... ... (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) |
| Final Fantasy 'Advent Children' Headed to Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 4/01/2009 4:00pm) |
| Sony Pictures has announced an early-June Blu-ray release for the game-to-film adaptation 'Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete.' The all-CGI animated film, which picks up where the Final Fantasy... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Final Fantasy IV headed to iOS on December 20, Android version to follow in 2013 (Engadget, 12/09/2012 5:40am) |
| That Nintendo DS re-make of Final Fantasy IV may add 3D [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster pushed back to March 2014 (Joystiq, 11/18/2013 9:15am) |
Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster won't reach North America and Europe until March 2014, and that date is apparently only confirmed for the PS3 version. As it stands, the [...] (Read Full Article) |
| CES 2008: PS3, Blu-ray in 45% U.S households by 2011 (Punch Jump, 1/09/2008 5:52pm) |
| Sony Corp. this week published a new advert at the 2008 Consumer Electronics Show that claims a 45 percent adoption rate of Blu-ray in the U.S. by 2011. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Panasonic Blu-ray: Final Standards, not Lower Prices (TOYS and GADGETs | News | Reviews | Videos, 11/02/2007 6:33pm) |
| Panasonic Blu-ray: Final Standards, not Lower Prices [ Panasonic BD-30-5] It won't be the cheapest, but it'll have the most new features--including the Final Standard Profile--says Panasonic, introducing the $500 DMP-30 Blu-Ray player. Much of the rest of the high-def video crowd is headed downmarket. On Thursday Sony said it would drive Sony ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Final Fantasy 14 PS3 players will be able to play PS4 beta for free (Joystiq, 9/09/2013 8:04am) |
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| AVN 2008: No more Porn on HD DVD? (I4U, 1/11/2008 9:01am) |
| What a difference a year makes. At the AVN 2007, we ran a story titled No Porn on Blu-ray?. Today, Prominent adult movie producer Digital Playground says that they plan to stop releasing porn on HD DVD probably by the end of 2008.
The statement was ma... ... (Read Full Article) |
| CES 2008: Video: Xbox 360 with Mediaroom demo (Punch Jump, 1/08/2008 6:03pm) |
| Microsoft Corp. this week demonstrated an Xbox 360 with new Mediaroom IPTV software at the 2008 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, NV. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Review: 'Final Fantasy' music sings on 3DS (USATODAY, 8/04/2012 2:14am) |
Square Enix's 'Final Fantasy' video-game franchise is celebrating its 25th anniversary.
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| CES 2008: Vizio VP605F 60'' 1080p and VP504F 1080p HDTVs with HQV (I4U, 1/06/2008 1:54pm) |
| VIZIO introduces 7 new Plasma TVs including full 1080p HD HDTVs with Silicon Optix HQV Processing at the CES 2008.
Vizio's offerings in 2008 will include the feature rich VP504F-50" Full High Definition, 1080p Plasma Display featuring Silicon Opt... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Fox Plans Profile 1.1 'Sunshine' Blu-ray For Q1 2008 (High-Def Digest, 10/30/2007 11:00pm) |
| Fox Home Entertainment revealed Monday that it will issue its first Profile 1.1 title in early 2008, a feature-packed Blu-ray release of 'Sunshine.' Although the studio has yet to set an official street... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster trailer tells its story (Joystiq, 3/25/2013 12:00pm) |
Final Fantasy X and X-2 take us back to the reverie of Spira, Seymour, and Sin sometime this year. The two HD remasters are bundling [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Theatrhythm Final Fantasy shows up on iOS App Store (Joystiq, 12/12/2012 3:20pm) |
| An unannounced iOS port of the 3DS music game Theatrhythm Final Fantasy has shown [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Here's The First Official Trailer For The Final Fantasy X HD Remaster (Kotaku, 3/24/2013 2:00pm) |
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| NewTek Unveils Miniature Live TV High Definition Production Vehicle on Cross-Country Tour (Business Wire, 10/15/2009 10:00pm) |
| SAN ANTONIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NewTek Inc., manufacturer of industry-leading video and 3D animation products, announced the NewTek TriCasts™ America Tour, sponsored by Canon U.S.A., Inc. and TodoCast™. From October 27 through November 17, 2009, NewTek is traveling cross-country in one of the world’s first, and smallest, live TV high definition (HD) production vehicles showcasing the small footprint, portability and ease of use of NewTek products. From Los Angeles to New York Cit (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 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) |
| (Unranked) | 'Weeds: The Final Season' Announced and Detailed for Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 12/12/2012 9:00pm) |
| The eighth and final season of the comedy series starring Golden Globe winner Mary-Louise Parker will light up Blu-ray this February. In an early announcement to retailers, Lionsgate is working on [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Streaming HD broadband Olympics (telecomasia.net, 8/15/2005 9:00am) |
| The 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing won't just be about sport. It'll be about broadband. That's the word from China NetCom president Zhang Chunjiang, who says that broadband will feature heavily in the 2008 Games, more so than previous events. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Check Out Final Fantasy X: HD Version for the PS Vita (Kotaku, 2/18/2013 8:37am) |
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| Native HDV on Final Cut Pro 5 (Digital Video Editing, 7/11/2005 4:05pm) |
| Native HDV on Final Cut Pro 5 DV workflow for HD footage? Until recently, high definition video production has been too expensive for mere mortals. Now, the HDV format has changed all that. But isn t there still a lot of data being bandied about? How will the footage be edited? ... (Read Full Article) |
| Sony projects 50% Blu-ray market share in 2008 (Punch Jump, 4/08/2008 3:59pm) |
| Sony Corp. this week said that it expects sales of its high-definition Blu-ray disc format to capture 50 percent market share in 2008, according to the DigiTimes. ... (Read Full Article) |
| CES 2008: Xbox 360 on back burner at trade show (Punch Jump, 1/07/2008 8:01pm) |
| Microsoft Corp.’s Xbox 360 was largely placed on the black burner as the company focused on other products at the 2008 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, NV. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD development outsourced to contractor Virtuos (Joystiq, 1/12/2014 3:30am) |
| After delaying its pilgrimage to North American PS3s and Vitas, the cast of Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster will set out to stop Sin again on March 18. The visually-upgraded, content-rich telling of Yuna's story has kept fans waiting for a while, [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Here's Your Final Helping of Modern Warfare 3 Downloadable Content [Video] (Kotaku, 8/30/2012 5:45pm) |
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| (Unranked) | See What A Difference HD Makes For Final Fantasy X (Kotaku, 7/09/2013 1:30pm) |
| Along with the news that every preorder of the Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster will be upgraded to the Limited Edition with a [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Earth's Final Hours' Dated for Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 1/21/2013 5:00pm) |
| The Syfy apocalyptic thriller will destroy Blu-ray in April. In an early announcement to retailers, Starz/Anchor Bay will release 'Earth's Final Hours' on Blu-ray on April 2. When bizarre radiation [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Blu-ray disc sales jump in Q4 2008 (AfterDawn, 1/10/2009 3:02am) |
| The past year has been very eventful for Blu-ray. Many new Blu-ray products have been shown at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas this year, where just a year ago Blu-ray jumped ahead of its former rival HD DVD. "It turned out to be a phenomenal year for Blu-ray," said Tom Adams of Adams Media Research. In the fourth quarter of 2008, which is only too important for te ... (Read Full Article) |
| Blu-ray Disc Player Sales Strong in 2008 (About.com, 1/07/2009 6:00am) |
| The results are in, and despite the downturn in the economy, sales of Blu-ray Disc players were strong in 2008, resulting in the total number of both standalone Blu-ray Disc... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | The 3D remake of Final Fantasy IV is now available on Google Play for Android devices. (Kotaku, 6/03/2013 5:12pm) |
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| CES 2008: Panasonic unveils SC-BT100 Blu-ray enabled wireless Home Theatre In a Box system (HDTV UK, 1/09/2008 8:00am) |
| Panasonic has shown off its latest Home Theatre in a Box (HTIB) system, now integrating a Blu-ray player. The SC-BT100 looks to be a 5.1-channel system offering two wireless rear speakers. However, it can also be upgraded to a full 7.1-channel wireless surround system, with the optional purchase of two side speakers and a transceiver.
The Blu-ray Disc player features Final Profile for picture-in- ... (Read Full Article) |
| Blu-ray Disc content market almost tripled in US in 2008 (Computerworld, 1/12/2009 5:00am) |
| Sales and rentals of Blu-ray Disc content almost tripled in 2008 despite an overall downturn in the U.S. home entertainment market, an industry association reported at last week's Consumer Electronics Show. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Daewoo shows 120Hz HDTVs, Blu-ray, PMPs at CES 2008 (I4U, 1/07/2008 2:31pm) |
| Daewoo announces to show HDTVs, Blu-ray, DID, DDS and PMP devices at the CES 2008.
The Daewoo HDTV line will include 120Hz full HD in 46, 42 and 37 inches.
Daewoo also enters the HD movie player market with their own Blu-ray players.... ... (Read Full Article) |
| CES 2008: Xbox 360 with Mediaroom IPTV rocks trade show (Punch Jump, 1/07/2008 8:09pm) |
| Microsoft Corp. on Mon. debuted an Xbox 360 console with Mediaroom IPTV software at the 2008 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, NV. ... (Read Full Article) |
| VHS lives: JVC announces VHS/DVD/Blu-ray recorder for Japan (CrunchGear, 10/30/2009 8:21am) |
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| (Unranked) | Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster comes with physical bonuses too (Joystiq, 1/28/2014 3:30am) |
| This video for Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster explores the additional goodies that Collector's and Limited Edition buyers can expect when the remakes arrive on March 18, including the bonus artbook and visual soundtrack found in the Collector's [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Sky will broadcast final preseason F1 tests in 3D to UK viewers (Engadget, 2/06/2013 10:05am) |
| In a move it's calling a world's first, Sky Sports has announced that parts of Formula 1's final preseason tests [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Nomura: Final Fantasy 15 on PS3 may have 'caused us to look inferior' (Joystiq, 6/19/2013 6:00pm) |
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| LittleBigPlanet for the Sony PS3 delayed until Fall 2008? (I4U, 12/22/2007 7:00pm) |
| That the highly anticipated LittleBigPlanet game for the Sony PS3 is too late for Christmas is already bad. Now rumors even put the revolutionary jump and run game release to fall 2008.
Sony announced Little Big Planet in March at the GDC 2007. See th... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Plasma screen sales to peak in 2008? (Electronics NEWS - about-electronics.eu, 8/14/2007 9:04am) |
| Plasma screen sales to peak in 2008? Filed under: TV & HDTV | by: ryan | Hits: 19 EETimes: Plasma display makers, facing intense competition from liquid crystal displays (LCDs), will likely ... (Read Full Article) |
| Warner Delays Invasion HD DVD by Three Weeks (Format War Central, 1/11/2008 4:22am) |
| As mentioned in their statement regarding HD DVD and Blu-ray, Warner appear to have moved the release of the HD DVD of Invasion (February 19, 2008) to three weeks after the Blu-ray release (January 29, 2008). I thought it was interesting that Warner announced that they would do this and can only imagine it is [...] ... (Read Full Article) |
| Final Cut Pro: Native HDV versus AIC (Digital Video Editing, 3/01/2007 5:51pm) |
| Before Final Cut Pro 5 was introduced at NAB 2005, the only ways to cut HDV (high definition video) was to use either Lumiere HD or, as of January 2005, iMovie HD, part of iLife 2005. The technology allowed you to use the Apple Intermediate Codec (AIC) to bring the HDV footage into iMovie HD, edit, then allow iMovie HD to send it back as HDV to tape. ... (Read Full Article) |
| SHORT PIPELINE ALERT! Warner commits exclusively to Blu-ray for 2008 (HDTV UK, 1/04/2008 8:00am) |
| In a "shock" announcement, Warner Brothers Entertainment has officially announced that it will be releasing future high definition titles exclusively on Blu-ray from May 2008.
Yes, folks, you read that right. Despite recent protestations from Warner executives to the contrary, it seems that "consumer demand" has won. Obviously Warner's pipeline (where all the plans are kept) is very, very, s ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Old-School Final Fantasy Is Back With A New Name (Kotaku, 9/27/2013 4:00pm) |
| Here's the first English trailer for Bravely Default, an upcoming Square Enix role-playing game for 3DS that seems like old-school Final Fantasy in everything but name. (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | The Cast of Final Fantasy VII, 3D-Printed. It's Fantastic. (Kotaku, 8/13/2013 10:00pm) |
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| (Unranked) | 'Dexter: The Final Season' & 'Dexter: The Complete Series' Announced for Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 7/19/2013 9:00pm) |
| The eighth and final season of Showtime's critically-acclaimed series plus two complete collection boxed sets are bound for Blu-ray in November! In an early announcement to retailers, Paramount will [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Blu-ray Reaches 9 Million Sold, 3 Million in 2008 (Format War Central, 3/25/2008 9:39pm) |
| Scott Hettrick is reporting on his Hollywood in Hi-def Blog that Blu-ray has reached 9 Million units sold since inception according to HMR research.
Perhaps even more iinteresting is that 3 Million of those were sold in this year, putting the format on pace to easily hit at least 15 million units for 2008.
The average weekly [...] ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Microsoft explored 75 Xbox One prototypes before deciding on final console (Joystiq, 1/21/2014 5:30pm) |
| Microsoft's senior industrial design manager Carl Ledbetter revealed that the company examined more than 75 sketched and 3D-printed prototype Xbox One designs before settling on the console's final look.
The Xbox One's Kinect sensor additionally [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remasters trailer focuses on new features (Joystiq, 2/20/2014 1:00pm) |
| The latest trailer for the PS3 and Vita remasters of Final Fantasy X and X-2 showcases the HD games' new features, including the additional audio episode and expert sphere grid, and the Iutycur dungeon from the International version of X-2. [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Paramount Home Entertainment Announces HD DVD Slate for First Quarter of 2008 (Business Wire, 1/17/2008 2:00pm) |
| HOLLYWOOD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Paramount Home Entertainment (PHE) today announced its upcoming slate of releases on HD DVD for the first quarter of 2008. A compelling array of ... (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) |
| HD DVD Websites Note the End of the Format (Format War Central, 3/28/2008 6:51pm) |
| The HD DVD Promotion Group was dissolved today according to the official website. The following message is now shown there:
HD DVD Managing MembersMarch 28, 2008
The HD DVD Promotion Group was dissolved as of March 28, 2008, and the website was closed accordingly.
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| Final Specs in for 'Justice League' Blu-ray, HD DVD (High-Def Digest, 1/16/2008 5:00pm) |
| Warner has unveiled final specs (and an HD DVD delay) for its high-def release of the direct-to-video 'Justice League: The New Frontier.' As we've previously reported, 'Justice League' will mark the first... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | PSA: Final Fantasy 3 now available on Windows Phone (Joystiq, 12/28/2013 11:00pm) |
| Final Fantasy 3 is now available on Windows Phone devices, but don't go a-downloading and expect those old NES graphics from 1990; This version of FF3 is the 2006 3D remake that was originally released for Nintendo DS. Since it's on Windows Phone [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Lionsgate Reveals Final Specs, Box Art for 'My Bloody Valentine' Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 3/12/2009 4:00pm) |
| Final specs and box art are in for 'My Bloody Valentine,' which will cut up Blu-ray in late-May with 2-D and 3-D versions, and Digital Copy. As previously reported, Lionsgate confirmed a May 19 Blu-ray... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Warner dumps HD DVD and goes Blu-ray exclusive! Format war over? Blu-ray triumphant? (Tech Digest, 1/04/2008 8:00am) |
| Uh-oh. Set the internet to RED ALERT - the nasty HD DVD and Blu-ray war might just be about to end, thanks to Hollywood heavyweight Warner deciding to go Blu-ray exclusive in 2008.
In a press release over on its official portal, Warner Bros. has kicked all HD DVD owners to the kerb - and announced it's going Blu-ray exclusive from May of 2008.
The world-ending press release starts like this: ... (Read Full Article) |
| Digital TV switchover date: December 31, 2008 (Engadget, 5/27/2005 3:26pm) |
| So last we heard, some high-tech honchos had gotten together to press Congress on the issue of the official digital TV switchover date . That legislation is now drafted, and sets a December 31, 2008 date by which broadcasters who’re still hogging those analog airwaves have got to give it up. One of the issues still unresolved is what to do about the nagging problem of the 20+ million American ... (Read Full Article) |
| Samsung Enters 2008 as HDTV Market Share Leader Two Years Running (Business Wire, 1/06/2008 10:00pm) |
| LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Samsung Electronics enters 2008 as the global and US market leader in HDTV. Moreover, strong sales across its HDTV line catapulted it to the number one position ... (Read Full Article) |
| Blade Runner, The Final Cut, comes to HD DVD and Blu-ray (HDTV UK, 11/26/2007 8:00am) |
| One movie which won't force you to choose between HD DVD and Blu-ray is Blade Runner, The Final Cut, which comes to both high definition disc formats next Monday, 3rd December.
The discs feature remastered visuals and audio, plus new scenes, previously unseen special effects, commentaries from Ridley Scott, and documentaries about the making of the film.
The film's Vangelis soundtrack gets the ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster gets same-day release on Vita (Joystiq, 12/16/2013 2:30pm) |
| Well, this is a bit of a surprise: The Vita gets Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster on the same day as the PS3. The $40 Vita version looked set for an extended delay after being left out of last month's release date announcement, but Square Enix [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Blade Runner: The Final Cut (Complete Collector's Edition) on Blu-ray Disc (Big Picture Big Sound, 1/30/2008 10:18am) |
| Warner wants you to buy "Blade Runner" again as it releases the film in a 25th Anniversary package on DVD, Blu-ray Disc and HD-DVD. But once you see what's included: a new Final Cut version of the film in 1080p with Dolby TrueHD, 3.5-hour documentary, deleted scenes and more, you'll gladly fork over your hard-earned cash. ... (Read Full Article) |
| CES 2008: More Samsung HDTVs heading to UK (Tech Digest, 1/07/2008 8:00am) |
| The last thing we really need is another foot long list of HDTV specs so I'll keep this brief. Most of Samsung's latest HDTV range is heading to the UK. The main theme this year is 1080p - 2008 is being geared up to be the year of Full HD and Samsung is aiming to get reduce the price difference between 1080p and 720p sets down to just a £100 leap. ]]>
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| 'Sleeping Beauty,' 'Finding Nemo' Headline Disney's 2008 Blu-ray Plans (High-Def Digest, 1/05/2008 11:34pm) |
| Disney has issued a sneak peek at their Blu-ray plans for 2008, including the first confirmation of the highly-anticipated high-def debuts of 'Sleeping Beauty,' 'Finding Nemo' and 'National Treasure.'... ... (Read Full Article) |
| CES: 'Sleeping Beauty,' 'Finding Nemo' Headline Disney's 2008 Blu-ray Plans (High-Def Digest, 1/05/2008 11:34pm) |
| Disney is previewing its Blu-ray plans for 2008 in a pre-CES annoucement, including official confirmation of the highly-anticipated high-def debuts of 'Sleeping Beauty,' 'Finding Nemo' and 'National Treasure.'... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Warner to Bring 'Amadeus,' 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' to Blu-ray, HD DVD in 2008 (High-Def Digest, 5/03/2007 10:26pm) |
| Already plotting out its 2008 next-gen release schedule, Warner Home Entertainment today revealed plans to bring the Oscar-winning classics 'Amadeus' and 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' to Blu-ray and... ... (Read Full Article) |
| CES 2008: Microsoft and BT partner to bring high-def services to Xbox 360 [updated] (HDTV UK, 1/07/2008 8:00am) |
| Microsoft and British Telecom have announced a partnership which will allow UK Xbox 360 owners to download gaming and entertainment content to their consoles via the BT Vision service.
Anyone who is a broadband customer with BT will be able to enjoy a selection of high definition content delivered directly to the Xbox 360.
The service will be available from mid-2008. It's not surprising that th ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Will Final Fantasy X-2 HD Have Its "Last Mission"? That's Undecided. (Kotaku, 5/10/2013 10:40am) |
| The HD revamp of Final Fantasy X-2 looks quite nice in high-definition. However, looks aren't everything! It's what's inside that counts.
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| Medical Coaches Building High-Definition Television Trailer for 2008 Olympics in China (ThomasNet, 10/23/2007 1:07pm) |
| Medical Coaches Building High-Definition Television Trailer For 2008 Olympics In China Medical Coaches, of Oneonta, New York, will be represented at the 2008 Summer Olympics. They are designing and building a sophisticated High-Definition Television (HD TV) trailer for the Guangdong Television company in the Guangdong province of China. They are the fourth largest TV station in the country and ... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Zelda: A Link Between Worlds and Mario Party: Island Tour hit 3DS Nov. 22 (Joystiq, 8/28/2013 5:10pm) |
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The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds and Mario Party: Island Tour will both be released for the 3DS [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Warner Talks More About Reasons for Choosing Blu-ray Disc (Format War Central, 1/09/2008 6:23am) |
| Rueters is reporting that Warner Bros
Entertainment Group President Kevin Tsujihara has spoken out more regarding Warner’s shock news that they would only support Blu-ray in the second half of 2008.
A 2007 decline in DVD sales, which account for half of
Hollywood’s profits, and anticipated further declines in 2008
sped Warner’s decision making process.
Tsujihara said the [ ... (Read Full Article) |
| Volvo Ocean Race 2008-2009 Chooses FleetBroadband: HDTV and Rich Multimedia Now a Reality for Global Yacht Race (Business Wire, 3/10/2008 4:30pm) |
| LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Organizers of the Volvo Ocean Race 2008-2009 have chosen FleetBroadband to provide essential voice and data connectivity and send high-definition television (HDTV) ... (Read Full Article) |
| Philips Announces the BDP7200 Final Standard Profile Blu-ray Player (Format War Central, 1/06/2008 10:55pm) |
| Philips has also announced a new Blu-ray player, the Final Standard Profile capable BDP7200. While audio capabilities are have not been revealed, the player will support 1080p 24 fps over HDMI.
The player is targeted for April release at a $349 price point.
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| (Unranked) | Square Enix Puts 3D-Printed Final Fantasy Figures Out of Business (Kotaku, 8/17/2013 10:00pm) |
| Square Enix consistently protects its trademarks and copyrights. And still people consistently use [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Blu-ray discs sold hit 9 million milestone (AfterDawn, 3/27/2008 8:18pm) |
| Citing strong sales of 'No Country for Old Men,', the Blu-ray camp has now topped 9 million discs sold since its launch.
BD sales for the first 11 weeks of 2008 is about 3 million units, adding to the 6 million that the format had sold since its inception in Q2 2006. The sales are clearly stronger than past years and analysts predict 16 million sold total for 2008.
For the week ended March ... (Read Full Article) |
| BBC and ITV showing Euro 2008 games in high definition on freesat (HDTV UK, 6/04/2008 11:14pm) |
| Quite a scoop for freesat as both the BBC and ITV will be showing matches from Euro 2008 in high definition on the platform. Of course, it's possible to see all the games the BBC has rights to in high def on Virgin Media and Sky, but ITV has announced that its first HD programmes will be matches on the opening few days of the tournament, including Portugal versus Turkey on Saturday... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Modern Warfare 3 DLC's final assault on Xbox 360 next week (plus: PS3 gets stuff too) (Joystiq, 8/31/2012 1:00am) |
On September 5, Call of Duty Elite premium subscribers on Xbox 360 will get their final three maps for Modern Warfare 3: Gulch, Boardwalk and Paris. If you're not a premium member of [...] (Read Full Article) |
| U2: Rattle & Hum on Blu-ray Disc (Big Picture Big Sound, 4/25/2008 12:12am) |
| The now legendary Rock band is captured on tour in the United States at the pinnacle of their Joshua Tree success in the 1980s in this classic concert film on Blu-ray Disc. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Hitachi shows 1.5 inch ultra thin Plasma HDTV at CES 2008 (I4U, 1/05/2008 6:55am) |
| Hitachi will debut an ultra-thin Plasma HDTV along side with their already introduced ultra-thin LCD HDTVs at the CES 2008.
Hitachi is among the first vendors to demonstrate an Ultra Thin plasma display. For various technical reasons, the challenges i... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Sony NEC Optiarc: Blue-ray Disc drive prices to drop 50% by 2008 (Digi Times, 11/17/2006 5:24am) |
| By 2008, prices for Blu-ray Disc (BD) drives will drop 50% from current levels amid aggressive development by various related brands and makers, according to Shuji Minami, general manager, product business group of Sony NEC Optiarc. Minami also said the maker is not ruling out seeking new partners in Taiwan or placing more orders with existing Taiwan-based partners. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Take a 3D tour of Paris -- as a rat (CNET Blogs, 6/14/2013 10:22pm) |
| A digital simulation aimed at offering a view into animal vision reveals that rats have a distinct visual disadvantage when touring Paris landmarks. They do squeeze into places for free though. (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Awesome, Those HD Remakes Of Final Fantasy X And X-2 Are Coming To North America (Kotaku, 3/22/2013 2:40pm) |
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| (Unranked) | Hey, That Guy Using A 3DS In Public Looks Kinda Familiar... (Kotaku, 4/25/2013 11:22pm) |
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Reddit user afwo3 spotted this gentleman hanging out at the Louvre in Paris. And while it looks like he's taking a photo, he's probably using the 3DS as an interactive tour guide, since (Read Full Article) |
| Shakira Gets a Little 'Oral Fixation' on Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 11/05/2007 7:00pm) |
| Pop superstar Shakira is bringing her 'Oral Fixation Tour' to high-def in a hip-shaking new Blu-ray release due this December. After being witnessed by over 2 million people in 36 countries, Sony BMG will... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Today's selection of articles from Kotaku's reader-run community: Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster: T (Kotaku, 3/26/2014 2:30pm) |
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Today's selection of articles from Kotaku's reader-run community: Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster: The TAY Review! (Kind of) • (Read Full Article) |
| Move Over Pyramids, Wynn's Here (Wired News, 8/17/2005 9:50am) |
| Steve Wynn calls his new hotel-casino the most complex structure ever built. The Vegas mogul takes Wired News on an exclusive tour to prove that he just might be right. Steve Freiss reports from Las Vegas. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Games are art: 3DS Louvre Guide coming to eShop next week (Joystiq, 11/27/2013 3:30pm) |
Last year, Nintendo and The Louvre partnered on a scheme that let visitors to the museum rent 3DS handhelds to access audio tour guides of the Parisian [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Google offers underwater coral 'street views' (USATODAY, 9/26/2012 12:04pm) |
Google Maps offers a coral reef tour with a street-level view.
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| Blu-ray New Releases for Tuesday December 9th, 2008 (Format War Central, 12/09/2008 1:01pm) |
| The following are the Blu-ray new releases for Tuesday, December 9th, 2008.
 The Dark Knight
Warner Home Video
Retail: $35.99
Amazon:Â $23.99
The Dark Knight: Limited Edition with Batpod
Warner Home Video
Retail: $64.98
Amazon: $46.99
A Battle of Wits
101 Distribution
Retail: $64.49
Amazon: $48.49
Am: Sonar
Qualiton
Retail: $19.98
Amazon: $17.99
American Pie
101 Distribution
Re ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | A Tour of MakerBot’s New 3D Printer Factory in Brooklyn (eCoustics, 6/08/2013 5:00pm) |
| Tucked away on a quiet street in Brooklyn is a factory where the future is happening. If you were just passing by, you’d mistake it for any other warehouse — one that’s perhaps affiliated with the Costco across the street. Until, [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Defiance final beta invites PC, PS3, Xbox 360 players March 22 (Joystiq, 3/14/2013 7:30pm) |
| Defiance launches on PC, Xbox 360 and PS3 on April 2, but prior to that, developer [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | XBLA countdown to 2013 daily deal: Them's fightin' games (Joystiq, 12/30/2012 8:30pm) |
| Today's Xbox Live deal offers 50 percent off of Virtua Fighter 5 Final [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Free HD episodes on iTunes (TV Squad, 9/11/2008 5:04pm) |
| Filed under: Battlestar Galactica, HDTV, The Office, Psych, Eureka, Heroes, Reality-Free, In Plain SightIf you were wondering just what that extra dollar buys you when you upgrade to HD in the iTunes store, you can get a free look. Our pals over at TUAW made note of a number of shows that have free episodes available, in HD. The files are large, with the HD versions clocking in at right around 1.5GB, so it will take a bit to download. Something that isn't helped by the fact that iTunes downloads the SD version as well.
I've been taking a look at them and I grabbed screenshots from Heroes, Life, and Battlestar Galactica to give you an idea of the difference in the picture. It's fairly dramatic. Those captures, and the full list of free episodes, with the iTunes links, are after the jump.
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| (Unranked) | A Tour of the New Makerbot Factory, Where 3D Printers Are Born (Gizmodo, 6/13/2013 6:40pm) |
| MakerBot is building an empire selling printers that make things—but have you ever wondered where the printers themselves are made? On June 7th, the company opened a huge new factory to [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Does Blu-ray have a future in a streaming world? (NAB SmartBrief, 1/05/2009 6:00am) |
| While the Blu-ray format scored some impressive successes in 2008, including one-day sales of 600,000 units of "The Dark Kni -More- ]]> ... (Read Full Article) |
| ATI adds first HD card to the All-in-Wonder lineup (TV Squad, 6/26/2008 5:31pm) |
Filed under: HDTV, PVR Wire, HardwareOnce upon a time, ATI's All-in-Wonder cards were the cream of the crop. The lineup combines a TV tuner with a graphics card. That means you don't need to buy two separate pieces of hardware to capture TV signals and to display those signals on a monitor. But while other hardware makers have been busy putting out HD tuner cards, ATI has been stuck in the dark ages of standard definition.
Now it looks like ATI is back in the game with the ATI All-in-Wonder HD. This PCI Express card has enough oomph to capture HD video and to play back HD video on your PC. It features DirectX 10.1 support, an MPEG2/VC-1/H2.64 decoder, and Vista and AMD Live! certification. It also packs a DVI port and HDMI jack.
On the TV tuner side of things, the AiW HD can handle SD, HD, and ClearQAM signals.The card should be available in July for $199.
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| PS3 movie download service planned (Digital Spy, 7/10/2007 9:57am) |
| Sony is thought to be putting the final touches to a high-definition film-on-demand initiative. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Activision Bets Against PS3 In US [Console Wars] (Kotaku, 2/08/2008 6:50pm) |
| Remember earlier this week when EA pretty much bet on the PS3 whomping the Xbox 360's ass in 2008 (and not in the cool, we're still friends, kinky way)? Well apparently not every publisher is betting... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Professor Layton and the Azran Legacy visits Europe this year, NA 2014 (Joystiq, 4/17/2013 3:50pm) |
| Professor Layton and the Azran Legacy is coming to Europe this year, but North America won't see it arrive until 2014. The news comes via this morning's Nintendo Direct which revealed the schedule for the sixth Layton game's 3DS world tour, the [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Who has the most HDTV? (Technorati, 11/07/2007 4:32pm) |
| Verizon joins the race to claim which operator has the most HDTV saying it will have 150 channels by end 2008. Directv and Comcast have been out all Fall claiming they have more HD than any one else ... (Read Full Article) |
| BDA: 10 Million Blu-ray Players In 2008 (High-Def Digest, 1/08/2008 9:50pm) |
| The Blu-ray camp says that by this time next year, the format's installed base could be nearly three times its current size. That was the headline out of last night's Blu-ray Disc Association press conference... ... (Read Full Article) |
| VOOM'S RAVE HD WILL 'ROCK YOU' WITH QUEEN & PAUL RODGERS (Elite TV, 2/14/2006 9:24pm) |
| To kick off the 30th anniversary celebrations of legendary rock band Queen's history-making single 'Bohemian Rhapsody,' its definitive 70's album, 'A Night At The Opera,' and the band's upcoming North American tour (which begins March 3rd) RAVE HD, the first and only music channel dedicated to delivering a larger than life concert experience in crystal clear high-definition, will premiere Q ... (Read Full Article) |
| PS3 to drive Blu-ray; 29M players in 2008, says report (Punch Jump, 3/27/2008 3:50pm) |
| New data released this week predicts that Sony Corp.’s Playstation 3 will drive Blu-ray growth until the end of next year. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Panasonic HD Equipment To Cover Beijing 2008 Olympics (DVD-Recordable, 4/25/2006 10:46am) |
| The Games of the XXIX Olympiad mark the first time in the history of Olympic television broadcasting that the entire production will be done in high definition. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Need for Speed Most Wanted Updated Xbox 360 Impressions [Xbox 360] (GameSpot, 11/02/2005 4:30am) |
| We take a spin in a near final version of EA's 360 racer. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Fox Prepping New 'AvP' Blu-ray with BD-Live, PIP (High-Def Digest, 3/10/2008 11:00pm) |
| There's no street date yet, but Fox says it is readying a Blu-ray re-issue of 'Alien vs. Predator' for the second half of 2008 that will include all-new PIP and BD-Live bonus features. When asked to comment... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Pioneer's 2008 Blu-ray Player Line Leaked [Blu-Ray] (Gizmodo, 4/16/2008 5:40pm) |
| A source tells us that in May, Pioneer will announce two new Blu-ray players, including the Elite BDP-05FD you see above. Surprisingly, they won't be Profile 2.0, just 1.1 (so PIP but no Ethernet),... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Blu-ray 2008: The Studio Report Card (High-Def Digest, 10/09/2008 12:25am) |
| High-Def Digest's own Kenneth S. Brown has just written an article for Sound & Vision Magazine, in which he holds the studios accountable for their performance in the Blu-ray arena. Regular readers are... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Clearing the Picture (RedNova, 12/05/2005 10:21pm) |
| The two houses of the U.S. Congress remain divided by just four months on a firm "drop dead" date for analog TV. But it's fairly certain that by April 7, 2009 (if not Dec. 31, 2008), your old-line TV set will no longer be able to tune in over-the-air TV channels. ... (Read Full Article) |
| HDTVs put on a good show (Rocky Mountain News, 4/03/2006 6:50am) |
| The Super Bowl. The Final Four. No better times for a sports fan to see how big-screen HDTVs, both LCD and plasma, stack up. ... (Read Full Article) |
| AVP Announces Multi-Brand Sponsorship Agreement With Sony (SYS-CON Media, 5/22/2006 3:14pm) |
| AVP Pro Beach Volleyball Tour, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of AVP, Inc. (BULLETIN BOARD: AVPI) , a lifestyle sports entertainment company focused on professional beach volleyball, announced today a new, multi-faceted sponsorship with Sony for the 2006 AVP season. The agreement will make Sony BRAVIA(TM) Televisions the 'Official High Definition Television' and Sony Cybershot(R) and a(TM) ... (Read Full Article) |
| HDTV Prices Up 10% (Home Media Magazine, 3/04/2009 11:13pm) |
| The average selling price of an HDTV went up in February, for the first time since May 2008, according to data from Retrevo CE Index, which tracks more than 4,000 consumer electronics products across 40 categories. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | LG Already Demonstrating UHD Sports Coverage (High-Def Digest, 4/15/2013 5:30pm) |
| 4K Final Four demonstration coming to a retailer near you. As Ultra HD continues to advance towards bringing the 4K standard to living rooms everywhere, one regularly occurring question involves the [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Fastmac's Mac-Specific Blu-ray External Drive Is Slim and $99 [Macworld 2008] (Gizmodo, 1/07/2009 12:17am) |
| The boys at Crunchgear spotted an intriguing portable Mac-intended "Blu-ray SuperDrive" from Fastmac—and while it's not swathed in unibody aluminum, it looks like a pretty good get for $99. Updated:... ... (Read Full Article) |
| DTV by 2008? (Wired News, 10/28/2005 10:22am) |
| The House Energy and Commerce Committee voted yesterday to bump up the digital TV deadline by a year. Plus: Vodaphone U.K. is now selling mobile phones from vending machines. From the Wired News blog Gear Factor. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Toshiba: Still Backing HD DVD -- For Now (High-Def Digest, 2/18/2008 9:30pm) |
| Toshiba is denying weekend press reports that it has decided to drop its HD DVD support, saying that the company is "currently assessing its business strategies," but that no final decisions have been... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Universal's Appropriately Final HD DVD Release: Atonement [Informed-specurumor] (Gizmodo, 3/02/2008 9:15pm) |
| After Paramount's remaining HD DVD schedule (to be generous) came out, we hit up Universal to see what their roadmap looked like. Unfortunately, it looks to be just as barren. Here's the response we... ... (Read Full Article) |
| HBO Taps Thomson for HD Expansion (Broadcasting and Cable, 8/01/2007 9:20pm) |
| As it aims to offer all 26 of its networks in high-definition by mid-2008, the premium cable channel is buying more than $5 million in new HD playout and production equiption from Thomson Grass Valley ... (Read Full Article) |
| Onkyo to Release Blu-ray Player in 2008 (CE Pro, 7/01/2008 8:51pm) |
| The Blu-ray player is designed to work with company's HD A/V receivers. Onkyo, however, is keeping quiet on the details. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Fox Issues Final Specs, Street Date for 'Sunshine' Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 10/31/2007 10:30pm) |
| Fox's most technologically-advanced next-gen title ever is touching down on Blu-ray this January. As we first reported yesterday, Fox announced that it was planning to bring 'Sunshine' to Blu-ray sometime... ... (Read Full Article) |
| CES 2008: Blu-ray press conference liveblog (Tech Digest, 1/07/2008 8:00am) |
| It's safe to say this one could be somewhat triumphant. With rival format HD DVD having seen its CES press conference cancelled, the Blu-ray people could spend the next hour crowing.]]>
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| CES 2008: Xbox 360 may defect to Blu-ray disc (Punch Jump, 1/10/2008 5:46pm) |
| Microsoft Corp. this week said that it may provide a Blu-ray disc playback option for the Xbox 360 should consumer demand warrant it. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Poor early-2008 sales alarming for remainder of HD DVD camp (Ars Technica, 1/21/2008 8:43pm) |
| More bad news for the those still backing HD DVD: Nielsen reports that HD DVD failed to crack the top 10 list of HD titles as the format suffered one of its worst weeks of sales ever.Read More... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Studios Preview CES Blu-ray, HD DVD Title Announcements (High-Def Digest, 1/03/2008 7:00pm) |
| CES is still a few days away, but several studios are providing a sneak peek at some major 2008 Blu-ray and HD DVD titles expected to be officially unveiled at the annual confab. Among the studios previewing... ... (Read Full Article) |
| NASCAR 2008: First Shots! (IGN Complete, 3/23/2007 9:59pm) |
| NASCAR 08 (PS3)Beautiful high-definition in-game screenhots from EA's upcoming game. ... (Read Full Article) |
| New Firmware Update Now Available For Toshiba HD-DVD Player Owners (About.com, 9/29/2008 8:00am) |
| Yes, the above headline is correct. Even though the HD-DVD format was officially discontinued earlier this year (2008), there are still HD-DVD player owners out there (including myself). As a... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Study: After holidays and Super Bowl, HDTV prices climbed (CEA SmartBrief, 3/09/2009 5:00am) |
| The average price of an HDTV had been falling since May 2008, but not so in February, when price tags jumped 10%, according t -More- ]]> ... (Read Full Article) |
| 'Saw V' to Get Two-Disc Blu-ray with Exclusives (High-Def Digest, 12/04/2008 5:00pm) |
| Lionsgate has unwrapped final specs for 'Saw V,' which will slash its way to Blu-ray with hours of blood-splattered bonus features and exclusive Director's Cut. As previously reported, Lionsgate had alerted... ... (Read Full Article) |
| CES 2008: Funai to launch first sub-$300 Blu-ray player to North American market (HDTV UK, 1/09/2008 8:00am) |
| Hot on the heels of Sony'sfirst sub-$200 internal Blu-ray Disc drive comes news from Funai of a sub-$300 standalone Blu-ray player.
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| Warner Bros. Goes Blu-ray Only, Format War Lingers On [Hd Era] (Kotaku, 1/04/2008 10:40pm) |
| In another "win" for "consumers" Warner Bros. Entertainment announced today that it would be going exclusively Blu-ray for hi-definition movie releases as of May 2008. This point in the W column for... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Warner Previews 2008/2009 Blu-ray Slate (High-Def Digest, 2/06/2008 11:00pm) |
| Warner Bros. has unveiled plans to celebrate its 85th birthday in grand style, promising Blu-ray release of such beloved titles as 'Gone with the Wind,' 'The Wizard of Oz' and films from the Batman and... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Contest: Win 'Patton' (Remastered) on Blu-ray! (High-Def Digest, 11/06/2012 2:15am) |
| Back in 2008, the Oscar-winning epic 'Patton' was released to Blu-ray with a problematic video transfer that left many fans upset. This week, 20th Century Fox finally rectifies that mistake with a [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Blu-ray Disc Association to push format at IFA 2008 (HDTV UK, 7/18/2008 10:34am) |
| Unrivalled by HD DVD this year, the Blu-ray Disc Association has announced that it is to hold a press conference at the IFA Consumer Electronics Fair in Berlin this August... ... (Read Full Article) |
| CES: 'Ice Age,' 'I, Robot' Highlight Fox Q1 Blu-ray Wave (High-Def Digest, 1/04/2008 11:22pm) |
| In a pre-CES announcement, Fox has unveiled their complete line-up of Blu-ray catalog titles for Q1 2008, including new dates for the long-delayed high-def debuts of as 'Ice Age' and 'I, Robot.' Unveiled... ... (Read Full Article) |
| TV Notebook: Wealth of PGA drama is spilling over a day (Houston Chronicle, 8/15/2005 5:48am) |
| Where you or I may have seen chaos Sunday at the rain-delayed final round of the PGA Championship as Phil Mickelson, Davis Love III and Steve Elkington took turns giving away shots to par, Jim Nantz saw excitement. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Sony Steps Up For Nascar HD - 7/20/2005 10:07:00 AM - Broadcasting & Cable - CA626964 (Broadcasting and Cable, 7/20/2005 3:46pm) |
| According to Street & Smith’s Sports Business Journal, the deal runs through 2006, with 2007 and 2008 being option years. The deal is estimated to be in the low-to-mid seven figures for each year. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Blu-ray booming in the US, as movie disc sales triple in first quarter (HDTV UK, 5/01/2008 11:18am) |
| Research from Home Media Magazine suggests that US sales of Blu-ray movies have jumped 351% in the first three months of 2008, fuelled by increased awareness of the format, and Toshiba's decision to pull HD DVD... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Spartacus: War of the Damned' Blu-ray Announced and Detailed (High-Def Digest, 6/04/2013 6:00pm) |
| The final season of the blood-drenched series will enter the Blu-ray arena this September. In an early announcement to retailers, Starz/Anchor Bay Entertainment will unleash 'Spartacus: War of the [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Verizon FiOS adds HD VOD content (HD-Report, 8/10/2009 6:26pm) |
| Verizon FiOS has added a bunch of new content to its HD VOD library including newly released movies from 20th Century Fox, independent titles from Cinetic Film Buff, and sports footage from the Dew Tour. Some titles now available in high-definition from 20th Century include “Notorious,” “Taken” and “12 Rounds.”
New VOD content in standard-definition comes [...] (Read Full Article) |
| 'Ice Age,' 'I, Robot' Highlight Fox Q1 Blu-ray Wave (High-Def Digest, 1/04/2008 11:22pm) |
| Fox has unveiled their complete line-up of Blu-ray catalog titles for Q1 2008, including new dates for the long-delayed high-def debuts of as 'Ice Age' and 'I, Robot.' Unveiled today via press release... ... (Read Full Article) |
| HDTV sports junkie (Sports Illustrated, 7/19/2005 7:37pm) |
| They tell me Tiger Woods put on a great show Sunday at the British Open. I'll have to take their word for it because I couldn't watch the final round for more than five seconds. That's how long it took to realize the telecast had one fatal flaw that even His Tigerness could not fix: It wasn't in HD. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Kodak's Zi8 HD pocket camcorder hits the 1080p mark, adds Facebook uploading (Engadget, 7/29/2009 6:10am) |
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The Zi6 is still fairly fresh in our memory banks, but Kodak's already looking ahead with its newly unveiled Zi8 pocket camcorder. The Flip Ultra HD competitor boasts 1080p recording this time around, in addition to usual features like face tracking, image stabilization, a 2.5-inch LCD display, and SD card slot. YouTube uploading is back, and joining it Facebook support, too. It'll be out in September in blue, red, and black colors for just a hair under $180.Filed under: Digital Cameras, HDTV, Portable VideoKodak's Zi8 HD pocket camcorder hits the 1080p mark, adds Facebook uploading originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 29 Jul 2009 01:10:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Sunset Blvd. (Blu-ray Review) (Home Media Magazine, 11/21/2012 3:00am) |
Paramount
Drama
$26.99 Blu-ray.
Stars Gloria Swanson, William Holden, Nancy Olson, Erich von Stroheim.
Billy Wilder’s final collaboration with his then producer/co-writer Charles Brackett was already regarded as [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Panasonic's CES booth tour (Engadget, 2/06/2006 8:00am) |
| Filed under: CES, Features, HDTV, Home Entertainment, Laptops (Read Full Article) |
| Toshiba's CES booth tour (Engadget, 2/06/2006 8:00am) |
| Filed under: CES, Displays, HDTV, Home Entertainment, Laptops (Read Full Article) |
| HDGuru finds the new 'King of HDTVs' (DVICE, 7/27/2009 5:14pm) |
| Football season is coming up, and we don't want to be caught short with a second-rate HDTV. Trusted HDGuru Gary Merson says the Panasonic TC-P54V10, a 54-inch plasma 1080p set, is "the new king of HDTVs." In his eyes-on review, he lauds the THX-anointed plasma panel's excellent image brightness, low energy consumption, deep black levels, judder-free film reproduction, and impressive "pop."
Judging from his impeccable credibility in the past, if the HDGuru says this $2300 HDTV as the world's best, it probably is. He even says this is comparable or better in nearly every criteria than the revered (and unfortunately, discontinued) Pioneer Kuro plasma HDTVs. We want. Our advice? Wait until next month for the release of Panasonic's 65-inch version of this new "King of HDTVs."
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| First Look: 'Untraceable' Blu-ray Box Art (High-Def Digest, 3/28/2008 8:00pm) |
| With its Blu-ray release date less than two months away, Sony has issued revised box art and final specs for 'Untraceable.' As we originally reported, Sony announced a May 13 arrival for the Diane Lane... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | CubePro 3D printer does up to three colors, can create basketball-sized objects (Engadget, 1/06/2014 1:51pm) |
| It's hard to say whether "sub-$5,000" really qualifies as consumer-level pricing. We suspect that whatever the final cost of the new CubePro ends up being when it ships in Q2, it'll be priced at "prosumer" levels, at best. Still, the followup to [...] (Read Full Article) |
| 'Soul Men' to Get February Blu-ray Release (High-Def Digest, 12/10/2008 11:00pm) |
| The Weinstein Co. has alerted retailers that it is planning an early-February Blu-ray bow for the comedy 'Soul Men.' Starring Samuel L. Jackson and the late Bernie Mac in his final film appearance, the... ... (Read Full Article) |
| CES: Fox Touts BD-Live, Previews 'Alien vs. Predator: Requiem' Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 1/08/2008 2:22am) |
| With an eye toward merging the Blu-ray format's BD-Live capabilities with social networking, Fox touted the message "The Future is Blu, the Future is BD-Live" today at CES 2008. Taking part in... ... (Read Full Article) |
| 'The Rock' Ready to Roll on Blu-ray This January (High-Def Digest, 10/18/2007 4:00pm) |
| Following weeks of rumors, Disney has confirmed a January 2008 Blu-ray arrival for the long-delayed Michael Bay action spectacular 'The Rock.' As we've previously reported, 'The Rock' was originally announced... ... (Read Full Article) |
| CES: Samsung Bows New Dual-Format Blu-ray/HD DVD Player (High-Def Digest, 1/07/2008 2:24am) |
| Updating its recently-released BD-UP5000, Samsung says it will introduce the new BD-UP5500 Duo HD player in the second half of 2008. Like its predecessor, the BD-UP5500 will support both Blu-ray and HD... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Advanced Powerline Technologies, Inc., Today Announces Component Supplier Secured for its LCD High Definition Digital (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 9/08/2005 1:54pm) |
| Advanced Powerline Technologies, Inc., announced today that it has secured its Component Supplier for its LCD High Definition Digital Televisions . After the representative from NEXGEN Mediatech, Inc. completed a tour of the factory located at ONE APT DRIVE, Woodward, Oklahoma, and other support facilities around the area, Advanced Powerline Technologies, Inc., Chairman and CEO Jack Lin secured ... (Read Full Article) |
| CES 2008: 87% of owners watch Blu-ray movies on PS3 (Punch Jump, 1/08/2008 5:57pm) |
| Sony Corp. this week said that 87 percent of Playstation 3 owners watch Blu-ray disc format movies on their PS3. ... (Read Full Article) |
| CES: Sony Highlights Blu-ray BD-Live Interactivity (High-Def Digest, 1/07/2008 11:22pm) |
| Sony Pictures Home Entertainment today kicked off its CES assault by highlighting a slew of planned BD-Live interactive features coming to Blu-ray in 2008. During a Blu-ray interactivity demo currently... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Strategy Analytics: As Format War Ends, 29 Million Blu-ray Homes Expected This Year (Business Wire, 3/26/2008 2:38pm) |
| LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Blu-ray Disc victory in its recent format war with HD-DVD will propel this technology into 29.4 million homes worldwide by the end of 2008, according to the ... (Read Full Article) |
| Gartner: Blu-ray to Win Format War (High-Def Digest, 1/29/2008 11:00pm) |
| Calling Warner's decision to back Blu-ray exclusively "fatal" for the HD DVD format, leading tech research firm Gartner, Inc. is predicting an end to the format war by late 2008. The comments from Gartner... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Xbox 360 golfers, the Stick Jockey Country Club is now accepting membership applications in Tiger Wo (Kotaku, 3/31/2013 12:05am) |
| Xbox 360 golfers, the Stick Jockey Country Club is now accepting membership applications in Tiger Woods PGA Tour 14 and we've waived the initiation fee and credit history check. Search for "Stick Jockey" among the [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Sparkle' Announced for Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 10/10/2012 6:00pm) |
| Whitney Houston's final film has been dated for Blu-ray in November. In an early announcement to retailers, Sony has revealed 'Sparkle' is coming to Blu-ray on November 30. 'Sparkle' is a timeless [...] (Read Full Article) |
| HD-DVD confirmed dead (the INQUIRER, 2/18/2008 11:26am) |
| Nick Booth the Inquirer,
Monday 18 February 2008. 10:19:00
Hip hip, Blu-ray!
FOLLOWING REPORTS that it is set to dump HD DVD, Toshiba has pretty much
confirmed its tactical retreat from the HD-DVD battleground. The Blu-ray camp,
led by Sony, may finally get this market their own way. Company sources at
Toshiba said it is mulling three main options.... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Sony Announces 'The Class' for Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 5/22/2009 9:40pm) |
| The 2008 Cannes Film Festival winner will hit Blu-ray this summer. Releasing August 11, Sony will be bring the French film 'The Class' ('Entres les murs') to Blu-ray. There's no word on tech specs or extras... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Premiere sees 500,000 HDTV subscribers by 2008 (Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News, 8/31/2005 2:40pm) |
| BERLIN, Aug 31 (Reuters) - Germany's only pay-TV broadcaster, Premiere , is launching three digital high definition television (HDTV) channels in November and aims to win 500,000 subscribers for the new service in three years. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Tell Us The Best PS3 Game Of 2006. And 2007. And 2008... (Kotaku, 2/25/2014 10:30pm) |
| Persona 5 just got announced for 2015. That means that there
will be at least one game that's a strong contender for getting people to turn
on their PS3s next year. If new games keep coming [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Xbox 360 Games Don't Sell In Japan [Dead Horse, Beaten] (Kotaku, 12/27/2007 6:40pm) |
| New numbers have come from Famitsu, who has broken down Japanese sales figures on the top 50 Xbox 360 games since launch. None of the results are good. While Blue Dragon, an RPG by famous Final... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Blu-ray Highlights: Week of March 24th, 2013 (High-Def Digest, 3/25/2013 5:00pm) |
| The final week of March brings us a huge new slate of Blu-ray releases. Sadly, it's mostly a case of quantity over quality. However, a recent Oscar winner, some classics, some cult flicks and a few [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | It's the Fifth Game of Another Mario Sub-Series! Let's Take a Tour. (Kotaku, 5/08/2013 10:00pm) |
| The fifth Mario vs. Donkey Kong game is upon us, though this is now the Mario and Donkey Kong series: Mario and Donkey Kong: Minis on the Move for the Nintendo 3DS. Any good? Yeah, good [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Lionsgate Outlines 'W.' Blu-ray Specs (High-Def Digest, 12/04/2008 7:00pm) |
| Lionsgate has revealed final specs for 'W.,' which will come to Blu-ray next year with a presidential suite's worth of bonus materials. As previously reported, Lionsgate had alerted retailers to a February... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Sony PS3 to lead Video Game Console Market in 2011 (I4U, 3/01/2008 6:00pm) |
| Research company iSuppli says that 2008 will be a turning year for the Sony PS3 and I cannot agree more. All is set for a major sales success for the latest Playstation.
iSuppli also forecasts that the Sony PS3 will still need another 3 years to beat ... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Global flat panel TV sales to touch 77 Million units by 2008 (AME Info, 2/18/2006 5:31am) |
| Companies will showcase the latest products relating to High-Definition TV at the 12th Middle East International Cable, Satellite, Broadcast and Communication Exhibition (CABSAT2006), according to organiser Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC). ... (Read Full Article) |
| Warner Plans Ten Blu-ray "Book" Releases for 2008 (High-Def Digest, 3/11/2008 11:00pm) |
| Adding a collectible spin to high-def packaging, Warner has revealed plans to release ten Blu-ray titles in "book"-like editions in the coming year. Home Media Magazine is reporting that with... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Warner Expands 'I Am Legend' Blu-ray Specs (High-Def Digest, 2/08/2008 11:00pm) |
| Warner has set final details for its high-def releases of 'I Am Legend,' revealing two previously unannounced bonus features exclusively for the Blu-ray edition. Warner first announced the $200 million-plus... ... (Read Full Article) |
| HBO Goes Moto for Hi-Def Compression (Digital Video Editing, 8/09/2007 6:40pm) |
| (Broadcasting & Cable) _ Premium-cable programmer HBO said it will use advanced compression technology from Motorola to support the transition of all 26 of its HBO and Cinemax networks to high-definition transmission http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6451493.html -- a process scheduled to be completed by mid-2008. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Why we need consolidation of HDTV technologies (CNET Blogs, 12/20/2007 6:44pm) |
| digg_url = 'http://digg.com/hardware/Why_we_need_consolidation_of_HDTV_technologies';
Sorry, but we don't really need you, plasma.(Credit: CNET Networks)
In what could be the final blow to rear-projection HDTVs, Sony has announced that it will abandon its production of those sets and focus all of its efforts on "what people really want"--LCDs.
Of course, the news doesn't quite en ... (Read Full Article) |
| NEWS: Toshiba Qosmio X500 Blu-ray laptop announced (Pocket-lint, 9/23/2009 3:12pm) |
18.4-inch multimedia monster
Toshiba has announced the launch of the Qosmio X500 boasting a "sleek, glossy black chassis, backlit keyboard and LED-feathertouch controls".
Powered by Intel's latest Quad Core processors and the latest nVIDIA GeForce graphics, the Qosmio X500 claims to deliver "a realistic gameplay experience with intense visuals, vibrant environments and dynamic character effects".
With an 18.4-inch TruBrite Full HD LCD screen with 16:9 aspect ratio at a resolution of 1920x1080 pixels, Harman Kardon stereo speakers, a rewritable Blu-ray drive, the X500 appears, on paper at least, to be an entertainment powerhouse.
It also gets Toshiba's Resolution+ upscaling technology, that sees standard definition DVDs and video files upconverted to "near high definition" quality.
Other features include an "HD" webcam, a multi-touch touch pad, fingerprint reader, face recognition, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.1, eight touch-sensitive multimedia buttons, up to 4GB RAM, 1TB HDD, three USB ports all of which offer "Sleep-and-Charge" tech, REGZA-Link HDMI-CEC and a 5-in-1 card reader.
The Qosmio X500 will be available in the UK from late October - no pricing revealed, but it's gonna be steep.
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| '3:10 to Yuma' Blu-ray Goes Profile 1.1 (High-Def Digest, 11/21/2007 5:00pm) |
| Lionsgate has unveiled final specs for '3:10 to Yuma,' which will gallop to Blu-ray this January with a battalion of features, including the studio's second Profile 1.1 compliant PiP video commentary....<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/highdefdigestallnews/~4/188294056" height="1" width="1"/> ... (Read Full Article) |
| 'Forbidden Kingdom' Blu-ray Specs, Box Art In (High-Def Digest, 7/01/2008 6:00pm) |
| Lionsgate has revealed final specs and box art for 'The Forbidden Kingdom,' which will hit Blu-ray in September with 7.1 audio and Digital Copy. First announced for Blu-ray release earlier this month,... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Renegade Kid's lost Crash Bandicoot DS prototype revealed (Joystiq, 1/11/2013 9:15pm) |
Prolific DS/3DS developer Renegade Kid made a demo for a Crash Bandicoot DS game years ago. The test for Crash Landed was done in 2008 or 2009 for publisher Activision, according to (Read Full Article) |
| CBS to air the PGA Championship at Baltusrol in high-definition TV (PGA, 8/10/2005 5:17pm) |
| CBS Sports will broadcast the 87th PGA Championship in HDTV (High Definition Television) for the second consecutive year, during its live 18 hole-coverage of the third and final rounds. ... (Read Full Article) |
| BenQ's CES booth tour (Engadget, 2/06/2006 8:00am) |
| Filed under: Cellphones, CES, Digital Cameras, Displays, HDTV, (Read Full Article) |
| MGM Dishes 'Silence of the Lambs' Blu-ray Specs (High-Def Digest, 1/15/2009 11:00pm) |
| MGM has served up final specs for the March Blu-ray release of 'The Silence of the Lambs,' which will make its way to high-def with hours of bonus materials. As originally announced late last year, MGM/Fox... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Fox Announces Specs, Exclusives for 'Day the Earth Stood Still' Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 9/29/2008 8:00pm) |
| Fox has confirmed final specs for the 1951 classic 'The Day the Earth Stood Still,' which will arrive on Blu-ray this December with hours of bonus features and all-new exclusive content. As previously... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Fox Confirms 3-Disc "Bad Boy" Blu-ray for 'Marley & Me' (High-Def Digest, 2/19/2009 5:00pm) |
| Fox Home Entertainment has released final specs and box art for 'Marley & Me,' which will come to Blu-ray in late-March in a 3-disc "Bad Boy" edition. Starring Jennifer Aniston and Owen Wilson,... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Specs, Box Art Revealed for 'Dark City' Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 5/15/2008 10:00pm) |
| New Line has unleashed final specs and box art for the next-gen release of 'Dark City,' which comes to Blu-ray this July with hours of all-new bonus material. As originally reported last month, the eagerly-awaited... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Another nail hangs over HD-DVD's coffin (the INQUIRER, 1/08/2008 8:00am) |
| Dean Pullen the Inquirer, Tuesday 8 January 2008. 09:24:00
Paramount poised to jump ship
A REPORT in the Financial Times declares that Paramount has a clause in its HD-DVD exclusivity contract allowing the company to bail from HD-DVD if Warner defected to Blu-ray, and that Paramount is 'poised' to do so....]]>]]> ... (Read Full Article) |
| The End is Here…? Warner to Become Blu-ray Exclusive (Format War Central, 1/04/2008 9:07pm) |
| The news is out. EngadgetHD is reporting, Video Business is reporting, and Deadline Hollywood Daily is reporting… Warner will be Blu-ray exclusive after May 2008. The move is said to be in response to consumer demand, though rumor has it as a very expensive investment from the BDA.
All I can say is what I [...] ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Sloan 2 Will Map The Universe, The Milky Way And Dark Energy (PhysOrg, 7/12/2005 8:29am) |
| Dr. Richard Kron, director of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, announced a new undertaking that will complete the largest survey of the universe. This survey will add new partners and undertake new research missions, and will run through summer 2008. ... (Read Full Article) |
| 'The Women' Blu-ray Gets Specs, Extras (High-Def Digest, 10/27/2008 8:00pm) |
| Final specs are in for New Line's December Blu-ray release of 'The Women,' with the film enjoying multiple bonus features but no high-res audio. As first announced last week, New Line (via Warner Home... ... (Read Full Article) |
| 'Hitman' Blu-ray to Include First-Ever "Digital Copy" (High-Def Digest, 1/24/2008 9:00pm) |
| Fox has released final specs for the March Blu-ray debut of 'Hitman,' promising a fully stocked supplements package and a format-first "digital copy" of the film. As we first reported last week,... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Discovery joins Sky's HDTV lineup (Digital Spy, 1/17/2006 10:38am) |
| A new 24-hour network from Discovery has been confirmed as the final addition to Sky's initial HDTV lineup. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Blu-Ray sales tank for good reasons (the INQUIRER, 5/05/2008 7:00am) |
| Charlie Demerjian the Inquirer, Monday 5 May 2008. 09:16:00 DRM, Price and BD-J BLU-RAY PLAYER SALES are sucking wind as well they should. According to Cnet, sales of the DRM infected format players are dropping like rocks. The not so bright people out there had expected sales to skyrocket once the format war was done, but it didn't.... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Europe gets PlayTV for PS3 instead of Movie Downloads (I4U, 7/20/2008 3:00pm) |
| Sony launched at the E3 2008 a video download store on the Playstation network that is only available in the United States. Sony will start rolling out PlayTV in Europe starting September 10th. With PlayTV you can record TV programming yourself on the PS3 ... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Universal Adds Exclusives, U-Control to 'Virgin,' 'Knocked Up' Blu-rays (High-Def Digest, 7/18/2008 10:00pm) |
| Universal has issued final specs for '40-Year-Old Virgin' and 'Knocked Up,' both of which will hit Blu-ray this September in unrated cuts and with new exclusive content. As originally announced last month,... ... (Read Full Article) |
| First Blu-ray players for under $300 alert! (Tech Digest, 5/16/2008 2:54pm) |
| The cheapest Blu-ray players in the world have just clocked in at the American supermarket chain, Wal-mart, at under $300 - roughly £150. Available for $298, the Magnavox NB500MG9 and Sylvania NB500SL9 have some nice features surprisingly, including Blu-ray Final Profile 1.1, HDMI 1.3, and DVD 'upscaling' to 1080p. Still, they're not quite as cheap as those $99 Toshiba HD DVD players... ... (Read Full Article) |
| TV Notebook: Ring of Fire a haunting retelling of boxer's story (Houston Chronicle, 4/18/2005 5:46am) |
| It's a busy week for channel surfing the Rockets' final two regular-season games and, on Saturday or Sunday, their playoff opener, plus five Astros games, the U.S. Clay Court Championships, the Shell Houston Open and the NFL draft. (Read Full Article) |
| Toshiba 'to lose $1 billion' on HD DVD (the INQUIRER, 3/13/2008 2:37pm) |
| Egan Orion the Inquirer,
Thursday 13 March 2008. 05:39:00
What's a few bucks between friends?
THE NIKKEI is reporting today that Toshiba expects to lose about ¥100
billion as a result of having lost the HD DVD versus Blu-Ray DVD format war to
Sony. That translates to approximately US $1 billion.... ... (Read Full Article) |
| 'Crimson Tide' to Surface on Blu-ray this February (High-Def Digest, 11/13/2007 9:23pm) |
| After a delay of nine months, Disney has confirmed a February 2008 Blu-ray arrival for the Denzel Washington/Gene Hackman submarine thriller, 'Crimson Tide.' First announced for Blu-ray release at CES...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/highdefdigestallnews/~4/184242806" height="1" width="1"/> ... (Read Full Article) |
| HD-DVD movies gain value (the INQUIRER, 3/12/2008 11:23am) |
| Andrew Thomas the Inquirer,
Wednesday 12 March 2008. 10:32:00
Can you beelieve it?
PUNTERS are making a beeline to eBay where HD-DVD movies are being auctioned
at over inflated prices because they are 'collectors items'. The fairly dire
Bee Movie was recently auctioned for $400 and while it is possible to argue
that the disks are going to be collector's items, particularly when... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Sony's HDTV Strategy: Out with RPTV, In with OLED and LCD (Big Picture Big Sound, 1/09/2008 12:49pm) |
| At CES in Las Vegas this week, Sony announced their HDTV plans for 2008. They will discontinue their rear projection line and concentrate their efforts on enhancing their existing LCD flat panel technology while bringing to market the first stand-alone OLED televisions. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Lego The Hobbit PS3 bundle goes on an adventure this spring (Joystiq, 2/26/2014 3:00am) |
| Sony is preparing a new PS3 bundle for the spring to capitalize on the hype surrounding the third and final The Hobbit film due in theaters this December. For $270, interested adventurers can snag a 500GB "super slim" PS3 - which comes with [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Warner Blu-rayand HD DVD Titles For Europe to Mid 2008 (Format War Central, 1/22/2008 7:14pm) |
| We read (as best we can) on areadvd.de some of the planned Warner releases in Europe between now and June.
For both formats we see Golden Compass, I am Legend, and the Dirty Harry series. This could be of interest to US HD DVD buyers since Golden Compass will probably not be released on HD DVD [...] ... (Read Full Article) |
| 'Girls Gone Wild: Baby Bash' Announced For Blu-ray, HD DVD (High-Def Digest, 12/12/2007 5:00pm) |
| Love 'em or hate 'em, the video vixens of Girls Gone Wild are headed back to next-gen disc, with Mantra Films announcing 'Baby Bash: Live and Uncensored' for Blu-ray and HD DVD release in early 2008. The... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Warner to Back Blu-Ray Disc Exclusively Over HD-DVD (Big Picture Big Sound, 1/05/2008 12:23am) |
| In what may be a crushing blow for Toshiba's HD-DVD format, Warner has announced that it will exclusively support Blu-ray Disc over the rival format as soon as May, 2008. ... (Read Full Article) |
| 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) | 'The Office: Season Nine' Dated and Detailed for Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 5/20/2013 7:00pm) |
| The final season of the hit comedy series arrives on Blu-ray in August. In an early announcement to retailers, Universal has set 'The Office: Season Nine' for Blu-ray release on August 13. Over the [...] (Read Full Article) |
| 'Signs' Blu-ray Specs Revealed (High-Def Digest, 5/23/2008 4:00pm) |
| Final specs have landed for 'Signs,' which Disney will debut on Blu-ray in early June with several bonus features and PCM audio. As we first reported back in March, 'Signs' hits Blu-ray on June 3 as one... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 3D-Printed Final Fantasy VII Characters Look Pretty Amazing (Kotaku, 7/03/2013 1:20pm) |
| 3D printing is perfect for models with low polygon counts. Joabaldwin proves this with these precise recreations of the main [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | James Bond HD channel launching in the UK (HD-Report, 8/07/2012 4:52pm) |
| Sky will launch a dedicated James Bond HD channel for the entire month of October, the UK’s Pocket-Lint reports. The channel will broadcast all 22 of the past Bond films from Dr No (1962) to Quantum of Solace (2008), as well as the [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Sony BDU-X10S Blu-ray Drive (I4U, 1/07/2008 6:00pm) |
| Sony Electronics announced an internal BD-ROM drive dubbed BDU-X10S at the CES 2008.
The new BDU-X10S BD-ROM drive comes with CyberLinkÂ’s PowerDVD BD Edition software for playback of commercial movie titles, recorded Blu-ray Disc home videos, DVD-RO... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Enlightened: The Complete Second Season' Blu-ray Up for Pre-Order (High-Def Digest, 4/02/2013 6:00pm) |
| The final season of the HBO dramedy is in the works for Blu-ray. In an early announcement to retailers, 'Enlightened: The Complete Second Season ' appears to be coming to Blu-ray in the near future. [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Playstation 3 Firmware Update Released (Format War Central, 12/18/2007 7:17am) |
| Probably most of you are aware that Playstation 3 is now updating to firmware 2.10. This update adds Divx and WMV decoding for video as well as a voice pitch changer that can be used during chat (for what purpose I don’t yet know). This release is rumoured to also include support for Final Standard [...] ... (Read Full Article) |
| Beijing Olympics to witness first-ever HDTV broadcast (Deccan Herald, 11/07/2006 6:24am) |
| For the first time in the history of the Olympic movement, the 2008 Beijing Olympics will witness the use of state-of-the-art High Definition Television broadcast, which will allow viewers to experience top quality pictures of the world's premier sporting event. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Report: 53% of U.S. Homes Own an HDTV (Home Media Magazine, 8/10/2009 10:05pm) |
| Aggressive marketing and special offers by consumer electronics manufacturers and retailers has contributed to 53% of U.S. households owning a high-definition television. That’s an 18% boost from 2008 when 35% of households reported owning an HDTV (23% in 2007), according to a new report. (Read Full Article) |
| Channel starts dumping HD-DVD recorders (the INQUIRER, 2/20/2008 12:07pm) |
| INQUIRER staff the
Inquirer, Wednesday 20 February 2008. 09:45:00
Hey suckers, thanks for nothing
SHOPS ARE starting to heavily discount HD-DVD recorders in an attempt to
reduce their stock mountains. Don't expect Toshiba to refund you the difference
between the new prices and the old prices though - that would be a sacrifice
too great for the firm to make.... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Final Specs in for 'Sarah Connor Chronicles' Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 6/04/2008 10:00pm) |
| 'The Sarah Chronicles' will hit Blu-ray this August with extensive extras, but without high-res audio. As we've previously reported, Warner announced plans last month to bring 'Terminator: The Sarah Connor... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Being Human: Season Five' Announced for Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 5/10/2013 6:00pm) |
| The final six episodes of the BBC fantasy series will hit Blu-ray in August. In an early announcement to retailers, BBC has slated 'Being Human: Season Five' for Blu-ray on August 20. Season Five [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Xbox 360 to have over 1,000 titles by Summer 2008, says MS rep (Joystiq, 3/15/2008 4:30pm) |
| Filed under: Microsoft Xbox 360If there's one thing we appreciate about a home console, it's prolificacy -- and for quite some time now, the PS2 has claimed top honors in that respect. Sony's last-gen system currently holds the console record for having the most games (with more than 1600 titles), which we never expected to be toppled in this day and age, where console generations seem to pass ... (Read Full Article) |
| Splended to Bring Soderberg's Traffic to Blu-ray in Germany, EMS Brings Monster (Format War Central, 4/02/2008 6:36pm) |
| We see that Splendid Entertainment will be releasing Traffic on Blu-ray in Germany on May 30th 2008. Steven Soderbergh won an Oscar for Best Director and Benicio Del Toro won Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his performance in this film.
This release is interesting on a number of levels. Firstly Traffic is a Universal [...] ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Hands-on with Sixense's MakeVR, a motion controlled 3D modeling suite bound for Kickstarter (video) (Engadget, 1/29/2014 2:00pm) |
| The last time we saw Sixense's Stem motion controller, it was little more than a collection of prototypes. The company showed us a gaggle of plexiglass boxes containing reference hardware and a 3D printed shell representing the final product's [...] (Read Full Article) |
| 'Korn: Live at Montreux' Coming to Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 4/22/2008 4:00pm) |
| Eagle Rock has announced the latest addition to their growing line-up of Montreux high-def releases, with the July Blu-ray release of 'Korn: Live at Montreux.' Featuring the final performance by the band's... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Lionsgate Sets 'Repo' Blu-ray Specs, Adds Exclusives (High-Def Digest, 12/05/2008 11:00pm) |
| Lionsgate has confirmed final specs for 'Repo! The Genetic Opera,' which will rock Blu-ray this January with hours of exclusive next-gen content. As previously reported, Lionsgate will debut 'Saw' helmer... ... (Read Full Article) |
| House Passes DTV Bill (Broadcasting and Cable, 11/18/2005 4:17pm) |
| The full House passed the budget reconciliation bill 217 to 215 in the wee hours of Friday morning. House Commerce Committee Chairman Joe Barton (R-Tex.) cast the last vote, but don't look for a final bill on a DTV hard date or converter box subsidy anytime soon. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Chinese firms get Blu-ray authorisation (the INQUIRER, 5/23/2008 11:04am) |
| Stewart Meagher the Inquirer, Friday 23 May 2008. 11:44:00 Cheaper drives to go ELEVEN CHINESE companies have been given the official blessing of the Blu-ray Disk Association (BDA) to begin the manufacture of BD disks, drives and players starting next year according to China Tech News. The manufacturers - including TCL, Malata and Desay - have in some cases moved to the BD... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Shovel Knight staying underground for a few more weeks (Joystiq, 3/13/2014 12:00pm) |
| Yacht Club Games announced a short delay for retro platformer Shovel Knight so it can make sure the final version is polished to satisfaction. The Wii U, 3DS, and Steam game was due on March 31, but it's now expected to surface a few weeks [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Multiplayer minigame collection Sportsfriends delayed on PS3 (Joystiq, 1/21/2014 1:30pm) |
| Die Gute Fabrik's local-multiplayer PS3 minigame compilation Sportsfriends will sail past its previously announced January release date, as its developers report that the final product is still several weeks away from completion.
A backer-only [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Autodesk 123D Creatures lets you create monsters on your iPad (Engadget, 2/14/2013 1:28pm) |
| Love Spore's robust creature creator tool? Got an iPad? Autodesk has something for [...] (Read Full Article) |
| HD-DVD's death prompts more console hot air (the INQUIRER, 2/21/2008 10:00am) |
| Dean Pullen the Inquirer,
Thursday 21 February 2008. 09:30:00
Console round-up Top Wii titles dated
NOW THAT HD-DVD has officially died, Microsoft, Sony and analysts have all
chipped in on what it means for the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360. PS3/PSP Thanks
to a reader who has pointed out, after Monday's round-up, that Sony's PS3
PlayTV is already listed, with price, hereon HMV.com.... ... (Read Full Article) |
| PS3 promises: in-game XMB, video store, and PSN cards in '08 (Joystiq, 4/17/2008 10:00am) |
| Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3
Peter Dille - Senior Vice President for PlayStation Network ... oh, and marketing - wants you to relax. He knows a lot of us (all of us?) are frustrated at how slowly things seem to be moving on the Sony front, so he's got a message of Hope: 2008 is your year, PS3 owners. Not only are there a couple of big games coming your way, but some of those long overdue feat ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Black Ops 2 Apocalypse DLC coming to PC and PS3 Sept. 26 (Joystiq, 9/05/2013 1:30am) |
|
Activision announced that the final round of downloadable Season Pass content for (Read Full Article) |
| Panasonic intros "next generation" DMP-BD30 Blu-ray player (HDTV UK, 11/08/2007 8:00am) |
| Panasonic has announced its DMP-BD30 Blu-ray player, offering full 1080p playback and FInal Standard Profile functionality.
]]> ... (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) |
| Loewe could integrate Blu-ray drives into future HDTVs (HDTV UK, 11/28/2008 11:32am) |
| ElectricPig has scored an exclusive interview with Loewe's CEO, Frieder Löhrer, who suggests that the upmarket TV manufacturer may well add integrated Blu-ray drives to their LCD TVs in the future. "Its a technique that we forsee not for the year 2008, but I would assume for early 2010," he said. He also spoke about the possibility of building OLED-based TVs, saying that the company was watchi ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | HDD Spotlight Bargain: 'The Dark Knight Rises' Blu-ray $18.99 at Amazon (High-Def Digest, 11/30/2012 10:59pm) |
| The third and final chapter in Christopher Nolan's Batman saga is nearly fifty percent off at Amazon! The online retailer is now selling 'The Dark Knight Rises' on Blu-ray for only $18.99 (47% off [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Sony Unveils Box Art, Goes Unrated for 'Prom Night' Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 6/20/2008 8:00pm) |
| Sony has unwrapped final box art and specs for the horror hit 'Prom Night,' which will hit Blu-ray this August in a new unrated version with exclusive bonus content. The slasher remake was originally announced... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Warner Outlines 'Shawshank' Blu-ray Specs (High-Def Digest, 10/27/2008 6:00pm) |
| Warner has announced final specs for 'The Shawshank Redemption,' which will receive the DigiBook treatment and Dolby TrueHD audio when it hits Blu-ray in early December. As previously announced, the much-beloved... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Samsung Debuts the First 3D Ready Flat-Panel HDTV with Its 2008 Entry-Level Plasma HDTV Line-up (Business Wire, 1/06/2008 10:00pm) |
| LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Samsung Electronics, the leader in HDTV design and technological innovation, will unveil its groundbreaking new line-up of plasma HDTVs ... (Read Full Article) |
| Netflix defects to Blu-ray (the INQUIRER, 2/12/2008 8:00am) |
| Nick Farrell the Inquirer, Tuesday 12 February 2008. 08:09:00
More nails hammered into HD-DVD's coffin
ONLINE movie rental outfit Netflix has nailed its colours to Blu-ray's mast and decided to abandon the HD-DVD format. In a press release Netflix said the move follows four major movie studios in selecting the Sony technology over one pushed by Toshiba....]]>]]> ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Assassin's Creed 3 'Redemption' DLC out today on PS3, 360, PC, May 16 on Wii U (Joystiq, 4/23/2013 6:00pm) |
As scheduled, the 'Redemption' DLC for Assassin's Creed 3 comes today to the Xbox 360, PC, and PS3 - tomorrow for European PS3s - but Wii U owners must wait a bit longer to redeem it. The final part of the 'King Washington' trilogy reaches [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Lionsgate Sets 'Belly,' 'The Doors' Blu-ray Specs (High-Def Digest, 7/17/2008 4:00pm) |
| Lionsgate has unveiled final specs for its August wave of Blu-ray catalog releases, bringing 'The Doors' and 'Belly' to high-def with DTS-MA 7.1 audio and hours of bonus materials. As originally announced... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'The Man Who Shook the Hand of Vicente Fernández' Blu-ray Available Now! (High-Def Digest, 4/30/2013 8:00pm) |
| The final performance of Academy Award-winner Ernest Borgnine is in stores now. Indican's 'The Man Who Shook the Hand of Vicente Fernández' is now available for purchase on Blu-ray. Retired radio [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | ‘Jack Reacher’ Blu-ray available for pre-order (HD-Report, 1/10/2013 12:49am) |
| While an exact release date has not been announced, Paramount’s action/thriller Jack Reacher is now available to pre-order on Blu-ray Disc. If the packaging is final (which it appears to be), the Two-Disc Combo edition [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Specs, Box Art in for 'College Road Trip' Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 5/15/2008 6:00pm) |
| Disney has announced final specs for the Blu-ray release of 'College Road Trip,' which hits high-def this July with extensive bonus features and uncompressed audio. As first reported earlier this month,... ... (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) |
| George Carlin's 'It's Bad For Ya' Coming to Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 7/23/2008 10:00pm) |
| The late George Carlin will make his high-def debut with the November Blu-ray release of his concert film 'It's Bad For Ya.' Marking the legendary comedian's final stand-up concert special, 'George Carlin:... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Locations and Tickets Now Available for Metropolitan Opera's Simulcasts Into Movie Theaters (Playbill Arts, 11/21/2006 1:27am) |
| The Metropolitan Opera has announced the final list of cinemas that will carry high-definition simulcasts of six Saturday matinee performances this season. Tickets for the first three presentations are now on sale. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | The Dark Knight Rises Blu-ray Review (Big Picture Big Sound, 12/02/2012 9:53pm) |
| Batten down the hatches. Christopher Nolan brings the pain - and the Bane - for the final installment in his epic Dark Knight [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Blackmagic Design Updates DeckLink Cards for Final Cut Pro 5, More (The Mac Observer, 4/18/2005 5:57pm) |
| Blackmagic Design on Monday announced that its DeckLink video capture cards are now compatible with Apple's... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | This Game Brings New Meaning to the Word “Fan Service” (Kotaku, 5/07/2013 9:00am) |
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In the past, the Senran Kagura series of games have been brawlers exclusive to the 3DS. But the newest iteration on the PlayStation Vita makes the game play more like Dissidia: Final Fantasy [...] (Read Full Article) |
| PS3 uses five times more energy than a fridge (the INQUIRER, 6/04/2008 8:19am) |
| Nick Farrell the Inquirer, Wednesday 4 June 2008. 08:53:00 That's just not cool AUSSIE CONSUMER GROUP Choice, claims that consoles such as Sony's Playstation 3 chew up five times more energy than a fridge. Apparently a fridge will go through $50 worth of electricity a year while a PS3 will cost $250 a year even if it is not used.... ... (Read Full Article) |
| SonyNEC Optiarc projects sub-$100 Blu-ray optical drives by year's end (Engadget, 6/06/2008 7:50am) |
| Filed under: HDTV, StorageIf you'll recall, SonyNEC Optiarc was the same company that suggested BD prices would be halved by 2008 from what they were in late 2006, and while stickers are still relatively high on standalone decks, the prediction actually wasn't too far off. A new report from Tom's Hardware notes that the aforementioned outfit is expecting Blu-ray combo drives "to reach the $100 ... (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) |
| HD DVD sales plummet (the INQUIRER, 1/28/2008 8:00am) |
| Egan Orion the Inquirer, Monday 28 January 2008. 15:21:00
Warner's dump flecked, bloody
IN THE WEEK after the Warner film studio announced on January 4th that it would no longer release movies in HD DVD format, consumer retail sales of HD DVD discs plummeted, according to market analysis company NPD Group as reported by the New York Times....]]>]]> ... (Read Full Article) |
| High definition disc war over by end of 2008, Gartner claims (HDTV UK, 1/28/2008 8:00am) |
| According to an analyst at the Gartner market research firm, the high definition disc war will be over by the end of the year, with Blu-ray becoming the high definition format to supersede DVD.
However, they said that Toshiba's strategy of cutting player prices is only prolonging the inevitable.
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| Blu-ray player sales are falling (AfterDawn, 4/30/2008 10:29pm) |
| Despite Blu-ray's victory over rival format HD DVD, it seems Blu-ray player sales are falling or seeing little to no growth in various markets.
The latest figures, according to the NPD Group, show that Blu-ray standalone players sales (excluding the PlayStation 3 and Blu-ray PC drives) have mostly decreased since the beginning of 2008, or seen no growth. Sales dropped 40 percent in the US from ... (Read Full Article) |
| Hitachi eyes No. 1 share of global market for HDTV ready plasma TVs (Kyodo via Yahoo! Asia News, 12/20/2005 12:10pm) |
| _ Hitachi Ltd. on Tuesday unveiled a business strategy for flat-screen television sets, with an eye to capturing the biggest share of the global market for high-definition plasma TVs in fiscal 2008. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Warner mucks up Blu-ray Blade Runner release (HDTV UK, 12/19/2007 8:00am) |
| Perhaps it's a little harsh to pick on Warner, but after their Potter problems last week, they've now blundered on the Blu-ray version of "Blade Runner".
Apparently, the fifth disc has been wrongly pressed, so while it's labelled as "Work Print", it is in fact a duplicate of the first "Final Cut" disc.
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| Blu-ray revenue on the rise but what does it really mean? (AfterDawn, 7/21/2008 5:58pm) |
| Half way through 2008 the home video market has made studio executives happy. Although spending hasn't grown from last year's levels it also haven't fallen, which many in the industry considered a strong possibility.
Blu-ray in particular has seen a spending increase of around 300% from the first half of last year. It has amounted to more than $200 million in revenue so far this year.
“I ... (Read Full Article) |
| Week in Microsoft: Zune HD final details confirmed (Ars Technica, 8/15/2009 3:00pm) |
Let's look back at the week that was in Microsoft news:
Zune HD 16GB is $220, 32GB is $290, coming on September 15: Microsoft has finally confirmed that the Zune HD 16GB will cost $220 and that the 32GB version will cost $290. The device is set for release on September 15, 2009.
Zune HD specs reveal battery life estimates, format support: Microsoft has finally released the technical specifications for the Zune HD. We've got details on dimensions, included accessories, battery life, and format support.
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| Blu-ray Player Sales Expected to Outpace DVD in 2008 (Format War Central, 5/23/2008 6:59pm) |
| Video Business is reporting that high-end consumer electronics retailers expect set-top Blu-ray players to begin outselling DVD players by August, as a wave of new models eases current supply problems.
Since the format war ended in February, demand for BD players by early adopters has been higher than that for standard DVD at Ultimate Electronics, Crutchfield [...] ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Final game in Guild 01 series rated by Australian Classification board (Joystiq, 1/12/2014 5:00pm) |
| The majority of Level-5's Guild 01 series has been made available on the 3DS eShop, but the last game in the series was absent from the publisher's initial localization announcement. That missing title is Rental Bukiya de Omasse, a game in which [...] (Read Full Article) |
| CES 2008: Sony intros BDU-X10S: sub-$200 Blu-ray ROM PC drive (HDTV UK, 1/07/2008 8:00am) |
| Sony has introduced its first sub-$200 internal BD-ROM drive, aimed at those upgrading an existing desktop PC into one which can play high definition Blu-ray Discs, while still retaining DVD and CD read functionality.
Presumably, most users will want to add the BDU-X10S in a second drive bay, as this is purely a read-only device, so standard DVD and CD burning functions would be lost if replacing ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Star Trek: The Next Generation - Season Four Blu-ray Review (Big Picture Big Sound, 7/29/2013 7:09pm) |
| The final frontier? Not even close. This fourth season set continues the Enterprise's impressive journey into [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Zelda 3DS is now The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds (Joystiq, 6/11/2013 3:53pm) |
Following this morning's E3 Nintendo Direct presentation, Nintendo sneakily uploaded the above trailer to YouTube that gives us a final name for that new The [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Sony Sets Specs. Adds BD-Live to 'Last Summer' Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 6/10/2008 10:00pm) |
| Sony Pictures has announced final specs for 'I Know What You Did Last Summer,' which will come to Blu-ray with Dolby TrueHD audio and BD-Live access. As previously reported, Sony set a July 22 Blu-ray... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Paramount Confirms 'Friday the 13th' Blu-ray Specs (High-Def Digest, 11/13/2008 7:00pm) |
| Paramount has unveiled final specs for the Blu-ray release of 'Friday the 13th,' which will come to high-def with even more bonus features and Dolby TrueHD audio. As previously reported, Paramount has... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Warner Unwraps 'Appleseed Ex Machina' Blu-ray, HD DVD Specs (High-Def Digest, 2/21/2008 7:00pm) |
| Warner has announced final specs for 'Appleseed: Ex Machina,' which will hit Blu-ray and HD DVD this Spring as a fully-loaded special edition. As we've previously reported, the John Woo-produced 'Appleseed:... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Warner Sets '2010' Blu-ray Specs (High-Def Digest, 12/31/2008 7:00pm) |
| Warner has confirmed final specs for '2010: The Year We Make Contact,' which will land on Blu-ray this April as a feature-starved release. As previously reported, Warner set an April 7 high-def debut for... ... (Read Full Article) |
| CES 2008: Sharp rolls out latest AQUOS HDTV ranges (Tech Digest, 1/06/2008 8:00am) |
| As is traditional with every major electronics manufacturer at this time of year, Sharp has announced a glut of HDTVs. And like every year, they're steadily getting bigger and bigger, with LCD now looking like it might be turning the tide in its favour at against rival Plasma technology at even larger sizes.
Sharp's flagship model that's coming out in the next couple of weeks in the US, is th ... (Read Full Article) |
| DivX support finds its way into HP, LG HDTVs (Engadget, 4/23/2008 5:46pm) |
| Filed under: Displays, HDTV, Home EntertainmentThere's no other way to say it, DivX is on a roll in 2008 (that small Stage6 stumble is already a fading memory). If support from Blu-ray players and videogame consoles wasn't enough, DivX Certification has snaked its long arm directly into HDTVs, with "over 80 models" from HP and LG slapping on a sticker indicating users can simply plug a USB dri ... (Read Full Article) |
| Notebook makers rethinking Blu-ray (the INQUIRER, 9/23/2008 3:34pm) |
| Paul Taylor the Inquirer, Tuesday 23 September 2008. 16:09:00 Remove icing from the cake BLU-RAY DRIVES, introduced by many notebook manufacturers as a high-end feature in top-of-the-range notebooks, are being selectively sidelined as manufacturers rethink strategies and adjust sales targets to the worrisome economic climate. According to a report on Dodgytimes, Asus has cancelled the feature on a ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Fringe: The Complete Fifth Season' Dated for Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 1/25/2013 9:00pm) |
| The fifth and final season of J.J. Abrams' sci-fi series is bound for Blu-ray in May. In an early announcement to retailers, Warner Brothers has dated 'Fringe: The Complete Fifth Season' for Blu-ray [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Xbox 360 to get US price drop (the INQUIRER, 6/30/2008 7:58am) |
| Dean Pullen the Inquirer, Monday 30 June 2008. 08:43:00 Console round-up Playstation trophy screens leaked USUALLY THE SUMMER presents us with a quiet period of console and gaming-related news, but this season seems to be more busy than most. Xbox 360 It seems that earlier rumours of an Xbox 360 price drop at E3 are ringing true.... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Sony builds new PS3 controller (the INQUIRER, 6/16/2008 8:52am) |
| Nick Farrell the Inquirer, Monday 16 June 2008. 09:27:00 Feels the movement and breaks EXPLODING BATTERY MAKER Sony has designed a new PS3 controller that is designed to break. The new controller, which is supposed to be the answer to the Wii, is designed to 'break apart' into two individual units that have remote-like motion-sensing functionality.... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Philips hopes for 3D HD in 2008 (Engadget, 2/06/2006 8:00am) |
| Filed under: HDTVWe'd be happy for more 2D high-def, but 3D is on the radar
for Philips according to top brass, Rudy Provoost. While Philips overhauls their product line they've de ... (Read Full Article) |
| Charter to Add Eight New High Definition Channels in Metro St. Louis (Business Wire, 4/16/2008 1:46pm) |
| ST. LOUIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Charter Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: CHTR) announced today it plans to add eight new channels in high definition (HD) on May 15, 2008 in St. Louis. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Vizio moves to second place in HDTV sales (AfterDawn, 2/22/2009 9:26pm) |
| Vizio has announced that they have surpassed Sony as the second-biggest seller of HDTVs in the United States, as of the 4Q 2008.
According to figures from iSuppli, Vizio accounted for over 14 percent of LCD and Plasma shipments, up 3.11 percent from the Q3. Sony fell 0.42 percent to 13.5 and Samsung remained the leader at 20.2 percent despite a small drop of 0.62 percent from the Q3.
Panason ... (Read Full Article) |
| LG Blu-Ray writer burns 4x media at 6x speeds (the INQUIRER, 5/15/2008 11:29am) |
| Rob Kerr the Inquirer, Thursday 15 May 2008. 12:09:00 First INQpressions LG GGW H20L Product: LG GGW H20L Website: Lge.com/GGWH20L System Requirements: Intel Pentium D 3.2GHz or Higher, Windows Vista (x86, x64), Windows XP with SP2, RAM 1GB, HDD 30GB or more, 60GB for Blu-ray Disc Authoring, Serial ATA Price: $399.99, £152.94 - research price, Ebuyer UK A FEW MONTHS back Toshiba officially p ... (Read Full Article) |
| PS3 beats out Xbox 360 in US January sales, says NPD (AfterDawn, 2/15/2008 7:48pm) |
| According to the NPD Group, year-over-years sales for the US videogame market fell 6 percent to $1.18 billion USD for January 2008.
Software sales for the month increased 11 percent however, to $610.6 million USD, but NPD's Anita Frazier attributed that increase mainly to higher prices, such as the expensive "Guitar Hero" and "Rock Band" bundles that both sold very well.
Hardware sales ... (Read Full Article) |
| CES 2008: Microsoft will switch to Blu-ray if consumer chooses the format (HDTV UK, 1/09/2008 8:00am) |
| Do you remember how Microsoft doesn't like Blu-ray?
"We firmly stand behind the HD DVD format as the best choice for consumers. Current reports indicating that Microsoft has a back-up plan, which includes Blu-ray support are incorrect. We're fully committed to HD DVD and have absolutely no plans to support other optical formats."
Admittedly, that was back in May 2007 and a lot has changed si ... (Read Full Article) |
| Only Sony signed up to offer PS3 movies, so far (the INQUIRER, 6/27/2008 10:08am) |
| INQUIRER Newsdesk the Inquirer, Friday 27 June 2008. 10:46:00 Critical moss SONY MAY HAVE plans to feed movies to its PS3 console, but so far the only studio signed up to participlate in the Vole-busting scheme is Sony itself. A hack from Hollywood in-house mag Variety has been sniffing about and claims on his bog that the the numerous film-making outfits... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Lionsgate Adds Digital Copy, Exclusives to 'Meet the Browns' Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 5/22/2008 10:00pm) |
| Lionsgate has set final specs and box art for the Summer Blu-ray debut of 'Meet the Browns,' which will come to high-def with exclusive content and Digital Copy. As originally announced last month, the... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Lionsgate Unveils Specs, Adds Digital Copy to 'Rambo' Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 3/13/2008 6:00pm) |
| Lionsgate has released final specs for the May Blu-ray arrival of 'Rambo,' promising a fully stocked supplements package and a studio-first "digital copy" of the film. As we first reported last... ... (Read Full Article) |
| 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) |
| Disney's Direct-to-Video 'Tinkerbell' Bound For Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 11/09/2007 5:00pm) |
| In an unusually early announcement, Disney has confirmed an October 2008 Blu-ray debut for its direct-to-video sequel, 'Tinkerbell.' According to the studio, the long-delayed sequel to the Disney classic...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/highdefdigestallnews/~4/182190518" height="1" width="1"/> ... (Read Full Article) |
| Xbox 360 Not Hi-Def Enough? (Slashdot, 11/12/2005 1:53am) |
| News for nerds writes "One of the features touted for Xbox 360 is its requirement for games to be 720p and 1080i HDTV resolutions, dubbed The HD Era by Microsoft. Today it's revealed and discussed in the official forum of Bizarre Creations, the Project Gotham Racing 3 developer, that in the final review build for PGR3 the in-game races are actually rendered in 1024x600 to get constant 30fps/2xAA ... (Read Full Article) |
| Pop3 Media Corp To Develop Groundbreaking New Storage Technology (Market Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 7/27/2005 12:30pm) |
| Pop3 Media Corp. announced today that the Company is in the final stages of negotiations to acquire the rights to an exciting new proprietary portable data storage technology which is currently under development. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Paramount to Discontinue HD DVD after March 4th (Format War Central, 2/29/2008 1:34am) |
| Confirming the forum chatter, the Hollywood Reporter states that Paramount will cease HD DVD releases after the titles due March 4th.
The studio’s final two HD DVD releases will be "Things We Lost in the Fire" and "Into the Wild".
Paramount is expected to start rolling out Blu-ray Discs in the summer. Until then, titles will be [...] ... (Read Full Article) |
| CES 2008: Syntax-Brillian Showcases 120Hz and 1080p LCD HDTVs (I4U, 1/03/2008 1:58pm) |
| Syntax-Brillian will be exhibiting new Olevia LCD HDTVs featuring 120Hz Motion Estimation/Motion Compensation (ME/MC) technology with full-HD 1080p resolution, new industrial designs and firmware upgradeability via USB.
"The new features and enha... ... (Read Full Article) |
| LG BH200 Hybrid Blu-ray and HD DVD Player ships (I4U, 12/10/2007 4:35pm) |
| LG Electronics announces that their new hybrid HD player BH200 is shipping.
The LG Super Blu Player features the BD Standard Profile, and is also ready for BD Profile 1.1 when Blu-ray discs with the new profile become available in 2008. The LG BH200 s... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Forget Blu-ray... Hi Def streaming is where it's at (the INQUIRER, 7/02/2008 8:54am) |
| Nick Farrell the Inquirer, Wednesday 2 July 2008. 09:42:00 Physical media a waste of wonga MAKER OF EXPLODING BATTERIES, Sony may have woken up to the fact it has wasted billions getting stand-alone Blu-ray players into the shops. According to thestandard.com, Sony might have wasted a fortune investing in hardware which uses physical media when it should have been splashing out on streaming techno ... (Read Full Article) |
| CES 2008: Blu-ray press conference upbeat, sales numbers a bit low? (HDTV UK, 1/08/2008 8:00am) |
| One side of the disc debate definitely not cancelling their press conference is the Blu-ray Disc Association.
Stuart liveblogged the event so if you want the nitty-gritty, head over there.
Here's the main points:
In 2007, Blu-ray sold 64% of total HD discs, compared to 36% HD DVD (Home Media Research figures).
Globally, Blu-ray took 66% disc sales, and 65% of hardware (including PS3).
1/2 mil ... (Read Full Article) |
| Sony stock jumps on Blu-ray win, Tretton calls 2008 PS3's 'breakthrough' year (Joystiq, 2/20/2008 12:30pm) |
| Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Business
Now that the HD movie format war is officially for-sure over, Sony is ready to reap the benefits. Sony's US shares rose up to 5 percent yesterday (closing up 3.4% at $46.30) on the news that Toshiba was ready to put HD DVD on an ice float. Sony Computer Entertainment America CEO Jack Tretton took the opportunity to say that with Blu-ray winning the forma ... (Read Full Article) |
| Samsung unveils Black Friday 2008 HDTV Deals (I4U, 11/23/2008 11:00am) |
| Usually only retailers make news about great deals for consumer electronics for Black Friday. Samsung puts their own marketing muscle behind special deals with a selection of their HDTV line-up.
Samsung highlights 5 HDTVs that will be available at retaile...]]> ... (Read Full Article) |
| Belkin kills the FlyWire -- does wireless HD / HDMI even have a chance? (Engadget, 7/16/2009 9:44pm) |
| We sort of saw the writing on the wall, but now Belkin has went and made it official: the FlyWire is dead. Originally showcased at CES 2008 and at practically every AV-related trade show since, the wireless HD-enabling FlyWire was seen as the poster child for wireless HD / HDMI by many, and the death of this product certainly doesn't bode well for the technology as a whole. It's true that AMIMON ... (Read Full Article) |
| Is Toshiba's Superbowl ad for HD DVD a final desperate act? (HDTV UK, 1/28/2008 8:00am) |
| Reports suggest that Toshiba will be taking out a 30-second ad during the Super Bowl on 3rd February. It will cost the company close to three million dollars, and is expected to highlight their freshly price cut HD DVD players.
Toshiba's Jodi Sally told Home Media Magazine that the commercial wasn't a make-or-break promotion for the disc format. "It has always been our strategy to reach HDTV o ... (Read Full Article) |
| Panasonic @ CES: New VIERA Plasma HDTVs from 42 to 150 inches (Big Picture Big Sound, 1/15/2008 4:50pm) |
| At CES in Las Vegas last week, Panasonic wowed the crowd with the world's largest flat panel HDTV, a plasma model 150 inches corner to corner with four times the resolution of Full HD 1080p (4096x2160 pixels). Also on display were eleven new VIERA plasma models coming in 2008. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Sony Unveils 'Da Vinci Code' Blu-ray Specs, Exclusives (High-Def Digest, 2/25/2009 11:30pm) |
| Sony Pictures has revealed final specs for 'The Da Vinci Code,' which comes to Blu-ray this April as a two-disc set with exclusive content. As previously reported, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment finally... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Sony Sets Specs, Adds Exclusives to 'Made of Honor' Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 7/18/2008 8:00pm) |
| Sony Pictures has announced final specs for 'Made of Honor,' which will come to Blu-ray this September with a host of exclusive content. As previously reported, Sony issued a September 16 Blu-ray debut... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2' Blu-ray Announced and Detailed (High-Def Digest, 1/16/2013 11:00pm) |
| The final chapter in the 'Twilight' franchise will debut on Blu-ray in March. In an early announcement to retailers, Lionsgate says 'The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2' will hit Blu-ray on [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Toshiba: DVD Forum Hasn't Yet Approved Final 51 GB HD DVD After All (BetaNews, 9/13/2007 9:10pm) |
| In a statement to BetaNews this afternoon, a Toshiba spokesperson said that only a preliminary version of Toshiba's 51 GB three-layer, single-sided HD DVD format had been approved by the DVD Forum, caretaker of HD DVD. As it turned out, and as Toshiba's spokespersons may have only just now realized, the DVD Forum signed off on a preliminary specification, which may have been confused for the ... ... (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) |
| Panasonic shows tru2way HDTV and DVRs (I4U, 5/17/2008 12:00pm) |
| Panasonic will show tru2way enabled PCH2180 HD-DVR Set-Top, VIERA Plasma HDTV sets, TZ-LC100 Portable Digital Video Recorder and more at the Cable Show 2008.
tru2way (formerly OpenCable) is the next-generation interactive digital cable television stan... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Nintendo Set to Reveal New 'Super Smash Bros.' June 11 (High-Def Digest, 6/06/2013 5:30pm) |
| First footage of new Wii U and 3DS installment coming next week. The fourth installment of the 'Smash Bros.' series, and first since 2008's 'Super Smash Bros. Brawl' for the Nintendo Wii is on its [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Samsung Low End Plasmas: Series 4, 5 are 3D Ready HDTVs [Ces 2008] (Gizmodo, 1/06/2008 10:01pm) |
| The Skinny: Samsung has just announced their low end, Series 4 and 5 HDTVs. The entry level plasmas will both be flat panel, 3D ready HDTVs, which Samsung are toting as the world's first. Both will... ... (Read Full Article) |
| French plan high-definition for digital terrestrial television (Interactive TV, 5/21/2007 1:42am) |
| The French are planning to provide high-definition channels on digital terrestrial television from as early as 2008. They have concluded that it will... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Buffalo MediaStation Blu-ray / HD DVD enters U.S. Q1 2008 (Engadget, 1/07/2008 4:54pm) |
| Filed under: CES, HDTV, Home Entertainment
Buffalo's external Blu-ray burning / HD DVD reading combo drive -- sequel to the BHC-6316U2 -- is coming to the U.S., now branded the Buffalo MediaStation Blu-ray HD DVD (BRHC-6316U2). Based on Hitachi's 6x burning / 4x reading GGW-H20N, its hitting American USB ports in the first quarter of this year with an MSRP of $649. Unlike the previous version's ... (Read Full Article) |
| ''Bones'' Is FOX's First Primetime Drama Mastered in Avid DNxHD (Digital Video Editing, 6/05/2006 4:46pm) |
| Avid Technology announced that this season's final two episodes of Bones, a crime investigation drama produced by FOX, were mastered in Avid DNxHD , Avid's revolutionary high-definition (HD) codec. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Panasonic Expands Leadership in Solid-State High Definition Production with Six New Additions To P2 HD Line-up (Business Wire, 4/13/2008 11:00pm) |
| LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--At NAB 2008, Panasonic Broadcast reinforced its leadership in solid-state high definition video production with another doubling of card memory capacity, and new ... (Read Full Article) |
| BBC gets exclusive UK rights to US Masters, high definition coverage (HDTV UK, 7/13/2009 7:11am) |
| The BBC has one again grabbed the US Masters golf tournament, covering the prestigious event from its start on Thursday 9th April to its climax on Sunday 12th April. Viewers will be able to enjoy five hours of live coverage of the final day's action. Great news for those able to get the BBC HD channel on Sky or Freesat, because a significant portion of the action will be broadcast on it. The full ... (Read Full Article) |
| Toshiba drops HD DVD; Blu-ray wins (Joystiq, 2/16/2008 1:15pm) |
| Filed under: Culture, Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360, BusinessThe rumors were true. Japanese news source NHK (english translation and Reuters validation) is reporting that Toshiba is planning to drop support of HD DVD, striking a final blow to the format and conceding victory to Blu-ray. The Sony-backed high-definition disc has been gaining strides for some time, most notably after Warner ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Weapon Shop de Omasse to open shop on February 20 (Joystiq, 2/13/2014 10:36pm) |
| Weapon Shop de Omasse, the final title in Level-5's Guild 01 series, will reach the 3DS North American eShop on February 20, Nintendo announced today. Omasse's comical, light-hearted plot involves managing an item shop that equips heroes with [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Toshiba Releases Firmware 3.0 for First Gen HD DVD Players (Format War Central, 4/29/2008 10:31am) |
| In what very well may be the final update, Toshiba has released firmware version 3.0 for the HD-A1, HD-D1, and the HD-XA1 HD DVD players.
Toshiba says the firmware "Improves network connectivity for supporting the download of web-enabled network content associated with certain HD DVD discs, improves certain video and audio processing capabilities, and also addresses [...] ... (Read Full Article) |
| The DR Group Introduces DR-Color Color Correction System DR-Color brings professional level power to color correction (Digital Video Editing, 6/08/2005 8:19pm) |
| The DR Group, the entertainment industry's total solution provider for Final Cut Pro products, services and consulting, announced today the introduction of its DR-Color color correction system. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Blu-ray Disc Association CES Press Event Rehashed (Format War Central, 1/14/2009 12:48pm) |
| Compared with last year, the Blu-ray Disc Association’s press event was pretty much a normal CES affair. Andy Parsons laid out Blu-ray’s 2008 performance, and talked about the format’s bright future.
One thing that was missing from this years event, was the complete lack of speakers from any of the Hollywood studios. Replacing the studio heads, 3 analysts sat on a mini panel discussi ... (Read Full Article) |
| CES 2008: PS3 in-game XMB promised this year (Joystiq, 1/09/2008 6:30pm) |
| Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, CES
What good's a trade show without vague promises? Paul Purdy, repping Sony at CES, has done his part, "confirming" that an in-game XMB update for PlayStation 3 is due in the new year, reports TGR. When pressed for details, Purdy backpedaled and reaffirmed that Sony's CES presence was focused on hardware - hardware that, for the moment, lacks consistent mult ... (Read Full Article) |
| CES 2008: Sony Pictures president happy with Warner's Blu-ray decision, gives marketing lesson, extols format (HDTV UK, 1/09/2008 8:00am) |
| The Worldwide President of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, David Bishop, has said how pleased he is that Warner Brothers has decided to move exclusively to the Blu-ray Disc format.
He claimed that 'In the US, at least 30 per cent of consumers were confused by the format war and are sitting on the fence." Only 30%?
Now, though, the war is over and retailers and consumers can both have confide ... (Read Full Article) |
| 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) |
| HD Sets to Comprise Majority Of Total Set Unit Sales for First Time in 2006, Says Kagan Research (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 2/13/2006 8:11pm) |
| MONTEREY, Calif.----Feb. 13, 2006--A new study from Kagan Research, THE STATE OF HIGH DEFINITION TELEVISION 2006, forecasts nearly 20 mil. HD sets will be sold to US consumers in 2006, and estimates 104 mil. cumulative HD sets will be sold to consumers by 2008, resulting in 78 mil. ... (Read Full Article) |
| CES 2008: Blu-ray Disc Association wants swift end to format war, make it easier for consumers (HDTV UK, 1/09/2008 8:00am) |
| Hardly surprising that the Blu-ray Disc Association is now calling for a swift end to the high definition disc format war.
Apparently, "there has been a palpable feeling of relief amongst the crowds attending CES in Las Vegas. This relief is down to a feeling that the supposed format war between Blu-ray Disc and rival HD DVD is close to coming to a conclusion."
Hmm, did anyone ask Toshiba if t ... (Read Full Article) |
| (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) |
| BT Group first to roll out Xbox 360 as IPTV set-top box (Engadget, 1/07/2008 8:46am) |
| Filed under: CES, Gaming, HDTV
Just in case you weren't reading along to our liveblog of Bill Gate's twelfth and final CES keynote - in which case, what were you doing? - we wanted to share some Xbox 360 IPTV news. Last year, Microsoft was talking up their IPTV initiative but when Fall '07 rolled around, there weren't any set-top Xboxen to be found. During last night 's keynote Robbie Bach, p ... (Read Full Article) |
| Phoenix Entertainment Group To Release Blu-ray Titles (Format War Central, 3/10/2008 5:26pm) |
| Phoenix Entertainment Group and their horror niche label Under the Bed Films are planning to release Blu-ray Disc titles.
On the Pheonix Entertainment Group website we see that they plan to release Paintball The Movie: Court Jesters on DVD and Blu-Ray on May 6, 2008.
Also of note, Under the Bed Films title Naked Beneath the Water [...] ... (Read Full Article) |
| Toshiba demos ‘Blu-ray Killer' (Format War Central, 6/17/2008 9:10pm) |
| Patch up your cuts and get ready for round two, at a press conference Toshiba will be unveiling it’s new upscaling technology which many have dubbed the ”Blu-ray Killer” and “The New Format War” in August of 2008. Toshiba stated the new technology will “fill in the gaps”, and “add resolution” to your already existing DVD collection [...] ... (Read Full Article) |
| New Toshiba Regza ZF LCD HDTV features PS3 Cell Chip (I4U, 7/14/2008 10:00am) |
| At the IFA 2008 Toshiba will introduce the first LCD HDTV containing the power of the CELL CPU known from the Sony PS3.
The Cell chip in the Toshiba Regza ZF-series is used for Resolution+. Toshiba's Resolution+ creates upscaled images from SD source... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Disney announces 2008 Blu-ray line-up, with greater interactive features promised (HDTV UK, 1/09/2008 8:00am) |
| Walt Disney Studios will release titles which fully utilise the advanced interactive and online functions now offered by Blu-ray, according to their President, Bob Chapek.
'This year you will see Disney releasing more and more titles that fully utilise this tremendous technology. This will be the year when we start to fully exploit the promise that Blu-ray offers. Timeless classics such as Sleep ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | This Week on Blu-ray: Warm Bodies, a New Die Hard, Adventure Time, Breaking Bad, and more! (Big Picture Big Sound, 6/04/2013 11:41pm) |
| John McClane returns, zombies attack (and fall in love), and Walter White is cooking up his final season; get [...] (Read Full Article) |
| CW Network: 78 Percent Primetime In HD (Broadcast Flag | Keeping track of the FCC, MPAA and the broadcast industry's desire for DRM., 7/26/2007 1:04pm) |
| CW Network: 78 Percent Primetime In HD: "Washington, D.C. (July 25, 2007) -- The CW Network says 78 percent of its primetime lineup will be in High-Definition by January 2008. The network's new season will begin this fall, but its HD lineup will be complete when Friday Night Smackdown, the wrestling program, goes high-def in January. read more. ... (Read Full Article) |
| The Digital Transition: A Sports Bar's Worst Nightmare The Final Sayye by Gary Kayye By Gary Kayye (Digital Video Editing, 4/07/2005 2:45pm) |
| Everybody s heard and read something about HDTV and the world s transition from our current analog standard TV system to the new digital standard, right? Today most countries in the world use either a system known as NTSC or PAL for broadcast television transmission and display. (Read Full Article) |
| Amazon offering $50 credit to HD DVD adopters (Joystiq, 4/09/2008 10:00pm) |
| Filed under: Microsoft Xbox 360, Peripherals
Amazon is joining the ranks of a few other retailers in offering a consolation prize to those who purchased an HD DVD player. Engadget HD has a letter from Amazon stating that customers who purchased an HD DVD player (including the Xbox 360 drive) prior to Feb. 23, 2008 are entitled to a $50 store credit. If you purchased an HD DVD player from Amazon b ... (Read Full Article) |
| Microsoft, HP add Media Center Extender functionality to MediaSmart LCD HDTVs (Engadget, 9/27/2007 12:09pm) |
| Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment, Networking
Just in case Linksys and D-Link's introductions weren't enough to satisfy, Microsoft is now announcing yet another partner in its refreshed Extenders for Windows Media Center effort. Beginning in "early 2008," owners of HP's current 42- and 47-inch MediaSmart LCD HDTVs will be able to utilize all of the features of the Media Center Extender pl ... (Read Full Article) |
| CES 2008: Philips unveils BDP7200 Blu-ray player with BonusView compliance (HDTV UK, 1/09/2008 8:00am) |
| Philips has shown off its latest Blu-ray player boasting additional interactive functionality. The BDP7200 incorporates BonusView (which seems to be Philips' name for BD-J functionality) and is supposed to "optimise the complete HD experience".
The full 1080p player includes standard DVD upscaling, multi-channel audio decoding, digital audio outs, HDMI, Deep Colour, 24p processing, and the ful ... (Read Full Article) |
| Wall-E Blu-ray price cut to $14.99 (Punch Jump, 4/06/2009 7:54pm) |
| Retailer Amazon.com on Mon. price cut Disney’s Wall-E Blu-ray disc to under $15 in a new high-definition sale.
On Mon., the Wall-E Blu-ray disc held a sale price of $14.99, 58 percent off the MSRP.
The title was released in Nov. 2008.
Amazon this month began holding a new 50 percent off Blu-ray disc sale in a new [...] ... (Read Full Article) |
| Hauppauge Demonstrates New Affordable High Definition Video Recorder for PCs (eHomeUpgrade, 1/11/2008 8:00am) |
| Hauppauge Digital, Inc., the world's leading developer and manufacturer of analog and digital TV receiver products for personal computers, demonstrated at CES 2008 for the first time their ‘HD PVR’, a USB personal video recorder which can record high definition TV video into H.264 in real time. More...]]> ... (Read Full Article) |
| Studio Heads Target $1 Billion for Blu-ray (Format War Central, 6/17/2008 7:56pm) |
| A report over at Home Media Magazine indicates that studio bosses are aiming for $1 Billion revenue for Blu-ray Disc for 2008.
That is the magic number for Blu-ray Disc sales according to a majority of the home entertainment studio presidents at ‘transFORMATions’ - the seventh annual Home Entertainment Summit.
Seven studio home entertainment presidents - from [...] ... (Read Full Article) |
| Panasonic DMP-BD30 Blu-ray Player available (HDTV origin, 11/21/2007 6:28am) |
| [IMG Panasonic DMP-BD30 Blu-ray Player available]Panasonic announced that its next generation Blu-ray Disc player, the DMP-BD30, is now shipping and is available prior to Black Friday in channel partner stores in many regions of the country. The BD30 is the first Blu-ray player to incorporate Final Standard Profile 1.1 — a supplementary interactive function added to the Blu-ray Disc standard whi ... (Read Full Article) |
| NEWS: Xbox 360 sees record Christmas sales in Europe (Pocket-lint, 1/05/2009 4:35pm) |
| Eight million consoles sold to dateEuropean sales data has shown that Xbox 360 had its strongest Christmas to date in 2008, with sales in Europe almost double those of Christmas 2007.
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| Xbox 360 Blu-ray rumour WILL NOT DIE - Taiwanese company making Blu-ray drives for MS, apparently (Tech Digest, 4/02/2008 2:22pm) |
| Taiwanese news source Digi Times is 100%
sure Microsoft's in the final stages of readying a Blu-ray version of Xbox 360,
with local manufacturer Lite-On apparently ready to hit the big red button and
start its machines pumping out Blu-ray drives for Microsoft. Digi Times also
went off on a wild speculation rampage, saying that MS would clearly have to
sell any possible Blu-ray-packing Xbox 3 ... (Read Full Article) |
| SAMSUNG Raises the Home Entertainment Technology Bar with Latest Blu-ray/DVD Players (eHomeUpgrade, 1/28/2008 8:00am) |
| Samsung Electronics, a market leader and award-winning innovator in consumer electronics, has once again raised the bar for digital viewing technology with its 2008 line of DVD and Blu-ray players. Leading this year’s models are the BD-P1500 fourth-generation Blu-ray player and the DVD-F1080 Ultra Compact High-Definition 1080p Upconversion DVD Player. Featuring the latest in high-definition ... (Read Full Article) |
| Panasonic unveils DMP-BD30 "next-gen" Blu-ray player (Engadget, 10/31/2007 2:38am) |
| Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment
Panasonic's new DMP-BD30 Blu-ray player serves up those HD discs extra fancy, being the first player to meet the requirements for BD-Video Final Standard Profile 1.1. That means a secondary video decoder for picture in picture (such as director's commentary), and an extra audio decoder for working in sound from that second source or from interactive feature ... (Read Full Article) |
| State of the art: Blu-ray on the Mac (Computerworld, 9/23/2009 3:54pm) |
| It may have beaten out HD-DVD in the bloody battle to be the high definition optical drive standard, but in the roughly year and a half since the format wars ended, Blu-ray DVD has yet to gain any real traction in the desktop computer realm. Indeed, Apple has done its best to downplay the relevance of any kind of optical drive in this new world of streaming media--the MacBook Air ships without an internal optical drive, its DVD Studio Pro application has been almost totally ignored in the last two Final Cut Studio releases, and the company provides no way of playing movies released on Blu-ray on Macs running OS X. (Read Full Article) |
| Francis Ford Coppola Unveils Specs for Debut Blu-ray Release 'Bram Stoker's Dracula' (High-Def Digest, 8/09/2007 7:00pm) |
| Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has revealed final specs for the October Blu-ray release of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula,' which is headlined by the partipation of legendary director Francis Ford Coppola. Coppola... ... (Read Full Article) |
| PS3 named best 'media center' by European org. (Joystiq, 9/11/2007 3:23pm) |
| Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3The good news for Sony: The PlayStation 3 has won another prestigious award for hardware design. The bad news: It has little to nothing to do with it's capabilities as a video game system.The European Imaging and Sound Association's convergence panel has named the PS3 the best European media center for 2007/2008. The award description cites the systems audio/video/ ... (Read Full Article) |
| CES 2008: Twentieth Century Fox calls for focus on Blu-ray features, announces six new titles (HDTV UK, 1/09/2008 8:00am) |
| A senior exec at Twentieth Century Fox has called for a greater emphasis and focus on developing new interactive features for the Blu-ray Disc format.
'Moving forward, we must not lose our focus
on developing features in the Blu-ray Disc format,' said Danny Kaye, Executive VP, Global Research & Technology Strategy at Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment. 'Fox has been aggressive in develo ... (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) |
| PS3 sales to fall short of target, says analyst (Punch Jump, 1/23/2008 8:29pm) |
| A financial analyst told Bloomberg.com this week that sales for Sony Corp.’s Playstation may fall short of a target of 11 million units by fiscal Mar. 2008.
“It’s an industry consensus that PS3 sales will fall short of the target,” said Mitsuhiro Osawa, a Tokyo-based analyst at Mizuho Investors Securities Co.
Sony in Dec. said it was [...] ... (Read Full Article) |
| Pioneer develops 16-layer, 400GB Blu-ray disc (Joystiq, 7/07/2008 9:30pm) |
| Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3
Dual-layer Blu-ray discs are so 2006. The new hotness is Pioneer's just-developed, 16-layer Blu-ray disc (pictured above) with a whopping 400GB of writable storage space. For reference, that disc could hold roughly eight copies of Metal Gear Solid 4, 187 copies of Final Fantasy VII, or 1.25 million copies of the original Super Mario Bros.The new discs require a sp ... (Read Full Article) |
| Samsung adds MediaLive to HDTVs (AfterDawn, 7/23/2008 10:32pm) |
| Samsung announced today the launch of its MediaLive add-on which eliminates the need for a set-top media hub while giving users direct access to movies from Vongo and MovieLink and other content.
To use MediaLive you must have a Samsung HDTV from 2008 or later with CEC automation support. Besides the direct movies from MovieLink and Vongo, users get access to content from Fox Sports and Showti ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Paper-Based 3D Printer Now Adds a Splash of Color (Gizmodo, 11/27/2012 5:00pm) |
|
Back in 2008 [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Telenor Contracts With Orbital to Build THOR II-R Commercial Communications Satellite (RedNova, 9/20/2005 5:29pm) |
| Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE:ORB): -- Contract Provides Replacement Satellite for THOR II, Which Will Be Retired From Service in 2008 -- -- Telenor Contract Is Orbital's Third Firm Order for Smaller-Sized GEO Communications Satellites in 2005 and First European Sale -- Telenor ASA (OBX:Tel //Nasdaq:TELN) and Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE:ORB) announced today that they have signed a ... (Read Full Article) |
| CBHD Overtakes Blu-ray In China (About.com, 8/18/2009 10:00am) |
| While HD-DVD lost to Blu-ray Disc in the West for high definition dominance back in February 2008, it looks like the Chinese-modified version of HD-DVD, known as CBHD (China Blue High Definition) is outselling Blu-ray in China by a margin of 3 to 1. For more details and perspective on this interesting developement, check out the report from Ars Technica. (Read Full Article) |
| Sharp AQUOS 32inch 720p Widescreen Flat-Panel LCD HDTV $649.99 (Technorati, 11/20/2007 8:32pm) |
| [IMG ]BestBuy.com has Sharp - AQUOS 32" 720p Widescreen Flat-Panel LCD HDTV for $649.99 & Shipping is $60 OR Choose Free in-store pickup. List Price: $999.99 Final Price: $649.99 You Save $350.00 This slim TV, equipped with 2 HDMI and 2 HD component inputs, lets you enjoy vivid colors and crisp detail for a stunning high-definition experience. Wide viewing angles deliver an enticing ima ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | PSA: Black Ops 2 Apocalypse DLC out on PS3, PC today (Joystiq, 9/26/2013 11:30pm) |
Apocalypse, the final downloadable content pack for Activision's Call of Duty: [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Star Wars: The Clone Wars - The Complete Season Five' & 'Star Wars: The Clone Wars - The Complete Series' Announced for Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 7/30/2013 4:00pm) |
| The final season and a complete series set are bound for Blu-ray in October! In an early announcement to retailers, LucasFilm says 'Star Wars: The Clone Wars - The Complete Season Five' is coming to [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Max Payne 3 'Deathmatch Made in Heaven' adds 4 multiplayer modes (Joystiq, 1/22/2013 8:30am) |
| Max Payne 3's final DLC package, (Read Full Article) |
| Dead-Finger Tech: Panasonic HD front projector (Storage Bits, 7/30/2009 6:43am) |
I like my toys. Dual monitors on a quad-core, 12 GB Mac Pro. Blackmagic Intensity Pro HDMI capture card. 4 TB of local disk, including my favorite, a 300 GB WD 10k Velociraptor system disk. Logitech Trackman Wheel and a Microsoft Natural Keyboard Elite.
Canon HV20 and Kodak Zi6 HD camcorders. Final Cut Studio and Shake. [...]
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| Sony's big plans for OLED HDTVs may slip to next year (Engadget, 8/17/2009 11:04pm) |
Hope you weren't too attached to the idea of "medium to large" sized OLED HDTVs coming from Sony this year, according to the Wall Street Journal's sources, the company's slipping share of TV sales mean profitability takes precedence over sweet, super slim new displays. Surprised by its inability to sell truckloads of $2,500 11-inch versions CEO Howard Stringer decided to put the project on the back burner, apparently more focused on things like competing in Wal-Mart and implementing cheaper LED technology for its LCDs. With LG also on a timetable that puts us a year or more away from seeing one of these on store shelves in decent sizes, things are up to Samsung to bring it home -- we're waiting.Filed under: HDTVSony's big plans for OLED HDTVs may slip to next year originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 17 Aug 2009 18:04:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments (Read Full Article) |
| HDTV UK's Guide to the Ultimate High Definition Home Cinema Experience - Part Six: HD gaming (Technorati, 12/12/2007 10:53am) |
| HDTV UK’s Guide to the Ultimate High Definition Home Cinema Experience - Part Six: HD gaming Published in December 12th, 2007 Posted by Technorati Search for: HDTV in HDTV Reviews No Comments HDTV UK's Guide to the Ultimate High Definition Home Cinema Experience - Part Six: HD gaming Courtesy of HDTV UK, here's the final part of their handy guide to getting the best high definition cinema sys ... (Read Full Article) |
| HDTVs Now in Over 50% of American Homes (I4U, 8/05/2009 1:00pm) |
| A new report from Cable & Telecommunications Association for Marketing shows that there has been strong growth in HDTV ownership. According got the report in 2009 over 53% of US homes now report owning an HDTV. That number is up 18% since 2008.
The ...
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| NPD says Blu-ray going mainstream next year (AfterDawn, 9/26/2009 6:33pm) |
According to a new NPD analysis, Blu-ray will finally break into the mainstream in 2010, especially as prices continue to drop.
The company researched consumers using Blu-ray set-top boxes (not including the PS3) in February 2008 and in August of this year, and the figures clearly showed that BD is out of the "early adopter" phase and into the "dreamers" phase which is the group that wants the new technology but are "deterred by price."
Regardless, NPD says falling prices, strong holiday sales, and a slowing uptrending economy will finally push Blu-ray from "niche" technology to "mainstream."
In the 2008 study, over 64 percent of users were early adopters, which only account for 20 percent of the entire market. By August however, the number had been reduced to 38 percent, and replaced by "dreamers" and "sensibles," a group full of middle aged families who like the technology but waited some time before investing. Those two groups account for over 40 percent of the entire market.
“In the last year, we have made great strides toward becoming mainstream, but we’re not quite there yet,” ntoes NPD analyst Russ Crupnick, via VB. “But going into the holiday season, we are seeing a combination of fairly reasonable price points on hardware and a lot of content. By February, after the holidays, it’s going to quickly look more and more mainstream. We are on that path.”
There are however still a decent amount of "late adopters" who do not care for the technology or are neutral. Neutral consumers are at 17 percent while "anti-tech" (users that frankly hate Blu-ray) are at 7 percent.Permalink | Comments
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| 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) |
| Flip MinoHD improved with 8GB, bigger viewscreen (DVICE, 10/14/2009 6:37pm) |
| Now that Apple's put a camcorder on board its iPod Nano, what do you think Flip video is going to do? The company's released its next generation Flip MinoHD pocket camcorder, that's what. The $230 shooter expands its capacity to 8GB versus its 4GB predecessor, giving you two hours of sweet 720p video. Making it easier to use is a bigger 2-inch LCD (up from 1.5 inches), and in addition to that signature USB plug that flips out, there's also an HDMI connection.
We're fond of this Flip MinoHD's updated rounded-off look and brushed-aluminum front, and if you don't like its silver color, you can specify your own custom case on the Flip website. Now all the Flip designers need to do is add image stabilization to this 720p camcorder, and it might actually be worth its $230 price.
Flip, via CrunchGear (Read Full Article) |
| Panasonic to Show Full HD 3D Home Theater, Expanded tru2way(R) Solutions at Cable-Tec Expo 2009 (HDTV Magazine, 10/29/2009 12:01pm) |
Panasonic will demonstrate prototype Full HD 1080p 3D televisions and will exhibit an expanded range of tru2way solutions, including tru2way-based broadband cable set-top boxes and its tru2way-intergrated consumer VIERA HDTVs at this year's Cable-Tec Expo® -- the cable industry's engineering show of the year -- beginning today through October 30 at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver.
In addition to the Panasonic booth (#14053), the company's presence will be supplemented by a Panasonic Full HD 3D Home Theater-equipped tractor trailer exhibit from its nationwide 3D tour fleet to demonstrate 3D for show goers. The Full HD 3D system, which will reach the market next year, utilizes...
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| LG teases us with 15-inch OLED HDTV (DVICE, 8/31/2009 4:59pm) |
Watching the development of super-thin OLED video displays is a lot like watching a baby grow up. The early pictures show a little, cute, and sometimes clever toddler, showing great promise. Soon the kid starts getting more sophisticated, like this 15-inch OLED HDTV from LG that goes on sale in Korea this November, and the rest of the world next year.
Of course, we're assuming you'll pay a pretty penny for this attractive, ultra-sharp bauble, probably in the neighborhood of Sony's $2500 11-inch XEL-1 OLED display that rolled out a couple of years ago. So LG is next. And then there were two.
Bigger OLED screens can't be that far off, but wait, now we find out LG's 30-inch OLED display has been delayed until 2012, and Sony is putting off its next OLED screen, too. What's the holdup? Entirely new manufacturing techniques must be developed. One day soon, though, these fantastic displays will be cheap.
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| Dell Inspiron Zino HD destined for home theaters (DVICE, 8/13/2009 8:14pm) |
Check out this Dell Inspiron Zino HD, a tiny PC destined for your home theater. Shipping this Fall, there's scarce information about this hotshot, but the company says there are desktop parts inside, unlike the favorably reviewed Studio Hybrid that's so small it uses laptop parts to save space.
Why is Dell talking about "desktop parts" when the Intel Atom processor and NVIDIA Ion graphics processor have proven to us to be such a highly capable duo in the home theater? Perhaps you'll be able to opt for either desktop chips or the smaller Atom/Ion processors that are usually deployed in netbooks.
Dell is being coy about pricing and the exact release date of this home theater powerhouse. For real information you can see, take a look at the gallery below to see the ports in the back of the Zino HD, revealing HDMI, eSATA, and plenty of USB ports, all welcome sights for those of us who crave a PC in the home theater.
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| Blu-ray reportedly trailing CBHD in China, the second theater of the format war begins (Engadget, 7/25/2009 11:03pm) |
Just because Toshiba has given up on HD DVD and moved on, doesn't mean the format war is totally over for red. According to a report by a Japanese TV station, its successor, China Blue HD is actually leading Blu-ray in marketshare in that country. Of course, based on the article found by our friends at FormatWarCentral, all we have to go on is a machine translated description of a video in a language we don't speak describing the apparent initial success of the government backed format in a socialist republic. If you need more evidence than that to declare the format war officially restarted, you're probably a communist, but before we drag you in front of the Un-American activities committee check out the video for a peek at the slick new CBHD cases that The Onion will surely be shipping its videos in very soon.
[Via FormatWarCentral]Filed under: HDTV, Home EntertainmentBlu-ray reportedly trailing CBHD in China, the second theater of the format war begins originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 25 Jul 2009 18:03:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments (Read Full Article) |
| Best Buy bringing value priced all-in-one 32-inch LCD & Blu-ray HDTV to stores "soon" (Engadget, 9/23/2009 11:09pm) |
It's not that surprising to learn Best Buy will be among those delivering a 1080p LCD with Blu-ray disc player packed in under its Insignia store brand, as we've been expecting rebadged units from overseas to hit the value market for some time. Marked "coming soon" at $599, it's easily a few hundred less than a comparable model from Sharp, but buyers will have to live without some of the newer line items like 120Hz motion processing and a contrast ratio higher than 20,000:1. Though we don't expect a lot in terms of load times, audio support or other features (no specs on the Blu-ray player noted) we're sure a bedroom or dorm room somewhere will find a spot for the NS-LBD32X. Your move, Wal-mart.
[Thanks, Zach]Filed under: Displays, HDTV, Home EntertainmentBest Buy bringing value priced all-in-one 32-inch LCD & Blu-ray HDTV to stores "soon" originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:09:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments (Read Full Article) |
| Sony's Blu-ray MegaChanger hits the streets next month with new ES standalone (Engadget, 7/23/2009 8:00pm) |
When we first got our hands-on the 400 disc MegaChanger pictured above we'd hoped it would be out a little earlier; but never the less the wait is almost over as Sony officially announced plans to release the BDP-CX7000ES in August, for the hard to swallow price of $1,900 -- about $400 less than rumored. The good news is that it does just about everything we can think of, like handle any Blu-ray Disc, DVD or CD with ease, and of course works with the latest codecs delivered via bitstream or LPCM. Now if you just have to have a Blu-ray changer, but wish it was half the price, you can wait a few more months for the BDP-CX960 for $800. You will however have to be willing to forgo things like RS-232 and IR-in, as well as the ES badge. Also shipping in August with the ES MegaChanger is the BDP-S1000ES. This standalone Blu-ray player is at the top of line and for $700 you get just about every feature and spec Blu-ray has to offer, as well as built-in WiFi and a DLNA client. The full details of all three are in the release after the jump.
Continue reading Sony's Blu-ray MegaChanger hits the streets next month with new ES standaloneFiled under: HDTV, Home EntertainmentSony's Blu-ray MegaChanger hits the streets next month with new ES standalone originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 23 Jul 2009 15:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink | Email this | Comments (Read Full Article) |
| Eyes-on Panasonic's Full HD 3D plasma and Blu-ray combo (Engadget, 9/03/2009 11:17am) |
We just got a real eyeful of 3D, courtesy of Panasonic's upcoming 1080p plasma and Blu-ray 3D setup. The system uses synced shutters, and was easily some of the best "consumer" 3D we've seen -- almost on par with a theater experience, other than the fact that the screen was a whole lot smaller, at 103-inches. Unfortunately, while Panasonic is heavily touting 3D at IFA this year, just as Sony did at its own presser, there isn't much hard news to show for it. The plasma and Blu-ray combo was actually announced a full year ago, and the only word we have on release at the moment is "next year." Obviously, readily available 3D content plays a big part in this, and we get the impression that Avatar is syncing up nicely to be available on some sort of 3D home video format by the time it's ready for a disc release -- we've certainly seen enough teaser clips and trailers of it by now, anyway. To be honest, the 3D setup was seamless enough in our demo room that sometimes it hardly felt 3D. Avatar was especially "shallow" on the 3D scale (no pictures were allowed of the presentation, not that they would help), and we've yet to see anything mindblowing on that end. If anything, Panasonic's presentation was more an opportunity to be "blown away" by the company's awesome PowerPoint skills, if anything, so feel free to follow along in the gallery below.
Gallery: Eyes-on Panasonic's Full HD 3D plasma and Blu-ray comboFiled under: HDTV, Home EntertainmentEyes-on Panasonic's Full HD 3D plasma and Blu-ray combo originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 03 Sep 2009 06:17:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.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) |
| Movie studios again demand HDTV disabling powers from FCC (Ars Technica, 9/02/2009 11:22am) |
Hollywood's bid to force a yet-to-be-agreed-upon number of households to buy new home theater gear is back in business. The Motion Picture Association of America has once again asked the Federal Communications Commission for the right to selectively control output streams to the TV entertainment systems of consumers. "The pro-consumer purpose" (!) request "is to enable movie studios to offer millions of Americans in-home access to high-value, high definition video content," three MPAA biggies explained during a meeting they held with seven FCC Media Bureau staffers last Thursday.
Consumer groups, electronics makers, pro-consumer bloggers, and consumers, it should be noted, think this idea is a very stinky dog. So did former FCC Chair Kevin Martin. But that does not seem to dissuade the MPAA, whose principals just can't seem to let the issue go. What's interesting about the group's latest filing, however, is that it effectively concedes that the output changes it wants could, in fact, hobble some home video systems.
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| Toshiba unveils Blu-ray player, price, specs (AfterDawn, 9/05/2009 2:32am) |
Via a press release today, Toshiba has put the final nail in HD DVD's coffin, unveiling their first Blu-ray player, the BDX2000.
The full specs read as follows:
* BD-Live(TM) (Profile 2.0)
* 1080p/ 24 fps Full HD Video Output
* AVCHD Playback
* Toshiba REGZA-LINK(R) (HDMI-CEC)
* Support for enhanced audio formats from Dolby(R) True HD and DTS-HD Master Audio | Essential(TM) Playback
* Bonus View
* SD Card Slot
* ENERGY STAR(R) Certified
"Toshiba is a technology leader in high definition products," says Jodi Sally, Vice President of Marketing, Digital A/V Group. "From listening to our consumers we know they demand access to full high definition content. With the introduction of our BDX2000 we are offering consumers what they want with a breath-taking HD viewing experience to meet the needs of today's home theater."
The REGZA-LINK, much like how Sony does with Bravia TVs, allows for users to connect a Regza HDTV to the Blu-ray player via HDMI, and then control both from one single remote controller. It's unclear what formats the player can read off the SD cards, but standard MP3, WMA, JPEG and AVI should not be a problem.
The player will hit stores in November and have $249.99 MSRP.
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