| (Unranked) | Spot the cameos in these Resident Evil: Retribution 3D TV spots (Joystiq, 8/09/2012 11:00am) |
There are a pair of new TV spots for Resident Evil: Retribution 3D today, the fifth entry in Paul W.S. Anderson's series starring his wife, Milla Jovovich. But rather than [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Resident Evil: Retribution' Announced for Blu-ray and Blu-ray 3D (High-Def Digest, 11/07/2012 11:00pm) |
| Milla Jovovich is back slaying countless undead on Blu-ray and Blu-ray 3D this December. In an early announcement to retailers, Sony will be bringing 'Resident Evil: Retribution' to high-definition [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Blu-ray Giveaway: ‘Resident Evil: Retribution’ w/UltraViolet (HD-Report, 12/03/2012 8:04pm) |
| This month we’re giving away a copy of Resident Evil: Retribution on Blu-ray [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Disney Seeks Rights to 3D Technology (Home Media Magazine, 1/04/2013 12:54am) |
| The Walt Disney Co. is looking to retain technology rights from a bankrupt third party, enabling it to convert 2D movies into 3D.
In an appeal filed Jan. 2 in U.S. District Court in Wilmington, Del., Disney contends it has rights “in [...] (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) |
| (Unranked) | Dead Rising 3 demo available now, first DLC out Christmas Eve (Joystiq, 12/13/2013 8:30pm) |
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If you're not dead set on Dead Rising 3, don't dead fret: There's a new demo on the Xbox [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | Opinion: All rights reserved (MacCentral Online, 4/12/2005 9:34pm) |
| There’s no telling where computers and hard drives stop and music, movies, and television begin. The result is a potentially cataclysmic clash of special interests fighting over your rights as a consumer. (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Rumor: Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate coming to PS3/360 (Joystiq, 5/08/2013 12:45am) |
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An enhanced version of last year's Dead or Alive 5, dubbed Dead or Alive 5 [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Dead Rising Collection hits European Xbox 360s in March (Joystiq, 1/23/2014 8:30pm) |
| Europe is getting a Dead Rising Collection for Xbox 360 on March 7, bundling up the original Dead Rising, Dead Rising 2, and the Case Zero, Case West and Off the Record DLC missions. Capcom hasn't said if the collection will make its way to North [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Dead or Alive 5 1.03a patch on PS3 today, see it in action (Joystiq, 2/13/2013 4:00am) |
For specifics about the updates coming to Dead or Alive 5 with the version 1.03a patch - hitting PS3 today and Xbox this month - consult (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | If you're all-in on Dead Space 3, don't watch this trailer (Joystiq, 1/31/2013 8:30pm) |
For those picking up Dead Space 3 next week who don't need any [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | LG Electronics HDTV Solutions for Lodging Industry Incorporate Digital Rights Management Technology (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 6/22/2005 2:00pm) |
| The first digital rights management system developed specifically for the lodging industry is now incorporated into a series of integrated flat-screen high-definition television sets for hotel guest rooms. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Dead Space 3 demo out starting January 15, 'Story So Far' trailer released (Joystiq, 12/26/2012 2:45pm) |
Dead Space 3's playable demo will crawl out from the void where nightmares [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Dead Space 3 demo 'close to 2M' downloads (Joystiq, 2/04/2013 2:15pm) |
| EA revealed nearly two million people have already downloaded the Dead Space 3 demo, at least 10 percent [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Walking Dead Episode Four PS3 save issue patched (Joystiq, 10/14/2012 9:30pm) |
| A "small number" of PS3 players encountered a save glitch when booting up The Walking Dead [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | New Blu-ray, 3D & UltraViolet: Battleship, Walking Dead Season Two, Sons of Anarchy (HD-Report, 8/28/2012 8:51am) |
| It’s a big week for TV shows on Blu-ray. We already mentioned The Walking Dead: The Complete First Season is Amazon’s Blu-ray Deal of the Week. Today, The Walking Dead: The Complete Second Season hits shelves. The box set includes audio [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Dead Man Down' Blu-ray Dated & Detailed (High-Def Digest, 5/14/2013 10:00pm) |
| The crime thriller from director Niels Arden Oplev (the original 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo') will hit Blu-ray in July. In an early announcement to retailers, Sony has slated 'Dead Man Down' [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Evil Dead Blu-ray Review (Big Picture Big Sound, 7/15/2013 7:29pm) |
| Was a remake really necessary? Bruce Campbell makes everything better, but this Blu-ray still scares up a few [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 3D Realms responds to Gearbox, claims it owns Duke Nukem trademark (Joystiq, 3/27/2014 12:45pm) |
| 3D Realms isn't backing down from its most recent legal dispute with Gearbox, after the studio asserted it has the rights to develop its Duke Nukem game, and more than that, it has the sole rights to the Duke Nukem trademark.
Following 3D [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | Prediction: HD DVD Not Dead, Toshiba Will Produce Dual Format HD Players [Hd Dvd] (Gizmodo, 1/07/2008 2:54am) |
| We snagged a second with Wolfgang Schlichting, IDC's research director for removable storage, to ask what the picture looks like for HD DVD. His thoughts? HD DVD isn't dead yet. Toshiba will probably... ... (Read Full Article) |
| LG Kills Blu-ray/HD DVD Hybrid Player [Hd Dvd] (Gizmodo, 5/13/2008 8:19pm) |
| LG will stop swinging both ways with HD formats this fall, when it ceases production on its Blu-ray/HD DVD combo player. (Samsung's is already dead.) I'm just kind of amazed an already dead format... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Shane Kim Can't Quit HD DVD [Xbox 360] (Kotaku, 4/17/2008 8:00am) |
| The dust has settled. Long ago. HD DVD is way dead, way dead. But Micrsoft Game Studios boss Shane Kim hasn't given up! The man is an optimist. He can see the bright side of a train wreck. Bless him.... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 3D Video Games Sound as Good as Dead. Good. [3D] (Kotaku, 8/22/2012 3:30am) |
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3D was everywhere a year or [...] (Read Full Article) |
| 'Before the Devil Knows You're Dead' Heads to HD DVD (High-Def Digest, 12/14/2007 5:00pm) |
| Image Entertainment is planning an April HD DVD arrival for the acclaimed Sidney Lumet crime thriller 'Before the Devil Knows You're Dead.' Starring Ethan Hawke and Philip Seymour Hoffman as brothers who... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Starz to Unleash 'Halloween,' 'Evil Dead 2,' 'Dawn of the Dead' on Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 7/17/2007 2:55pm) |
| Nearly a month after formally announcing its support of the Blu-ray format, Starz Home Entertainment says it will release four horror film classics as its first Blu-ray titles. As we originally reported... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | The Walking Dead Season 2: Episode 1 - All That Remains dated for Xbox 360 (Joystiq, 12/10/2013 2:15pm) |
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Season 2 of The Walking Dead premieres December 18 on Xbox 360, according to an [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate confirmed for Xbox 360, PS3 this fall (Joystiq, 5/09/2013 7:00pm) |
Dead or [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'The Living Dead Girl' and 'Two Orphan Vampires' Announced for Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 8/09/2012 6:00pm) |
| Two cult horrors from director Jean Rollin will sink their teeth into Blu-ray at the end of the month. In an early announcement to retailers, Kino's Redemption label is preparing 'The Living Dead [...] (Read Full Article) |
| HDNet Adds Joan , Dead (MultiChannel News, 4/24/2006 8:07pm) |
| HDNet is adding off-network shows Joan of Arcadia and Dead Like Me to its weekly HDTV program lineup, officials said Monday. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Dead Man Down' Blu-ray Announced (High-Def Digest, 4/11/2013 6:00pm) |
| Colin Farrell and Noomi Rapace will be seeking vengeance on Blu-ray in June. In an early announcement to retailers, FilmDistrict is preparing 'Dead Man Down' for Blu-ray on June 18. Victor (Colin [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Dead Souls' Announced for Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 3/11/2013 6:00pm) |
| Colin Theys' supernatural thriller will be available on Blu-ray in June. In an early announcement to retailers, Scream Factory has revealed 'Dead Souls' for a Blu-ray release on June 25. On his 18th [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Get The Walking Dead First Season on Blu-ray just $24.99 (HD-Report, 8/26/2012 2:51pm) |
| Here's your chance to pick up the The Walking Dead: The Complete First Season 3-disc Blu-ray edition for just $24.99 -- a 60% savings off the list price of [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'The Definitive Document of the Dead' Announced for Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 9/17/2012 8:00pm) |
| Roy Frumkes' 1978 documentary on George A. Romero is getting a limited edition Blu-ray release this November. Synapse Films is now taking pre-orders for 'The Definitive Document of the Dead' which [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Day of the Dead: Collector's Edition' Blu-ray Announced (High-Def Digest, 5/07/2013 6:30pm) |
| A double dip of George A Romero's 1985 zombie flick is coming in 2013. In an early announcement to retailers, Scream Factory says 'Day of the Dead: Collector's Edition' is on its way to Blu-ray later [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'TerrorVision / The Video Dead' Blu-ray Date Correction (High-Def Digest, 11/15/2012 7:00pm) |
| The TV-themed horror double feature is now on its way to high-definition at the end of February. As previously reported, Scream Factory is working on 'TerrorVision / The Video Dead' for Blu-ray on [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'TerrorVision / The Video Dead' Announced for Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 11/05/2012 9:00pm) |
| A TV-themed horror double feature is on its way to high-definition in February. In an early announcement to retailers, Scream Factory is working on 'TerrorVision / The Video Dead' for Blu-ray on [...] (Read Full Article) |
| UK Cult Fave 'Dead Fish' Bound for Blu-ray, HD DVD (UPDATED) (High-Def Digest, 11/26/2007 11:00pm) |
| UPDATE (11/27/07, 4pm ET): Contrary to earlier reports, it looks like high-def early adopters will have to keep waiting for the UK crime caper 'Dead Fish' to hit Blu-ray and HD DVD. We've just received...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/highdefdigestallnews/~4/191472901" height="1" width="1"/> ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Contest: Win 'Evil Dead' (2013) on Blu-ray! (High-Def Digest, 7/16/2013 5:00pm) |
| This week's contest is for all you horror junkies out there. We're giving away a copy of the splatter-tastic 'Evil Dead' remake on Blu-ray. Enter our contest today for your chance to [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | D creator Kenji Eno dead at age 42 (Joystiq, 2/21/2013 8:30pm) |
| One of the most fascinatingly creative voices in the Japanese game industry has died. Kenji Eno, designer of the D series, the 3DO's most interesting games, and [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Evil Dead' Remake Dated for Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 5/28/2013 10:00pm) |
| The hit remake of Sam Raimi's cult classic will be summoned to Blu-ray in July. In an early announcement to retailers, Sony will be releasing 'Evil Dead' on Blu-ray on July 16. The story follows Mia, [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Day of the Dead: Collector's Edition' Blu-ray Features Detailed (High-Def Digest, 7/08/2013 10:00pm) |
| Features have been revealed for the Collector's Edition of the cult George A. Romero horror film coming to Blu-ray in September. As previously reported, Scream Factory will release 'Day of the Dead: [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Dead or Alive 5 PS3 patch bugs out, Xbox 360 patch delayed to Feb. (Joystiq, 1/24/2013 2:00am) |
| Dead or Alive 5 patch 1.03 (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'The Walking Dead: The Complete Third Season' Blu-ray Announced and Detailed (High-Def Digest, 6/05/2013 4:55am) |
| No less than three Blu-ray editions of Season 3 will be available this August. In an early announcement to retailers, Starz/Anchor Bay is working on 'The Walking Dead: The Complete Third Season' for [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Redemption' Blu-ray Announced (High-Def Digest, 7/05/2013 4:00pm) |
| Jason Statham will seek retribution in this action thriller hitting Blu-ray in September. In an early announcement to retailers, Lionsgate is preparing 'Redemption' for Blu-ray on September 24. Back [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Walking Dead Season 2 Episode 2 gets dates on Xbox 360, iOS (Joystiq, 3/04/2014 11:00am) |
| There's no point trying to hide on Xbox 360 and iOS, Clem, because A House Divided is also headed their way this week. After originally leaving the platforms in release date limbo, Telltale revealed the second episode of The Walking Dead Season [...] (Read Full Article) |
| In case you missed it: peace broke out in the format war, HD DVD is dead (Engadget, 2/19/2008 6:02pm) |
| Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment
Just in case you missed the big news earlier this morning, after more than two years on the market, HD DVD finally rolled over. Here's everything you need to know:
Official: HD DVD dead and buried, format war is over
Toshiba: "no plans" to adopt Blu-ray
HD DVD casualty report: over 1m players, recorders, and drives lost to the format war
Pa ... (Read Full Article) |
| Non-Combo HD DVD Re-Issues Planned For 'Dazed & Confused,' 'Land of the Dead' (High-Def Digest, 12/19/2007 9:00pm) |
| In its latest round of combo demotions, Universal will re-issue 'Dazed & Confused' and 'Land of the Dead' as stand-alone HD DVD releases this March. Universal first released both titles back in 2006... ... (Read Full Article) |
| HD DVD not dead yet: research group calls for caution interpreting weekly sales figures (HDTV UK, 1/29/2008 8:00am) |
| According to the NPD Group, who has provided weekly sales tracking figures for high definition discs in the US, the HD DVD format is far from dead.
They have correctly reminded those using the figures alone to signal Blu-ray's victory to be cautious at using a single week's results to plot a trend.
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| 'Dawn of the Dead,' 'Notting Hill' Lead Universal Late August HD DVD Wave (High-Def Digest, 5/31/2007 10:01pm) |
| Universal Studios Home Entertainment has added two more catalog titles to its ever-expanding next-gen library, bringing 'Notting Hill' and the 2004 remake of 'Dawn of the Dead' to HD DVD late this summer.... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | PSN Tuesday: Awesomenauts, Dead Nation on PS4, South Park on PS3 (Joystiq, 3/05/2014 1:30am) |
| The PSN update this fine Tuesday includes Awesomenauts Assemble and Dead Nation: Apocalypse Edition for PS4, as well as South Park: The Stick of Truth, Master Reboot and NASCAR '14 for PS3. Vita gets Hatsune Miku Project Diva F, and PS3 owners [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | This Week on Blu-ray: 42, Evil Dead, Hell on Wheels, Lord of the Flies, and more! (Big Picture Big Sound, 7/17/2013 12:15am) |
| A baseball icon, a cult classic reincarnated, and another stunner from AMC; get a peek at this week's new and notable [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Steam Holiday Sale Day 3: DOTA 2, Dungeon Defenders, Dead Island and more (Joystiq, 12/22/2012 8:45pm) |
| Ah, the steady march of time. Just as the electronic transition frequency of an atom can be used to measure the passage of [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Xbox 360 Ultimate Sale continues with FIFA 14, Skyrim, Dead Island: Riptide (Joystiq, 2/20/2014 12:00pm) |
| It's day 3 of the Xbox 360 Ultimate Game Sale, and that means seven more discounts vying to divorce hard-earned cash from bank accounts. The big name games include FIFA 14, Skyrim, and Dead Island: Riptide, but the biggest discount of the day goes [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Universal Cancels 'Dazed & Confused,' 'Land of the Dead' HD DVD Re-Issues (High-Def Digest, 2/08/2008 7:00pm) |
| Sorry, combo haters: Universal has pulled the previously-announced HD DVD non-combo re-issues of 'Dazed & Confused' and 'Land of the Dead' from its high-def schedule. As we've previously reported,... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Left 4 Dead 2 'Cold Stream' DLC for Xbox 360 this Friday (Joystiq, 8/01/2012 1:15pm) |
| It's been a long time coming, but the Cold Stream DLC will arrive on Xbox 360 this Friday, August 3, according to (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | A new Dead or Alive 5 project is "coming soon" to the PS3 and the Xbox 360. (Kotaku, 4/29/2013 9:30am) |
| A new Dead or Alive 5 project is "coming soon" to the PS3 and the Xbox 360. Yosuke Hayashi, Team Ninja's leader, recently announced that the "newest work" (最新作) for [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | The Walking Dead: Season 3 on Blu-ray Comes In This Creepy Cabinet of Zombie Heads (Gizmodo, 4/12/2013 2:26pm) |
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 | WIVB TV4 Buffalo, NY - HDTV comes to WIVB (WIVB-TV Buffalo, 9/19/2005 2:51am) |
| All content © Copyright 2000 - 2005 WorldNow and WIVB. All Rights Reserved. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | DOA 5 1.03 update takes PS3 to Zack Island today, Jan. 29 on Xbox 360 (Joystiq, 1/22/2013 11:00pm) |
A new patch has been issued for Dead or Alive 5, available today on the [...] (Read Full Article) |
| ARNnet | Panasonic unveils fist-size SD video camera (ARNnet, 9/05/2005 10:50pm) |
| Copyright 2005 IDG Communications. ABN 14 001 592 650. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part in any form or medium without express written permission of IDG Communications is prohibited. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Starz InBlack Takes the Freedom of Speech to Another Level With Its New Exclusive Stand-Up Comedy Series (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance, 10/05/2005 3:33pm) |
| The founding fathers certainly weren't thinking of anything quite as funny or off-the-wall as "The 1st Amendment Stand-up" when they drafted the Bill of Rights. ... (Read Full Article) |
| ARNnet | Telstra drops off Microsoft IPTV early-adopter list (ARNnet, 6/23/2005 1:50am) |
| Copyright 2005 IDG Communications. ABN 14 001 592 650. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part in any form or medium without express written permission of IDG Communications is prohibited. ... (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) |
| 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) |
| HOT THREADS (Digital Video Editing, 2/22/2007 5:36pm) |
| (Broadcasting & Cable) _ CBS Corp. announced it has reached retransmission consent agreements with nine cable operators, covering over a million subscribers. The deals cover analog, digital, multicast and high-definition rights to CBS programming. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Pee-Wee’s Playhouse: The Complete Series' Planned for Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 7/22/2013 6:00pm) |
| Probably never thought you'd see this classic family series on Blu-ray... but it's coming! Shout! Factory recently secured extensive distribution rights to all 45 episodes of 'PEE-WEE’S PLAYHOUSE' [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 2013 DICE Award nominations led by Journey, Walking Dead, Far Cry 3 (Joystiq, 1/14/2013 4:45pm) |
| The nominations have been announced for the 16th annual DICE Awards, and Journey leads the [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Digital Copy, Blu-ray, DVD and DRM: What's Up With That? (Big Picture Big Sound, 7/07/2008 9:23pm) |
| Finally, an in-depth, hands-on look at the state of Digital Copy and DRM (digital rights management), transferable versions of movies included with certain DVDs and Blu-rays.
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| Digital Copy, Blu-ray Disc and DRM: What's Up With That? (Big Picture Big Sound, 6/30/2008 7:49pm) |
| Finally, an in-depth, hands-on look at the state of Digital Copy and DRM (digital rights management), transferable versions of movies included with certain DVDs and Blu-rays.
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| (Unranked) | 'History of the Eagles' Announced for Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 3/15/2013 4:00pm) |
| Diehard Eagles fans will have something on Blu-ray to rejoice about in April. Capitol Records has acquired the exclusive DVD/Blu-ray rights to 'History of the Eagles', the iconic band's acclaimed [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Dan Ramer on Boycott (HDBlog.net, 3/07/2006 1:06pm) |
| Dan Ramer has an interesting take on the call for a boycott on AACS enabled HD formats. That is, HD DVD and BD (Blu-ray Disc).
You know that I’ve been writing about such issues as abandoning early adopters and fair use rights for years. I’ve encouraged you to write letters to [...] ... (Read Full Article) |
| FCC Regulations, Digital Rights Management Drive HDTV Solutions for Lodging Industry (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance, 11/14/2005 2:39pm) |
| Hotel-room television sets are going digital -- thanks to new technology for secure delivery of HDTV programming and new government directives requiring mid-sized TVs to include digital tuners in less than four months. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Telewest offers entire World Cup in HD (Digital Television Group, 5/17/2006 9:47am) |
| Subscribers to ntl's Telewest service will be able to watch every FIFA World Cup football match in high definition (HD) following a deal with ITV. ITV and the BBC are sharing rights to England games; the BBC's games will already be available via the corporation's BBC HD channel, which ntl:Telewest is carrying. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Upcoming Blu-ray Releases in Germany (Format War Central, 3/27/2008 12:46am) |
| Due to Touchstone having the rights there, There Will Be Blood will be released on Blu-ray in Germany.
Also getting released in the next few months are The Bone Collector, Peter Pan (Extended), CSI Miami Season 5 Eps 1-12, Hostage, John Carpenter’s Vampires, Copland and Jeepers Creepers.
For more details check out the original Blu-ray Stats post.
Find [...] ... (Read Full Article) |
| The Simpsons coming in high definition (HDTV UK, 3/02/2009 10:09am) |
| Engadget reports that The Simpsons will finally be made in high definition. From 15th February (Stateside), FOX will debut the animated series. Presumably, as Sky has rights to broadcast the show in the UK, it will appear on Sky One HD in due course. No official word on that yet. (Via Engadget) ... (Read Full Article) |
| Big-screen HDTVs for Super Bowl bragging rights (San Francisco Chronicle, 1/30/2006 11:34am) |
| Hosting a Super Bowl party is a high-pressure situation nowadays. Will your television be good enough for your guests? If you want to upgrade your set before kickoff, we've picked out the best big-screen HDTVs for the big game. Panasonic TH-... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (No Title) (, 7/16/2007 2:54pm) |
| SEATTLE, BUSINESS WIRE -- GalleryPlayer, best known for having one of the largest libraries of rights-protected high definition image programming in the world, has inked an exclusive distribution deal with leading independent home entertainment distributor Image Entertainment, Inc. (Nasdaq:DISK), to release four new titles exclusively on Blu-ray disc this fall. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Pop3 Media Corp To Develop Groundbreaking New Storage Technology (Market Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 7/27/2005 12:30pm) |
| Pop3 Media Corp. announced today that the Company is in the final stages of negotiations to acquire the rights to an exciting new proprietary portable data storage technology which is currently under development. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 4K or 3D? The future remains unclear (Broadcast Engineering, 2/25/2013 7:56pm) |
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Is 3D dead? Is 4K alive? Readers seem unsure
Readers provide their views on how 3D and 4K technologies may arrive in their plans.
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| (No Title) (, 10/18/2007 3:05pm) |
| No wonder we're raising a society of brain dead kids. Between the Internet, video games, and TV, ... and anchordudes spending more time watching THEMSELVES in makeup mirrors. Why? HDTV. The Cincinnati Enquirer ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Duke Nukem Creators Drop Lawsuit Over Unpaid Royalties (Kotaku, 9/13/2013 7:27pm) |
| 3D Realms, the studio that spent more than ten years working on Duke Nukem Forever, has dropped their lawsuit against Gearbox Software, the company that purchased the rights to the game and [...] (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) |
| Microsoft Continues to Pimp HD DVD Player [Hd Dvd] (Kotaku, 2/20/2008 9:00am) |
| So, HD DVD is dead. But, Microsoft is having a hard time moving on, it seems. Soon after the Toshiba announcement, Xbox Japan said the death of HD DVD is something it "will examine from now." By... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Premiere Secures 2010 Soccer World Cup (PrimeZone via Yahoo! Finance, 6/29/2005 3:27pm) |
| Premiere has obtained comprehensive broadcasting rights to the 2010 Soccer World Cup in South Africa. Premiere will be the only station in Germany and Austria to broadcast all 64 games of the 2010 FIFA World Cup live. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Blu-ray Review: Frankenweenie - 3D (High-Def Digest, 1/14/2013 3:00pm) |
| A boy's best friend is his dead dog in Tim Burton's 'Frankenweenie,' an extended remake of the director's 1984's short film which didn't see the light of day until a decade later and cost him his job [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | HBO pioneer writes off 4K prospects (Broadcast Engineering, 3/24/2013 12:23pm) |
| HBO CTO Bob Zitter, who retires this month, had a sting in his tail for delegates at the TV Connect show in London, with his declaration that 3-D with glasses was dead and that prospects for 4K were little better.
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| 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) |
| BBC gets exclusive UK rights to US Masters, high definition coverage (HDTV UK, 7/13/2009 7:11am) |
| The BBC has one again grabbed the US Masters golf tournament, covering the prestigious event from its start on Thursday 9th April to its climax on Sunday 12th April. Viewers will be able to enjoy five hours of live coverage of the final day's action. Great news for those able to get the BBC HD channel on Sky or Freesat, because a significant portion of the action will be broadcast on it. The full ... (Read Full Article) |
| GalleryPlayer Inks Exclusive Distribution Deal with Image Entertainment to Bring the World's Finest High Definition Art and Photography to Blu-ray Discs (Business Wire, 7/16/2007 1:00pm) |
| SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GalleryPlayer, best known for having one of the largest libraries of rights-protected high definition image programming in the world, has inked an exclusive ... (Read Full Article) |
| A Consumer's Cheat Sheet to HD DVD's Death and Blu-ray's Victory [Format War Over] (Gizmodo, 2/19/2008 7:09pm) |
| HD DVD is dead. Officially. That may mean a whole bunch for the early-adopter tech geek crowd that's been wading in the kiddie pool of technological bickering and backhandedness for years, but what... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Crimewave' Blu-ray Dated (High-Def Digest, 2/11/2013 7:00pm) |
| The 1985 cult serial killer spoof debuts on Blu-ray in May. In an early announcement to retailers, Shout Factory will release 'Crimewave' on Blu-ray on May 14. Sam Raimi ('The Evil Dead') directs [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Blu-ray, HD DVD crack becomes a crevice (Ars Technica, 3/07/2007 3:55pm) |
| Another piece of the high-definition content protection puzzle has been found, as hackers have located device keys for a software player. Does this mean that next-gen copy protection is already dead? Read More... ... (Read Full Article) |
| 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) |
| HTPC makers add Blu-Ray ripping/management software (TV Squad, 3/14/2008 7:01pm) |
| Filed under: HDTV, PVR Wire, Hardware, Software
High end home theater PC makers Niveus and VidaBox are treading into shady waters by adding features that either enable or compliment ripping HD-DVD and Blu-Ray discs. Now, in theory there's nothing wrong with using software that can rip video from a disc, if it's a disc you own the rights to, like say your wedding video. But generally speaking, re ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 3D is dead--long live 4K (Broadcast Engineering, 2/13/2013 3:28pm) |
| Similar to 2010, the 2013 consumer electronics industry has decided the next great thrill will come from everyone buying another hugely expensive 4K television. Never mind the small detail that the so-called 4K televisions aren’t really capable of [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Duke Nukem Creators 3D Realms Suing Gearbox over Unpaid Royalties (Kotaku, 6/13/2013 4:51pm) |
| Apogee Software/3D Realms—the studio that spent more than a decade working on Duke Nukem Forever—is suing Gearbox Software, the company that bought that game’s rights and released (Read Full Article) |
| Paramount Kills Entire HD DVD Release Schedule, But No Blu Flicks 'Til Summer [Hd Dvd] (Gizmodo, 2/29/2008 6:10am) |
| There won't be a soft transition to Blu-ray for Paramount—they're dropping their whole HD DVD release slate right this second. Their last two movies on the dead format hit Tuesday, even though... ... (Read Full Article) |
| With HD DVD dead, Blu-ray's next threat is digital downloads (Ars Technica, 2/19/2008 2:48pm) |
| Toshiba has officially put HD DVD to the sword, saying it will stop shipments by the end of March. Blu-ray's backers will now turn their attention to the format's next competitive threat: high-def downloads.Read More... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Oz The Great and Powerful Arrives on Blu-ray - Read the Review (About.com, 6/06/2013 8:00am) |
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The "prequel" to the celebrated 1939 classic, The Wizard of Oz, Oz the Great and Powerful, comes to Blu-ray courtesy of Walt Disney Studios and Evil Dead/Spiderman ... (Read Full Article) |
| Toshiba VP on HD-DVD: We've Been Declared Dead Before (Big Picture Big Sound, 1/09/2008 2:11am) |
| In a press conference just two days after Warner's announcement to drop support of the HD-DVD format as early as this May, Toshiba showed no sign of throwing in the towel in the high definition disc format war. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Universal Brings 'Thing,' 'Dead' Series to Blu-ray this Halloween (High-Def Digest, 7/17/2008 10:00pm) |
| Universal has announced plans to bring three of its top catalog horror hits to Blu-ray this September with all-new U-Control features, both as stand-alone releases and a three-title 'Halloween Starter... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Interactive Television Networks, Inc. Announces the Silver Screen Network: First Classic Movie Network for Internet (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance, 7/27/2005 1:30pm) |
| Radium Ventures, Inc. , a leader in Internet Protocol Television , today announced that Interactive Television Networks, Inc. has signed a licensing agreement with Academy Entertainment for the rights to over 1400 classic cinema titles featuring such stars as John Wayne, Buster Keaton, Charlie Chaplin and countless others. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Xbox 360 Games Don't Sell In Japan [Dead Horse, Beaten] (Kotaku, 12/27/2007 6:40pm) |
| New numbers have come from Famitsu, who has broken down Japanese sales figures on the top 50 Xbox 360 games since launch. None of the results are good. While Blue Dragon, an RPG by famous Final... ... (Read Full Article) |
| BBC and ITV showing Euro 2008 games in high definition on freesat (HDTV UK, 6/04/2008 11:14pm) |
| Quite a scoop for freesat as both the BBC and ITV will be showing matches from Euro 2008 in high definition on the platform. Of course, it's possible to see all the games the BBC has rights to in high def on Virgin Media and Sky, but ITV has announced that its first HD programmes will be matches on the opening few days of the tournament, including Portugal versus Turkey on Saturday... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Top 10 Tech Stories: Blu-ray won, E-Loremo, NVIDIA 9600 GT (I4U, 2/24/2008 11:00am) |
| This week marked an historic event in technology.
HD DVD is officially dead,
long lives Blu-ray. NVidia launched a new GPU with the
9600 GT. We have
published a review of the
XFX 9600 GT.... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Consumers, analysts, retailers give HD DVD the cold shoulder (Ars Technica, 1/29/2008 8:56am) |
| HD DVD may not be dead yet, but it looks to be a solid candidate for the endangered species list. Some early adopters believe the format war is over and are looking to unload their players while analysts call the format's demise inevitable.Read More... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Cablevision faces Verizon petition for HD content (HD-Report, 7/08/2009 8:01pm) |
| Verizon has petitioned the FCC to allow Cablevision and its Madison Square Garden network to provide Verizon with local sports programming in HD. According to the complaint, Cablevision has denied access to the high-definition versions of any of its regional sports programming.
Cablevision owns the high-definition rights to broadcasts of New York Knicks, New York Rangers, [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | New on Blu-ray this week: 42, Evil Dead, Solomon Kane (HD-Report, 7/16/2013 1:30pm) |
| What’s new on Blu-ray Disc this week? Let’s start with 42 starring Chadwick Boseman, Harrison Ford, and Nicole Beharie. The Blu-ray Combo Pack from Warner Bros. comes with BD, DVD, and UltraViolet code to download [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Plasma vs. LCD vs. LED: Which HDTV Type is Best? (eCoustics, 11/15/2012 6:21pm) |
| When you’re shopping for an HDTV, there are plenty of factors to consider. Chief among them is the type of display. While boxy, bulky CRTs are long dead and mammoth rear-projection HDTVs are all but extinct, the HDTV market currently offers [...] (Read Full Article) |
| HD-DVD confirmed dead (the INQUIRER, 2/18/2008 11:26am) |
| Nick Booth the Inquirer,
Monday 18 February 2008. 10:19:00
Hip hip, Blu-ray!
FOLLOWING REPORTS that it is set to dump HD DVD, Toshiba has pretty much
confirmed its tactical retreat from the HD-DVD battleground. The Blu-ray camp,
led by Sony, may finally get this market their own way. Company sources at
Toshiba said it is mulling three main options.... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Gadmei 3D HD Pad hands-on (video) (Engadget, 1/10/2013 11:48pm) |
| While some have declared 3D dead, Chinese electronics firm (Read Full Article) |
| Silicon Image Agrees to License Advanced Digital TV System-on-a-Chip Intellectual Property From Sunplus (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance, 2/06/2007 12:15pm) |
| Silicon Image, Inc. , a leader in semiconductors for the secure storage, distribution and presentation of high-definition content, today announced that it signed a cross-licensing agreement with Sunplus Technology Co., Ltd. whereby Silicon Image receives the rights to use and further develop advanced intellectual property , for video processors and digital television products to accelerate ... ... (Read Full Article) |
| OPINION: HD DVD is dead - but does that mean Blu-ray automatically wins? (Tech Digest, 2/18/2008 2:28pm) |
| Gary Cutlack writes... So it looks like HD DVD has died.
That doesn't bother me much as I can't tell the difference between HD and
normal telly from the comfort of my uncomfortable DFS sofa, so I'm yet to
bother upgrading to any new movie formats. But my "old" DVD collection is huge
- although it only covers a relatively small period of time, back when DVD was
the hot new thing. It start ... (Read Full Article) |
| Wii Dominates April, PS3 & Xbox 360 In Dead Heat On GTA IV Sales [Console Wars] (Kotaku, 5/15/2008 10:40pm) |
| Nintendo had an amazing April, pushing over 700,000 Wiis in the United States. That's a massive difference from its "current gen high definition console" competition, as the Xbox 360 and PlayStation... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Toshiba says HD DVD ''has not lost'' despite Warner Move (I4U, 1/07/2008 7:46am) |
| By Franklin Paul and Mayumi Negishi
LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Toshiba Corp insisted on Sunday that its HD DVD
high-definition video format is far from dead despite being dealt a major
setback by Warner Bros studio's decision to exclusively back So... ... (Read Full Article) |
| BDP-S350 and S550: Sony's First Full 2.0 Spec Blu-ray Players [Sony] (Gizmodo, 2/26/2008 8:01am) |
| PS3 aside, the Blu-ray players Sony sold up until now are worthy of only your garbage can. Now that HD DVD is dead like a doornail, the 800-lb. gorilla is getting serious. The $400 BDP-S350 will... ... (Read Full Article) |
| iStreamPlanet and Limelight Networks Team to Deliver Webcast of Mark Cuban's Keynote Speech at 2005 NAB Convention (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance, 4/18/2005 12:00pm) |
| Limelight Networks, a leading Internet content delivery network, and iStreamPlanet, a media digital rights management , webcasting and videoconferencing solutions provider, are teaming to webcast Mark Cuban's keynote address on the future of HDTV over the Internet, live from the National Association of Broadcasters convention in Las Vegas on Wednesday, April 20. (Read Full Article) |
| SiGen Announces NanoTec License to Shin-Etsu Chemical of Tokyo Japan (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 10/03/2005 2:01pm) |
| Silicon Genesis Corporation announced today that it has entered into a broad intellectual property license agreement with Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. of Tokyo Japan . Under this agreement, Shin-Etsu will have rights to SiGen's NanoTec suite of technologies and includes the purchase of SiGen proprietary equipment. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Disney's 'Pirates' DVD Previews 2007 Blu-ray Booty (High-Def Digest, 12/13/2006 11:00pm) |
| Offering a tantalizing preview on its recent DVD release of 'Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest,' Disney appears to have a bountiful 2007 lined up for Blu-ray fans. In a brief teaser that appears... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Protecting Satellite TV Subscribers, DISH Network and DIRECTV File Suit in Florida Challenging Constitutionality of (PR Newswire via Yahoo! (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance, 5/05/2005 7:35pm) |
| Defending the rights of hundreds of thousands of satellite TV subscribers in Florida, DIRECTV Inc., and EchoStar Communications Corporation and its DISH Network, the leading providers of satellite TV service in the nation, have filed a lawsuit in the Florida Circuit Court for Leon County challenging the constitutionality of provisions in Florida\\\'s communications services tax law that ... (Read Full Article) |
| Retailers offering credits/refunds to early HD DVD adopters (Ars Technica, 3/22/2008 5:20pm) |
| With HD DVD officially dead, multiple retailers are reaching out to soften the loss for early adopters, and maybe entice them back into the store. Ars tells you who's offering the trade-ins and how to take advantage.Read More... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Survey: HD DVD is dead, but did anyone tell the online retailers? (Tech Digest, 4/01/2008 6:12pm) |
| With the HD
DVD Promotional Group dissolving, Toshiba abandoning ship, and precious few
studios releasing anything on the format any more, you'd have to be totally
uninformed and just a little bit stupid to buy an HD DVD player thinking that
it was the future. Enter two fairly benign entities -- online retailers and the
Great British consumer -- which when mixed can be deadly (or at least, g ... (Read Full Article) |
| Toshiba's portable HD DVD player prototypes (Engadget, 1/09/2008 1:13am) |
| Filed under: Displays, HDTV, Portable Video
If the HD DVD format lives to see the day, then we'll be carrying around these swank portable players. They're just concepts, and that screen is as dead as HD DVD is to Warner (it's just a picture). But man do they get our man juices oozing something fierce. They're almost good enough to make us hope HD DVD wins the format war. Almost.Gallery: Toshib ... (Read Full Article) |
| Breaking News: Barbara Bel Geddes dead at 82 (TV Squad, 8/10/2005 8:52pm) |
| Filed under: Talent She played Miss Ellie on Dallas for many years. When she had a heart attack and was replaced by Donna Reed for several episodes, fans were up in arms. She died of lung cancer on Monday. Bob Thomas has a great (naturally) obituary of her at the link below. Read Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments Ads by ... (Read Full Article) |
| Generation Next gets one upped (Joystiq, 4/18/2005 4:22pm) |
| Wondering what the future holds? Well don’t go playing with your crystal balls. Instead, check out 1UP’s Generation Next feature. Sort the fact, from the fiction. A good look at what we know so far, and it even gives props to the Dreamcast, a console which, despite being dead, still has a strong homebrew community. Of course, you’re interested in the future, not the past. Go check the (Read Full Article) |
| John Bryant Introduces 'Silver Rights' Movement at Forum of Young Global Leaders Inaugural Summit (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance, 6/30/2005 2:58pm) |
| Operation HOPE's Founder, Chairman and CEO John Bryant announced a new global movement toward economic empowerment at the Forum of Young Global Leaders Inaugural Summit, sponsored by the World Economic Forum, on June 24-26. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Is HDCP Dead? PS3 Blu-ray and Xbox 360 HD DVD Without HDMI (I4U, 5/09/2006 10:52am) |
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The Microsoft Xbox 360 does not support HDMI and the cheaper version of the Sony PS3 also does not have a HDMI interface. Which means if HDCP is enforced on Blu-ray or HD DVD Discs you would only be able to watch the movie in DVD quality.
The Sony P... ... (Read Full Article) |
| SiGen Announces NanoTec License to Shin-Etsu Chemical of Tokyo Japan (ZDNet India, 10/04/2005 7:57am) |
| Silicon Genesis Corporation (SiGen) announced on monday that it has entered into a broad intellectual property license agreement with Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. of Tokyo Japan (Shin-Etsu). Under this agreement, Shin-Etsu will have rights to SiGen's NanoTec(TM) suite of technologies and includes the purchase of SiGen proprietary equipment. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Universal releases lineup of Blu-ray “Steelbook” editions (HD-Report, 6/25/2013 4:58pm) |
| Universal has released a lineup of titles to the Blu-ray “Steelbook” format this week, including titles like Scarface (1983), The Big Lebowski, Serenity, and Shaun of the Dead. The Steelbook editions come with a Blu-ray [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Belkin kills the FlyWire -- does wireless HD / HDMI even have a chance? (Engadget, 7/16/2009 9:44pm) |
| We sort of saw the writing on the wall, but now Belkin has went and made it official: the FlyWire is dead. Originally showcased at CES 2008 and at practically every AV-related trade show since, the wireless HD-enabling FlyWire was seen as the poster child for wireless HD / HDMI by many, and the death of this product certainly doesn't bode well for the technology as a whole. It's true that AMIMON ... (Read Full Article) |
| The iMuse high-end home entertainment system (Engadget, 8/11/2005 5:27pm) |
| Nah, this isn’t the same iMUSE that used to power music in old school Lucasarts SCUMM-based adventure games—this iMuse media system takes dead aim at the custom media server market players like Kaleidescape and Chord with their much more box-centric (and apparently cost effective) solution. Each room gets an iMuse Sierra PC (which you may recognize is the same media PC that Gateway and ... (Read Full Article) |
| Advanced Powerline Technologies Announces Acquisition of Advanced Intellectual Property for Broadband over Power Line (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 8/25/2005 6:55pm) |
| Advanced Powerline Technologies, Inc., announces the acquisition of certain advanced intellectual property for Broadband over Power Line and Power Line Communications . Advanced Powerline Technologies, Inc., further announced today that it has acquired from three inventors all their rights, title and interest in the most advanced communications network using installed electrical power lines that ... (Read Full Article) |
| 'The Closer' shuts door on competition (TV Squad, 12/29/2005 5:37pm) |
| Filed under: Drama , Cable , Industry The Closer , TNT's new drama series, has now been ranked as the most watched original cable series of 2005. It ranked first in all basic cable networks in total viewership and other key demographic categories. That's a pretty good honor for a freshman show which was competing with other basic cable programs such as Monk , The Dead Zone , The ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | A new strategy RPG called Natural Doctrine is in the works for PS3, PS4, and PS Vita. (Kotaku, 9/09/2013 11:50am) |
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A new strategy RPG called Natural Doctrine is in the works for PS3, PS4, and PS Vita. Kadokawa Games, publisher of Killer is Dead and Lollipop Chainsaw, announced the game today with a rather [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Kotaku Holy Hell, This Guy Re-Created All Of Baldur's Gate In 3D | Gawker NYC Couple Who Hosted Self (Kotaku, 6/05/2013 9:15pm) |
| Kotaku Holy Hell, This Guy Re-Created All Of Baldur's Gate In 3D | Gawker NYC Couple Who Hosted Self-Help Radio Show Found Dead [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Dead-Finger Tech: Panasonic HD front projector (Storage Bits, 7/30/2009 6:43am) |
I like my toys. Dual monitors on a quad-core, 12 GB Mac Pro. Blackmagic Intensity Pro HDMI capture card. 4 TB of local disk, including my favorite, a 300 GB WD 10k Velociraptor system disk. Logitech Trackman Wheel and a Microsoft Natural Keyboard Elite.
Canon HV20 and Kodak Zi6 HD camcorders. Final Cut Studio and Shake. [...]
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| BBC wants to lock-down Freeview HD content (AfterDawn, 9/18/2009 7:01am) |
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has appealed to regulator Ofcom to be allowed to use encryption on Freeview HD data to prevent piracy. Of course, the request was immediately criticized as under licensing rules, the BBC is not allowed to encrypt video or audio streams. However, the BBC is requesting it be allowed to encrypt the data associated with TV listings, which in effect will stop set-top boxes from decoding TV content.
"We are committed to ensuring that public service content remains free to air i.e. unencrypted," the broadcaster said in a statement. "However, HD content holders have begun to expect a degree of content management on the Freeview HD platform and therefore broadcasters have recognised that a form of copy protection is needed."
A vocal critic of the plan is Labour MP Tom Watson, who says the plan results in limiting consumer choices. "In an attempt to satisfy the fears of powerful rights holders, the BBC will prohibit millions of people from programming their existing set top boxes," he in a blog entry. "If implemented this will make it difficult to view or record HDTV broadcasts with free software. Where's the consumer interest in that settlement?"
Under the new system, only trusted manufacturers would be offered the decryption keys for the HD data. Many set-top-boxes use open source software such as Linux to bring down costs, and critics say that the BBC's request will hit these boxes, because DRM is incompatible with open source software. As a result, it would be more difficult for producers of the boxes to get the necessary permissions from the BBC.Permalink | Comments
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