 | Father of the Pride - The Complete Series (DVD Talk, 6/13/2005 12:39pm) |
| "The Father of the Pride" hit TV screens several months after Roy was attacked by one of his tigers, putting it behind the eight-ball from the beginning. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | On the run up to Father's Day, you can snag a Nook HD for $130 or a Nook HD+ for $150. (Gizmodo, 6/10/2013 12:48pm) |
| On the run up to Father's Day, you can snag a Nook HD for $130 or a (Read Full Article) |
 | Panasonic Developing 4 GB SDHC Memory Card; Based on New SD Memory Card Specification (Japan Corporate News, 3/09/2006 3:29pm) |
| Tokyo, Japan, Mar 9, 2006 - (JCN Newswire) - Panasonic, the leading brand for which Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. is best known, today announced that it is developing a 4 GB SDHC (SD High-Capacity) Memory Card based on the new SD Specifications Version 2.00. The new specifications were established to meet the growing demand for HD (High Definition) video and high-resolution image ... (Read Full Article) |
 | MOSAID Announces New Memory Test System at ITC (CommsDesign, 11/09/2005 6:36pm) |
| OTTAWA, Nov. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - MOSAID Technologies Incorporated's Systems Division , today announced the availability of its latest memory test system, the MS5205, at the International Test Conference (ITC) in Austin, Texas. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Latest PS3 challenges Wii U memory philosophy; EU, US disparity explained (Joystiq, 9/20/2012 7:30pm) |
| The new, slimmer PS3 comes in two forms in the US, 250GB for $270 and [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | Toshiba, Memory-Tech develop new DVD-HD-DVD compatible discs (EARTHtimes.org, 9/12/2006 7:53am) |
| Japanese electronics giant Toshiba Corp. and optical disc maker Memory-Tech Corp. have jointly developed a single-sided three-layer ROM disc that supports high capacity storage and playback of content in both DVD and HD DVD formats. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Samsung unveils first SSDs with 3D V-NAND memory, but only for enterprise (Engadget, 8/14/2013 1:42am) |
|
Well, that was [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | Sony HDR-CX100/R AVCHD Camcorder In Silver - $435 Shipped (Gadget Review, 7/29/2009 4:10am) |
| Although Abe’s of Maine had the Sony HDR-CX100/R AVCHD Camcorder for the same price at the beginning of this month that deal has since expired. Beach Camera now carries it for the same price but in Silver. Features include full HD recordings, 8GB of flash memory, memory stick slot for expansion, 2.7-inch touchscreen and a [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Samsung Starts Mass Producing Industry’s First 3D Vertical NAND Flash (Business Wire, 8/08/2013 10:00pm) |
| SEOUL, South Korea--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., the world leader in advanced memory technology, today announced that it has begun mass producing the industry’s first three-dimensional (3D) Vertical NAND (V-NAND) flash memory, [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | 2nd-Gen Flip MinoHD camcorder shipping (HD-Report, 10/14/2009 7:02pm) |
| The second generation Flip MinoHD camcorder from Pure Digital Technologies started shipping this week. The tiny HD video camera stores 120 minutes of 1280×720 resolution video on 8 GB of built-in memory, requiring no additional memory.
Video is recorded at 30 frames-per-second (progressive scan) at an average bitrate of 9.0Mbps. Video compression is H.264, audio compression [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | Father Of Old DVD Mourns New DVD Divorce (Investor's Business Daily via Yahoo! Finance, 9/27/2005 11:00pm) |
| An industry standards war over a new consumer electronics product -- unlike anything since the Betamax-VHS VCR battle more than 30 years ago --... ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Memory-Tech said to make pre-recorded HD DVD discs in China, Taiwanese makers watching (Digi Times, 11/16/2006 4:57am) |
| Japan-based Memory-Tech will increase investment in China-based Shanghai United Optical Disc to produce pre-recorded HD DVD discs specifically for the China market, while Taiwanese pre-recorded discs makers will watch the situation and evaluate the feasibility of investing in China, according to industry sources. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Canon to launch HF11 and HF21 high definition camcorders in Japan (HDTV UK, 7/24/2008 9:00am) |
| Canon has announced that it will launch two new high definition camcorders to the Japanese market in late August, both priced the same but one featuring 32GB of flash memory and the other a 120GB hard drive. The lighter HF11 features the large 32GB memory store, giving up to 12 hours of HD footage when shooting in AVCHD, and nearly three hours in full 1080p quality. An additional SD card can doubl ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Memory-Tech, Toshiba Announce Latest Advance in Single-sided, Three- layer TWIN Format Disc for DVD and HD DVD (PhysOrg, 9/11/2006 9:18pm) |
| Memory-Tech Corporation and Toshiba Corporation today announced the latest advance in DVD disc technology: a jointly developed, single-sided, three-layer ROM disc supporting high capacity storage and playback of both DVD and HD DVD formats. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Father Of Old DVD Mourns New DVD Divorce (Investor's Business Daily via Yahoo! News, 9/27/2005 11:00pm) |
| An industry standards war over a new consumer electronics product -- unlike anything since the Betamax-VHS VCR battle more than 30 years ago -- nears a tipping point. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Networking This Week: Next-Generation DSL -- Super High Speed And HDTV-Ready (Networking Pipeline, 6/17/2005 4:08am) |
| If you think DSL is yesterday's technology, think again. As the news shows this week, this isn't your father's DSL. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Graceland' Blu-ray Detailed (High-Def Digest, 7/24/2013 8:00pm) |
| A determined father will try to rescue his kidnapped daughter in this crime thriller coming to Blu-ray in July. As previously reported, Image Entertainment is preparing 'Graceland' for Blu-ray on [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Barnes & Noble slashes Nook HD prices for one week (CNET Blogs, 6/10/2013 12:11pm) |
| The Father's Day deals are even better than they were leading up to Mother's Day, with the Nook HD at $129 and the Nook HD+ at $149. (Read Full Article) |
 | Fox Preps Trio of War Classics for Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 2/29/2008 5:00pm) |
| Fox has issued Blu-ray release dates for a blitzkrieg of war-themed titles due this Father's Day, including the classics 'Patton,' 'The Sand Pebbles' and 'The Longest Day.' Fox first revealed plans to... ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Gosling: Blu-ray victory to spur Java creativity (CNET News, 3/06/2008 2:03pm) |
| So-called father of Java hopes that JavaFX will enable a Blu-ray graphical user experience beyond playing high-definition DVDs. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Graceland' Blu-ray Announced (High-Def Digest, 4/05/2013 8:00pm) |
| A desperate father will try to rescue his kidnapped daughter in this crime thriller coming to Blu-ray in July. In an early announcement to retailers, Image Entertainment is preparing 'Graceland' for [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | Panasonic to launch world's first hand-held high definition solid-state memory camcorder during Cabsat Dubai 2006 (AME Info, 3/05/2006 11:31am) |
| Panasonic, the leading global manufacturer of broadcast products and consumer electronics, has announced that it would be launching the AG-HVX200, the world's first hand-held high definition solid-state memory camcorder during the 12th Middle East International Cable, Satellite, Broadcast and Communications Exhibition (CABSAT) 2006, that will be held from March 7-9 at the Dubai International ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Inescapable' Blu-ray Announced (High-Def Digest, 6/11/2013 4:00pm) |
| A father's past threatens the life of his daughter in this mystery thriller hitting Blu-ray in July. In an early announcement to retailers, MPI is preparing 'Inescapable' for Blu-ray on July 2. [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | VIZIO Announces Breakthrough Father's Day Prices on HD Plasmas and LCD TV (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance, 6/06/2006 1:30pm) |
| V, Incorporated -- maker of the multiple award-winning VIZIO line of high definition TV's -- announces new pricing that any family member would love. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | PS3 Internal Memory Cards for Backwards Compatibility Hands-on (IGN Complete, 11/10/2006 7:23pm) |
| We play and save PSone and PS2 titles on Sony's next-gen console. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Babe: Pig in the City,' 'Jesus Christ Superstar,' & 'In the Name of the Father' Announced for Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 2/26/2013 7:00pm) |
| Three favorites from Universal's catalog will be getting the Blu-ray treatment in May. In an announcement to retailers, Universal says 'Babe: Pig in the City' will have a Blu-ray release on May 7. [...] (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) |
 | Cablevision directors order chairman to back off (USATODAY.com via Yahoo! News, 3/04/2005 11:19am) |
| The father-son clash at Cablevision Systems intensified Thursday as a committee charged that company founder Charles Dolan is engaging in marketing practices "likely to deceive" people into believing the firm still supports his pet project: an HDTV satellite service. (Read Full Article) |
 | A New Way to Talk about GPUs (ExtremeTech, 8/01/2005 1:24pm) |
| Commentary: The way we used to discuss graphics processors--fill rate and memory bandwidth--is rapidly becoming obsolete. It's time for a new GPU shorthand. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | GIGABYTE Introduces 512MB VGA Card for High-Definition PC Gaming (HardwareZone, 7/29/2005 9:00am) |
| New GV-RX80L512V raises the bar for onboard memory capacity on single GPU graphics accelerator cards ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Clint Eastwood 20 Film Collection' Blu-ray Dated (High-Def Digest, 2/12/2013 12:00am) |
| Go ahead, punk. Get dad a load of squinty goodness on Blu-ray this Father's Day! In an early announcement to retailers, Warner Brothers will release 'Clint Eastwood 20 Film Collection' on June 4. [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Donkey Kong' swings onto Nintendo 3DS (USATODAY, 5/19/2013 11:03am) |
| One of Nintendo's finest console games in recent memory is now available for portable [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | 'I'm here for long-term'—Sky CEO Murdoch (Digital Television Group, 8/03/2005 11:07am) |
| BSkyB chief executive James Murdoch has sought to quell speculation about his future following the surprise resignation of his brother Lachlan as deputy chief operating officer of their father Rupert Murdoch's media empire News Corporation, which owns 36% of BSkyB. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Holographic-memory discs may put DVDs to shame (New Scientist, 11/24/2005 6:30pm) |
| A new computer disc – about the size of a DVD yet able to hold 60 times more data and work 10 times faster – should go on sale in 2006 ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Opinion: Blu-ray or HD DVD -- neither, thanks (Computerworld, 1/11/2008 2:00pm) |
| As the skirmish between Blu-ray and HD DVD drags on, with Blu-ray gaining more momentum from movie industry supporters, you should continue to be patient and wait -- not for Blu-ray, but for systems that can store video-on-demand movies and TV on spinning disk and flash memory. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Tokyo Edge: HD Camcorders, Tiny Music Players, and Nine-Ink Printers (PC World, 6/15/2005 8:04am) |
| Talk of changes in giant TV technology, flash hard-drive memory, and new external storage options surface this month in Asia. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | 'Bridge Too Far,' 'Battle of Britain' Blu-rays Rescheduled for Father's Day (High-Def Digest, 4/04/2008 6:00pm) |
| After a delay of over six months, MGM has rescheduled the Blu-rays of 'Battle of Britain' and 'A Bridge Too Far' for early June. Originally announced for a November high-def debut, MGM yanked both WWII-themed... ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Disney Blu-ray Movies on Sale at Costco (Format War Central, 6/04/2008 8:35am) |
| During at trip to our local Costco, we spotted a father’s day sale on Disney Blu-ray movies. The deal is for $19.99 ($6 off of $25.99). There are a variety of titles available to choose from. Sadly, we didn’t see any of the Pixar films at the Costco we were at. ... (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) |
 | Toshiba To Lose $666 Million (Cue Scary Music) [Hd Dvd] (Kotaku, 3/19/2008 11:00am) |
| Man, losing is hard. Not only that, it's expensive. Back in February, Toshiba pulled the plug on its HD DVD, thereby ending the format war. That, along with the falling price of flash memory chips,... ... (Read Full Article) |
 | What Is A Blog? It Is Sharing Information - Leonardo Chiariglione (MasterNewMedia.org, 2/09/2006 10:44am) |
| Leonardo Chiariglione, by many considered the father of .mp3, is an Italian scientist who has spent his professional life trying to transform Digital Media from being a potentially useful resource to becoming a set of actual benefits to society and business through such initiatives as HDTV Workshop, MPEG, Image Communication, 64 kbit/s Workshop, DAVIC, FIPA, OPIMA and SDMI. Riding the Media Bits ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | HDD Deal of the Week: 'The Ultimate Chuck Norris Blu-ray Bundle' Blu-ray $24.99 at Amazon (High-Def Digest, 6/09/2013 5:14pm) |
| Get dad five Chuck Norris action favorites on Blu-ray for a great price this Father's Day! Amazon is selling 'The Ultimate Chuck Norris Blu-ray Bundle' for $24.99 (64% off the suggested retail [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | Alicia Keys bringing story to UPN (TV Squad, 1/12/2006 5:07pm) |
| Filed under: Drama , Talent , UPN UPN has decided to stick with the "celebrity coming of age" approach for a new drama based on the childhood of recording artist Alicia Keys. Heck, it worked for Chris Rock.The series will be based on Keys', who had a white mother and a black father and was raised by her mother in Hell's Kitchen after her parents divorced when she was two. She started ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Sound Advice: Camcorder not designed to make good stills (Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 5/14/2005 4:09am) |
| Q: I have a new digital camcorder that takes video on tape and still pictures on a memory card. The videos look great, but the still pictures are very fuzzy. Am I doing anything wrong? ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | “Indiana Jones: The Complete Adventures” Blu-ray on Sale Today (HD-Report, 5/31/2013 12:34pm) |
| Still looking for a great Father’s day gift? Today only, you can get “Indiana Jones: The Complete Adventures” on Blu-ray for just $38.99. The boxed set from Paramount contains the classic “Indiana Jones and the [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | ISSI Announces a 128Mb DDR DRAM for Networking, Consumer and Automotive Applications (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance, 12/13/2005 10:00am) |
| Integrated Silicon Solution, Inc. , a leader in advanced memory solutions, today introduced their first x32 DDR DRAM, the IS43R32400A, a 128Mb DDR DRAM. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Blu-ray victory to spur Java development, says James Gosling (HDTV UK, 3/10/2008 11:14am) |
| James Gosling, widely accepted
as the "father of Java", has said that Blu-ray's victory should spur further
use of the Java programming language to bring greater interactivity to discs.
Raising the slightly embarrassing point that Profile 2.0 Blu-ray players are
still extremely scarce, Gosling told ZDNet Australia, "There's actually this
Profile 2.0 spec for Blu-ray, which almost all of ... (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) |
 | ASUS Ships Fastest R520 Graphics Card (BIOS, 11/30/2005 8:25am) |
| ASUSTeK Computer (Asus) claims it has set a new benchmark for out-of-the-box X1800XT clock speeds with the launch of the EAX1800XT Top. With the core clock speed set to 700MHz and memory running at a blistering 1.6GHz (800MHz DDR3), it looks set to be one of the fa... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Scientists encode Shakespeare sonnets, MP3 and more into glitch-free DNA (Engadget, 1/24/2013 7:08am) |
| We've seen scientists experiment with DNA as a storage medium -- most recently with a (Read Full Article) |
 | Sanyo HD1 Camcorder's Video Quality Called "Disastrous" (Gizmodo, 3/01/2006 3:14pm) |
| The as-yet-unreleased Sanyo VPC-HD1 Xacti camcorder, a small-form-factor HDV shooter that records 720p MPEG-4 high-definition video onto an SD flash memory card, was negatively reviewed by Akihabara... ... (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) |
 | With more HD camcorders comes more detail and anxiety (Consumer Reports, 7/13/2009 10:00am) |
| This photo was taken in the late afternoon. Note how the warmer sunlight creates softer, less conspicuous shadows, particularly on the face. This lighting technique can improve your HD video as well. (Click to enlarge.) [ Photo: T. Sullivan ] Sony recently announced two new flash-memory camcorder models for consumers, the HDR-CX500V ($1,100) and HDR-CX520V ($1,300), which will be available in Sept ... (Read Full Article) |
 | THX chief says war victory came too late for Blu-ray (AfterDawn, 3/25/2008 10:21pm) |
| THX chief scientist Laurie Fincham has been quoted as saying that despite its victory over HD DVD, Blu-ray will not become the next standard in the home entertainment market.
"Personally, I think it's too late for Blu-ray. I think consumers will only become interested in replacing DVD when HD movies becomes available on flash memory. Do we really need another spinning format?" Fincham is quo ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Panasonic to launch SD-based high-def camcorder (Digit Magazine, 11/08/2006 10:13am) |
| Panasonic will begin selling two new high-definition camcorders in December, based on the recently-developed AVCHD format, it said Wednesday. One of the cameras, the HDC-SD1, records images onto an SD (Secure Digital) memory card so users don't have to worry about blank tapes or discs. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Intel plans return to embedded flash market (IT World, 4/07/2005 1:58pm) |
| Intel Corp. plans to ship a new family of embedded NOR-type flash memory chips with capacities as high as 1G bits to meet growing demand for the technology in consumer electronics products, the company said Thursday. (Read Full Article) |
 | New Sony HD camcorders coming soon (HD-Report, 7/23/2009 5:04pm) |
| Sony announced a couple new HD camcorders you’ll see on the shelves in September. The HDR-CX520V and HDR-CX500V capture 1920×1080 high-definition video, as well as 12-megapixel photos. Both handycams store content on 64GB or 32G internal flash memory, respectively, giving you up to 25 hours of HD video in LP mode.
In addition to the built-in [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | High-Definition JVC GR-HD1 HD Camcorder (Luxist, 6/24/2005 5:31pm) |
| See your babies drool in high-definition with the world’s first cosumer HD camcorder, the JVC GR-HD1 . Available for $3,500, this handheld camera lets you record, edit, play, and store home movies directly to the cameras built-in memory card for easy digital editing. Once you have a finished product, you can transfer the movie to a DVD or standard VHS tape. Although you can watch your videos ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Panasonic offers up 32GB P2 memory card (Engadget, 9/17/2007 9:57pm) |
| Filed under: Digital Cameras, HDTV, Storage
It's been a short while since we've seen any news on the P2 HD front, but Panasonic is hoping to extract a few more hundies from those sold on the format by introducing a 32GB P2 card. The device, labeled AJ-P2C032RG, can be installed in sets of five into the AJ-HPX3000 and HPX2000 P2 HD camcorders for recording "up to 2.5 hours (over 3 hours in 24p) ... (Read Full Article) |
 | DivX support finds its way into HP, LG HDTVs (Engadget, 4/23/2008 5:46pm) |
| Filed under: Displays, HDTV, Home EntertainmentThere's no other way to say it, DivX is on a roll in 2008 (that small Stage6 stumble is already a fading memory). If support from Blu-ray players and videogame consoles wasn't enough, DivX Certification has snaked its long arm directly into HDTVs, with "over 80 models" from HP and LG slapping on a sticker indicating users can simply plug a USB dri ... (Read Full Article) |
 | NEC shows off super resolution upconverting for your cell, HDTV and all in between (Engadget, 2/05/2009 12:52am) |
| Let's face it, that low res cellphone video of last weekend's party and your Days of Thunder VHS won't be upscaling themselves, hence the sudden explosion of Super Resolution technology including this most recent entry from NEC. Claiming low power and memory requirements, part number uPD9245GJ is ready for duty blowing up images for display on your VGA cellphone or nav system without blurring, ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Are you all set for HDTV? Mysteries of set-top boxes (Technorati, 12/09/2007 11:58pm) |
| Are you all set for HDTV? Mysteries of set-top boxes Published in December 9th, 2007 Posted by Digg RSS News Search for HDTV in HDTV Reviews No Comments As I noted here a couple of weeks ago, current top-of-the-line offerings from cable and satellite providers are really computers, with an operating system (usually Linux), built-in programming, plus hard drives and memory and networking. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Mini-ITX SBC adopts Intel 915GM chipset. (ThomasNet, 11/09/2005 2:12pm) |
| Based on Mobile Intel® 915GM Express chipset and Intel® ICH6M, EMB-9680 accommodates up to 2 GB of DDR system memory and is validated with 533 MHz Intel Pentium® M and Celeron® M processors with 2 MB L2 cache. I/O connectivity is provided via two 10/100 Mbps Ethernet with optional Giga LAN, 8 USB 2.0, 5 serial ports, and 16-bit DIO pins. Along with 32-bit, 3D graphics engine, motherboard suppo ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Samsung Introduces World’s First 3D V-NAND Based SSD, for Enterprise Applications (Business Wire, 8/16/2013 10:00pm) |
| SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., the world leader in advanced memory technology, today introduced the first solid state drive (SSD) based on its industry-leading 3D V-NAND technology. Samsung announced its new [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | nVidia GeForce 7800 GTX 512MB Ships! (BIOS, 11/15/2005 10:51am) |
| nVidia's latest GPU boasts faster clocks and twice the memory. The GeForce 7800 GTX 512MB (around GBP445 ex. VAT) graphics processing unit (GPU) is a supercharged version of the current GeForce 7800 GTX graphics chip, which already delivers tremendous performance for... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Samsung ships first 3D vertical NAND flash, defies memory scaling limits (Engadget, 8/06/2013 3:34am) |
|
The main challenge in [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | NEC Electronics bids to double Blu-ray sales in two years (HDTV UK, 7/16/2008 10:40am) |
| NEC Electronics has stated that it expects to double sales of its Blu-ray products over the next two years, thanks in part to its development of a chip which puts signal processors and memory on a single sliver of silicon. "We've gained an edge over our rivals with this chip," said NEC Electronics' Associate Vice President Shigeo Niitsu. "We will do what it takes to keep pace with market pric ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Sony's Vaio X, now with DTCP (Engadget, 6/12/2006 2:21pm) |
| Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment
Sony just gave a little bump to their Vaio X living room PCs. The VGX-XL71S features an ISDB-T digital tuner, a pair of terrestrial analog tuners, up to 1.5TB of disk, a 2.8GHz Pentium D 920, nVIDIA GeForce 6200 graphics, a dual-layer DVD recorder, up to 2GB memory, and whole host of audio and video outs including HDMI. Notable here, is Sony's expanding produ ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Panasonic Expands Leadership in Solid-State High Definition Production with Six New Additions To P2 HD Line-up (Business Wire, 4/13/2008 11:00pm) |
| LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--At NAB 2008, Panasonic Broadcast reinforced its leadership in solid-state high definition video production with another doubling of card memory capacity, and new ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Toshiba's first three 1080p DLP rear projection TVs (Engadget, 5/20/2005 2:25am) |
| Toshiba also announed their first three 1080p DLP rear projection TVs today, the 56-inch 56HM195, the 62-inch 62HM195, and the 72-inch (you guessed it) 72HM195. All three are CableCARD ready, and have a built-in memory card reader for looking at digital photos, dual HDMI ports, and a FireWire port if you want to attach one of Toshiba’s optional 160GB Symbio HD Recorders. Both the 56HM195 and the ... (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) |
 | 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) |
 | Kodak intros Zi6 pocket high definition video camera (Tech Digest, 7/10/2008 2:38pm) |
| Kodak has announced that its Zi6 pocket high definition video camera will be available from August, offering 720p recording at 60 frames per second, a 2x optical zoom, 128MB of internal memory with card expansion slot, capture in the H.264 format, three megapixel still photos, and a mono microphone. It has a 2.4-inch colour LCD screen for viewing and reviewing, is powered from two AA batteries, th ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Panasonic 58-Inch 1080p Plasma HDTV: $2,799 (TVPredictions, 10/09/2008 9:54am) |
| Amazon.com is now selling a Panasonic 58-inch 1080p Plasma HDTV for $2,799 -- more than 38 percent off the suggested list price. The flat-panel set, model TH-58PZ700U, delivers a picture resolution of 1,920 x 1,080 pixels, has 2 HDMI inputs, a SD card memory slot and has a contrast ratio of 5,000 to 1.The high-def set has a 4.5-star customer rating (based on 37 reviews) and it's Energy Star quali ... (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.
(Read Full Article) |
 | Leadtek debuts GeForce 6500-based graphics card (Digi Times, 10/14/2005 11:11am) |
| The WinFast PX6500 TDH card, which is based on the Nvidia GeForce 6500 GPU, is aimed to target the entry-level market. Differ from other entry-level graphics cards, the PX6500 TDH features DDR2 in memory, as well as HDTV, DVI, D-Sub and TV-Out input interfaces. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Samsung announces two new high definition camcorders: SMX-K40 / SMX-K44 (HDTV UK, 7/14/2009 10:54am) |
| Samsung has announced two new "near high definition" camcorders in the K Series. The SMX-K40 and SMX-K44 only record in standard definition (720 x 480) resolution but Samsung claims that this is upscaled to near HD quality when viewed on a high definition TV via the HDMI output. The SMX-K40 records onto an internal 16GB SSD while the SMX-K44 records to external memory cards. Fairly standard feat ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Sony Gulf launches world's most compact AVCHD Handycam CX7K (AME Info, 7/31/2007 1:03pm) |
| Sony Gulf has announced the launch of the new Handycam HDR-CX7K, the world's most compact AVCHD camcorder and also the first Sony camcorder to harness the convenience and portability of a Memory Stick for storing and sharing videos in High Definition. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | New Texas Instruments TMS320C6455 DSP Offers Incredible System Performance Gain Due to 2x-12x Boosts in Performance and (RedNova, 5/16/2005 2:10pm) |
| HOUSTON, May 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Building on its leadership in high- performance signal processing, Texas Instruments (TI) today announced the TMS320C6455 digital signal processor (DSP), offering improved performance, reduced code size plus more on-chip memory and high bandwidth integrated peripherals including the Serial RapidIO(R) bus for inter-processor communications. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Pioneer Launches Blu-Ray Disc Drive for $299. (Addict 3D, 5/04/2007 7:16am) |
| As expected, Pioneer Electronics, a leading maker of consumer electronics, on Wednesday unveiled its Blu-ray disc read only memory (BD ROM) optical drive for personal computers, which will go on sale next month and will cost $299 in retail.The Pioneer BDC-2202 drive can playback, read, record and re-write DVDs (12x speed for DVD±R, 6x for DVD±RW, 4x for DVD±R DL) as well as playback, read and . ... (Read Full Article) |
 | JVC Launches New HD Everio Memory Camera For Video Enthusiasts (HDTV Magazine, 9/15/2009 12:11pm) |
JVC today announced a new video camera that offers the performance, features and handling demanded by video enthusiasts. The new JVC HD Everio GZ-HM400, available immediately, emphasizes image quality and usability in a design that videographers will find allows comfortable extended use.
The HD Everio GZ-HM400, which records to an SD/SDHC card and includes 32GB of internal memory, features a 10.3-megapixel CMOS sensor that delivers nine-megapixel still images and 1080 TV lines of horizontal resolution for Full HD video. High-speed recording of up to 600fps is also possible for...
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 | Digital Signal Processors suit home audio applications. (ThomasNet, 9/12/2005 1:10pm) |
| Intended for multi-channel audio applications, Aureus(TM) 300 MHz Model TMS320DA710 and 250 MHz Model TMS320DA708 feature reverb algorithms for life-like room simulations, equalization techniques for room acoustic correction, and true dual-zone decoding and post-processing for multi-room applications. Dual Data Movement Accelerator performs non-sequential external memory accesses and circular ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Does the Samsung Instinct HD really shoot HD video? (Consumer Reports, 10/08/2009 7:02pm) |
| The Samsung Instinct HD. [PHOTO courtesy of Samsung] The Samsung Instinct HD, available from Sprint for $250 with a two-year contract after a $100 mail-in rebate, is the first cell phone we've seen that claims to make high-definition video recordings. It also boasts a 5-megapixel still camera with flash. That camera is a step up from the flashless, 2-megapixel camera found on previous Instincts, also from Sprint, including the S30 version now in our Ratings, available to subscribers. We’re evaluating the Instinct HD now, and will post full test results on it to our Ratings later this month. Meantime, our initial results on its imaging are promising, albeit with a few quibbles. The new Instinct’s camera is easy to access, thanks to a dedicated camera button, conveniently located on the lower right side of the phone. Pushing the button activates the camera’s still mode. Tapping a camera icon on the upper left of the largish (1.78 x 2.66 in.) display switches the camera to video mode. Tapping again summons controls for auto-focus, exposure, and other camera functions. The Instinct HD claims it can record video resolution of 1280 x 720p, which is a true HD format—although, as we often point out, HD format alone does not assure images of pristine, high-definition quality. To assess quality, we shot a series of videos on the Instinct and hooked it up to a 50-inch Panasonic plasma television using the optional ($30) HDMI cable. Our findings: Color was good in the MPEG4 videos, though they lacked fine detail and texture. They blurred even more when we panned the camera to the left or right. In short, they couldn’t rival the image quality you’d enjoy from full-sized HD camcorders in our Ratings, available to subscribers. But such camcorders are much bigger and pricier than the Instinct HD, and do nothing except shoot video and stills. The high-def video quality of the Instinct was comparable to what you’d get from a standard-definition pocket camcorder, such as the Flip. And that's still way ahead of the video we've seen any other camera phone. A few details and quibbles: The HDMI cable has a proprietary connector that works only with the Samsung HD, so you may have trouble finding a replacement if it's lost while you're on vacation. You can't use the cable for showing stills on your TV. If your TV has an SD memory-card slot, you can play photos and videos off of the phone's 4GB microSD memory card (the phone comes with an SD memory card adaptor). Unfortunately, accessing the card is a pain. You have to open the phone's back cover and remove the battery, which shuts off the phone. And the still-image performance of the Instinct? Pictures were sharp and well-defined, with good color overall on the TV screen, though shots taken in low light still looked dark—even with the flash. Camera controls were fairly responsive for a phone, with an acceptable next-shot delay. Our photo engineers are currently giving the Instinct HD's... (Read Full Article) |
 | Hitachi announces DZ-BD10HA tri-format Blu-ray camcorder (HDTV UK, 1/28/2009 11:26am) |
| Hitachi has announced its new DZ-BD10HA high definition camcorder, able to record directly to Blu-ray disc, internal 30GB hard drive, or SDHC. It features a seven megapixel CMOS image sensor offering full 1080p high definition recording, a dubbing feature which allows footage to be transferred directly from the hard drive or memory card to the Blu-ray disc, face detection, and image stabilisation. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Blueado Announces the Very First Mini HDTV Media Center (PR Web, 6/06/2006 7:22am) |
| Blueado redefines what a mini media center should by introducing the worlds first mini media center with TV tuners, a 400 GB Hard Drive, and 2 gigabytes of memory standard. The Blueado HDTV Mini Media Center is the ideal home theater Media Center for anyone looking to add a sense of style and sophistication to their home theater. (PRWEB Jun 6, 2006) Trackback URI: ... (Read Full Article) |
 | PDC Launches High Speed MMCplus Memory Cards - 150x now and 200x Before End of 2005 (PR Web, 5/29/2005 7:08am) |
| Already having products with performance speeds higher than industry averages, PDC (Power Digital Card) will announce its prototype of high speed MMCplus of 150x at Computex Taiwan 2005. PDC will also upgrade its performance for high speed MMCmobile from the current 60x to 150x. The next target level of high speed cards will be over 200x, expecting to be launched in Q4 of 2005. [PRWEB May 29, ... (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) |
 | Toshiba's first Blu-ray player hits in November (Consumer Reports, 9/03/2009 6:39pm) |
| Toshiba's BDX2000 Blu-ray player. (Click to enlarge) [PHOTO: Courtesy of Toshiba] If you can't beat 'em, join them. That's finally Toshiba's message as the company readies to roll out its first Blu-ray player, the BDX2000, this fall. The player will arrive in November, at a price of $250. The BDX200 is a BD-Live-ready player (you have to add 1GB of flash memory for the BD-Live Internet feature to work), and it includes an SD card slot for playing digital music, photos and video--including high-def AVCHD files—on your TV. The player has a "smoked mirrored" front panel, with a drop-down door that conceals the primary controls. When used with a Toshiba Regza TV, the player and TV can both be controlled from a single remote. From the announcement, it's unclear whether the layer internally decodes the high-resolution lossless audio formats—Dolby TrueHD and DTS HD-Master Audio—internally, or sends it out via bitstream for decoding in a receiver. [Note: We just learned the player decodes these formats internally.] —James K. Willcox (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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 | New Blu-ray player Ratings: Lower prices, more features (Consumer Reports, 10/09/2009 4:03pm) |
| In our largest test of Blu-ray players so far, we found that satisfying picture quality has become almost a given, while features and price vary considerably. You can pay as little as $160 for a recommended model or as much as $500, depending on the capabilities, bells and whistles you’re willing to pay for. Portability commands top dollar. The first portable Blu-ray player we’ve tested, the Panasonic DMP-B15, is priced at $700. Our latest Blu-ray player Ratings (available to subscribers) include 27 models that have a few features in common. All have BonusView, a picture-in-picture feature that lets you view additional content in a smaller window while a movie is playing, and all can upconvert standard DVDs to quasi-HD resolutions. Only a handful of the players, mostly priced at $300 and up, have BD-Live, a feature that allows the player to access directors’ commentaries, deleted scenes, games, and more from the movie studio’s servers. Other models are BD-Live-ready. These players, all priced at $200 and up, have the required Ethernet connection, but need additional memory (typically a 1GB USB flash drive, which costs $10 to $15) for the BD-Live feature to work. Another feature showing up on some of the higher-priced models is the ability to stream movies from online services such as Netflix and Amazon Video On Demand, or receive music streams from Internet radio stations such as Pandora. And more players now have USB ports or SD card slots, so you can play digital photos, music and even videos on your TV. One model, a Panasonic, has a built-in VHS player, a space-saving option for those who still watch tapes. Again, you’re not likely to find these features on the lowest-priced players. We expect prices to drop over the next several months, especially during November’s Black Friday shopping period. Rumors suggest we’ll see the first $100 model. So keep checking back here for updates. —James K. Willcox (Read Full Article) |
 | 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) |
 | 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) |
 | 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) |
 | LG Blu-ray player adds VUDU support (AfterDawn, 9/10/2009 5:46pm) |
LG has announced that their BD390 Blu-ray player will now support VUDU video streaming, following a firmware update.
VUDU offers over 2200 movies and TV shows in SD or 1080p HD and 5.1-channel audio.
The player now supports Netflix, VUDU, CinemaNow and YouTube.
The BD390 has been applauded for fast loading times, 1GB of onboard memory, as well as its ability to play DivX video files off a USB drive.
The BD player retails for $379.99 USD from most retailers.
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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) |
 | New Ratings: Blu-ray players now on CRO (Consumer Reports, 8/05/2009 3:30pm) |
| We’ve just posted our latest high-def Blu-ray Ratings (available to subscribers), and we’re happy to report that almost all the models tested can provide excellent HD and DVD picture quality. In fact, all the models in our Ratings offered excellent high-definition performance, though we did see some differences in how well players handled upconverted film-based programs from standard DVDs. In addition to models from familiar brands, such as LG, Panasonic, Samsung, and Sony (whose products we’ve previously reviewed), our latest Ratings include the first Blu-ray players from JVC, Sherwood, and Oppo (pictured), a smaller company whose upconverting DVD players earned strong word-of-mouth among the A/V enthusiast community. Check our Ratings to see how well these newcomers did compared to second- and third-generation models from other brands. With satisfying HD picture quality now almost a given, it’s primarily features that differentiate one player from another. For example, while almost all the new models in our Ratings are BD-Live (or BD-Live-ready) players—meaning they can connect to the Internet to access extra content, such as outtakes, additional directors', or actors' commentaries, or even video games, from a movie studio’s servers—some older models lack this feature. All the players in our test have BonusView, a picture-in-picture feature that lets you view additional content in a smaller window while the movie is playing. We’re also seeing more Internet-connected players that can now directly access instantly streaming movies from services such as Netflix or Amazon Video on Demand, or music from streaming Internet radio services such as Pandora. Some models offer wireless access to a home network so you don’t need to have a wired Ethernet jack near the player. Although we have seen Blu-ray prices fall since our last test, the addition of these new features has tempered the types of price drops we initially envisioned. As a result, you can still expect to pay $350 to $500 for a top-rated, BD-Live model from a major brand. A less expensive option is to choose a “BD-Live-ready†model; prices typically start at about $250. These players come with an Ethernet connection, but require you to purchase additional memory (typically a 1GB USB flash drive, which costs $10 to $15) to activate the BD-Live feature. But if you can live without BD-Live, you can save money by choosing one of the BonusView-only players, which typically sell for $200 or less. But we do anticipate prices dropping this fall, even on full-featured models from major brands, as manufacturing efficiencies come into play and brands compete for market share. We’ll be tracking Blu-ray prices over the next several months, especially during November’s Black Friday shopping period, when rumors suggest we’ll see the first $100 model. So keep checking back here for updates. Also, we recently changed our Blu-ray testing protocol, adding scores for Blu-ray disc load times and remote control operations. With so many players offering excellent picture quality, we’ll continue to adapt our Ratings to include new features or attributes that will help buyers differentiate among the choices.—James... (Read Full Article) |