 | CEA: Blu-ray Player Shipments to Jump 112% in 2009, Despite Recession (Home Media Magazine, 7/20/2009 7:53pm) |
| Burgeoning shipments of Blu-ray Disc players in the second half of the year are expected to contribute to a 112% increase in unit sales by the end of 2009, according to a report from the Consumer Electronics Association. ... (Read Full Article) |
| 7 New Blu-ray Players at CES 2009 (CE Pro, 1/12/2009 9:20pm) |
| The Blu-ray Disc Association's press conference at CES 2009 was a lot more subdued than last year. The association says lower prices and new innovations will help adoption of the format. We round up 7 Blu-ray players unveiled in Las Vegas. ... (Read Full Article) |
| PlayStation 3 bringing 3D to all games in 2010 (DVICE, 9/04/2009 2:29pm) |
| 3D is becoming more and more prevalent in movies, so why not in video games? Why not indeed. The PlayStation 3 is hopping on the 3D bandwagon next year, bringing a 3D mode to the console that'll work with all existing games sometime next year.
Of course, in order to enjoy this, you'll need a new TV that supports 3D. So it may be more than just the year it takes for Sony to get this firmware out to PS3s to make it commonplace. But it's an exciting look at where consoles will be going in the not-too-distant future, or at least whenever you buy your next TV.
Via Engadget (Read Full Article) |
 | MTV Networks' MHD: Music High-Definition Channel to Premiere a New Concert Every Week Through End of 2006 (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance, 11/15/2006 5:00pm) |
| MHD: Music High-Definition today announced that the MTV Networks' high-definition channel will premiere a new concert every week through the end of the year. ... (Read Full Article) |
| International Superstar Usher to Perform on Showtime Live From San Juan, Puerto Rico Saturday March 5 (U.S. Newswire via Yahoo! News, 3/04/2005 9:18pm) |
| Usher will burn up the stage with the concert event of the year from San Juan's Coliseo de Puerto Rico live on SHOWTIME Saturday, March 5 at 9pm ET/ PT (please note tape delay on the West Coast). Usher, will perform a 90-minute live show titled ONE NIGHT ONE STAR USHER LIVE, featuring chart-topping hits from his latest multi- platinum selling album "Confessions." The concert marks the (Read Full Article) |
| Warner Prepping 'Gigi,' 'American in Paris' Blu-rays for 2009 (High-Def Digest, 6/30/2008 4:00pm) |
| There's no date yet, but Warner has confirmed plans to bring the classics 'Gigi' and 'An American in Paris' to Blu-ray in 2009. Released this year in feature-laden, two-disc standard DVD editions, fans... ... (Read Full Article) |
| John Legend Live at The House of Blues on Blu-ray Disc (Big Picture Big Sound, 4/29/2008 7:22pm) |
| Grammy winning R&B artist John Legend put on an excellent performance in concert for what was Sony-BMG's first Blu-ray concert disc release and the picture and sound quality don't disappoint either. ... (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) |
| 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) |
 | Half on broadband by 2009: study (Australian (Australian IT, 5/09/2005 8:25am) |
| HALF of all Australian households will have broadband by 2009, rising from an expected 27 per cent penetration this year, according to a new study. The broadband market entered a \\\"land-grab\\\" phase in the past six to eight months, according to analyst IDC. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert' Blu-ray Announced (High-Def Digest, 6/27/2013 8:00pm) |
| The epic tribute concert to one of the greatest performers of our time is bound for Blu-ray in September. In an early announcement to retailers, Eagle Rock has slated 'The Freddie Mercury Tribute [...] (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) |
| Disney Goes Deluxe with Jonas Brothers 'Live Concert Experience' Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 5/01/2009 9:45pm) |
| Disney has unveiled specs for the 'Jonas Brothers: The 3-D Concert Experience,' which will hit high-def as a three-disc Blu-ray/DVD/Digital Copy combo containing an extended version of the film. As originally... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Tiesto Concert Coming to Blu-ray (Format War Central, 1/18/2008 7:23pm) |
| We read over at Blu-ray.com that Tiesto’s concert in Copenhagen will get a Blu-ray release when it comes out in early March, day-and-date with the DVD
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The disc will be titled ‘Tiesto: Elements of Life’ and will apparently have ’surprising extras’. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Kaleidescape Server to Support Blu-ray in 2009 (eHomeUpgrade, 2/09/2008 8:00am) |
| They’re at it again – Kaleidescape, a media server manufacturer, has set their sights on offering a media server that will hopefully be able to rip Blu-ray discs in 2009. Some might remember how Kaleidescape got into a court battle last year with the DVD Copy Control Association over one of their servers’ ability to rip DVD’s. Now, Kaleidescape has a new Blu-ray enabled dev ... (Read Full Article) |
| John Mayer to Make Blu-ray Debut this Summer with Nokia Concert (High-Def Digest, 4/10/2008 4:00pm) |
| There's no title yet, but John Mayer has announced plans to bring his first concert release to Blu-ray by the end of the summer. According to Billboard/Reuters, sometime this summer a new Blu-Ray release... ... (Read Full Article) |
| 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) |
| Analyst: PS3 price cut won't help Sony in short term (Joystiq, 3/17/2009 10:00pm) |
| Despite the rallying of software publishers, EEDAR Analyst Jesse Divnich thinks a PS3 price cut won't be that beneficial to Sony in the short term. In his retail sales preview for February 2009, Divnich calls the hypothetical, analyst-expected June price drop "unlikely to propel sales ahead of last [fiscal] year for the first half of 2009." Even though he says the PS3 has "an impressive holida ... (Read Full Article) |
| Blu-ray Disc Players at the 2009 CEDIA EXPO (About.com, 9/22/2009 10:00am) |
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Blu-ray was heavily represented at the 2009 CEDIA EXPO, with a variety of new Blu-ray Disc players and Blu-ray-equipped Home Theater-in-a-Box Systems. For a peek at some the Blu-ray Disc player offerings at the 2009 CEDIA EXPO, check out my CEDIA Blu-ray Disc Player Photo Gallery and Report.
Also, for an overview of the entire 2009 CEDIA EXPO, check out my Best of CEDIA 2009 Photo Gallery and Report. Photo of Sony BDP-CX7000ES 400 Disc MegaChanger (c) Robert Silva - Licensed to About.com (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) |
| 'Metropolis' Coming to Blu-ray in 2009 (High-Def Digest, 6/23/2008 10:00pm) |
| There's no date yet, but Kino International says it is planning to bring the Fritz Lang classic 'Metropolis' to Blu-ray in early 2009. Oft-cited as an inspiration for everything from 'Star Wars' to 'Blade... ... (Read Full Article) |
| PS3 Profitable By August? Who Knows! [Sony] (Kotaku, 4/22/2008 4:30am) |
| Kaz Hirai reckons the PS3 will start making Sony some money around the end of the year. Maybe early 2009. Kaz, you see, thinks the glass is half-empty. The analyst team at Nikko Citigroup, however,... ... (Read Full Article) |
| VHS lives: JVC announces VHS/DVD/Blu-ray recorder for Japan (CrunchGear, 10/30/2009 8:21am) |
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It seems VHS will never die, and this is generally welcome, as a lot of good movies aren't still available on optical discs. In summer 2008, Panasonic released a VHS/Blu-ray combo, followed by Sharp's Aquos BD-HDV22 that was pretty much the same thing. And today, over one year later, JVC anounced the DR-BH250 [JP], which is a VHS recorder, Blu-Ray Recorder and 250GB HDD rolled into one. (Read Full Article) |
 | Everyone Will Need One by 2009 (ABC News, 12/21/2005 12:45pm) |
| If Senate Approves Bill, All TVs Must Be Digital or Have Digital Converter by 2009 ... (Read Full Article) |
| Blu-ray Adoption Won't Happen Until 2009, Research Finds (CE Pro, 4/23/2008 7:00am) |
| A new report from Bernstein Research predicts that mass Blu-ray adoption won’t start until the end of 2009, when players fall beneath $200. ... (Read Full Article) |
| HDTV Sales in the U.S. to Grow 71% by 2009 (Youngstown Daily Business Journal, 11/02/2005 5:18pm) |
| Nov 2, 2005 11:58 a.m. DALLAS -- Television manufacturers will see a surge in cumulative HDTV sales over the next few years, boosting the overall market value to $65 billion by 2009, according to a new study from Parks Associates. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Kaleidescape Video Servers to Rip Blu-Ray in 2009 [Format War] (Gizmodo, 2/08/2008 12:59pm) |
| Kaleidescape, famous for their super-high-end home theater video server, has officially announced that they are going Blu-Ray in 2009, releasing a player that will integrate with their existing... ... (Read Full Article) |
| A high definition for digital TV investors (The Capital Times, 12/09/2005 4:22pm) |
| TV viewers alert! HDTV is coming (but not soon). If Congress sticks to its timetable, we'll all be watching the Rose Bowl on our high definition televisions on New Year's Day 2009. The night before ... (Read Full Article) |
| HDTV Sales in the U.S. to Grow 71% by 2009 (Market Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 10/27/2005 3:05pm) |
| Television manufacturers will see a surge in cumulative HDTV sales over the next few years, which will boost the overall market value to $65 billion by 2009, according to "Adoption of High-Definition TVs and Services," a new study from Parks Associates. ... (Read Full Article) |
| PC Blu-ray Players Not Taking Over (Format War Central, 8/31/2009 10:22pm) |
| While the success of Blu-ray players and movies is controversial depending on who you ask, the PC market for Blu-ray is not so gray. A recent study by iSuppli Corp has found by the year 2013 only 16.3% of PC’s will ship with Blu-ray drives, up 3.6% from 2009. If iSuppli is to be believed, [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Digital TV deadline could be 2/17/09 (USATODAY.com via Yahoo! News, 12/20/2005 12:38pm) |
| Congress is poised to make Feb. 17, 2009, the hard-and-fast date for the national conversion to digital TV - ending the more than 60-year era of analog broadcasts and potentially making millions of analog TV sets obsolete. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Report: Toshiba Blu-ray Player Coming in 2009 (CE Pro, 7/21/2009 12:41am) |
| Toshiba will launch its first Blu-ray player later in 2009, according to a Japanese newspaper. But is Toshiba too late to the Blu-ray game? ... (Read Full Article) |
| Warner Prepping 'Gone with the Wind,' 'Wizard of Oz' Blu-rays for 2009 (High-Def Digest, 3/13/2009 9:30pm) |
| There's no date yet, but Warner has confirmed plans to bring the classics 'Gone with the Wind' and 'The Wizard of Oz' to Blu-ray in 2009. Released previously in deluxe, multi-disc DVD special editions,... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Samsung Luxia 8000, 7000 and 6000 LED HDTVs to lead in 2009 (I4U, 1/13/2009 5:20am) |
| Samsung generated great buzz for their new ultra-thin LED HDTVs at the CES 2009. Even before the show the anticipation in December for the new Samsung LED TVs with Internet services, LED backlight and 240Hz technology was high. The Samsung unveiled their u... ... (Read Full Article) |
| CES 2009: New JVC LT-42B300 LCD TV has a built-in Blu-ray Player (I4U, 1/07/2009 8:00pm) |
| Like Sharp, JVC unveiled a new LCD HDTV with integrated Blu-ray player at the CES 2009.
The JVC LT-42B300 is a 42 inch full HD LCD TV with integrated ATSC-QAM tuner.
Other features of the JVC LT-42B300 include Digital noise reduction, JVCÂ’s new pict... ... (Read Full Article) |
| New HD Wii coming in 2011? (DVICE, 9/21/2009 5:45pm) |
| Square Enix is the biggest game developer in Japan, so when president Yoichi Wada speaks, people listen. And when he says that Nintendo is prepping a next-gen, high definition Wii with a brand-new motion controller for 2011, we believe him.
The current Wii is by far the most underpowered of the current crop of gaming consoles, so it makes sense that they'd be working on an update far earlier than Sony and Microsoft. Heck, it doesn't do HD! In this day and age, that seems crazy. So will 2011 be the year of the Wii 2? We'll just have to wait and see.
Joystiq via Gizmodo (Read Full Article) |
| 11 New Blu-ray Players at CEDIA Expo 2009 (CE Pro, 9/14/2009 3:02pm) |
| There's a slew of new Blu-ray players here at CEDIA Expo 2009, including Toshiba's BDX2000 and a handful that support digital streaming. We round up 11 Blu-ray players introduced in Atlanta. (Read Full Article) |
| Samsung's 2009 HDTV Prices Confirmed [HDTV] (Gizmodo, 3/31/2009 5:19pm) |
| Samsung just confirmed that those leaked prices for 2009 HDTVs are correct. Head over to HDGuru to see the full list of what you're going to be paying. [HD Guru] ... (Read Full Article) |
| NEWS: HP goes Blu-ray with new pavilion laptop range (Pocket-lint, 1/06/2009 7:12am) |
| CES 2009: Four new laptops, one netbook and a desktop in a pear treeHP has announced a plethora of new laptops and PCs at this year's CES hoping to flood the market with new gadget suited for everyone.
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Read HP goes Blu-ray with new pavilion laptop range on Pocket-lint now]]> ... (Read Full Article) |
| JVC's ultraslim 32-inch LT-32WX50 HDTV landing in November for $3,000 (Engadget, 9/10/2009 5:23pm) |
Hey, remember that ultra skinny, LED-backlit HDTV that JVC showed off at CEDIA UK earlier this year? The seven millimeter-thin LT-32WX50? Yeah, that very panel is making a second debut here in Atlanta, but it has somehow managed to slim down to 6.4 millimeters (at its thinnest point) and get a November ship date in the US. Weighing just 12.5 pounds, the 32-inch set packs a 4,000:1 contrast ratio, edged-light LED backlight system, a super wide color gamut (100 percent of sRGB and 90 percent of Adobe RGB), a 1080p native resolution, two HDMI sockets, VGA input and an RS-232c control port. The pain? Just under $3,000, or in other words, a small fortune.
Gallery: JVC's ultraslim 32-inch LT-32WX50 HDTVFiled under: Displays, HDTVJVC's ultraslim 32-inch LT-32WX50 HDTV landing in November for $3,000 originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 10 Sep 2009 12:23:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments (Read Full Article) |
| Amazon VOD Coming to All 2009 Panasonic Blu-ray Players [Panasonic] (Gizmodo, 8/04/2009 3:39pm) |
| If you own any 2009 model of Panasonic VIERA CAST Blu-ray players, keep a lookout for a free update coming today. It brings Amazon Video on Demand streaming that will make your Blu-ray collection... (Read Full Article) |
| LG unveils new slim design LCD HDTVs due this fall (Engadget, 7/31/2009 1:14am) |
Sure it's summertime in New York and not January in Las Vegas, but that didn't stop LG from rolling out a couple new lines of LCD HDTVs today. The new SL80 and SL90 models don't bring new high water marks on the spec sheets, but feature LG's take on the "borderless" design trend that's the rage these days, built from a single edge to edge piece of glass with a slim bezel and Invisible Speaker design. The top of the line SL90 is due later this year for an unspecified price range in 42- and 47-inch sizes with LED backlighting contributing to its 3,000,000:1 claimed contrast ratio and 1.15 inch depth, plus 120Hz TruMotion processing. The SL80 line has 240Hz processing, but older CCFL backlighting means a 300,000:1 measured contrast ratio and 1.8-inch thick design, but the 42-, 47-, and 55-inch models will be available this August for $1,599, $1,899 and $2,799, respectively. Want a closer look at LG's new global flat panel design platform? The gallery is right here.
Gallery: LG's SL80 and SL90 hands-on
Filed under: HDTV, Home EntertainmentLG unveils new slim design LCD HDTVs due this fall originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 30 Jul 2009 20:14:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments (Read Full Article) |
| LG LH-series wireless HDTVs now available Stateside (Engadget, 9/10/2009 6:12pm) |
Seems like slim wireless HDTVs are the CEDIA special, and LG's joining in the fun by announcing official US availability of the wireless LH-series, first launched at CES. No surprises here apart from price, they're exactly as they were when they popped into the FCC: the high-end $4,799 55-inch 55LHX has a local-dimming LED backlight, an 80,000:1 contrast ratio with 240Hz motion ruining enhancement and is less than an inch thick, while the LH85 line offers both $2,399 47-inch and $3,199 55-inch models. Check out our demo from CES for some hands-on with the ASW1000 Media Box, which is where the wireless HD action goes down.Filed under: HDTV, Home EntertainmentLG LH-series wireless HDTVs now available Stateside originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:12:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments (Read Full Article) |
| CBHD (China Blue High Definition) Players Arrive in the UK (About.com, 10/19/2009 10:00am) |
| Although Blu-ray is the dominant high definition disc format currently available, the Chinese have taken major elements of the defeated HD-DVD format and have created their own homegrown high definition disc format, CBHD (China Blue High Definition). The original intent of CBHD was to compete with Blu-ray within the Chinese market, where it has reportedly been successful. Now, British retailer GBAX is offering CBHD players to UK consumers. Will CBHD also reach U.S. shores? For more details, check out the reports from EngadgetHD (includes video) and High Def Digest.
For additional background information on CBHD, check out my previous articles:
We're Back....HD-DVD Is Resurrected...In China
CBHD Overtakes Blu-ray In China. CBHD (China Blue High Definition) Players Arrive in the UK originally appeared on About.com Home Theater on Monday, October 19th, 2009 at 10:00:54.Permalink | Comment | Email this (Read Full Article) |
| Digital TV switch in April 2009? (Ars Technica, 10/15/2005 3:15pm) |
| A new bill working the rounds on Capitol Hill would see the mandatory and complete switch to digital TV coming on April 7, 2009. At that time, all broadcasters would be required to turn off their old analog towers, or if you listen too closely to CNet , you'll even have to stop your own TV from broadcasting (" All television sets in American households must air digital-only broadcasts by spring ... (Read Full Article) |
| Analog TVs to go dark in 2009 (Engadget, 7/02/2005 7:03am) |
| If you’re the owner of one of the 80 million non-cable, non-digital TV sets in the U.S., you’re running out of time: according to consumer advocates, when the government gives the OK to shut off all analog broadcasts — possibly by January 1, 2009 — your set will go dark, and no amount of kicking, shaking or banging will bring back the picture. Serious. To recap, advocates (who’ve infla ... (Read Full Article) |
| Wal-Mart Jumps Into HDTV Home Installation (About.com, 10/24/2009 10:00am) |
| In an effort to provide more after-purchase support for its customers, especially those that are not technically inclined, Wal-Mart has made the decision to offer a new home installation service for HDTVs, home theater systems, and home office products. Of course, another motive for Wal-Mart is to provide a competitive alternative to Best Buy's Geek Squad. For all the details, check out the reports from Reuters and TV Predictions.Wal-Mart Jumps Into HDTV Home Installation originally appeared on About.com Home Theater on Saturday, October 24th, 2009 at 10:00:28.Permalink | Comment | Email this (Read Full Article) |
| Killzone 2 Officially Dated For February [Playstation 3] (Kotaku, 12/05/2008 2:00am) |
| The next big PlayStation 3 exclusive will be hitting North America early next year, as Killzone 2 has been officially dated for February 27, 2009. Sony announced the launch date on today's episode of... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Strong growth in Blu-ray market, worth $8bn by 2010 (HDTV UK, 6/27/2008 12:24pm) |
| In a report covering the whole range of games and video software, GfK predicts that the market for Blu-ray will be worth $8bn by 2010. Blu-ray sales will more than quadruple this year, to $1.5 billion worldwide, according to Gfk, then grow 184% in 2009 to $4.1 billion and another 94%, to hit $8 billion in 2010... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Engadget HD reviews what's new in Windows Media Center after CEDIA (Engadget, 9/25/2009 6:01pm) |
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Yet another CEDIA has come and gone, and while some of our greatest hopes for Media Center came true (CableCard is no longer OEM only, Switched Digital Video support for the tuning adapter is coming) several more did not (Zune HD integration and any new CableCard announcements from ATI.) Peep the recap post on Engadget HD for the full rundown on what did and didn't happen in Media Center news from Atlanta, and what Microsoft's next plans for Windows Media Center could (& should) be.
Filed under: HDTV, Home EntertainmentEngadget HD reviews what's new in Windows Media Center after CEDIA originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 25 Sep 2009 13:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments (Read Full Article) |
| Amazon on Demand comes to ‘09 Panasonic Blu-ray players (CrunchGear, 8/04/2009 11:30pm) |
| You gotta love automatic updates the bring new features to Blu-ray players. Panasonic is pushing out new firmware for its '09 Blu-ray lineup that adds Amazon on Demand to the already impressive extras of YouTube, Picasa, Bloomberg, and weather info. Oh, and that little portable Blu-ray player (BD15) also gains this ability along with the DMP-BD60, BD70V, and BD80. So once these players are graced with the update sometime today, users will have access to 45,000 SD titles and 1,000 HD titles. What's there not to love? (Read Full Article) |
| Blu-ray notebooks expected to have a big year in 2010 (CrunchGear, 9/29/2009 12:32pm) |
| Right now it's somewhat of a chore getting a Blu-ray-equipped notebook. That might change in 2010 though according to a report at Digitime. The report suggests something most of us already know that once the price drops on the slim Blu-ray drive - which will happen in the second half of 2010 - we will start seeing the option become standard. (Read Full Article) |
| Robbie makes history (Yahoo! Launch UK & Ireland, 6/16/2006 3:41pm) |
| Robbie Williams is to become the first pop star to broadcast a concert in high definition TV. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Panasonic 2009 VIERA HDTVs official pricing revealed (Engadget, 3/12/2009 12:11am) |
| Just in case the HDGuru didn't carry enough credibility for you, Panasonic has finally issued a press release with prices and shipping months for most of its 2009 VIERA brand lineup. We've taken a peek, and everything appears to line up with the leaked figures, including that slim wireless HD equipped Z1 and its $5,999 pricetag, while only copping to a summer ship date. The rest of the lineup pr ... (Read Full Article) |
| Setting Up A Home Theater System For A High Definition Super Bowl (About.com, 1/13/2009 10:00am) |
| Super Bowl Sunday is the most popular annual unofficial U.S. national holiday. This year Super Bowl Sunday will be on February 1, 2009, and will be televised in high definition... ... (Read Full Article) |
| 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) |
| NEWS: Amazon on demand comes to Panasonic Blu-ray players (Pocket-lint, 8/04/2009 6:37pm) |
Yet another player that doesn't just let you play Blu-ray
Owners of any of the 2009 Panasonic Blu-ray players launched earlier in the year will now be able to get more than just Blu-ray on their TV following a deal between the TV maker and Amazon.
According to Panasonic Current owners of Panasonic's 2009 Blu-ray Disc players will automatically received a free software update on Tuesday in the US to be able to access Amazon's Video On Demand service.
The players, which were launched in April, will be able to access some 45,000 titles, a 1000 of which are in HD, to download directly to the player to watch from Amazon's on demand service.
Models to get the software update include the DMP-BD60, BD70V, BD80 and the company's portable Blu-ray Disc player, the B15.
In addition to Amazon Video On Demand, VIERA CAST will continue to provide access to YouTube, Picasa Web Albums, Bloomberg News and weather information says Panasonic.
It is not certain whether or not UK customers will be getting a similar update.
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| Blu-ray New Releases for January 6th, 2009 (Format War Central, 1/06/2009 9:09am) |
| The following are the Blu-ray new releases for Tuesday, January 6th, 2009.
Babylon A.D.
20th Century Fox
Retail: $39.98
Amazon: $27.99
Bangkok Dangerous
Lionsgate
Retail: $39.99
Amazon: $25.99
Butterfly on a Wheel (Import)
101 Distribution
Retail: $49.49
Amazon: $37.49
Dexter: The Complete First Season
Showtime Entertainment
Retail: $54.98
Amazon: $37.95
Disaster Movie
Lionsgate
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| Optoma shows off new HD and 3D projectors (HDTV UK, 10/08/2009 9:30pm) |
I'm always pleased when Optoma shows off new products, and it's used CEDIA this year to do just that. As well as the HD82 HD projector which launched in the UK in February, Optoma showed off its new sub-£900 HD20, high-spec ThemeScene HD86, plus a sneak peek at Optoma's new state-of-the-art 3D projectors. HD20 The HD20 is a full 1080p DLP projector but at economy prices. It features 1,700 ANSI lumens brightness, 500:1 ANSI contrast ratio, balanced colour rendition, 29dB noise level, two HDMI inputs and filter-free no maintenance design. Granted, in some settings it won't be powerful enough but it's fine for use in rooms with some ambient light. Optoma also guarantees that image and colour quality will remain as new for at least five years. Available from July priced around £900...
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| LG's THX-certified LH90 LCD HDTVs now shipping in US (Engadget, 7/22/2009 9:19pm) |
We've been following LG's 240Hz LH90 series of LED-backlit HDTVs since they were launched alongside oodles of internet-connected rivals at CES, and now -- at long last -- the 1080p trio is shipping to US soil. The sets, which are the first-ever to boast THX certification, also feature an ambient light sensor, 2,000,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio, 240Hz dejudder technology and a super glossy bezel. If you're jonesing to get one in your abode, you can cruise over to your nearest electronics dealer and part ways with $3,199.95 (55-inch), $2,399.95 (47-inch), or $1,899.95 (42-inch).Filed under: Displays, HDTV, Home EntertainmentLG's THX-certified LH90 LCD HDTVs now shipping in US originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 22 Jul 2009 16:19:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments (Read Full Article) |
| New Batch of Music Titles Headed to Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 3/18/2008 4:00pm) |
| Playing "catch up" with a number of its top HD DVD music releases, Image Entertainment has announced it is bringing a quintet of concert classics to Blu-ray beginning this Summer. There are no... ... (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) |
| 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) |
| Sony network Blu-ray player spied at CES (Engadget, 9/13/2009 1:11am) |
Why wait 'til October to get a peek at Sony's BRAVIA Internet features come to Blu-ray on the BDP-N460? Check them out right now in the following gallery, we got a good look at the future on the CEDIA show floor, though whether Sony delivering all new hardware or everyone else's strategy of upgrading existing players for Netflix, Amazon and other forms of streaming is the path to follow remains to be seen. The BDP-N460 should hit for about $250 starting next month.
Filed under: HDTV, Home EntertainmentSony network Blu-ray player spied at CES originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 12 Sep 2009 20:11:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink | Email this | Comments (Read Full Article) |
| Disney Disappointed With Blu-ray Disc Movie Sales (About.com, 10/19/2009 12:26pm) |
| Although Blu-ray Disc player and Disc sales have been on a steady upward pace since the end of the Blu-ray/HD-DVD format war, growth has not been as robust as the previous DVD growth timeline.
Of course, the current state of the economy doesn't help as many have postponed consumer electronics-related purchases. However, the other wrinkle is that Blu-ray Disc releases of new films have actually done very well, but sales of classic and older films that were previously released on DVD aren't. That is to be expected; since all Blu-ray Disc players can also play DVDs, many consumers don't see the need to replace their existing DVD collections.
This is where Disney comes in. Apparently, recent Blu-ray editions of previously DVD released classic films that may already be in many consumer's collections aren't doing as well as expected. However, what Disney may be failing to also see is that their Blu-ray Disc releases carry much higher price tags than releases from some of the other studios, which further limits their purchase and replacement appeal. For more details and additional perspective, plus an interesting peek into the current state of the movie industry, check out the report from Business Week.
Related Story: A more optimistic view on Blu-ray Disc sales, including a positive opinion from a different Disney source - Blu-ray Disc Sales Way Up in 2009 (TV Predictions)Disney Disappointed With Blu-ray Disc Movie Sales originally appeared on About.com Home Theater on Monday, October 19th, 2009 at 12:26:39.Permalink | Comment | Email this (Read Full Article) |
| VUDU's 1080p movie streaming goes live on LG Netcast HDTVs (Engadget, 9/02/2009 10:22am) |
You knew good and well it was coming, and come it has. Starting today, those fortunate enough to own an LG Broadband HDTV in the LH50 LCD series and PS80 plasma range can tap into VUDU's growing library of on-demand 1080p films. If you're still skeptical, we'll invite you to surf over to your set's Netcast interface; from there, you can either update your software to gain VUDU access or begin viewing right away (depending on when you purchased your tele). Oh, and if you're thinking of just lallygagging around while the rest of the world takes advantage, you should know that your first HD or HDX movie rental is gratis for a limited time, so there's some pretty obvious motivation to hop on it. Anyone given it a go? Impressed / unimpressed?Filed under: HDTV, Home EntertainmentVUDU's 1080p movie streaming goes live on LG Netcast HDTVs originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 02 Sep 2009 05:22:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments (Read Full Article) |
 | We are the wired (Tallahassee Democrat, 6/27/2005 2:46pm) |
| WE'VE SURE come a long way from Live Aid, the last super concert for a cause that musician/activist Bob Geldof and friends staged 20 years ago in London and Philadelphia - events viewed by an estimated 1 billion people that raised $100 million for African famine relief. ... (Read Full Article) |
| We are the wired (Macon Telegraph, 6/29/2005 1:35pm) |
| WE'VE SURE come a long way from Live Aid, the last super concert for a cause that musician/activist Bob Geldof and friends staged 20 years ago in London and Philadelphia - events viewed by an estimated 1 billion people that raised $100 million for African famine relief. ... (Read Full Article) |
| We are the wired (The Times Leader, 6/30/2005 12:53pm) |
| WE'VE SURE come a long way from Live Aid, the last super concert for a cause that musician/activist Bob Geldof and friends staged 20 years ago in London and Philadelphia - events viewed by an estimated 1 billion people that raised $100 million for African famine relief. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Off-brand Blu-ray players to sell for $150 this year (AfterDawn, 2/05/2009 4:53am) |
| According to a new DigiTimes report , the prices of white box (off-brand), entry-level Blu-ray players will drop to $150 USD during 2009, setting the stage for name brands such as Sony, Samsung and Panasonic to drop their prices, at least for entry-level players.
The report also adds that Lite-On IT, one of the world's largest optical drive makers, will enter into the Blu-ray standalone market ... (Read Full Article) |
| Table of Contents (Broadcasting and Cable, 12/31/2005 8:08am) |
| The New Deal Last year, the TV industry discoverd a variety of new ways to deliver their shows - on iPods, on video phones, even online. This year, they vow to figure out how to make money off of them. It was almost unthinkable only a year ago. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Panasonic VIERA HDTV's - 2009 lineup and prices announced (Product Reviews Net, 3/12/2009 3:05pm) |
| Panasonic has just issued a press release giving out information and pricing details about their 2009 lineup of VIERA HDTV systems. They also give details on VIERA CAST, a premium feature which allows access to HD movie rentals via Amazon Video-on-Demand.
According to the press release, VIERA CAST will be extended to three series of [...] ... (Read Full Article) |
| Victor JVC to roll out new Everio full HD camcorder (CrunchGear, 7/30/2009 12:00pm) |
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Victor JVC Japan announced [JP] a new full HD camcorder from their Everio series today, the Everio GZ-HM400. The device features a 10.3MP CMOS sensor, 10x optical zoom, 32GB of built-in storage, a 2.8-inch flip-out LCD screen, a YouTube and iTunes upload function, a USB port and an HDMI interface. (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Experience Montreux 3D' Blu-ray Announced (High-Def Digest, 6/17/2013 11:00pm) |
| The 3D concert flick will bring the celebrated Jazz festival to Blu-ray in June. In an early announcement to retailers, Eagle Rock Entertainment is preparing 'Experience Montreux 3D' for Blu-ray 3D [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Engadget HD takes an in-depth look at Media Center in Windows 7 RTM (Engadget, 7/27/2009 5:42pm) |
If you've ever thought about forcing your Xbox 360 to do double duty and in addition to all the games you require it to host for you, set it up to replace your TiVo or cable company DVR, then now might just be the time. The reason is simple, in Windows 7, Microsoft has really made some nice improvements to Windows Media Center. What improvements you might ask? Glad you did, because over at Engadget HD the team went over the changes with a fine-tooth comb. This includes a comprehensive list of improvements and shortfalls in regards to using Windows 7 Media Center as a full time HD DVR as well as a few videos to really help you appreciate what's new and what the experience is like on an Xbox 360.
Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment, Media PCsEngadget HD takes an in-depth look at Media Center in Windows 7 RTM originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 27 Jul 2009 12:42:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments (Read Full Article) |
| Microsoft: 'We have no plans for Blu-Ray on Xbox 360' (Engadget, 10/23/2009 6:49am) |
| A recent Gizmodo sit down with Steve Ballmer led with a headline exclaiming a Blu-ray add-on for Xbox was coming. See, when Ballmer was asked about making the Xbox a home theater companion of choice and where Blu-ray might fit in, the Windows 7 wild man said, "Well I don't know if we need to put Blu-ray in there -- you'll be able to get Blu-ray drives as accessories." He then added that on-demand is the future of movies, not physical media. Now our bud Major Nelson, Director of Programming for Xbox Live, has stepped up to lay the conflation to rest. The Major says that Ballmer was referring to Blu-ray accessories for the PC and reiterated Microsoft's focus of bringing instant-on 1080p streaming movies to the Xbox 360. So... that should end speculation of Blu-ray on Xbox right? Not if history serves, nope.Filed under: Gaming, HDTV, Home EntertainmentMicrosoft: 'We have no plans for Blu-Ray on Xbox 360' originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 23 Oct 2009 01:49:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments (Read Full Article) |
| Celine's 'A New Day' Blu-ray Gets a New Date (High-Def Digest, 1/03/2008 9:10pm) |
| The wait is over, Celine Dion fans: Sony BMG has announced a February arrival for the songstress' long-awaited Blu-ray concert extravaganza 'Live in Las Vegas.' As we first reported back in October, Sony... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Nintendo: 3DS software sales up 52% year-on-year in US (Joystiq, 5/17/2013 2:00am) |
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Nintendo's 3DS is holding on strong to its place in the hardware charts, backed up by some successful software - and by "some" we mean "2.1 [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Live 8 concerts will be online, on TV, and on radio (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, 6/27/2005 7:17pm) |
| (KRT) - We've sure come a long way from Live Aid, the last super concert for a cause that musician/activist Bob Geldof and friends staged 20 years ago in London and Philadelphia - events viewed by an estimated 1 billion people that raised $100 million for African famine relief. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Paul McCartney: Live Kisses' Blu-ray Announced (High-Def Digest, 9/26/2012 8:00pm) |
| The February 2012 concert directed by Jonas Ã…kerlund will plant some kisses on Blu-ray's bottom this November! In an early announcement to retailers, Eagle Rock Entertainment is prepping 'Paul [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Trio of 'Live from Montreux' Titles Bound For Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 1/18/2008 7:00pm) |
| Playing catch-up with three titles previously released on HD DVD-only, Eagle Rock has announced a February Blu-ray arrival for three concert films featuring rock legends Deep Purple, Carlos Santana and... ... (Read Full Article) |
| AC/DC to Rock Blu-ray with 'Live at Domington' (High-Def Digest, 9/13/2007 6:05pm) |
| Get your earplugs ready: AC/DC is coming to high-def with Sony BMG's October Blu-ray release of the seminal concert epic 'Live at Domington.' Filmed at the famed Domington Castle by Grammy-winning music... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Santana and McLaughlin: Invitation to Illumination' Blu-ray Dated (High-Def Digest, 7/30/2013 8:00pm) |
| The two celebrated guitarists will reunite in concert on Blu-ray in August. In an early announcement to retailers, Eagle Rock Entertainment is preparing 'Santana and McLaughlin: Invitation to [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Warner Re-Announces 'Song Remains the Same' Blu-ray, HD DVD (High-Def Digest, 2/11/2008 7:00pm) |
| After a series of street date delays, Warner has announced a late February Blu-ray and HD DVD arrival for the Led Zeppelin's concert classic 'The Song Remains the Same.' Originally planned for release... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Neil Young Journeys' Blu-ray Announced and Detailed (High-Def Digest, 10/08/2012 4:00pm) |
| The concert documentary from Jonathan Demme is on route to Blu-ray in a few weeks. In an early announcement to retailers, Sony will release 'Neil Young Journeys' on Blu-ray on October 16. Shot during [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Sony's new BDP-N460 Blu-ray player adds access to internet content (Engadget, 9/09/2009 10:00pm) |
What you're looking at here is the latest addition to the Sony Blu-ray family. The BDP-N460 seemingly fits right in between the BDP-S360 and the BDP-S560 with an MSRP of $249. What sets it apart from its little brother is the fact that it can use its included network jack for more than just BD-Live and it features a USB port on the front, in addition to the one on the back for optional BD-Live storage. There's no built in WiFi or MKV support like other brands though, but it is shipping with access to YouTube and to Bravia Internet Video, and in addition Sony promises Netflix Watch Instantly later this fall. No word on whether this means the end for the BDP-S360, but considering the price and improved features of the 460, that's where we'd put our money.Continue reading Sony's new BDP-N460 Blu-ray player adds access to internet contentFiled under: HDTV, Home Entertainment, Blu-ray, SonySony's new BDP-N460 Blu-ray player adds access to internet content originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 09 Sep 2009 17:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink | Email this | Comments (Read Full Article) |
| 'Live from Abbey Road' to Get 'Best Of' Blu-ray (UPDATED) (High-Def Digest, 9/25/2008 8:00pm) |
| The popular cable concert series 'Live at Abbey Road' is coming to high-def, with the November Blu-ray compilation release 'Best of Season One.' Compiling performances from a star-studded roster of over... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Nielsen: PS3 sees biggest year-over-year growth in streaming (and other such tidbits) (Joystiq, 3/15/2013 3:45am) |
| In 2012, PlayStation 3 owners spent 23 percent of their time with the console streaming video-on-demand services like [...] (Read Full Article) |
| JVC brings 46-inch GD-463D10 3D LCD HDTV to America: shipping now for $9,200 (Engadget, 9/10/2009 5:40pm) |
Jumpin' Jehosaphat! We know exchange rates have been sort of crazy of late, but we can say with a good deal of certainty that the in-home 3D revolution isn't going anywhere with MSRPs like this. After introducing the 46-inch GD-463D10 3D LCD HDTV in various overseas markets, JVC is announcing here at CEDIA that its flagship 3D panel is now available on US soil for a solid chunk of change. The 1080p display touts a 2,000:1 contrast ratio, three HDMI sockets, 178-degree viewing angles, a depth of 1.5-inches and two incredibly awesome sets of 3D goggles. If you're not concerned that actual 3D content is all but nonexistent for home users, you can snag this now for $9,153 (and not a penny more).
Gallery: JVC's 1080p GD-463D10 3D LCD HDTV to AmericaFiled under: Displays, HDTV, Home EntertainmentJVC brings 46-inch GD-463D10 3D LCD HDTV to America: shipping now for $9,200 originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 10 Sep 2009 12:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments (Read Full Article) |
| NEWS: Philips BDP7500s and 9500 Blu-ray players get colourful (Pocket-lint, 9/03/2009 10:47am) |
New players with all the usual bells and whistles
Philips has announced two new Blu-ray players at IFA in Berlin as it continues to push ahead with the format that has trebled in popularity in the last year.
The new BDP7500 will be housed in an "real" aluminum (we not sure what fake aluminum is) and offer full HD 1080p at 24 fps for cinema-like images.
The players will also get DivX Ultra for enhanced playback of DivX media files, DVD video upscaling to 1080p via HDMI for near-HD images, and Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD MA for HD 7.1 surround sound. BD-Live (Profile 2.0), and USB drive connectivity complete the package.
A rather niche technology also included is subtitle shift allowing you to change the location of the subtitles on screen.
The players themselves will come with touch sensitive controls and for the design conscious three different colours; blue, red and black.
No word on pricing, but expect the devices to hit the UK early next year.
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| Samsung rolls out Amazon, Blockbuster video store access across HDTVs, HTIBs and Blu-ray players everywhere (Engadget, 10/14/2009 9:42pm) |
Just as promised, the (still SD only) Blockbuster OnDemand service is now available on a slew of Samsung hardware via firmware update, while the Internet@TV lineup (LCD and Plasma HDTVs Series 650 and above and LED HDTVs Series 7000) has a brand new toy with the Amazon VOD Yahoo! widget (which does support HD.) Both services offer a slew of rental and/or purchase options for the digital delivery fanatic, though we still hunger for the audio and quality of VUDU plus the all you can eat goodness of Netflix Watch Instantly, of the millions of TVs out there, there's surely someone willing to sift through those menus for the ease of viewing Ghosts of Girlfriends Past without resorting to cable VOD -- or getting up from the couch. The "convenience" goes both ways, since they'll also be able to pick up compatible Samsung blu-ray players at Blockbuster stores, right next to the TiVo section -- check for exact model #s supported in the PR after the break.Continue reading Samsung rolls out Amazon, Blockbuster video store access across HDTVs, HTIBs and Blu-ray players everywhereFiled under: Displays, HDTV, Home EntertainmentSamsung rolls out Amazon, Blockbuster video store access across HDTVs, HTIBs and Blu-ray players everywhere originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:42:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink | Email this | Comments (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Singing About ‘Perry’ Extras (Home Media Magazine, 9/18/2012 8:57pm) |
| The new 3D concert movie Katy Perry: Part of Me inspired the most exclusives among the Sept. 18 new releases.
Walmart offered a limited number of the non-3D Blu-ray/DVD combo pack with a bonus postcard autographed by Katy Perry that [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Within Temptation's 'Black Symphony' Coming to Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 6/19/2008 4:00pm) |
| Indie rockers Within Temptation have announced plans to bring their concert film 'Black Symphony' to Blu-ray this Fall as a feature-laden special edition. Captured at Rotterdam's Ahoy Arena on February... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'The Doors: Live at the Bowl '68' Announced for Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 8/21/2012 6:00pm) |
| The historic Doors' concert gets remastered for Blu-ray this October. In an early announcement to retailers, Eagle Rock Entertainment is prepping 'The Doors: Live at the Bowl '68' for a [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Led Zeppelin: Celebration Day Deluxe Blu-ray Review (Big Picture Big Sound, 11/26/2012 3:24am) |
| The reunion concert that was never supposed to happen actually took place in 2007. Led Zeppelin played one night in London and it's now available in a [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Panasonic adds Amazon VOD to Blu-ray players (HD-Report, 8/04/2009 5:44pm) |
| 2009 models of Panasonic Blu-ray Disc players with VIERA CAST now have access to Amazon’s video-on-demand (VOD) titles. The Amazon library consists of 1,000 high-definition (HD) titles including popular movies like “Knowing” and “Rush” and TV shows “House” and “Battlestar Galactica.”
Current owners of 2009 model Panasonic BD players (with VIERA CAST) automatically receive a free [...] (Read Full Article) |
| 'Dispatch: Zimbabwe' Bound For Blu-ray, HD DVD (High-Def Digest, 12/03/2007 9:00pm) |
| Indie rock band Dispatch is headed to HD DVD and Blu-ray disc this January with the release of their recent reunion concert, 'Dispatch: Zimbabwe - Live at Madison Square Garden.' One of only a handful...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/highdefdigestallnews/~4/194486826" height="1" width="1"/> ... (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) |
| (Unranked) | Miiverse makes its way to 3DS this year (Joystiq, 4/25/2013 9:00pm) |
| The Miiverse is expanding (just like the universe) and is scheduled to launch on the 3DS this year, Nintendo President Satoru Iwata announced in a financial [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Graham Parker and The Rumour: This Is Live' Blu-ray Announced (High-Def Digest, 6/17/2013 8:00pm) |
| The band's 2012 concert from Judd Apatow's 'This Is 40' is coming to Blu-ray in August. In an early announcement to retailers, Shout Factory is working on 'Graham Parker and The Rumour: This Is Live' [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Elton John Throws Blu-ray Bash with 'Elton 60' (High-Def Digest, 12/03/2007 5:00pm) |
| Captain Fantastic is due to make his high-def debut this week with the Blu-ray bow of the concert spectacular 'Elton 60: Live at Madison Square Garden.' Captured entirely with high-def cameras, 'Elton...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/highdefdigestallnews/~4/194478595" height="1" width="1"/> ... (Read Full Article) |
| Image Announces 'Moody Blues: Lovely to See You' Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 4/15/2008 4:00pm) |
| Putting the Blu in Moody Blues, Image Entertainment has announced a July Blu-ray debut for the band's concert film 'Lovely to See You.' Featuring over 20 classic songs from the venerable rock act and shot... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Blue Man Group to Make Blu-ray Debut with 'Megastar' (High-Def Digest, 3/13/2008 4:00pm) |
| There's no release date yet, but Rhino has announced plans to bring the Blue Man Group's concert film 'How to Be a Megastar Live!' to Blu-ray disc. In a just-issued press release touting the upcoming DVD/CD... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Sony: No plan to launch 3-D support for all PS3 games (Joystiq, 9/05/2009 1:00am) |
Hold on before you run out to buy a new TV! You may have seen the report on Engadget stating that, according to a Sony rep, all PS3 games will run in 3-D with a software update next year. We contacted Sony ourselves to learn more about what sounded like a major megaton to let slip at a trade show. Sony told us that the company is "conducting a technological investigation" of whether it's even possible to do that. As for specifics: "there is no plan for the market launch of this at this time."
If you're dying to look at a 3-D game right now, Engadget also captured a video of Wipeout HD being played in 3-D, which you can see above. For some reason, the 3-D effect doesn't come through when viewed in an embedded video recording -- even with the glasses in front of the lens. Sony really needs to work on that.Sony: No plan to launch 3-D support for all PS3 games originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 04 Sep 2009 20:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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| Survey: Blu-ray player sales set to triple this year (HDTV UK, 10/10/2008 12:52pm) |
| According to the latest survey by DisplaySearch, sales of Blu-ray players (not including Sony's PS3) are set to hit 2.8 million by the end of the year, compared to 700,000 in 2007. Next year, that figure could double again, hitting 5.3 million... ... (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.
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| News MHD to Air Yahoo! Music Series In HD The high-def network will present a 30-minute concert. By Swanni (TVPredictions.com, 9/14/2007 9:21am) |
| Washington, D.C. (September 14, 2007) -- Yahoo! is launching a High-Definition music series that will air on MHD, MTV Networks' high-def channel. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Sony PS3 already 1 Year old (I4U, 11/16/2007 9:00pm) |
| <p>Sony reminds us that the Sony PS3 is already one year on the market in the United States - boy, time flies.
Sony says that in the PS3's first year, more than 200 software titles have been released for
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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 to Offer Exclusive 'Justin Timberlake: Live' Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 1/10/2008 11:13pm) |
| Mr. SexyBack is headed back to high-def in the Best Buy exclusive Blu-ray release of his HBO concert, 'Justin Timberlake: Live at Madison Square Garden.' First released by Sony BMG on standard DVD back... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Sony BMG Sets Date, Specs for John Mayer Live Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 4/24/2008 10:00pm) |
| Sony BMG has announced a street date and specs for the John Mayer concert film 'Where the Light Is,' which will hit Blu-ray this July with a host of next-gen exclusive features. As previously reported,... ... (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) |
| (Unranked) | A Ten-Year-Old Tried Using A 3DS To Find A Girlfriend (Kotaku, 2/11/2013 8:30pm) |
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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.
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| Pioneer to launch Blu-ray recorders before year end (HDTV UK, 7/08/2008 9:34am) |
| Pioneer has announced that it plans to introduce Blu-ray recorders in Japan before the end of this year, and globally next year, as it seeks to capitalise on their increasing popularity in Japan. Details are scarce, with no mention yet of prices or quantities, but Pioneer is working in partnership with Sharp. (Via Reuters) ... (Read Full Article) |
| 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) |
| Panasonic Full HD 3D And More From CEATEC 2009 [Video] (I4U, 10/06/2009 9:00pm) |
| The CEATEC 2009 has opened today in Japan. We cannot be there, but Panasonic was nice enough to offer up some video footage from their booth at the CEATEC 2009 featuring the Panasonic Full HD 3D technology and more.
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| Toshiba makes timid Blu-ray showing at IFA, still believes in other forms of HD distribution (Engadget, 9/04/2009 7:07pm) |
Aside from the new JournE touch, the other main thrust at IFA's booth is Blu-ray -- at least, one would think. In reality, when we finally found the lone BDX2000, the LCD it was plugged into was off, while numerous DVD players and upscaling tech demos littered the surrounding booth area. Once we got a rep to turn it on for us, the Blu-ray player seemed to work just fine, as should be expected. The new Blu-ray equipped P500, however, wasn't so successful: our colleagues at Engadget Spanish watched an attempted Blu-ray showing on the laptop go awry, and by the time we'd dropped by the booth, any Blu-ray models of the P500 had been pulled from the show floor due to crashiness. In talking with a Toshiba rep, it's clear that the company hasn't abandoned its ideas of internet distribution and other alternatives to the once rival format of Blu-ray. The company is looking into a solution that uses a Blu-ray disc and BD Live to stream internet media to the player, and has packed in decent codec support for playing back media off of the BDX2000's SD card reader. We're sure Toshiba will figure out its P500 woes before the laptop ships to consumers, but there's no lack of interestingness in these first displays of Toshiba's "commitment" to the Blu-ray format. Gallery: Toshiba's BDX2000 'in action' at IFAFiled under: HDTV, Home EntertainmentToshiba makes timid Blu-ray showing at IFA, still believes in other forms of HD distribution originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 04 Sep 2009 14:07:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink | Email this | Comments (Read Full Article) |
| PSA: Microsoft not planning Blu-ray drive for 360 (Joystiq, 10/22/2009 11:55pm) |
Today has seen several reports that Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has confirmed a Blu-ray drive accessory for the Xbox 360. The purported revelation came from a Gizmodo interview, during which Ballmer said that 360 owners wanting a Blu-ray player could purchase "Blu-ray drives as accessories."
Clearing the air, Microsoft's Larry Hryb (a.k.a. Major Nelson) has gone on the record saying that the company has "no plans" for a 360 Blu-ray drive, adding that Ballmer was actually referring to Blu-ray drives for PCs. Hryb reiterates -- as did Ballmer -- that the main push for the Xbox 360 will be streaming media, noting specifically that the upcoming Dashboard update will bring instant 1080p streaming, a feature of the Zune Video Marketplace.
Now, say it with us (one more time): Blu-ray isn't coming to the Xbox 360.PSA: Microsoft not planning Blu-ray drive for 360 originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:55:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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| (Unranked) | Take our poll: The Best Blu-ray Disc so far this year (HD-Report, 7/19/2013 5:34am) |
| We’ve launched our reader’s poll for the best Blu-ray Disc release so far this year. The options only include titles released between January 1st and July 9th of this year. Titles were chosen from a [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | BBC Dropping 3D By the End of the Year (High-Def Digest, 7/05/2013 6:30pm) |
| "I have never seen a very big appetite for 3D television in the UK." After a year and a half of broadcasting 3D content such as 'Doctor Who,' the London Olympics, and even the last Christmas' [...] (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) |
| Microsoft LifeCam Cinema 720p, first HD webcam to crank out 30fps (DVICE, 8/18/2009 5:04pm) |
| Now that Internet service providers are showing signs of opening up more upload bandwidth, maybe now webcams will finally find their way into mainstream acceptance. Microsoft will be doing its part when on September 9th it rolls out this gorgeous LifeCam Cinema 720p, the first consumer webcam to support 720p video at 30 frames per second.
Microsoft gives you a lot for your $80, including an autofocusing glass lens, noise-canceling mic and sturdy aluminum construction. Now all we need to do is get Skype to catch up to this high standard and start allowing 720p/30 webcams on its network.
For now, Microsoft says this LifeCam Cinema is compatible with Windows Live Messenger (as well as Windows Live Movie Maker and Windows Live Photo Gallery), so maybe we can get used to that instead of Skype for now. That said, the days of commonplace 720p/30 webcam conversations are coming, and the future is looking sharp. Take another couple of peeks at this glamorous cam: (Read Full Article) |
| First High Definition Broadcast of a Live Concert in DTS Surround Sound (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 10/25/2005 11:00am) |
| DTS, Inc. announces the success of the first European HD live broadcast into cinemas, with the exclusive Robbie Williams show, featuring high definition video and DTS 5.1-channel surround sound which took place on 9 October 2005. ... (Read Full Article) |
| HDTV Sales in the U.S. to Grow 71% by 2009 (Kansas City InfoZine, 10/29/2005 11:10am) |
| Appetite for High-Definition TVs & Services Is Steadily Increasing Among U.S. Consumers ... (Read Full Article) |
| Nokia Theatre Times Square Set for September New York City Debut (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance, 8/03/2005 2:49pm) |
| Nokia Theatre Times Square will bring entertainment's hottest performers to New York's most famous destination when the new 2100-capacity concert venue, developed and operated by AEG LIVE, officially opens this September. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Peter Gabriel: Live in Athens 1987' Announced for Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 7/16/2013 10:00pm) |
| The classic Peter Gabriel concert will be beautifully remastered for Blu-ray in September! In an early announcement to retailers, Eagle Rock is preparing 'Peter Gabriel: Live in Athens 1987' for [...] (Read Full Article) |
| TV Armor protects your HDTV from tragic accidents (DVICE, 9/30/2009 3:37pm) |
| HDTVs are fragile, especially if you play the Nintendo Wii. One sweaty palm and overeager pitch, and you've got some shattered dreams on your hands. If you're really paranoid about protecting your precious purchase, maybe you should take some extreme measures.
TV armor is designed for klutzy worrywarts such as yourself. It's a durable acrylic shield that fits over your screen, allowing you to see the screen through it while protecting it from flying debris. Finally, you can play Wii Tennis with relative peace of mind!
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| (Unranked) | Luigi finally gets his own 3DS bundle in this, the year of Luigi (Joystiq, 11/25/2013 4:15pm) |
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| Blu-ray Disc Sales Rise 91% in First Half of 2009 (Electronic House, 7/17/2009 6:30pm) |
| Digital Entertainment Group says nearly 20 million Blu-ray players shipped in second quarter. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Tech Toys 2005: A Holiday Shopping Guide (Connected Home Media, 11/30/2005 4:21pm) |
| Once again, the holidays are upon us. And as we do every year at Connected Home Media , we're turning our attention to the top technology products of the year. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Best Buy 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) |
| Blu-ray Disc Sales Rise 91% to $407M in First Half of 2009 (CE Pro, 7/17/2009 2:55am) |
| Digital Entertainment Group says nearly 20 million Blu-ray players shipped in second quarter. ... (Read Full Article) |
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| By February 17, 2009, all analog television broadcasts are scheduled to be turned off There are a growing number of programs to watch in HDTV. All of... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Margaret Cho's latest gets simultaneous release (Cinematical, 8/10/2005 9:33pm) |
| Filed under: Distribution , Comedy , Home Entertainment , Gay & Lesbian , Independent Margaret Cho's latest concert film, Assassin , has been picked up here! Networks, who plan to debut the film on 8 screens concurrent with its cable TV premiere. I think this might be a pretty great example of the rare kind of film that makes simultaneous release seem like not such a bad idea. A Margaret ... (Read Full Article) |
| HDI concocts 100-inch laser-based 3D HDTV, calls rivaling technology child's play (Engadget, 9/17/2009 1:48pm) |
Look, we've seen an awful lot of HDTVs in our day -- one lap around the average CEDIA show floor makes your local Best Buy look awfully small -- and to this day we've yet to put our peepers on a more stunning set than Mitsubishi's LaserVue HDTV. Sure, it's fat, ugly and expensive, but the image is otherworldly. Before Mitsu can even take the logical next step, a California startup has arisen to introduce what it calls the world's first laser-based 3D HDTV. We're talking 1080p 3D like you've never seen before, with CTO Edmund Sandberg noting that this production is smoother than RealD, Dolby, film and pretty much every other 3D solution. The secret here is in the speed; this set is so fast that the image "no longer needs to flash from one eye to the other," and no flashing should equate to no headaches. Too bad there's no planned release date, but we're still cautiously optimistic for a sneak peek (in addition to the video past the break) at CES 2010.
[Via OLED-Display]Continue reading HDI concocts 100-inch laser-based 3D HDTV, calls rivaling technology child's playFiled under: Displays, HDTV, Home EntertainmentHDI concocts 100-inch laser-based 3D HDTV, calls rivaling technology child's play originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 17 Sep 2009 08:48:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments (Read Full Article) |
| Buyers in the mood to splurge this year (Kansas City Star, 11/23/2006 8:14am) |
| After several penny-pinching holiday seasons, consumers seem to want to celebrate this year and spring for a Sony PlayStation 3, leggings, TMX Elmo, high-definition TVs and more. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Sony announces new PS3 Slim, coming first week of Sept. (Update: now with pics!) (Joystiq, 8/18/2009 7:20pm) |
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We know, we're as shocked as you are! Sony has used the GamesCom stage in Cologne to announce the oh-so-tiny PS3 Slim. The good news is that the system sports both a slimmer form factor (33 percent smaller, 36 percent lighter and 34 percent less power use) a 120GB hard drive and the tidy price tag of $299. It boasts all the same features as the current PS3, which means still no backwards compatibility with your PS2 games.
If you've been holding off on buying a chunkier PS3 until the inevitable release of its slimmer little brother, your wait will finally end in September.
Gallery: PlayStation 3 SlimSony announces new PS3 Slim, coming first week of Sept. (Update: now with pics!) originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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| Sony introduces BRAVIA Z500 Series: new line of Motionflow 200Hz HDTVs (HDTV UK, 12/01/2009 10:24am) |
| Sony has announced its latest addition to the BRAVIA range of TVs with the introduction of the Z5500 Series of Motionflow 200Hz enabled, more eco-friendly high definition TVs. Initially available in three decent screen sizes (40-, 46- and 52-inch), features include the latest Motionflow 200Hz technology for much enhanced picture smoothness particularly in fast-moving scenes, full 1080p HD, the BRAVIA Engine 3 and Live Colour Creation, and DLNA compatibility for hooking up other devices... (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) |
| Shopping.com Reports Black Friday and Cyber Monday Traffic Spikes as More and More Shoppers Go Online This Holiday (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance, 11/29/2005 4:17pm) |
| Shopping.com, a leading online comparison shopping service, reported a 30 percent increase in year over year traffic on Black Friday and a 37 percent increase in year over year traffic on Cyber Monday. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Gamer - 3D' Blu-ray 3D Dated and Detailed (High-Def Digest, 2/12/2013 11:45pm) |
| The 2009 action flick will be downloaded to Blu-ray 3D in May. In an early announcement to retailers, Lionsgate says 'The Big Picture' will hit Blu-ray on May 7. With a powerhouse cast headlined by [...] (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) |
| EPIX HD to launch on FiOS TV (HD-Report, 10/28/2009 6:00pm) |
| Epix HD and Epix standard-definition will launch on Verizon’s FiOS TV network this Friday, Oct. 30. The Verizon-exclusive service (a deal reached in July ‘09) will also launch online, providing FiOS TV/Internet subscribers with 150 movies per month. This weekend, the network will offer a free preview and feature a two-hour Madonna concert “Sticky & [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | The Best TV on Blu-ray 2012 (High-Def Digest, 1/15/2013 11:00pm) |
| by Aaron Peck TV on Blu-ray has become a must for any HD home theater fan's collection. So how did 2012 stack up in that regard? Here's a look at our favorite TV Blu-ray releases last year. The year [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Bits: A $299 Sony Blu-ray Player, but No Cheap Chinese Models (New York Times, 3/05/2008 11:08pm) |
| Sony expects prices to drop for its Blu-ray disc players from $399 to $299 by the end of the year and perhaps to $199 by the end of next year. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Xbox 360 Sky Player down, relaunching 'in phases' today (Joystiq, 10/28/2009 5:00pm) |
While the Xbox 360 Sky Player apparently launched in the UK yesterday as planned, things veered away from the plan almost immediately thereafter. The service was "suspended" shortly after launch, for what must be the best possible problem in Microsoft's eyes: too many subscribers.
"Unfortunately due to the unprecedented levels of simultaneous demand," a statement on Xbox.com reads, "we did not have the capacity to satisfy all service requests and therefore temporarily suspended all access to the service." The service is being reinstated in phases today, presumably with some upgrades in place to deal with the demand. An earlier statement (reproduced on Engadget) specified tomorrow as the target date for the relaunch -- it seems likely that all users will be returned to their regularly scheduled programming then.Xbox 360 Sky Player down, relaunching 'in phases' today originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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| Network LIVE Presents Keith Urban in Exclusive Live Concert Performance for Millions of Music Fans Worldwide (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance, 11/09/2005 5:00am) |
| Network LIVE , a joint venture between America Online, XM Satellite Radio and AEG, announced today that the Company will produce and distribute via the Network LIVE platform an exclusive performance by multi-platinum artist Keith Urban. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Blu-ray Review: Up - 3D (High-Def Digest, 11/29/2012 7:25pm) |
| I first saw 50 minutes of Pixar's 'Up' [at the 2009] New York Comic Con, and was intrigued and impressed, but also slightly worried. That chunk of the Pete Docter movie was just so filled with stuff [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | This Year's Cheapest Black Friday Blu-ray Player is $38 from Walmart (High-Def Digest, 11/12/2012 8:00pm) |
| Best Buy, Kmart and others will be selling players for as little as $40. There were some solid deals on Blu-ray players last year but only one dropped under $50. 2012's lineup is looking much better [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Don't let retailer's lights distract you from buying the right HDTV (Engadget, 8/10/2009 10:01pm) |
In case you hadn't already learned your lesson and started checking behind the displays while HDTV shopping, the HD Guru points out another element of the in-store experience that throws off buyers (and likely contributes to the LCD vs. plasma choices we find so infuriating): lighting. In case you don't recall from your last trek to a big box superstore, the lighting is quite often stuck on blinding making it nearly impossible to discern any difference in picture quality between televisions, specifically in terms of contrast and black levels (the pictures above are of the same value priced display, at left, under normal home lighting, at right, how it looks under some store lighting setups.) Tested with an illuminance meter, all the stores (except Best Buy's Magnolia showrooms) averaged well above home ambient lighting levels, with Wal-Mart and Costco measuring the highest at 411.66 and 742.77 lux. Still, there's tips on how to get a good idea of a TV's black levels even under those circumstances, plus some choice words left over for the incredible (and useless) dynamic contrast ratio numbers every manufacturer trots out these days, so go ahead and get educated.Filed under: HDTV, Home EntertainmentDon't let retailer's lights distract you from buying the right HDTV originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 10 Aug 2009 17:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments (Read Full Article) |
| Netflix, Best Buy deal brings Watch Instantly streaming to even cheaper Blu-ray players (Engadget, 10/21/2009 2:26am) |
Though they've been floating around retail channels for a few weeks, Best Buy and Netflix have finally made official a partnership bringing streaming to the latest Insignia Blu-ray players. The NS-BRDVD3 runs $179, while the NS-WBRDVD edition tosses in WiFi for $20 more, while they won't stream out of the box, a firmware update just made available should add all the . These two keep the (we'll be nice and call it plain) styling of earlier models, and likely live up to the family reputation of "basic Blu-ray playback at a bargain" reported on the second generation of players. Of course, the BD-P1600 offers more features and a nicer reputation at about the same price, but Reward Zone members may want to think twice, with AVS Forum posters mentioning the NS-BRDVD3 can be had for just $99.99 through the 24th. Decisions, decisions.
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Read - Save $50 On Select INSIGNIA(R) Connected Blu-ray Disc[TM] Players with Netflix [Via AVS Forum]Filed under: HDTV, Home EntertainmentNetflix, Best Buy deal brings Watch Instantly streaming to even cheaper Blu-ray players originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 20 Oct 2009 21:26:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink | Email this | Comments (Read Full Article) |
| Zune HD specs fill in the blanks on video format support, battery life and more (Engadget, 8/13/2009 8:28pm) |
Now that everything Zune HD is official and available for pre-order, Microsoft has seen fit to loose official specs, putting to rest -- at least until we can do a full hands on -- questions about what to expect from the OLED touchscreen packing device. From dimensions (52.7 mm x 102.1 mm x 8.9 mm, 2.6 oz) to battery life (24 hours for music with wireless off, up to 4 hours of video) and charge time (3 hours, 2 hours to 90%.) While the offical site (incorrectly) currently lists max video res at barely-better-than-DVD 720 x 480, we contacted Microsoft and received the official specs on video support, and if for some reason you needed to hear it again: the Tegra chip is a beast. Ready for HDTV playback when it's plugged into the AV dock, the Zune software supports up to 1280 x 720, 30 frames per second at a max 14 Mbps bitrate for WMV HD and h.264 sources. Confirmed still a bummer? No wireless video streaming from the Zune Video Marketplace, though the specs do indicate that purchases and rentals will work across all three screens, PC, Zune and Xbox 360. Check the corrected specs after the break, now all that's left is getting some alone time with one.Continue reading Zune HD specs fill in the blanks on video format support, battery life and moreFiled under: Handhelds, HDTV, Home EntertainmentZune HD specs fill in the blanks on video format support, battery life and more originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 13 Aug 2009 15:28:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | The Five-Year Engagement Blu-ray Review (Big Picture Big Sound, 9/04/2012 10:01pm) |
| Jason Segel bares his soul (and his backside) in this all-star comedy about a romance gone [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Super-slim Xbox 360 likely for 2009 (Tech Digest, 5/14/2008 4:20pm) |
| Microsoft look like they'll be releasing a mid-cycle refresh of the Xbox 360 in the form of a more slimline model... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Admission' Dated for Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 5/03/2013 7:00pm) |
| The romantic comedy starring Tina Fey and Paul Rudd arrives on Blu-ray this summer. In an early announcement to retailers, Universal says 'Admission' will hit Blu-ray on July 9. Year in and year out, [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Why Toshiba needs to think beyond Blu-ray (CNET Blogs, 7/22/2009 6:43pm) |
| Toshiba is reportedly planning to release a Blu-ray player by the end of 2009. But after fighting against the format for so long, shouldn't it focus its attention elsewhere? (Read Full Article) |
| The Year of Living DRMishly (Wired News, 1/24/2006 8:35am) |
| All signs point to 2006 as the year consumers become intimately familiar with "digital rights management," as Microsoft, Apple and Google all push their own copy protection schemes. Can revolution be far behind? By Ryan Singel. ... (Read Full Article) |
| The Year of Living DRMishly (Wired News, 1/24/2006 8:39am) |
| All signs point to 2006 as the year consumers become intimately familiar with "digital rights management," as Microsoft, Apple and Google all push their own copy protection schemes. Can revolution be far behind? By Ryan Singel. ... (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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| Sharp shows off new LED backlit AQUOS HDTVs (HDTV UK, 7/17/2009 11:48am) |
Earlier this week Sharp announced its latest AQUOS high definition TVs using LED backlighting technology. The LE600 and LE700 both feature Sharp's full-screen white LED backlight system, with the LE600 available in 32, 40 and 46-inch models and the LE700 also as a 52-inch. The ultra brilliant LEDs design includes a unique "double-dome" light amplifier lens and multi-fluorescents, enabling high brightness and colour purity. Furthermore to maximize the LED performance Sharp has developed the AQUOS Colour Engine, a new colour management system that has been developed exclusively to accentuate rich colour tones...
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| Blu-ray disc sales, rentals skyrocket (CEA SmartBrief, 7/17/2009 5:00am) |
| Sales of Blu-ray discs jumped 91%, to $407 million, in the first half of 2009 even as consumers' home-entertainment spending -More- ]]> ... (Read Full Article) |
| Revenues sacrificed in fight to capture new TV market (Financial Times, 1/02/2007 2:26am) |
| Gary Shapiro, president of the Washington-based Consumer Electronics Association, declared a year ago that 2006 would be "the year of HDTV" or high definition television. His prediction proved spot on. ... (Read Full Article) |
| PC Magazine Names Syntax-Brillian's 6501m 720p Gen II LCoS(TM) HDTV Product of the Year (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 12/13/2005 1:45pm) |
| TEMPE, Ariz.----Dec. 13, 2005--In its annual ranking of the year's best technology products, PC Magazine has named Syntax-Brillian Corporation's Gen II liquid-crystal-on-silicon (LCoS) 720p HDTV, Product of the Year in the rear-projection HDTV category. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Sharp combines its latest LCD improvements in LX series HDTVs (Engadget, 9/30/2009 9:12pm) |
Coming straight out of a brand new 10G production facility in Sakai, Sharp's line of LX HDTVs (in 60-, 52-, 46- and 40-inch sizes) are all sporting the latest in LCD technology with UV²A panels and LED backlighting. Unfortunately, like Sony, these new screens abandon the higher quality RGB LED technology of the pricey XS1 series for cheaper white LEDs. Still, with a price of around $5,000 for a 52-inch compared to the $12,000 sticker shock of the XS1, it's easy to see why the switch was made. Other improvements include a light sensor for auto-calibration, a six speaker (5 speakers on the 40-inch) integrated 2.1 channel sound system with "Duo Bass" subwoofer and the usual assortment of VOD and AQUOS network support in store for Japanese buyers this November. While already available on a few U.S. models expect the new tech to spread across Sharp's U.S. lineup shortly, not to mention Sony and anyone other parties interested in a piece of the company's suddenly expanded manufacturing muscle.
[Via AV Watch & Akihabara News]Filed under: HDTVSharp combines its latest LCD improvements in LX series HDTVs originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 30 Sep 2009 16:12:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments (Read Full Article) |
| Panasonic in-dash HD nav system & Blu-ray player ready to ship, are you ready for the price? (Engadget, 8/20/2009 2:01pm) |
Don't think you can sell the kids short anymore, keeping the Blu-ray copy at home and taking DVD rips on the road, now that Panasonic is ready to deliver its in-dash Blu-ray player and 7-inch HD screen packing nav unit in September. We got a good peek at these back in April and the specs haven't changed, with the Profile 1.1 Bonus View compatible CY-BB1000D taking care of Blu-ray duties and featuring the same UniPhier guts as the company's line of living room Blu-ray players. The CN-HX3000D is a WXGA 1280x720p 7-inch LED backlit widescreen display ready to play back media via standard HDMI, iPod connector, SD card or its digital TV tuner, powered by Windows Automotive with navigation duties assisted by Google Maps and Yahoo! Japan. The CY-BB1000D is ¥99,750 ($1,057) and the CN-HX3000D is ¥365,400 ($3,872), and both arrive September 10 in Japan. We'll let you decide if around 5 grand is a good price for the in car HD experience (might want to look at custom mounting a DMP-B15, $800 and you can take it with you.)
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Read - CN-HX3000DFiled under: GPS, HDTV, TransportationPanasonic in-dash HD nav system & Blu-ray player ready to ship, are you ready for the price? originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 20 Aug 2009 09:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink | Email this | Comments (Read Full Article) |
| Asus has a USB-powered Blu-Ray player on the way (DVICE, 9/18/2009 7:21am) |
| This hot little number is an external Blu-Ray player for computers that Asus hopes to have on shelves later this month. What surprised us the most is the fact that the one and only connector you'll see along the sides of the unit is one for a USB attachment — no HDMI, no AC jack to plug this thing into the wall. It does everything via USB.
Hopefully Asus will give it a cooler name than "SBC-04D1S-U" by the time it launches. According to the company it can write DVD-Rs and CD-Rs in addition to reading Blu-Ray. It also has a "Turbo Engine for enhanced USB Connectivity" — which is vaguely responsible for cranking HD goodness to your screen — and comes with a vertical stand and Cyberlink software.
Pricing information isn't available just yet, but we'll let you know when we do.
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| 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) |
| (Unranked) | High-Def Digest's Top 10 Impending Blu-ray Releases for the Rest of 2012 (High-Def Digest, 7/27/2012 1:55am) |
| by Aaron Peck We've been covering some of the best Blu-ray releases this year in our "So Far…" series, but it's important to look ahead. The releases that await as the year continues are some of [...] (Read Full Article) |
| 3-D HDTV,Other Tech Demos Mark CEATEC 2009 (TWICE, 10/08/2009 1:00pm) |
| Chiba City, Japan - Sharp, Sony, Toshiba and Mitsubishi all showed versions of 3-D HDTV at the... (Read Full Article) |
| Subsidizing the digital TV transition (Ars Technica, 10/21/2005 8:00pm) |
| Perhaps I should consider a career in politics. Last weekend when I reported on the possibility of the mandatory switch to digital TV possibly being put off until April 2009, I ended with the following suggestion: ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | This Brand New Old-School RPG Is Coming To PS3 And Vita Next Year [Video] (Kotaku, 8/29/2012 5:30pm) |
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| 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) |
| (Unranked) | Live from the Engadget CES Stage: MakerBot CEO Bre Pettis (Engadget, 1/09/2014 6:30pm) |
| We were calling CES 2013 the year of 3D printing. It's pretty clear this year, however, that the 3D printing explosion hadn't even began. The number of companies representing the technology has increased by enough to justify a standalone 3D [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | How Do I Know if I am Seeing High Definition on my HDTV? - Question of the Week (About.com, 9/16/2012 10:00am) |
| As a result of years of availability and the 2009 DTV Transition, most households in the U.S. now own at least one HDTV. However, just because you own an HDTV ... (Read Full Article) |
| Stock Funds Make Solid Start To New Year With 4.66% Gain (Investor's Business Daily via Yahoo! Finance, 2/03/2006 12:00am) |
| If the January barometer is any guide, 2006 is shaping up as a year of solid returns in mutual funds. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Microsoft lifts Xbox 360 minimum 720p, anti-aliasing mandate for devs (Joystiq, 9/02/2009 11:45pm) |
In a column published today on Develop, Black Rock Studio (Pure, Split/Second) technical director David Jeffrries revealed that Microsoft has removed an item from its TCRs (Technical Certification Requirements) that stated all Xbox 360 games must run at a minimum of 1280x720 (720p) resolution if the system is in HD mode. According to Jeffries, this was done earlier this year so that developers could be "free to make the trade-off between resolution and image quality as we see fit."
TCRs are technical "rules" that all games developed for a given platform must adhere to in order to be certified for release. Of course, some games that have skirted this specific TCR have still been allowed on the system; the most notable being Microsoft's own Halo 3, which runs at 1152x640 (progressive).
Joystiq has confirmed with a trusted source familiar with Microsoft's TCRs that Jeffries' claim is legit. Not only that, but, as of March 2009, Xbox 360 developers are no longer required to utilize full-screen anti-aliasing in their games. The elimination of both requirements is especially noteworthy since the console maker had touted that all 360 games would run at a minimum of 720p with at least 2x FSAA since before the hardware launched.
As Jeffries points out in his column, 1280x720 isn't necessarily the "starting point" for HD on many displays and that it's not nearly as crucial as anti-aliasing. It's not clear if the back-tracking on Microsoft's part was due to pressure from the development community or not, but we can probably all agree that, as long as a game looks great, it doesn't really matter how its creators got there. Does it?Microsoft lifts Xbox 360 minimum 720p, anti-aliasing mandate for devs originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 02 Sep 2009 18:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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| (Unranked) | Nintendo Fans Fight To Get 3DS And Wii U Region-Free (Kotaku, 6/24/2013 10:30pm) |
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| MediaCorp to launch HDTV by end of the year (Channel NewsAsia, 7/06/2007 4:12am) |
| SINGAPORE : By the end of this year, watching television in Singapore will be quite a different experience. MediaCorp is launching a high-definition, or HD, TV channel, that promises sharper images. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Avatar - 3D' Blu-ray 3D Dated (High-Def Digest, 8/14/2012 10:50pm) |
| James Cameron's 2009 blockbuster will no longer be a Panasonic hardware exclusive this October. In an early announcement to retailers, 20th Century Fox has slated 'Avatar - 3D' for Blu-ray 3D on [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Ho ho ho! How a 5-year-old got a porn-filled Nintendo for Xmas (CNET Blogs, 12/27/2012 10:57pm) |
| A father buys his 5-year-old son a refurbished Nintendo 3DS for Christmas. Sadly, it wasn't refurbished well enough. (Read Full Article) |
| Toshiba s HD-DVD delayed launch may trigger disk format wars next year (EARTHtimes.org, 9/05/2005 1:13pm) |
| Toshiba seeking to optimize may delay the US launch of its HD-DVD to next year, while possibly staying on course with its plans for its home market, Japan. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Online Journalism News (dotjournalism, 5/27/2005 4:56pm) |
| It\\\'s that time of year again, already: Big Brother 6 starts tonight. Channel 4 is launching branded mobile content for this year\\\'s spectacle, alongside 24/7 subscription access to live footage from the house. Transparent walls, heat-seeking cameras and outside showers apparently. Oh, whatever. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Strong summer movies drive DVDs to '06 rally (Reuters via Yahoo! News, 1/02/2007 10:30am) |
| Call it the year of smoke and mirrors. When 2006 began, fearful studio executives were still reeling with the first down year in DVD history. They were anxiously looking for salvation, and hoping to find it in high-definition discs, digital downloads or perhaps a combination of the two. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Coming TV change won't make your set obsolete (USA Today, 10/27/2005 11:58pm) |
| Despite things you may have read elsewhere, your television will not become obsolete in 2009. The only people who have to worry are those who A) get their TV over the air via a "rabbit ears" or rooftop antenna, and B) don't have a digital TV. The rest of us just will get more channels to choose from. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Deadline for Digital TV Established (TV Week, 12/19/2005 6:52pm) |
| Feb. 17, 2009, is the new drop-dead date by which broadcasters must make the switch to digital TV, under a legislative compromise approved by House and Senate leaders late Sunday. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | AT&T planning to launch HD Voice sometime this year (Engadget, 1/06/2014 6:45pm) |
| LTE-Advanced? Voice over LTE? HD Voice? This may turn out to be a solid year for AT&T's network. Alongside the announcement of the ASUS PadFone X at the company's Developer Summit, AT&T Mobility CEO Ralph de la Vega specified that HD Voice [...] (Read Full Article) |
| PS3 HD Video on Demand Service Crashes Into Japan Next Year [The Slow Lane] (Gizmodo, 12/01/2007 12:15am) |
| The PS3's still got a long ways to go to catch up to the Xbox 360 in the online space, and their next step toward it with an HD VOD service seems kind of lackluster. It's launching next year in Japan... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | CES: Records, 3D and … Curves? (Home Media Magazine, 1/10/2013 8:03am) |
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LAS VEGAS — Revenues for the consumer electronics industry are expected to hit $29.06 billion during 2013, up 3% year over year, according to a forecast by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), released during the annual [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | New Xbox this time next year? (CNET Blogs, 11/30/2012 10:02pm) |
| Microsoft could be readying the next Xbox for this time next year, 3D printing comes to Staples and we say goodbye to Nintendo Power. (Read Full Article) |
| LG launches affordable Blu-Ray home cinema system (Tech Digest, 10/08/2009 10:31am) |
From LG comes a Blu-Ray based home cinema system. The HB954SP offers Full HD 1080p playback, 1000W of power and 5.1 channel output with five oval satellite speakers. LG's latest system offers one click access to YouTube and and an iPhone/iPod docking/charging station. LG Sound Gallery offers seven sound settings including a night mode to turn off the bass so you do not wake sleeping children. Connections include two HDMI inputs for hook up other devices such as a game console, DVD recorder or HD satellite box. This system will be available from November 2009 from major retailers and independents.
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| 'Zodiac' to Cut Up Blu-ray this January (High-Def Digest, 10/07/2008 8:00pm) |
| After a wait of over a year, Paramount has announced plans to bring the serial killer procedural 'Zodiac' to Blu-ray early next year. Previously released on HD DVD in early 2007, the acclaimed David Fincher-directed... ... (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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| Reuters: Strong Summer Movies Drive DVDs to '06 Rally (Hollywood.com, 1/02/2007 4:46pm) |
| Call it the year of smoke and mirrors. When 2006 began, fearful studio executives were still reeling with the first down year in DVD history. They were anxiously looking for salvation, and hoping to find it in high-definition discs, digital downloads or perhaps a combination of the two. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Matsuda, Knowles Talk Blu-ray (Home Media Magazine, 11/15/2012 12:24am) |
| Harry Knowles, a film critic and founder of Ain’t It Cool News, looks at 2012 and sees an important year for Blu-ray Disc.
“This has been an extraordinary year in terms of catalog Blu-ray titles,” Knowles said, speaking [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Congress gives OK to digital TV switch (Reuters via Yahoo! News, 2/02/2006 6:43am) |
| Congress decreed the end of TV as we know it Wednesday, when the House of Representatives approved a $39 billion budget-cutting measure that requires broadcasters to turn off their current analog channels by 2009. ... (Read Full Article) |
| The End of TV as We Know It (Wired News, 10/22/2005 5:19pm) |
| Television manufacturers, broadcasters and regular folks will have to abandon analog TV and embrace high-def digital by the Senate-mandated deadline of April 7, 2009. Plus: Kodak cranks out a 39-megapixel CCD. From the Wired News blog Gear Factor. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Blue Underground to go Blu-ray this year (HDTV UK, 3/05/2008 1:43pm) |
| No jokes about their name, but
Blue Underground -- a leading distributor of cult and horror DVDs -- has
announced that it will begin rolling out Blu-ray titles this year. No more
detail is yet available, but if high definition gore is your thing, then keep
an eye out for more information in the near future. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Blockbuster to Stream to Blu-ray Players in ‘09 (Electronic House, 12/01/2008 10:54pm) |
| Blockbuster’s CEO recently said the capability to stream the rental service’s On Demand movies will be available on Blu-ray players in the first quarter of 2009. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Transition to digital television looms for all viewers in 2009 (Rocky Mountain News, 6/05/2006 7:06am) |
| High-definition TV is just one kind of digital television, but there are many more types - and prices - than just HDTV. ... (Read Full Article) |
| National Survey Shows Consumer Likelihood to Buy HDTVs and Next-Generation DVD Players in the Next Year, but Current (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance, 3/31/2005 6:51pm) |
| According to a recent national survey, 27 percent of adults indicate that they are likely to buy a HDTV set within the next year -- the highest percentage of purchase interest among the seven electronic devices tested. (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Wii U, 3DS indie devs talk shop at iDEAME (Joystiq, 5/14/2013 12:00pm) |
Nintendo was encouraged by its digital growth over the last year, and a significant part of that is the indie scene on Wii U and [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 3Doodler 3D printing pen coming to Brookstone stores later this year (Engadget, 1/07/2014 5:00pm) |
| If the only thing standing between you and a $99 3Doodler was the ability to mull the decision over in a nearby massage chair, 2014 is your year. Wobbleworks announced today that its 3D printing pen is finally getting a little retail distribution, [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Doodle Jump bouncing to 3DS, DS this year (Joystiq, 10/09/2013 2:30am) |
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Lima Sky's tilt-controlled mobile favorite Doodle Jump will hit the Nintendo DS and 3DS later this year [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'The Hole' Blu-ray Dated (High-Def Digest, 9/07/2012 8:00pm) |
| The 2009 PG-13 supernatural thriller will descend on Blu-ray this October. In an early announcement to retailers, Big Air Studios is prepping 'The Hole' for a Blu-ray release on October 2. From [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Sony: $200 Blu-ray players next year (CNET Blogs, 3/05/2008 7:49pm) |
| Patience, HD video fans. Those of you hoping that the defeat of HD DVD would usher in a new era of lower-priced Blu-ray players will have to wait at least until the next calendar year.
In comments made to reporters at a New York press gathering Wednesday morning, Sony Electronics ...]]> ... (Read Full Article) |
| PS3 Slim all but official with leaks, rumors, and scans galore (Ars Technica, 8/05/2009 2:33pm) |
The talk of a slimmed down version of the PlayStation has been around for a long time, with our favorite inside source laying down the timeline for the system as well as what would happen before the hardware's launch. It looks as if more and more of the prophecy is coming true, with a new mountain of evidence pointing towards the upcoming release of new PS3 hardware.
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| Toshiba Blu-ray Player Finally Coming in 2009 (Electronic House, 7/21/2009 12:00am) |
| Toshiba will soon launch its first Blu-ray player, according to a Japanese newspaper. ... (Read Full Article) |
| HDTV Shopping Tips (I4U, 5/12/2008 6:07pm) |
| With the digital transition coming in early 2009 and some markets changing to digital broadcasts before that the market for LCD and Plasma TVs is booming. The economic stimulus checks soon to be showing up for most Americans will also see lots of new HDTVs... ... (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) |
| Trident Microsystems Reports Financial Results for Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2005 (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance, 7/27/2005 8:10pm) |
| Trident Microsystems, Inc. a leading provider of digital TV technology for the consumer digital video marketplace today announced for the fourth fiscal quarter of 2005, ending June 30, 2005, the Company achieved net revenues of $20,886,000, a sequential increase of 29% from the $16,136,000 reported in the March quarter and a 65% year over year increase from the $12,646,000 reported in the ... (Read Full Article) |
| Tenvera's Fiber IN The Home Helps Make The Most Of FTTH Technology (FiberOpticsOnline, 12/04/2006 7:13pm) |
| On or before February 17, 2009, digital television will be the standard, only digital will be available. High Definition television will rule all the airwaves ... (Read Full Article) |
| TV or not TV ... gas-price search (Kane County Chronicle, 5/29/2005 6:49am) |
| Start saving those pennies for digital TV when your old sets go dark. House Republicans plan to pull the plug on analog broadcasts on Jan. 1, 2009, but don't foresee rebates to ease the cost of the changeover for the 85 percent of Americans who haven't yet switched. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Congress gives OK to digital TV switch (Reuters, 2/02/2006 1:17pm) |
| WASHINGTON (Hollywood Reporter) - Congress decreed the end of TV as we know it Wednesday, when the House of Representatives approved a $39 billion budget-cutting measure that requires broadcasters to turn off their current analog channels by 2009. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Samsung to Unveil Sweet HDTVs at CES 2009 (I4U, 12/29/2008 3:00pm) |
| CES starts in mere days and it will bring some interesting new products to store shelves. Samsung will be showing off several new models in its HDTV line. One of the most important aspects of many of its new sets is LED backlighting.
The LED backlit set... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Blu-ray Review: The Ultimate Buster Keaton Collection (High-Def Digest, 1/25/2013 12:10am) |
| Since 2009, Kino has been releasing Buster Keaton's films, both shorts and features, on Blu-ray. The company has compiled those titles, along with 'College' (exclusive to this set until March 05, [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Managed Copy hits Blu-ray Discs December 4th, but you still can't use it (Engadget, 11/07/2009 7:34am) |
The egg had to come before the chicken right? Well either way, one of 'em came first and in the case of the latest Blu-ray feature, (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | ESPN Is Killing 3D Broadcasts By the End of the Year (Gizmodo, 6/12/2013 3:13pm) |
| ESPN will kill 3D TV by the end of the year. We reached out to ESPN, and the company confirmed the report citing [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Sky News to go high definition in Spring 2010 (HDTV UK, 9/26/2009 7:58am) |
| Sky has announced that its award-winning news service, Sky News, will begin broadcasting in high definition early next year. Sky News HD is scheduled for a Spring 2010 launch, following studio and production facility upgrades in the UK and overseas. It will be the UK's first dedicated news channel to broadcast in HD. The commitment to launch Sky News HD follows the channel's successful first ever HD broadcast and HD online streaming of Barack Obama's Inauguration in January 2009 - and, from launch, Sky News will bring spectacular HD pictures to viewers from around the globe as experienced HD cameramen work alongside the channels' world class UK and foreign correspondents... (Read Full Article) |
| NTL Results & ADSL2+ Trial Revealed (ISPreview, 3/16/2005 9:19am) |
| NTL's latest results have highlighted a 40% growth in broadband subscriptions last year to 1.33m, which is expected to continue at between 20 to 25% this year. More interesting is the operators ADSL2+ trial. (Read Full Article) |
| 'Last Year at Marienbad' to Get June Blu-ray Release (High-Def Digest, 3/18/2009 6:00pm) |
| Criterion has set a late-June Blu-ray berth for the Alain Resnais classic 'Last Year at Marienbad.' Winner of the 1961 Oscar for Best Original Screenplay as well as numerous other accolades, Resnais' tale... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Seen at CES: Panasonic's Wall of HDTVs is the Most Beautiful [Ces 2009] (Gizmodo, 1/10/2009 5:54am) |
| There are plenty of HDTV walls at CES, but the most beautiful, by far, is Panasonic's staggered arrangement of TVs ranging from the monster 150-inch plasma to its offspring of lesser size. Gorgeous. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Adult Film Producers Choose HD DVD (E-Commerce Times, 1/24/2007 5:19pm) |
| Supporters of the rival high-definition video disc formats had new ammunition at this year's Consumer Electronics Show. The Blu-ray camp reiterated the overwhelming support of electronics companies and Hollywood studios for the format, with seven out of the eight movie "majors" planning to release about 300 new titles in Blu-ray this year. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Asus Is Putting Sick 3D Gesture Controls in Its PCs This Year (Gizmodo, 1/03/2013 2:04pm) |
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| Toshiba BDX2000 Blu-ray Player Unveiled at IFA 2009 (I4U, 9/05/2009 7:52am) |
| Toshiba unveiled their first Blu-ray player at the IFA 2009. After the company's defeat in the HD format war, it took a while until the company decided to join the winning Blu-ray camp.
The Toshiba BDX2000 supports BD-Live (Profile 2.0) needed to play B...
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| Pioneer says to launch Blu-ray Recorders this Year (I4U, 7/08/2008 5:24am) |
| TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese consumer electronics maker Pioneer Corp said on
Tuesday it plans to launch Blu-ray DVD recorders by the end of the year, taking
aim at a rapidly growing market after the end of a bitter format battle.
... ... (Read Full Article) |
| BigBand Networks Announces 5 Year IP Service Provisioning Contract for Cox Communications (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance, 1/17/2006 1:30pm) |
| BigBand Networks, Inc., a leading provider of broadband multimedia infrastructure for video, voice and data, today announced that it signed a five year agreement with Cox Communications. ... (Read Full Article) |
| BellSouth IPTV in 2006 (Broadband Reports, 8/10/2005 8:57pm) |
| Intial market launch mid-year. Reuters reports that BellSouth should launch their television service sometime in 2006. "We intend to move to a field trial of probably 300 to 500 customers later this year, and assuming everything goes according to plan ... we're targeting an initi.. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Empire of Silver' Blu-ray Announced (High-Def Digest, 3/13/2013 4:00pm) |
| Christina Yao's Special Jury Award winner at the 2009 Shanghai Film Festival is planned for Blu-ray next month. In an early announcement to retailers, NeoClassics is working on 'Empire of Silver' for [...] (Read Full Article) |
| MIPS Technologies Reports Fourth Quarter and Fiscal 2005 Financial Results (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance, 7/27/2005 8:15pm) |
| MIPS Technologies, Inc. , today reported financial results for its fourth quarter and fiscal year ended June 30, 2005. Revenue for the fiscal year 2005 grew 28 percent in both royalties and contract revenue compared to fiscal year 2004. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Digital TV may be forced on America (Austin American-Statesman, 7/13/2005 10:56am) |
| Broadcasters ready for switch, but Congress not poised to set deadline. WASHINGTON — On Super Bowl Sunday in 2009, millions of football-loving Americans with old-fashioned analog televisions might lean over to adjust their sets' rabbit-ear antennas and see nothing but static. ... (Read Full Article) |
| NEWS: Sony announces Wi-Fi Blu-ray players (Pocket-lint, 9/02/2009 3:57pm) |
IFA 2009: BDP-S560 and BDP-S760 announced
At its IFA press conference, Sony has announced two new Blu-Ray players that come with Wi-Fi functionality. That'll mean that you won't have to fiddle with plugging an ethernet cable into the back of the units.
The BDP-S560 and BDP-S760 have wireless-n standard connectivity, and are also WPS-enabled for ease of connection. Firmware updates and BD-Live capabilities can then be accessed without having to deal with cables.
Both Blu-ray players are also DLNA certified, meaning that you'll be able to use Windows functionality to send pictures and video to the players from your laptop. They have upscaling for DVDs and have a 6-second quickstart feature that the company claims is "unrivalled by other products available today".
The BDP-S760 is the flagship model and in addition to the above functionality contains an "HD Reality Enhancer". That should smooth image tones and reduce noise to create more a realistic picture, if the company is to believed. The BDP-S760 also includes multi-channel headphone surround for generating a 7.1 experience on stereo earphones.
No pricing or availability was provided.
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| (Unranked) | ESPN to shut down ESPN 3D this year after failed adoption (AfterDawn, 6/12/2013 4:18pm) |
| ESPN will shut down its specialized ESPN 3D channel by the end of the year, proving once again that 3D is a gimmick that the general public could not care less about.The move was confirmed via Twitter by an ESPN PR affiliate, who cited the lack of [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | LG's bringing Ultra HD OLED TVs in more sizes to CES, ramping up production (Engadget, 1/03/2014 10:39am) |
| Last year LG and Samsung did battle with their first few commercially released OLED HDTVs, and now at CES 2014 we're moving on to round two. The curved 77-inch Ultra HD OLED shown as a concept late last year will return, this time rocking a model [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | ‘Avatar’ 3D finally available to the masses October 16 (HD-Report, 8/14/2012 4:53pm) |
| Hey, remember Avatar? That little film from James Cameron that came out in 2009 promising the best use of 3D ever? Well in two months, it'll finally be available to non-new Panasonic TV owners. Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment today [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Panasonic to Show Full HD 3D Home Theater At Cable-Tec Expo 2009 (I4U, 10/28/2009 10:00pm) |
| 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 ...
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| INTERVIEW: Arianespace Expects Asian Launches To Pickup (Dow Jones via Yahoo! Asia News, 6/20/2005 8:05am) |
| SINGAPORE (Dow Jones)--Arianespace (ARS.YY) expects to launch three satellites in Asia this year and four next year, marking a pick up after a slump that has lasted several years, a senior official at the European satellite giant said in a recent interview. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Sales of HDTV sets to jump (Shanghai Daily) Updated: 2006-06-20 14:34 (China Daily, 6/20/2006 6:44am) |
| Sales of high definition television sets in China are expected to jump to 3.2 million units this year from only 970,000 sets last year. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Sea Launch Begins A Sold-Out Year (SpaceDaily, 1/23/2006 6:16am) |
| by Staff Writers Long Beach CA (SPX) Jan 23, 2006 Following a banner year in 2005 with four successful missions and nine new commercial launch contracts, Sea Launch is now preparing for the first of six missions in 2006, planned for February. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Fox Plans 2 HDTV Channels (TVPredictions.com, 8/08/2005 10:13am) |
| Multichannel News reports that the two channels will be launched next year. Washington D.C. (August 8, 2005) -- Fox Networks is planning to launch two High-Definition TV channels next year, according to the trade publication, Multichannel News. ... (Read Full Article) |
| New MPEG Standard Starts to Take Shape (Addict 3D, 9/20/2005 2:24pm) |
| High-definition television has become a staple in a growing number of households. More than 10 million homes worldwide now have HDTVs and that number will reach 52 million in 2009, according to market research firm In-Stat. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Ian White's Top 5 Blu-ray Discs of 2012 (Big Picture Big Sound, 12/18/2012 5:23pm) |
| 2012 was only an average year for new releases, but some of the best Blu-rays of the year were much anticipated classics that delivered on all levels. Here [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Xbox 360 to pass Wii in US by year's end (AfterDawn, 6/28/2013 10:32am) |
| While the Nintendo Wii console once led Microsoft's Xbox 360 console by over nine million in lifetime sales in the U.S, it is likely to lose its American crown this year.When the Nintendo Wii first launched in 2006, the Xbox 360 had been on the [...] (Read Full Article) |
| LCD Monitors outselling CRT three to one in Canada (Dec 14) (Digi Times, 12/15/2005 7:06am) |
| The research firm said that total monitor shipments in Canada grew 2% year over year in the third quarter to 559,700 units with LCD monitors accounting for 438,496 (78%) of shipments versus 121,207 (22%) for CRT monitors. ... (Read Full Article) |
| JVC XV-BP1 Blu-ray Player is the first for JVC (I4U, 1/07/2009 4:15pm) |
| JVC announced their first Blu-ray player at the CES 2009. It is amazing that they could afford to not offer a Blu-ray player until now. The JVC XV-BP1 Blu-ray player offers also playback of the AVCHD format, the high definition format widely used for HD ca... ... (Read Full Article) |
| This Panasonic Blu-ray Player Is Portable [Ces 2009] (Gizmodo, 1/07/2009 11:41pm) |
| Panasonic has introduced a portable Blu-ray player with BD Live and Viera Cast internet video streaming. We'll get you more details soon. ... (Read Full Article) |
| WirelessHD Cites Gains At CEDIA Expo (TWICE, 9/10/2009 1:21pm) |
| CEDIA Expo 2009 Atlanta - WirelessHD technology is appearing in products from Panasonic, LG... (Read Full Article) |
| Toshiba launching BD 18 Blu-ray player by year's end (Engadget, 7/18/2009 8:50pm) |
| Need a little something to get you over the Saturday lull? Gnaw on this. Japan's own Yomiuri is reporting today that Toshiba is expected to finally admit defeat and enter the dark, devious world of Blu-ray later this year. For those keeping tabs, we've heard both confirmations and denials about the outfit finally caving and supporting the format it once battled so valiantly, but this seems to so ... (Read Full Article) |
| SpatiaLight Announces Fiscal 2004 Year End Results (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance, 3/14/2005 9:30pm) |
| SpatiaLight, Inc. , a manufacturer of state of the art liquid crystal on silicon microdisplays, today announced its financial results for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004. (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | This Giant 3D Plasma TV Is Your Deal of the Day (Gizmodo, 5/29/2013 7:00pm) |
| 2013 is shaping up to be a big year for big televisions, and that means last year's models are going to be [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Microsoft "Cautiously Optimistic" About Its 2009 [Xbox 360] (Kotaku, 12/04/2008 2:00am) |
| Given Microsoft's recent Black Friday sales boasting, we'd think that the Xbox 360 team's egos are severely bloated. Not so. Shane Kim says the company is, somewhat distressingly, "cautiously... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Solomon Kane' Blu-ray Announced (High-Def Digest, 5/20/2013 4:00pm) |
| Michael J. Bassett's 2009 action-adventure will be heading to Blu-ray in July. In an early announcement to retailers, Starz/Anchor Bay is working on 'Solomon Kane' for Blu-ray on July 16. Captain [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Kagan: HDTV Sales To Rebound In Late '09 (Multichannel News, 10/07/2009 8:42pm) |
| A new study from SNL Kagan predicts that improved HDTV sales in the second half of 2009 will... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Survey Says 23% of Consumers Intend to Buy a New HDTV This Year (Big Picture Big Sound, 7/18/2013 6:15am) |
| Don't call it a comeback, but the consumer electronics industry could be in for a nice [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | ESPN Announces Plans to Shut Down ESPN 3D by the End of the Year (High-Def Digest, 6/12/2013 7:00pm) |
| "Due to low adoption of 3D at home." Troubling news for fans of 3D and sports as ESPN has announced plans to shut down its ESPN 3D channel by the end of the year. The reasoning behind the decision [...] (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) |
| (Unranked) | New on Blu-ray this Week: Brave 3D, Lawrence of Arabia (Restored), Pixar Short Films (HD-Report, 11/13/2012 8:40pm) |
| It’s that time of year when most home media yields to the latest ‘Call of Duty’ release. But this year Disney wasn’t afraid to put up it’s animated hit Brave up against the leading the video game franchise. I mean, you [...] (Read Full Article) |
| NEWS: JVC launches XV-BP1 Blu-ray (Pocket-lint, 1/07/2009 6:22pm) |
| CES 2009: Profile 2.0 player for $300 JVC has announced its first Blu-ray player for the States, a low-profile unit that offers BD Live compatibility and the AVCHD HD camcorder format playback.
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| (Unranked) | PS3 won't get NFL Sunday Ticket this year, does receive live events app (Joystiq, 8/14/2013 4:30pm) |
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The NFL's regular season is just around the corner, but those hoping to fire up their PlayStation 3 consoles to stream [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Netflix CEO says Mac client and Blu-ray emphasis on the way (AfterDawn, 10/21/2008 3:12am) |
| Despite the spectre of a recession looming over the US economy, Netflix Founder, Chairman, and CEO Reed Hastings is confident about his company's position for the remainder of the year. Although he sees slower growth than last year he predicts that recent and future developments will continue to fuel profitability.
One of things Hastings spoke proudly about in a presentation that was part of t ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Super Motherload coming to PS4, PS3 later this year (Joystiq, 6/07/2013 2:30am) |
Super Motherload, a couch co-op digging game set in an alternate Cold War era, is on its way to PS4 alongside a launch [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Pioneer Drops Below $300 with BD-Live Blu-ray Player; Crazy Vid Tweaks on Step-Up Models [Ces 2009] (Gizmodo, 1/07/2009 8:24pm) |
| Pioneer has three BD-Live Blu-ray players out in April, the BDP-120 hits under $300, but the step-up BDP-320 and Elite BDP-23FD actually sense the TV you're watching and tweak video output for max... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | EOS imaging 2012 Annual Results in Line with Expectations (Business Wire, 4/21/2013 3:00pm) |
| PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--EOS imaging (NYSE Euronext, FR0011191766 – EOSI), the pioneer in orthopaedic 2D/3D imaging, today announced its consolidated full-year results for the year ended December 31, 2012 as approved by the Board of Directors on [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | PHD Virtual Announces Record Revenue Growth With 40 Percent Increase Year Over Year (Business Wire, 10/19/2012 12:01pm) |
| PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--PHD Virtual Technologies, a pioneer in virtual machine backup and recovery, and innovator of virtualization monitoring solutions, announced today that it has achieved its 9th consecutive quarter of record revenue [...] (Read Full Article) |
| The Year's Biggest Comedy Premieres on DVD and HD DVD Tuesday, November 13thDreamWorks' Shrek the Third, The Year's ... (Broadcast Newsroom, 9/27/2007 1:44pm) |
| HOLLYWOOD , Calif., BUSINESS WIRE -- Hear ye! Hear ye! Prepare for king-sized laughs as DreamWorks Animation 's newest adventure in the largest theatrical animated franchise ever gets the royal treatment on DVD and HD DVD on Tuesday, November 13th. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Blu-ray Gets Big Boost From Sony, Best Buy, and Apple (About.com, 9/28/2009 10:00am) |
| For those that are still Blu-ray doubters, the trend is against you. Blu-ray has not only been on a continuous growth pattern despite the current lackluster economy, but may experience substantially increased growth as a result of four new developments.
First: The large number of Blu-ray Disc players introduced at the recent CEDIA EXPO from both mainstream and niche-brand manufacturers.
Second: Sony has revealed that its new Playstation 3 Slim (which has a built-in Blu-ray Disc player) has sold more than 1 million units since it was released on September 1st.
Third: Apple is finally jumping on the Blu-ray bandwagon with an announcement that it will be including a Blu-ray Disc drive in its upcoming series of iMacs.
Fourth: Best Buy has announced that it will be marketing a new line of its Insignia-brand LCD TVs that will include built-in Blu-ray Disc players; just in time for the 2009 Christmas and Winter Holiday Season.
For more details on these developments, check out the reports from Channel Web, CNET, and High Def Digest. (Read Full Article) |
| Sharp's Aquos BD Series HDTVs Include Built-In Blu-ray Players [Ces 2009] (Gizmodo, 1/07/2009 8:06pm) |
| What's that CES magic word we hear? Convergence? Yes, indeed: Sharp's all-new BD series, as the name suggests, features a built-in side-loading Blu-ray player in all fives sets ranging from 32-52... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Report: HDTV Market to Exceed $25 Billion This Year (TechNewsWorld.com, 1/26/2006 4:34pm) |
| The global market for high-definition televisions (HDTV) and their ancillary products -- personal video recorders, DVD players, game consoles and set-top boxes -- will eclipse US$25 billion this year, according to a report released Wednesday by ABI Research, of Oyster Bay, N.Y. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Trends of the tube (The Biloxi Sun Herald, 9/08/2006 8:14am) |
| HDTV and you Congress is expected to approve a plan to end analog broadcasting in February 2009, making high definition, or HDTV, the way to go. Meanwhile, TV stations are broadcasting on analog channels while phasing in digital broadcasts on a separate DTV channel. ... (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) |
| Criterion begins its Blu-ray support (AfterDawn, 5/12/2008 6:02am) |
| The Criterion Collection, the leading distributor of classic cinema, has announced that it will begin its Blu-ray support this year with at least 13 confirmed titles.
The announcement, through the company's official email newsletter, says that the first releases will hit retail shelves in the Q3 of this year.
The thirteen confirmed titles are 'The Third Man,' 'Bottle Rocket,' 'Chungki ... (Read Full Article) |
| Trident Microsystems slides to a 3-year low as co. loses low-end HDTV share (Sharewatch, 10/26/2007 3:46pm) |
| NEW YORK (Thomson Financial) - Trident Microsystems shares tumbled to a 3-year low Friday, after the company said it was losing market share to new entrants and off-brands in smaller-screen high definition TVs (HDTV) sold at discount chains. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Blu-ray Review: Rise of the Guardians - 3D (High-Def Digest, 3/13/2013 2:25pm) |
| Every year during the holiday season we're sure to see one or two computer-animated flicks centered on Christmas. 'Rise of the Guardians' came out last year during the holiday season, though I guess [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Comcast Reports Fourth Quarter and Year End 2005 Results (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance, 2/02/2006 12:00pm) |
| Comcast Corporation today reported results for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2005. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Most PC Drives Will Support Both HD DVD and Blu-ray; Format War Endless and/or Meaningless [Format War] (Gizmodo, 12/31/2007 3:16pm) |
| By 2012, two-thirds of all high-def disc drives for PCs will support both Blu-ray and HD DVD, says an analyst at ABI Research. He also added that by 2009, universal drives will cost the same as... ... (Read Full Article) |
| NPD predicts PS3 sales to increase by 40-60% post price drop (Joystiq, 8/21/2009 9:30pm) |
The NPD Group, famed tabulator of video game hardware and software sales, says it sees the new $299 price point of PlayStation 3 contributing to a significant sales boost for the system. "We would expect to see in the range of a 40% to 60% unit sales increase when September sales are reported," NPD analyst Anita Frazier told InformationWeek. We'll see how accurate of an estimate that was when the September NPD data hits mid-October.
Frazier added, "The $299 price point is important to getting to a point where the next segment of price-conscious consumers can jump into the market and it most certainly will re-energize sales of the platform." So, basically, a cheaper PS3 will sell better because people are more likely to take the plunge at a cheaper price. We know that analysts get paid to offer their opinions, but this just ... gave us an idea!
"It's our opinion that a $99 price point for PS3 would increase sales by 90 to 100 percent." -- Joystiq
Small, unmarked bills only, please.
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| Atlanta Thrashers look to make a city grab some seats (AdJab, 9/13/2005 11:00am) |
| Filed under: Indoor , Online , Outdoor , Television Advertising for the National Hockey League's teams isn't going to be easy this year. Faced with a year-long outage of puck passing to overcome, the team realizes that it's staunchest supporters will probably be back in some force, but not totally - and the league wasn't exactly a powerhouse of American fanship before, so they have multi ... (Read Full Article) |
| Don't throw out that old TV yet (The Pueblo Chieftain Online, 7/24/2005 1:46pm) |
| The National Association of Broadcasters this month agreed that in 2009 - three years later than originally planned - they will give up the traditional analog channels they've used for more than a half-century and broadcast totally digital signals. That doesn't necessarily mean that everyone will have to trash their old TVs in four years, though. What the move to digital technology means for ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 320GB PS3 and a year of Plus for $250 today on Amazon (Joystiq, 12/18/2012 3:30pm) |
| Amazon's Deal of the Day offers you a PS3 with instant access to way too many games, and a hard drive to put said overabundance of games onto. The [...] (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) |
| CBHD Leads Marketshare over Blu-ray in China (Format War Central, 7/24/2009 11:30pm) |
| CBHD seems to be doing much better against rival Blu-ray than its ill fated predecessor HD DVD. A recent report by a Japanese news station looking at CBHD format and its competition with Blu-ray confirms CBHD has a 3% market share lead on Blu-ray. The CBHD format launched in the first half of 2009, Blu-ray [...] (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) |
| Panasonic Announces Availability of Amazon Video on Demand on Its Full Line of 2009 VIERA CAST(TM)-Enabled Blu-ray Disc Players (HDTV Magazine, 8/04/2009 4:24pm) |
Panasonic announced today that Amazon Video On Demand is now available on its full line of 2009 VIERA CAST(TM)-enabled Blu-ray Disc players. Current owners of Panasonic's 2009 Blu-ray Disc players automatically received a free software update today and can begin enjoying the service immediately when they...
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| A flat-panel TV price war coming later this year? (Engadget, 5/30/2005 9:31am) |
| You may want to wait a few months before buying that new jumbo-sized flat-panel TV. Reuters reports that while prices for smaller TVs are probably going to go up later this year, that Sony, LG, Panasonic, Samsung, Pioneer, and other manufacturers are getting ready for a price war and are expected to drop prices on LCD and plasma TVs that are larger than 40-inches in size in order to grab more ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Grown Man Arrested for Stealing a Child's Pokemon 3DS (Kotaku, 4/02/2014 9:30am) |
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Thirty-two year-old Seiji Saihara was arrested for allegedly stealing a ten year-old boy's Nintendo 3DS XL. It wasn't just any 3DS XL, however. It was a limited edition Pokemon one. (Read Full Article) |
| LCD panel makers expect TV panel market to almost double next year (AnandTech, 12/01/2005 3:35pm) |
| DigiTimes reports that the LCD TV market is expected to nearly double next year.  Lower prices and larger panel sizes are pushing these puppies into the mainstream. I can attest to that as I was able to pickup a 27" 16:9 HDTV LCD for $400 after rebate during Black Friday: AU Optronics (AUO) expects the market to nearly double to... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Silicon Graphics Unwraps 2000-Year-Old Mummy (BIOS, 8/04/2005 6:51am) |
| Using Silicon Graphics (SGI) visualisation technology, scientists have virtually unwrapped and analysed the skeleton of a 2000-year-old child mummy. The skeleton is dubbed 'Sherit', which is ancient Egyptian for 'Little One'. Using renders 3D models, Stanford resea... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Samsung 1080p 120 Hz LCD HDTV Sale: LN46A650 LN52A650 30% Off (Big Picture Big Sound, 3/31/2009 1:43am) |
| As Samsung prepares to ship their new 2009 LCD HDTV models, the current high performance crop of 120 Hz 1080p models is available at clearance pricing.
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| Marriott to Offer HDTV, Plug-in Panels (DesignTechnica, 2/27/2007 6:39pm) |
| Marriott plans to offer high-definition LCD televisions and a digital "plug-in panel" for guests' digital devices throughout the U.S. and Canada by the end of 2009. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Panasonic 50-inch Full HD 3D Plasma HDTV And Active Shutter Glasses (I4U, 9/28/2009 5:49am) |
| Panasonic exhibited a 3D Plasma HDTV setup at the CES 2009 earlier this year. The setup used a 103-inch Plasma. Today Panasonic announced the development of a 50-inch Full HD 3D compatible plasma display panel (PDP) and high-precision active shutter glasse...
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| (Unranked) | Invizimals PS3, Vita games are ready to capture North America (Joystiq, 2/11/2014 2:30pm) |
| The Invizimals series is bringing its reality-augmenting critters back to North America, with portable and console entries due this year. Vita game Invizimals: The Alliance and PS3 companion Invizimals: The Lost Kingdom hit Europe last year. [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Comcast to Air NHL in HDTV (TVPredictions.com, 8/09/2005 9:58am) |
| The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that the cable operator signs the league to a two-year deal. Washington D.C. (August 9, 2005) -- Comcast has signed a two-year, $100 million deal to carry the National Hockey League, starting this fall, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported today. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Terminator Salvation coming to Blu-ray on 23rd November (HDTV UK, 8/09/2010 1:45pm) |
| With over four months' notice, here's news that Terminator Salvation will be available to buy on Blu-ray from 23rd November 2009. As well as the high definition movie, bonus material available on the Blu-ray disc includes: "Re-Forging the Future"... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'The Black Waters of Echo's Pond' Blu-ray Announced (High-Def Digest, 6/25/2013 4:00pm) |
| Gabriel Bologna's 2009 horror film will get a Blu-ray release this September. In an early announcement to retailers, Starz/Anchor Bay is working on 'The Black Waters of Echo's Pond' for Blu-ray on [...] (Read Full Article) |
| It is Predicted by 2006 Europe Will Surpass the US in the Digital TV Market, with DirectTV (US) and BSkyB (UK) Being (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 11/10/2005 5:15pm) |
| DUBLIN, Ireland----Nov. 10, 2005--Research and Markets has announced the addition of Digital TV Markets 2005: Developments in the Europe and the US to 2009 to their offering. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Digital options include plasma, LCD (Richmond Times-Dispatch, 1/18/2006 6:05am) |
| Digital television is a new way of transmitting television signals. Over-the-air broadcasts are switching to digital, and eventually the traditional analog broadcasts will be switched off, by federal mandate, no later than 2009. Not all digital TVs are high-definition. ... (Read Full Article) |
| NEWS: LG adds VUDU to broadband HDTVs (Pocket-lint, 7/30/2009 11:06am) |
Streaming movie service
LG has announced that it's adding movie streaming capability to its HDTV range in a deal with VUDU - a company that provides on-demand video over the web.
A library of over 2,000 high-definition movies will be available, as will some TV shows. The company says that there's no monthly fees and no additional hardware, and that you'll get full 1080p resolution and 5.1 surround sound.
To get the package, you'll need a LG's NetCast Entertainment Access, and a TV with an ethernet port. The compatible TVs range from 42-inch to 60-inch and also have content from Netflix, Yahoo Widgets, and YouTube. Existing LG Broadband TV owners should get the VUDU service next month, the company says.
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| CES 2009: LG brings YouTube to Bluray (Tech Digest, 1/07/2009 8:38pm) |
| LG announced today that as well as bringing the full Bluray experience to your living room, in the form of Profile 2.0, their new BD370 Bluray player will also stream content from YouTube. Yes, you can enjoy top quality content like the latest in RC ducks right there on your sofa. ... (Read Full Article) |
| When They Pull the Plug on Analog HD Broadcasts, Will You Be Ready? (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance, 1/19/2006 12:55pm) |
| In just 36 short months, analog broadcasts of standard TV and HDTV will end. All HD programming after Jan. 1, 2009 will be available only from the copy-protected HDMI output of the cable or satellite box and only connect via the HDMI input on the HDTV. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Canon's top-end HD flash camcorder - the LEGRIA HF S11 (Tech Digest, 8/19/2009 3:31pm) |
Canon's LEGRIA HF S1O was one of the best received high definition, but still vaguely affordable, camcorders of recent times. Now it has put its...
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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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| Look Past the Living Room: How to Sustain HDTV Sales (TechNewsWorld.com, 3/01/2007 12:09pm) |
| Ask a sales associate at a big-box retailer which section of the store has the most traffic this year, and more than likely he will point to the rows lined with big HDTV screens. Yes, those slim, shining flat-panel HDTV sets are irresistible. Even the bulkier digital-light processing and rear-projection TVs are on the Slim-Fast diet this year and appear trimmer and slenderer than their ... ... (Read Full Article) |
| 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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| TENVERA's Fiber IN The Home Allows Fiber TO The Home Communities To Make The Most of FTTH TechnologyBrent Ware, CEO, (Broadcast Newsroom, 11/09/2006 2:24pm) |
| FRANKLIN, Tenn., BUSINESS WIRE -- On or before February 17, 2009, digital television will be the standard, only digital will be available. High Definition television will rule all the airwaves. ... (Read Full Article) |
| NEWS: Delkin launches 200-year archival Blu-ray discs (Pocket-lint, 6/27/2008 11:06am) |
| How do they know?Delkin Devices is now shipping Archival Gold Blu-ray recordable media, the first archival BD-R disc guaranteed to preserve data safely for over 200 years.
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| (Unranked) | 3Delta Systems Marks 10-Year CardVault Anniversary (Business Wire, 7/19/2013 9:00am) |
| CHANTILLY, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--3Delta Systems Marks 10-Year CardVault Anniversary -
Tokenization Pioneer 3DSI Celebrates Credit Card Security Milestone with First CardVault Customer [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Get ready for Telco TV, says In-Stat (Digi Times, 9/07/2005 10:52am) |
| Telecommunications providers in many parts of the world are rolling out, or will soon roll out, TV services, reports In-Stat. At the end of 2004, there were 1.6 million Telco TV subscribers, the high-tech market research firm says, and it forecasts that number to rise to 32 million by the end of 2009, with over half of the total coming from Asia. ... (Read Full Article) |
| More than 20 million households will have HDTV by the end of this year (Digg.com, 10/28/2006 3:59am) |
| More than 20 million households will have High-Definition Television (HDTV) by the end of this year, but what good is that razor-sharp picture and extraordinary surround sound if there’s not much high-def content to watch? HD DVD makes the most of HDTVs by delivering the latest films, as well as old favorites, in high-definition. ... (Read Full Article) |
| UK: Near-ubiquitous knowledge of HDTV, but just 11% will buy this year (HDTV UK, 7/17/2009 11:48am) |
| It seems that pretty much everyone is aware of high definition TV, but just one in ten British consumers are planning to buy HD services this year. According to a market research survey (695 respondents) by Buckingham Research, 85% said that they were aware of HDTV while 14% said they were aware but didn't understand it. It seems that consumers aren't ready to splash the cash (or ready the credi ... (Read Full Article) |
| ViewSonic to Leverage SRS TruSurround XT In 16-Inch and 24-Inch 2009 HDTVs (High-Def Digest, 7/23/2009 7:00pm) |
| In a strategic relationship formed yesterday, Viewsonic and SRS Labs will be working together to incorporate SRS TruSurround XT technology into Viewsonic’s upcoming displays. With TruSurround processing,... (Read Full Article) |
| Panasonic Shows Off New Line of Blu-ray Players and HDTVs (Home Media Magazine, 3/19/2009 1:38am) |
| UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. — Faster, better, more affordable, more user-friendly, and more energy efficient. It’s a wide set of goals for any consumer electronics company, but Panasonic believes it has accomplished them all with its 2009 line-up of Blu-ray Disc players and HDTVs. ... (Read Full Article) |
| 73% of non HDTV Owners Plan to Buy HDTV within Year (I4U, 10/07/2008 4:03pm) |
| PriceGrabber.com surveyed 1915 customers on their plans to move from standard TVs to HDTVs. Despite the poor economy in the US 73% of customers surveyed said they plan to upgrade to a HDTV within the year.
57% of its customers own an HDTV today and in 2... ... (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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| Are The Studios Lowering Blu-ray Sales Predictions? (Format War Central, 11/21/2008 12:35pm) |
| With the world going further into recession, many are rethinking their sales estimates and the Blu-ray market is no different. In the summer of 2007 studios predicted Blu-ray sales will hit $1 billion by the end of the year with it growing to $2.5 billion next year.
Today, studios are rethinking this estimate, at a press brief on Friday Warner Home Video president Ron Sanders claims sales will hi ... (Read Full Article) |
| Sony OLED HDTVs May Come to America This Year (AnandTech, 11/02/2007 12:33pm) |
| Sony says OLED HDTVs could see America stores this year depending on Japanese demand... ... (Read Full Article) |
| News From CEDIA 2009: JVC Announces First Blu-ray Disc Recorders For U.S., Sort Of... (About.com, 9/10/2009 11:00pm) |
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In an anncouncement that created some brief excitement at CEDIA, JVC introduced the first Blu-ray Disc recorders available in the U.S. market at a press conference early Thursday morning. However, the excitement was very short-lived when the actual details were revealed.
The new JVC Blu-ray disc recorders cannot, I repeat, cannot record high definition television programming, either from over-the-air (there is no built-in tuner or RF input), cable, or satellite; there are no HDMI or Component video inputs for recording hi-def video, only standard definition composite and S-Video.
However, each recorder comes equipped with a either a 250GB or 500GB hard drive and can record either standard or hi-def content from SD Cards and digital camcorders via USB or Firewire interface. The target market for these recorders is not the mainstream consumer, but video editors and related professionals.
The SR-HD1250 is priced at $1,995 and the SR-HD1500 is priced at $2,550. Both units will be sold through JVC's professional division. For more details, check out the Official Announcement from JVC. Photos (c) Robert Silva - Licensed to About.com - Click on photos for larger view. (Read Full Article) |
| Ziff Davis Video Game Survey: Gamers Continue to Cut TV Viewing (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance, 8/09/2005 1:29pm) |
| According to Ziff Davis Media's annual "Digital Gaming in America" survey of more than 1,500 randomly selected U.S. households, nearly a quarter of all video game players watched less television than last year and expect to cut their viewing time even further this year. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | TSMC Presents Two Partner of the Year Awards to Mentor Graphics for 20nm and 3D IC Design Flows (Business Wire, 10/19/2012 6:01pm) |
| WILSONVILLE, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mentor Graphics Corp. (NASDAQ:MENT) today announced that TSMC has presented Mentor with two “Partner of the Year 2012†awards in the categories for “Joint Delivery of the 20nm Reference Flow†and “CoWoS [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Intel Announces Record Revenue of $9.96 Billion (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 10/18/2005 8:22pm) |
| Intel Corporation today announced record revenue of $9.96 billion for the third quarter, up 18 percent year-over-year and up 8 percent sequentially. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Mitsubishi launches first in-car Blu-ray player (AfterDawn, 2/17/2009 2:17am) |
| Mitsubishi has announced that it has developed the world's first in-car Blu-ray player.
At 50 x 178 x 180mm, the company says the player is only 1/3 the volume of its home standalone BD player.
The player will support BD-ROM, BD-R and BD-RE and the company plans to commercialize it at some point in 2009.
Tech-On adds that "there are two main factors that contributed to the small size. F ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Best Buy Gets Exclusive ‘Boondock Saints II’ Blu-ray (Home Media Magazine, 6/04/2013 11:51pm) |
| Sony Pictures will be releasing a special director’s cut of The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day on Blu-ray July 16 exclusively at Best Buy.
Writer-director Troy Duffy has added 27 minutes back to the 2009 film, which grossed $10.3 [...] (Read Full Article) |
| JVC confirms HD Everio GZ-HM400 camcorder for US market (Tech Digest, 9/14/2009 1:43pm) |
The new model packs 32 Gigabytes of internal memory - which can be supplemented by SD/DDHC cards, features a 1/2.33-inch 10.3-megapixel CMOS sensor with Bayer Array RGB Color Filter, is capable of delivering nine-megapixel still images and can output video of 1920 x 1080 Full HD.
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| Epson aims for 50% shipment growth for HTPS panels this year (Digi Times, 4/08/2005 10:52am) |
| Seiko Epson will begin mass production of its 1080p HTPS (high-temperature polysilicon) LCD projector panels (D5 series) in April, and the company aims to ship a total of 3.45 million HTPS panels in 2005, up 50% from last year, according to the company. (Read Full Article) |
| Blu-ray sales to top 100 million next year, says analyst firm (AfterDawn, 2/24/2009 7:17am) |
| According to the analyst firm Futuresource Consulting, Blu-ray disc sales will jump to over 100 million next year, worldwide, thanks to the expected reductions in Blu-ray player prices and the continued market growth of HDTVs.
"In the USA, Blu-ray has moved from early adopter phase through to early majority, with the format gaining real traction in the marketplace," added Mai Hoang, senior ma ... (Read Full Article) |
| Homegrown CBHD discs outsell Blu-ray by 3-1 margin in China (Ars Technica, 8/02/2009 8:00pm) |
A Japanese TV station broke a major piece of news on the progress of China Blue High Definition (a China-grown competitor to Blu-ray) in the China market last week, but the English-language technology press, through a translation mistake, misreported the news. It turns out that CBHD penetration in China appears to have hit a staggering 30 percent, in only a few months on the market.
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| Watchdogs Pitch DTV Obligations - 9/15/2005 5:29:00 PM - Broadcasting & Cable - CA6257534 (Broadcasting and Cable, 9/15/2005 9:58pm) |
| The House and Senate are currently trying to hammer out bills that will set a hard date for the return of analog spectrum--probably mid-2009. That bill is also expected to contain: 1) a subsidy for converter boxes to make sure analog sets don't become useless after that date, and, if broadcasters have anything to do about it, 2) a requirement that cable carrry its multicast signals as well as ... (Read Full Article) |
| Samsung intros HMX-U10 compact full HD camcorder (HDTV UK, 7/14/2009 11:26am) |
Full high definition video recording in an ultra-compact body comes Samsung's latest camcorder, the HMX-U10. Measuring 56mm x 103mm x 15.5mm and weighing in at 95g including battery, features include a 1/2.3-inch CMOS sensor, two-inch LCD screen, ergonomic angled grip...
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| (Unranked) | Warner Archive Begins Offering Blu-ray On-Demand (Home Media Magazine, 11/15/2012 11:45am) |
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Warner Archive Collection (WAC), the manufacturing on demand (MOD) DVD program the studio launched in early 2009, will begin offering films on Blu-ray Disc later this month, a first among studio MOD programs.
The 1982 [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Eagle Broadband Reports Fiscal Year 2005 Results (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 11/29/2005 10:17pm) |
| HOUSTON----Nov. 29, 2005--Eagle Broadband, Inc. , a leading provider of broadband, Internet Protocol and communications technology and services, today announced that the company has filed its Form 10-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission reporting results for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2005. ... (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) |
| Pioneer outs the first 12x Blu-ray writer (CrunchGear, 9/30/2009 4:00pm) |
| Behold, the Pioneer BDR-205! Thrill to the 12x write speeds on double layer Blu-ray media! Marvel at the 50Gbytes of storage capacity! Be amazed by the low, low price of $250 United States dollars! Click on through to read the entire exciting press release! (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | October NPD: Downward trend continues, NBA 2K13 dunks at the top (Joystiq, 11/09/2012 12:15am) |
| Based on the NPD's purview, the physical sales sector of the video game industry continued its downward year-over-year [...] (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) |
| Toshiba HD-XA1 HD DVD Player Wins Sound & Vision Product of the Year Award (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance, 1/26/2007 3:52pm) |
| Sound & Vision, the world's largest entertainment magazine, has selected Toshiba's HD-XA1 HD DVD player to receive its prestigious Product of the Year Award, recognizing it as the most outstanding consumer electronics product of 2006. ... (Read Full Article) |
| DTV Transition Date 2/17/09 CONFIRMED! (Digg.com, 1/17/2007 4:06am) |
| "On February 18, 2009, full power television stations will stop analog broadcasting and transition to digital broadcasting." Basically, If you do not own an HDTV you will have to buy one or get an digital to analog converter. Though it will potentially make millions of TVs obsolete, it's a great excuse to go out and buy a new HDTV. ... (Read Full Article) |
| 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) |
| Color TV sales rise in 2004 (Asia Times, 3/24/2005 11:50am) |
| BEIJING - Color TV sales in 2004 rose 11% year on year to 72.68 million, accounting for 55% of the world's total, with a sales/production ratio hitting 99.2%. Meanwhile, China exported 27.7248 million color TVs in 2004, 21.8% more than in 2003. High-end products accounted for more than 12% of exports, with a value exceeding 25% of the total. (Read Full Article) |
| Sony brings BRAVIA Engine 3, AppliCast on-screen widgets to HDTV lineup (Engadget, 2/17/2009 1:02am) |
| Far be it for us to judge the decisions of a huge corporation and its ad campaign, but Sony announcing a new line of BRAVIA HDTVs while the vast majority of the consumer electronics industry is intently focused on cellphones in Barcelona seems a bit peculiar. For those who need a break from MWC 2009 shenanigans, we've got 19 new hi-def havens here, spanning 6 different models: WE5, W5500, E5500, ... (Read Full Article) |
| Interactive Television Networks, Inc. (ITVN) Wins Prestigious Innovator of the Year Award at DigitalLife 2005 (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance, 10/18/2005 12:40pm) |
| Interactive Television Networks, Inc. , a leader in Internet Protocol Television , is delighted to announce that it has been recognized as the Innovator of the Year at DigitalLife 2005. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Blu-ray player sales up 300 percent on Black Friday (AfterDawn, 12/10/2008 5:16am) |
| According to figures from DisplaySearch, sales of standalone Blu-ray players (excluding the PS3) were up 300 percent year on year for the week of Thanksgiving including Black Friday.
The added demand was sparked by Sony and Samsung's decision to drop the price of their entry-level players to under $200 USD, says the firm.
Consumers purchased 147,000 players for the week and spent over $30 m ... (Read Full Article) |
| Sony execs talk backward compatibility, PS3 comeback (Joystiq, 2/14/2008 5:45pm) |
| Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, BusinessOne year after EGM's infamous BattleStation cover feature on the PS3's problems, the latest issue has a feature that's quite a bit more bullish about the system's chances in the coming year. Included in that feature is an interesting interview with two PlayStation executives that reveals some interesting thoughts on the future of backward compatibility ... (Read Full Article) |
| NEWS: Panasonic shows off Full HD 3D by plasma (Pocket-lint, 9/03/2009 12:14pm) |
IFA 2009: Panasonic claims close collaboration with Hollywood standard
Panasonic has announced its version of how Full HD 3DTV viewing should be done as demoed on the company's 103-inch mega-plasma in the press conference at IFA 2009 today.
Unlike Sony's 3D Bravia LCD solution, Panasonic believes that a far better quality experience can be achieved through PDP plasma technology which is touted to offer a less blurry image and a far crisper feel. The system will be 3D through Blu-ray and the set will transmit a true, 1080p image on two channels - one to each eye - thus ensuring a Full HD 3D result when it's put together in the viewer's brain.
Although, neither the film industry nor the broadcasters have as yet to decide on the standard of 3D which the tech companies are to support, Panasonic has claimed that it has been working closely with Hollywood to lead the way in consumer 3D and even got Avatar's producer, Jon Landau, up on stage to prove.
No official 3D products were announced but the company is showing clear intent.
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| 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) | Knytt goes Underground, emerges on PS3, Vita, and more this year (Joystiq, 7/27/2012 3:00pm) |
| Knytt Underground is the colorful followup to the platformer Knytt and the platformer-slash-game design engine Knytt Stories, developed [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | PS3 JRPG Mugen Souls Z headed west next year, minus bathing minigame (Joystiq, 10/23/2013 7:00pm) |
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NIS America announced that it will produce a localized version of the Japanese PlayStation 3 RPG Mugen Souls Z in North America and [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Telco TV Poised for Robust Growth in Next Few Years Reports In-Stat (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 9/07/2005 12:01pm) |
| Telecommunications providers in many parts of the world are rolling out, or will soon roll out, TV services, reports In-Stat . At the end of 2004, there were 1.6 million telco TV subscribers, the high-tech market research firm said, and it forecasts that number to rise to 32 million by the end of 2009, with more than half of the total coming from Asia. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | RealD Inc. Reports Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2013 Financial Results (Business Wire, 6/09/2013 8:00pm) |
| LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--RealD Inc. (NYSE: RLD), a leading global licensor of 3D technologies, today announced financial results for its fourth quarter and fiscal year ended March 31, 2013. “RealD delivered strong free cash flow for our [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Gardening Mama 2: Forest Friends blossoms on 3DS in April (Joystiq, 3/04/2014 11:30pm) |
| Cooking Mama is back for another round of garden-tending action in Gardening Mama 2: Forest Friends, a newly-announced series entry coming to the Nintendo 3DS this spring from publisher Majesco.
Following up on 2009's Gardening Mama for the [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Splice cuts its way to PS3 this year (Joystiq, 6/13/2013 1:00am) |
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Splice is on its way to PSN for PS3, by early fall at the latest. Splice is the successful gaming experiment from [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | This Five Year Old Kid Accidentally Got A 3DS Full Of Porn For Christmas (Kotaku, 12/27/2012 10:25pm) |
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| Intel, Adobe plan a chicken in every pot, Flash on every HDTV (Engadget, 1/05/2009 9:19am) |
| Intel's been talking up the CE 3100 (née Canmore) processor for quite some time now, and with Adobe as its newest partner -- late again Yahoo? -- pushing HD Flash streams to Internet connected TV's and set-top boxes. Frankly, we've already gotten quite used to YouTube and other online video access in the living room, but with the first Flash Lite-enabled system-on-a-chip due by mid-2009 and eve ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | The new Guilty Gear is coming to PS3 and PS4 in Japan next year. (Kotaku, 9/09/2013 9:05am) |
| The new Guilty Gear is coming to PS3 and PS4 in Japan next year. Arc System Works, in a short and sweet one-minute trailer, announced that their next Guilty Gear game will be hitting Sony's [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Sony shows PS3 production costs are dropping (AfterDawn, 5/14/2008 10:35pm) |
| Sony has reported that the PlayStation 3 is seeing gradually declining production costs and growing popularity of the console has led to a strong improvement on the company's balance sheet. Sony also noted that the company shipped about 37 million game consoles and more than 267 million games during the year.
Sony's "PlayStation" unit posted a $1.2 billion USD loss for the year, an improve ... (Read Full Article) |
| Sharp floods Japan with 13 LCDs with built-in Blu-ray recorders (CrunchGear, 8/07/2009 12:20pm) |
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I am seeing more and more TV/Blu-ray combos in Japanese electronics stores, and today Sharp announced [JP] a total of 13 new LCD TVs boasting a built-in Blu-ray recorder. The AQUOS DX2 series consists of screens measuring 26/32/40/46 and 52 inches. (Read Full Article) |
| Digital Terrestrial TV Set Tops Ready for Blast Off (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 7/06/2005 12:01pm) |
| The worldwide retail value of all Digital Terrestrial TV Set Top Boxes will "blast off" during 2006, and power drive up to more than $10 billion during 2009, reports In-Stat . In a surprising twist, Australia currently leads the world for consumption of High Definition TV Digital Terrestrial Set Top boxes, with North America running in second place. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Study: 18% of consumers bought HDTV because of console (Joystiq, 4/24/2008 9:55pm) |
| Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360, Business
A new study by Frank N. Magid Associates shows that 18% of HDTV purchasers in the last year bought one because of their Xbox 360 or PS3. GameDaily reports the study found that 5.5 million households purchased an HDTV for the first time in the last year and that 25% of households now have at least one HDTV set in the home.Sony could com ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Samsung's 105-inch curved UHD TV and 85-inch bendable screen hit retail this year (Engadget, 1/09/2014 4:05am) |
| If you dug the 105-inch curved Ultra HD TV and bendable 85-inch UHD screen (above) Samsung debuted this week, we have good news. They'll both hit retail sometime in the second half of this year, according to the tech giant. If you were expecting [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Angry Birds Trilogy swoops onto Wii U, Wii this year, 1M sold (Joystiq, 2/15/2013 3:30pm) |
| On the back of a million copies sold on PS3, Xbox 360, and 3DS, the foul-tempered fowl of the Angry Birds Trilogy are raging onto the Wii U [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Redemption' appears to be Crytek's canceled PS3, Xbox 360 game (Joystiq, 8/28/2012 8:40pm) |
| Art director Eric Cochonneau worked at Crytek from 2005 to 2009, during which time he was "responsible for the art direction on an [...] (Read Full Article) |
| CES 2009: LG intros Blu-ray-based home cinema systems: HB954PB and HB354BS (HDTV UK, 2/13/2009 11:54am) |
| Apologies for the woefully tiny images. I'm waiting on higher resolution ones, but for now hopefully you get the general idea (with your magnifying glass, at least) LG has announced two new home cinema systems with integrated Blu-ray player. The highlight for audiophiles is that both units have been tuned by Mark Levinson, so the listening results should be very good. The units are designed for s ... (Read Full Article) |
| Blu-ray Giveaway: Universal Blu-ray Demo Disc (Format War Central, 1/14/2009 12:58pm) |
| This weeks Blu-ray giveaway is: Universal’s CES 2009 Blu-ray Demo Disc + Blu-ray Fold Out Pen
The giveaway is open to U.S. residents only. (Mehar will be helping out with Canadian only giveaways).
You can only win once every 6 months.
The Winner will be announced Sunday Jan. 18th
Winner will be selected by a Random.org number sequence.
How To Enter:
Reply in the comments (please us ... (Read Full Article) |
| Walmart to Reduce DVD and Blu-ray Disc Movie Displays (About.com, 10/08/2009 4:00pm) |
| In a puzzling move, especially just before the Christmas and Winter Holiday shopping season, retail giant Walmart has made a decision to unclutter their end-caps by removing displays of DVDs and Blu-ray Discs (in-aisle displays will remain). For more details on this development, check out the report from Blogging Stocks. (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | High-Definition Fable Anniversary Coming Later This Year to Xbox 360 (Kotaku, 6/04/2013 1:03pm) |
| Fable Anniversary, an HD remake of the original Fable, is coming this year to the Xbox 360, according to (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Announced in Microsoft's E3 pre-show: Xbox 360's Summer of Arcade this year will consist of a remake (Kotaku, 6/10/2013 4:56pm) |
| Announced in Microsoft's E3 pre-show: Xbox 360's Summer of Arcade this year will consist of a remake of the classic game Flashback as well as Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows and [...] (Read Full Article) |
| CES showfloor HDTV spyshot roundup (Engadget, 1/08/2009 6:52am) |
| We've been busy shutterbugs while wandering around the CES showfloor, and here's a rundown of some new TVs that drifted in front of our lens. Take a stroll with us past the break and see what we picked up.
Continue reading CES showfloor HDTV spyshot roundupFiled under: CES, HDTVCES showfloor HDTV spyshot roundup originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 08 Jan 2009 01:52:00 EST. Please see our ... (Read Full Article) |
| Silicon Image to Report Fourth Quarter and Full-Year 2006 Financial Results (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance, 1/22/2007 12:15pm) |
| Silicon Image, Inc. , a leader in semiconductors for the secure storage, distribution and presentation of high-definition content, will issue its fourth quarter and full-year 2006 financial results press release after the market closes on Thursday, Feb. 8, 2007. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Samsung's latest LED-packing HDTVs get official prices, availability (Engadget, 3/31/2009 4:02pm) |
| Finally, we can stop playing hide and seek with Samsung's 2009 lineup of edge lit LED HDTVs, now that its loosed official pricing and availability details for screens hitting shelves between now and June. They've already been busy popping up everywhere -- around the world, in stores near you, on Best Buy's website, and Samsung's made sure to mention how eco friendly the LED scheme is compared ... (Read Full Article) |
| Samsung Adds YouTube, Blockbuster, MKV, Support To Blu-ray Players (Format War Central, 9/09/2009 10:20am) |
| Samsung has officially added YouTube, Blockbuster, and .MKV/.MP4 support to select Blu-ray players via a free firmware update. Owners of the BD-P1600, BD-P3600, and BD-P4600, are currently eligible for the upgrade, there is currently no word on any of these features coming to other Samsung Blu-ray players.
Those attending Cedia 2009 (September 10-13) will be able to demo [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Among HDTV Viewers, Daily Viewing of High-Definition Programming Increases 65% in Just Two Years (HDTV Magazine, 10/29/2009 5:38pm) |
| A new Knowledge Networks recontact study of persons ages 13 to 54, released as part of How People Use® HDTV 2009, shows that high-definition TV (HDTV) viewers are now 65% more likely to say they watch HD programming daily, compared to their [...] (Read Full Article) |
| CES 2009: HDTVs from Panasonic, Samsung and Sony (Consumer Reports, 1/12/2009 7:59pm) |
| The key trends we outlined at the start at CES—thinner sets, 240Hz refresh rate, and increased access to Internet content—were evident at press conferences by Panasonic, Samsung and Sony. Here are some of the highlights: Panasonic: New slim plasmas, more VieraCast Panasonic slimmed down its new Z1 plasma TV to just an inch thick by housing the TV tuner in a separate wireless media console. The ... (Read Full Article) |
| Blu-ray will be half of market sales by 2012, says Futuresource (AfterDawn, 6/28/2009 4:31am) |
| According to Futuresource Consulting, despite slower than expected growth, Blu-ray software sales will account for 50 percent of all home entertainment business by 2012.
Additionally, the company lowered its expectations for 2009, from 95 million discs sold to 75 million discs, specifically citing weak attachment rate with PlayStation 3s, which remain the most popular Blu-ray players. According ... (Read Full Article) |
| DISH Network and Lifetime Entertainment Services Reach Multi-Year Agreement (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 2/01/2006 3:50pm) |
| ENGLEWOOD, Colo. & NEW YORK----Feb. 1, 2006--EchoStar Communications Corporation and its DISH Network and Lifetime Entertainment Services today announced that they have reached a multi-year agreement that provides for the distribution of Lifetime Television and Lifetime Movie Network. ... (Read Full Article) |
| CEA's Shapiro Available for Comment on Analog TV Broadcast Cut-off Date (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 1/31/2006 8:40pm) |
| ------Consumer Electronics Association : WHAT: Gary Shapiro, president and CEO of the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), will be available for comment regarding the anticipated congressional passage of a bill establishing February 17, 2009 as the cut-off date for analog television broadcasting. ... (Read Full Article) |
| 1st quarter 2005: Premiere increases revenue by 10.3 percent and achieves a positive EBITDA of EUR 22.7 million (tiscali.finanzen, 5/19/2005 6:43am) |
| - EBITDA increases from minus EUR 1.8 Million to EUR 22.7 million - EBITDA of EUR 32 million before one-off costs for IPO - Total revenue grows by 10.3 percent to EUR 247.4 million - Revenue in core business with program subscriptions rises 18.2 percent - Number of subscribers climbs to 3.3 million - an increase of 11.6 percent year on year - Balance sheet substantially improved: net debt ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Stick It To The Man hits PS3, Vita this year with writing by Ryan North (Joystiq, 6/04/2013 8:00pm) |
Stick It To The Man is a grungy, jazzy [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Blu-ray sales grow, but home video revenue still down (AfterDawn, 4/25/2008 10:28pm) |
| Despite large growth in the high definition market, standard DVD sales continue to sag, and home video revenue will continue to fall, report a few notable analysts.
According to Reuters, 5 million HD movies have already been sold this year (mainly Blu-ray) and that puts the pace far ahead then 2007 which saw only 10 million movies sold for the entire year.
This strong growth however is not ... (Read Full Article) |
| TV goes digital in 2009 (TV Squad, 2/06/2006 8:00am) |
| Filed under: Industry, HDTVThey've been kicking it around for years, but ... (Read Full Article) |
| 100 million will pay for HDTV service by 2012, says report (AfterDawn, 3/18/2008 8:11pm) |
| According to a new Pike & Fischer report, over 47 million American households will pay for some sort of HDTV service by the end of the year and that will increase to over 100 million by 2012.
The report, "HDTV Service: Market Forecast for Multichannel Video Providers", which is produced every year, showed a 17 million home increase from the 2007 report.
Most broadcast networks air their p ... (Read Full Article) |
| 1st Quarter 2005: Premiere Increases Revenue by 10.3 Percent and Achieves a Positive EBITDA of EUR 22.7 Million (pzone via Yahoo! Australia & NZ (pzone via Yahoo! Australia & NZ Finance, 5/19/2005 7:22am) |
| -- EBITDA increases from minus EUR 1.8 Million to EUR 22.7 million -- EBITDA of EUR 32 million before one-off costs for IPO -- Total revenue grows by 10.3 percent to EUR 247.4 million -- Revenue in core business with program subscriptions rises 18.2 percent -- Number of subscribers climbs to 3.3 million -- an increase of 11.6 percent year on year -- Balance sheet substantially improved: net debt ... (Read Full Article) |
| LCOS supplier Brillian posts loss for quarter and year (EE Times, 3/03/2005 11:23pm) |
| MANHASSET, N.Y. — Liquid crystal display on silicon (LCOS) supplier Brillian Corp. reported a net loss of $16.3 million on sales of $0.34 million in the fourth quarter of 2004 ended December, compared to a loss of $4.3 million on sales of $0.36 million in the year ago quarter. (Read Full Article) |
| Sony’s 400-disc Blu-ray changer deemed worthy of your $1,900 - if you have 400 discs (CrunchGear, 9/02/2009 8:30pm) |
| The first reaction most have to these Sony megachangers hasn't changed over the years. Just insert the name of the appropriate physical media. But yes, some people do own that many discs and so these changers make sense for them. Plus, while digital downloads are great and the future of the average consumer, there are still some folk that demand the absolute best picture and sound which only Blu-ray can provide. Electronic house had a chance to sit down with the ES Blu-ray changer and sent it through the paces. (Read Full Article) |
| CES: Panasonic Demos Complete 3DTV Solution: Blu-ray, HDTV and 3-D Glasses (Big Picture Big Sound, 1/09/2010 9:54pm) |
| Making good on their promises from last year, Panasonic showcased a full suite of full HD 3DTV models at this year's [...] (Read Full Article) |
| CRT television: The old cathode-ray tube (Centre Daily Times, 1/13/2006 1:51pm) |
| CRT television: The old cathode-ray tube. Analog versions are relatively cheap versus newer TV designs, and last longer. Digital Television: A new way of transmitting television signals. Over-the-air broadcasts are switching to digital, and eventually the traditional analog broadcasts will be switched off, by federal mandate, no later than 2009. Not all digital TVs are high-definition. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Mutant Mudds developer Renegade Kid reveals Moon Chronicles for 3DS (Joystiq, 1/24/2014 6:30pm) |
| Mutant Mudds developer Renegade Kid announced that it is developing Moon Chronicles, a 3DS remake of its 2009 Nintendo DS first-person shooter Moon.
Moon Chronicles will be visually upgraded to take advantage of the 3DS's wider top screen, and [...] (Read Full Article) |
| SHIFT: Stop shopping for an HDTV! 3D is coming! (DVICE, 8/28/2009 12:47am) |
| Do not buy an HDTV. Do not buy a Blu-ray player. Do not buy an AV receiver.
Why? 3D HDTV and Blu-ray is coming.
Big deal, you say? Yes, big deal, says I. Read on if you want to avoid a killer case of instant obsolescence and buyer's remorse. (Read Full Article) |
| CES 2009: Pioneer unveils new Blu-ray and upconverting DVD players, new AV receivers (HDTV UK, 3/12/2009 10:18am) |
| Pioneer has been showing off its latest range of Blu-ray players, upconverting DVD player, and AV receivers. First up is a new collection of advanced Blu-ray players, all capable of handling BD Live for advanced disc features. The BDP-120 and BDP-320 are aimed at consumers who want a simple high definition disc player right out of the box and come with 1GB of memory (either via a flash drive or in ... (Read Full Article) |
| CES 2009: Pioneer unveils new Blu-ray and upconverting DVD players, new AV receivers (Tech Digest, 1/09/2009 3:23pm) |
| Pioneer has been showing off its latest range of Blu-ray players, upconverting DVD player, and AV receivers. First up is a new collection of advanced Blu-ray players, all capable of handling BD Live for advanced disc features. The BDP-120 and BDP-320 are aimed at consumers who want a simple high definition disc player right out of the box and come with 1GB of memory (either via a flash drive or in ... (Read Full Article) |
| Comcast Reports Fourth Quarter and Year End 2005 Results (SYS-CON Media, 2/02/2006 3:47pm) |
| Comcast Corporation today reported results for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2005. Comcast will discuss its 2005 results and 2006 outlook on a conference call and webcast today at 8:30 AM Eastern Time. A live broadcast of the conference call will be available at our investor relations website at http://www.cmcsa.com/ and http://www.cmcsk.com/. ... (Read Full Article) |
| JVC pocket camera shoots HD Video (Tech Digest, 10/13/2009 4:39pm) |
JVC has launched its first pocket flash memory camera, the new PICSIO GC-FM1. Combining true eight-megapixel stills and 1080p Full HD video it also offers image stabilisation for minimising camera shake, even when the 4X digital zoom is used, JVC claims. Videos are recorded in the widely-used MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 format and stored as .MOV files for easy sharing without the need for time-consuming and potentially damaging conversion. Storage is on SD/SDHC memory cards. To suit individual shooting situations, PICSIO provides four video and still recording modes. About the size of a mobile phone the PICSIO is available in three colours - Black Ice, Blue Steel and Purple Passion and comes with a funky-looking geometric pattern and jewel-like appearance.
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| Mid-week HDTV news: Plasmas are hot sellers (again); Vizio remains tops in LCDs; Sony delays next OLED set (Home Theater, 8/20/2009 2:14am) |
| The economic downturn no doubt helped push some manufacturers (like Pioneer) out of the plasma market, but the recession may now be saving plasmas from the brink of obsolescence. According to a new report from Quixel Research, plasma HDTVs have zoomed to a huge gain in 2Q of 2009, with 42 percent more units sold [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Conexant's HDTV Semiconductor System Solution Wins Two Awards in Cable and Satellite Products of the Year Competition (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 9/12/2005 12:00pm) |
| Conexant Systems, Inc. , a worldwide leader in semiconductor solutions for broadband communications, enterprise networks and the digital home, today announced that its high-definition television semiconductor system solution for satellite set-top boxes received the Cable and Satellite International magazine's Products of the Year award in the "Best HDTV Technology or Project" and the "Best ... (Read Full Article) |
| NEWS: iTunes to get Blu-ray support (Pocket-lint, 8/09/2009 3:23am) |
Plus plenty of new features say rumours
Apple is expected to add Blu-ray support to the next version of it's iTunes software sources say.
iTunes 9 is expected out in September, and according to rumours adds a number of new features on top of what is currently already available.
Historically the company has shyed away from openly supporting Blu-ray even though it has been a member of the Blu-ray Disc Association for some time.
However, according to earlier rumours from Apple following site Appleinsider, it suggests that might be about to change with new Blu-ray options for the company's iMac range coming soon.
In addition to the Blu-ray support, iTunes 9 users will reportedly get the ability to visually arrange iPhone and iPod apps and possible twitter, facebook integration claim boygeniusreport.
The site doesn't name it's source.
We will keep you posted.
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| (Unranked) | Refurbished 320GB PS3s for $200 at Sony Store (Joystiq, 7/19/2013 10:00pm) |
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If you're unwilling to wade into the calm, (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Nintendo Direct tomorrow on Wii U, 3DS games for later this year (Joystiq, 9/30/2013 1:00pm) |
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Bananas, costumes, and adorably odd gestures: It can only be another Nintendo [...] (Read Full Article) |
| NEWS: Seagate FreeAgent Theater+ HD media player launches (Pocket-lint, 9/17/2009 1:06pm) |
Along with FreeAgent DockStar network adapter
Seagate has announced the launch of the new FreeAgent Theater+ HD media player, described as the "next generation home theatre solution designed to instantly and easily connect your digital media library to your home entertainment system".
The player has a docking system that offers a quick and easy way to connect Seagate external hard drives to televisions or home entertainment centres.
With what's said to be an easy to navigate interface and supplied remote control, movies, videos, music and images can then be viewed on a large-screen TV with support for 1080p HD video, DTS 2.0 + Digital Out, and Dolby Digital technology.
There's also two additional USB ports for connecting other USB storage devices and an Ethernet port for network connectivity.
The Seagate FreeAgent Theater+ HD media player is available now for $149.99 (?90 as a direct translation), with a wireless adapter due to be available in October as a separate accessory through Seagate.com for $69.99 (?42).
In addition, Seagate has also announced the FreeAgent DockStar network adapter, that will connect a FreeAgent Go portable hard drive to a network, giving access to its content from anywhere in or outside of the home (with the Pogoplug service), as well as allowing for file sharing.
"In a matter of minutes a drive can become accessible through any Internet connected computer, as well as through an innovative iPhone application", says Seagate.
The FreeAgent DockStar network adapter is available now for $99.99 (?60). The Pogoplug service for remote access and sharing, is free for a year, then $29.99 per year afterwards.
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Seagate FreeAgent Theater+ HD media player launches originally appeared on Pocket-lint on Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:06:03 +0100 (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | The awesome remastered version of Spelunky—which was an Xbox 360 exclusive last year—is coming to PC (Kotaku, 6/05/2013 4:34pm) |
| The awesome remastered version of Spelunky—which was an Xbox 360 exclusive last year—is coming to PC, PS3 [...] (Read Full Article) |
| LG.Philips LCD Wins Society of Information Display/Information Display Magazine's Display of the Year Gold Award for (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 5/24/2005 3:00pm) |
| LG.Philips LCD Co., Ltd. , one of the world\\\'s leading innovators of thin-film transistor liquid crystal display technology, today announced that it has received the Society of Information Display /Information Display Magazine\\\'s 2004 Display of the Year Gold Award for its LC55W01-A5--currently the world\\\'s largest mass-produced TFT-LCD panel. ... (Read Full Article) |
| MS memo: Xbox 360 to have 'biggest year in video game history,' XBL surpasses 10m users (Joystiq, 1/07/2008 6:15pm) |
| Filed under: Microsoft Xbox 360, CES, BusinessMercury News writer and Microsoft guru Dean Takahashi has published a memo penned by Microsoft games chief Don Mattrick, who expects that "Xbox 360 is on track to register the biggest year in video game history."According to Mattrick North American hardware, software and accessory sales for Xbox 360 exceeded $3.5 billion, reportedly $1 billion more t ... (Read Full Article) |
| Sharp unveils more eco-friendly LC-32DH57E LCD HDTV (HDTV UK, 9/26/2009 7:58am) |
Sharp has announced the availability of its latest 32-inch LCD high definition TV. The LC-32DH57E features a 10,000:1 contrast ratio, 6ms response time, 24p film mode support and automatic volume control, but it also has built-in eco-features. For example, there's Optical Picture Control that adjusts the display's brightness based on the room's ambient light levels, low 90W power usage and 0.6W in standby mode...
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| (Unranked) | Pikachu 3DS XL coming to Europe this year (Joystiq, 10/04/2012 7:14pm) |
| Europe is joining Japan in the "cool yellow Pikachu 3DS [...] (Read Full Article) |
| NEWS: LG HB954SP Blu-ray home cinema system announced (Pocket-lint, 10/08/2009 11:13am) |
Good looking 5.1 set-up complete with iDock
LG has launched a new Blu-ray home cinema system, the HB954SP, a BD-Live-enabled, Full HD 1080p, 1000 Watt, 5.1 effort.
With five oval satellite Mark-Levinson-tuned speakers, the connected system offers one-click access to YouTube videos, upscaling of standard DVDs, playback from USB and (only) two HDMI inputs.
There's also an iDock for an iPod or iPhone and LG's "Sound Gallery" for easy set-up as well as handy options such as turning off the bass in "night mode".
The system will be available from November 2009, but the really crucial bit for most people - pricing - is yet to be revealed.
LG don't offer RRPs, instead suggesting price comparison sites for an idea of cost, not a great strategy for a product that's yet to be released.
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LG HB954SP Blu-ray home cinema system announced originally appeared on Pocket-lint on Thu, 08 Oct 2009 12:13:38 +0100 (Read Full Article) |
| Panasonic Japan outs three Blu-ray set-top boxes with digital TV tuners (CrunchGear, 9/09/2009 3:20pm) |
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Panasonic Japan announced a total of three new Blu-ray-based set-top boxes today [JP], the first devices in the industry featuring a digital CATV tuner. All of the models (TZ-BDW900M/pictured, TZ-BDW900F and TZ-BDW900P) have a 500GB HDD on board, too. (Read Full Article) |
| Mitsubishi Announces Super-Charged Blu-ray Disc Recorders....For Japan (About.com, 8/22/2009 10:00am) |
| Here we go again! Another announcement by a large Asian consumer electronics manufacturer that it is introducing a new line of Blu-ray Disc recorders, but, unfortunately, they will probably never see the light-of-day in the U.S.
What makes Mitsubishi's announcement even more frustrating is that these units are a home theater fan's dream: One unit combines Blu-ray Disc recording with a 1 Terabyte Hard Drive, a second unit offers a 500GB hard drive, while the third houses not only a Blu-ray Disc recorder and a 320 GB hard drive, but also includes a VHS deck. Of course, all these units can record in all the standard DVD recording format as well, and it also appears that they all have USB and SD Card slots for accessing additional digital content. For details, check out the brief report from Akihabara News as well as the Official Announcement and Product Specifications from Mitsubishi (in Japanese with some technical terms in English).
To add more insult to injury, Mitsubishi has also announced a line of LCD TVs with built-in Blu-ray Disc/Hard Drive combos (See report from Tech-On!.
Blu-ray Disc recorders have been available in Japan for about two years, and not as much as a word about U.S. availability. What happened to the U.S. as the primary market for the latest in consumer electronics technology - especially when it comes to video recording? For some perspective, read my article: The Case of the Disappearing DVD Recorder.
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| Cheap HDTV - MediaCorp to launch HDTV by end of the year - Channel News Asia (1 HDTV Blog, 8/02/2007 2:02am) |
| MediaCorp to launch HDTV by end of the year - Channel News Asia MediaCorp to launch HDTV by end ... in Southeast Asia to roll out an HDTV channel on terrestrial platform. Since June 2006, MediaCorp had conducted an HDTV … Satellite TV on PC and Digital television in Europe - American Chronicle Satellite TV ... (Read Full Article) |
| LG launches eyestrain-reducing high definition monitors (HDTV UK, 9/18/2009 12:59pm) |
LG has announced its new W53 Series of full high definition monitors featuring automatic brightness control technology that should help to reduce eyestrain. The feature automatically optimises the picture settings based on the room's ambient light, much as LG's HDTVs do. As well as making viewing more comfortable, this has the added advantage of reducing power consumption...
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| (Unranked) | Report: Nintendo aims for 5 million 3DS sales in Japan this year (Joystiq, 8/28/2013 12:30am) |
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Capcom held an event in Tokyo today for Monster Hunter 4 , during which [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Puzzle shooter Velocity Ultra making a light-speed dash for PS3 this year (Joystiq, 10/17/2013 12:30am) |
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FuturLab's hybrid puzzler and shoot-'em-up Velocity Ultra will hit the PlayStation [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Monster Hunter Frontier G exploring Wii U, PS3 this year in Japan (Joystiq, 7/31/2013 5:30pm) |
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Capcom will bring Monster Hunter Frontier G to PS3 [...] (Read Full Article) |
| High-definition TV more affordable this year (MENAFN, 11/30/2005 12:42pm) |
| High-definition TV more affordable this year ... (Read Full Article) |
| Sky News to broadcast Barack Obama inauguration in high definition (HDTV UK, 1/10/2009 1:43pm) |
| Sky News is to make its high definition debut next month as it broadcasts the US presidential inauguration of Barack Obama on 20th January 2009. As the news channel currently has no high definition output, Sky has chosen to broadcast it on the Sky Arts HD channel (258); an interesting choice probably more to do with logistics than fitting the channel's usual genre... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Here's a new developer diary for Alien: Isolation, which comes out later this year for PC, PS3, PS4, (Kotaku, 3/13/2014 4:10pm) |
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Here's a new developer diary for Alien: Isolation, which comes out later this year for PC, PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, and Xbox One. (Read Full Article) |
| Blu-ray New Releases for 1-20-09 (Format War Central, 1/20/2009 7:06am) |
| The following are the Blu-ray new releases for Tuesday, January 20th, 2009.
13 Going on 30
Sony Pictures
Retail: $28.95
Amazon: $19.99
13 Going On 30 - Girls Night In Promotion
Sony Pictures
Retail: $28.95
Amazon: $21.99
50 First Dates - BD Girls Night In Sticker
Sony Pictures
Retail: $28.95
Amazon: $21.99
Amusement
New Line Home Video
Retail: $35.99
Amazon: $26.99
Antwone Fisher
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| (Unranked) | Renegade Kid has original FPS hitting 3DS eShop this year (Joystiq, 1/13/2013 6:30pm) |
| Renegade Kid, the team behind Mutant Mudds and (Read Full Article) |
| SANYO Unveils World's First Lineup of Full HD / Full Frame Rate CCTV Cameras (HDTV Magazine, 9/22/2009 1:44am) |
SANYO North America Corporation (SANYO) today announces its 2009 line-up of nine new HD surveillance cameras that offer up to 4MP MJPEG and Full High Definition (HD) video for critical security monitoring. The world's first complete lineup of Full HD 1080p and full frame rate compatible network cameras with multi-streaming H.264 and MJPEG codecs includes four different form factors: Box, Dome, Zoom, and PTZ. These state-of-the-art security cameras will be shown at ASIS 2009 in Booth #2939 Sept. 21-Sept. 24 in Anaheim, CA.
The nine new cameras...
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| 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) |
| LVP-HC3800: Mitsubishi’s new full HD DLP projector (CrunchGear, 10/15/2009 7:22am) |
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Mitsubishi Electric has announced [JP] the LPV-HC3800 for the Japanese market today, a full HD DLP projector that features a contrast ratio of 3,000:1, 1,200 lumens brightness and a DDP3021 full 10-bit panel driver. The device comes with a 230W lamp that has a lifespan of 5,000 hours and depending on the operating mode, it can be as quiet as 25dB. (Read Full Article) |
| CrestaTech’s New “HDTV Anywhere” Chip Now Ready for Sampling to PC OEMs (Business Wire, 9/22/2009 5:00pm) |
| SAN FRANCISCO & SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Get ready to get global with HDTV on a PC. Reference designs and samples for CrestaTech’s new programmable broadband technology are now available, enabling PC manufacturers to pop in one universal chip and support all analog TV and digital TV standards worldwide. Demonstrated publicly for the first time at this week’s Intel Developer Forum 2009, the CrestaTV™ Universal Broadband Receiver technology combines a programmable RF (Read Full Article) |
| Samsung Announces YouTube Service Availability for Select Blu-ray Players (Business Wire, 9/04/2009 1:00pm) |
| RIDGEFIELD PARK, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Samsung Electronics America, Inc., a market leader and award-winning innovator in consumer electronics, today announced the availability of YouTube™ on select Samsung Blu-ray players. Owners of the BD-P1600, BD-P3600 or BD-P4600 Blu-ray players will be able to enjoy user-generated content on YouTube by uploading the value-added service at no additional cost. The new service will be on display publicly at Samsung Booth #925 at CEDIA EXPO 2009, taking (Read Full Article) |
| BBC to offer High Definition TV (The Register, 11/08/2005 2:06pm) |
| Cable and satellite viewers can tune in next year ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | ESPN Shutting Down 3D Channel at Year's End (Broadcasting & Cable, 6/12/2013 3:49pm) |
| Cites lack of viewer interest in [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Tweeter Home Entertainment Group Reports Sales for Its Fourth Fiscal Quarter and Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2005 (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 10/06/2005 11:30am) |
| Tweeter Home Entertainment Group, Inc. today announced sales results for its fourth fiscal quarter and fiscal year ended September 30, 2005. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Main Menu (Falls Church News-Press, 12/07/2006 1:58am) |
| I have no idea what I want for Christmas this year. Really, I have no clue what I would like … aside from more time to watch my new HDTV that is. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Change Agents: Seeing world through Meta's 3-D glasses (USATODAY, 7/29/2013 3:48am) |
| The 27-year-old entrepreneur wants you to live in a 'Minority Report' [...] (Read Full Article) |
| 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) |
| Imagine Communications To Showcase HD Adaptive Streaming and Scalable Video Solutions During SCTE Cable–Tec Expo 2009 (Business Wire, 10/26/2009 4:00pm) |
| SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Imagine Communications, a leading innovator in advanced digital video solutions, today announced it will demonstrate the Imagine ICE® Video Platform suite of solutions for HD on-demand over IP networks and Internet Video at SCTE Cable-TEC Expo in booth # 4108. Additionally, Imagine CEO Jamie Howard is a participating speaker at the annual NAMIC Conference, Wednesday, October 28th. The panel, titled, “My Content Anywhere,” will be held at the Grand Hya (Read Full Article) |
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| European sales of high definition TV (HDTV) and video devices will surge by 158 percent this year... ... (Read Full Article) |
| NEWS: "Premium" version of Flip MinoHD announced (Pocket-lint, 10/14/2009 10:36am) |
$30 for added extras
In the States, Pure Digital has launched a new "premium" version of its Flip MinoHD pocket camcorder that sees a few feature additions for an extra $30.
Priced at $229 and boasting 8GB of storage for 2 hours of 720p video, a larger 2-inch screen and an HDMI port, the premium model gets either an aluminium shell or a personalised design from Flip's website. ?
There's also a new version of the FlipShare software with an "automatic Magic Movie mode" that auto-trims and edits clips before uploads.
There's no news on a UK launch for the new higher-end model just yet, but the second generation of Pure Digital's Flip Ultra line only went on sale here in June.
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"Premium" version of Flip MinoHD announced originally appeared on Pocket-lint on Wed, 14 Oct 2009 11:36:29 +0100 (Read Full Article) |
| SANYO Unveils World’s First Lineup of Full HD / Full Frame Rate CCTV Cameras (Business Wire, 9/21/2009 9:00pm) |
| ANAHEIM, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SANYO North America Corporation (SANYO) today announces its 2009 line-up of nine new HD surveillance cameras that offer up to 4MP MJPEG and Full High Definition (HD) video for critical security monitoring. The world’s first complete lineup of Full HD 1080p and full frame rate compatible network cameras with multi-streaming H.264 and MJPEG codecs includes four different form factors: Box, Dome, Zoom, and PTZ. These state-of-the-art security cameras will be (Read Full Article) |
| Blockbuster and Samsung Sign Agreement to Deliver BLOCKBUSTER(R) OnDemand Services to Select Samsung HDTVs, Home Theater Systems and Blu-ray Players (HDTV Magazine, 7/14/2009 12:00pm) |
| Blockbuster and Samsung announced they are joining forces to enable consumers to access Blockbuster's vast and growing library of premium digital entertainment via select new Samsung HDTVs, home theater systems and Blu-ray players. The new services will be available in the fall of 2009 and are expected to provide millions of homes across America access to Blockbuster's digital library of movies. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Gran Turismo 6 'on PS3 this year,' Sony exec says (Joystiq, 2/28/2013 11:00pm) |
| We knew Polyphony has been working on Gran Turismo 6 since 2011 at [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Study lists top five tech trends (BBC News, 10/19/2005 2:28pm) |
| Robots, gaming, and advances in television are all named as areas to watch in the coming year. ... (Read Full Article) |
| BBC Trust to be approached for HD roll out (Digital Spy, 2/21/2007 4:53pm) |
| The BBC is drawing up plans for a high-definition television service to run beyond its current year-long HD trial. ... (Read Full Article) |
| No Longer the ''Boob Tube'': ABI Research Looks at Smart TV (Wireless IQ, 1/25/2006 5:23pm) |
| 2005 was a good year for high-definition television product sales, and ABI... ... (Read Full Article) |
| UWB: Coming To Devices Soon (Really) (Mobile Pipeline, 7/21/2005 1:32pm) |
| After years of standards debate, products with ultra-wideband wireless technology will appear later this year. But is this another VHS vs. Betamax situation? ... (Read Full Article) |
| Sales blitz on for HDTV (The Santa Rosa Press Democrat, 1/30/2006 1:24pm) |
| Forget Christmas - when it comes to selling TVs, nothing beats Super Bowl Sunday. And this year, high-definition TVs are the big trophy. ... (Read Full Article) |
| New HDTV comes with a lot of feedback (Chicago Tribune, 11/20/2006 11:38am) |
| Last week's column about my two-year search-and-acquisition mission for a high-definition television generated such an avalanche of e-mail. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Blu-ray Highlights for January 2nd, 2013 (High-Def Digest, 1/02/2013 5:01pm) |
| As we recover from our holiday hangovers, the new year begins mostly with a lot of reissues of old Blu-ray titles. However, mixed in here somewhere may be a few new discs worth looking at. Join us [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Bandwidth breakthrough (Deccan Herald, 5/24/2005 10:03pm) |
| The tangle of wires needed to connect gadgets around the house may disappear when Ultra Wideband technology emerges in the next year. ... (Read Full Article) |
| CBS, Rather reach agreement to cut ties 9:58 AM (Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6/20/2006 3:05pm) |
| The 74-year-old former anchorman is considering an offer to do a weekly show at Mark Cuban's HDNet high-definition network. ... (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.
(Read Full Article) |
| HDTVs, Ripe for the Picking (New York Times, 12/06/2006 3:40am) |
| Falling prices, improved technology and more programming choices have made this year the time to jump in and buy a high-definition TV really. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Blu-ray Highlights for January 22nd, 2013 (High-Def Digest, 1/22/2013 6:00pm) |
| You know it's a slow week when one of the most exciting new Blu-ray releases is a 30-year-old B horror flick. Read all about the other latest Blu-ray titles in the blog [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Infinite Loop: Canucks to get Loonies back (Ars Technica, 8/15/2005 3:07pm) |
| You might remember last year the Canadian government placed a tax on all blank media and MP3 players sold inside the country. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Verizon Gambles Big On Optical Fiber (Hartford Courant, 6/20/2006 4:06pm) |
| Lisa Donohue squats on the floor with her 2-year-old son, Calum, in front of their high-definition TV, watching a children's cartoon. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Group gives teen the gift of CNN (Peoria Journal Star, 4/18/2005 8:36am) |
| PEORIA - All 13-year-old Brian Cramer wants to do is watch CNN. But that's almost impossible because the Dunlap teenager doesn't have cable TV at his parents' suburban home. (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Old vs. new tech -- and old tech wins by a landslide (CNET News, 12/24/2012 8:06pm) |
| A $250,000 3D printer's LP can't match the resolution of a sixty-year-old LP -- and it's not even [...] (Read Full Article) |
| The end of analog TV (MSNBC, 4/25/2005 5:20pm) |
| Will America’s favorite technology really go dark next year? That's the date Congress has set for the end of analog TV. (Read Full Article) |
| The End Of Analog TV (MSNBC, 4/25/2005 5:23pm) |
| Will America's favorite technology really go dark next year? That's the date Congress has set for the end of analog TV. (Read Full Article) |
| VIZIO Announces High Performance XVT HDTV Line Up with 240Hz SPS(TM), TruLED(TM) and Smart Dimming(TM) Technology, VIZIO Internet Apps (VIA), and Slim Line(TM) 120Hz LCD HDTV Models (HDTV Magazine, 6/24/2009 4:31am) |
| VIZIO has unveiled details for its Fall 2009 Extreme VIZIO Technology, (XVT) series lineup, with 8 new models ranging in sizes from 32" to 55". The comprehensive range includes cutting-edge technologies like 240Hz scenes per second, TruLED(TM) with Smart Dimming(TM) backlight technology, VIZIO Internet Apps (VIA(TM)) feature and high-style Slim Line(TM) profile 120Hz LCD HDTVs. All of VIZIO's 2 ... (Read Full Article) |
| HD DVD price cuts won't help in fight with Blu-Ray, Gartner says (Computerworld, 1/28/2008 2:00pm) |
| Gartner analysts expect that Blu-ray Disc will win out over HD DVD in the consumer market by the end of this year. ... (Read Full Article) |
| CEO of NBC Universal looks ahead to year two (USA (USA Today, 5/19/2005 4:54am) |
| NBC Universal CEO Bob Wright could probably think of happier ways to celebrate the first anniversary of NBC\\\'s $14 billion acquisition ... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Vanguard Gets Into Blu-ray (Home Media Magazine, 10/07/2009 11:54pm) |
| Vanguard Cinema will celebrate the new year with its first-ever Blu-ray Disc release. (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Blu-ray Highlights for January 8th, 2013 (High-Def Digest, 1/08/2013 6:00pm) |
| This week's Blu-ray release slate brings us a bunch of movies that either underperformed or outright bombed at the box office last year. Some of these are just plain junk, but a few might be worth [...] (Read Full Article) |
| BT Provides a Clearer Picture for NHK (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance, 4/12/2005 12:00pm) |
| BT has been awarded a three year contract by NHK, a major Japanese public broadcaster, to supply a full-time High- Definition circuit from Paris to New York. (Read Full Article) |
| New ATI Catalyst driver has HDTV wizard and 64-bit extensions (Tom's Hardware Guide, 4/08/2005 2:00am) |
| ATI today posted the fourth "certified" driver package in this year. (Read Full Article) |
| Comcast Posts Solid Quarter (TheStreet.com, 8/02/2005 11:52am) |
| The cable company surpasses second-quarter targets and says it's on track to grow 10% this year. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Blu-ray Highlights for December 4th, 2012 (High-Def Digest, 12/04/2012 5:15pm) |
| It's time to fire up the Bat Signal. One of the biggest movies of the year comes to Blu-ray this week, while a host of other hot titles compete for your hard-earned dollars. Josh gives us a rundown [...] (Read Full Article) |
| CES 2006: HDTV, Video Games, and More (Connected Home Media, 1/11/2006 4:14pm) |
| This year's International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) was bigger than ever, hosting more than 150,000 visitors and 2500 exhibitors across two convention centers in Las Vegas last week. ... (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) |
| The PS3 Is "Out Of The Woods" [Sony] (Kotaku, 1/28/2008 7:20pm) |
| As CEO, Sir Howard Stringer has been front and center during the PS3's difficult year of rearing. But now things are looking up, especially since Sony thinks that it will soon defeat the Xbox 360 in... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | The Best 3D Blu-rays for Halloween! (High-Def Digest, 10/30/2012 12:20am) |
| by Daniel Hirshleifer It's that time of year again. The jack-o'-lanterns are out, the scarecrows are up, and everyone's donning costumes. Yes, it's Halloween, the scariest holiday of them all. [...] (Read Full Article) |
| HD DVD outselling Blu-ray (ITP.net, 7/16/2007 1:12pm) |
| HD DVD video players have outsold rival standard Blu-ray players by a three-to-one margin in Europe's main markets so far this year, according to a lobby group. ... (Read Full Article) |
| The Big Picture at NAB (Digital Video Editing, 7/01/2005 7:19am) |
| The Big Picture at NAB Question Isn t How Do You Shoot It? But Where Do You Put It? Film & Video Magazine Yes, there were cameras at NAB this year. But the news wasn t about how you ll be acquiring images in the future, but what you ll do with them once you get them. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Blu-ray players: Mighty pricey (CNET News, 3/13/2008 3:13pm) |
| In the few weeks since Toshiba pulled the plug on HD DVD, prices for standalone Blu-ray players quickly jumped to a high for the year. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Prometheus' Blu-ray and Blu-ray 3D Dated (High-Def Digest, 9/10/2012 11:10pm) |
| One of the most anticipated films of the year is coming to Blu-ray and Blu-ray 3D in October. As previously reported, 20th Century Fox's 'Prometheus' was up for pre-order at Amazon on Blu-ray as well [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Why so blue? (Digit Magazine, 10/14/2005 3:04pm) |
| For more than a year now, the impending blue-laser disc format wars have been looming. But what’s the benefit to consumers for rushing the technology to market? ... (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) |
| (Unranked) | 'Behind the Candelabra' Blu-ray Up for Pre-Order (High-Def Digest, 5/31/2013 8:00pm) |
| Michael Douglas will embody the flamboyant Liberace on Blu-ray later this year. In an early announcement to retailers, Steven Soderbergh's 'Behind the Candelabra' will be coming to Blu-ray in the [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (No Title) (, 1/09/2007 9:59am) |
| LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Sony Corp. said on Monday it would release up to 100 movie titles on the high-definition Blu-ray video disc standard this year, as it pits its next-generation DVD format against rival HD DVD. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Star Trek: Enterprise' Planned for Blu-ray in 2013! (High-Def Digest, 11/15/2012 1:30am) |
| The first season of the 2001 series is expected to warp to Blu-ray in Q2 of next year and YOU can choose the packaging design! According to this Facebook page, Paramount/CBS is planning to release [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Super Snap: HDTV Sales Seen Rising (AP via Yahoo! Finance, 1/25/2007 6:44pm) |
| The Super Bowl will come in clearer than ever for fans this year, as more people watch the games on high-definition television. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Who Makes the Best HDTVs? (Electronic House, 2/25/2009 7:20pm) |
| With the prices of flat panel HDTVs dropping dramatically over the past year, it’s almost difficult to differentiate between the big screens on display at your local retailer. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Jet Li's 'Fearless' Coming to Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 10/08/2008 4:00pm) |
| Announcing its latest HD DVD catch-up title, Universal will bring the Jet Li actioner 'Fearless' to Blu-ray this December with three different versions of the movie. Arriving a year after the HD DVD release,... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Blu-ray Review: A Monster in Paris - 3D (High-Def Digest, 3/28/2013 1:40am) |
| I'm a sucker for CG animated films, and with the products that Pixar, DreamWorks, and Disney put out each year, it's difficult to compare other animated efforts from other countries. Some of the [...] (Read Full Article) |
| At Long Last Good News For Sony (ContactMusic, 12/08/2006 7:04pm) |
| Sony, which has suffered some severe setbacks this year with delays in getting its latest PlayStation game device and high-definition Blu-ray DVD p ... (Read Full Article) |
| Seattle Times: Petro's stock rises; center not so Swift (NWCN, 10/26/2005 2:49pm) |
| Rookie Vitaly Potapenko is looking goes. So does Second-year man Robert Swift, but coaches say he fades late. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Toshiba To Produce Blu-ray Player By Year's End (High-Def Digest, 7/22/2009 5:30pm) |
| It looks like Blu-ray sales are just too big to ignore. We reported a few weeks ago on the statement by Toshiba President Atsutoshi Nishida that his company was finally considering a jump into Blu-ray... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Studios assign movies to Blu-ray DVD format (Tulsa World, 8/30/2006 11:56am) |
| TOKYO -- Some 75 movie titles, including "The Da Vinci Code" and "Chicken Little," will go on sale in Japan later this year using the next-generation Blu-ray DVD format. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Blu-ray Highlights: Week of June 16th, 2013 (High-Def Digest, 6/17/2013 5:00pm) |
| This week in Blu-ray brings us one of the biggest movies of the year. Well, one of the tallest, at least. It was kind of a bust in other respects. As is so often the case, some of the smaller [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Reader Comments (Ars Technica, 11/16/2005 3:32pm) |
| In preparation for high-definition gaming, Ben and I have both gone from our college-era CRT sets to the new HDTV hotness—he with a DLP and I with a plasma. The prices on large-screen HD displays have been dropping over the past year or so; enough to get both of us to make the jump like many others. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Verizon stakes big wager that future rides on fiber (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, 6/23/2006 9:40am) |
| MASSAPEQUA PARK, N.Y. – Lisa Donohue squats on the floor with her 2-year-old son Calum in front of their high-definition TV, watching a children’s cartoon. ... (Read Full Article) |
| The Ultimate Holiday Gift Guide (InternetWeek, 12/10/2005 12:37am) |
| Want to make sure your gift list includes the latest and greatest? Our editors have come up with the hottest, highest-tech gadgets to give (and get) this year. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Toshiba to Enter Blu-ray Market (Home Media Magazine, 7/20/2009 8:26pm) |
| Toshiba Corp. reportedly will unveil its first Blu-ray Disc player later this year, nearly 18 months after pulling the plug on rival high-definition format HD DVD. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Cleopatra' Blu-ray Up For Pre-Order! (High-Def Digest, 2/20/2013 7:00pm) |
| The 1963 Academy Award nominee for Best Picture is coming to Blu-ray later this year! In an early announcement to retailers, 20th Century Fox is working on 'Cleopatra' for Blu-ray sometime in 2013. [...] (Read Full Article) |
| What's New About PS3 Tales of Vesperia? [Namco Bandai] (Kotaku, 4/07/2009 12:00pm) |
| Yes, we know there's a pirate girl named Patty Fruel. But there's got to be more to separate the upcoming PS3 version with the Xbox 360 one released last year. Well, there is.
• While the Xbox... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Prometheus Lands on Blu-ray October 9th 2012 (About.com, 9/29/2012 1:00am) |
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Probably the most interesting, but confusing film to be released this year so far, Ridley Scott's Prometheus, arrives on Blu-ray in two great Blu-ray packages (two-disc Blu-ray/DVD combo and four ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'My Dog Tulip' Dated and Detailed for Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 5/14/2013 11:00pm) |
| The animated feature hailed by numerous sources as one of the Top 10 films of the year is planned for Blu-ray this May. In an early announcement to retailers, New Yorker Films will be releasing 'My [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 3D-printed prosthetics turned into musical instruments (CNET News, 7/22/2013 4:41pm) |
| A three-year project out of McGill University results in a collection of 3D-printed prosthetic pieces that play music as the wearer [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'G.I. Joe: Retaliation' Blu-ray and Blu-ray 3D Up for Pre-Order! (High-Def Digest, 4/04/2013 3:05am) |
| Duke, Roadblock, Snake Eyes, and the rest of the team will be protecting both Blu-ray formats later this year. In an early announcement to retailers, Paramount's 'G.I. Joe: Retaliation' appears to be [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Blu-ray Disc Players To Surpass DVD Players This Year... (About.com, 5/31/2008 10:00am) |
| ...At least that's the claim by several retailers who say that Blu-ray player demand has outstripped supply. Two possible factors contributing to this state of affairs is the early pull-out... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Sony launches sales of Blu-ray DVD recorder in Japan (Sharewatch, 12/08/2006 11:54am) |
| The new high definition machines went on sale here in time for the crucial year-end holiday shopping season with a price tag of about 300,000 yen for the 500 gigabyte hard disk drive version. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Review: Humax HDCI-2000 HD satellite receiver (Personal Computer World, 7/25/2006 9:42am) |
| High definition (HD) has been rammed down our throats by Sky and the various TV manufacturers for the past year now. However, should you splash out on an HD-ready display (be it a TV or projector), there's precious little true-HD content out there to feed it with. ... (Read Full Article) |
| ElectricNews.net:News:For the record 7 June (ElectricNews.Net, 6/07/2005 5:46pm) |
| The food and dairy group Glanbia has chosen BT Ireland to provide voice, data and line rental services in a three-year deal worth EUR3.7 million. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Sushi Girl' Blu-ray in 2013 (High-Def Digest, 8/07/2012 4:00pm) |
| The hotly anticipated genre-bending thriller by director Kern Saxton is coming to Blu-ray next year. In an early announcement to the press, Magnolia/Phase 4 Films have revealed they've acquired the [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (No Title) (, 8/20/2007 5:11pm) |
| LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Viacom Inc's Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc said on Monday they will release their DVD titles exclusively on HD DVD, the high-definition digital movie format whose sales have lagged those of rival Blu-Ray so far this year. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Flip UltraHD launched in the UK (HDTV UK, 8/09/2010 1:45pm) |
| Flip Video has announced its second generation Flip UltraHD is now available to buy in the UK. Like the Flip MinoHD, the UltraHD records in 720p video but there's two hours worth of storage (8GB). It has a bigger 2-inch LCD screen with 960 x 240 resolution and more advanced video compression engine. With point and shoot simplicity, there's really not much more to say about the UltraHD, except that it comes in black or white casing and is available for around £159.99. That's no bad thing, though. If you want something simple, elegant and high-def, with a little more oomph than the MinoHD, check out the UltraHD... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | How One Truly Weird Shooter in Video Games' Future Is Getting Bigger (Kotaku, 9/10/2013 8:00pm) |
| Last year at E3, I took a look at the (Read Full Article) |
| MultiVu Video Feed: New Study Shows HDTV Still 'Fuzzy' for Most Consumers (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance, 12/06/2005 4:00pm) |
| According to recent Forrester Research data, HDTV sets will be in approximately 16 million homes across the U.S. by the end of the year. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Poll: What Did You Think of 'World War Z'? (High-Def Digest, 6/24/2013 10:00pm) |
| After a year's delay for rewrites, reshoots and a 3D conversion, the Brad Pitt zombie apocalypse epic 'World War Z' finally opened this weekend. Was it worth the wait? If you saw it, what did you [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Contest: Win 'Skyfall' on Blu-ray! (High-Def Digest, 2/25/2013 5:30pm) |
| This week, High-Def Digest is giving away one of the biggest Blu-ray releases of the year, the James bond extravaganza 'Skyfall'. For your chance to win a copy, head over to the blog to participate [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Scanners II / Scanners III' Announced for Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 5/13/2013 6:00pm) |
| Two sequels to David Cronenberg's 1981 sci-fi thriller will be getting a double feature Blu-ray release later in the year. In an early announcement to retailers, Scream Factory will be releasing [...] (Read Full Article) |
| TV on a high - by definition (Guardian Weekly, 4/13/2005 11:11pm) |
| 'The clarity is so good, you feel like you are at the movies," says Jack, a plumber from Florida. "I think it's probably the greatest bit of technology to come along in the past 40 years or so," says Mike, a 23-year-old student from Massachusetts. "It's that good." (Read Full Article) |
| Gone With The Wind and Other Classics Coming to Blu-ray (About.com, 2/07/2008 7:00pm) |
| Although specific release dates aren't available yet, Warner has announced an ambitious Blu-ray Disc release program later this year and early next, to coincide with their 85th anniversary. Some of... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Frys and Blockbuster Offer HD DVD Bargains (High-Def Digest, 12/30/2008 9:30pm) |
| Reminiscent of the Ghost of Christmas Past, HD DVD deals continue to materialize almost a year after the end of the format war. In what looks to be a one day sale, Frys is offering a special on the XBOX... ... (Read Full Article) |
| AT&T offers upbeat forecast for HDTV service (Financial Times, 10/23/2006 5:17pm) |
| AT&T , the largest US telecommunications group, plans to roll out a high definition version of its U-verse IPTV service in 15 markets by year end. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Blu-ray Highlights: Week of March 3rd, 2013 (High-Def Digest, 3/04/2013 7:15pm) |
| As the year's movie award season draws to a close, the hugely acclaimed and respected finale to the most beloved film franchise in the entire history of cinema finally comes to Blu-ray. Oh yeah, [...] (Read Full Article) |
| South Korea switching to HDTV in a big way (Channel NewsAsia, 12/22/2005 11:05am) |
| SEOUL : With the promise of ultra-sharp images and crisp sound, Asia has begun to embrace high-definition television in a big way. Singapore will begin trials by the middle of next year. ... (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) |
| Monday, March 07, 2005 (Daily Breeze, 3/07/2005 9:13am) |
| Televisions display bright, colorful images that are eye-catching, especially in high-definition (HD). With prices expected to fall sharply this year, these flat-panel sets -- they're only 4 to 6 inches thick -- could look even more attractive. (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | BBC shuts down future plans for 3D (AfterDawn, 7/07/2013 2:40pm) |
| The BBC has announced it will be ending all 3D plans, at least until 2016.The popular broadcaster has been trialing films and some sporting events in 3D for the last year, but has now decided the investment is not viable. A Doctor Who 50th [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Kodak, book printer sign deal for in-store kiosks (USATODAY, 9/15/2012 12:53pm) |
Espresso Book Machines could show up in stores later this year.
(Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Brave' Blu-ray and Blu-ray 3D Dated and Detailed (High-Def Digest, 8/22/2012 11:00pm) |
| The #1 animated film of the year will be available for purchase on both high-definition formats this November! In an early announcement to retailers, Disney/Buena Vista has revealed 'Brave' and [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | King Dedede next to be throne into Super Smash Bros. ring (Joystiq, 1/10/2014 2:00pm) |
| Yup, Nintendo's triple-A brawler features Kirby's triple-D royalty. Dededon't act so surprised, he was in the last one, too. The Wii U and 3DS entry is still on course to punch in later this year. ...
(Read Full Article) |
| Incoming FCC chairman speaks on what the future holds for two of the three D's: deregulation and decency (Ars Technica, 4/06/2005 12:51am) |
| There's no question that Michael Powell, who announced earlier this year that he would step down from his position as FCC chairman, has left quite a legacy in his wake. (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Kids, here's 3D proof that Santa exists (CNET Blogs, 12/02/2012 5:19pm) |
| It's that time of year when the existence of Santa is proved by your ability to follow Santa's journey with all your new material goods. Courtesy of NORAD. (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Don’t Expect Things to Get Better for 3D (Home Media Magazine, 6/26/2013 12:11am) |
| The demise of 3D for the home appears to be upon us. ESPN has announced plans to scrap its ESPN 3D channel by the end of this year, and a well-known title from a well-known studio recently racked up an anemic 3% of its total sales from the 3D [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Watch Engadget's CES SuperSession featuring Pebble, Oculus, 3D Systems and Leap Motion (Engadget, 1/10/2014 12:12am) |
| Welcome to CES 2015. When we were originally batting around ideas for this year's Supersession, we suggested something further off, centered around predictions about where all of this is headed in the decades to come. But while CES is all about [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Five new BBC HD channels to go live on December 10th (Engadget, 12/09/2013 9:55am) |
| Earlier this year, the BBC said it would further commit to high-quality programming with the launch of five new HD channels by early 2014. Today, it announced it will deliver on that promise, launching BBC Three HD, BBC Four HD, BBC News HD, [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Cleopatra' Blu-ray Dated and Supplements Detailed (High-Def Digest, 3/04/2013 4:00pm) |
| We now have a date and supplement details for the 1963 Academy Award nominee for Best Picture coming to Blu-ray later this year! As previously reported, 20th Century Fox is working on 'Cleopatra' for [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Worldwide installed base of Blu-ray disc players to hit 100 million this year, says Strategy Analytics (Broadcast Engineering, 11/20/2012 4:33pm) |
| The market research firm forecasts 27 percent of consumers in North America will own at least one standalone Blu-ray Disc player.
(Read Full Article) |
| www.smh.com.au (Sydney Morning Herald, 11/04/2005 3:33pm) |
| Apple chief Steve Jobs declared 2005 as the year of high-definition video and dragged Sony onto the MacWorld stage in January to show off Sony's first HD camcorder called the HDR-FX1 as evidence. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (No Title) (, 12/07/2006 4:53am) |
| United States broadcasting is changing over to digital television. That's why many people are spending thousands of dollars on new high definition television sets. HDTV's are among the hottest Christmas gifts this year. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Is It Time to Buy That 50-Inch Plasma TV? (RedNova, 11/20/2005 10:35pm) |
| By Keith Reed, The Boston Globe Nov. 20--Should you or shouldn't you this holiday season? New brands, deep discounts, and increased production are pushing prices of high-definition television sets even lower this year. ... (Read Full Article) |
| CES: HD DVD to See 300 New Titles in 2007 (High-Def Digest, 1/08/2007 11:18am) |
| Firing the opening salvo of this year's Consumer Electronics Show, the North American HD DVD Promotions Group held a press conference late Sunday, with format-supporting studios previewing a spate new... ... (Read Full Article) |
| First looks: Sky HD review (Computer Active, 5/17/2006 4:40pm) |
| Last year, Sky's announcement to introduce a HD (high definition) service before the World Cup triggered a media frenzy. Fuelled by speculation as to what the TV giant would have in store for its goggle-eyed couch-pawns, it's only recently that any conclusive information has been confirmed by Sky. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Verizon Bets Big on Fiber Optic Overhaul (Bismarck Tribune, 6/13/2006 6:14am) |
| MASSAPEQUA PARK, N.Y. - Lisa Donohue squats on the floor with her 2-year-old son Calum in front of their high-definition TV, watching a children's cartoon. "What kind of animal is Franklin?" she asks him. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Samsung's Two New UHD TVs Priced for Korea (High-Def Digest, 5/31/2013 5:30pm) |
| Pre-orders begin June 1st for Samsung's cheapest 4K models. 4K UHD TV prices continue to tumble. Earlier this year Samsung introduced its first Ultra HD set, the 85 inch S9, which came with a [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | The Three Best Looking HDTVs at CES 2013 (Big Picture Big Sound, 1/22/2013 9:46pm) |
| While 4K Ultra HD maybe be coming soon, we saw quite a few 1080p HDTVs at this year's CES that we would happily own. Here are our top [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Sky steps up HD output (Broadband TV News, 5/21/2007 10:45am) |
| Sky steps up HD output Posted in HDTV, Content, Newsline by Julian Clover on May 21st, 2007 One year... ... (Read Full Article) |
| LG: No combo Blu-ray and HD DVD player this year (HD Beat, 7/26/2006 11:03am) |
| Filed under: Industry, News, LG Those waiting for a dual-format player to solve the conflict between HD DVD and Blu-ray will be waiting at least a... ... (Read Full Article) |
| FSN to show more Twins games in HD (BizJournals, 3/23/2007 9:50pm) |
| Fox Sports Net North will televise 43 Minnesota Twins games in high definition this year, up more than 150 percent from 2006. ... (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) |
| Dual Format Hi-Def Players Next Year (DVD-Recordable, 11/06/2006 8:01pm) |
| The first HD players capable of playing both both Blu-ray and HD-DVD disks are expected to appear by the end of 2007, possibly ending the format war in next-generation DVD. ... (Read Full Article) |
| LG adds networked content to its Blu-ray players (CEA SmartBrief, 12/31/2008 6:00am) |
| LG Electronics next year will begin offering networked content from YouTube, CinemaNow and Netflix with its new Blu-ray playe -More- ]]> ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | ESPN to drop 3D channel in 2013 (CNET Blogs, 6/12/2013 6:48pm) |
| ESPN has confirmed it will cease broadcasting its 3D channel by the end of the year and will focus on new technologies such as 4K. (Read Full Article) |
| Blu-ray Review: Fantastic Four (High-Def Digest, 11/13/2006 11:56pm) |
| Call me a heretic, but I actually liked 'Fantastic Four.' Having missed the film when it hit theaters last year, it wasn't until I sat down for this Blu-ray review that I became aware of how much it seems... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Hitachi introduces 2007 lineup of HDTV displays (Krunker | Technology Around the World, 1/18/2007 8:01am) |
| Looking for a new HDTV display this year? Well Hitachi certainly wants your business! They’re... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Comcast reaches deal to provide TiVo service (Courier Post, 3/16/2005 9:59am) |
| Sometime next year, Comcast Cable subscribers will be able to have their TiVo without needing to buy one. (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Household 3D Printers Can Pay For Themselves in a Year (Gizmodo, 8/01/2013 8:52am) |
| If you've been pondering over whether a 3D printer is a sound financial decision, here might be your answer: researchers (Read Full Article) |
| 'Spectacular' minus musicians (The Journal News, 11/08/2005 11:13am) |
| Some of the usual buzz was missing at the opening of the Radio City Christmas Spectacular this year. The reason? No live musicians. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Oz The Great and Powerful' Blu-ray and Blu-ray 3D Up for Pre-Order! (High-Def Digest, 4/08/2013 10:20pm) |
| Prepare to travel somewhere over the rainbow again on both Blu-ray formats later this year. In an early announcement to retailers, 'Oz The Great and Powerful' appears to be in the works for Blu-ray [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Big HD screens, quad-core smartphones reign at CES 2013 (CNET Blogs, 1/11/2013 11:54pm) |
| What will you see in phones this year? Quad-core, HD galore, and multiplied megapixels define the new high-end. (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Iron Man 3' Blu-ray Up for Pre-Order! (High-Def Digest, 4/30/2013 10:15pm) |
| The explosive Robert Downey Jr. blockbuster is already up for Blu-ray pre-orders at Amazon! Amazon has just listed Disney's 'Iron Man 3' for a Blu-ray release sometime later this year. Marvel’s [...] (Read Full Article) |
| HDTV prices plummet for the holidays (NAB SmartBrief, 11/25/2008 6:00am) |
| A sudden plunge in HDTV prices is a rite of the holiday season, but this year price drops are especially steep. -More- ]]> ... (Read Full Article) |
| Definition of the future (Channel NewsAsia, 12/12/2005 11:09pm) |
| THE market has been abuzz with talk about high-definition TV (HDTV) since the Media Development Authority (MDA) of Singapore announced plans to collaborate with MediaCorp to begin a trial service in the middle of next year. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Justified: The Complete Third Season' Dated and Detailed for Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 10/30/2012 6:00pm) |
| The third season of the hit crime series starring Timothy Olyphant as a no-nonsense law enforcement officer arrives on Blu-ray New Year's Eve. In an early announcement to retailers, Sony has revealed [...] (Read Full Article) |
| 'Knocked Up' Confirmed For HD DVD this September (High-Def Digest, 8/10/2007 9:28pm) |
| Universal Studios Home Entertainment has officially announced that it will bring one of this year's biggest comedies 'Knocked Up' to HD DVD this fall in a feature-packed, unrated special edition. The sleeper... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Home (video) for the holidays (San Francisco Chronicle, 10/31/2005 4:20pm) |
| You don't need to take out a third mortgage to afford some great home-theater gifts this year. We've rounded up four fine products for your home entertainment center, each of which costs less than a standard iPod. ... (Read Full Article) |
| New Specs for Next-Generation Blu-ray Players (PC World, 4/06/2007 1:12am) |
| Blu-ray Disc Association clarifies what new specs, due later this year, mean for owners of current Blu-ray players. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Digital under review again (Australian (Australian IT, 5/18/2005 10:42pm) |
| ANOTHER review of digital television legislation has been launched by the federal Government despite no decisions being made on the four similar reviews held last year. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | BBC ditches 3D after Doctor Who special (CNET Blogs, 7/05/2013 11:41am) |
| UK broadcaster the BBC is taking a three-year break from making 3D shows, with the 50th anniversary special of Doctor Who set to be the last 3D event for the foreseeable future. (Read Full Article) |
| Ten New Hitachi LCD and LCoS Projection HDTVs Models Announced (TechWeb, 5/31/2005 8:50pm) |
| Hitachi unveiled ten new models of high definition television to be available to consumers between August and December this year. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Digital under review again (Australian (Australian IT, 5/18/2005 10:50pm) |
| ANOTHER review of digital television legislation has been launched by the federal Government despite no decisions being made on the four similar reviews held last year. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Blu-ray Highlights: Week of June 2nd, 2013 (High-Def Digest, 6/03/2013 5:00pm) |
| For some reason, 2013 has turned out to be a particularly bad year for franchise sequels. Unfortunately, one of the worst to them leads off our major Blu-ray releases this week. Read all about the [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Blu-ray Highlights: Week of March 10th, 2013 (High-Def Digest, 3/11/2013 5:00pm) |
| One of the year's big Oscar winners comes to Blu-ray this week, along with another piece of obvious Oscar bait that failed to do its job. Beyond those, we also get a few more interesting titles, [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | New Blu-ray, DVD & UltraViolet releases this week (HD-Report, 10/31/2012 6:09pm) |
| Here's what's new on Blu-ray, DVD and UltraViolet this week. This year's comedy The Campaign starring Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis hits shelves and download servers. [...] (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) |
| BRIAN DICKERSON: Mental exercise for a holiday (Detroit Free Press, 5/28/2006 8:52am) |
| 1. According to a statewide survey commissioned by the Free Press, 15% of Michigan families have borrowed money this year to pay for: A. Medical emergencies. B. Energy bills. C. High-definition TV sets. D. Household repairs. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Flat-screen fever drving down prices on HDTVs (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 11/19/2006 5:13am) |
| Eric Carlisle is engaged to a woman whose birthday is within days of Valentine's Day. So rather than flowers, chocolates or jewelry, he surprised her this year with a 42-inch plasma high-definition television for their bedroom. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Hard to watch (Chicago Tribune, 9/22/2005 10:36am) |
| Many White Sox fans were left in the dark Wednesday night for one of the biggest games of the year. Satellite problems caused subscribers to Comcast SportsNet's standard cable feed to miss the first 5 1/2 innings of the game against Cleveland. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Falling prices increase demand for HDTV sets (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, 11/24/2006 10:28am) |
| Eric Carlisle is engaged to a woman whose birthday is within days of Valentine’s Day. So rather than flowers, chocolates or jewelry, he surprised her this year with a 42-inch plasma high-definition television for their bedroom. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Looper' Blu-ray Detailed (High-Def Digest, 11/20/2012 1:25am) |
| One of the best reviewed films of the year has now been fully detailed for Blu-ray! As previously reported, Sony will be releasing 'Looper' on Blu-ray on December 31. Rian Johnson's time travel [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Hotels of the Year: For the World Traveler, What's New in 2006 (New York Times, 1/21/2006 6:18am) |
| HDTV in the Maldives? Check. Five-star luxury in Oman? No problem. Hip hotels are continuing to colonize the globe in 2006. ... (Read Full Article) |
| 'Shrek the Third' Comes to HD DVD (High-Def Digest, 9/18/2007 8:41pm) |
| DreamWorks Home Entertainment is bringing home the biggest animated hit of the year exclusively to HD DVD with a November debut of 'Shrek the Third.' Grossing over $300 million at the domestic box office,... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Blu-ray Highlights: Week of April 28th, 2013 (High-Def Digest, 4/29/2013 5:00pm) |
| As we close out the month of April, eight of this year's nine Best Picture Academy Award nominees are now available on Blu-ray. This week also brings us several movies that were less than Oscar [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Miranda IPO one of biggest in 5 years (CanadaIT.com, 12/01/2005 9:28pm) |
| Investors' appetite for Canadian technology plays may be coming back after a five-year fast, with Miranda Technologies Inc. preparing to launch a public offering next week significantly larger than first expected. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Media rooms provide a movie-going experience, minus the crowds (Pittsburgh Daily Courier, 3/12/2005 5:30am) |
| Theaters are becoming the featured attractions at many homes. Nationally, sales of items commonly used in theaters are up more than 30 percent in the past year, according to the Consumer Electronics Association. (Read Full Article) |
| News Cheaper Blu-ray Players In 2007? Low-cost Funai says it will enter the market by year's end. By Phillip Swann (TVPredictions.com, 2/20/2007 1:03pm) |
| Washington, D.C. (February 20, 2007) -- There's hope today for HDTV owners who have been waiting for a less expensive Blu-ray high-def DVD player. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Image is everything (Guardian Weekly, 7/20/2005 11:07pm) |
| A growing number of Britons are investing in flat-screen TVs that are compatible with High Definition TV (HDTV) transmissions. But until Sky debuts its HD service in the summer of next year, all they will be viewing are standard definition pictures. Unless, of course, they watch images of themselves. ... (Read Full Article) |
| VIEW / Blame the economy, the product, the theaters -- we're just not going to movies the way we used to (San Francisco Chronicle, 7/13/2005 10:38am) |
| The movie box office situation is getting serious. For 19 of the past 20 weeks, box office numbers have been down compared with last year's. There's a possible break this week with the success of "Fantastic Four," leading to the inevitable speculation that... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Revolution to Sell for Less Than $300 (Addict 3D, 1/20/2006 5:39pm) |
| The Nintendo Revolution will go on sale later this year at a price of less than $300, the company's executive vice president of sales and Marketing Reggie Fils-Aime told CNET News.com in an interview earlier this week. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Fox Re-Announces 'Commando' for Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 1/10/2008 7:30pm) |
| After a delay of almost a year, Fox has re-announced Arnold Schwarzenegger's action hit 'Commando' for Blu-ray release this April. Originally targeted for release back in March of 2007, Fox unceremoniously... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Looper' Dated for Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 10/16/2012 10:00pm) |
| One of the best reviewed films of the year will hit Blu-ray in early 2013. In an early announcement to retailers, Sony will be releasing 'Looper' on Blu-ray on January 1. Rian Johnson's time travel [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Projector Shipments are Up 11 Percent from 2011 (High-Def Digest, 8/28/2012 5:00pm) |
| LED and 3D projectors are down, while bang-for-the-buck projectors increased their market share. Projector sales are down when compared to the fourth quarter of last year – something to be expected [...] (Read Full Article) |
| It's a bird, it's a plane, it's... 'Superman Returns' on Blu-ray, HD DVD (High-Def Digest, 9/22/2006 12:12am) |
| One of the most highly-anticipated titles of the year is hitting high-def on November 28, when Warner Home Video will release 'Superman Returns' on DVD, HD DVD and Blu-ray simultaneously. The nearly $200... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Love Me' Announced and Detailed for Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 10/11/2012 4:00pm) |
| The disturbing teen thriller comes to Blu-ray this January. In an early announcement to retailers, Starz/Anchor Bay is preparing 'Love Me' for a Blu-ray release on January 15. Sixteen-year-old [...] (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) |
| Kaz Gunning For Profitable PS3 By Next Year [Sony] (Kotaku, 1/07/2008 10:30am) |
| PlayStation boss Kaz Hirai has had just about enough of the PS3 posting a loss. He's sick of it! So sick that he's hoping to have the console turning a profit soonish. And by soonish, he means during... ... (Read Full Article) |
| 'Slumdog Millionaire' Announced for Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 3/03/2009 10:45pm) |
| This year's Best Picture has gotten a Blu-ray release date, with Fox announcing a late-March high-def arrival for 'Slumdog Millionaire.' The worldwide sensation, which went from almost-unreleased indie... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'The Beast Within' & 'Crawlspace' Blu-rays Announced (High-Def Digest, 6/12/2013 4:00pm) |
| A double dose of 80s horror will scare up Blu-ray later this year. In an early announcement to retailers, Scream Factory is preparing 'The Beast Within' and 'Crawlspace' for Blu-ray later in 2013. [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Holiday Special - Blu-ray Disc Players (About.com, 11/25/2008 8:00am) |
| Looking for a great Holiday Gift this year? If you own an HDTV, then consider giving the latest in home theater technology, a Blu-ray Disc player. This new format delivers... ... (Read Full Article) |
| China to Launch HDTV Channel in January (New York Newsday, 11/14/2005 5:39pm) |
| Chinese state television will launch the country's first digital high-definition TV channel on New Year's Day, the government announced Monday. ... (Read Full Article) |
| TV changes force viewers to choose a format (Detroit News, 3/23/2005 7:12am) |
| Now could be an opportune time for snagging a great deal on sleek flat-screen HDTV sets, with prices falling nearly 20 percent in the last year for some of the plasma, liquid-crystal or digital-light-projection televisions. (Read Full Article) |
| TV changes force viewers to choose a format (Detroit News, 3/22/2005 6:30am) |
| Now could be an opportune time for snagging a great deal on sleek flat-screen HDTV sets, with prices falling nearly 20 percent in the last year for some of the plasma, liquid-crystal or digital-light-projection televisions. (Read Full Article) |
| Silver lining for advertisers as PVRs loom over the horizon (Media Week Online, 5/24/2005 7:45am) |
| Television viewers will begin skipping adverts in earnest as Personal Video Recorders grow in popularity. In February this year, Ofcom published a proposed timetable for digital switchover. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Via scouting for PC-1 sales partners - Regional (Business News Americas, 5/19/2006 9:37pm) |
| Taiwanese chipset manufacturer Via Technologies aims to launch its PC-1 own-brand range of end-user devices in Latin America before year-end, according to Keith Kowal, marketing manager for Via's high definition platform group. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Far Cry Compilation coming to PS3 in February (Joystiq, 1/07/2014 5:30pm) |
| To celebrate the ten-year anniversary of the Far Cry franchise, publisher Ubisoft has announced a special compilation package for PS3 owners. The Far Cry Compilation bundle features Joystiq favorites Far Cry 2, Far Cry 3 and, the standalone riot, [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Movie studios again demand HDTV disabling powers from FCC (Broadcast Flag, 9/03/2009 5:39am) |
| Movie studios again demand HDTV disabling powers from FCC: Via Law & [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Men like their HDTVs big, while women prefer them smaller, says new survey (Digi Times, 12/21/2005 10:50am) |
| Although a new survey from Panasonic reveals that one in four (about 26%) US households either owns or plans to own a HD (high definition) TV by the end of 2006, up from 15% last year, spouses are divided on what type of purchase should be made, according to the Consumer Electronics Association. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Taking Home Video to the Next Level (Connected Home Media, 8/03/2005 1:16pm) |
| I'm between family vacations as I write this, and because we recently purchased a new Sony widescreen camcorder to replace the old Canon model that died on us late last year, I've been experimenting with importing and editing video for the first time in a while. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Porn Coming to Blu-ray; PS3 Owners, Jason Chen Very Excited [Boobies] (Gizmodo, 12/20/2007 5:53pm) |
| The porn industry, having steered clear of Blu-ray and successfully put out titles on HD DVD for the past year, has decided to give the competing HD format a shot. Digital Playground has plans to... ... (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) |
| TV guide: Unscrambling ABCs of high-tech systems (DailyRecord.com, 12/04/2005 9:12am) |
| HDTV, LCD, DLP or Plasma. Un-jumbling those acronyms can shed some light on what the best approach might be in purchasing a new television, which has become a hot item this year with more programs and events being broadcast in high definition format. ... (Read Full Article) |
| 65 Companies to Exhibit at UK Pavilion at NAB (Broadcast Newsroom, 4/13/2005 10:43pm) |
| The largest UK group will be at this year s NAB in Las Vegas from 18-21 April 2005. The UK pavilion has seen an increase of 40% from the NAB 2004 event, 65 companies will be exhibiting with financial support from UK Trade & Investment. (Read Full Article) |
| Wrestling Comes to HD DVD with 'UFC: Best of 2007' (High-Def Digest, 12/26/2007 5:30pm) |
| Wrestling fans, mark your calendars: First Look is bringing the Ultimate Fighting Championship's year-end bash 'UFC: The Best of 2007' to HD DVD this March. Originally airing earlier this month on Spike... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Millions to buy Blu-ray this year, survey suggests (HDTV UK, 3/18/2008 1:05pm) |
| A recent survey -- conducted
during the period of speculation and then confirmation that Toshiba was pulling
the plug on HD DVD -- suggests that an increasing number of consumers are ready
to buy Blu-ray players... ... (Read Full Article) |
| One in Four Households Expect to Have HDTV Within 2006 (Broadcast Newsroom, 12/21/2005 11:39pm) |
| A new survey from Panasonic reveals that one in four (26 percent) of U.S. households either owns or plans to own a high-definition television by the end of 2006. This is up from 15% one year ago, according to the Consumer Electronics Association. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Dell Is Seeking More Screen Time (Los Angeles Times via Yahoo! News, 3/12/2005 10:30am) |
| When Neil Ludvigson figured that it was time to trade up from his 6-year-old, 24-inch television, he set his sights on a big-screen, flat-panel, high-definition replacement. (Read Full Article) |
| Ask the expert: DVD format wars (Financial Times, 4/06/2006 1:56pm) |
| Next-generation DVD or high-definition video discs promise to bring home cinema to your living room. But the prospect has been threatened by the failure of the technology’s leading developers – Sony and Toshiba – to agree on a common standard last year. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Be sure to watch the big game on HD signal, not just an HDTV (Gainesville Sun, 2/02/2007 11:15am) |
| Gainesville viewers will be able to watch this year's Super Bowl in high-definition, but a new poll shows that many people with HDTVs don't know they're watching normal definition signals. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Consumer-electronics retailers see signs of hope for holidays (Richmond Times-Dispatch, 10/16/2005 5:06am) |
| Who would be dreaming of a big holiday retail season in a year when the economy has been battered by everything from hurricanes to high gas prices? The answer: consumer-electronics executives. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Fox Saddles Up 'Butch Cassidy' Blu-ray for May (High-Def Digest, 2/18/2008 7:00pm) |
| After hinting at a high-def release for over a year, Fox has confirmed a May Blu-ray arrival for the Robert Redford-Paul Newman classic, 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.' Although the George Roy Hill-directed... ... (Read Full Article) |
| BBC unveils high-definition TV schedule (The Scotsman, 11/09/2005 2:14am) |
| THE BBC last night announced plans to begin offering broadcasts in high-definition television (HDTV), billed as a revolution in quality and sound, from the middle of next year. ... (Read Full Article) |
| ARE YOU HD READY? (Daily Record, 12/06/2005 1:41am) |
| THEY are the two initials which are going to change television forever But are you ready for the HD (High Definition) revolution which is going to take over television in the next 12 months Thenew broadcasting format will be launched in the UK next year and means images will be clearer than ever before and better than DVD quality. ... (Read Full Article) |
| 'Into the Wild' Coming to Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 9/23/2008 10:00pm) |
| Announcing its latest "catch up" title for Blu-ray, Paramount has set a mid-December debut for the acclaimed drama 'Into the Wild.' Previously released on HD DVD earlier this year, the Oscar-nominated... ... (Read Full Article) |
| HP Makes Plans for In-Home Wireless TVs (MobileMag, 9/09/2005 5:10pm) |
| HP has interesting plans for consumers next year when they plan to introduce a 37-inch high-definition television that will allow users to connect to the internet through their PC or router anywhere in the home, according to an HP executive. ... (Read Full Article) |
| PS3 Moving To Smaller, Cheaper Chip [PS3] (Kotaku, 2/06/2009 3:30am) |
| Yes, last night, SCEE boss David Reeves made a silly boxing analogy. But he also said some other stuff. Namely, about how the PS3 will, later this year, start using smaller, cheaper Cell chips.
The... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Early HDTV adopters screwed by Blue Ray & HD-DVD rules (Digg.com, 2/21/2006 9:58am) |
| If you're one of the first adopters who mortgaged the house to buy the earliest HDTV displays, don't expect to get full HD resolution when you take out a second mortgage for a high-def disc player when they come out later this year. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'The Monster Club' & 'Harlequin' Blu-rays Announced (High-Def Digest, 6/18/2013 6:00pm) |
| A horror musical comedy and a fantasy thriller are both bound for Blu-ray later this year. In an early announcement to retailers, Scorpion Releasing is preparing 'The Monster Club' for Blu-ray on [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Sony to Sell 11 Million PS3s By Fiscal Year End [Comeback] (Gizmodo, 12/15/2007 4:00pm) |
| It looks like all that was wrong with the PS3 was the price, because despite a very slow start, Sony has announced that their console will reach worldwide sales numbers of 11 million units by the end... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | DP Gambol shoots two teen series with AG-HPX250 HD camcorders (Broadcast Engineering, 9/17/2012 9:09pm) |
| Mark Gambol, principal of MG-Pictures, is shooting both “Wild about Animals†and “Awesome Adventures†for their inaugural year in HD with the Panasonic handheld camcorders.
(Read Full Article) |
| HBO Enlists 'Band of Brothers' for Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 4/01/2008 6:00pm) |
| There's no street date yet, but HBO Home Video is reportedly planning to bring the Emmy-winning mini-series 'Band of Brothers' to Blu-ray sometime this year. While reporting on the upcoming standard DVD... ... (Read Full Article) |
| HDTV speeds into homes (Courier-Post, 3/25/2005 10:37am) |
| Now could be an opportune time for snagging a great deal on sleek flat-screen HDTV sets, with prices falling nearly 20 percent in the last year for some of the plasma, liquid-crystal or digital-light-projection televisions. (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Japan looks to next-gen 3D printers for a return to manufacturing success (Engadget, 4/02/2014 8:35am) |
| American 3D printer manufacturers have stolen a lead on the competition, but a Japan-based alliance is looking to fight back... it'll take a year or two, is all. The group includes universities, 27 companies including the likes of Panasonic, [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Live from the Engadget CES Stage: Formlabs co-founder Maxim Lobovsky (Engadget, 1/09/2014 5:30pm) |
| The 3D printing field is a big enough story at this year's show to justify its own section on the CES floor. And while plenty of companies have thrown their hats in the consumer ring, Formlabs has taken a different tact, looking to bring [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Sony shows off WE5 "greenest ever" BRAVIA HDTV (HDTV UK, 3/12/2009 10:18am) |
| Sony is making sure everyone knows about the green credentials of this year's line of BRAVIA HDTVs, not least the WE5 40- and 46-inch full HD LCD TVs that feature new display technology that reduces power consumption... ... (Read Full Article) |
| HDTV Craze (KTRE-TV East Texas, 12/07/2006 12:38am) |
| United States broadcasting is changing over to digital television. That's why many people are spending thousands of dollars on new high definition television sets. HDTV's are among the hottest Christmas gifts this year. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Body Bags' Blu-ray in the Works (High-Def Digest, 5/16/2013 8:00pm) |
| The 1993 anthology directed by John Carpenter and Tobe Hooper is planned for Blu-ray later this year. In a surprise announcement on their Facebook page, Scream Factory will be bringing 'Body Bags' to [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'The Vampire Lovers' Blu-ray Announced (High-Def Digest, 12/07/2012 5:00pm) |
| The 1970 cult horror will seduce Blu-ray next year. In an early announcement to retailers, Scream Factory is working on 'The Vampire Lovers' for Blu-ray in 2013. Buxom vamps and bloodthirsty beauties [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Super Bowl XL Kicks off the Year of HD, Says CEA (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 1/30/2006 11:16pm) |
| ARLINGTON, Va.----Jan. 30, 2006--Super Bowl XL is proving to be a huge driver in the sales of digital television products - especially high-definition televisions , according to the Consumer Electronics Association . ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Live from the Engadget CES stage: WobbleWorks CEO Maxwell Bogue (Engadget, 1/09/2014 9:00pm) |
| It's been quite the year for WobbleWorks. The robotics toy combo made a mint on its Kickstarter campaign for the 3Doodler, a $100 3D printing pen, and now the combo is marking CES with the announcement of retail availability through [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Venturer to Unleash Budget HD DVD Player for the Holidays (High-Def Digest, 8/29/2007 1:23am) |
| Discount manufacturer Venturer Electronics today announced that it would release its first HD DVD player in time for this year's holiday shopping season. The Canadian-based company, which is known for... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | The lost prototype iPhone a year later: Can Apple keep a secret? (CNET News, 8/31/2012 2:40pm) |
| There's no shortage of blogs claiming to possess photos, video and 3D renderings of the unreleased iPhone 5. The good news for Apple is it doesn't appear to have misplaced any prototypes [...] (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) | Now you can get discounts on all Xbox 360 models... for a price (CNET News, 10/23/2012 2:26pm) |
| Microsoft says that customers will soon be able to get the 250GB Xbox 360 for $99, as well as a 250GB Xbox 360 with Kinect for $149 -- if they sign up for a two-year online subscription as [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Blu-Ray Disc Group Says It's Not Blue Over Download Rise (Investors Business Daily, 1/10/2009 12:33am) |
| Blu-ray Disc vanquished HD DVD early last year to become the high-definition successor to standard definition DVD. But Blu-ray Disc faces another... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Blu-ray Disc Players - 2012 Holiday Gift Special (About.com, 11/06/2012 8:00am) |
| One of the best gifts to get someone this year is a Blu-ray Disc player. Blu-ray players are popping up everywhere. With prices of an increasing number of Blu-ray disc ... (Read Full Article) |
| Onkyo Dropping HD DVD Support? [Hd Dvd] (Gizmodo, 2/05/2008 12:14am) |
| Onkyo appears to be the latest HD DVD defector, announcing they're "suspending" support for the format. This comes on the heels of Blu-ray and Warner's coup de grace and less than a year after Onkyo... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Hannibal: Season One' Blu-ray Pre-Orders Live (High-Def Digest, 5/21/2013 11:00pm) |
| The first season of the NBC crime drama is planned for Blu-ray in 2013. In an early announcement to retailers, Lionsgate says 'Hannibal: Season One' is coming to Blu-ray sometime later this year. The [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Netflix Streaming on PS3: Coming Soon [NetFlix] (Gizmodo, 10/26/2009 4:24am) |
| Uh, holy crap? As prayed/predicated, Netflix streaming will be available "later this year" on the PS3. Like the Xbox 360, it'll be free with the $8.99-a-month plan. Unlike the 360, you'll enable... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Prometheus' Blu-ray and Blu-ray 3D Date Correction and Details (High-Def Digest, 10/01/2012 10:00pm) |
| One of the most anticipated films of the year is coming to Blu-ray and Blu-ray 3D in October. As previously reported, 20th Century Fox's 'Prometheus' and Prometheus - 3D were scheduled for October [...] (Read Full Article) |
| THE DIGITAL KICK Philips banks on World Cup fever to spur sales of high-definition TV and other products (Bangkok Post, 9/13/2005 2:11am) |
| Sports fans could find themselves in football heaven next year as technology takes hold in the market that will allow them to watch World Cup matches anywhere and anytime. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Editor's File: For how much longer do we keep looking backward? (Ottawa Business Journal, 1/22/2007 11:09am) |
| With another year comes another tech sector labour report from OCRI and the inevitable wave of complaints from critics stubbornly opposed to believing there has been a significant increase in the number of REAL tech jobs in the nation's capital. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Report: Gamestop circular shows Zelda 3DS coming stateside (Joystiq, 10/18/2013 5:00pm) |
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It's that time of year again, when caveman artifacts paper advertisements are once again relevant to our hyper-connected little corner of the world. Gamestop's Black Friday circular has (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 3Doodler review: a $99 3D-printing pen (Engadget, 12/08/2013 3:00pm) |
| I've spent a fair bit of time trying to explain the WobbleWorks 3Doodler to people over the past year or so. My descriptions generally alternate between the company's slightly misleading "3D-printing pen" to "sort of like a hot glue gun that melts [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | The 3DS So Rare Nintendo Only Made One Of Them (Kotaku, 3/24/2014 1:00am) |
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Every year, a Pokemon tournament is held in Japan to decide the nation's best schoolboy player. It's a competition worth entering, because the prize is one for the ages. (Read Full Article) |
| Sony's software future (ZDNet India, 3/03/2006 9:40am) |
| Sony chief Howard Stringer had almost everything in place going into this year's Consumer Electronics Show in January: big new televisions to show off, high-definition DVDs and the PlayStation 3 on the way, and even a scheduled appearance by Tom Hanks. ... (Read Full Article) |
| TV sports is making radical changes - Why? (Houston Chronicle, 4/24/2005 5:52am) |
| Were you shocked on Dec. 18, 1993, when the NFL announced that Fox, the network of Homer Simpson, would replace CBS, the Tiffany Network, as its broadcast partner as part of a broadcast shuffle that boosted NFL television revenues to $1.2 billion per year? (Read Full Article) |
| Sony Plots 'MIB' Blu-ray for June (High-Def Digest, 4/07/2008 8:00pm) |
| Making an early trade announcement, Sony says the 'Men in Black' will make their long-awaited Blu-ray debut this June with exclusive BD-Live content. The studio first teased fans earlier this year at CES,... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Epson won't make a consumer 3D printer, but promises big, industrial ones within five years (Engadget, 1/09/2014 9:04pm) |
| Epson's presence at CES 2014 this year focused on its surprising push into wearables. But the company name remains almost a synonym for printers -- the two-dimensional ones at least. There are plenty that reckon the likes of Epson, HP .etc will [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | HBO Go joins PlayStation 3 media roster (Joystiq, 3/04/2014 6:30pm) |
| Nearly a year after its debut on the Xbox 360, the HBO Go app will finally make its PlayStation 3 debut later today.
Like the other existing iterations of the app, HBO Go on PlayStation 3 allows HBO subscribers to watch the premium channel's...
(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) |
| (Unranked) | Nintendo 'looking at' Unity support for 3DS (Joystiq, 3/23/2014 3:30pm) |
| Developers working on Wii U projects have counted the Unity engine among their options since last year, but support for Unity is still absent from the 3DS. Considering more than 42 million 3DS units have been sold worldwide, in comparison to the [...] (Read Full Article) |
| 'Master & Commander' Blu-ray Back on Course for May (High-Def Digest, 2/27/2008 5:00pm) |
| After a series of street date delays, Fox has re-announced 'Master & Commander' for Blu-ray release this May. Originally pegged for a high-def debut late last year, the highly-anticipated 'Master &... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Frenzy feared as new Xbox arrives (Montgomery Advertiser, 11/20/2005 10:07am) |
| It's been more than a year in the making for Leonard Cage. He's been waiting that long to drive Ferraris through city streets, lead a platoon of soldiers on a mission during World War II and throw the game-winning pass in the Super Bowl -- all in high-definition television. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (No Title) (, 5/09/2006 12:40pm) |
| The Consumer Electronic Association expects some 600,000 HD-DVD and Blu-ray players and optical drives to be sold in the US alone this year. Following the successful launch of Toshiba's HD-DVD players , units are predicted to continue selling quickly to early adopters, despite the ongoing standards battle between the two rival technologies. ... (Read Full Article) |
| New on the hi-def horizon (Chicago Tribune, 2/19/2006 4:57pm) |
| We found the best and the brightest in 1080p, plasma, LCD and DLP TVs that will be headed for stores in 2006 Just as tax refunds begin trickling through the postal system or soft-landing into direct-deposit accounts, the year's sparkling new HDTVs start showing up in local electronics stores. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Top Gun Blu-ray 3D details revealed, comes home February 19th after IMAX 3D run (Engadget, 1/13/2013 1:24pm) |
| After being delayed, Top Gun 3D will be released by Paramount in 2013. Prior to his passing late last year, director [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Nintendo sells 300,000 more Wii U consoles, but over two million more 3DS handhelds (Engadget, 10/30/2013 7:10am) |
| Nintendo's just released its financial results for the last three months, and while hardware sales have increased substantially, it still made a loss. Wii U sales have rebounded significantly. Following price cuts mid-year, it's added 300,000 more [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Samsung Announces New Multi-Year Sponsorship as the Official HDTV of the NFL (Business Wire, 8/23/2007 2:00pm) |
| RIDGEFIELD PARK, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Samsung Electronics America Inc., the market leader in HDTVs, is proud to announce the company will be continuing its successful sponsorship as the ... (Read Full Article) |
| Toshiba Sees HD DVD Sales Jumping In 2007/08 (InformationWeek, 1/08/2007 2:27pm) |
| Toshiba Corp. said on Sunday sales of its HD DVD players and recorders were likely to jump about six times to three million units or more in the year starting April, driven by robust demand in the United States. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Watch today's 3DS-focused Nintendo Direct right here (Joystiq, 4/17/2013 2:50pm) |
After a wee flurry of Nintendo Direct broadcasts at the top of the year, it's been kind of a while since we last saw Satoru Iwata do that weird hands thing, or make Reggie Fils-Aime's grasp of other languages look terrible. So that's why [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Live from Expand: 3D Printing Goes Mainstream (Engadget, 3/16/2013 5:50pm) |
| Is 2013 the year that 3D printing goes mainstream? The technology is already decades-old, having been used to great effect in the [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Movies as you like them (USA Today, 7/26/2005 2:20am) |
| America's love affair with the movies remains passionate. But as with any long-term relationship, there are problems that need to be addressed. In a summer when moviegoing fell from last year, USA TODAY asked readers whether they still loved going out to the movies or preferred watching DVDs at home. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Will high definition TV prices keep falling after the holidays? (Louisville Courier-Journal, 11/21/2006 11:03am) |
| A: CNET.com says it's a tough call, but that if you buy now you probably won't feel cheated when you see next year's prices. Some retailers have started cutting prices on electonics early, with Wal-Mart chopping $500 off a 42-inch Panasonic plasma HDTV, according to consumerreports.org. ... (Read Full Article) |
| High-Definition Decisions (The Tampa Tribune, 1/23/2006 2:05am) |
| TAMPA - televisions have never had more appeal. Prices are dropping after the holiday season, sizes are growing and more TV programs broadcast in high definition. This year, analysts say HDTVs may account for 38 percent of total U.S. television sales. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 2D-to-3D tech headed to Panasonic sets, despite bosses calling it "second rate" (HDTV UK, 8/18/2010 12:17pm) |
| Panasonic's next line of 3D TVs set to hit the US will feature 2D-to-3D conversion abilities, the company have confirmed. Aimed at gamers, the GT25 range will launch across the pond before the end of the year, with the 42-inch... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Joystiq Top 10 of 2013: Super Mario 3D World (Joystiq, 1/03/2014 3:00pm) |
| Team Joystiq is barging into 2014 with a celebration of last year's best games. Keep reading throughout the week to see our assembly of ingenious indies and triple-A triumphs.
Mario and his extended family has been our constant companion for [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Globetechnology: Is it time to upgrade? (The Globe and Mail, 6/30/2005 2:36pm) |
| Is it time to upgrade? A new study by the Consumer Electronics Association shows that American homes spent $1,250 (U.S.), on average, for electronics last year. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 3D Printed Rocket Engine Injector Designed, Tested (DailyTech, 7/12/2013 6:18pm) |
| Using 3D printing cuts the production process of the engine injector from one year to four months, and cuts the cost by 70 [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Universal to Bring 'End of Days' to Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 6/20/2008 6:00pm) |
| Over a year after it first hit HD DVD, Universal has given the Arnold Schwarzenegger thriller 'End of Days' an August Blu-ray release date. Starring Schwarzenegger as a cynical cop out to do battle with... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Swanni's 2005 Predictions: A Report Card (TVPredictions.com, 12/18/2005 8:01pm) |
| When you're good, you're good. When you're not, well... Washington D.C. (December 18, 2005) -- This Tuesday, I will announce my predictions for TV technology in the year 2006. ... (Read Full Article) |
| BBC to start HDTV trials (Geek.com, 11/10/2005 6:13pm) |
| The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) announced that it intends to start trials of high-definition TV (HDTV) programs in the U.K. around the middle of next year. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Your Sister's Sister' Announced for Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 10/19/2012 6:00pm) |
| The acclaimed 2011 dramedy is planned for Blu-ray in November. In an early announcement to retailers, IFC films has set 'Your Sister's Sister' for Blu-ray on November 6. A year after his brother [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Major Nelson's podcast on HD DVD vs. Blu-ray (HD Beat, 7/17/2006 7:01am) |
| For the second time this year, Xbox Live's Larry Hyrb a.k.a. Major Nelson has a high definition expert, actually two, appear on his podcast to extol... ... (Read Full Article) |
| High-definition to move Sony forward (The Star Online, 4/25/2006 10:50pm) |
| JOHOR BARU : Sony (M) Sdn Bhd sees its high-definition (HD) products contributing 20% of its total sales this year. ... (Read Full Article) |
| NBCU, Turner, CNN to Launch HD Networks (TV Week, 1/09/2007 7:15pm) |
| USA Network, Sci Fi Channel, TBS, Cartoon Network, CNN and other channels are readying to launch simulcast high-definition networks by the end of the year. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Warner Announces 'Gigi' for Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 1/06/2009 5:00pm) |
| Warner has confirmed its latest classic release for high-def, bringing the musical favorite 'Gigi' to Blu-ray in late-March. Previously released as a lavish two-disc DVD last year, Warner will bring the... ... (Read Full Article) |
| AVN 2008: No more Porn on HD DVD? (I4U, 1/11/2008 9:01am) |
| What a difference a year makes. At the AVN 2007, we ran a story titled No Porn on Blu-ray?. Today, Prominent adult movie producer Digital Playground says that they plan to stop releasing porn on HD DVD probably by the end of 2008.
The statement was ma... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | New Kirby game announced for 3DS (Joystiq, 10/01/2013 3:24pm) |
This morning's Nintendo Direct revealed that pink puffball Kirby is coming to 3DS in a new adventure, due sometime next year. The stream revealed it to be a 2D platformer, with familiar Kirby powers in attendance alongside the ability to [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Warner to offer cheaper Blu-ray movies later this year (CNET News, 7/14/2008 8:26pm) |
| Warner Home Video announced its plans to offer discounted Blu-ray movies in the fall, including some new and catalog titles. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Was Toshiba's $100k per second Super Bowl ad good for HD DVD? (HDTV UK, 2/05/2008 10:55am) |
| Toshiba bit
the bullet and splashed out around three million dollars for an HD DVD advert
during this year's Super Bowl. The video, immortalised on YouTube, is below.
What do you think? ... (Read Full Article) |
| Number of HDTV sets worldwide to reach 28.6m by end-2005 report (Digital Media Europe, 9/22/2005 2:03pm) |
| At the end of the year, the US will have 16.5m HDTV homes, giving it a 58 per cent global share, followed by Japan with a 27 per cent share. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Microsoft's HD DVD drive for movies only (Digit Magazine, 5/11/2006 9:37am) |
| Microsoft Tuesday officially announced that it would offer an HD DVD drive as a peripheral to the Xbox 360 by the end of the year. But don't expect to see any Xbox 360 games ship on HD DVD any time soon. ... (Read Full Article) |
| CES HD DVD Press Conference Canceled [Hd Dvd] (Kotaku, 1/05/2008 5:00pm) |
| In light of yesterday's announcement that Warner Bros. will be going exclusively Blu-Ray, the HD DVD Promotion Group has canceled it's press conference for this year's CES. The news came in an email... ... (Read Full Article) |
| BPON or GPON? Keeping your Focus on a Moving Target (Converge! Network Digest, 8/03/2005 2:09pm) |
| Comcast reported strong consumer demand in Q2 for new digital services -- including HDTV, DVRs, VOD and VoIP -- adding 507,000 revenue generating units in the second quarter of 2005, an increase of 22.1% from the 415,000 added in the same quarter last year. ... (Read Full Article) |
| NAB Notables, Episode 2 Apple correctly calls this "The Year of HD" By Charlie White (Digital Video Editing, 4/22/2005 10:49pm) |
| (4/22/05) As the smoke clears from NAB 2005, it s time to reflect on what has happened and what hasn t happened in this the liveliest NAB convention in recent memory. Perhaps the highlights of the show were the introduction of competing HDV camcorders , along with editing systems to go with them. (Read Full Article) |
| Cool HD and Media Players (Washington Post, 3/22/2007 7:18pm) |
| TOKYO--It's been a year since the next-generation DVD battle kicked off with the launch in Japan of Toshiba's first HD DVD player. In the past 12 months we've seen players and recorders designed for each format go on sale, and customer reaction has made one thing clear: People aren't interested in... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Toshiba jumps into Blu-ray pool (HDTV News, 7/21/2009 8:21pm) |
| Toshiba is taking a step back on its full fledged support of HD-DVD technology, with the announcement by Yomiuri Shimbun that the electronics company plans to introduce a line of Blu-ray players into the marketplace by the end of the year.
While Toshiba has withdrawn from the HD-DVD market, the move to Blu-ray may not be [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Connecting your PC to a HDMI High Definition TV (Web TV Wire » The Business of Internet Television and Video, 5/17/2007 6:55pm) |
| In the past year or so, computer graphic cards have begun to sprout HMDI ports allowing you to connect your PC to a High Definition (HD) TV via HDMI... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Snow White and the Huntsman Blu-ray Review (Big Picture Big Sound, 9/11/2012 7:42pm) |
| This year's second take on the classic fairytale is a dark one, with an especially evil turn from Charlize [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Latest Display Technology: SED (Gizmodo, 1/20/2006 12:32pm) |
| LCD, LED, HDTV, plasma, they don’t have anything compared to the latest and greatest display technology that should begin appearing next year. The next big thing is called Surface-conduction... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'The Electric Chair,' 'The Nail Gun Massacre,' and 'Just Before Dawn' Announced for Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 11/20/2012 5:00pm) |
| Three cult films are on their way to Blu-ray in the new year. In an early announcement to retailers, Code Red has revealed that their first Blu-ray titles will be 'The Electric Chair,' 'The Nail Gun [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Consumer Alert: Onkyo Blu-ray Disc Player Coming Soon (About.com, 7/10/2008 8:00am) |
| Previously an HD-DVD supporter, Onkyo has announced that it will introduce a Blu-ray Disc player later this year, now that the format war is settled. Details are sketchy as to... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Sony HD 500 at California Speedway (BellaOnline, 8/30/2005 3:27am) |
| The History: This is the second year for a fall race at California Speedway. The first race run here was in the spring of 1997 with Jeff Gordon as the winner. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Game Change' Blu-ray Announced (High-Def Digest, 10/05/2012 8:00pm) |
| The critically-acclaimed Emmy winner will arrive on Blu-ray early next year. In an early announcement to retailers, HBO is prepping 'Game Change' for a Blu-ray bow on January 8. Featuring an all-star [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Ivan's Childhood' Dated and Detailed Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 10/18/2012 4:00pm) |
| The 1962 Russian war drama has been dated for Blu-ray in the new year. In an early announcement to retailers, Criterion is working on 'Ivan's Childhood' for Blu-ray on January 22. The debut feature [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Anger Management: Season One' Announced for Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 11/28/2012 7:00pm) |
| The first 10 episodes of Charlie Sheen's "winning" new sitcom are bound for Blu-ray next year. In an early announcement to retailers, Lionsgate says 'Anger Management: Season One' is coming 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) |
| 'Resident Evil' Trilogy Headed to Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 10/23/2007 10:00pm) |
| Sony has announced it will ring in the new year with the mutant zombies of 'Resident Evil,' when it brings the two remaining films in the trilogy to Blu-ray this January as both stand-alone releases and... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Poll: Will you be buying the 'Avatar' 3D Blu-ray? (CNET Blogs, 10/16/2012 8:50pm) |
| "Avatar" is finally available on 3D Blu-ray from October 16, but after a three-year wait is 3D still enough of a draw to warrant buying it again? Vote in CNET's poll. (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 ...
(Read Full Article) |
| 'Twilight' to Take Bite Out of Blu-ray this March (High-Def Digest, 1/09/2009 7:00pm) |
| Last year's biggest sleeper smash, the teen vampire sensation 'Twilight' will rise on Blu-ray this March. Based on the first of Stephenie Meyer's popular series of young adult novels, 'Twilight' proved... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Sony Re-Announces 'Gattaca' Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 12/31/2007 11:00pm) |
| After a delay of over a year, Sony has finally rescheduled the cult sci-fi fave 'Gattaca' for Blu-ray release this March. Originally expected to make its high-def debut way back in October 2006, Sony subsequently... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Premiere Launches HDTV Preview Channel via ASTRA (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 8/04/2005 7:13am) |
| High definition television or HDTV has been the word on almost everybody's lips for over a year now and will also be the main theme at the forthcoming IFA in Berlin, particularly in Hall 26, the exhibition hall for HDTV and home cinema. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Netflix teases 4K streaming straight to UHD TVs, expect details at CES next month (Engadget, 12/19/2013 4:56am) |
| Netflix has been talking up its ability to stream Ultra HD resolution video (demonstrated at the last CES with a local video feed, as seen above), and CPO Neil Hunt reiterated those "next year" promises to Stuff.tv. Specifically, he indicated the [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Rise of the Triad returns to PC this year, powered by Unreal Engine 3 (Joystiq, 8/02/2012 8:17pm) |
| When it comes to the early days of first-person shooters, names like Wolfenstein 3D and Doom come up a lot. There are some, however, lucky enough to remember Rise of the Triad, a frenetic, gory and occasionally downright goofy shooter from 1994. [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Lucasfilm selects HP technology to create digital entertainment assets (Computerworld Singapore, 9/30/2005 7:43am) |
| HP and Lucasfilm, the leader in visual effects and sound engineering for feature films, have recently announced a global, three-year, multi-million dollar technology and marketing agreement. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Sharp trumpets 108-inch LCD TV, world wonders why (Engadget, 1/07/2007 8:41pm) |
| Filed under: CES, HDTV, Home EntertainmentSharp's just gone and announced the biggest LCD TV that the world has ever seen. Yes, this even beats out that 103-inch plasma we spotted about a year ago. Why anyone even cares about this horse race, we're not really sure -- but you can bet that one of these will probably end up on a future episode of "Pimp My Ride." Nevertheless, we'll post more pic ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | All three Indiana Jones movies are finally coming to Blu-ray individually (Engadget, 10/20/2013 5:22am) |
| Last year Paramount and Lucasfilm delivered The Complete Adventures of Indiana Jones (minus the TV series) on Blu-ray, bringing Raiders of the Lost Ark, Temple of Doom, and Last Crusade home in HD for the first time. Of course, obtaining any of [...] (Read Full Article) |
| MPEG-only bows out of codecs race; H.264 and VC-1 still contending (Electronic Engineering Times Asia, 3/06/2005 9:06pm) |
| Facing the inevitability of multiple audio/visual codecs required in new-generation digital set tops, Broadcom Corp. said Thursday (March 3) it will stop developing MPEG-only chips by the second quarter of this year. (Read Full Article) |
| Tweeter Shares Surge on Sales Projection (AP via Yahoo! Finance, 1/10/2006 3:31pm) |
| Tweeter Home Entertainment Group Inc.'s cost-cutting efforts and strengthening sales should boost financial results this year, an analyst said Monday, pushing the company's stock price up sharply. ... (Read Full Article) |
| HP to release wireless HDTV (Geek.com, 9/12/2005 12:58pm) |
| Hewlett Packard (HP) aims to be at the center of the digital entertainment home network next year when it releases a 37-inch LCD HDTV with DVR and a built-in wireless digital media receiver. ... (Read Full Article) |
| CES: HD DVD Takes Backseat at Toshiba Press Conference (High-Def Digest, 1/06/2008 10:46pm) |
| In the first major press conference at this year's Consumer Electronics Show, Toshiba was uncharacteristically quiet regarding its upcoming HD DVD plans. The company dedicated less than five minutes of... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'The Long Hair of Death' Announced for Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 5/08/2013 6:00pm) |
| Antonio Margheriti's 1964 cult classic is headed to Blu-ray this fall. In an early announcement to retailers, RaroVideo says 'The Long Hair of Death' will hit Blu-ray later this year. In this gothic [...] (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) |
| Xbox 360 life span may exceed five years, says Microsoft (News Blog, 11/07/2007 6:05pm) |
| Microsoft Corp. this week said that it sees potential for the Xbox 360 video game console to exceed a typical five-year hardware lifespan. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Paramount Adds High-Res Audio to Blu-ray, HD DVD Menu (High-Def Digest, 7/23/2007 7:30pm) |
| After eschewing high-resolution audio on its Blu-ray and HD DVD titles for over a year now, Paramount Home Entertainment has announced they will finally support the Dolby TrueHD and PCM formats on several... ... (Read Full Article) |
| '300,' 'JFK' Lead Warner Blu-ray Fall Catalog Brigade (High-Def Digest, 6/24/2008 10:00pm) |
| Warner has given a sneak peek of its upcoming fall line-up of next-gen catalog releases, unveiling plans to bring 'JFK,' 'Casablanca' and a redux of '300' to Blu-ray this year. During a presentation at... ... (Read Full Article) |
| CES 2006: All about television (TV Squad, 1/09/2006 6:37pm) |
| Filed under: HDTV , DVR , Video , Cable/Satellite , Web While we didn't attend the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) this year, I've done my fair share of reading about it. If I had to pick one theme that seemed to pop up several times a day, it'd be television. Not just television as in new TV hardware and gear, but also in how content will reach the masses. A few highlights: ... (Read Full Article) |
| Porn stars and CES (TV Squad, 1/11/2006 8:37pm) |
| Filed under: Industry Unlike some of our partners in crime , I didn't make it to the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this year, though had I know that the Adult Entertainment Expo was also taking place in Las Vegas that week, I might have given more consideration to going. Gareth Mitchell of the BBC has a funny anecdote about how he became trapped in a bar at CES by a cavalcade of ... (Read Full Article) |
| Playstation 3 could shape future of Blu-ray (Personal Computer World, 5/09/2006 12:20pm) |
| The Consumer Electronic Association expects some 600,000 HD-DVD and Blu-ray players and optical drives to be sold in the US alone this year. Following the successful launch of Toshiba's HD-DVD players , units are predicted to continue selling quickly to early adopters, despite the ongoing standards battle between the two rival technologies. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Check out 3Doodler's upcoming accessories and swappable tips (Engadget, 1/08/2014 2:10am) |
| WobbleWorks' almost finished shipping Kickstarter backers their 3Doodler 3D-printing pens, and next month, post-crowdfunding pre-orders will begin to be filled. The company announced today a US retail launch later this year -- a "major retailer" in [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Flat screens prove more irresistible than high definition (Financial Times, 1/04/2007 2:22am) |
| The number of high-definition television sets in the UK shot up from 700,000 to about 2.4m last year, but fewer than one in 10 owners is able to watch high-definition programmes on them. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (No Title) (, 12/29/2006 12:31am) |
| Emil Larsen, Personal Computer World , Friday 29 December 2006 at 00:00:00 HD DVD, IPTV and games consoles dominated the close of the year This winter, Microsoft waded into the high definition war, releasing an HD-DVD for the Xbox 360. HD-DVD players were already far cheaper than Blu-ray drives – with Blu-ray manufacturers accusing... > Read the full article ... (Read Full Article) |
| "NO WE ARE BLOODY NOT" says Microsoft, about Blu-ray add-on for Xbox 360 (Tech Digest, 3/13/2008 11:59am) |
| Clearly a bit bored of reading lies on the internet about what it may or may
not be doing next week or month or year, Microsoft has come out all ANGRY and
said it's 100 percent definitely NOT DOING a Blu-ray player add-on for Xbox
360. "Xbox is not currently in talks with Sony or the Blu-ray Association to
integrate Blu-ray into the Xbox experience... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | More retailers to sell $99 Xbox 360 with contract (AfterDawn, 10/25/2012 3:51am) |
Microsoft will sell the Xbox 360 with a two-year subscription to Live Gold for $99, the cheapest the hardware has ever been available for.
The company recently [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Rainbow Media Expands Internationally (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 9/07/2005 1:01pm) |
| Rainbow Media Holdings LLC announced today that it will expand its distribution arm internationally, providing the Company with a powerful new mechanism to take its content globally for the first time in its 25-year history. ... (Read Full Article) |
| News Mitsubishi Reveals 3D Blu-ray Player The company demonstrates 3-D images for reporters at golf tournament. By ... (TVPredictions.com, 8/23/2007 9:21am) |
| Washington, D.C. (August 23, 2007) -- Mitsubishi may launch a Blu-ray player early next year that can convert 2D movies into 3D images. ... (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) |
| (Unranked) | LocoCycle burns rubber toward Xbox 360, Steam on Valentine's Day (Joystiq, 1/31/2014 12:00am) |
| Following an ignominious debut on the Xbox One, developer Twisted Pixel Games is bringing LocoCycle to the Xbox 360 and PC just in time for the most romantic day of the year.
For those who missed our scathing review, Lococyle is a motorcycle [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | SteamWorld Dig heading to PS4 and Vita this year (Joystiq, 2/15/2014 1:30am) |
| Sweden-based studio Image & Form Games revealed that its mining-themed 2D platformer SteamWorld Dig is coming to the PlayStation 4 and PS Vita in 2014, following up on previous releases for the Nintendo 3DS and PC platforms.
SteamWorld Dig is [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Smarter, cheaper technology predicted for 2006 (San Diego Daily Transcript via Yahoo! News, 12/19/2005 7:53pm) |
| Phil Baker says 2006 should be an exciting year in technology with new services and hardware coming in the hot areas of computing, entertainment and communications. We'll be able to buy technology with amazing functionality at prices unimaginably low a few years ago. ... (Read Full Article) |
| VIA announces CN700 chipset for VIA C7 processor (Digi Times, 12/09/2005 11:13am) |
| VIA Technologies recently announced the release of its CN700 integrated graphics chipset (IGC), for its C7 series processors for use in applications such as mini PCs, fanless embedded commercial systems, and home entertainment centers, with availability in the first quarter of next year. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Confessions of a Format War Casualty: Why I Chose HD-DVD and Lost (eHomeUpgrade, 1/25/2008 8:00am) |
| I must confess, when I entered this war, I did so with the youthful energy reserved for a 16 year-old boy who has just gotten his first car. I had picked my side, grabbed my gun and went straight into battle. When it comes to war, you tend not to think in terms of the future. You tend to focus on the here and now, and that my friend, is why I chose HD-DVD. At the time, it seemed like a good choice ... (Read Full Article) |
| Aikman, White leading contenders for Hall in `06 (Covers.com, 8/11/2005 8:12pm) |
| The parade of quarterbacks into the Pro Football Hall of Fame could continue next year with Troy Aikman. The Cowboys star, who led Dallas to three Super Bowl titles in the 1990s, was a contemporary of Jim Kelly, John Elway, Dan Marino ... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Panasonic to roll out Blu-ray player in September (Washington Post, 3/29/2006 11:51am) |
| LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Panasonic said on Tuesday it will start selling a Blu-ray high-definition disc player in September for under $1,500 and sees up to 5 million of these new DVD players sold industry-wide in their first year. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Syntax-Brillian Delays Earnings (AP via Yahoo! Finance, 9/11/2007 6:53pm) |
| Shares of high-definition TV maker Syntax-Brillian Corp. fell Tuesday after the company delayed its fiscal fourth-quarter and full-year earnings announcements. ... (Read Full Article) |
| AnyDVD HD Is Here, So Start the Blu-ray BD+ DRM Crackin' [Cracked] (Gizmodo, 3/19/2008 8:35pm) |
| Late last year, disc-copying software maker SlySoft claimed they cracked the BD+ DRM protection in Blu-ray discs. They weren't kidding. The newest version of AnyDVD HD strips Blu-ray discs of BD+,... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Must See HDTV (February 4th - 10th) (Engadget, 2/04/2013 11:44pm) |
| It's finally over -- pro football is done for the year. In its absence we have a number of big [...] (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) |
| 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) |
| (Unranked) | Dammit, Mario, Can't You Let Luigi Have His Moment Of Glory? (Kotaku, 4/19/2013 4:30am) |
|
Japan is getting a very pretty Luigi 3DS XL handheld later this year. It's got little green Luigis all over it, and a special logo for his 30th anniversary, riffing on the (Read Full Article) |
| $135,000 Blu-ray Disc Player Revealed (About.com, 9/10/2009 1:00pm) |
| Although the race has been on by most manufacturers to make Blu-ray Disc players more affordable, some manufacturers, such as Denon, Lexicon, and Marantz have actually been bucking this trend by introducing very high-priced units. Now comes word that high-end manufacturer Goldmund is taking Blu-ray Disc player pricing to the absolute extreme by offering 50 "lucky" consumers the chance to by a Blu-ray Disc player (EIDOS REFERENCE BLUE) priced at $135,000! For all the details, plus some great photos, check out the report from Ultimate AV as well as Goldmund's Official Product Page and User Manual for the EIDOS REFERENCE BLUE. (Read Full Article) |
| No clear winner for high-def DVD (The Wichita Eagle) (The Wichita Eagle, 2/08/2006 5:25pm) |
| Once you've grown accustomed to high-definition TV, it's hard to watch lower-quality programs, even on DVD. At least that's the hope of hardware and software manufacturers introducing two new, high-definition video-disc formats this year. ... (Read Full Article) |
| JVC D-ILA 70-inch LCoS reviewed (Engadget, 12/26/2005 6:28am) |
| Filed under: HDTV It's probably just a little too late to ask for one of these for the holidays, but you can still plan for next year (hey, Valentine's Day is coming, right?) by checking out Sound and Vision's review of 70-inch HD-ILA Liquid Crystal on Silicon (LCoS) set. The D-ILA isn't the first XXL LCoS set, but at about $6,000 it's significantly cheaper than its main rival, ... (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) |
| March Madness pools crazy as usual (BG News, 3/31/2005 2:07pm) |
| With the NCAA basketball tournament in full swing, many University students are participating in a competition of their own--NCAA bracket pools. A survey conducted by the NCAA last year estimated over 10 percent of Americans participated in a ... (Read Full Article) |
| JVC D-ILA 70-inch LCoS reviewed (Engadget, 12/25/2005 3:57am) |
| Filed under: HDTV It's probably just a little too late to ask for one of these for the holidays, but you can still plan for next year (hey, Valentine's Day is coming, right?) by checking out Sound and Vision's review of 70-inch HD-ILA Liquid Crystal on Silicon (LCoS) set. The D-ILA isn't the first XXL LCoS set, but at about $6,000 it's significantly cheaper than its main rival, ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | This homemade '3D printer' spikes jello shots with infused designs (video) (Engadget, 12/27/2013 1:02am) |
| Barista Bots, one of the most popular attractions at this year's South by Southwest festival in Austin, printed scanned logos, smileys and other shapes atop comped lattes. Thirsty attendees with 20 minutes to spare for the queue walked away with a [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | The Year of Luigi: 'New Super Luigi U' Coming to Wii U (High-Def Digest, 2/14/2013 5:30pm) |
| DLC for 'New Super Mario Bros. U' promised as a whole new game. In this morning's Nintendo Direct presentation, Nintendo teased a considerable number of 3DS titles including 'Luigis' Mansions: Dark [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Lenovo Wireless DLP Projector (BIOS, 10/12/2005 12:55pm) |
| As a global leader in the PC market - thanks to its purchase of IBM's personal computing division earlier in the year - Lenovo is set to release its first wireless projector. The wholly-black ThinkVision C400 is aimed at business professionals and comes with int... ... (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) |
| Popular Science Names Top Tech Innovations of 2005 (The Auto Channel, 11/07/2005 3:11pm) |
| NEW YORK, Nov. 7 -- Every year, the editors of Popular Science magazine review thousands of new products and technologies in pursuit of 100 breakthroughs that merit the magazine's highest honor, the Best of What's New award. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Comcast left singing blues over blackout (Chicago Tribune, 9/22/2005 11:44am) |
| Many White Sox fans were left in the dark Wednesday night for one of the biggest games of the year. Satellite problems caused subscribers to Comcast SportsNet's standard cable feed to miss the first 5½ innings of the game against Cleveland. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Ricoh Device May Easefight Over DVD Formats (RedNova, 7/15/2006 12:12am) |
| By HIROKO TABUCHI Associated Press writer TOKYO -- Japan's Ricoh Co. said Thursday it will be ready to supply an optical component that reads both HD DVD and Blu-ray discs next year -- a move that could diffuse the battle between rivals Toshiba and Sony over next-generation DVD formats. ... (Read Full Article) |
| IP PBX vs. Hosted VoIP? (Converge! Network Digest, 7/07/2005 2:24am) |
| Verizon signed a programming- distribution agreement with Turner Broadcasting System to carry TBS, TNT, CNN, Headline News, Cartoon Network, Turner Classic Movies (TCM), CNN International, CNN en Español and Boomerang on the forthcoming Verizon Fios service when it launches later this year. ... (Read Full Article) |
| MPEG-only bows out of codecs race; H.264 and VC-1 still contending (EE Times, 3/03/2005 11:08pm) |
| DUBLIN, Ireland — Facing the inevitability of multiple audio/visual codecs required in new-generation digital set tops, Broadcom Corp. said Thursday (March 3) it will stop developing MPEG-only chips by the second quarter of this year. (Read Full Article) |
| MPEG-only bows out of codecs race; H.264 and VC-1 still contending (EE Times UK, 3/04/2005 12:49pm) |
| DUBLIN, Ireland — Facing the inevitability of multiple audio/visual codecs required in new-generation digital set tops, Broadcom Corp. said Thursday (March 3) it will stop developing MPEG-only chips by the second quarter of this year. (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Microsoft: 76 Million Xbox 360 Consoles Sold (Home Media Magazine, 2/12/2013 3:55pm) |
| Microsoft is eyeing its Xbox 360 console as a conduit to delivering original and third-party content into homes, executives told a digital media conference.
This year Microsoft is planning to launch more than 40 voice-controlled, [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Proton shows ambitious range of LCD TVs at Computex (Digi Times, 6/03/2005 6:04am) |
| Currently, it's assumed that cost considerations will limit large LCD TV screens to around 40 inches for the foreseeable future. That may be so, but at this year's Computex, Proton Electronics was showing off its engineering expertise with a 55-inch LCD TV, as well as a 47-inch model. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Radio-TV firm CHUM Ltd. reports Q1 profit up 13% at $24.2 million (Canadian Press via Yahoo! News, 1/13/2006 8:13pm) |
| TORONTO (CP) - CHUM Ltd. (TSX:CHM.NV.B) reported a 13 per cent profit increase in its latest quarter but warned Friday that revenue growth will slow later in the year in a "challenging environment" for its TV and radio holdings. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Sonic Solutions Is Upgraded by JMP (Associated Press via Yahoo! Finance, 3/16/2005 7:51pm) |
| Shares of Sonic Solutions Inc. rose 19 percent after one brokerage upgraded the company and said in a research note Wednesday that the digital media software maker stands to regain lost share price within the next year. (Read Full Article) |
| Inshon shows large-screen DLP rear-projection TVs (Digi Times, 6/06/2005 6:04am) |
| Despite a surge of media attention in the past few months, rear-projection TVs were something of a rarity at this year's Computex. An exception were units exhibited by Inshon, a company within the First International Computer (FIC) group. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Proton shows ambitious range of LCD TVs at Computex (Digi Times, 6/03/2005 10:37am) |
| Currently, it's assumed that cost considerations will limit large LCD TV screens to around 40 inches for the foreseeable future. That may be so, but at this year's Computex, Proton Electronics was showing off its engineering expertise with a 55-inch LCD TV, as well as a 47-inch model. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Sonic Boom comes to Wii U and 3DS from western studios (Joystiq, 2/06/2014 8:00pm) |
| Let the Sonic Cycle begin anew! Sega announced a whole new Sonic the Hedgehog franchise at a New York City event on Thursday: Sonic Boom. That's the name of the new CG animated series debuting later this year alongside tie-in Wii U and Nintendo [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Defcad, the ‘Pirate Bay’ of 3D Printing, Seeks Funding (eCoustics, 3/13/2013 10:50pm) |
| A group that garnered controversy last year for developing 3D printed gun parts is working on a new project – what it calls “the world’s first unblockable, open search engine for all 3D printable parts.” The site, called [...] (Read Full Article) |
| JVC SHOWS PROHD CAMERA AND DECK (Post Magazine, 4/17/2005 6:48am) |
| LAS VEGAS - JVC, based in Wayne, NJ, is showing a professional yet affordable high definition camcorder at this year's NAB show. The "ProHD" GY-HD100U offers true 24p capture and recording capabilities along with the features and stability found in higher-priced, shoulder-style models. (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 3D Printed Exoskeleton Lets Little Girl Lift Arms, Play (Business Wire, 8/04/2012 7:01pm) |
| MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--(NASDAQ: SSYS) Stratasys released a video and case study today demonstrating how 3D printing helped 4-year old Emma Lavelle overcome the limitations of a congenital disorder, allowing her to use her arms for the first [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Watch the last Nintendo Direct of 2013 (probably) right here (Joystiq, 12/18/2013 1:40pm) |
| just when we thought we were out... Nintendo pulls us back in. 2013 isn't done just yet, because the House of Mario wants to end the Year of Luigi with one more Nintendo Direct.
The official line is that today's broadcast is on Wii U and 3DS [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Mega Man's Game Boy games arrive on 3DS in May (Joystiq, 4/01/2014 12:30pm) |
| Mega Man's adventures on Game Boy and Game Boy Color get their 3DS re-releases in May, almost a year after they were first announced. While Capcom's not been in any Rush to get the games onto the Virtual Console, the publisher is asking fans to [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Xbox 360 Games Only On DVD-9 Discs (DVD-Recordable, 5/11/2006 4:08pm) |
| Following Microsoft's official announcement to offer an HD DVD drive as a peripheral to the Xbox 360 by the end of the year, Microsoft's executives said that the Xbox 360 games will not ship on HD DVD media any time soon. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | The Jak & Daxter Trilogy Is Getting a HD Vita Release This June (Kotaku, 4/19/2013 11:10am) |
| Sony has announced that the Jak and Daxter Collection, a compilation featuring HD remakes of the three Jak and Daxter games which came out last year for the PS3, (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Save Fifty Percent on Criterion Blu-rays at Barnes & Noble! (High-Def Digest, 10/30/2012 10:00pm) |
| It's that time of year again! Barnes & Noble has a huge Criterion DVD and Blu-ray sale going on right now! The retailer is selling a wide variety of Criterion DVD and Blu-ray discs for 50% off the [...] (Read Full Article) |
| GE quietly delays premium HDTV line (Engadget, 3/25/2009 2:04am) |
| General Electric came clean with its intentions to delve into the wide world of HDTVs last September... and then the economy, as well as GE itself, fell apart. Earlier this year, we were actually clued in on some of the details surrounding the Tatung-built sets, but now we're hearing that the company is pushing everything back by around three months. GE maintains that the setback is due to "mark ... (Read Full Article) |
| DISNEY/ABC AGREES TO REJOIN NAB (HDTV Magazine, 8/03/2005 10:18pm) |
| After a two-year hiatus, Disney/ABC today announced its intention to rejoin the National Association of Broadcasters.
"ABC believes that the best interests of our industry, our company and ultimately the viewing public can be promoted by returning to the NAB at this time. With policy differences now behind us, ABC and NAB are once again in a position to work together towards our impor ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 3D Systems second-gen Cube 3D printer boasts faster prints and more materials (Engadget, 1/07/2013 1:30pm) |
| Everybody loves a sequel, right? And what better place to launch a followup than in shiny Las Vegas? Exactly a year [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | David Attenborough's Galapagos 3D begins airing New Year's Day in the UK on Sky 3D (Engadget, 11/23/2012 11:13am) |
| The long nights, relentless Christmas adverts and brisk chill in the air are all signs the [...] (Read Full Article) |
| HDTV receiver - TEAC To Enter HDTV Tuner Market (1 HDVT Blog, 12/02/2006 8:34am) |
| Broadcast Newsroom, CA - Nov 28, 2006… TEAC America will introduce an external HDTV tuner for notebook computers early next year, while near term the... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Seven Questions: Is HDV Good Enough? (Digital Video Editing, 6/25/2005 7:19am) |
| Seven Questions: Is HDV Good Enough? (6/25/05) Miranda s vice president of product development, Michel Proulx made a bet on the success of the new HDV format over a year ago, developing products whose success hinged on whether HDV would be good enough for broadcasters to use on the air. ... (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) |
| Micronetics Receives over $1.5M in Orders for DTV and HDTV Amplifiers (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 7/14/2005 6:10pm) |
| Micronetics, Inc. announced today that its subsidiary, Stealth Microwave, has booked over $1.5M in orders that are expected to be deliverable during the current fiscal year. The orders came from a large U.S. television broadcaster, as well as, integrators of digital wireless broadcasting equipment. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Gearing Up For Super Bowl Parties (KOIN News 6 Portland, 1/25/2007 7:01pm) |
| PORTLAND - Nearly 13 million Americans will throw a Super Bowl party this year, according to the National Retail Federation. An estimated 2.5 million fans plan to trade in their old TVs for high-definition models to watch the big game. ... (Read Full Article) |
| HDTV demand boosts PanAmSat into the black (Financial (Financial Times, 5/16/2005 3:24pm) |
| Strong demand for high definition television (HDTV) programming helped PanAmSat, the US communications satellite operator, report a first quarter profit, compared with a net loss a year earlier. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Neil Young Planning Multi-Disc Archive Series for Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 5/07/2008 10:00pm) |
| There's no date yet, but Neil Young has unveiled plans to bring his Archives project to Blu-ray beginning this year with a ten disc compilation of his early and rare recordings. The rock legend and Hall... ... (Read Full Article) |
| The Real James Bond Comes to Blu-ray October 21 [James Bond] (Gizmodo, 6/18/2008 7:40pm) |
| The best (read: Sean Connery) James Bond is finally coming to Blu-ray when six older Bond flicks are released later this year. Dr. No, From Russia With Love, Thunderball, For Your Eyes Only, Live and... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 3net 3D programs to air on Comcast Xfinity TV (HD-Report, 1/24/2013 6:50pm) |
| The 3D television network 3net will start airing on Comcast Xfinity TV networks starting on Monday, Jan. 28 at 7 p.m. ET, when 3net premieres the original series Storm Surfers, A Year in Africa, and [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Chris Boylan's Top Five Blu-rays of 2012 (Big Picture Big Sound, 12/18/2012 8:37pm) |
| 2012 was a great year for Blu-ray, with some of our favorite catalog titles - and some strong new releases - made available for the first time in all their high [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Sony Gets 3D Fever: 3D Bravia TV Next Year, PlayStation 3 Support Planned [Sony] (Gizmodo, 9/03/2009 5:30am) |
| Sony has confirmed yesterday's leak that it's working on a 3D Bravia LCD HDTV, and will also develop 3D-compatibility into its PlayStation 3, Vaio computer, and Blu-ray products. Silly 3D glasses and... (Read Full Article) |
| LG’s LH90 Named First THX Certified LCD HDTV (High-Def Digest, 7/23/2009 5:00pm) |
| Just like the headline reads, the LG LH90 has been named the first THX Display certified LCD television. There’s no two ways about it, LG’s having a good year. Their sales are at a record high across... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | AMD limps through Q4, and 2013 doesn't look much better (CNET Blogs, 1/22/2013 10:41pm) |
| AMD tumbles to the end of the 2012 fiscal year with yet another poor result for its fourth quarter. [Read [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | BBC to put 3D production on hold following unsuccessful two-year pilot (Engadget, 7/05/2013 1:47pm) |
|
Just how popular is 3D [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Sony and Peyton Manning Team Up to Support HDTV (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance, 9/08/2005 10:00pm) |
| As part of an exclusive two-year arrangement with star quarterback Peyton Manning, Sony Electronics recently kicked off an education program for consumers to help demystify the world of high-definition television. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Nintendo Turns Gaming On Its Side, Unveils Revolution (BIOS, 5/18/2005 8:28am) |
| Not to be outdone by its rivals Microsoft and Sony, Nintendo has announced that it too will be releasing its next-generation gaming system early next year. Deatails are scarce at the moment, but the Revolution sports a stylish design that\\\'s about the thickness of t... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | ContextVision Presents Q4 and Full Year 2012 (Business Wire, 2/24/2013 4:00am) |
| STOCKHOLM--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Regulatory News: ContextVision AB: (OSE:COV) Q4 2012 HIGHLIGHTS · Significant sales development · Europe strengthened position · 3D Ultrasound focus at RSNA in Chicago · Product upgrades for Ultrasound, XR, MRI and [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Source: http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000597043723/ (XBOX365, 5/18/2005 7:06pm) |
| Yesterday afternoon Joystiq editor Ben Zackheim and I sat down with Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to discuss the Xbox 360. We talked with him about what he thinks it s going to take for the Xbox 360 to be a success (he thinks they re going to swipe the top spot from Sony), his take on the PlayStation 3, why we might see one or more new versions of the Xbox 360 next year (hint: never say never to a ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Live from the Engadget CES Stage: Sculpteo CEO Clément Moreau (Engadget, 1/09/2014 11:30pm) |
| It's set up in among a slew of hardware devices in CES' 3D printing area, but Sculpteo takes a different approach to the space, with made-to-order, cloud-based printing. This year, the French company revealed a batch-printing service, so you can [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Samsung's 110-inch Ultra HDTV is the world's largest, and it goes on sale Monday (Engadget, 12/30/2013 2:11am) |
| Samsung promised at CES in January that it would deliver a 110-inch UHDTV this year to dwarf its already-gargantuan 85-inch model and with just a couple of days left to spare here it is. Apparently rolling out in China, the Middle East and a few [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | The Best Action Blu-rays of 2012 (High-Def Digest, 1/03/2013 9:35pm) |
| With the New Year dawning and the memory of 2012 growing more distant by the second, we'd like to take a look back at some of the best action Blu-rays released in 2012. Around the mid-point of the [...] (Read Full Article) |
| 34% of U.S. Households Have HDTV, Study Shows (CE Pro, 11/13/2008 5:25pm) |
| About 40 million U.S. homes have at least one HDTV. Twenty-five percent of those homes are expected to buy another HDTV in a year, research shows. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Zelda: A Link Between Worlds $30 at Fry's through Thursday (Joystiq, 1/14/2014 12:00am) |
| If you haven't yet had the chance to delve into Link's latest dimension-hopping journey, The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds for the Nintendo 3DS is $29.99 at Fry's this week, making it a good time to catch up on one of last year's greatest [...] (Read Full Article) |
| 2 Million Blu-ray Discs Sold Across Europe (Format War Central, 2/13/2008 11:37pm) |
| We read at DVD Times that the BDA has held a press conference in London to draw attention to a new sales milestone in Europe.
According to speakers at the even, since launch there have been 2.37M Blu-ray Discs sold across Europe.
At IFA last year (which is Aug/Sep time frame) the total was said to be [...] ... (Read Full Article) |
| Good News: Best Buy Reports Sharp Increase in Holiday Sales (Connected Home Media, 8/17/2005 2:04pm) |
| Holiday sales at Best Buy were up 8.6 percent over a similar period last year. We're unsure what Nintendo will do with its next console, but a recent price drop for its GameCube video game console has breathed life into the dying system. ... (Read Full Article) |
| High Definition Hyped, But Many Consumers Remain Wary (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance, 1/20/2006 12:00pm) |
| While 90% of all Americans have heard of high definition television , only 47% say they know anything substantial about it, and just 15% say they are somewhat or very likely to get HDTV - all reflecting basically unchanged levels over the past year, according to the latest research from Ipsos Insight, the global market research firm. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Digital Cameras, Laptops, Televisions Top Holiday Wish Lists, Survey Says (RedNova, 11/30/2005 12:22am) |
| By Jim Stafford, The Daily Oklahoman Nov. 29--Tech-savvy Americans put digital cameras and laptop computers atop their Christmas wish list this year, according to a recent survey conducted by the technology Web site Cnet.com. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Level-5's Guild01 games coming to 3DS eShop (Joystiq, 10/04/2012 7:36pm) |
| Level-5 is releasing three of the four minigames from the Guild01 collection on the 3DS eShop in Europe this year, as separate apps. Suda51's "Liberation Maiden," Yoot Saito's "Aero Porter," and Yasumi Matsuno's "Crimson Shroud" will be released in [...] (Read Full Article) |
| A Clash of Titans (E-Commerce Times, 10/21/2005 12:02pm) |
| Hollywood has a nightmare, and it isn't a movie. This bad dream is about how a duel between two high-tech giants could force consumers to make a costly bet on the wrong technology, or slow the adoption of high-definition DVD players due out next year. Such a delay would be bad news for consumer electronics retailers such as Best Buy, which count on new products to spur sales growth. ... (Read Full Article) |
| A Clash of Titans (LinuxInsider.com, 10/21/2005 3:11pm) |
| Hollywood has a nightmare, and it isn't a movie. This bad dream is about how a duel between two high-tech giants could force consumers to make a costly bet on the wrong technology, or slow the adoption of high-definition DVD players due out next year. Such a delay would be bad news for consumer electronics retailers such as Best Buy, which count on new products to spur sales growth. ... (Read Full Article) |
| CBS News says Dan Rather leaving (USA Today, 6/20/2006 2:30pm) |
| CBS News said Tuesday it had reached an agreement with Dan Rather for the former anchorman to leave the network after 44 years. The 74-year-old Rather, who has complained of being virtually forgotten at CBS since his exit as anchor six months after a discredited story on President Bush's military service, is considering an offer to do a weekly show at the HDNet high-definition network. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Hitachi's 1.5 UltraThin LCD HDTVs now available in US (Engadget, 5/01/2008 11:54pm) |
| Filed under: Displays, HDTV, Home Entertainment
You heard it right -- Hitachi's UltraThin 1.5 family that caused such a stir at CES is finally available for US consumers. Available in 32-, 37-, 42- and 47-inch sizes, the lot has been broken down into two distinct clans: the Director's Series (X) and Ultra Vision (V) models. Each member of the former comes with a 2-year warranty and a sticker ra ... (Read Full Article) |
| Excerpts from the Greater-China press: December 20 (Digi Times, 12/20/2005 10:35am) |
| Recent news from the Chinese-language newspapers. Hiwin lands LCD equipment orders from Taiwan panel makers Hiwin Mikrosystem has received orders from CMO and AUO for linear motors and positioning systems. Sales are expected to grow 50% to NT$300m next year. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Cebit wrestles with 'image crisis' (InfoWorld, 3/06/2007 7:02pm) |
| ( InfoWorld ) - There will be something for everyone at this year's Cebit trade show. Unfortunately, that's not what everyone wants. When the world's biggest IT fair opens its doors next Thursday in Hanover, Germany, there will be plenty on show for business customers, including CRM, VOIP and RFID products. There will also be much for consumers, with high-definition TVs, digital cameras ... (Read Full Article) |
| Vintage Image of the Day: Jarmusch Year Zero (Cinematical, 8/05/2005 8:34pm) |
| Filed under: Classics , Independent If there's one constant to the films of Jim Jarmusch - beyond a general indifference to narrative closure - it's that the director's got a knack for carving beauty out of the unpretty. This page has a collection of still from his first film, 1984's Stranger Than Paradise , that are worth looking at carefully. The film was shot by Tom DiCillio, who w ... (Read Full Article) |
| Toshiba buys into HDTV screens (Personal Computer World, 10/12/2006 10:14am) |
| Toshiba and LG Philips LCD have created an alliance to storm the European LCD high-definition TV (HDTV) market next year. Toshiba has paid around £25m for a 19.9 per cent stake in LG Philips' new LCD production plant, which is under construction in Wroclaw, Poland. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Shocker: Samsung introducing new HDTV at CES, albeit with 'unprecedented new shape' (Engadget, 12/31/2012 6:53pm) |
| How do you break the silence on one of the slowest news days of the year? Well, if you're Samsung, [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Warner commits to interactive Blu-ray titles by winter (HDTV UK, 6/20/2008 9:29am) |
| Warner Brothers has said that it plans to release Blu-ray titles with interactive features by the end of the year. Features could include a search engine, email reminders, and ringtones... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Here's What The Wii U eShop Has In Store For Us In 2013 (Kotaku, 6/11/2013 3:15pm) |
| At their E3-Direct presentation today, Nintendo revealed a list of games we'll be seeing on the Wii U eShop this year. It's... diverse, to say the least.
The titles revealed [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Samsung Signs Two-Year Deal With the National Football League as the 'Official HDTV' of the NFL (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance, 11/02/2005 2:43am) |
| Samsung Electronics America, a global innovator in High Definition TV, and the National Football League , the leade ... (Read Full Article) |
| Will MTV's high-def network stay put in Vail? (Summit Daily News, 6/03/2006 10:14pm) |
| VAIL - Plans are in the works to decide what happens next with the TV studio atop Vail Mountain. MTV and Vail Resorts are talking about whether MTV's high definition network, MHD, will return next year. ... (Read Full Article) |
| 'Twilight Zone: The Movie' Bound for HD DVD, Blu-ray This October (High-Def Digest, 7/26/2007 4:58pm) |
| After a ten-year absence, Warner Home Video is finally bringing 'Twilight Zone: The Movie' to disc in a cross format release to that will hit standard DVD, Blu-ray and HD DVD this October. Despite being... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Sony Preview Sneak Peeks 2007 Blu-ray Titles? (High-Def Digest, 1/03/2007 10:40pm) |
| With CES 2007 looming just around the corner, Sony is already previewing some of its most anticipated Blu-ray titles of the coming year, in a new preview spot that made its debut with the upcoming release... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | CES 2013 Product Preview: LG To Expand 4K UltraHD TV Line (About.com, 12/27/2012 6:00pm) |
| LG made a big splash this past year by being the first to bring an 4K UltraHD LED/LCD TV to [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | The 3DS Is Three Today. It's Still The Best Gaming Machine Out There. (Kotaku, 2/26/2014 8:29pm) |
| Last year, at around this time, I declared that the 3DS is the best dedicated gaming system you can buy. Today, the 3DS turns three. [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Pioneer's KURO Plasma HDTV Prototypes - Black is Back and Thin is In! (Big Picture Big Sound, 1/09/2008 1:19am) |
| At CES in Las Vegas this year, Pioneer showed off some impressive new plasma flat panel HDTV prototypes that are sure to keep their competition on their toes for the next few years. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Japan's Female Mecha Pilot President Is Getting a New Game (Kotaku, 4/18/2013 12:00pm) |
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Guild 01 for the 3DS was released last year as an anthology of games by 4 notable game creators. One of those games in particular is getting its own spin-off.
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| (Unranked) | 'Hannah and Her Sisters' & 'Sleeper' Blu-rays Dated (High-Def Digest, 10/23/2012 10:00pm) |
| Two more Woody Allen films are on their way to Blu-ray early next year. In an early announcement to retailers, MGM/UA has slated 'Hannah and Her Sisters' and 'Sleeper' for Blu-ray on January 15. [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Defense Distributed to Release 3D Printable Gun Blueprints (eCoustics, 5/03/2013 10:58pm) |
| Given the current debate over gun control, now might not be the best time to release blueprints for the first entirely 3D-printable handgun. But that’s just what a 25-year-old law student plans to do. Cody Wilson, University of Texas student [...] (Read Full Article) |
| News Hitachi: Flat TV Sales to Double TV maker says consumers will look to replace older sets. By Phillip Swann (TVPredictions.com, 4/18/2007 10:21am) |
| Washington, D.C. (April 18, 2007) -- Hitachi says its flat-panel HDTV sales will nearly double in the next year. ... (Read Full Article) |
| HDScape Titles Set for Blu-ray Release This October (High-Def Digest, 9/07/2007 2:55pm) |
| DVD International has issued full specs and an October street date for the Blu-ray release of its HDScape library of scenic high-definition titles. Released earlier this year on HD DVD, the eight-strong... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Varian's sales, profits fall (EETimes, 1/27/2006 9:38pm) |
| Chip-equipment maker Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates Inc. said revenue for the first quarter of fiscal 2006 totaled $160.9 million, compared to revenue of $148.4 million for the same period a year ago. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Blu-ray player sales up on HD DVD fall (Punch Jump, 2/20/2008 4:59pm) |
| Sales for Blu-ray disc players increased this week as Sony Corp.’s high-definition format won a two-year battle to displace Toshiba Corp.’s rival HD DVD format. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Sony Brings 'Glory,' 'Panama' to Blu-ray This February (High-Def Digest, 11/29/2006 11:27am) |
| Sony Pictures Home Entertainment will bring two new catalog faves to Blu-ray in the new year, with the thriller 'The Tailor of Panama' and Oscar-winner 'Glory.' Both titles will hit stores February 6,... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Monsters, Inc. - 3D: Ultimate Collector's Edition' Blu-ray 3D Rumored for February (High-Def Digest, 12/12/2012 5:00pm) |
| The Pixar hit is gearing up for a Blu-ray 3D release next year! As previously reported, Disney/Buena Vista is hard at work on 'Monsters, Inc. - 3D: Ultimate Collector's Edition' for 2013, and now the [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Live from the Engadget CES Stage: an interview with MakerBot's Bre Pettis (Engadget, 1/09/2013 9:30pm) |
| Yep, it's a big year from 3D printing, and no company's got a bigger piece of the spotlight than MakerBot. The [...] (Read Full Article) |
| BBC appoints Red Bee Media for HD trial (Digital Television Group) (Digital Television Group, 2/24/2006 10:55am) |
| Red Bee Media, the playout services provider formally known as BBC Broadcast, has won the contract to handle the BBC's high-definition (HD) technical trial. Launching in the summer, the trial will operate for up to a year on digital satellite and cable. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Yumi's Odd Odyssey journeys to 3DS eShop on March 20 (Joystiq, 3/11/2014 10:45pm) |
| Agatsuma Entertainment's sealife-themed puzzle-platformer Yumi's Odd Odyssey (yes, it's an apt title) is hitting the Nintendo 3DS eShop in North America next week, publisher Natsume announced.
Released in Japan last year (as Sayonara Umihara...
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| World Cup sparks new technology (IT World, 2/03/2006 5:04pm) |
| World Cup soccer tournaments have traditionally been used to help launch new technologies, such as color television and wireless communications. This year's event in Germany is no exception -- even if a couple of promising technologies such as a chip-enabled soccer ball and broadcast mobile TV will miss the kickoff. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Fox Hopes ‘I, Robot’ 3D Blu-ray Release Starts a Trend (Home Media Magazine, 10/13/2012 4:52am) |
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CENTURY CITY, Calif. — It seems everyone at 20th Century Fox is excited about a Blu-ray Disc re-release of an eight-year-old film. The entire home entertainment unit, the studio’s PR team, even the person running the [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Singapore to start trial service of HDTV by mid 2006 (Channel NewsAsia via Yahoo! Singapore News, 11/30/2005 10:17am) |
| Singapore will begin a trial service to test high definition TV services or HDTV by the middle of next year. ... (Read Full Article) |
| New Sony Blu-ray players: Better than PS3? (CNET Blogs, 2/26/2008 8:01am) |
| Is the BDP-S550 the first standalone Blu-ray player better than the PS3?(Credit: Sony)
Sony has announced two new Blu-ray players scheduled to be released in the second half of the year: the entry-level BDP-S350 and the step-up BDP-S550. We haven't been the biggest fans of Sony's recent ...]]> ... (Read Full Article) |
| Wyatt Technology's Optilab rEX Selected For R&D 100 Award (Chemical Online, 8/16/2005 8:45pm) |
| Santa Barabara, CA - Wyatt Technology, the world leader in absolute macromolecular characterization instrumentation and software announces that the Optilab rEX has been selected by R&D Magazine as one of the top 100 innovative new products of the year. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Amino Scoops Innovation Award at IBC (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 9/22/2005 9:36am) |
| Amino returned home from this year's IBC event in Amsterdam after collecting one of the industry's most prestigious awards for its latest IPTV set-top box. The AmiNET124 was awarded the Broadcast Engineering Pick Hit Award to the best IP set-top box for its innovative design and advanced performance - features which have already led to both customer interest and actual deployments only a few ... (Read Full Article) |
| LaCie intros 8x d2 Blu-ray burner, LaCinema Black MAX media streamer (Engadget, 2/09/2009 8:51pm) |
| It was May of last year when LaCie last updated its external d2 Blu-ray burner, so it's about time we saw that 4x burn rate double to an entirely more palatable 8x. Available now for consumers in the US, the latest d2 Blu-ray Drive ($449.99) can toast both single- and dual-layer BD-Rs at 8x, and it can connect to one's machine via FireWire or USB 2.0. In related news, the outfit has also introdu ... (Read Full Article) |
| IFA 2005: A Display of Exciting Innovations (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 8/31/2005 7:21am) |
| This year's IFA continues to provide the impetus for the worldwide expansion of the consumer electronics industry. The 160,000 m of hall space and numerous outdoor sites at the IFA will feature displays by 1,189 exhibitors from more than 40 countries, setting a new record at the IFA 2005 for the numbers of exhibitors, which have risen 15 per cent compared with the last event. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Clearer picture on profits for PCCW (Weekend Standard, 4/14/2005 5:46pm) |
| PCCW, Hong Kong's dominant fixed-line phone operator, will upgrade its pay-TV platform to high-definition TV standard before year-end. The company will stress a higher-quality service to halt erosion of its pay-TV profit margins, said vice-chairman Jack So during a promotional trip to London. (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Best Blu-ray Players Coming in 2013 (Big Picture Big Sound, 2/13/2013 8:56pm) |
| Take a peek at some of the latest and greatest Blu-ray players out now and coming later this year from LG, OPPO, Panasonic, Samsung, Sony and [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Redbox Instant Heads to Xbox 360 (Home Media Magazine, 2/05/2013 11:22pm) |
| Redbox Instant by Verizon will be available on the Xbox 360 when it launches to the public later this year, before the PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii or Wii U, Microsoft announced Feb. 5.
Currently in beta trials, Redbox Instant offers four [...] (Read Full Article) |
| CES HDTV & Home Theater Round-Up: Attendance Down But Still Plenty to See (Big Picture Big Sound, 1/14/2009 1:20am) |
| With the lackluster economy taking center stage, it's no surprise that CES attendance was down 20% or more this year, but there were still plenty of new HDTVs, Blu-ray Disc players and other home theater equipment to keep us gear-freaks entertained.
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| Universal Plotting 'Sarah Marshall,' Judd Apatow 3-Pack for Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 6/17/2008 8:00pm) |
| Making an early announcement to retailers, Universal is planning to bring 'Forgetting Sarah Marshall,' 'Knocked Up' and '40-Year-Old Virgin' to Blu-ray this Fall. According to early word from distributors,... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Silicon Image Reports First Quarter Results (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance, 5/03/2007 8:31pm) |
| Silicon Image, Inc. , a leader in semiconductors for the secure storage, distribution and presentation of high-definition content, today reported financial results for its fiscal year 2007 first quarter. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Autodesk's 123D Catch app updated with enhanced capture and Photo Compass assistance (Engadget, 11/14/2013 10:03pm) |
| Autodesk's 123D Catch app has been snapping photos and turning them into 3D models on iOS for about a year and a half. Now, the software has been updated with a new UI for browsing, shooting and transforming those photographs with iOS 7 [...] (Read Full Article) |
| CES: Toshiba readies desktop HD DVD drive (IT World, 1/05/2007 2:59pm) |
| Toshiba Corp. will release a desktop PC version of its HD DVD writer next month in a move to boost support for the next-generation optical disc format. The release will follow the launch of a notebook version last year. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Cops Say NBA Player Beat His Girlfriend With an Xbox 360 (Kotaku, 9/04/2013 11:30pm) |
| DeAndre Liggins, a two-year benchwarmer currently with the NBA's Oklahoma City Thunder, is accused of assaulting his girlfriend by, among other things, dropping an Xbox 360 on her head, [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Resident Evil: Revelations review: Any port in a storm (Joystiq, 5/20/2013 11:00pm) |
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The 3DS is no graphical slouch. Aside from the glasses-free 3D feature, the console can kick out some impressive scenery, and it did so with last year's (Read Full Article) |
| Sony to Bring 'Can't Hardly Wait' to Blu-ray this September (High-Def Digest, 7/21/2008 6:00pm) |
| Just in time for the start of the school year, Sony has set a late-September Blu-ray bow for the teen favorite 'Can't Hardly Wait.' Starring Jennifer Love Hewitt and Ethan Embry, Sony has issued a September... ... (Read Full Article) |
| BBC Worldwide launches new HD services (HDTV News, 10/06/2009 3:30pm) |
| Following the launch of BBC America HD earlier this year, BBC Worldwide is planning to launch a second HD channel for the Australian market.
The company is also expanding in the Middle East and plans to launch an HD channel in the region when regional service providers have put the necessary technical support in place.
It [...] (Read Full Article) |
| PanAmSat Posts First-Quarter Profit (AP via Yahoo! (AP via Yahoo! Finance, 5/16/2005 7:50pm) |
| PanAmSat Holding Corp., one of the world\\\'s biggest communications satellite operators, on Monday reported a first-quarter profit, reversing a year-earlier loss, as demand for high definition television programming bolstered its video business. ... (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) |
| Syntax-Brillian to Announce Fiscal 2007 Fourth-Quarter and Full-Year Financial Results on September 11, 2007 (Business Wire, 8/23/2007 10:30am) |
| TEMPE, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Syntax-Brillian Corporation (Nasdaq:BRLC), a manufacturer and marketer of LCD and LCoS™ HDTVs and digital entertainment ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 3D Coffee Art Reaches New, Dizzying Heights (Kotaku, 5/21/2013 10:00am) |
| Late last year, Kotaku first brought word of coffee artist Kazuki Yamamoto. He makes stunning cappuccino art. In the last few months, Yamamoto has been perfecting his three dimensional [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Deja Review: Diablo 3 (Xbox 360, PS3) (Joystiq, 9/03/2013 11:30pm) |
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It was the middle of last year that I hugged my family and friends goodbye. With my hatred for the evils invading Sanctuary renewed by the impending release of (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Disney and AT&T's U-Verse renew vows, expand the relationship and bring back ESPN 3D (Engadget, 1/16/2013 1:28am) |
| Disney and AT&T today announced a multi-year extension to their already existing relationship, which [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Philip's Simple, easy to use technology (The Star Online, 9/19/2005 12:30am) |
| IF Royal Philips Electronics' latest digital consumer electronics and technology developments showcased at the recently concluded International Funkausstellung (IFA) in Berlin, Germany, are anything to go by, the Dutch electronics giant is well on its way to fulfilling the promise it made a year ago with the launch of its Sense and Simplicity campaign. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Analysts: PlayStation 3 profitable by August, smaller chips likely (Joystiq, 4/21/2008 5:13pm) |
| Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Business
Sony is gunning for PS3 profitability this fiscal year - which, coincidentally, began this month - and it's hoping to get there by reducing the cost of key components, of course. The PS3's Cell CPU has already been shrunk from a big ol' 90nm to a relatively svelte 65nm, and there's an additional 45nm die-shrink in the works, which should be making its ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Disney Magical World 3DS XL coming to Walmart, Nintendo World Store (Joystiq, 3/31/2014 2:30pm) |
| If you like Disney but you prefer your 3DS systems big and less "peach-pink" - such a thing is possible - then you'll be pleased to hear the Disney Magical World 3DS XL that Japan got last year is also headed for North America. New promo [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Consumer Electronics Show Highlights (NewsFactor via Yahoo! News, 1/12/2006 9:16pm) |
| The Consumer Electronics Show, the biggest electronics event in the world, held in Las Vegas each year, has come and gone. Thousands of company reps, journalists, and even Bill Gates himself stormed Sin City to promote or check out the latest and greatest technology for 2006. ... (Read Full Article) |
| European Distributor Senator to Cease HD DVD Distribution (Format War Central, 1/17/2008 7:57pm) |
| We read over at EngadgetHD that Senator Entertainment will follow Constantin Film and will cease releasing HD DVD titles later this year.
While this has no direct impact on the US market, it was often touted that distributors like Senator offered region free HD DVDs of titles that were not available on the format in the [...] ... (Read Full Article) |
| Parkersburg Hosts World Movie Premiere! (WTAP-TV, 1/13/2006 2:08am) |
| Hundreds of Mid-Ohio Valley residents filled Parkersburg's historic Smoot Theater Thursday night to watch the movie "Bubble" - the film shot last year in Belpre and Parkersburg and featuring local residents as its stars. ... (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."
Via HDGuru (Read Full Article) |
| Kolin expects to launch 65-inch LCOS RPTV in 2H06 (Digi Times, 3/10/2006 9:24am) |
| Taiwan-based Kolin stated it will release its first 65-inch LCOS (liquid-crystal-on-silicon) full HD (high definition) resolution RPTV (rear projector TV) in the second half of this year. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Trident Microsystems, Inc. Announces Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2005 Earnings Conference Call (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance, 7/12/2005 6:16pm) |
| Trident Microsystems, Inc. , a leading provider of integrated circuits for HDTV, LCD TV, PDP TV, DLP TV and DCRT will hold a conference call for interested parties of the financial community at 2:00 p.m. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | NPD: Black Friday Blu-ray Disc Player Sales Up 20% (Home Media Magazine, 12/04/2012 4:15pm) |
| Loss-leader pricing and related discounts contributed to a 20% increase in sales of Blu-ray Disc players during the Black Friday retail week ended Nov. 24 compared to previous-year period, according to new data from The NPD Group.
Led by [...] (Read Full Article) |
| The Clicker: Perhaps 'What's on?' is no longer the right question (Engadget, 6/02/2005 10:38pm) |
| Every Thursday Stephen Speicher contributes The Clicker , a weekly column on television and technology: For those among us whose evenings are oft spent basking by the warm, comforting glow of the television, May marks a sad time of the year. It’s that regrettable period when what little episodic television that remains on network television ends and is replaced by, if it’s possible, ev ... (Read Full Article) |
| More Super Bowl Marketers Shoot High-Def Ads (Beverage World, 1/13/2006 4:29pm) |
| Super Bowl viewers with high-definition TVs this year will see every bead of sweat on Bud Light bottles as clearly as those on the players. The game has aired in ultrasharp HD since 2000, but Super Bowl XL on ABC will be the first in which the number of HD ads crosses the 50-yard line. ... (Read Full Article) |
| HD for the people: China group announces another HD disc format (Ars Technica, 9/11/2007 7:34pm) |
| Researchers at Tsinghua University in Beijing have announced a new HD disc format, based off of HD DVD, called CH-DVD. A new industry association in China will begin working with the DVD Forum to launch the format in China next year. Read More... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Toshiba to release Blu-ray player (AfterDawn, 7/19/2009 9:47pm) |
| AfterDawn readers will undoubtedly remember the Blu-ray versus HD DVD format war that ended last November with the demise of the HD DVD format.
Toshiba, the main backer of the format, supposedly lost $1 billion USD as a result of the "war."
Today, the Japanese company announced they will be releasing their first Blu-ray player, the BD-18, by the end of the year. There were no other detail ... (Read Full Article) |
| Mistika HD 2.0 for Linux to be demo'd at IBC 2005 (July 21,2005) (Digital Video Editing, 7/21/2005 4:04am) |
| Specialist UK Reseller, Pixelution is pleased to announce that their partner, Madrid based S.G.O. will be exhibiting the latest High End HD Post Production System, Mistika HD at IBC this year at the S.G.O. (Mistika & Natural Tools) Stand in Hall 7, stand number 933. ... (Read Full Article) |
| 'Lost' in HD joins Telewest's VOD service (Digital Spy, 5/15/2006 11:04am) |
| Telewest has confirmed plans to carry high-definition episodes from the first and second seasons of Lost on its video on demand (VOD) service. As Digital Spy reported last month, Channel 4 is rolling out a multi-platform VOD service later this year, and has already launched one available to broadband internet users. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Big-screen high-definition TVs are ripe for buying (Deseret Morning News, 1/16/2006 7:37am) |
| If sticker shock has kept you from getting that big-screen high-definition TV, take a second look at the price tag. Now is a good time to buy. Prices of flat-panel plasma sets have fallen more than 50 percent in the past year, and those of equally svelte LCDs have dropped 80 percent. ... (Read Full Article) |
| HD DVD / Blu-ray Special Feature: 6. Universal / Dreamworks / Paramount (HDTV UK, 1/07/2008 8:00am) |
| Who are they?
Universal is the only major Hollywood studio to have always supported the HD DVD format exclusively.
Paramount and Dreamworks came on board last year, after "defecting" from Blu-ray for an alleged large sum of money.
Together, as Hollywood's remaining HD DVD content providers, they have make up a ballpark 30% of all titles available.
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| 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) |
| Toshiba pushes HD DVD successes in Europe, announces price cuts (HDTV UK, 1/18/2008 8:00am) |
| Toshiba's new HD DVD marketing campaign has extended into Europe, with the format's creator singing its praises and showing off its achievements.
According to Tosh, based on independent research, HD DVD hardware had a 60% share of the European market at the end of last year, with the number of players doubling in the fourth quarter of 2007.
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| (Unranked) | Monster Hunter 4G announced, MH4 Ultimate coming west in early 2015 (Joystiq, 1/26/2014 3:30pm) |
| Japan's favorite wildlife activity is getting a followup in Japan - following last year's Monster Hunter 4 for the 3DS, Monster Hunter 4G will plan more hunting excursions on the same device in the fall. Siliconera reports that the news was [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Vanguard Ends HD DVD Support with 'Disco Pigs,' Makes Move to Blu (High-Def Digest, 3/27/2008 8:00pm) |
| Indie Vanguard has confirmed that it will close out its HD DVD support with the June release of 'Disco Pigs,' and that it plans to begin releasing titles on Blu-ray later this year. Although Vanguard says... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Warner Announces Quartet of Kubrick Classics for Blu-ray, HD DVD (High-Def Digest, 7/25/2007 11:13pm) |
| Kubrick fans rejoice! After a year of waiting, Warner Home Video has finally announced the Blu-ray and HD DVD releases of a quartet of the director's most revered classics. On October 23, Warner will debut... ... (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) |
| Japan market: LCD TVs a hot item on to-buy lists (Digi Times, 12/19/2005 11:37am) |
| Based on a survey conducted in Japan by BCN, 68% of the companies interviewed plan to reward their local workers this year with a winter bonus of 0.5-1 million yen (US$4,294-8,587), while among consumers surveyed, 20.4% plan to spend their bonus on a LCD TV. Interest in desktop PCs was at the same level as LCD TVs, while DVD players and notebook computers were also popular choices. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Arcade dogfighter Luftrausers on Vita, PS3, PC, Mac, Linux all at once (Joystiq, 2/10/2014 10:30pm) |
| Publisher Devolver Digital has announced Vlambeer's chaotic 2D dogfighter, Luftrausers, will launch simultaneously on PS Vita, PS3, PC, Mac and Linux later this year. "Hope to have a date soon," the announcement tweet adds.
In Luftrausers, [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Report: Blu-ray Adoption Ahead of DVD’s (Format War Central, 10/05/2009 9:05pm) |
| A recent report put out by Futuresource research claims Blu-ray adoption in the U.S. is slightly out-pacing that of DVD. The report used both 2002 and 2010 as they were the 5 year mark for both DVD and Blu-ray respectively, claiming DVD in 2002 reached 32.6% market penetration while Blu-ray should reach 34.1% in 2010. [...] (Read Full Article) |
| JUNE 2005 Downloadable Conditional Access Picks Up Steam (Cable Datacom News, 6/01/2005 9:53pm) |
| Eager to advance the digital transition and put the clunky CableCARD system behind them, CableLabs and several leading MSOs are racing to develop downloadable security technology for digital cable set-top boxes and cable-ready digital TV sets by sometime next year. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Netflix to Quadruple Blu-ray Selection (Format War Central, 2/28/2008 12:27am) |
| In this article about Netflix success, we found a nugget regarding their Hidef Disc plans.
Chief financial officer Barry McCarthy said today that Netflix will add as many as 1,500 Blu-ray titles to its existing 400 titles this year as customers ditch Toshiba’s discontinued HD DVD format and converge onto a Sony’s Blu-ray format. He said [...] ... (Read Full Article) |
| Niveus K2 - HTPC for the "cost is no object" market (Engadget, 9/02/2005 2:23pm) |
| We like companies that are honest about how they market their products, so we’ve got to give Niveus Media some props for coming right out and saying that their K2 home theater PC, which was first unveiled at CES earlier this year, is targeted at the “cost is no object†segment of the market. The K2 (all of Niveus’ products are named after mountains) boasts a P4 at 3.6Ghz, 2GB of RAM, a 1TB ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Cube 3 3D printer brings user-friendly hardware, higher resolutions for under a grand (Engadget, 1/06/2014 1:49pm) |
| Like clockwork, 3D Systems is offering up a refresh to its entry level Cube line. The third iteration of the Cube line, introduced almost exactly a year after its predecessor, features a new, semi-enclosed body, speedier printing and resolutions of [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Must See HDTV (December 10th - 16th) (Engadget, 12/10/2012 10:32pm) |
| It's that time of year, when our favorite TV shows go one winter break. There's a sudden flood of fall [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Researcher reassures PS3 users over hack news (AfterDawn, 10/28/2012 11:28pm) |
GFI Software researcher re-assures regular PS3 gamers.
Last year, a huge PlayStation Network (PSN) data breach affected so many people that apparently any news of a new hack can lead to users getting worried. Chris Boyd, senior threat [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Sky offers Sky+HD box for under fifty quid as satellite giant pushes high definition (HDTV UK, 3/05/2009 12:16pm) |
| Sky has decided that it's time to get really aggressive when it comes to high definition in the UK, and to that end has slashed the price of its Sky+HD box to just £49. That's a third of the price it was early last year (£150) and is the satellite broadcaster's hope of getting many more subscribers hooked on pay-for-HD. In fact, thanks to a lot of enticing marketing and the lure of a variety ... (Read Full Article) |
| HDTV star of IFA consumer electronics show (Expatica, 8/30/2005 2:57pm) |
| BERLIN - High-definition television (HDTV) will be the star of this year's IFA consumer electronics fair, with industry experts predicting Tuesday that introduction of the technology in Europe could create as big a sales boom as colour TV did in the late 1960s. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Singapore to start HDTV trials ahead of World Cup (Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News, 5/31/2006 10:27am) |
| SINGAPORE, May 31 (Reuters) - Singapore will start testing High Definition Television (HDTV) in homes and public places with a view to rolling out the new television standard by the end of this year, officials said on Wednesday. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Sony PS3 Firmware 3.0 Details Released (I4U, 8/18/2009 5:20pm) |
| The Sony PS3 Firmware 3.0 just got confirmed at the Sony Gamescom 2009 Press-conference. Now Sony also released the details of what the PS3 Firmware 3.0 is going to offer.
The Firmware 3.0 incorporates changes that improve navigation on your Sony PS3....
(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) | 13 Design Trends For 2013 (Gizmodo, 1/10/2013 3:40pm) |
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What better way to start the year than to make predictions – [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 Remix spins a new trailer (Joystiq, 12/26/2013 3:00pm) |
| It's a good time to be a fan of the Disney-Enix crossover gloop that is Kingdom Hearts: HD 1.5 Remix is out, HD 2.5 Remix comes to PS3 next year, and then there's the small matter of Kingdom Hearts 3 for Xbox One and PS4.
Yet there's one piece [...] (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) |
| Harris gets HDTV deal for 9 cities in Mexico (Florida Today, 4/22/2005 5:41am) |
| Complete FLORIDA TODAY coverage delivered to your door. Subscribe now. Harris Corp. on Thursday won a multimillion-dollar contract with one of the two largest producers of Spanish-language programming in the world to bring high-definition television to nine cities in Mexico by the middle of next year. (Read Full Article) |
| How do I find HDTV over-the-air in my area? (Philadelphia Daily News, 5/31/2006 7:37am) |
| Q: I'm ready to switch from cable to using an antenna to pick up HDTV programming. I signed up for Comcast's full digital suite to upgrade to HDTV after buying an HDTV set last year. It costs me $80.94 monthly. For that I receive more than 170 stations, including HDTV. However I only view about 21 stations of analog and about nine stations of HDTV. ... (Read Full Article) |
| DirecTV to add new HD channels (The Capital Times, 9/17/2007 4:09pm) |
| The Big Ten Network, the NFL Network and Fox Sports Net Wisconsin will soon be offered in high definition on DirecTV, as the satellite provider begins launching dozens of new HD channels. Trade media have reported that Wednesday is a possible launch date for the first new HD channels. DirecTV said in an announcement on its Web site that by the end of the year it will broadcast up to 100 national . ... (Read Full Article) |
| Mitsubishi intros slew of HDTVs, says LaserVue is coming in Q3 (Engadget, 4/07/2008 3:09pm) |
| Filed under: Displays, HDTVMitsubishi and the onset of Spring can only mean one thing: an onslaught of HDTVs. Just as it did last year, the aforementioned outfit is busting out a plethora of high-definition sets to whet your appetite. As for the new line of April-bound DLPs ($1,799 to $4,699), you can expect the entire lot -- which ranges from 60- to 73-inches in size -- to sport 1080p panels, thi ... (Read Full Article) |
| Balanchine's 'Dream' Bound For HD DVD (High-Def Digest, 11/12/2007 7:00pm) |
| High art returns to high-def disc later this month, when Opus Arte will debut George Balanchine's ballet adaptation of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' on HD DVD. Released earlier this year in the UK, Opus...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/highdefdigestallnews/~4/183621017" height="1" width="1"/> ... (Read Full Article) |
| Toshiba's HD-XA2 HD DVD player delayed until January (Engadget, 12/28/2006 5:57pm) |
| Filed under: HDTV, Home EntertainmentToshiba has launched its first second generation HD DVD player, the HD-A2, but the more fully featured HD-XA2 will not see daylight until 2007. We had expected to see the player this year, but a dealer's post on AVS Forum indicates the first shipment isn't expected to hit until January 3rd due to production delays. AV Watch confirms the player has been pushed ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | An American Girl: Saige Paints the Sky Blu-ray Review (Big Picture Big Sound, 7/02/2013 6:04pm) |
| The 2013 Girl of the Year is certainly cute and colorful, but her Blu-ray comes off as a little [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Xbox 360 games an HDTV affair at E3 (Joystiq, 4/18/2005 3:40pm) |
| TeamXbox has an interesting scoop on the back room dealings of E3. It looks like Microsoft will require all Xbox 360 games to be displayed in HDTV-only. No SDTV or EDTV this year. The requirement makes sense, considering the games look best in the higher rez, and J Allard spent all his oxygen at GDC talking about the HD Era. People will be looking for them to put their money where their mouth is. (Read Full Article) |
| Red Doors coming to CBS (TV Squad, 12/29/2005 5:37pm) |
| Filed under: Drama , CBS , Programming , OpEd CBS has placed an order for a primetime drama based on the movie Red Doors, which won several awards at this year's Tribeca Film Festival. Red Doors was written and directed by Georgia Lee, and would revolve around an Asian American family with three daughters, and have a lighter edge to it ala Desperate Housewives . The movie ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Bing Maps Preview now lets you explore more cities in 3D (Engadget, 2/25/2014 1:03am) |
| Microsoft's been hard at work on enhancing the Bing Maps experience within Windows 8.1, and it all started with the release of a preview application last year. With one of the focus areas being 3D exploring, Bing has announced that Maps Preview [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Sony PS3 Holiday Sales to be disapointing (I4U, 12/29/2008 2:59pm) |
| The first preliminary sales numbers of the Sony PS3 console for the Holiday shopping season paint a grim picture. Apparently PS3 sales are down fell 19% last month from a year earlier according to NPD Group. The analysts predict for this month flat or lowe... ... (Read Full Article) |
| PS3 to wait until 2007? One analyst thinks it could happen (Joystiq, 8/03/2005 5:11am) |
| With all this talk to day of Xbox 360 - a price cut here, a credit card there - here comes GameSpot with some interesting speculation on Sony’s business strategy. One analyst predicts that, if the 360 does not become a giant success, Sony might spend the 2006 year earning profits from $99 slim line PS2 which, due to small production costs, will actually still give Sony a profit with each consol ... (Read Full Article) |
| SureWest Adds TNT in HD to Its Launch of HDTV Over IP (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance, 12/13/2005 3:46pm) |
| Leading independent telecommunications holding company SureWest Communications today announced that Turner Network Television has been added as a core programmer in its anticipated high-definition television service rollout, which is set to launch this year offering 17 HDTV channels. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Is it Time to Buy That 50-Inch Plasma TV? (E-Commerce Times, 11/27/2005 1:08pm) |
| Since HDTV technology hit the mass market in the late 1990s, the average cost -- especially for lightweight, flat-panel models -- has fallen by several thousands of dollars. Last year, the average sale price of HDTV sets dropped to $1,416.90, nearly 11 percent less than in 2003 and 55 percent cheaper than in 1998, according to Consumer Electronics Association. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Microsoft's Aaron Greenberg Talks CES, Xbox 360 In '09 And Beyond [Xbox 360] (Kotaku, 1/15/2009 2:40am) |
| We caught up with Microsoft's Aaron Greenberg, Director of Product Management for Xbox 360 and Xbox LIVE, to chat about the console's presence at CES, the year ahead and the number 17 million.
While... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Binding of Isaac in a 3D, first-person Team Fortress 2 mod (Joystiq, 12/06/2012 7:00am) |
This is a busy season for video games. Not for the developers, necessarily, but for the players. All the big, end-of-the-year [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Why Aren't Computer Makers All Over Blu-ray Disc? (Home Media Magazine, 9/09/2009 12:16am) |
| The computer industry is slow to migrate to Blu-ray Disc, with iSuppli research showing only 3.6% of computers sold this year are equipped with Blu-ray drives--and even by 2013 Blu-ray drives will only be in 16.3% of computers sold. What's the holdup? (Read Full Article) |
| North American HD DVD Sales hit 1 million: Toshiba (I4U, 1/07/2008 7:48am) |
| LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Japan's Toshiba Corp said on Sunday sales of HD DVD
players in North America, including other brands' HD DVD drive sales, totalled 1
million units last year, driven by demand for Internet-delivered content.
... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Sonic: Lost World shipped 640,000 copies last year (Joystiq, 2/07/2014 10:00am) |
| Sega Sammy revealed Sonic: Lost World shipped 640,000 units across Wii U and 3DS in 2013, as the company looks ahead to the mascot's new guise in the also Nintendo-exclusive Sonic Boom. The figure comes via newly published financial reports for [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Microsoft quietly drops subsidized $99 Xbox 360 (Joystiq, 3/14/2014 2:30pm) |
| Microsoft discontinued its subsidized $99 Xbox 360 with Kinect bundle in July 2013, the console manufacturer confirmed with the Wall Street Journal. The low-cost console was introduced in May 2012 and required a two-year Xbox Live commitment [...] (Read Full Article) |
| REVIEWS: LG BD370 Blu-ray player (Pocket-lint, 7/16/2009 2:23pm) |
| A networked player that brings a new dose of fun
Over the past year we've seen many devices that offer some form of internet connectivity, stepping beyond the still rather youthful BD-Live services, to a more comprehensive offering. The LG BD370 is such a connected player, with YouTube getting a firm slot on the Home page menu.
Leaving this new level of connectivity aside for one m ... (Read Full Article) |
| Jennifer Wallen becomes the third ‘Apprentice 4’ contestant fired (Reality TV World, 10/15/2005 9:31pm) |
| Jennifer Wallen , a 31-year-old realty company owner from Anthem, Arizona, became the third contestant fired on The Apprentice after being put in charge of the planning the décor and catering of the this week's task and failing miserably. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Star Trek: Enterprise - The Complete Second Season' Blu-ray Date and Pre-Orders Live (High-Def Digest, 5/24/2013 9:00pm) |
| Year two of Captain Archer's mission will be beaming to Blu-ray in August. In an early announcement to retailers, Paramount and CBS says 'Star Trek: Enterprise - The Complete Second Season' will hit [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Updates, advisories and surprises (Investors.com, 11/10/2005 10:41pm) |
| DreamWorks Animation swings to loss in third quarter (5:19 PM ET) LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) - DreamWorks Animation( DWA )swung to a third-quarter net loss of $700,000, or 1 cent a share, from income of $20.3 million, or 26 cents a share for the same period a year ago. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'The Jungle Book' and 'Sleeping Beauty' Diamond Edition Blu-rays Bound in 2014! (High-Def Digest, 8/02/2013 9:59pm) |
| Two more Disney classics will be getting the Diamond Edition treatment next year. Released from the Disney vault for the first time in almost seven years, 'The Jungle Book' swings onto Blu-ray [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Monster Hunter 4 Is Looking Good As The 3DS Continues Its Amazing Year (Kotaku, 8/09/2013 12:00am) |
| The absurd string of major games on the once-sleepy 3DS continues next month, at least in Japan, where they're getting the mammoth Monster Hunter 4 on September 14. (Read Full Article) |
| Strauss' 'Die Fledermaus' Headed to HD DVD (High-Def Digest, 1/15/2008 7:00pm) |
| Opus Arte is planning a late January US arrival for its latest high art HD DVD release, 'Strauss: Die Fledermaus.' Originally released on HD DVD in the UK early last year, Opus Arte has set a January 29... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Samsung dramatically increases Blu-ray sales target, confident of format (HDTV UK, 4/28/2008 10:23am) |
| Samsung has announced that it has revised its Blu-ray hardware sales target, from 400bn Korean won (£ 0.2bn) this year to one trillion Korean won (£ 0.5bn) by 2010. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Ceatec 2005 sees record attendance (IDG.se, 10/10/2005 1:43pm) |
| Ceatec Japan 2005, the country's largest electronics trade show, registered record attendance this year, organizers said Saturday after the show ended its five-day run. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Etrian Odyssey 4: Legends of the Titan review: The warm embrace of exploration (Joystiq, 3/12/2013 6:15pm) |
| This year is starting to feel like an embarrassment of riches for RPG fans who own the Nintendo 3DS. (Read Full Article) |
| Eurovision Song Contest broadcasts in high definition (HDTV UK, 5/05/2009 9:29am) |
| If you're a Eurovision nut, you'll be pleased to hear that this year's Song Contest will be broadcast in glorious high definition. Yes, all those glitzy glammed up costumes and amazing tunes will be available on the BBC HD channel from 8pm on Saturday, 16th May... ... (Read Full Article) |
| PS3 Sales Drop Slightly [Entertaining The Future] (Kotaku, 1/29/2009 9:00am) |
| PS3 sales are down 9 percent. Sony announced today that the company sold 4.46 million PS3s from October-December of last year.
In the same October-December period in 2007, Sony shifted 4.9 million... ... (Read Full Article) |
| 'Take a Closer Look' - Scientific-Atlanta at NAB 2005 (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance, 4/15/2005 12:00pm) |
| NAB 2005 -- Booth #SU7848 -- At this year's NAB show, content owners, broadcasters, and cable and telecom operators can "Take a Closer Look" at Scientific-Atlanta - a leader in innovative content distribution technology solutions. (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Winnie the Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh Year: Gift of Friendship Edition' Announced for Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 6/24/2013 8:00pm) |
| A holiday family film starring Winnie the Pooh and his friends is bound for Blu-ray in November. In an early announcement to retailers, Disney/Buena Vista says 'Winnie the Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Must See HDTV (December 31st - January 6th) (Engadget, 1/01/2013 12:39am) |
| This week we say goodbye to 2012, and after the New Year's Eve festivities tonight we welcome [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Another Award Underscores the Innovation of Goodyear's Assurance Featuring TripleTred Technology (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance, 7/21/2005 7:22pm) |
| Already honored with several awards, Goodyear's popular "any condition" tire, Assurance featuring TripleTred Technology, is the subject of another accolade -- recognition as "one of the most innovative ideas of the year" from R&D Magazine. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Icron Technologies' ExtremeUSB Leveraged in Cable-Free USB (T-Net British Columbia, 1/12/2006 5:48pm) |
| Vancouver, BC, January 12, 2006--(T-Net)--Icron Technologies Corporation offered congratulations to Cable-Free USB proponents for industry recognition at this year's 2006 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | LG Display invests $655 million to expand OLED HDTV mass production next year (Engadget, 2/18/2013 11:49am) |
| Sure, LG's (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Holiday Gift Guide 2012: The Kindle Fire HD a Great Gift Idea (I4U, 10/22/2012 3:54pm) |
The Kindle Fire HD is available at Amazon for $199.00.
It is hard to believe that it is that time of year again. Time to start thinking about what you will get your loved ones for the Holiday's. [...] (Read Full Article) |
| 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) | Dassault Systèmes Reports Solid Q3 and Upgrades Q4 and Full Year 2012 Financial Objectives (Business Wire, 10/28/2012 12:01am) |
| PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Regulatory News: Dassault Systèmes (Euronext Paris: #13065, DSY.PA) (Paris:DSY), the 3DEXPERIENCE Company, world leader in 3D design software, 3D Digital Mock Up and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions, today [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Samsung planning 63-inch HD-ready plasmas for early 2007 (Engadget, 7/22/2005 11:53am) |
| We’re not quite sure where we’ll put it, but we’re ready to get in line for one of Samsung’s 63-inch HDTV plasmas, which the company says it’s on target to launch in the first half of next year. That may be smaller than the 102-incher Samsung showed off at CES (pictured, because we just can’t get enough of it), but we’re still ready to clear a wall for it. No pricing or other info, ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Xbox 360 approaches 76 million sales (AfterDawn, 2/02/2013 8:44pm) |
| Microsoft's 7 year old console pushes on.An updated sales chart from the Redmond giant notes that it has sold 75.9 million Xbox 360 consoles. The [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Tropico 5 soaks up early summer rays on PC, Xbox 360 (Joystiq, 3/04/2014 8:30pm) |
| Tropico 5 launches on Xbox 360, PC, Mac and Linux early this summer, Kalypso Media announced today. A PS4 version is due to launch later this year.
Tropico 5 places players in the role of El Presidente on the island of Tropico, beginning in [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Xbox 360 reaches 70 million units sold (AfterDawn, 10/22/2012 12:09am) |
Microsoft has sold 70 million Xbox 360, a strong milestone for the aging console.
The console launched in November 2005, a year ahead of the rival (Read Full Article) |
| 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) |
| Monster quad-HD LCD from Westinghouse to demo at CES (Engadget, 1/05/2007 5:51pm) |
| Filed under: Displays, HDTVContinuing to roll with the 1080p bandwagon, Westinghouse has announced plans to show off the new year's product line of 1080p-capable LCD sets at CES, with a 52-incher as the flagship model. Also to be displayed is a 56-inch LCD with 3840 x 2160 resolution -- a full four times high-definition -- that is most likely intended for medical imaging or videoconferencing use. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Strong Christmas shopping season expected (The Times-Journal, 11/25/2005 6:43pm) |
| Local merchants are gearing up for what they expect to be a heavy Christmas shopping season. Several merchants say they are expecting a heavier shopping season than last year, one that will be bolstered by falling gas prices. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Enid Burns' Top 5 Blu-rays of 2012 (Big Picture Big Sound, 12/17/2012 10:02pm) |
| The year in Blu-ray has had some variety: classics, modern flicks and great TV shows. Here are Enid's picks for best Blu-rays of [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | CES 2013: HDTV and connected devices roundup (Engadget, 1/14/2013 5:00pm) |
| As you may have guessed by scanning our CES coverage this year, HDTV -- particularly of [...] (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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| Improving picture for high definition television (PhysOrg, 9/06/2005 7:55pm) |
| By the end of this year there will be 28.6 million high-definition television sets in homes worldwide, according to HDTV, a new research report published today by Informa Telecoms & Media. By 2010 that number will be more than three times larger - at 106.2 million homes. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Soitec Reports Record Consolidated Sales in Q4 2004-2005 (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance, 4/18/2005 4:29pm) |
| Soitec , the leading manufacturer of silicon-on-insulator wafers and other engineered substrates, today announced consolidated sales of 40.6 million Euros for the fourth quarter of its 2004-2005 financial year. (Read Full Article) |
| Ceatec 2005 highlights digital, high-def TV (IDG.se, 10/10/2005 1:43pm) |
| Japan's electronics industry came together for five days last week in Chiba, just east of Tokyo, for the annual Ceatec Japan 2005 trade show. This year almost 200,000 people visited the show to see the latest and greatest of what the industry has to offer. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Sagem & STMicro launch first single-chip decoder MPEG4 set-top boxes (Digital Media Europe, 12/02/2005 4:01am) |
| By the end of this year Sagem will expand its MPEG4 range of STBs to include new HDTV-capable models for all transmission media (satellite, cable, terrestrial, and IP). Sagem expects total shipments of MPEG4 STBs to reach 100,000 units by the end of 2005. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Geeky Caffè Latte Art Goes 3D, Continues To Blow Minds (Kotaku, 5/06/2013 8:30am) |
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Last year, Kotaku featured a Japanese "latte artist" named Kazuki Yamamoto. Taking inspiration from games and anime, he became famous for drawing characters in steamed milk. And [...] (Read Full Article) |
| More Super Bowl marketers shoot for high-definition ads (This Ithaca Journal, 1/14/2006 10:40am) |
| Super Bowl viewers with high-definition TVs this year will see every bead of sweat on Bud Light bottles as clearly as those on the players. The game has aired in ultrasharp HD since 2000, but Super Bowl XL on ABC will be the first in which the number of HD ads crosses the 50-yard line. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Super Bowl ads changed to high-definition format (Poughkeepsie Journal, 1/15/2006 8:07am) |
| Super Bowl viewers with high-definition TVs this year will see every bead of sweat on Bud Light bottles as clearly as those on the players. The game has aired in ultrasharp HD since 2000, but Super Bowl XL on ABC will be the first in which the number of HD ads crosses the 50-yard line. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | PS3 Is Most Popular Netflix Streaming Device (eCoustics, 12/05/2012 12:59am) |
| Netflix and Sony announced today that the PlayStation 3 is now the most popular Netflix streaming device. “PS3 is our largest TV-connected platform in terms of Netflix viewing, and this year, at times, even surpassed the PC in hours of Netflix [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Altera Announces Second Quarter Results (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 7/25/2005 8:15pm) |
| Altera Corporation today announced second quarter 2005 sales of $285.5 million, up 8% from the first quarter of 2005 and up 6% from the second quarter of 2004. Sales of the company's new products grew 25% sequentially and were up 70% from the prior year's second quarter. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Etrian Odyssey Untold: The Millenium Girl is a friendlier remake (Joystiq, 6/18/2013 9:30pm) |
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After a rocky and disappointing first year, the 3DS has transformed into a juggernaut of Japanese RPGs, with developer Atlus leading the [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Chinese Audience Unimpressed By Resident Evil: Retribution (Kotaku, 3/25/2013 11:33am) |
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Resident Evil: Retribution was released in the US late last year. The movie, shot completely in 3D and in 4K resolution had some pretty awesome special effects. It made a decent amount of [...] (Read Full Article) |
| CSG Systems Enters Into New Multi-Year Contract With EchoStar Communications (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance, 12/01/2005 11:35pm) |
| CSG Systems , a leading global provider of customer care and billing solutions, today announced that it has extended its agreement with EchoStar Communications Corp. , a leading U.S. provider of advanced digital television services. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Consumer Electronics Association Votes Two Indiana Executives Into CE Hall of Fame (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 8/30/2005 5:33pm) |
| Joseph Donahue, an executive of RCA, Indianapolis, and George Fezell, an executive of Magnavox, Ft. Wayne, head this year's list of eleven industry luminaries elected to the Consumer Electronics Hall of Fame. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Left Field Labs can make you a custom, 3D-printed music box (Engadget, 1/15/2014 5:11am) |
| We've seen 3D printing enable a nostalgic twist on music before, but there are few things quite so clever (or tiny) as Left Field Labs' Music Drop. The company's latest New Year's project lets you design a unique music box through a simple web [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | LG to Show Smaller UHDTV Sizes at 2013 CES (Big Picture Big Sound, 12/31/2012 8:25pm) |
| The manufacturer is kicking off the New Year with new 55- and 65-inch 4K TV [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Jurassic Park 3D Blu-ray comes home April 23rd after its one-week theatrical return (Engadget, 1/27/2013 12:30pm) |
| We've known since last year that Jurassic Park would make its return to theaters in 3D this April, but now [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | EOS imaging Reports 2012 Revenue Grows 35% to €9.41 million (Business Wire, 1/24/2013 6:00pm) |
| PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--EOS imaging (NYSE Euronext, FR0011191766 – EOSI), the pioneer in 2D/3D orthopedic medical imaging, announced today its consolidated revenue for the full year and last quarter of 2012. 2012: Steady revenue growth     [...] (Read Full Article) |
| First region free Blu-ray players available (Engadget, 6/26/2008 3:51pm) |
| Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment
Look no further for the follow-up to last year's multi-region Blu-ray players, with Bluraymods.com advertising a completely region free Panasonic DMP-BD30, available in either pre-modified or DIY kit formats. That's all 6 DVD regions and three Blu-ray regions for those keeping count, and it claims to still work with any firmware updates. The good news for im ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Nintendo finally updates 3DS with Miiverse, Nintendo Network ID support and unified eShop wallet (Engadget, 12/10/2013 4:52am) |
| A year and a half ago, Hideko Konno hinted that Nintendo's Miiverse might eventually find its way to the 3DS. Now it finally has. The stereoscopic handheld's latest update is a doozy, not only brining the quirky social network to the small screen, [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Top CE Event IFA To Be Held Annually (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 10/26/2005 1:36pm) |
| In future Berlin can look forward to the IFA and to hosting a world-class trade show every year. Encouraged by a dynamic surge in Europe's CE market, European sales of 100 billion euros and double-digit growth, as well as outstanding results at the IFA 2005, the event's organisers Gesellschaft fuer Unterhaltungs- und Kommunikationselektronik and Messe Berlin have decided to expand the IFA ... (Read Full Article) |
| Ireland sees tenfold increase in Blu-ray sales (HDTV UK, 5/01/2008 11:41am) |
| More scintillating Blu-ray sales figures, with news that Ireland is one of the fastest growing markets in Europe for the Blu-ray format. Sony announced that it aims to capture 20% of Ireland's Home Vision electronic sales this year, and proved its intentions by cutting the price of the BDP-S300 Blu-ray player from €499 to €399... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Google's 2013 Zeitgeist includes Mandela, iPhones and a 3D trend map (video) (Engadget, 12/17/2013 1:50pm) |
| Google is back again with its annual list of the most popular searches of the year -- only this time, with a 3D twist. In addition to old-fashioned 2D charts, the internet giant's 2013 Zeitgeist includes a trend globe that lets you see what major [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 3Doodler is a $75 3D-printing pen eagerly awaiting your Kickstarter funding (hands-on) (Engadget, 2/19/2013 8:01am) |
| In April of last year, former MakerBot COO Samuel Cervantes launched the [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Is it time to buy that 50-inch plasma TV? (Boston Globe, 11/20/2005 7:49am) |
| Should you or shouldn't you this holiday season? New brands, deep discounts, and increased production are pushing prices of high-definition television sets even lower this year. Consider: Circuit City is offering a 42-inch Samsung plasma for $2,700, slashing $800 off the regular price, and Best Buy is peddling newcomer Maxent's 42-inch, HD-ready plasma for $1,800. And last month, Fujitsu of ... ... (Read Full Article) |
| EVS BROADCAST EQUIPMENT : EVS Digital TV Production Platform at the Centre (SYS-CON Media, 2/01/2006 2:00pm) |
| Torino (Italy), February 1, 2006 - Again this year, EVS Broadcast Equipment S.A. (ISIN BE0003820371, Bloomberg EVS BB, Reuters EVSB.BR), will supply numerous solutions, engineering consultants and support engineers to the co-ordination company, TOBO (Turin Olympic Broadcasting Organisation), as well as to the 80 on-site TV broadcasters, who own the broadcast rights to the event. ... (Read Full Article) |
| 'God of War' sequel offers gorgeous, intense action (USA Today, 3/01/2007 9:54pm) |
| Lay your eyes on video game graphics that rival those of the Sony PlayStation 3 without shelling out up to $600 for the new machine by picking up God of War II for the 7-year-old PlayStation 2. The game makers at Sony Computer Entertainment America's Santa Monica, Calif., studios have created a seemingly high-definition experience out of the aging PS2 console. And yes, the game is as fun as it is ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Alt-week 6.22.13: The LRO's fourth moon-year, a 3D brain and alien telegrams (video) (Engadget, 6/22/2013 10:30pm) |
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The moon is far from [...] (Read Full Article) |
| U.S. Blu-ray disc sales to hit 80 million this year: study (CEA SmartBrief, 2/24/2009 6:00am) |
| Blu-ray discs are moving beyond their "early adopter" status and are becoming a mainstream product for top-quality video. -More- A new way to find revenues on high-end CE Products
Valuable high-demand parts harvested from defective or returned CE products are rigorously tested and certified for resale and reuse-instead of going to landfills. Our customers share in the revenues while meeting re ... (Read Full Article) |
| PS3 finds its rumble with DualShock 3 (AfterDawn, 4/04/2008 11:54pm) |
| Owners of the Sony PlayStation 3 (PS3) console can enjoy rumble technology now with the DualShock 3 controller announced at the Tokyo Game Show last year and released in Japan on November 11th. Scheduled for release in the United States on April 15th, the DualShock 3 is arriving at some stores already who have permission to sell the item immediately after receiving it.
The DualShock 3 costs $54 ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Save Fifty Percent on Criterion Blu-ray at Barnes & Noble (High-Def Digest, 7/09/2013 6:07pm) |
| It's that time of year again! Barnes & Noble has Criterion Collection Blu-rays on sale in store and online for a limited time! The online retailer is now selling a wide variety of Criterion Blu-ray [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Am. West Arena Renamed (KPHO Phoenix, 11/14/2005 10:23pm) |
| PHOENIX - In January, the doors will open at the US Airways Center, formerly America West Arena, in downtown Phoenix. The new 10-year agreement follows the successful merger between America West Airlines and US Airways, completed September 27. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Saidaioujou, Cave's latest shmup, to hit Japanese Xbox 360s next year (Joystiq, 8/25/2012 1:00am) |
Cave's newest arcade shoot-em-up, DoDonPachi Saidaioujou, is coming to Japanese Xbox 360s next spring, the company announced (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | OMG HD Zombies shuffling toward Steam on February 13 (Joystiq, 2/09/2014 4:30pm) |
| OMG HD Zombies, an expansion of a PSP Mini, is slowly chomping its way up the platform chain - after shuffling to Vitas last year, the chain-reaction zombie killer is headed for Steam's PC users on February 13.
HD Zombies is stingy with bullets, [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 8.9-Inch Amazon Kindle Fire HD Gets $50 Price Cut for Students (eCoustics, 1/03/2013 12:08am) |
| Amazon on New Year’s Day launched a new promotion that cuts $50 off the 8.9-inch version of its Kindle Fire HD tablet for college students. The deal runs through the end of the month, but is only available to Amazon Student members who have a [...] (Read Full Article) |
| ILS Proton Successfully Launches DIRECTV 10 - FinanzNachrichten.de (Directv HDTV -, 7/10/2007 5:07pm) |
| ILS Proton Successfully Launches DIRECTV 10 FinanzNachrichten.de, Germany -Jul 7, 2007 We met our commitment to launch the satellite in order to support DIRECTV's goal of delivering up to 100 national HDTV channels by the end of the year. … More: continued ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Leti and EV Group Launch a Common Lab On Wafer Bonding Technologies (Business Wire, 7/13/2013 3:00pm) |
| GRENOBLE, France--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Leti and EV Group (EVG) have launched a three-year common lab to optimize temporary- and permanent-bonding technologies related to 3D TSV integration and all direct bonding [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Microsoft unveils three Xbox 360 holiday bundles for Xbox One refuseniks (Engadget, 10/12/2013 12:48am) |
| Microsoft is no stranger to launching Xbox 360 holiday bundles, but it faces a new challenge this year -- it has to include games that won't make us wish we had an Xbox One instead. It may have achieved that feat with a new trio of bundles [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Gran Turismo 5 Prologue for PS3 Review (I4U, 4/21/2008 7:13pm) |
| Today we are taking a look at one of the coolest racing games ever to grace the PS3—Gran Turismo 5 Prologue. The game is sort of an appetizer to the full Gran Turismo 5 game due out in a year or so and it is well worth the cost of admission.
Gran Turis... ... (Read Full Article) |
| "HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 2: EXTENDED EDITION": The Most Watched Cable Telecast of All Time Comes to DVD and Blu-ray(TM) ... (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance, 8/27/2007 12:00pm) |
| "High School Musical 2," the most highly anticipated sequel of the year, comes to DVD and Blu-ray(TM) High-Def in an extended edition on December 11, 2007 from Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Dassault Systemes Schedules Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2012 Results Webcast and Conference Call for February 7, 2013 (Business Wire, 1/17/2013 9:00am) |
| VÉLIZY-VILLACOUBLAY, France--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Regulatory News: Dassault Systèmes (Paris:DSY) (Euronext Paris: #13065, DSY.PA), the 3DEXPERIENCE Company, world leader in 3D design software, 3D Digital Mock Up and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Warner Saddles Up 'Pale Rider' Blu-ray for August (High-Def Digest, 5/01/2008 8:00pm) |
| In an early pre-announce, Warner has unveiled plans to bring the 1985 cult Clint Eastwood western 'Pale Rider' to Blu-ray this August. Timed to coincide with Warner's year-long 85th anniversary western... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Huge New Amazon Blu-ray Sale, 379 Titles Included (Format War Central, 3/12/2009 10:47am) |
| Amazon is having a big new Blu-ray sale, with prices start at $13.99 and 379 Blu-ray titles are included in the deal. Some of the titles that are part of the deal include: The 40 Year Old Virgin for only $14.49, the super funny/offensive movie “Waiting” for only $11.49, as well as the suspense thriller [...] ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Team17 Finally Making Worms 3. No, Worms 3D Didn't Count. (Kotaku, 7/11/2013 1:40pm) |
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The battle of the non-arthropod invertebrates that begin way back in 1997 finally reaches its third stage later this year, as Team17 prepares Worms 3 for exclusive iOS deployment. [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Bond 50: Blu-ray Collection spotted for $99 (HD-Report, 11/24/2012 3:29pm) |
| We just spotted Bond 50: The Complete 22 Film Collection at Amazon for only $99. List-priced at $299, this could be the Blu-ray deal of the year! ‘Bond 50′ is the most comprehensive James Bond film collection to date, with a total of 23 [...] (Read Full Article) |
| NEWS: Netflix stops HD DVD rentals (Pocket-lint, 11/14/2008 3:38pm) |
| End of year deadline reached for failed format Although not entirely unexpected, in th States Netflix has put an end to its involvement with the failed HD DVD disc format.
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Read Netflix stops HD DVD rentals on Pocket-lint now]]> ... (Read Full Article) |
| Video games: In the news (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune, 2/17/2007 12:42am) |
| IN THE NEWS PS3 owners seeing Blu For all the difficulties that surrounded last year's launch of the PlayStation 3, at least one part of Sony's strategy seems to be working. Blu-ray, the Sony-backed high-definition DVD format that's integral to the PS3, is taking off. Citing figures from the consumer research firm Nielsen VideoScan, Sony said Blu-ray has passed the rival high-def format, HD-DVD ... (Read Full Article) |
| Pistons and Heat renew series on TSN (TSN, 5/23/2006 3:22pm) |
| Even though their journeys to get here didn't go as many expected, the Miami Heat and Detroit Pistons are squaring off again in the Eastern Conference finals. Just as was the case last year, Shaquille O'Neal and the Heat enter well-rested as they try to prevent the Detroit Pistons from returning to the NBA Finals. The game can be seen tonight on TSN and in TSN High Definition at 8pm et/5pm pt. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Sony to boost marketing spending to push HDTV (Reuters, 3/25/2006 3:43am) |
| NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sony Corp.'s 6758.T U.S. unit plans to push marketing spending to record levels this year to fuel sales of high-definition electronics such as televisions, camcorders and DVD players, a senior executive told Reuters. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Xtend Networks Names David Nicholas as Senior VP of Strategic Sales (PR Newswire via Yahoo! (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance, 5/03/2005 1:00pm) |
| Xtend Networks, a Vyyo® company that provides advanced broadband solutions for the cable TV industry, today announced the addition of 20-year cable and technology veteran David Nicholas to its executive management team. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Xbox + HDTV = realistic visuals, convincing action (Fort Wayne News-Sentinel, 12/21/2005 8:08pm) |
| HDTV sets aren't just for high-definition television anymore. Microsoft's recently-released Xbox 360 video-game console has ushered in a new era of high-definition gaming, and this trend looks to accelerate next year with the release of Sony's PlayStation 3 console. ... (Read Full Article) |
| CEA Chronicles the Future of the Consumer Electronics Industry in Five Technologies to Watch (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 10/18/2005 7:47pm) |
| The Consumer Electronic Association today released the 2006 edition of Five Technologies to Watch, an annual publication that examines five prominent technology trends set to influence the consumer electronics industry in the year ahead. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Russia To Unveil New Satellite At This Year's NATEXPO (SpaceDaily, 11/09/2005 1:25am) |
| Moscow, Russia (SPX) Nov 09, 2005 - Russia will present a model of its new communications satellite, Europe-1, at the NATEXPO 2005 exhibition November 16-19 at Moscow's Crocus City center, the Russian Space Agency said Tuesday, reports RIA Novosti. ... (Read Full Article) |
| TiVo Planning Cheap HDTV PVR, Father's Day Discounts (Gearlog - Gadget Guide by Geeks for Geeks, 6/01/2007 3:14pm) |
| [ tivo.JPG]Our favorite plucky PVR, TiVo, is apparently planning to bring a more moderately priced version of its HDTV PVR to the market later this year. Normally, a dual-tuner Series3 HDTV box ... the HDTV Series 3,through June 16 or until supplies run out. I suspect that if supplies were in any ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | From Sony: Limited-Edition White PS3 Bundle Hits January 27th in North America With 1 Year of PS Plus (High-Def Digest, 1/18/2013 5:30pm) |
| Comes with a 500GB hard drive and a MSRP of $299.99. After producing a series of white PS3s for every territory other than North America, Sony finally relents with the latest PS3 bundle. The bundle [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Toshiba sold 100,000 HD DVD Player (I4U, 4/18/2007 3:51pm) |
| HD DVD players are on the market since 1 year and the HD DVD Group is celebrating 100,000 stand-alone HD DVD players sold in the United States.
Toshiba's pricing strategy of their HD DVD player apparently paid off. The stand-alone Blu-ray player got... ... (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) |
| PanAmSat Reports Second Quarter 2005 Results (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance, 8/09/2005 12:38pm) |
| PanAmSat Holding Corporation , the largest satellite-based distributor of TV channels in the world and a leading global provider of network distribution services, reported financial results for the second quarter and six months ended June 30, 2005 and raised its revenue and Adjusted EBITDA guidance for the full year. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Sony Bravia HDTVs Can be Enjoyed by the Blind too? (Daily Cool Gadgets and Gizmos News, 7/02/2007 8:53pm) |
| The upcoming Sony Bravia HDTVs that are expected to be launched later this year will feature Audio Description (AD) capability. The AD is actually an additional narrative soundtrack that is designed to give a better mental picture to the blind or partially sighted people, where gaps in dialog enables a voice to explain visual plot points, ... (Read Full Article) |
| Nielsen: Wii audience is youngest, PS3 audience is oldest (Joystiq, 2/19/2009 5:40pm) |
| According to a recent console usage report compiled between October and December of last year by Nielsen Media Research, the Wii appeals to quite the broad spectrum of people, being especially popular among boys age 6 -11 and women age 25 - 34. Most interesting is the Wii's ability to captivate the older women audience, as the console's use by women over 35 is much higher than that of the Wii's ... (Read Full Article) |
| Brillian, Suntron ink agreement on HDTV production (EE Times, 4/18/2005 2:02pm) |
| MANHASSET, N.Y. — Still seeking to get untracked on manufacturing Liquid Crystal On Silicon microdisplays, Brillian Corp. announced Monday (April 18) a strategic multi-year partnership with Suntron Corp. to source and build Brillian HDTVs and build proprietary Brillian light engines. (Read Full Article) |
| Blu-ray Momentum Slow According to Research Firm (Format War Central, 4/29/2008 11:38pm) |
| Video Business is reporting that Blu-ray momentum is likely to remain slow for a year to 18 months according to ABI Research.
Consumers are likely to be waiting for future players with new interactivity technology such as Web-enabled BD Live and picture-in-picture functionality, the research firm said.
Also with a slowing U.S. economy, people will likely wait [...] ... (Read Full Article) |
| CES: HD DVD Press Release Recaps "Breakthrough Year" (High-Def Digest, 1/07/2008 5:00pm) |
| A new CES-themed press release from the HD DVD Promotional Group offers a glimpse of what we might have seen had the group gone ahead with its Sunday press conference. The just-issued press release recaps... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Blu-ray Disc wins "Best Green Packaging" award (HDTV UK, 4/08/2008 10:29am) |
| The Digital Entertainment Group
(DEG) has awarded Blu-ray Disc the "Best Green Packaging" award at this year's
Green Entertainment Awards, held last week in Los Angeles... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Warner dramatically lowers pricing on Blu-ray titles (AfterDawn, 7/13/2008 5:02am) |
| Warner Home Video has announced the launch of aggressive pricing cuts on its Blu-ray catalog beginning in the Q4 of this year.
Starting September, Warner will begin offering a "point-of-sale rebate program" meaning retailers will be able to order a number of catalog tiles for as low as $11 USD.
Even with expected retail mark-up, the new prices will sure to be a steep discount from their c ... (Read Full Article) |
| 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) |
| News HDTV Review: Pioneer's 50-Inch Plasma Offers 'Best Picture'? CNET gives the flat-panel set a rare score of 8.7 out ... (TVPredictions.com, 2/18/2007 5:03pm) |
| Washington, D.C. (February 18, 2007) -- CNET says Pioneer's PRO-FHD1 50-inch Plasma HDTV has the best picture it's tested this year. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Panasonic's first 1080p LCD projector, the PT-AE1000 (Engadget, 9/14/2006 11:14pm) |
| Filed under: Displays, HDTV
Christmas has come early at CEDIA this year, and even Panasonic is joining the fray with their first 1080p LCD projector, the PT-AE1000. The unit is based on Epson's new 0.7-inch D6 LCD chips, the same thing powering Mitsubishi's new HC5000 unit, and while we don't have an exact price, it doesn't seem like $4k would be a far wrong guess. As for the rest of the spe ... (Read Full Article) |
| Agilent Technologies' Automated Lab-on-a-Chip Platform Wins R&D Magazine's 100 Award for Technological Significance (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 8/04/2005 3:00pm) |
| Agilent Technologies Inc. today announced that its 5100 Automated Lab-on-a-Chip Platform has been recognized as one of the top 100 technologically significant new products of the year by R&D Magazine. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Xbox 360: Popular Science's top innovation for home entertainment this year (Joystiq, 11/08/2005 6:23pm) |
| In the the December issue of Popular Science , which will go on newsstands November 15, the Xbox 360 is reported to have taken top honors (that is, the Grand Award) for the Best of What’s New in Home Entertainment, one of twelve different categories considered. “The first of the next-generation gaming consoles, the new Xbox 360 is not just about games — the 360 is poised to take over ... (Read Full Article) |
| Rockwood Reports Strong Third Quarter Results (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 10/31/2007 12:00pm) |
| PRINCETON, N.J.----Rockwood Holdings, Inc. , a global producer of specialty chemicals and advanced materials, today announced results for the third quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2007 as follows: Net sales were $829.6 million for the third quarter of 2007, up 12.1% compared to $739.8 million for the same period in the prior year. ... (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) |
| Pioneer's BDP-LX71 Blu-ray player coming to Europe this summer (HDTV UK, 4/16/2008 5:11pm) |
| Pioneer's Blu-ray
push will continue this summer with the launch of their BDP-LX71 Blu-ray
player. It will replace the BDP-LX70 launched
last year, yet according to reports will still only handle the Profile 1.1 and
not Profile 2.0 specification (this is subject to change, of course, either
before launch or via firmware upgrade)... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Treasurenauts pushed back to 2014, developer revealing new projects next year (Joystiq, 12/03/2013 9:00pm) |
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Renegade Kid co-founder Jools Watsham announced that the studio's Nintendo 3DS platformer (Read Full Article) |
| A World First at the IFA: Live 3D TV Without Glasses (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance, 9/01/2005 3:04pm) |
| Visitors at this year's IFA in Berlin will for the first time ever be able to experience live content streamed in a glasses-free, three-dimensional television format. Newsight GmbH has together with companies Grundig and 3D Image Processing succeeded in capturing live video and streaming it through an autostereoscopic 3D display system in real time whereas prior 3D content had been limited to ... (Read Full Article) |
| Slingbox Goes High Definition, Adds Support for Blackberry (Big Picture Big Sound, 1/04/2008 10:02am) |
| Sling Media kicks off the new year with some big product announcements - a High Definition-enabled version of their popular Slingbox as well as support for Sling Player on Blackberry devices. ... (Read Full Article) |
| XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. Announces Second Quarter 2005 Results and Increases Year-end Subscriber Guidance to 6 (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance, 7/28/2005 12:01pm) |
| XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. today reported financial and operating results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2005. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Google I/O 2013 dates announced: starts May 15th, registration to open early next year (Engadget, 12/04/2012 6:45pm) |
| Hope your calendar's clear for next May. Google has just announced the dates for (Read Full Article) |
| 2006 SXRD RPTV Rumours (HDBlog.net, 3/21/2006 1:55pm) |
| Last year Sony’s rear-projection SXRD models made a big splash. They were very good HDTV’s for a somewhat expensive price. They used Sony’s LCOS variant, SXRD. As such, the imagery they produced was very smooth and pleasing to the eye.
Sony recently held a line show in Vegas, and unfortunately didn’t say [...] ... (Read Full Article) |
| REVIEW: Pineapple Express - Blu-ray (Pocket-lint, 1/20/2009 2:00pm) |
| Can this follow the success of Superbad?
From the creators of 40 Year old Virgin, Knocked Up and Superbad, Pineapple Express is pot-fuelled adventure created by Seth Rogen and Judd Apatow. But can the film emulate the success of the previous smash hits? We get viewing, without the ‘erb we hasten to add, to find out.
Read Pineapple Express - Blu-ray on Pocket-lint]]> ... (Read Full Article) |
| Panasonic's 103-incher, up close and personal (Engadget, 1/09/2006 9:55pm) |
| Filed under: CES , HDTV What's about 7 and a half-feet long, 4-feet tall, has about 30 square feet of viewing space, a 3001:1 contrast ratio, pushes over 2 million pixels progressively, and requires Howie Mandel to demo it? That'd be Panasonic's behemoth 103-inch plasma at CES this year, which we got in close enough to get some sweet shots of. The color was rich, the blacks were natural ... (Read Full Article) |
| Brillian Corp.'s Auditors Expressed Going-Concern Qualification (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 4/12/2005 8:05pm) |
| Brillian Corp. , a designer and developer of 720p and 1080p HDTVs based on its proprietary UltraContrast Gen II liquid-crystal-on-silicon LCoS technology, today announced that its Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended 2004 includes a report from its independent auditors that contains a going-concern qualification. (Read Full Article) |
| Taiwan market: BenQ debuts 37-inch and 46-inch LCD TVs (Digi Times, 8/11/2005 4:49am) |
| In cooperation with AU Optronics (AUO) BenQ today introduced its 37-inch and 46-inch LCD TVs to the Taiwan market, according to a company press release. BenQ aims to take 15% of the local market in terms of large size flat panel TVs this year. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Toshiba Tours America to Promote the Launch of HD DVD Players (SYS-CON Media, 3/02/2006 11:58pm) |
| Toshiba America Consumer Products, L.L.C. ('Toshiba'), announced today details of an integrated marketing communications plan to launch its line-up of HD DVD players. The Toshiba HD DVD players, models HD-XA1 and HD-A1, will be the first HD DVD players to hit the U.S. market and will begin shipping to retailers in March of this year. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Setting Up A Home Theater System For A High Definition Super Bowl (About.com, 1/19/2013 10:00am) |
| Super Bowl Sunday is the most popular annual unofficial U.S. national holiday. This year Super Bowl Sunday will be on February 3, 2013, and will be televised in high definition ... (Read Full Article) |
| Warner announces HD DVD Dirty Harry to coincide with videogame (TG Daily, 5/11/2006 4:03pm) |
| Warner Home Video has announced that they will be releasing a "definitive" new collection of the Dirty Harry movies, produced and released in HD DVD format, to coincide with the release of the Dirty Harry videogame next year. ... (Read Full Article) |
| CEA(R) Executives Honored with Top Industry Awards (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 11/08/2005 9:11pm) |
| ARLINGTON, Va.----Nov. 8, 2005--The Consumer Electronics Association , congratulates Jeff Joseph, CEA vice president of communications and strategic relationships, as the recent winner of the PR News PR Professional of the Year Award in the Nonprofit/Association category, and Susan Littleton, CEA vice president of marketing, as the recent recipient of the International Association for Exhibition ... (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) |
| (Unranked) | Sony UK: Vita price cut timing 'still under discussion,' not this year (Joystiq, 10/01/2012 3:30pm) |
| Leading into a holiday season against an increasingly successful 3DS and even a new iPhone, Sony still isn't considering cutting the price [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Mega-hit 'Spider-Man 3' weaves its way onto DVD shelves this week (Macon Telegraph, 11/02/2007 8:45am) |
| The year's top-grossing hit, "Spider-man 3," swings onto DVD and high-definition Blu-ray disc on its own and in collections packaged with the two earlier installments of director Sam Raimi's comic-book franchise. The main players return for the conclusion of the love triangle and friends-turned-foes saga among Spidey (Tobey Maguire), Mary Jane (Kirsten Dunst) and Harry (James Franco). The film ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Etrian Odyssey 4 set to reach North America by early 2013 (Joystiq, 10/04/2012 5:20pm) |
Etrian Odyssey IV: Legends of the Titan is journeying to North America early next year, Atlus today announced. It's no [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | MakerBot Unveils Digitizer Desktop 3D Scanner (eCoustics, 3/09/2013 6:52pm) |
| MakerBot opened this year’s SXSW in Austin by unveiling the MakerBot Digitizer Desktop 3D Scanner, a device intended to facilitate 3D printing on the company’s flagship devices. “It’s a natural progression for us to create a [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Sony details PS3 3D, Blu-ray 3D requirements (Punch Jump, 1/09/2010 7:25pm) |
| Sony Corp. this week detailed consumer requirements to take advantage of new 3D technology on the Playstation 3 and the hardware’s Blu-ray player.
PS3 game titles will require only a firmware update to utilize new 3D technology. A separate firmware update later in the year will add 3D to Blu-ray movie playback on the hardware.
The company [...] (Read Full Article) |
| TiVo to Offer Subscription Only Model? An Interview with CEO Tom Rogers (Digg.com, 2/17/2006 12:34pm) |
| Bloomberg has an exclusive interview with TiVo CEO Tom Rogers where he discusses the possibility of a subscription only (no up front box to buy) model for TiVo, the increasingly important role of advertising to TiVo and what's next for the Series 3 standalone HDTV TiVo due out later this year. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Flat panel prices in free-fall (Engadget, 11/25/2005 4:25pm) |
| We already sort of expect electronics prices to just keep falling and falling, but PC World has the goods on just how much prices on flat panel displays have plummeted this year. In case you haven’t been paying close attention, it turns out that prices have dropped a ridiculous amount over the past 12 months, mainly because of firece competition from budget labels like Syntax and ... (Read Full Article) |
| Warner to launch "coffee book" style Blu-ray discs (Tech Digest, 3/10/2008 3:41pm) |
| Now that the high definition
disc format war is all but over, it seems studios can start rolling out their
own gimmicks and features. Warner has decided that it will release ten Blu-ray
coffee-book style titles this year, including "Bonnie and Clyde", "Dirty
Harry", "Woodstock", "Harry Potter", "Bladerunner", "Gone With the Wind" and
"North by Northwest"... ... (Read Full Article) |
| VIZIO Internet App HDTVs launch later this year, for less than you might expect (Engadget, 6/23/2009 9:43pm) |
| Sure VIZIO only just showed off new updates in its high end XVT series, but it's already planning the next generation of LCDs with VIZIO Internet Apps included. Packing widget functionality, 802.11n wireless networking and slider QWERTY Bluetooth remote, the SV422XVT, SV472XVT and VF552XVT Connected HDTVs are coming home in November, October and December, respectively. Already on deck to serve up ... (Read Full Article) |
| 1/5 HDTV owners don't know difference between SD and HD (AfterDawn, 11/28/2008 7:52pm) |
| According to a recent survey by Leichtman Research Group (LRG), about one in five HDTV owners believe they are watching HD (high definition) programming simply because they own an HDTV, but instead are really watching SD (standard definition) content.
The data compiled by LRG is based on a telephone survey of 1302 U.S. households and marks the 6th consecutive year the survey has been run.
Th ... (Read Full Article) |
| Japan's Ceatec opens on Tuesday (InfoWorld, 10/03/2005 11:39am) |
| ( InfoWorld ) - Japan's largest annual IT show, Ceatec, begins on Tuesday and is expected to provide a platform for the country's technology vendors to showcase their latest products and prototypes of devices yet to go on sale. The show runs from Tuesday until Saturday at the Makuhari Messe convention center in Chiba, just outside of Tokyo, and will this year feature around 700 companies, ... (Read Full Article) |
| Blu-ray falling short of forecasts: Sony (HDTV UK, 1/14/2009 9:35am) |
| Sony has suggested that US sales of Blu-ray players and discs has fallen short of previous forecasts. A target of five million Blu-ray players sold worldwide this year will not be met, according to the head of Sony's US electronics unit, Stan Glasgow. He said that consumers may adopt Blu-ray players if the cost of movies comes down. "They (movie studios) need to make money, and the packaged medi ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Live from the Engadget CES Stage: an interview with 3D Systems' Avi Reichental (Engadget, 1/08/2013 11:30pm) |
| CES 2013 is shaping up to be the biggest year yet for 3D [...] (Read Full Article) |
| ADC KRONE Features Network Infrastructure Solutions at ANGA Cable 2005 (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 5/31/2005 6:00am) |
| ADC KRONE today announced it will feature the company's network infrastructure equipment and services especially designed for cable providers at this year's ANGA Cable 2005 exhibition between 31 May - 2 June. ... (Read Full Article) |
| SureWest Partners With HDNet for Launch of HDTV Over IP (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance, 12/06/2005 4:52pm) |
| Leading independent telecommunications holding company SureWest Communications today announced that leading high-definition networks HDNet and HDNet Movies are part of its high-definition television service set to launch this year. ... (Read Full Article) |
| The Rocky TiVo-DirecTV Relationship (Slashdot, 4/04/2005 7:41pm) |
| Thomas Hawk writes "Phillip Swann's TV Predictions is out this morning alleging that before dumping their TiVo stock last year, Rupert Murdoch's DirecTV had made a pass at buying a controlling stake in TiVo. According to Swann, 'TiVo's top management did not like Murdoch's offer,' and Swann alleges that this is why you had a fallout between the two companies. As an interesting aside, Rob Pegoraro (Read Full Article) |
| Sony adding in-game XMB access and Trophies to PS3 "soon" thanks to 2.40 firmware update (Tech Digest, 6/18/2008 2:40pm) |
| Finally, a year and a half after PlayStation3 launched in some bits of the world, Sony is adding the in-game messaging features its fans have been gagging and pleading for every single day since PS3 first flopped into big, unwanted piles on shop shelves. Confirmation was given on the Official PlayStation Blog, where Sony Network top-cheese Eric Lempel said "We're happy to officially report that ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Lynx A 3D point-and-shoot camera/tablet does motion capture and 3D modeling, we go hands-on (Engadget, 4/18/2013 4:58am) |
| Earlier this year, a group of enterprising students from the University of Texas [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Tivo Institutes 1 Year Service Contracts (Slashdot, 9/25/2005 12:35am) |
| azoblue writes "TiVo recently changed their customer agreement, allowing them to institute service contracts with early cancellation fees." From the article: "According to the new service agreement, any TiVo activated after September 6 will require a 12-month commitment. Those who cancel before the end of their contract, or have their contracts terminated by TiVo, will be forced to pay a $150 ... (Read Full Article) |
| Bright House launches 14 HD channels in Central Florida (HD-Report, 9/06/2009 8:42am) |
| Bright House Networks has launched 14 additional high-definition channels, as well as 6 new digital channels in Central Florida. The company says it hopes to reach 100 HD channels by the end of the year.
New free HD channels include: AMC HD (Ch. 1358), Biography HD (Ch. 1347), CBS College Sports HD (Ch. 1016), ESPN [...] (Read Full Article) |
| The Engadget Joystiq Interview: Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft (Engadget, 5/25/2005 5:04pm) |
| Yesterday afternoon Joystiq editor Ben Zackheim and I sat down with Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to discuss the Xbox 360 . We talked with him about what he thinks it’s going to take for the Xbox 360 to be a success (he thinks they’re going to swipe the top spot from Sony), his take on the PlayStation 3, why we might see one or more new versions of the Xbox 360 next year (hint: never say never ... (Read Full Article) |
| The Engadget Joystiq Interview: Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft (Joystiq, 5/19/2005 3:05pm) |
| Yesterday afternoon Joystiq editor Ben Zackheim and I sat down with Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to discuss the Xbox 360 . We talked with him about what he thinks it’s going to take for the Xbox 360 to be a success (he thinks they’re going to swipe the top spot from Sony), his take on the PlayStation 3, why we might see one or more new versions of the Xbox 360 next year (hint: never say never ... (Read Full Article) |
| Sony to start selling 3D HDTVs by end of 2010 (Home Theater, 9/03/2009 1:41am) |
| The momentum continues to grow around the concept of 3D television, whether it’s James Cameron pimping for Panasonic’s technology or talk about a 3D channel coming to the U.S.. The latest news is that Sony is planning to release Bravia LCD HDTVs with 3D capabilities by the end of the next year.
Despite its cutting-edge reputation, [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Merlin: The Complete Fourth Season' Blu-ray Dated (High-Def Digest, 10/26/2012 6:00pm) |
| All 13 episodes from the fantasy series' fourth season will be conjured to Blu-ray early next year. In an early announcement to retailers, BBC/Warner has set 'Merlin: The Complete Fourth Season' to [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Super Smash Bros Wii U, 3DS to be showcased at E3 (Joystiq, 1/25/2013 3:00pm) |
| The world gets its first look at the new Wii U and 3DS Super Smash Bros. games at this year's E3. In this week's (Read Full Article) |
| Link Research Launches LinkHD Wireless HD Camera System (Broadcast Newsroom, 6/30/2005 4:47pm) |
| Link Research will be showing its first digital wireless camera system for high definition television , LinkHD, at IBC this year. ... (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) |
| 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) |
| VideoScan First Alert Data Shows Another Strong Week for Blu-ray Disc (Format War Central, 1/25/2008 6:17pm) |
| We read in the new issue of Home Media Magazine that Blu-ray Disc had another strong week in software sales.
According to the VideoScan First Alert data for the week ending Jan 20, Blu-ray held 83% of the market over HD DVD’s 17%, roughly a 5:1 ratio. The Year to date numbers show Blu-ray with a [...] ... (Read Full Article) |
| HDTV to be supported by more than 50% of the flat panel TVs shipped from Taiwan this year (Digi Times, 2/10/2006 9:22am) |
| With global demand for high definition (HD) TVs growing dramatically, more than half of the flat panel TVs (LCD and PDP TVs) shipped by Taiwan-based makers in 2006 will support HD standards, according to Taiwan-based system makers Kolin, Sampo and Amtran Technology. ... (Read Full Article) |
| TANDBERG Purchases HD Disk Recorder From Pixelution (Broadcast Newsroom, 3/31/2005 6:01pm) |
| Specialist UK Reseller, Pixelution Ltd, has just sold another DVC Single Channel HD Disk Recorder to TANDBERG Television . TANDBERG Television received the HD Disk recorder last week and their exhibitions team is already preparing to ship it across to Las Vegas for NAB this year. (Read Full Article) |
| Verizon Signs Starz Entertainment for Premium Movie Services (Converge! Network Digest, 4/15/2005 2:26am) |
| Verizon signed a long-term affiliation agreement with Starz Entertainment Group enabling it to carry East and West Coast feeds of all 13 Starz Entertainment Group movie channels on Verizon FiOS TV when it launches later this year. (Read Full Article) |
| Cisco bringing TelePresence conferencing to homes (InfoWorld, 9/06/2007 2:57pm) |
| ( InfoWorld ) - Cisco Systems expects to take its TelePresence high-definition conferencing system from the boardroom to the living room within two or three years for about $1,000. The flagship TelePresence 3000 system  hit the market late last year for about $300,000. It uses three big-screen displays and a high-quality audio system to recreate the feeling of an in-person meeting among ... (Read Full Article) |
| TV and Movies Coming Soon to Xbox (WebProNews, 11/07/2006 2:46pm) |
| Microsoft has announced plans to offer up video content to Xbox users in standard and high definition formats beginning November 22, the one-year anniversary of the Xbox 360 launch. This move makes the Xbox 360 the first gaming console to offer television and movie content as a direct download to users. CBS, MTV Networks, Paramount Pictures, Turner Broadcasting System Inc. (TBS Inc.), ... (Read Full Article) |
| Forrester Research: The Five-Year Forecast For Consumer Technology Growth (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 9/10/2007 12:00pm) |
| CAMBRIDGE, Mass.----Devices that make up the digital home, such as digital video recorders, high-definition televisions , and home networks will be the consumer technologies that grow the fastest over the next five years, according to the 10th annual guide to consumers' technology adoption and attitudes by Forrester Research, Inc. . ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | SoftKinetic teases embedded 3D depth camera, coming to Intel devices next year (hands-on) (Engadget, 6/04/2013 12:19pm) |
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At Intel's (Read Full Article) |
| Bandai Planning 'Ghost in the Shell 2' Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 4/22/2008 10:00pm) |
| There's no street date yet, but Bandai Visual says it's planning to bring 'Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence' to Blu-ray sometime this year. A sequel to the landmark anime 'Ghost in the Shell,' 'Innocence'... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Silicon Image Reports Fourth Quarter and 2005 Financial Results (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance, 2/16/2006 9:05pm) |
| Silicon Image, Inc. , the leader in the secure distribution, presentation and storage of high-definition content, today reported financial results for its fourth quarter and the year ended December 31, 2005. ... (Read Full Article) |
| NEWS: Sony updates PS3 firmware, adds BBC iPlayer (Pocket-lint, 8/18/2009 6:31pm) |
New features inbound 1st September
Sony has confirmed that the PS3 and PS3 Slim will be getting a software update in the coming weeks bringing with it a host of new features including BBC iPlayer support.
Although the BBC's on demand service has been available in a workaround on the console, Sony has convinced the corporation to make things official.
It will be just one of a number of country specific content deals as the company continues to promote the console as more than just a games machine.
The BBC iPlayer will be available on the 1 September with RTVE, ANTENA 3 and La Sexta in Spain, ZDFmediathek in Germany, NOS in the Netherlands NOS, and the Australian Broadcast Corporation (ABC) in Australia.
Alongside TV web access, PlayStation's entertainment offering was strengthened with the announcement of the PlayStation
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| Sony to bring backwards compatibility back to PS3? (AfterDawn, 6/30/2009 7:10pm) |
| According to a new Siliconera report, Sony has patented a new method that would allow the Cell processor of the PlayStation 3 to fully emulate the Emotion Engine, bringing full backwards compatibility for PSX and PS2 games.
The patent was filed in December of last year, and Spencer Yip adds: "Figure 2 from the patent is a schematic drawing of how the system works. Figure 3A is a drawing of the ... (Read Full Article) |
| IBM, MediaTek to develop wireless broadband technology (InfoWorld) (Addict 3D, 10/22/2007 1:45pm) |
| InfoWorld - IBM and Taiwanese chip designer MediaTek on Monday announced a three-year pact to develop wireless chip sets for a new technology to transmit large volumes of information, such as full-length high definition (HD) movies, between DVD players, HD-TVs, hand-held devices, or other gadgets around the home or office. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Carmike Cinemas President/CEO David Passman Named 2013 Regional Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year (Business Wire, 6/20/2013 2:00pm) |
| COLUMBUS, Ga.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Carmike Cinemas, Inc. (NASDAQ: CKEC), a leading entertainment, digital cinema and 3-D motion picture exhibitor, today announced that its President and Chief Executive Officer, David Passman, has received the 2013 [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Samsung launching R620 Blu-ray notebook PC (HDTV UK, 6/29/2009 11:00am) |
| Updating the R610 notebook PC which Samsung released last year comes the R620 Blu-ray enabled laptop featuring a high-resolution 16:9 display and a number of advanced features. The 16-inch screen features Samsung's SuperBright Gloss technology for sharper and brighter images and can display full 1,920 x 1080 resolution... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Are You Getting All of the HDTV Resolution You Expected? Round 3 (23industries, 11/18/2007 4:18am) |
| Article Source: Home Theater Online, Author: Gary Merson The 2007 HDTVs This time last year, we tested 61 2006 HDTVs to learn how they process all the detail contained within 1080i, the most common high-definition broadcast format. It’s the highest resolution format the majority of HD broadcasters and cable channels use, including CBS, NBC, CW, HBO, and Showtime. The results of our 2006 tests ... (Read Full Article) |
| NPD says Blu-ray going mainstream next year (AfterDawn, 9/26/2009 6:33pm) |
According to a new NPD analysis, Blu-ray will finally break into the mainstream in 2010, especially as prices continue to drop.
The company researched consumers using Blu-ray set-top boxes (not including the PS3) in February 2008 and in August of this year, and the figures clearly showed that BD is out of the "early adopter" phase and into the "dreamers" phase which is the group that wants the new technology but are "deterred by price."
Regardless, NPD says falling prices, strong holiday sales, and a slowing uptrending economy will finally push Blu-ray from "niche" technology to "mainstream."
In the 2008 study, over 64 percent of users were early adopters, which only account for 20 percent of the entire market. By August however, the number had been reduced to 38 percent, and replaced by "dreamers" and "sensibles," a group full of middle aged families who like the technology but waited some time before investing. Those two groups account for over 40 percent of the entire market.
“In the last year, we have made great strides toward becoming mainstream, but we’re not quite there yet,” ntoes NPD analyst Russ Crupnick, via VB. “But going into the holiday season, we are seeing a combination of fairly reasonable price points on hardware and a lot of content. By February, after the holidays, it’s going to quickly look more and more mainstream. We are on that path.”
There are however still a decent amount of "late adopters" who do not care for the technology or are neutral. Neutral consumers are at 17 percent while "anti-tech" (users that frankly hate Blu-ray) are at 7 percent.Permalink | Comments
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| Action Thriller "Throttle" Shot on Panasonic AJ-SDX900 (July 25,2005) (Digital Video Editing, 7/26/2005 3:49am) |
| Throttle, a claustrophobic, paranoid action thriller debuting on home video (Universal Home Entertainment) on August 2, was shot last year with Panasonic s AJ-SDX900 24p/30p/60i camcorder . ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | New Super Mario Bros. U ships 3.89M, Super Mario 3D World almost 2M (Joystiq, 1/30/2014 3:00pm) |
| Between Super Mario 3D World and New Super Mario Bros .U, Nintendo's mustachioed mascot (whose year it wasn't) has shipped almost 6 million units on the Wii U. In figures revealed in the big N's financial briefing, NSMBU is now at 3.89 million for [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Diablo III To Hit Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 on September 3 (Kotaku, 6/06/2013 1:07pm) |
| Blizzard has just announced that Diablo III is coming to Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 on September 3 this year.
The console version of Blizzard's 2012 hack and slash title will cost [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Microsoft announces Netflix video deal, avatars and community channel for Xbox 360 (Tech Digest, 7/15/2008 9:35am) |
| Last night Microsoft kicked off proceedings at this year's E3 video games conference. News of hardware price cuts and the launch of a new model preceded the event, but Microsoft still had a few surprises to share, including a new deal that will make Netflix movies and TV shows accessible directly from Xbox 360 consoles. ... (Read Full Article) |
| The 52 inch Samsung LN52A650 is bestselling HDTV on Amazon and on Sale (I4U, 12/29/2008 2:00pm) |
| I am actually quite impressed by U.S. consumers to make the 52 inch Samsung LN52A650 1080p 120Hz LCD HDTV with Red Touch of Color the bestselling TV on Amazon.com. You guys could have made a boring last year's 42 inch bargain LCD HDTV the top selling in th... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - Mirror of Fate HD is now on Steam (Joystiq, 3/27/2014 8:30pm) |
| Konami's Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - Mirror of Fate HD is now available on Steam, bringing a new take on the series' classic side-scrolling formula to PC platforms.
Originally released for the Nintendo 3DS last year, Mirror of Fate blends [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Nintendo finally starts testing free-to-play titles in eShop, will let gamers haggle for DLC (Engadget, 2/14/2014 2:27am) |
| At E3 last year, Nintendo gave itself until March to launch a free-to-play title in the Nintendo eShop. That same week, Shigeru Miyamoto revealed that the gratis game would be based on Steel Diver, a 3DS launch title. Today, Nintendo [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | The Engadget Interview: Bre Pettis talks MakerBot's Digitizer Desktop 3D Scanner (Engadget, 3/08/2013 10:36pm) |
| The job of kicking off this year's South [...] (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) |
| (Unranked) | 'Downton Abbey: Season 3 (Original UK Unedited Version)' Blu-ray Dated (High-Def Digest, 9/17/2012 10:00pm) |
| The third season of the PBS drama will hit Blu-ray in January of next year. In an early announcement to retailers, PBS has slated 'Downton Abbey: Season 3 (Original UK Unedited Version)' for Blu-ray [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Say hello to the super slim PS3 (Joystiq, 9/25/2012 8:30pm) |
| Sony sent us one of the slim(mer) PS3s announced last week [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Hisense previews 2013 TV lineup that includes a 110-inch 4K set, Google TV and glasses-free 3D (Engadget, 1/08/2013 12:00am) |
| Hisense gave us a tease of its TV future late last year with (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Mitsubishi Unveils Two 3D Video Projectors at CEDIA 2012 (About.com, 9/08/2012 5:00pm) |
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Mitsubishi was on hand at this year's CEDIA EXPO with new affordable video projectors that may just the ticket for 3D fans - the [...] (Read Full Article) |
| NEWS: Samsung Blu-ray goes YouTube (Pocket-lint, 9/03/2009 10:16am) |
Clearly worried the Blu-ray still not enough
Samsung has announced that going forward all its Blu-ray products will come with YouTube support as it continues to try and convince people to embrace the HD format.
With the new service, available from 3rd September, consumers can also enjoy video clips from YouTube on their TV screen. The YouTube service features a variety of video clips, including the most popular or highly rated videos and allows for video search through a mobile phone-like on-screen key pad, says the company.
The news, announced at IFA in Berlin, Germany, comes as the company announcing a range of Blu-ray players including a Blu-ray Soundbar, the BD Crystal Surround AirTrack, for people looking to de-clutter their home theatre/cinema experience.
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| PanAmSat Reports Third Quarter 2005 Results (SpaceRef, 11/10/2005 1:22am) |
| PanAmSat Holding Corporation (NYSE: PA), the satellite-based distributor delivering the largest number of TV channels in the world and a leading global provider of network distribution services, reported financial results for the third quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2005 and reaffirmed its guidance for the full year of 4% or more revenue growth and 6% or more Adjusted EBITDA growth. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | ESPN 3D to shut down citing 'limited viewer adoption', makes room for 4K sports (Engadget, 6/12/2013 7:23pm) |
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| Harris Corporation Fourth Quarter Net Income Increases 60%; Revenue Grows 14% (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance, 7/27/2005 8:01pm) |
| Harris Corporation today announced significant increases in revenue and income for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2005 that ended July 1. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Western Digital adds networking capability to WD TV Live HD Media Player (Home Theater, 10/13/2009 11:24pm) |
| It was nearly a year ago when storage giant Western Digital rolled out its WD TV HD Media Player, which consisted of mostly a tiny box with a USB port and HDMI and composite-video output and a remote control. The idea was to attach your external hard drive to the device, then send your media [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Prices plummet on 3DS, Wii U Resident Evil games (Joystiq, 10/24/2013 11:00pm) |
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To celebrate the spookiest holiday of the year, Capcom has slashed prices on its Nintendo 3DS and Wii U Resident Evil games by a sizable 50 percent. (Read Full Article) |
| TSN to show NASCAR Busch Series in 2007 (TSN, 1/11/2007 4:34pm) |
| TSN will be the home of NASCAR Busch Series races in 2007 following a multi-year agreement to become the exclusive Canadian broadcaster of the stock car series. Under the deal, 35 NASCAR Busch Series races will be seen in High Definition including the Series' first ever race in Montreal this August. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Blu-ray set-top sales to explode over next 4 years, says report (AfterDawn, 10/12/2008 6:39pm) |
| According to a new report by Parks Associates, worldwide Blu-ray set-top player sales will outpace most other consumer electronics items (including HDTVs) over the next four years as HD machines see more widespread adoption.
Kurt Scherf, principal analyst for Parks Associates, added that Blu-ray player sales will total 5 million globally this year (excluding the Sony PlayStation 3), up 625 perc ... (Read Full Article) |
| Half of High-Definition TV Buyers Aren't Actually Watching HDTV (News 10 Sacramento, 12/19/2005 11:11pm) |
| An estimated 16 million high definition TV sets will be in American homes by the end of the year. But a new survey by home entertainment technology provider Scientific-Atlanta shows half of the people buying HDTV sets aren't taking the necessary steps to actually watch high definition programming. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | HDTV Guide: Panasonic 2013 LED TV Details including Pricing/Availability (Big Picture Big Sound, 4/12/2013 12:42am) |
| This year's LED TVs from Panasonic include a whole new level of personalization, new voice features, improved performance and [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Bright House to add 15 HD channels in Orlando (HD-Report, 8/08/2009 11:32am) |
| Good news for Orlando residents as Bright House Networks will add 15 HD channels to its digital-cable customers on Sept. 5. The news comes from the Orlando Sentinel who reported the cable company will reach a total of 64 high-definition channels, closer to their goal of 100 by year’s end.
Seven of the channels will be [...] (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) |
| The NFL on CBS in HDTV, Thanksgiving 2007 - Jets @ Cowboys! (AVS Forum, 11/22/2007 10:51am) |
| The Dallas Cowboys' Thanksgiving tradition continues this year as they host the New York Jets. The NFL on CBS in HDTV, Special Thanksgiving Day Game New York Jets at Dallas Cowboys Live from Texas Stadium, 4:15 PM ET 1080i & DD5.1 Please include your source in your posts (Cable, Sat, OTA) and your location. ... (Read Full Article) |
| ESPN's SportsCenter in HDTV (TVPredictions.com, 3/17/2005 12:27pm) |
| OnHD.TV examines how the highlights show looks in High-Definition TV. Washington, D.C. (March 17) -- ESPN launched a High-Definition TV version of its popular highlights show, SportsCenter, last year. But how does the show look in high-def. (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Rainbow Skies assaulting PS3 and Vita in 2014, Rainbow Moon to Vita this year (Joystiq, 8/05/2013 4:30pm) |
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Good news for fans of grind-tastic dungeon crawler / strategy RPG [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Industria Announces IPTV World Forum Launch for Radical New Zignal 1.3 Offering (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 3/01/2007 12:08pm) |
| DUBLIN, Ireland----Support for high-definition TV, advanced search, and the radical new Industria User-generated Content Server are among the new features offered by Zignal 1.3, the latest version of the Industria IPTV service management platform which will be launched at this year's IPTV World Forum on March 5. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Fresh poster and trailer tease 'Jurassic Park 3D' (CNET Blogs, 11/09/2012 6:47pm) |
| Start perfecting your Velociraptor impersonations. "Jurassic Park 3D" roars into theaters next year. [Read [...] (Read Full Article) |
| China has 26 million paying online-gamers (Joystiq, 1/12/2006 6:50pm) |
| Filed under: Culture , Online According to a new annual report, China has over 26 million paying consumers for online video games. From the article: "There were 26.34 million online game players last year, most of whom paid 30 to 50 yuan (about 3.7 to 6.2 U.S. dollars) per month to subscribe to online services from games providers... The report also showed that the majority of online ... (Read Full Article) |
| Certified HDTV Installers Awards HD Installers Certified HDTV Installation Company of the Year (Business Wire, 4/29/2008 1:06pm) |
| ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A leading provider of HDTV Installer and HDTV Installation company certification, CertifiedHDTVInstallers.com awards HD Installers as the ... (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) |
| Cypress Reports Third Quarter 2005 Results (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 10/20/2005 12:00pm) |
| Cypress Semiconductor Corp. today announced that revenue for the 2005 third quarter was $227.1 million, up 3.0% from prior-quarter revenue of $220.5 million and up 3.4% from year-ago third-quarter revenue of $219.6 million. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Microsoft Announces CableCARD Support (Slashdot, 11/16/2005 11:06pm) |
| Thomas Hawk writes "Microsoft and CableLabs announced today that they have reached agreement that will allow digital cable ready CableCARD supported Media Center PCs to ship by the Holiday Season next year. Lack of premium HDTV cable or satellite support was frequently cited as one of the largest weaknesses of the Media Center platform. Central to this agreement is the DRM protection scheme ... (Read Full Article) |
| Pioneer 400GB Blu-ray discs will play on PS3 (AfterDawn, 12/04/2008 3:21am) |
| The manufacturer Pioneer has confirmed that its upcoming 16-layer Blu-ray discs will play back on most current standalone Blu-ray players including the Sony PlayStation 3.
The discs boast an impressive 400GB capacity and are finally headed into production by 2010 after being introduced earlier this year by Pioneer.
Current Blu-ray discs consist of either single layer 25GB discs or 50GB dual- ... (Read Full Article) |
| Rogers Cable Hits Milestone With 100,000 High Definition Television Customers (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance, 11/24/2005 3:20pm) |
| Rogers Cable Communications Inc. announced today that its High Definition Television service has seen tremendous growth in the last year with the most HD subscribers in Canada. Since January 2005, Rogers HDTV customers have more than doubled with 100,000 HDTV households subscribing to the service. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Today on Amazon: Call of Duty: World at War 360, PS3 for $35 (Joystiq, 12/29/2008 3:47pm) |
| Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360
Still holding onto Call of Duty 4 as your war-time shooter of choice? Amazon's video game deal of the day might change your opinion. The online retailer is offering World at War for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 for $35 today, almost half off the usual price and a lot cheaper than last year's Modern Warfare, which is still sporting a $60 price ta ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | AT&T adds Disney Junior & ESPN 3D in new deal, includes 10 HD channels (HD-Report, 1/17/2013 6:12am) |
| Here’s some good news for U-verse customers. AT&T and Disney have renewed a multi-year/multi-platform distribution deal that adds channels such as ESPN 3D & Disney Junior to the U-verse lineup. Subscribers will also get access [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Fujinon To Win Technical Emmy Award For HD Lens Advances (Broadcast Newsroom, 9/26/2005 11:56pm) |
| Fujinon will be awarded a Technical Emmy award from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for Lens Technology Developments for Solid State Imaging Cameras in High Definition Formats during this year s ceremony to be held on September 29th at Bristol-Myers Squibb in Princeton, NJ. Specifically citing the introduction of Fujinon s GO-Technology and its Precision Focus Assist System, ... (Read Full Article) |
| Startup firm HDI previews 100-inch laser 3D HDTV (Home Theater, 9/20/2009 12:31pm) |
| We’ve seen laser-based HDTVs from Mitsubishi, and Panasonic and Sony, among others, are looking to introduce 3D sets to American consumers next year. But now a California-based startup firm has unveiled a 100-inch laser-based 3D display. The company’s big claim is that the set also runs at 1080Hz, or more than twice as fast as [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Strong Week for Blu-ray - VideoScan First Alert Week Ending Feb 10 (Format War Central, 2/15/2008 5:38pm) |
| In the latest Home Media Magazine we read that Blu-ray had a good week, outselling HD DVD by a 4:1 ratio for the week ending February 10.
The official market share ratio from VideoScan First Alert data was 81:19 for the week.
The Year to Date ratio is now 77:23 and the market share since inception remains [...] ... (Read Full Article) |
| WSJ: Strong PS3 projections makes Sony stock a "bargain" (Joystiq, 3/12/2008 1:30pm) |
| Filed under: Sony PlayStation 2, Sony PlayStation 3, Sony PSP, BusinessJust as every cloud has a silver lining, every drop in stock value hides within it an opportunity for profit. At least that's what the Wall Street Journal seems to be saying with an article that argues the precipitous 26% drop in Sony stock this year could actually be an opportunity for bargain hunters.The Journal was heartene ... (Read Full Article) |
| Syntax-Brillian, maker of Olevia HDTVs, files for bankruptcy (AfterDawn, 7/09/2008 6:41am) |
| The United States-based TV maker Syntax-Brillian, maker of the once-popular Olevia HDTV brand, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection after a year "of weak sales", lawsuits, accounting issues and liquidity problems.
The company is now negotiating with creditors and lenders to secure capital, but has stopped its operations in Arizona. A few of the notable creditors of the company are S ... (Read Full Article) |
| JVC unveils LH905 1080p LCD HDTVs, includes Genessa Premium engine (Engadget, 1/28/2008 12:53pm) |
| Filed under: Displays, HDTV, Home Entertainment
It wasn't quite a year ago that we saw JVC gush all over its own LH805 series of LCD HDTVs, but now, those are simply livin' in the past. Introduced today, the LH905 series steps things up a notch with the included Genessa Premium 36-bit video engine. Additionally, the 37-inch LT-37LH905, 42-inch LT-42LH905 and 47-inch LT-47LH905 will all feature ... (Read Full Article) |
| Sharp AQUOS Named Official High-Definition Television of NBC Experience Store (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 11/21/2005 12:30pm) |
| NEW YORK----Nov. 21, 2005--Sharp Electronics, the U.S. subsidiary of Sharp Corporation, the global market leader in LCD TV*, announced today that they have entered into a five-year partnership with NBC Universal that will make the Sharp AQUOS the official high-definition television of the NBC Experience Store. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Resident Evil: Revelations proclaims top spot in this week's UK charts (Joystiq, 5/28/2013 1:00pm) |
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The shivering mass exposed at the summit of this week's charts is Resident Evil: Revelations. While last year's 3DS game debuted in [...] (Read Full Article) |
| INTERNET TELEPHONY(R) Magazine's 2005 'Product of the Year' Award Goes to Texas Instruments Digital Media Processor (SYS-CON Media) (Yahoo! News (Error), 2/25/2006 9:09pm) |
| allowing customers to integrate triple-play products on a single DSP, deploy innovative, digital media based products that offer real-time video over IP, as well as having the performance to handle both standard definition and high definition (HD) support. In essence, the DM642 provides the foundation required to bring HD video and audio to the videoconferencing market and allows original ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 3D Video Games Sound as Good as Dead. Good. [3D] (Kotaku, 8/22/2012 3:30am) |
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3D was everywhere a year or [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Brillian Announces Strategic Partnership with Suntron Corp. to Manufacture Its High-Definition Televisions (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 4/18/2005 12:45pm) |
| In a move designed to ramp its manufacturing capacity, Brillian Corp. announced today a multi-year strategic partnership with Suntron Corp. , a leading provider of integrated manufacturing services and solutions, to source and build Brillian HDTVs and build proprietary Brillian Light Engines. (Read Full Article) |
| Verizon and NBC Universal Cable Reach Extensive Agreement for Distribution of NBCU Cable and Broadcast Networks (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance, 4/18/2005 7:58pm) |
| Verizon today announced a long-term agreement with NBC Universal Cable for distribution of its cable and broadcast networks on Verizon FiOS TV, which launches later this year. (Read Full Article) |
| DTS Partners with Coding Technologies and Linear Acoustic for Advanced Surround Sound Solution for HDTV (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 10/02/2006 4:00am) |
| TWYFORD, United Kingdom----DTS, Inc. and its technology partners - Coding Technologies and Linear Acoustic - presented an advanced, high quality, high efficiency, end-to-end solution for multi-channel audio for HDTV broadcast at this year's IBC, held at the RAI Amsterdam Convention Centre, in mid-September. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Professor Layton x Ace Attorney announced for west, due in 2014 (Joystiq, 8/07/2013 3:37pm) |
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Nintendo announced Professor Layton x Ace Attorney will make its way to the west in 2014. Today's Nintendo Direct confirmed the 3DS game, released in Japan last year, hits [...] (Read Full Article) |
| ESPN Delivers Winter X Games 10 in SRS Circle Surround Over the Air and to Apple iTunes Users (SYS-CON Media, 1/31/2006 4:46pm) |
| SRS Labs, Inc. , a leading provider of audio technology solutions, announced today that for the fourth year in a row, ESPN, ESPN 2 and ABC are broadcasting the Winter X Games 10 in SRS Circle Surround(R). The Winter X Games 10, which run from January 28 through January 31, will feature 15 hours of live programming in SRS Circle Surround. Millions of fans will have the opportunity to enjoy their ... (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) |
| Comcast and Starz Entertainment Group Announce Groundbreaking Movie Deal (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance, 6/28/2005 11:08am) |
| Comcast , the country's leading provider of cable, entertainment and communications products and services, and Starz Entertainment Group LLC , the largest provider of premium movie services in the United States, today announced that they will offer more than 1,500 movies a year from SEG's extensive library to Comcast's ON DEMAND video-on-demand service. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Toshiba Cell Regza 55X1: The HDTV of the future? (Home Theater, 10/07/2009 1:04am) |
| Let’s set aside 3D TVs for a moment—they seem to be coming whether we want them or not—and look at another futuristic set concept that’s (of course) coming to Japan by year’s end. Toshiba’s “Cell” project, which powers an LCD HDTV with the Cell processor—best known as the brains behind the PlayStation 3—finally appears closer [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Path 1's Video-Over-IP Gateways Backhaul Super Bowl XL in High Definition (FinanzNachrichten) (FinanzNachrichten, 2/06/2006 6:30pm) |
| SAN DIEGO, Feb. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Path 1 Network Technologies Inc. , a leading provider of IP video gateway products that enable transmission of broadcast-quality video over IP networks, announced today that its IP video gateways ( Nachrichten ) played a key role in enabling the live HDTV broadcast backhaul of Super Bowl(R) XL. This is the third year that Path 1's technology was ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | iPad Mini to bury 9.7-inch iPad in 2013: DisplaySearch (CNET Blogs, 2/28/2013 6:37pm) |
| 2013 may be the year of the iPad Mini and smaller tablets in general. [Read more] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | New PS3 doesn't mean price drop for old models, Sony explains why (Joystiq, 9/20/2012 6:30pm) |
| The newer, slimmer PS3 comes [...] (Read Full Article) |
| WealthTV to Enrich OneLink's Channel Lineup (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance, 12/05/2006 10:32pm) |
| WealthTV, the premier luxury lifestyle and entertainment network in digital and high definition, today announced that it has signed a long-term agreement with Puerto Rico's largest cable provider, OneLink Communications, to bring WealthTV's luxury lifestyle and entertainment programming to OneLink's customers in digital basic, high definition, and VOD formats by year's end. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Consumers Continue to Buy HDTV Sets at Strong Rate, But Many Pass On HD Service (HDTV Magazine Bulletins, 11/25/2008 1:29am) |
| Frank N. Magid Associates' recent study of high-definition television set owners reveals that fewer first-time HDTV set buyers are arranging for high-definition program service from cable and satellite providers than ever before. Among the 12 percent of U.S. households who purchased a new high-definition television in the past year, 41 percent still need to arrange for high-definition program ser ... (Read Full Article) |
| Microsoft To Again Bring E3 Home Via Xbox Live (Gamasutra, 7/02/2007 9:26pm) |
| Microsoft has announced that this year it will again "bring home" the E3 Media & Business Summit via its Xbox Live service with high-definition videos of its first- and third-party Xbox 360 content like Assassin's Creed and BioShock. Starting Tuesday, July 10 through Friday, July 13, Microsoft will release the content through the Xbox Live Marketplace for its second "E3: Bringing It Home," .. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Uncharted 3 GOTY Edition swings into Europe Sept. 19 (Joystiq, 8/21/2012 4:00pm) |
| The Game of the Year Edition of Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception (not to be [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Deus Ex Director's Cut coming to 360, PS3, PC, Mac later this year (Joystiq, 6/12/2013 12:51am) |
Deus Ex: Human Revolution Director's [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Micronetics Acquires Stealth Microwave, Inc. in an All Cash Transaction (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 6/10/2005 6:40pm) |
| Micronetics, Inc. today announced that it has acquired Stealth Microwave, Inc. pursuant to a Stock Purchase Agreement executed today with Stealth's stockholders. Micronetics acquired all of the shares of stock of Stealth for $6.5 million in cash plus $3.3 million in potential earn-out payments based on Stealth's pretax income results for fiscal year's 2005 and 2006. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Thomson Addresses Growing Demand for High-Definition Solutions in Series of New Grass Valley Products (SYS-CON Media) (SYS-CON Media, 2/08/2006 3:48pm) |
| Paris/Nevada City, Calif., Feb. 8, 2006 - As high-definition (HD) production takes center stage at this year's Superbowl, Olympics, FIFA World Cup, and other high-profile sports, entertainment, and news events, Thomson (Euronext Paris: 18453; NYSE: TMS) announced today the launch of several new Grass Valley products to expand its already-strong HD leadership. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Mega Man 10, Resident Evil 6 star in Capcom Essentials PS3 retail bundle (Joystiq, 7/31/2013 1:30am) |
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Capcom has confirmed with Joystiq that it plans to launch a "Capcom Essentials" bundle later this year that collects five of the [...] (Read Full Article) |
| NEWS: Panasonic Blu-ray recorders hit the shops (Pocket-lint, 6/26/2009 8:24am) |
| DMR-BS850, DMR-BS750, and DMR-XS350 arrive
Panasonic's DMR-BS850, DMR-BS750, and DMR-XS350 Blu-ray recorders, which the company teased earlier this year, have hit the shops.
As previously reported on Pocket-lint, the DMR-BS850, packs a 500GB hard disc drive, a Blu-ray disc writer and twin Freesat tuners. The DMR-BS750, has the same spec, but with a 250GB hard drive.
If you're n ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Bravely Default: Flying Fairy Is Coming To The US In 2014 (Kotaku, 4/17/2013 2:32pm) |
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Square Enix's 3DS role-playing game Bravely Default: Flying Fairy is coming to North America next year. Nintendo will publish the game along with Square Enix.
Described by some players [...] (Read Full Article) |
| SPACEMART Telesat To Purchase ViaSat Ka-Band Consumer Terminals For New Service (SpaceDaily, 5/13/2005 5:15am) |
| Telesat has signed a multi-year agreement to purchase DOCSIS-for-satellite Ka-band consumer terminals (CTs) from ViaSat. Telesat chose ViaSat in March 2004 as the supplier of gateways and terminals for Telesat broadband consumer Ka-band services in Canada on the Anik F2 satellite. ... (Read Full Article) |
| NEWS: LG adds VUDU to BD390 networked Blu-ray player (Pocket-lint, 9/10/2009 11:54am) |
Through free firmware update
LG has announced that the high-def streaming movie service from VUDU will be available through its BD390 wireless, networked Blu-ray player.
With the VUDU service, currently available on some LG HDTVs, consumers can instantly buy or rent from a library of movies and TV titles.
The VUDU service will be available later this month through a free automatic upgrade, and joins Netflix, Roxio CinemaNow and YouTube content already available.
The BD390 with NetCast Entertainment Access is available now in the US for around $399.
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| From Elvis' Historic Lauderdale Courts Apartment, Visitors Can Find Themselves Walking in Memphis to Rock 'n' Roll Sites (PR Web, 4/15/2005 7:07am) |
| Historic Lauderdale Courts apartment location offers opportunity to walk in teenage Elvis' Memphis. With private stays year round and public tours twice yearly in August and January, Lauderdale Courts lets visitors relive rock 'n' roll history. [PRWEB Apr 15, 2005] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Rumor: Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate coming to PS3/360 (Joystiq, 5/08/2013 12:45am) |
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An enhanced version of last year's Dead or Alive 5, dubbed Dead or Alive 5 [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Path 1's Video-Over-IP Gateways Backhaul Super Bowl XL in High Definition (SYS-CON Media) (SYS-CON Media, 2/06/2006 10:16pm) |
| Path 1 Network Technologies Inc. , a leading provider of IP video gateway products that enable transmission of broadcast-quality video over IP networks, announced today that its IP video gateways played a key role in enabling the live HDTV broadcast backhaul of Super Bowl(R) XL. This is the third year that Path 1's technology was selected for end-to-end delivery of the Super Bowl broadcast in ... (Read Full Article) |
| Path 1's Video-Over-IP Gateways Backhaul Super Bowl XL in High Definition (SYS-CON Media) (SYS-CON Media, 2/06/2006 11:11pm) |
| Path 1 Network Technologies Inc. , a leading provider of IP video gateway products that enable transmission of broadcast-quality video over IP networks, announced today that its IP video gateways played a key role in enabling the live HDTV broadcast backhaul of Super Bowl(R) XL. This is the third year that Path 1's technology was selected for end-to-end delivery of the Super Bowl broadcast in ... (Read Full Article) |
| The 2005 Engadget Awards: Nominate the HDTV of the Year (Engadget, 2/06/2006 8:00am) |
| Filed under: Announcements, HDTV
It’s time for the (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Donkey Kong, Tecmo Bowl and Wario Land 3 are all headed to the 3DS's Virtual Console, Nintendo said (Kotaku, 8/07/2013 2:15pm) |
| Donkey Kong, Tecmo Bowl and Wario Land 3 are all headed to the 3DS's Virtual Console, Nintendo said today. Super Mario Bros. 3 is coming to Wii U VC later this year. (Read Full Article) |
| Asaca and NVERZION Partner On Video Archiving Solution (Broadcast Newsroom, 4/18/2005 7:28am) |
| Asaca Corporation, the 30-year high-density storage solutions leader and NVERZION, a preferred provider of broadcast station automation systems, storage & archiving, and central casting systems, as well as verification and logging solutions, announced a partnership today at NAB to provide the broadcast and professional video industry with a turn-key video automation solution. (Read Full Article) |
| Asian, US Entertainment Firms Select Maven Networks to Power IP Video-On-Demand (IP VOD) Services (Market Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 4/12/2005 12:45pm) |
| Maven Networks, Inc., a software provider that enables brand marketers and media companies to deliver the most compelling broadband video experiences, today announced that it has signed a multi-year licensing agreement with South Korea-based CJ Media (www.cjmedia.net or www.cjmedia.co.kr ), a media & entertainment business unit of Korea's leading CJ Group, to create multiple broadband video (Read Full Article) |
| NEWS: Denon DBP-1610 Blu-ray player announced (Pocket-lint, 9/23/2009 2:43pm) |
"Price-conscious"
Denon has announced the launch of a "price-conscious" Blu-ray player, the new DBP-160.
The DBP-1610 boasts 1080/24p video output and supports Deep Color as well as x.v.Color and offers 1080p scaling for normal content.
With an Ethernet port for internet access for BD-Live and firmware updates, there's full support of Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio.
Offering Divx playback as well as AVCHD playback from DVDs and SD cards, as you'd expect, the new machine plays nice with Denon's A/V product line.
Denon's idea of price-conscious may not be the same as most, however, the DBP-160 will go on sale next month for a penny under ?400.
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Denon DBP-1610 Blu-ray player announced originally appeared on Pocket-lint on Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:43:11 +0100 (Read Full Article) |
| Syntax-Brillian to Offer 1080p Olevia Signature LCD HDTVs (I4U, 1/13/2006 11:30am) |
| Syntax-Brillian extends into high-end home theater this year with the introduction of Olevia Signature LCD HDTVs with 1080p resolution. The Syntax-Brillian Olevia Signature LT42HVi and LT47HVi LCD HDTVs feature besides 1080p HDTV resolution, 42 inch... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Sharp Becomes Official HDTV of Major League Baseball (Hidefster: HDTV News, 3/26/2007 8:30pm) |
| Sharp Becomes Official HDTV of Major League Baseball March 26, 2007 Sharp signed a three-year deal with Major League Baseball (MLB) that makes its... ... (Read Full Article) |
| LG Electronics Broadens Home Entertainment Options With Two New Wireless HDTV Series (HDTV Magazine, 9/11/2009 7:15am) |
Offering diverse integration options for custom installers, LG Electronics is highlighting its first-ever series of wireless LCD HDTVs, including an LED model, this week at the Custom Electronic Design & Installation Association (CEDIA) EXPO 2009 (Booth #2623).
Whether it's...
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| Warner Bros. Entertainment to Release Its High-Definition DVD Titles Exclusively in the Blu-ray Disc Format Beginning Later This Year (Business Wire, 1/04/2008 8:45pm) |
| BURBANK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In response to consumer demand, Warner Bros. Entertainment will release its high-definition DVD titles exclusively in the Blu-ray disc format beginning ... (Read Full Article) |
| Link Research Launches LinkHD Wireless HD Camera System To show its first digital wireless camera system for high (Digital Video Editing, 6/30/2005 4:49pm) |
| Link Research will be showing its first digital wireless camera system for high definition television , LinkHD, at IBC this year. ... (Read Full Article) |
| NEWS: WD TV Live HD media player launches (Pocket-lint, 10/13/2009 1:25pm) |
Networked drive offers 1080p support
Western Digital has announced the launch of the WD TV Live HD media player, a revamp of a previous product this time round with networking capabilities as well as support for Full HD 1080p resolution.
WD says the new drive makes it easy to play HD videos stored on USB and network drives, from PCs and Macs, as well as stream content from websites on big screen HDTVs.
Boasting a "more responsive" interface than the previous WD TV HD media player, the Ethernet- and Wi-Fi-enabled new player comes complete with remote control, boasts internet radio, two USB ports, one HDMI port and SPDIF digital output.
The WD TV Live Media Player is available now on the high street, online, and at www.shopwd.co.uk for ?119.99.
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WD TV Live HD media player launches originally appeared on Pocket-lint on Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:25:53 +0100 (Read Full Article) |
| Blu-ray Disc Movie sales in Europe surpass one million units (HDTV origin, 11/27/2007 5:37pm) |
| [IMG Blu-ray Disc Movie sales in Europe surpass one million units]Total Blu-ray Disc movie sales across Europe have topped one million units, it was announced today by the Blu-ray Disc Association European Promotions Committee. Of the High Definition movie discs bought by consumers year-to-date in Europe, 73% were in the Blu-ray Disc format and 27% were HD DVD, according to sales data provided by ... (Read Full Article) |
| NEWS: Blu-ray not coming to Xbox 360... yet (Pocket-lint, 10/23/2009 8:30am) |
Ballmer got it wrong
Kids, Steve Ballmer is lying to you. Yesterday we brought you the news, straight out of the man's mouth, that the Xbox 360 would be getting Blu-ray accessories. Today, Microsoft's PR team has swung into action to try and say they don't exist without explicitly saying "Ballmer was talking out of his arse".
Instead, a Microsoft spokesperson said: "Steve was referring to Blu-ray accessories for the PC.?As we have said in the past, we have no plans to introduce a Blu-ray drive for the Xbox 360. In fact, the future of home entertainment starts this fall when Xbox 360 becomes the first and only console to offer instant-on 1080p streaming HD movies".
Given that Ballmer was responding to a question about the Xbox and said "You'll be able to get Blu-ray drives as accessories", we doubt that accessories for the PC had anything to do with what he was saying. More likely Microsoft is trying to firefight some of the damage that Ballmer caused with the casual statement.
We wouldn't be surprised at all if Blu-ray accessories arrived for the console, particularly if Blu-ray movies begin to sell in reasonable numbers at some point. Microsoft just isn't ready to announce that yet.
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Blu-ray not coming to Xbox 360... yet originally appeared on Pocket-lint on Fri, 23 Oct 2009 09:30:31 +0100 (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Classic White PS3 Instant Game Collection Bundle' coming to America, includes year of PS Plus (Joystiq, 1/17/2013 6:00pm) |
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| LG Electronics Breaks Barriers in Home Entertainment With Seamless Panel LCD HDTVs, LED by Stunning New LED Models (HDTV Magazine, 9/10/2009 4:08am) |
Breaking barriers in home entertainment, LG Electronics today introduced a "Full HD" LED LCD HDTV - that looks almost as thin as the single sheet of glass it resembles.
Introduced for the U.S. market here this week at the Custom Electronic Design and Installation Association (CEDIA) EXPO 2009 (Booth #2623), the new 47- and 42-inch class* SL90 series HDTVs feature LED lighting and other display technologies developed by LG Electronics.
Unlike conventional LCD TVs, where the panel is recessed slightly within a thick plastic frame, LG's new series of LCD HDTVs use...
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| Panasonic's TH-85PF12U 85-inch Plasma HDTV Qualifies for Its Own Zip Code (Big Picture Big Sound, 9/14/2009 7:13am) |
| Panasonic came to CEDIA Expo in Atlanta this year touting a new plasma HDTV measuring in at 85 inches diagonal but less than 4 inches deep. (Read Full Article) |
| Samsung's Latest Ultra-Slim LED Monitor Offers HD Quality Picture (HDTV Magazine, 10/08/2009 7:10pm) |
Samsung Electronics America Inc., a subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Corporation, the number one worldwide brand of LCD display products, today announced the debut of its premium LED monitor, the SyncMaster XL2370. At an estimated street price of $299, the XL2370 produces picture perfect, HD quality in a sleek, aerodynamic design. It will be available at Best Buy starting October 12 and through distribution and retailers in late November.
Whether you're watching a Blu-Ray movie or video clips online, the XL2370's LED edge-lit backlight performs at...
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| KODAK Theatre HD Player Gets YouTube in HD, a Video Portal, and RSS News Feed Support (eHomeUpgrade, 8/04/2009 4:23am) |
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Back at CES earlier this year the KODAK Threatre HD Player was getting some rave reviews for its easy setup and ability to smoothly playback high quality media content from a PC, external USB hard drive, or flash card on an HDTV — plus, the nifty RF gyroscopic remote sealed the deal for many enthusiasts. [...] (Read Full Article) |
| JVC Announces Popularly-Priced Blu-ray Player (HDTV Magazine, 10/28/2009 2:20pm) |
JVC today announced the availability of a new entry-level Blu-ray player. The new JVC XV-BP11 is a truly versatile high definition player, offering playback of high definition Blu-ray discs, plus playback of the AVCHD format, the high definition format widely used for HD camcorders, including the JVC HD Everio line.
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| (Unranked) | Derrick the Deathfin jumps into PC pool, PS3 version on sale (Joystiq, 1/18/2013 9:00pm) |
| Derrick the Deathfin, last year's best game about a [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Verizon Signs Long-Term Deal With Starz Entertainment Group for Premium Movie Services (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance, 4/14/2005 8:22pm) |
| Verizon today announced a long-term affiliation agreement with Starz Entertainment Group LLC for the SEG premium movie channels and services. Under the agreement, Verizon will be able to carry East and West Coast feeds of all 13 Starz Entertainment Group movie channels on Verizon FiOS TV when it launches later this year. (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | FIFA 13 sells 14.5 million in 2013, digital revenue up from FIFA 12 (Joystiq, 5/07/2013 9:35pm) |
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FIFA 13 sold through 14.5 million units in fiscal year 2013, up 30 percent compared [...] (Read Full Article) |
| LG Electronics Adds VUDU HD Movie Service to Wireless 'NetCast' Network Blu-ray Disc Player (HDTV Magazine, 9/10/2009 5:04am) |
LG Electronics today announced the addition of the high-definition streaming movie service from VUDU, Inc. to the LG Wireless Network Blu-ray Player (model BD390). With VUDU, consumers can instantly buy or rent from an extensive library of movies and TV titles, including an industry-leading catalog of more than 2,200 high-definition (HD) movies. The BD390 with VUDU will be demonstrated here this week at the Custom Electronic Design & Installation Association (CEDIA) EXPO 2009 (Booth #2623).
The addition of VUDU service to the BD390 adds...
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| Denon Announces Less Expensive Flagship Blu-ray Disc Player (About.com, 9/26/2009 8:00am) |
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Although Denon introduced their flagship $4,500 DVD-A1UDCI Blu-ray Disc player just this past January at CES, they have just announced a new "flagship quality" Blu-ray Disc player for less than half the price (which is still $1,999).
Just as with the DVD-A1UDC1, the new DBP-4010UDCI meets Profile 2.0 specifications with the required Ethernet port as well as a slot for memory expansion and audio, video, still image file playback via SD card. This player is also playback compatible with Blu-ray Discs, DVDs, CDs, but DVD-Audio Discs and SACDs. Also, another welcome feature for audiophiles has a separate 2 channel/7.1 channel analog audio outputs and bass management control, and, for videophiles, the DBP-4010UDCI offers vertical stretch, so that films with 2:35 aspect ratio images can be properly displayed when using projectors with 2:35 aspect ratio lens attachments.
However, one important change from the previous DVD-A1UDCI is the switch from using the the Silicon Optix Realta Chip for DVD upscaling, to the use of the Anchor Bay VRS ABT-2010 Chip for that purpose.
Also, for custom installers, the DBP-4010UDCI is fully equipped with both RS-232 and Wired remote in/out connectors.
For complete details, check out the Official Denon Announcement, along with the DBP-4010UDCI Specification Sheet and User Manual. Photos (c) Denon USA - Click on photos for larger view. (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Charizard 3DS XL lights up Japanese Pokemon Centers (Joystiq, 10/26/2012 3:30pm) |
| Now that the Pikachu 3DS XL is coming to Europe, it's [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Mitsubishi shows off 155-inch OLED HDTV (AfterDawn, 10/10/2009 5:32pm) |
Mitsubishi has unveiled a 155-inch OLED TV this week at the CEATEC 2009 event in Japan, showcasing one of the largest displays ever for OLED.
Mainichi Japan says the "OLED display consists of 720 10-centimeter-square OLED blocks that can be rearranged to change the dimensions of the display using Mitsubishi's Aurora Vision LED screens at baseball stadiums."
The screen is also about three times brighter than any current LCD TV. Lifespan is about 200,000 hours.
Being that the OLED blocks are so small means Mitsubishi can create a TV of any size, ranging from the now standard 15-inch TVs to infinity.
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| NEWS: Sky stunt sees horse hooked up with 52-inch HDTV (Pocket-lint, 7/23/2009 10:07am) |
To promote high def horse show
In what must be one of the most bizarre publicity stunts of recent time, Sky has helped hook up an ex-international show jumping horse with a 52-inch telly complete with Sky+HD.
Belle De Harlequin or Belly Bumps for short, "one of the most pampered horses in Britain", can also "thank" her owner Vicky Davies for the high tech stable set-up:
"I didn't want Belly Bumps to miss out, so I decided to go after the next best thing, a luxurious stable a stone's throw from the action, kitted out with her winning trophies, horse treats, a grooming station and a 52-inch TV with Sky+HD. People might think it's extravagant but this old timer deserves a little pampering".
Shame on the vet that chimes in with: "Belly Bumps has been responding to the action on screen. The clarity of the images and sound provide a great stimulus, and her ears are constantly pricked forward showing she's engaged with the television. She seems to recognise some of her fellow stable mates and viewing other horses will certainly stop her feeling lonely".
It's all in order to promote 4 days of live coverage of the Longines Royal International Horse Show in high definition on Sky Sports from Thursday 23 July.
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Sky stunt sees horse hooked up with 52-inch HDTV originally appeared on Pocket-lint on Thu, 23 Jul 2009 11:07:59 +0100 (Read Full Article) |
| NEWS: ViewSonic launches Blu-ray home theatre PC (Pocket-lint, 7/23/2009 4:39pm) |
pc mini VOT550 looks awfully familiar
The last of a slew of ViewSonic launches is the pc mini VOT550, although, again as with the previous two mini computers, this one comes in two different models with its more basic sibling going under the name of VOT530.
The VOT550 comes with Windows Media Centre and is intended as a home entertainment or home theatre PC and as such, ViewSonic has equipped the top of the line model with a Blu-ray drive. We're not sure how big of a selling point this is, especially as this is a rebadged system from AOpen that we've seen sold under several other brand names in the past.
In terms of features, the VOT550 has a mobile Intel Core 2 Duo processor, 4GB of memory, a 320GB hard drive, 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi, eSATA and a DVI port. A dongle is supplied that turns the DVI port into an HDMI port which allows for easy connectivity to your HD TV.
The VOT530 shuns the Blu-ray drive in favour for a DVD super-multi drive and both models feature slot-in type drive, similar to those in a car CD player. Price wise the VOT530 is going to set you back £494, while the Blu-ray equipped VOT550 ups the price to £678, making both fairly poor value for money compared to the other mini PCs that ViewSonic has just launched.
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ViewSonic launches Blu-ray home theatre PC originally appeared on Pocket-lint on Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:39:36 +0100 (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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Toshiba Qosmio X500 Blu-ray laptop announced originally appeared on Pocket-lint on Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:12:57 +0100 (Read Full Article) |
| NEWS: ATI launches Radeon HD 5700 graphics series (Pocket-lint, 10/13/2009 4:01am) |
Complete with DirectX 11 capabilities
ATI has just released a new series of graphics cards - the Radeon HD 5700s. Two cards initially make up the range, there's the Radeon HD 5750 and the meatier Radeon HD 5770. Both come with DirectX 11 capabilities and a host of other features that PC tweakers might be interested in.
The company says that this Radeon release is "all about future-proofing your graphics card". It reckons that this generation of cards can cope on high settings with every game currently out and in the near future, too. Plenty of DirectX 11 games are due out before Christmas, including DiRT2, Stalker: Call of Pripyat, and Battleforge that already has a patch that converts it to DX 11.
DirectX 11 brings tessellation, shader model 5, Directcompute 11, HDR texture compression and better multi-threading performance. The cards also support HDMI 1.3, have stream technology support, and come with three outputs so you can play with three monitors at?3 x 2560 x 1600 in what ATI is calling an "Eyefinity" setup.
The 5770 has 1.36 teraFLOPs of computing power and low-ish power consumption of 108W under load and 18W when idle. It comes with 1GB of GDDR5 memory and will cost $159. There's no UK pricing yet.
The 5750, on the other hand has 1.008 teraFLOPs of computing power and will take up 86W of power under load and 16W when idle. That'll come with the option of 1GB or 512MB of memory, with the former costing $129 and the latter costing more like $110. We'd be surprised if UK prices were lower, even at a 1 to 1 conversion rate.
Still, they're not exceptionally high either, meaning that if you're considering an upgrade then it might be worth asking for one of these in your stocking this Christmas.
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ATI launches Radeon HD 5700 graphics series originally appeared on Pocket-lint on Tue, 13 Oct 2009 05:01:00 +0100 (Read Full Article) |
| iTunes 9 to bring Blu-ray support, iPhone App management? (AfterDawn, 8/09/2009 5:44am) |
According to sources speaking to BoyGeniusReport, the upcoming iTunes 9.0 software update will include Blu-ray support and iPhone App management, along with social networking integration.
Blu-ray support would be a welcome addition, and the App management would allow users to connect their iPhone or iPod Touch and visually manage the apps.
Social networking integration would allow easy access to Twitter, Facebook and Last.fm.
For now, this is rumor and Apple has not confirmed or denied any of the details or a release date for iTunes 9.
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| Microsoft denies Blu-ray on Xbox 360 (AfterDawn, 10/25/2009 9:18pm) |
Earlier this week we reported that Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer made comments that implied that the company would be bringing Blu-ray accessories to the Xbox 360.
At the time, the notoriously tongue-tied Ballmer had said: "Well I don't know if we need to put Blu-ray in there -- you'll be able to get Blu-ray drives as accessories."
The company has since released a statement denying the rumor and adding that Ballmer was speaking instead of PC accessories.
"During an interview yesterday, Steve Ballmer was asked about Blu-Ray and the Xbox 360. I wanted to clear something up. Steve was referring to Blu-Ray accessories for the PC. As we have said in the past, we have no plans to introduce a Blu-Ray drive for the Xbox 360. In fact, the future of home entertainment starts very soon when Xbox 360 becomes the first and only console to offer instant-on 1080p streaming HD movies. With a library of thousands of TV shows and movies to choose from, Xbox 360 owners can instantly watch the movies they want, when they want, in the highest form of high definition," says the post on MajorNelson.
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| Tip of the Week: Be on the lookout for new HD channels (Consumer Reports, 7/23/2009 1:17pm) |
| [ Photo courtesy of Sanja Gjenero ] If you’re like me, you’re thrilled when a new high-def channel is added to your lineup. TV providers have been beefing up their HD offerings regularly over the last year or two, and many now offer dozens of stations. I get about 60 channels in HD, and if I subscribed to the premium channels, I’d get many more. My cable provider, Cablevision, recently added HD versions of USA and FX, so I can watch shows like Psych, Burn Notice, and Damages in all their high-def splendor. Sometimes I’ve stumbled across these new offerings by accident, while idly surfing with the channel up/down button on the remote. Though the discovery gladdens my heart, I can’t help but wonder how long I’ve been missing out, unknowingly settling for their standard-def counterparts. Cablevision does announce new HD offerings, but it’s usually in small type down the side of my monthly service bill, or in an occasional pamphlet listing the full channel line-up. But when I’m rushing to pay my bills, I don’t always read the fine print or flyers. Now, I make a point of doing so. I also check the onscreen program guide to see if any new channels have materialized in the high-def tier. And there's always the Web: Like most companies, Cablevision provides a full lineup of channels for my area on its Web site. If you’re not regularly searching out new HD options, I recommend you start doing so. You might be happily surprised by what you find. – Eileen McCooey (Read Full Article) |
| Rumor: Apple entering the HDTV market in 2011 (AfterDawn, 8/22/2009 3:02am) |
According to a new Piper Jaffray note this week, analyst Gene Munster says he expects Apple to eventually get into the HDTV market providing a full home entertainment system alongside the Apple TV media device.
Additionally, Munster says that a new, updated Apple TV is coming before Christmas, including DVR and a monthly sub to iTunes TV shows.
"We believe Apple is exploring a subscription-based offering for its TV content in iTunes," says Munster, via The Street. "Apple could leverage its deep library of content with many network and cable channel content owners to provide unlimited access to a sub-library of its TV shows for a standard monthly fee."
Adds Apple COO Tim Cook of the Apple TV:
"It is clear that the movie rental business has really helped Apple TV and there are more and more customers that want to try it," he says, noting that sales were up 300 percent year-on-year. "We're going to continue to invest in it, because we fundamentally believe there is something there for us in the future."
As for the HDTV, Munster expects a 2011 debut, and the completion of a full Apple home entertainment center.
"The device would push Apple further into the digital living room with interactive TV, music, movie, and gaming features," he added. "Such a device would command a premium among a competitive field of budget TVs."Permalink | Comments
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| NEWS: Nikon introduces the D300s with HD video (Pocket-lint, 7/30/2009 4:00am) |
Update to their popular model
Adding to the already popular D300 DSLR is the D300s, which brings HD movie capture to the party in a previous-anticipated move by Nikon.
With an effective 12.3-megapixels, the D300s offers 7fps continuous shooting (8 with battery pack) driven by the EXPEED image processor, and a 51-point focusing system.
The new video mode benefits from autofocus whilst shooting, but doesn't stretch to Full HD, instead offering a maximum resolution of 1280 x 720 at 24fps. Lower resolution options are also available.
Boosting the video option, you'll be able to attach an external mic thanks to a 3.5mm audio input. Video capture is sadly limited to 5 minutes in 720p, but can be extended to 20 minutes at lower resolutions.
Dual memory card slots have been added, giving you Compact Flash and Secure Digital, with flexible set-up options allowing you to shoot JPEGs to one and RAW to the other, or stills on one and video on the other.
Live View mode can be activated on the 3-inch 920k-dot display, whilst viewing your movies will be a breeze to view thanks to the on-board HDMI slot.
Available from 28 August, the Nikon D300s will set you back £1499.99, body only.
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Nikon introduces the D300s with HD video originally appeared on Pocket-lint on Thu, 30 Jul 2009 05:00:00 +0100 (Read Full Article) |
| DIRECTV Has Launched Altitude in HD 24/7 (HDTV Magazine, 10/07/2009 3:42am) |
Following its recent announcement that all Colorado Avalanche and Denver Nuggets games this year will be available in high-definition (HD), Altitude Sports & Entertainment has launched Altitude programming in full-time HD on DIRECTV, and is now available in 5.1-channel surround sound. DIRECTV is currently the only satellite TV provider to offer Altitude in HD on a 24/7 basis.
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| Netflix CEO Hastings speaks about YouTube, iPhone, Xbox 360 (AfterDawn, 9/23/2009 4:09am) |
During an interview with Reuters, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings spoke out about the future of the physical DVD, as well as Netflix's plans for the iPhone, Xbox 360, PS3, Wii and possible competition from YouTube
The interview in its entirety:
Reuters: What will Netflix subscribers gain from the improvements in the recommendation system?
Hastings: ItÂ’s doubling the quality of our movie recommendation and that helps our subscribers get more enjoyment from movies. Because more often they love the movie they watch. More often the movies recommended will will turn out to be movies that you love. If you watch a couple of movies and donÂ’t like many, you start to watch (sports and other programming). If every movie is incredible, you start to watch more.
Reuters: Netflix video streams on MicrosoftÂ’s Xbox Live system. What about the PS3 and Wii?
Hastings: Eventually we want to be on all the game consoles, all the Blu-ray players, all the Internet TVs. So we are working in parallel with all of those efforts. Currently our Xbox deal is exclusive and we havenÂ’t characterized it more than that.
Reuters: Any plans to work in partnership with Apple and the iPhone?
Hastings: itÂ’s something thatÂ’s likely to come over time. But nothing in the short term. (With) movie watching, we are not focused on mobile yet, but (instead) on the TV, on Blu-ray and on the video game consoles. We will get to mobile eventually, including the iPhone.
Reuters: What of YoutubeÂ’s potential movie service?
Hastings: I think there will be a lot of competition in this market: Hulu, Apple, Amazon, Youtube, Blockbuster. Internet video is a huge opportunity. And there will be a lot of people engaged, and that is going to be great for the consumer. All of us are going to innovate and compete with each other and provide more and more value to the consumer.
Reuters: How far along are we on the transition to all digital video watching?
Hastings: There will be people doing DVD-by-mail in 15 or 20 years, so I think DVD will last a long time. Our best guess is that DVD will peak for us in 5 or so years. But it is continuing to grow. And the streaming is exploding. So we are getting nice growth in the DVD side and huge growth on the streaming side.
Reuters: What do you make of BlockbusterÂ’s store closing plan?
Hastings: Blockbuster and Redbox really compete on doing the inexpensive new releases, and we are much more the streaming and the catalog. Their closings donÂ’t really benefit us. It will benefit Redbox more than it does us.
Reuters: Have you been approached about an acquisition or partnership?
Hastings: We donÂ’t comment and any acquisition prospects.Permalink | Comments
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| VUDU comes to LG broadband HDTVs (AfterDawn, 9/02/2009 2:23pm) |
Owners of LG HDTVs with NetCast Entertainment Access now have access to another source of online video. LG announced an automatic update which adds the Vudu video rental (and purchase) service to LCD models .42LH50, 47LH50 and 55LH50 and plasma models 50PS80 and 60PS80.
If you have one of these TVs (and it is connected to the internet) you should see a VUDU option in the Netcast Interface. LG broadband HDTVs were announced at this year's CES and began selling in June with support for Netflix's Watch Instantly streaming video service already available.
Unlike Netflix, which packages streaming video with online DVD rentals, VUDU uses a pay as you go model. They also give you access to more new movies on the same day they are released on DVD and give you the option to purchase them.Permalink | Comments
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| Guinness Book of Records lists largest HD screen (AfterDawn, 10/01/2009 5:28am) |
The Guinness Book of Records files some of the most interesting and utterly useless records for our entertainment, constantly looking for more weird entries to fill the books each year. A new entry into the Guinness book of records is the awesome High-definition (HD) video screen(s) present above the Dallas Cowboys' football stadium in the United states.
Manufactured by Mitsubishi Electric, the giant four-sided screen has a surface area of about 1058 sq m (11,400 sq ft). "This is probably the most exciting project we've ever been involved with," said Mark Foster of Mitsubishi Electric.
Mitsubishi said the video board is the equivalent size of 3,268 52-inch television sets, packs more than 10 million light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and with all four panels account for, weighs around 600 tonnes.
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| Does the Samsung Instinct HD really shoot HD video? (Consumer Reports, 10/08/2009 7:02pm) |
| The Samsung Instinct HD. [PHOTO courtesy of Samsung] The Samsung Instinct HD, available from Sprint for $250 with a two-year contract after a $100 mail-in rebate, is the first cell phone we've seen that claims to make high-definition video recordings. It also boasts a 5-megapixel still camera with flash. That camera is a step up from the flashless, 2-megapixel camera found on previous Instincts, also from Sprint, including the S30 version now in our Ratings, available to subscribers. We’re evaluating the Instinct HD now, and will post full test results on it to our Ratings later this month. Meantime, our initial results on its imaging are promising, albeit with a few quibbles. The new Instinct’s camera is easy to access, thanks to a dedicated camera button, conveniently located on the lower right side of the phone. Pushing the button activates the camera’s still mode. Tapping a camera icon on the upper left of the largish (1.78 x 2.66 in.) display switches the camera to video mode. Tapping again summons controls for auto-focus, exposure, and other camera functions. The Instinct HD claims it can record video resolution of 1280 x 720p, which is a true HD format—although, as we often point out, HD format alone does not assure images of pristine, high-definition quality. To assess quality, we shot a series of videos on the Instinct and hooked it up to a 50-inch Panasonic plasma television using the optional ($30) HDMI cable. Our findings: Color was good in the MPEG4 videos, though they lacked fine detail and texture. They blurred even more when we panned the camera to the left or right. In short, they couldn’t rival the image quality you’d enjoy from full-sized HD camcorders in our Ratings, available to subscribers. But such camcorders are much bigger and pricier than the Instinct HD, and do nothing except shoot video and stills. The high-def video quality of the Instinct was comparable to what you’d get from a standard-definition pocket camcorder, such as the Flip. And that's still way ahead of the video we've seen any other camera phone. A few details and quibbles: The HDMI cable has a proprietary connector that works only with the Samsung HD, so you may have trouble finding a replacement if it's lost while you're on vacation. You can't use the cable for showing stills on your TV. If your TV has an SD memory-card slot, you can play photos and videos off of the phone's 4GB microSD memory card (the phone comes with an SD memory card adaptor). Unfortunately, accessing the card is a pain. You have to open the phone's back cover and remove the battery, which shuts off the phone. And the still-image performance of the Instinct? Pictures were sharp and well-defined, with good color overall on the TV screen, though shots taken in low light still looked dark—even with the flash. Camera controls were fairly responsive for a phone, with an acceptable next-shot delay. Our photo engineers are currently giving the Instinct HD's... (Read Full Article) |
| Toshiba introduces first Cell-powered HDTV (AfterDawn, 10/05/2009 10:24pm) |
Toshiba has unveiled their first HDTV to use the extremely powerful PS3 Cell processor today during the CEATEC event in Japan, and the TV packs a serious punch.
Besides the processor, the 55-inch REGZA 55X1 includes LED-backlighting, 240Hz refresh rate, and dynamic contrast ratio of 5,000,000:1. The Cell processor also allows for improved image quality, stronger colors, enhanced brightness balance and a "luminance of 1250cd/m²."
The TV also has a 7-speaker sound bar, and has DLNA support as well as a built in HD web browser created by Opera.
More notably, the HDTV has a 3TB HDD allowing users to record up to 26 hours of 1080p content from 8 channels, at the same time. As pictured below, the Regza can also display 8 channels at the same time, with no delay when switching between stations.
Toshiba also dropped word that they plan to use the Cell processor in an upcoming TV that will upconvert 1080p films to 3840 x 2160.
The TV will leave a dent in your wallet however, and is retailing for 1 million yen in Japan (about $11,000 USD) and Toshiba says it anticipates 1000 sales before release in North America next year.
Pictures, specs via Gizmodo:
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| In the CR Test Labs: New LCD, plasma HDTVs (Consumer Reports, 8/04/2009 2:55pm) |
| The latest batch of televisions in the CR TV lab includes the new 46-inch Sony Bravia LCD. While many of us are gearing up for summer vacations, CR’s TV engineers are still hard at work testing more LCD and plasma TVs. Among this latest group are models with full-array LED backlights, and several 240Hz sets that take aim at reducing motion blur. We’re also looking at some new Toshiba models that will be the first to include Dolby Volume, a volume-leveling technology that attempts to minimize differences in loudness when you switch channels or when commercials come on. Here are the models currently being tested in our TV labs: LCD TVs Hitachi L26D103: This 26-inch 720p (1366x768) set is a TV/DVD combo with an integrated standard DVD player, headphone jack, and a built-in sleep timer. Hitachi L32A403: This 32-inch 720p (1366x768) set from Hitachi has four HDMI inputs, and comes with a swivel stand. JVC LT-46J300: This 46-inch 1080p LCD from JVC has the company’s TeleDock integrated iPod dock. LG 55LH90: This 55-inch 1080p LCD TV from LG is a high-featured model that has full-array LED backlights with local dimming, and the company’s TruMotion 240Hz technology, which combines a 120Hz refresh rate with a scanning backlight. It’s also a THX-certified set. Oddly for a higher-priced set, it doesn’t include access to LG’s NetCast Internet service. Magnavox 42MF439B/F7: Earlier this year Philips handed over the manufacturing and marketing of its Philips- and Magnavox-brand TVs in the U.S. to Funai, which also controls the Sylvania brand. This Magnavox, among the first TVs we've seen as part of the deal, is a lower-priced 42-inch 1080p LCD model that can play back digital photos and music stored on a USB flash drive. Philips 32PFL3504D: This 32-inch 720p (1366x768) set, available at mass merchants, warehouse clubs, regional dealers, and online retailers, is fairly low-priced for a major brand and includes a set-up assistant that uses an onscreen wizard to personalize settings. RCA L46FHD37R: A lower-cost 46-inch 1080p LCD, sold at Best Buy, Costco, Sam’s Clubs, and other retailers, that include a light sensor that automatically adjusts contrast to room light conditions. Samsung LN52B750: This 52-inch 1080p LCD from Samsung has new Touch of Color cosmetics (charcoal gray) and the company's Auto Motion Plus 240Hz technology that actually quadruples the TV’s frame rate. It also includes the company’s [email protected] Internet service, which uses Yahoo widgets to access online content, which will soon include instant movies from Blockbuster. Also comes with some preloaded content, such as recipes and games. It can wirelessly connect to a home network via an optional USB wireless dongle. Sharp Aquos LC-52E77UN: This 52-inch 1080p LCD from Sharp features a new design, 120Hz technology and has five HDMI inputs, the most we’ve seen. Sharp Aquos LC-C4067UN: This value-priced Aquos is a 40-inch 1080p LCD sold via the warehouse clubs. Sony Bravia KDL-46Z5100: This pricey 46-inch Sony LCD has Sony’s Motionflow 240Hz technology, which actually quadruples the TVs frame rate, plus the Bravia’s widget-based... (Read Full Article) |
| Disney to release 12 more 'Diamond' Blu-ray titles (AfterDawn, 9/13/2009 9:42pm) |
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment has announced they will be expanding their Blu-ray 'Diamond Collection', adding 12 new titles including The Lion King, Bambi, Cinderella, The Little Mermaid, Peter Pan, Lady and the Tramp, The Jungle Book, 101 Dalmatians and Pinocchio.
The 'Diamond' collection is considered the studio's high-end BD line, just like the 'Platinum' collection was for standard DVD.
The releases will be staggered, two per calender year, with Fantasia and Beauty and the Beast set for 2010. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs will be the first Diamond available, hitting shelves on October 6th. Just like the Platinum collection before it, each Diamond title will include a plethora of new bonus features and will only be available in limited quantities for a limited period.
One of the bonus features for Snow WHite, as explained by VideoBusiness is "‘Magic Mirror,’ which the studio touts as its first use of artificial intelligence in a film. The Blu-ray-exclusive technology recognizes viewing patterns and suggests where viewers should go next in the film for an overall personal experience."
“Walt Disney’s gift of telling captivating and engaging stories was matched only by his passion for presenting them in the most spectacular way,” adds Dick Cook, chairman of The Walt Disney Studios. “We are proud to continue his pursuit of excellence with ‘The Diamond Collection,’ which brings the films that are the foundation of our company to audiences of all ages across the globe.”
Bob Chapek, president of Disney’s DVD division, also noted: “We believe that the collection offers consumers the opportunity to enjoy these timeless classics like never before and underlines Disney’s commitment to continue to bring the best quality product and immersive experiences into the home.”Permalink | Comments
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