 | Best Way to Hook up PS3 and DirecTV HD to Home Theater System? (Big Picture Big Sound, 4/13/2008 9:28am) |
| A reader writes in asking the best way to hook up a PS3 and DirecTV HD receiver to his HTIB (home theater in a box) system and his HDTV. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | DIRECTV Expands HD Offering With the Launch of TNT in HD (Broadcast Newsroom) (Broadcast Newsroom, 2/08/2006 6:20pm) |
| Turner Network Television (TNT) announced today that it has entered into an agreement with DIRECTV, Inc. to provide customers with the high-definition (HD) feed of TNT. The service will launch on DIRECTV on Friday, Feb. 17 and will be available on DIRECTV channel 75. The 24/7 HD presentation of the TNT East Coast feed will offer DIRECTV's customers a wide range of dramatic programming in HDTV ... (Read Full Article) |
| Broadcom's Chipsets Power DIRECTV's Set-Top Box Roadmap (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance, 1/09/2007 1:30pm) |
| 2007 International CES -- Broadcom Corporation , a global leader in semiconductors for wired and wireless communications, today announced that its semiconductor solutions for the satellite set-top box market are being used as the core technology in many DIRECTV high definition television and basic standard definition set-top boxes. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | DirecTV introducing new DVR tomorrow (Engadget, 10/09/2005 6:49pm) |
| It’s the day TiVo hoped would never come: tomorrow DirecTV is launching a $30 million advertising campaign to introduce its new in-house digital video recorder, the R15 DirecTV Plus DVR . The DVR, which should be available before the end of the month, will be able to record up to 100 hours of programming and will cost $5.99 a month (which is the same as what they’re charging for DirecTV with ... (Read Full Article) |
 | DirecTV introducing new DVR tomorrow (Addict 3D, 10/09/2005 7:38pm) |
| It’s the day TiVo hoped would never come: tomorrow DirecTV is launching a $30 million advertising campaign to introduce its new in-house digital video recorder, the R15 DirecTV Plus DVR. The DVR, which should be available before the end of the month, will be able to record up to 100 hours of programming and will cost $5.99 a month (which is the same as what they’re charging for DirecTV with ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | DIRECTV Grants Endless Wishes with the Industry’s Most Advanced HD DVR (Business Wire, 10/14/2012 3:00pm) |
| EL SEGUNDO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--DIRECTV is granting TV viewers their ultimate wish - the industry's most advanced and intuitive HD DVR, the new DIRECTV Genieâ„¢ - enabling a whole new suite of magical TV viewing capabilities. The DIRECTV Genie [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Old-Fashioned Antenna Brings in HD Channels (RedNova, 1/18/2006 1:10pm) |
| Q. I have a question about my TV set _ I bought a Sony HDTV last summer. Unfortunately, my satellite receiver isn't capable of bringing in the HD signals. The HD-DVR box put out by DirecTV was more than $900 when I bought the TV last summer and beyond what I can afford. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Picking up TV shows in ultraclear HD -- with rabbit ears (The Star-Ledger, 1/23/2006 5:51am) |
| I have a question about my TV set -- I bought a Sony HDTV last summer. Unfortunately, my satellite receiver isn't capable of bringing in the HD signals. The HD-DVR box put out by DirecTV was more than $900 when I bought the TV last summer and beyond what I can afford. ... (Read Full Article) |
| DirecTV delivers local HD to Roanoke-Lynchburg, VA (HD-Report, 7/30/2009 8:45pm) |
| DirecTV has now expanded its local HD programming services to customers in Roanoke-Lynchburg, Virginia. The satellite TV provider now offers local HD broadcast channels in 127 markets, representing more than 89 percent of U.S. TV households.
The local HD channels include the following broadcast networks: WSET/ABC, WDBJ/CBS, WWCW/CW, WFXR/FOX, WSLS/NBC and WBRA/PBS.
If you include both standard-definition [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Bell Canada Launches First High Definition Dual-Tuner Personal Video Recorder (CanadaIT.com, 6/16/2005 7:32pm) |
| TORONTO, June 15 /CNW Telbec/ - Bell Canada today announced the launch of Canada's most advanced digital TV receiver, which allows Bell ExpressVu customers to instantly pause live television, as well as record, replay, stop, fast forward and fast rewind High Definition and Standard Definition (SD) programming on more than one TV in the home through a single receiver. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Toshiba Dst3100ps High Definition Directv® High-definition Receiver (Technorati, 11/09/2007 11:44am) |
| Toshiba Dst3100ps High Definition Directv® High-definition Receiver By in hdtv Nov 9 Toshiba Dst3100ps High Definition Directv® High-definition Receiver DIRECTV High-Definition Receiver ... (Read Full Article) |
| Viacom and DIRECTV Sign Long Term Carriage Agreement (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance, 7/20/2005 2:00pm) |
| Viacom Inc. and DIRECTV, Inc. today announced a comprehensive long-term agreement that secures continued carriage of CBS, UPN, BET, and several MTV Networks channels, including, MTV, Nickelodeon, VH1, TV Land, Comedy Central, Spike TV, CMT, Noggin, BET, MTV2, VH1 Classic, Nicktoons, and MTV Espanol, to DIRECTV subscribers nationwide and local carriage to DIRECTV subscribers of CBS and UPN O&O ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | DIRECTV adds DIY HD & ION East HD channels (HD-Report, 9/19/2012 9:27pm) |
| Heads up DIRECTV subscribers! This morning DIRECTV added 2 more HD channels to it’s lineup, including DIY HD and ION East HD. DIY HD (Do-It-Yourself Network) is a television network that focuses on do it yourself projects such as home, auto, [...] (Read Full Article) |
| DirecTV to add new HD channels (The Capital Times, 9/17/2007 4:09pm) |
| The Big Ten Network, the NFL Network and Fox Sports Net Wisconsin will soon be offered in high definition on DirecTV, as the satellite provider begins launching dozens of new HD channels. Trade media have reported that Wednesday is a possible launch date for the first new HD channels. DirecTV said in an announcement on its Web site that by the end of the year it will broadcast up to 100 national . ... (Read Full Article) |
| Get More Bang ForT he Buck With New Components (Hartford Courant, 9/30/2005 7:18am) |
| Q: I am going to treat my wife and myself to a new home-theater system. I am planning to purchase a 50-inch Pioneer Elite plasma TV PRO-1120HD, a Pioneer VSX-56TXi receiver and Pioneer DV-59AVi DVD player. Once I have it all installed, I will add a DirecTV high-definition system. ... (Read Full Article) |
| ILS Proton to boost massive satellite for DIRECTV (Spaceflight Now, 9/06/2005 11:22pm) |
| Following the successful launch of the DIRECTV 8 satellite in May, DIRECTV has contracted with International Launch Services (ILS) for another mission on a Proton vehicle. ... (Read Full Article) |
| DIRECTV to Offer High-Definition Local Channels in Providence, Rhode Island This Fall; DIRECTV Continues to Expand Local HD Programming; Names 14 New HD Markets (Business Wire, 5/03/2006 12:51am) |
| EL SEGUNDO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 2, 2006--Continuing its drive to lead the industry in the delivery of HDTV to consumers, DIRECTV today announced that Providence, ... (Read Full Article) |
| First look at DirecTV on Demand (Engadget, 8/27/2007 4:08pm) |
| Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment
It's been a long time comin', but it looks like DirecTV's bonafide video-on-demand service is nearly ready for primetime. Judging by a descriptive thread over at DBSTalk, the service -- dubbed DirecTV on Demand -- has been rolled out in beta form to at least some users, so here's a quick look at what you can expect. First off, DoD will reportedly "be avai ... (Read Full Article) |
| First Spaceway satellite enters service for DIRECTV (Spaceflight Now, 10/11/2005 3:04am) |
| Boeing announced today the on-orbit delivery of the Spaceway F1 satellite to DIRECTV, Inc. The most complex commercial satellite ever manufactured, Spaceway F1 will enable DIRECTV to broadcast local high definition television (HDTV) channels into several of the nation's largest markets. ... (Read Full Article) |
| News DIRECTV, TiVo, HDTV On Demand (TVPredictions.com, 6/30/2005 2:28pm) |
| Today's top stories from the TV Predictions Newswire. Washington, D.C.. (June 30) -- DIRECTV is claiming that the cable TV industry wants to overcharge it for carrying two HDTV channels; DIRECTV is offering a special discount on TiVo; and why aren't there any HDTV shows on demand? ... (Read Full Article) |
| SkyDigital launches full-HDTV USB receiver (Media Mentalism - Gadgets that set media free, 5/04/2007 11:27pm) |
| SkyDigital have launced its new SKYHDTV USB receiver, which is, well, an HDTV USB receiver... ... (Read Full Article) |
| ILS Proton Successfully Launches DIRECTV 10 - FinanzNachrichten.de (Directv HDTV -, 7/10/2007 5:07pm) |
| ILS Proton Successfully Launches DIRECTV 10 FinanzNachrichten.de, Germany -Jul 7, 2007 We met our commitment to launch the satellite in order to support DIRECTV's goal of delivering up to 100 national HDTV channels by the end of the year. … More: continued ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Yamaha RX-V573 3D Network Home Theater Receiver - Product of the Week (About.com, 11/09/2012 8:00am) |
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If you are looking for a home theater receiver that fits squarely in the mid-price range, check out the Yamaha RX-V573.
First up, this receiver provides up to a 7.1 speaker/subwoofer configuration, supported by 80-watt per channel [...] (Read Full Article) |
| DirecTV DVR gets second software upgrade in a month (Engadget, 12/26/2005 5:33pm) |
| Filed under: Home Entertainment Apparently TiVo has spoiled us all with its polished, intuitive interface and recording software that actually records when you tell it to, because DirecTV has been receiving numerous complaints about bugs and poor feature implementation in its DirecTV DVR TiVo-replacement. Besides some reports about sporadic recording accuracy, users also seem to be unhappy ... (Read Full Article) |
| MGM HD to Launch on DirecTV (Broadcasting and Cable, 9/18/2007 4:14pm) |
| MGMÂ Studios is launching MGM HD, a new 24/7 high-definition channel, on satellite-TV operator DirecTV this fall. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Appeals court lets DirecTV run exaggerated Internet ads (The Post-Star, 8/09/2007 5:59pm) |
| NEW YORK - DirecTV can run exaggerated Internet advertisements depicting its picture quality as vastly superior to basic cable, but cannot run ads in which Jessica Simpson and William Shatner say DirecTV's high definition service is better than Time Warner Cable's, a court said Thursday. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Connecting Blu-ray and DISH DVR to Receiver with HDMI, Do I Need Optical Digital Too? (Big Picture Big Sound, 7/06/2008 9:13am) |
| A reader with an HDMI-switching home theater receiver, Blu-ray Disc player and DISH Network HD receiver wonders whether he'll still need to use an optical digital cable for audio if he connects these devices to his system using HDMI.
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| Successful Launch for the First of DirecTV's Next Gen HDTV Satellites (Converge! Network Digest, 4/27/2005 2:39am) |
| Sea Launch successfully delivered DIRECTV's Spaceway F1 satellite to orbit, completing the launch of the heaviest commercial satellite to date. Spaceway F1 is capable of delivering hundreds of HD signals to DIRECTV customers and the first of four next-generation satellites. (Read Full Article) |
| Permanent Link to DirecTV Plans 70 HD Nets (MultiChannel News, 8/11/2007 11:20am) |
| DirecTV Plans 70 HD Nets (MultiChannel News) DirecTV revealed more about its high-definition expansion last week, outlining plans to have more than 70 HDTV channels when it launches its new ... -end.More: continued here More: continued here August 11th, 2007 | Posted in HDTV | No Comments ... (Read Full Article) |
| Boeing Delivers Next-Generation Commercial Satellite To DirecTV (SpaceDaily, 10/11/2005 6:25am) |
| St Louis MO (SPX) Oct 11, 2005 - Boeing announced Monday the on-orbit delivery of the Spaceway F1 satellite to DirecTV. The most complex commercial satellite ever manufactured, Spaceway F1 will enable DirecTV to broadcast local high definition television (HDTV) channels into several of the nation's largest markets. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Boeing Delivers Next-Generation Commercial Satellite To DirecTV (SpaceDaily, 10/19/2005 6:41am) |
| St Louis MO (SPX) Oct 19, 2005 - Boeing recently (October 10) announced the on-orbit delivery of the Spaceway F1 satellite to DirecTV. The most complex commercial satellite ever manufactured, Spaceway F1 will enable DirecTV to broadcast local high definition television (HDTV) channels into several of the nation's largest markets. ... (Read Full Article) |
| VOOM DOOM: DIRECTV Tosses Lifeline to VOOM Customers (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 4/22/2005 4:48pm) |
| VOOM customers, despairing over the loss of their HD service, which goes dark at the end of this month, have been thrown a lifeline by DIRECTV. DIRECTV is offering a $200 mail-in rebate on its HD equipment exclusively to VOOM customers who will be without service when the company ceases operation on April 30, 2005. (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Hot Deal: Pioneer SC-1222-K 7.2-Channel Receiver: $599.99 (Electronic House, 10/23/2012 6:04pm) |
| For one day only, Newegg is knocking $500 off the cost of this 3D-capable receiver.
(Read Full Article) |
| HDTV rating - How to Connect PS3 to an HDTV with HDMI and a Receiver without HDMI - Bigpicturebigsound.com (1 HDTV Blog, 11/30/2007 10:15pm) |
| How to Connect PS3 to an HDTV with HDMI and a Receiver without HDMI - Bigpicturebigsound.com How to Connect PS3 to an HDTV with HDMI and a Receiver without HDMI Bigpicturebigsound.com, NY - Nov 12, 2007 By Chris Boylan I have an Onkyo receiver that does not have an HDMI input at all. I have a 26-inch HDTV with one HDMI input. I own a Sony PS3 (playstation … Vegas PBS Prepares for Emergencies ... (Read Full Article) |
| HDMI receiver supports high-bit-rate audio (EETimes, 1/08/2007 2:11pm) |
| High-definition video IC provider Silicon Image rolled out a pair of VastLane High Definition Multimedia Interface 1.3 receiver chips, including the SiI9135, which it claimed is the first HDMI receiver to support high-bit-rate audio. ... (Read Full Article) |
| TV Notebook: Football fans can rejoice with DirecTV's new toy (Houston Chronicle, 9/05/2005 5:35am) |
| If you're winded by spending $239 for NFL Sunday Ticket on DirecTV and wondering how you can justify $99 for the SuperFan supplemental package, look at it this way: It's no more expensive than a couple of tanks of gasoline. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Hot Deal: Pioneer VSX-1022-K 7.1-Channel Receiver: $279.99 (Electronic House, 10/01/2012 5:03pm) |
| Newegg is slashing $170 off the price of Pioneer’s 3D-capable, networkable receiver.
(Read Full Article) |
| LG to make HDTV boxes for DirecTV (BizJournals, 10/19/2005 6:08pm) |
| DirecTV Group Inc. has selected LG Electronics Inc. to produce high-definition set-top boxes for the satellite television service. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | DirecTV NFL Sunday Ticket kicks off another season on PS3 (Joystiq, 8/31/2012 9:20pm) |
| DirecTV customers who signed up for NFL Sunday [...] (Read Full Article) |
| DirecTV To Promote Own DVR Over TiVo (Audio Revolution, 10/19/2005 1:11am) |
| Satellite provider DirecTV is launching a campaign to promote its own digital video recorder (DVR) to new and existing customers, says a recent article in the New York Times. ... (Read Full Article) |
| N.D. Broadcasters Fight Liberty-DirecTV Deal (HDTV 101 · HDTV Reviews and News, 3/24/2007 6:10am) |
| N.D. Broadcasters Fight Liberty-DirecTV Deal Saturday, March 24th in HDTV News | No comments Latest HDTV news: Multichannel Online - from DirecTV, the... ... (Read Full Article) |
| DIRECTV SPOT BRINGS 'BACK' CHRISTOPHER LLOYD CHARACTER | News | Post Magazine (Post Magazine, 1/18/2007 9:17pm) |
| SANTA MONICA, CA - Brickyard VFX (www.brickyardvfx.com) recently provided effects work for a new Back to the Future-themed DirecTV spot out of agency Deutsch LA. The commercial - produced by Bob Industries' Chris Hooper - brings back Christopher Lloyd in his 1985 role as Dr. Emmett Brown, who then goes on to extol the high definition potential of DirecTV. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Hot Deal: Buy the Yamaha RX-V373BL 5.1-Channel Receiver for $249.95, Get a $50 Gift Card (Electronic House, 10/03/2012 2:03pm) |
| Newegg is offering a nice little freebie when you buy this 3D-capable home theater receiver.
(Read Full Article) |
| DirecTV Prepares to Launch New HD-Only Programming Tier (MultiChannel News, 9/13/2007 7:24pm) |
| DirecTV plans to create a tier of HD-only channels when it rolls out its much-ballyhooed expanded high-definition TV packages, possibly as early as next week. ... (Read Full Article) |
| International Launch Services To Boost Massive Satellite For DIRECTV On Proton (SpaceRef, 9/06/2005 3:25pm) |
| Following the successful launch of the DIRECTV 8 satellite in May, DIRECTV has contracted with International Launch Services (ILS) for another mission on a Proton vehicle. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Samsung DTBH260F HDTV Terrestrial Receiver (HDTV Stores, 10/23/2007 7:38pm) |
| Samsung DTBH260F HDTV Terrestrial Receiver Samsung brings you great flexibility for ... 3 broadcast formats. With the Samsung DTB-H260F, you can view HDTV, SDTV, and listen to Dolby® Digital 2.0 ... More : Click here to read more details. No Tags Samsung DTBH260F HDTV Terrestrial Receiver Is your TV ... (Read Full Article) |
| Directv Successfully Launches Another Tv Satellite (ContactMusic, 7/09/2007 6:18pm) |
| DirecTV said today (Monday) that a Boeing 702 communications satellite that can carry 100 high-definition channels was successfully launched Saturda ... (Read Full Article) |
| Briefs: 24 new markets to get DIRECTV high def (PhysOrg) (PhysOrg, 2/23/2006 7:00pm) |
| DIRECTV has announced the next two dozen television markets in the United States that will receive local high-definition programming. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Onkyo ups Ante With New TX-SR503 Receiver (DesignTechnica, 4/18/2005 5:05pm) |
| Onkyo has introduced the TX-SR503 A/V receiver, improving upon the company's popular TX-SR502 with upgraded processing, improved connectivity, and a seventh amplifier channel. (Read Full Article) |
| Pace launches free-to-air HD receiver (Digital Television Group, 5/31/2006 9:47am) |
| Set-top box maker Pace Micro has launched a high definition free-to-air satellite receiver, giving UK viewers the ability to watch the BBC's FIFA World Cup matches. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Level 3 to carry DirecTV HDTV signals (Rocky Mountain News, 11/03/2005 7:46pm) |
| Level 3 Communications said it has been selected by DirecTV to help provide communications transport support for the satellite TV provider's high definition television offerings. Terms of the agreement weren't disclosed. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Preview HD Extra Pack free on DIRECTV (HD-Report, 2/18/2013 7:10pm) |
| DIRECTV’s HD Extra Pack will be free to preview for one week starting this Wednesday, Feb. 20 through Feb. 27. If you’re not up to speed on DIRECTV’s package add-ons, the HD Extra Pack includes [...] (Read Full Article) |
| News Feature DIRECTV's Hill Sees 'Massive' HDTV Sales (TVPredictions.com, 9/22/2005 1:47pm) |
| The executive once discounted high-def's impact. Washington D.C. (September 22, 2005) -- Before he was hired by DIRECTV, David Hill (pictured above) said that he didn't see why everyone was so excited about High-Definition TV. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (AFX UK Focus) 2006-12-08 19:17 GMT: Time Warner Cable sues DirecTV (Interactive Investor, 12/08/2006 7:21pm) |
| NEW YORK (AFX) - Time Warner Inc.'s cable subsidiary has filed a false-advertising lawsuit against DirecTV Inc. over its ads for the NFL Network and its high-definition television service. ... (Read Full Article) |
| IBC2007: OmniBus Providing HD Playout for DirecTV (Broadcasting and Cable, 9/07/2007 6:35pm) |
| Amsterdam, Netherlands -- Automation vendor OmniBus Systems announced at IBC2007 here that DirecTV is using its iTX software-based transmission system to support the satellite operator's major expansion of high-definition programming, which begins later this month. ... (Read Full Article) |
| DirecTV Sues Comcast Over HDTV Ad Campaign (MultiChannel News, 5/21/2007 7:24am) |
| DirecTV filed suit against Comcast over its national ad campaign, which claims that satellite customers believe the cable operator’s HDTV picture quality is better than satellite’s (http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA6438545.html). ... (Read Full Article) |
| PCs Seen Playing Key Role in HD-DVD vs. Blu-ray War (eWeek, 6/06/2006 9:51pm) |
| The stakes are huge for one group led by Sony, developer of the standard known as Blu-ray, and another led by Toshiba, developer of the rival HD-DVD standard, with each party standing to reap a fortune in royalties if its candidate becomes the next industry standard. ... (Read Full Article) |
| DirecTV's HR21 pro gets official (Engadget, 9/07/2007 5:15pm) |
| Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment
DirecTV's new hardware rollout has been in the making for some time and now the latest addition to the lineup has been officially unveiled at CEDIA. The HR21-200 was leaked last week, and we've seen prototypes at other shows, but now the prosumer DVR will finally go into production around the end of October and offers some nice features for custom installers ... (Read Full Article) |
| DirecTV Expands Comcast Suit (MultiChannel News, 7/30/2007 10:09am) |
| DirecTV filed an amended false-advertising suit against Comcast, alleging that Comcast Media Center participated to produce an “inadequate survey†claiming that two-thirds of satellite customers believe the cable operator has the best HDTV-picture quality. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Tri-input, bi-output HDMI receiver rolls (EETimes, 2/27/2006 2:07pm) |
| Motivated by the burgeoning market for high-definition multimedia interface devices, startup Vativ Technologies Inc. will introduce this week what the company says is the industry's first "three-input, dual-output" HDMI receiver chip. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Star Choice Launches the Latest in DVR Technology DVR530 HD Satellite Receiver Launches in Canada (Business Wire via Yahoo! (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 5/03/2005 12:01pm) |
| Star Choice Communications Inc. announced today the exciting launch of their new High Definition Digital Video Recorder satellite receiver, the DVR530 HD. The launch of this new receiver provides the Canadian satellite TV market with the latest technology; combining a Digital Video Recorder with a dual tuner and HD. ... (Read Full Article) |
| DIRECTV Continues to Expand Local HD Programming; Names 14 New HD Markets; Local HD to be Available to Customers in 50 Markets, Representing More Than 65 Percent of U.S. Television Homes (Business Wire, 5/02/2006 6:10pm) |
| EL SEGUNDO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 2, 2006--Continuing its drive to lead the industry in the delivery of HDTV to consumers, DIRECTV named 14 more markets where it ... (Read Full Article) |
| News DIRECTV: We Have 1.6M HDTV Subs The satcaster makes the disclosure today in an investors call. By Phillip Swann (TVPredictions.com, 11/09/2006 12:01am) |
| Washington, D.C. (November 8, 2006) -- DIRECTV says 9.5 percent of its 15.6 million viewers have signed up for High-Definition TV service. That comes to approximately 1.6 million high-def subs. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Did DIRECTV make HD channel changes? (HD-Report, 7/31/2013 8:01am) |
| If you just tried to tune-in to your favorite HD channel today and found it’s not there…you’re not going crazy. DIRECTV has made over a dozen channel changes effective today that affect networks such as [...] (Read Full Article) |
| PVR/DVR Rundown (Broadband Reports, 6/20/2005 3:56pm) |
| Comcast, DirecTV, Tivo, Slingbox.... PC World is offering a rather extensive rundown of the PVR/DVR solutions currently being offered by Comcast and DirecTV, as well as a select group of independent and home-brew options. The units opined upon are "DirecTivo", Comcast's DVR, Tivo Serie.. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Directv HDTV - Answers to Your HDTV Questions (1 HDVT Blog, 7/26/2006 8:59pm) |
| WBAY Green Bay - If you have DirecTV satellite you will need to upgrade to a HDTV satellite box... ... (Read Full Article) |
| News DIRECTV to Show New York Mets In HD The satcaster adds SportsNet NY in high-def. By Phillip Swann (TVPredictions.com, 3/26/2007 7:21pm) |
| Washington, D.C. (March 26, 2007) -- DIRECTV has added the High-Definition channel for SportsNet NY which carries the New York Mets. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Bush launching BFSAT01HD high definition freesat digibox (HDTV UK, 5/08/2008 1:37pm) |
| Bush is to launch its BFSAT01HD high definition freesat receiver, giving access to BBC HD and ITV HD on freesat, plus all the standard definition channels the free satellite service offers... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Skydigital launches its USB Full-HDTV receiver SKYHDTV USB (Cybertheater.com, 5/03/2007 9:34pm) |
| Skydigital has recently announced the launch of its USB Full-HDTV receiver ‘SKYHDTV USB’ in Korea market. It is available at a list price of... ... (Read Full Article) |
| DirecTV 2nd-quarter earnings decline 2 percent on higher costs (The San Francisco Examiner, 8/09/2007 2:54pm) |
| LOS ANGELES ( Map , News ) - Satellite broadcaster DirecTV Group Inc. said Thursday second-quarter earnings fell 2 percent on a sharp rise in operating costs, although demand for its high definition services increased. ... (Read Full Article) |
| DirecTV offers Voom customers a lifeline (Engadget, 4/25/2005 4:40pm) |
| If you’ve been following the soap opera that’s been going on with Voom , you know its customers are about to lose their HD service at the end of the month. Not about to let that decline in civilization transpire (or a good marketing opportunity go to waste), DirecTV is offering Voom customers a $200 mail-in rebate on their current Voom HD equipment if they go in on a DirectTV HD system before (Read Full Article) |
| Judge stops DirecTV's high-definition TV ads in spat with Comcast (The Scranton Times-Tribune, 8/20/2007 5:03pm) |
| A federal judge in Illinois has ordered DirecTV Group Inc., the nation's largest satellite TV provider, to stop running ads saying consumers and home-theater installers prefer the quality of satellite's high-definition TV over cable's. ... (Read Full Article) |
| TracVision SlimLine satellite TV receiver (High Definition Television, 7/23/2007 6:07pm) |
| [ TracVision SlimLine satellite TV receiver] KVH introduced its TracVision SlimLine satellite TV receivers for RVs and trailers, hoping to catch vacationers looking to take HDTV with them on the road. All models rely on a 12-inch dome with a high-efficiency antenna that captures signals ... (Read Full Article) |
| News DIRECTV Will Carry NFL Network Games In HDTV The satcaster confirms an earlier report by TVPredictions.com. By (TVPredictions.com, 11/21/2006 1:17am) |
| Washington, D.C. (November 20, 2006) -- DIRECTV confirmed tonight that it will carry the NFL Network's 2006 regular season games in High-Definition TV, beginning with the Thanksgiving night broadcast between Denver and Kansas City. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Pioneer Elite VSX-43, VSX-70 Receivers Feature 4K Ultra HD Support (CE Pro, 5/02/2013 3:00pm) |
| Pioneer has introduced its Elite VSX-43 7.1-channel receiver VSX-70 7.2-channel receiver, both of which offer 4K Ultra HD pass-through and many more [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | DIRECTV offering free preview of HD EXTRA PACK (HD-Report, 5/15/2013 7:43pm) |
| Starting today, DIRECTV is offering a free preview of the HD EXTRA PACK. The add-on service package includes nine High Definition channels and usually costs an additional $4.99 per month. The channel lineup starts with [...] (Read Full Article) |
| News DIRECTV Web Site Reveals HD Details The satcaster's web site sheds more light on its upcoming high-def expansion. ... (TVPredictions.com, 9/14/2007 10:21am) |
| Washington, D.C. (September 14, 2007) -- DIRECTV's much-anticipated expansion of High-Definition channels appears to be getting closer. The satcaster last night updated its web site with new HD programming information and channel lists. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Switch and Data Supports DIRECTV's Local Digital and High-Definition Expansion (SYS-CON Media, 1/31/2006 2:46pm) |
| DIRECTV, Inc., the nation's leading digital television service provider, is continuously expanding the entertainment channels and services it provides to its more than 15 million customers. This expansion includes local and high definition (HDTV) programming in more than 141 markets in the U.S. ... (Read Full Article) |
| LG Electronics Launches Production of HDTV Set-Top Boxes for DIRECTV (CommsDesign, 10/20/2005 7:06pm) |
| ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J., Oct. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- DIRECTV, Inc., the USA's leading digital television service provider, has selected LG Electronics as the first supplier of digital high-definition television (HDTV) set-top boxes based on powerful new video compression technology, the companies announced today. ... (Read Full Article) |
| The Rocky TiVo-DirecTV Relationship (Slashdot, 4/04/2005 7:41pm) |
| Thomas Hawk writes "Phillip Swann's TV Predictions is out this morning alleging that before dumping their TiVo stock last year, Rupert Murdoch's DirecTV had made a pass at buying a controlling stake in TiVo. According to Swann, 'TiVo's top management did not like Murdoch's offer,' and Swann alleges that this is why you had a fallout between the two companies. As an interesting aside, Rob Pegoraro (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | DIRECTV making HD channel changes July 31 (HD-Report, 7/18/2013 1:09am) |
| DIRECTV is making some HD channel changes we thought you should know about. Starting July 31, there are 15 channel adjustments affecting high-definition networks such as The Movie Channel, IFC, HDNet Movies, Hallmark Movie Channel, [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Some DirecTV ads blocked in Time Warner markets (The Buffalo News, 2/06/2007 2:10pm) |
| NEW YORK - A judge Monday blocked DirecTV Group Inc. from airing advertisements in which Jessica Simpson and William Shatner say its high-definition television service provides better pictures than Time Warner Cable Inc.'s high-definition service. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Panasonic pushing Blu-ray envelope with 3D standard proposal (HDTV UK, 11/27/2008 12:22pm) |
| Panasonic has submitted its proposal for a 3D Blu-ray standard to the Blu-ray Disc Association. The standard would offer guidelines for creating "left/right-eye two-channel full HD images". Panasonic's director of AV developments, Hiroshi Miyai, said that the changes should be quite simple, claiming that the discs would simply need some kind of flag to identify image data, equipment and other e ... (Read Full Article) |
| Satellite Receiver targets enterprise networks. (ThomasNet, 5/24/2006 1:20pm) |
| Supporting linear broadcasts of MPEG-2 and MPEG-4/h.264 video programming for both PAL and NTSC video standards, Unity 550 Enterprise Media Receiver can be used to launch HDTV services with bandwidth efficient MPEG-4/h.264 video compression and DVB-S2 modulation. Operators can support multi-language broadcasts with 2 configurable stereo audio outputs. Integrated COMPEL network control is used to ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Preview 9 HD channels on DIRECTV free (HD-Report, 12/05/2012 4:50pm) |
| DIRECTV started their free preview of the HD Extra Pack today, which includes 9 premium HD channels such as Sony Movie Channel HD, MGM HD, and Universal HD (See all high-definition channels below). The free HD channel preview starts today, Dec. 5 [...] (Read Full Article) |
| TDVision Systems intros 3D system using standard Blu-ray discs (HDTV UK, 5/22/2008 10:00am) |
| TDVision Systems will present a new system for watching 3D films using standard Blu-ray discs and compatible with standard Blu-ray players. This would allow a single disc to be pressed for both 3D and non-3D use... ... (Read Full Article) |
| MDU Communications Deploys Next Generation Multi-Family Property Network for Successful Service Conversion from Private (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 9/29/2005 3:48pm) |
| MDU Communications International, Inc. , a leading end-to-end provider of DIRECTV digital satellite television programming, high-speed Internet and other premium communication and information services to the residential multi-dwelling unit market, has increased its effort to convert many of its bulk private cable properties to either bulk DIRECTV Total Choice or the specially designed for the ... (Read Full Article) |
| Directv HDTV receiver - Get ready for HDTV: Penny Williams reports from the recent HDTV summit in London.(High definition television) : An article from: ERT Weekly (1 HDTV Blog, 7/31/2007 8:46am) |
| This digital document is an article from ERT Weekly, published by Thomson Gale on March 31, 2005 ... for HDTV: Penny Williams reports from the recent HDTV summit in London.(High definition television ... Gale Page: 16(1) Distributed by Thomson Gale HDTV Information For expert in-depth information ... (Read Full Article) |
| Yamaha's Newest 7.1-Channel Digital Home Theater Receiver Delivers Enhanced Features Including HDMI and iBiquity's HD (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance, 4/06/2005 1:06pm) |
| Yamaha Electronics Corporation, the innovator in home theater and digital audio and video reproduction, today introduced the RX-V4600, a new A/V digital home theater receiver with HD Radio technology, HDMI, Dual i.LINK, and YPAO technology. (Read Full Article) |
| HDMI Receiver IC is suited for use in design of HDTVs. (ThomasNet, 3/09/2005 2:51pm) |
| High-definition multimedia interface (HDMI) TDA9775A IC allows TV manufacturers to combine uncompressed HD video and multi-channel audio through one digital interface and connector. Implemented in reference design, TDA9975A features triple 10-bit ADC input interface, dual-input HDMI receiver, and High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection decryption keys on one chip. When connected to 17 in., (Read Full Article) |
| DirecTV Sues Comcast Over HDTV Ad Campaign (HDTV 101 · HDTV Reviews and News, 7/17/2007 12:00pm) |
| DirecTV Sues Comcast Over HDTV Ad Campaign Tuesday, July 17th in HDTV News | No comments Latest HDTV news: Multichannel Online - August is Elvis Presley month on TV Land, the channel ... complete news ) New blog posts on HDTV: Technorati hdtv, high definition television, high ... (Read Full Article) |
| HDTV - DIRECTV Offers to Install HD in the New International Space Station (Broad Help, 11/16/2007 1:52pm) |
| HDTV - DIRECTV Offers to Install HD in the New International Space Station By admin on November 16, ... DVR on the market, a 42″ flat screen HDTV Topics: HDTV | No Comments » ... (Read Full Article) |
| Genesis Microchip's Cortez Advanced Video Controller Selected by Sony for New Audio Video Receiver Model (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 9/14/2006 9:00pm) |
| SAN JOSE, Calif.----Sept. 14, 2006--Genesis® Microchip Inc. , a world leader in the development of image processing technologies for flat-panel TVs, monitors, and other consumer display products, today announced that its FLI8668 video controller was selected by Sony Corporation for use in its new High Definition audio/video receiver the "STR-DA5200ES". ... (Read Full Article) |
| Countries Sign Digital TV Standard Memo (AP via Yahoo! Finance, 4/13/2006 8:32pm) |
| Brazil moved toward adopting a high-definition TV system based on the Japanese standard, choosing it over the one used in the United States. ... (Read Full Article) |
| HP Plays Both Sides in DVD Standard Debate (TechNewsWorld.com, 12/19/2005 5:10pm) |
| "Microsoft and Intel are strongly behind the HD-DVD standard because it allows for things like content portability, which is something that the Blu-ray folks have not implemented yet," Jupiter Research analyst Michael Gartenberg said. ... (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) |
| Blu-ray Won The High-Def War, But Standard DVD Hangs Tough (Investors Business Daily, 5/31/2008 1:05am) |
| Blu-ray stomped HD DVD to become the standard format for high-definition movie discs, but years may pass before it can claim victory over the good... ... (Read Full Article) |
| FireWire claims place in Blu-Ray HD 'revolution' (Macworld UK, 5/04/2007 9:36am) |
| The trade body which looks after the Apple-developed FireWire standard last night offered some support to the Blu-Ray standard for high-definition video. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Vativ Announces Industry's First and Most Advanced Three Input, Dual Output HDMI Receiver Chip for Next Generation (SYS-CON Media, 2/27/2006 5:25pm) |
| Vativ Technologies, Inc., a world leader in DSP-based wired communications solutions, announced today the industry's highest performance High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI(TM)) receiver chip for next generation digital TVs. Vativ's VTV2320 chip enables the connection of three independent HDMI inputs to a digital television. Furthermore, the VTV2320 allows any two of the three input ... (Read Full Article) |
| Denon Unveils DBP-4010UDCI Universal Blu-ray Player & AVR-4810 A/V Receiver (Big Picture Big Sound, 9/18/2009 11:40pm) |
| The manufacturer adds a total of four new home theater products, including the ASD-51W and ASD-51N network-enabled iPod docks. (Read Full Article) |
| HD or Standard Def? One in Five HDTV Owners Don't Know the Difference - PC World (Broadcast Flag, 11/28/2008 5:29am) |
| HD or Standard Def? One in Five HDTV Owners Don't Know the Difference: Via PC World
If it's flat and has a big-screen, it's high-def, right? Apparently, a lot of HDTV buyers think so.
A recent survey by the Leichtman Research Group (LRG) shows that 18 percent of HDTV owners think they're watching high-definition shows, when in fact they're viewing standard definition progr ... (Read Full Article) |
| Warner to release 1st hybid high-def/standard DVD (Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News, 4/25/2006 11:42pm) |
| LOS ANGELES, April 25 (Reuters) - Warner Home Video said on Tuesday that "Rumor Has It" would be its first title released on a hybrid DVD, featuring the high-definition format known as HD DVD on one side and a standard DVD on the other. ... (Read Full Article) |
| One In Five HDTV Owners Can't Tell Standard Def From HD [HDTV] (Gizmodo, 11/25/2008 1:40am) |
| The Leichtman Research Group's sixth annual survey on whether or not people can tell standard def from a high def hole in the ground shows that 18 percent of HDTV owners, um, can't. They all thought... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Analogix backs DisplayPort HDTV standard (EE Times, 10/20/2005 6:04pm) |
| LONDON — Analogix Semiconductor Inc. is expected to announce Monday (Oct. 24) the first integrated circuit to support the DisplayPort high definition interface specification prepared by the Video Electronics Standard Association (VESA). ... (Read Full Article) |
| Sony ASIO/HD-Ready Desktop PC (BIOS) (BIOS, 2/06/2006 6:24pm) |
| Sony's RC-Series is designed to set the standard for the home digital studio. It offers excellent features for sound and video editing, with full support for both the DSD Audio and HD Video standards. HDTV is poised to become the TV standard of choice ( yes, ... ... (Read Full Article) |
| New ITU standard delivers 10x ADSL speeds (European Communications, 6/01/2005 9:38am) |
| The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has finalized work on new technical specifications that will allow telecoms operators around the world to offer a 'super' triple play of video, Internet and voice services at speeds up to ten times faster than standard ADSL. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Get ready for DisplayPort (Engadget, 5/24/2005 4:03pm) |
| The Video Electronics Standard Association announced yesterday that a group of manufacturers that includes ATI, Nvidia, Dell, HP, Philips, Tyco, and Molex are close to finalizing a new display connector standard for LCD, plasma, CRT, and projection displays called “DisplayPortâ€. Not a ton of details yet (we’re sorta curious how all this fits in with HDMI , for example), but ExtremeTech repo ... (Read Full Article) |
| HD DVD consortium ponders future without Warner Bros (Ars Technica, 1/07/2008 6:06pm) |
| Warner Bros. defection from HD DVD has left the standard with an uncertain future. The group claims that it remains committed to HD DVD's quality and affordability, but has yet to offer a clear path forward for the standard.Read More... ... (Read Full Article) |
| New ITU Standard Delivers 10x ADSL Speeds (ITU, 5/27/2005 3:02pm) |
| Geneva, 27 May, 2005 — The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) today finalized work on new technical specifications that will allow telecoms operators around the world to offer a ‘super’ triple play of video, Internet and voice services at speeds up to ten times faster than standard ADSL. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Brazil begins HDTV transmissions with Japanese standard (Technorati, 12/03/2007 10:42am) |
| Brazil begins HDTV transmissions with Japanese standard Published in December 3rd, 2007 Posted by Technorati Search for: HDTV in HDTV Reviews No Comments Brazil begins HDTV transmissions with Japanese standard Regional lead as neighbours watch in SD Sun 02 December 2007, 7:58 ... (Read Full Article) |
| Transitional TV Growing Pains (Digital Video Editing, 4/14/2006 11:37pm) |
| Anyone in the broadcast industry knows that we are in the middle of a transition. More precisely, we are in the middle of multiple transitions – from analog broadcasts to digital, from standard definition to high definition, and from standard 4:3 aspect ratios to 16:9 widescreen aspect ratios. ... (Read Full Article) |
| DirecTv boosts HDTV offerings (The Greenville News, 9/27/2007 6:02am) |
| The battle of high-definition programming in the Greenville area just got hotter. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 3net Gets First Cable Launch, on Service Electric (Broadcasting & Cable, 12/14/2012 12:54am) |
| Sony-Discovery-IMAX 3D channel, on DirecTV, available to 100k [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Panasonic puts forth proposal for 3D standard on Blu-ray Disc (Engadget, 11/25/2008 3:57am) |
| For those of you plugging your ears whilst humming along in hopes of this whole 3D revolution fading away, we've got a rude awakening headed your way. Just days after hearing that the HDMI specification could be updated to better handle stereoscopic 3D content, along comes word that Panasonic has submitted a proposal to the Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA) for an official BD standard to store 3D im ... (Read Full Article) |
| Cable-Satellite Battle Looms Over DVR-Driven VOD (Cable Datacom News, 10/01/2005 7:03pm) |
| DirecTV Prepares New On-Demand Service as MSOs See Growing VOD Success ... (Read Full Article) |
| (No Title) (, 1/01/2007 1:20pm) |
| Yes, our family was an early adopter of DirecTV's HDTV product offering, we first bought that Philips display, tore down the sheetrock to get the... ... (Read Full Article) |
| 'Snow White' to hit Blu-ray seven weeks before DVD (AfterDawn, 4/05/2009 12:07am) |
| Disney, ever the Blu-ray trend setter, has announced that they will be re-releasing the classic "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" on Blu-ray on October 6th, a full seven weeks before it returns to standard DVD on November 24th.
The only times a similar move was made was in the last month when Disney released "Bolt" and "Bedtime Stories" on Blu-ray two days before its standard DVD cousin.
... (Read Full Article) |
| Hdtv reviews - Sony HD100 Satellite HDTV Satellite Receiver Reviewed on AudioRevolution.com (HDTV Reviews Blog, 5/09/2006 10:51pm) |
| Hdtv reviews - Sony HD100 Satellite HDTV Satellite Receiver Reviewed on AudioRevolution.com Filed... ... (Read Full Article) |
| The plot thickens: Peter Moore says Blu-ray Xbox 360 possible (Engadget, 1/11/2006 1:40pm) |
| Filed under: Gaming , HDTV So we've been feeling a certain HD DVD, erm, vibe from Microsoft for some time now. Both of our Bill Gates interviews have pointed the way to the support of a single standard, and that standard has been HD DVD with few exceptions. So it's interesting to hear Peter Moore, Microsoft's gaming veep, spill it to the Japanese website ITmedia that if HD DVD doesn ... (Read Full Article) |
| Intersil Introduces Revolutionary HDTV Video Sync Separator (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 6/16/2005 5:52pm) |
| Intersil Corporation , a world leader in the design and manufacture of high performance analog solutions, today announced the release of the ISL59885, a new sync separator that extracts sync timing information from both standard and non-standard video inputs. ... (Read Full Article) |
| All-in-one home theater (Richmond Times-Dispatch, 10/31/2005 3:52am) |
| OK, so you can't afford the plush couch ensemble, the top-of-the-line audio receiver, the progressive-scan DVD carousel and the dashboard-sized LCD television. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Blue Ray Technologies Chooses RFID as Anti-Theft Standard -- Controversy Over $50 Billion Piracy Racket Settled for (PR Web via Yahoo! News, 4/05/2006 12:00pm) |
| LOS ANGELES (PRWEB) April 5, 2006 -- High-definition disc manufacturer Blue Ray Technologies is announcing that the new anti-theft standard for its super quality HD DVD format will be an equally futuristic system, RFID. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 3D Printed Gun Fails after Six Shots (DailyTech, 12/04/2012 1:27pm) |
| 3D printed AR lower receiver doesn't meet [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Si2 Announces New Power Distribution Network Standard for 3D Integrated Circuits (Business Wire, 6/02/2013 4:00pm) |
| AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Silicon Integration Initiative (Si2) announced the release of a Power Distribution Network Standard for 3D Integrated Circuits under the auspices of the Open3D Technical Advisory Board (TAB). The Open3D TAB is [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Philips Announces the BDP7200 Final Standard Profile Blu-ray Player (Format War Central, 1/06/2008 10:55pm) |
| Philips has also announced a new Blu-ray player, the Final Standard Profile capable BDP7200. While audio capabilities are have not been revealed, the player will support 1080p 24 fps over HDMI.
The player is targeted for April release at a $349 price point.
Via EngadgetHD ... (Read Full Article) |
| Here’s an idea, stop including standard A/V cables with Blu-ray players (CrunchGear, 10/27/2009 5:30pm) |
| Manufacturers, let me save you some money. It won’t be much, but something is better than nothing. But more importantly you would be helping out the consumers actually spending money on your products. So please, stop including standard A/V cables with Blu-ray players. We don’t need anymore of them, thankyouverymuch. Every household in America already [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | From Gold Standard to Table Stakes: High Definition Video (Broadcast Engineering, 8/07/2012 9:43pm) |
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High Definition video has quickly moved from the gold standard to table stakes—creating fresh challenges in transport networks.
TV and broadcast companies require HD for [...] (Read Full Article) |
| The Digital Transition: A Sports Bar's Worst Nightmare The Final Sayye by Gary Kayye By Gary Kayye (Digital Video Editing, 4/07/2005 2:45pm) |
| Everybody s heard and read something about HDTV and the world s transition from our current analog standard TV system to the new digital standard, right? Today most countries in the world use either a system known as NTSC or PAL for broadcast television transmission and display. (Read Full Article) |
| Who has the most HDTV? (Technorati, 11/07/2007 4:32pm) |
| Verizon joins the race to claim which operator has the most HDTV saying it will have 150 channels by end 2008. Directv and Comcast have been out all Fall claiming they have more HD than any one else ... (Read Full Article) |
| These projectors offer all-in-one home theater (Journal Times Online, 10/16/2005 7:13am) |
| RICHMOND, Va. - OK, so you can't afford the plush couch ensemble, the top-of-the-line audio receiver, progressive-scan DVD carousel and dashboard-sized LCD television. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Panasonic DMP-BD30 Blu-ray Player available (HDTV origin, 11/21/2007 6:28am) |
| [IMG Panasonic DMP-BD30 Blu-ray Player available]Panasonic announced that its next generation Blu-ray Disc player, the DMP-BD30, is now shipping and is available prior to Black Friday in channel partner stores in many regions of the country. The BD30 is the first Blu-ray player to incorporate Final Standard Profile 1.1 — a supplementary interactive function added to the Blu-ray Disc standard whi ... (Read Full Article) |
| Will MPEG4 Make Your HD Receiver Obsolete? (DesignTechnica, 3/18/2005 5:28pm) |
| AudioVideoRevolution has a great article up that talks about what will happen as satellite companies switch over to the new MPEG4 compression. (Read Full Article) |
| DISH Network ViP 622 (DesignTechnica, 5/23/2006 11:26pm) |
| DISH's ViP 622 HDTV DVR can record up to 25 hours of high definition content on its 250GB hard drive. This may be your last satellite receiver. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | What Types of Connections Do Blu-ray Disc Players Have? - Question of the Week (About.com, 4/14/2013 10:00am) |
| You are interested in buying a Blu-ray Disc player, but before you buy one, you want to know if it will connect to your TV and/or home theater receiver. For ... (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) |
| Product Reviews: Projectors offer all-in-one home theater (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 10/16/2005 4:19am) |
| RICHMOND, Va. -- OK, so you can't afford the plush couch ensemble, the top-of-the-line audio receiver, progressive-scan DVD carousel and dashboard-sized LCD television. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Hot Deal: Yamaha BRX-610 5.1-Channel Receiver with 3D Blu-ray Player: $279.99 (Electronic House, 8/15/2012 7:03pm) |
| For one day only, Woot is slashing 49 percent off the price of Yamaha’s combo component.
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| Review: Humax HDCI-2000 HD satellite receiver (Personal Computer World, 7/25/2006 9:42am) |
| High definition (HD) has been rammed down our throats by Sky and the various TV manufacturers for the past year now. However, should you splash out on an HD-ready display (be it a TV or projector), there's precious little true-HD content out there to feed it with. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Maxent MX-50X3 (Washington Post, 5/22/2006 7:25am) |
| Maxent's MX-50X3 50-inch plasma HD monitor delivers good image quality on both high-def and standard TV content, but it's not exactly a TV. Like any plasma monitor, it offers neither an analog NTSC tuner (for standard content) nor a digital ATSC tuner (which makes high-definition content possible).... ... (Read Full Article) |
| News Analysis Will DIRECTV Force Cable to Add HDTV? The satcaster's announcement that it will carry 100 national ... (TVPredictions.com, 1/09/2007 1:31pm) |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Some subscribers may be upset at losing the multiple feeds. But with HDTVs now in roughly 35 million homes, the high-def audience is becoming a beast that must be fed. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Hong Kong pirates selling bootleg Blu-rays on DVDs (AfterDawn, 11/19/2008 12:00am) |
| According to a new Wall Street Journal article, Hong Kong based movie pirates have begun selling bootleg Blu-ray films on standard DVDs, using the AVCHD format to fit a 720p film onto a cheap DVD-5.
Although AVCHD only offers 720p and not the full HD 1080p, most consumers cannot tell the difference, and just see it as an upgrade from standard DVD anyways.
The MPAA warns that because blank DV ... (Read Full Article) |
| DISH Network Player-DVR 942 Review (DesignTechnica, 6/29/2005 8:13pm) |
| The DISH player 942 is not only an HDTV recorder, but it allows gives you multi-room capability without the need for a second receiver. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Thomson Proposes HDTV Over USB (ExtremeTech, 4/27/2006 3:40pm) |
| This week, Thomson's Jensen electronics unit showed off a prototype for attaching an HDTV over-the-air receiver to a laptop via a USB cable. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Tough times for TiVo as DirecTV loses interest (Ars Technica, 10/10/2005 7:30pm) |
| TiVo is one of those companies that's perpetually "just about to go out of business" if you listen to the media (Apple has, of course, been going out of business for 16 or so years). ... (Read Full Article) |
| "Hitman" first Blu-ray disc to feature "Digital Copy" version for mobile viewing (HDTV UK, 1/25/2008 8:00am) |
| Twentieth Century Fox has announced that it will launch its first Blu-ray film to include the "Digital Copy" feature recently touted by Apple.
Alongside the high definition version of "Hitman", viewable on any equipment with a Blu-ray drive, they will also include a standard definition version of the film on DVD which can be watched on a standard PC or a video iPod.
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| (Unranked) | DIRECTV adds 8 new HD channels to lineup (HD-Report, 2/04/2013 9:22pm) |
| Remember the HD channel wars? It’s been a couple years now since television service providers would shoot press releases at each other claiming they have the most HD channels. The last real egregious announcement came [...] (Read Full Article) |
| LEX 18 High Definition / Digital Television (WLEX-TV Lexington, 1/26/2006 10:12pm) |
| On July 18, 2005, WLEX-DT went on air, the newest and most powerful digital station in Central Kentucky. Although your digital receiver will show us as “18.1" the actual broadcast channel is 39. ... (Read Full Article) |
| DIRECTV Has Launched Altitude in HD 24/7 (HDTV Magazine, 10/07/2009 3:42am) |
Following its recent announcement that all Colorado Avalanche and Denver Nuggets games this year will be available in high-definition (HD), Altitude Sports & Entertainment has launched Altitude programming in full-time HD on DIRECTV, and is now available in 5.1-channel surround sound. DIRECTV is currently the only satellite TV provider to offer Altitude in HD on a 24/7 basis.
In addition to...
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| (Unranked) | Hot Deal: Harman Kardon AVR 3600 7.1-Channel AV Receiver: $499.99 (Electronic House, 8/02/2012 9:03pm) |
| World Wide Stereo is slashing $700 off the price of this 3D-ready, iPod/iPhone-friendly component.
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| It's not really a home theater without audio-video receiver (South Bend Tribune, 9/24/2005 2:40pm) |
| Downshift, if you can, into that dreamy, semi-conscious state that suddenly overwhelms you each afternoon around 3 at your office cubicle. You are now standing in a nasty thunderstorm, only its dramatic effect strangely is lost because you barely can hear the thunder. ... (Read Full Article) |
| LG Adds Conexant Chip (MultiChannel News, 11/28/2005 5:36pm) |
| Conexant Systems Inc. said LG Electronics Inc. is using its “CX24126†direct-broadcast satellite DVB-S2 (Digital Video Broadcasting) demodulator and “CX24118†advanced modulation 8PSK (phase shift key) tuner in LG’s new HDTV receiver. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Rupert Murdoch vs. Wal-Mart: Fight! (Ars Technica, 6/16/2005 8:21pm) |
| Apparently Rupert Murdoch is an even bigger fan of PVR than our own Caesar; I just read at PVRblog that he plans to purchase 20 million of the devices and practically give them away to DirecTV subscribers. Why would he do this? ... (Read Full Article) |
| Adding an HDTV receiver need not be very expensive (Northwest Herald, 5/15/2006 7:53am) |
| Question: I agree with the views in your column that HDTV shows up best using an antenna. However, many people do not have a TV with a built-in HD tuner, so they cannot enjoy the antenna broadcast and must pay for some set-top box that deteriorates the picture. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 3D-printed rifle, dubbed 'The Grizzly,' fires its first shot (CNET Blogs, 7/26/2013 1:32am) |
| A new YouTube video shows the first 3D-printed rifle, born and bred in Canada, taking its first round and then cracking along the barrel and receiver. (Read Full Article) |
| NFL package luring plenty of customers (Poughkeepsie Journal, 9/09/2005 7:19am) |
| Football is so important to his constituents that last October Michigan Congressman Bart Stupak issued a press release when he helped lift an NFL-blackout restriction against Green Bay games on DirecTV. The very unbureaucratic title? "Game On! Packers vs. Lions." ... (Read Full Article) |
| Ruckus Wireless to Conduct One of the First Public Demonstrations of Digital TV, IPTV and HDTV Over Standard Wi-Fi at (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance, 12/21/2005 2:00pm) |
| As consumer electronics and computer networks collide, Ruckus Wireless, an innovator in next-generation smart Wi-Fi technology, today announced plans to conduct one of the first public demonstrations of streaming high definition, digital TV and multicast IPTV over standard Wi-Fi technology at the upcoming Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada from January 5-8, 2006. ... (Read Full Article) |
| PanAmSat customers include A&E, BET, Bloomberg, CNN, ESPN, Fox, HBO, Discovery, DirecTV, MTV, Lifetime, Reuters, and TBS (Broadcasting and Cable, 7/19/2005 2:02pm) |
| Some of the services the new European bird will enable? Expect direct-to-home satellite, HDTV, and On-Demand satellite services to expand in that market. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Review: Projectors Offer Home Theater (Altus Times, 10/13/2005 5:10pm) |
| RICHMOND, Va. - OK, so you can't afford the plush couch ensemble, the top-of-the-line audio receiver, progressive-scan DVD carousel and dashboard-sized LCD television. That doesn't mean a home theater is out of the question. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Hooked on sports (Rocky Mountain News, 10/03/2005 6:26am) |
| Every Sunday during football season, the 28 televisions inside Governor's Park sports bar are tuned to at least eight different games simultaneously. Six of those games are usually provided by DirecTV's NFL Sunday Ticket. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Why Some Blu-ray Disc Players Have HDMI Inputs (About.com, 2/28/2013 6:00am) |
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All Blu-ray Disc players have at least one HDMI output that allows you to connect it to your TV or video projector and home theater receiver, but did you know ... (Read Full Article) |
| HP to release wireless HDTV (Geek.com, 9/12/2005 12:58pm) |
| Hewlett Packard (HP) aims to be at the center of the digital entertainment home network next year when it releases a 37-inch LCD HDTV with DVR and a built-in wireless digital media receiver. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Conexant Gets Set Top Box Win (socalTech.com, 12/12/2005 2:56pm) |
| Newport Beach-based Conexant Semiconductor has scored a set top box chip win with Coship Electronics, a Chinese manufacturer of set-top boxes. Conexant said that Coship will integrate Conexant's MPEG/H.264 silicon in its Anysight220c IP receiver. The set top box will be deployed in Asia fo... (more) ... (Read Full Article) |
| Are you ready for a dish? (Cincinnati Enquirer, 4/28/2005 9:53am) |
| I am standing in Circuit City in the prime of a beautiful day, looking at flat-screen televisions bigger than the bed of a pickup truck. Their pictures are as clear as a Montana sky. My man Jeff the manager is telling me something about digital satellite high definition liquid crystal DirecTV DVR Tivo box free installation. Only $41.99 a month for all you can watch. (Read Full Article) |
| LEX 18 High Definition / Digital Television (WLEX-TV Lexington, 10/23/2005 2:34am) |
| On July 18, 2005, WLEX-DT went on air, the newest and most powerful digital station in Central Kentucky. Although your digital receiver will show us as “18.1â€, “18.2â€, and “18.3†the actual broadcast channel is 39. Like most digital stations we have multiple programs on the one channel: ... (Read Full Article) |
| Shop Smart: Get the most out of your home theater system (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 11/19/2006 5:14am) |
| A big-screen high-definition TV takes center stage in any home theater. But even the best TV can't convey the rich, multichannel surround sound on most DVD movies and a growing number of HD programs. That demands a digital receiver and a full set of speakers. ... (Read Full Article) |
| CNN-HD launches this fall (TV Squad, 1/21/2007 3:02pm) |
| Filed under: Cable, News, Industry, HDTVSo you love CNN but you wish you could get a better look at every wrinkle, crevice and circuit board in Larry King's face? Well, don't slit your wrists just yet, because CNN is going high def this fall. CNN-HD has already been picked up by DIRECTV, which will be launching one hundred new high def channels, most of them in the third quarter of 2007.
I don' ... (Read Full Article) |
| Samsung's sleek BD-P3600 Blu-ray player gets hands-on love (Engadget, 3/28/2009 1:14pm) |
| Oh sure, we've already seen this thing spotted at Best Buy, but there's just something especially titillating about photos with clarity. CNET's UK branch managed to get their camera all up in the BD-P3600's area, and they definitely enjoyed what they saw. For starters, the 7.1-channel analog outs are a real boon to those still using that circa-1999 AV receiver, and the bundled WiFi dongle mean ... (Read Full Article) |
| WTSP-DT now on Bright House channel 610 (Tampa Bay's 10, 4/22/2005 2:13am) |
| WTSP is now broadcasting our DTV signal on Channel 24. We will initially be transmitting a simulcast of our normal programming and available CBS HDTV programming. You will need a special DTV receiver to be able to see this new channel. (Read Full Article) |
| Cypress Joins Universal Powerline Association to Promote Sharing of High-Definition Video Content Over Power Lines in ... (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 1/09/2007 2:00pm) |
| SAN JOSE, Calif.----Cypress Semiconductor Corp. today announced its membership in the Universal Powerline Association . As a member, Cypress will leverage its expertise in connectivity and high-definition video to promote the UPA's digital home standard for high-speed networking over power lines, the only power line communication standard currently producing silicon at the industry-leading ... ... (Read Full Article) |
| HDTV receiver - TEAC To Enter HDTV Tuner Market (1 HDVT Blog, 12/02/2006 8:34am) |
| Broadcast Newsroom, CA - Nov 28, 2006… TEAC America will introduce an external HDTV tuner for notebook computers early next year, while near term the... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Optical Entertainment Network Selects Amino to Deliver Standard and High Definition Set-Top Boxes for FISION(TM) FTTH (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 10/05/2005 6:00am) |
| Optical Entertainment Network announced that Amino will supply standard and high definition Set-Top Boxes for FISION's fiber-to-the-Home Video service. Cambridge, United Kingdom based Amino, the leading provider of consumer premises equipment for broadband and IPTV based services, will deliver the first generation STB's for FISION, that will receive over 300 video channels including over 50 ... (Read Full Article) |
| Fairchild Semiconductor’s Integrated Video Filter is the First to Support 1080p High Definition (HD) (Business Wire, 9/17/2009 3:00pm) |
| SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fairchild Semiconductor’s (NYSE: FCS) groundbreaking video filter supports the emerging 1080p standard for High Definition LCD-TVs, Blue Ray DVD players and set-top boxes. The FMS6303 offers designers of these applications the widest flexibility in an integrated video filter available today by providing selectability from Standard Definition all the way up to 1080p HD. It supports three channels and is selectable to 8MHz, 16MHz, 32MHz, and 65MHZ, accommod (Read Full Article) |
| WenatcheeTV Launches Website Expanding Satellite Television and Internet Offerings Throughout the Northwestern United (PR Web, 10/17/2005 7:26am) |
| The Northwest company to offer both DirecTV and DISH Network Satellite Television Services to a wider audience; WenatcheeTV shoots for the stars [PRWEB Oct 17, 2005] ... (Read Full Article) |
| What To Look For When You Buy HDTV (Buying Electronics, 11/19/2007 6:03pm) |
| Before you actually purchase your HDTV, take your time to first shop for an integrated set up. An integrated system represents the best choice in that it does not need a connecting receiver or tuner, and it only requires is a cable or satellite connection. On the other hand, for those who cannot quite afford the high cost of HDTV, there is another option worth choosing and that is the HDTV-capable ... (Read Full Article) |
| Theater sound means lots of speakers (Worcester Telegram & Gazette, 11/14/2006 9:40am) |
| A big-screen high-definition TV takes center stage in any home theater. But even the best TV can't convey the rich, multichannel surround sound on most DVD movies and a growing number of HD programs. That demands a digital receiver and a full set of speakers. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Monster offers multi-room audio with streamcast bluetooth module for clarity hd model one (CE Pro, 9/11/2012 8:03pm) |
| Now Available in Silver, Bronze and Automotive-Grade Red and Yellow Gloss Finishes with White and Black coming this fall; Easily Add Wireless Audio Streaming Throughout the Home with new StreamCast™ HD Transmitter and Receiver [...] (Read Full Article) |
| News Swanni: DIRECTV to Be HDTV Leader in 2006 The satcaster will dramatically expand its high-def lineup, says the TV (TVPredictions.com, 12/24/2005 5:16pm) |
| Washington, D.C. (Dec. 24, 2005) -- High-Definition TV is expected to be in more than 20 million U.S. homes in 2006. But which TV provider will offer the best HD programming lineup for high-def owners? ... (Read Full Article) |
| ATI Enters Mobile TV Market with a Complete DVB-H Solution (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 2/01/2006 11:00am) |
| MARKHAM, Ontario----Feb. 1, 2006--Leveraging its vast expertise in the DTV and handheld markets, ATI Technologies Inc. is introducing a single chip, DVB-H compliant, Mobile TV Receiver solution for mobile phones and other handheld devices. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Micronas licenses Silicon Images' HDMI, and DVI IP for TV ICs (Electronic Engineering Times Asia, 3/14/2005 9:08pm) |
| Micronas has licensed the High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) and Digital Visual Interface (DVI) receiver IP for integration in their consumer ICs from Silicon Image Inc. (Read Full Article) |
| Telecast's Rattler HD/SDI Mini Transceiver Debuts at IBC (Broadcast Newsroom, 9/09/2005 4:26pm) |
| The new Rattler mini HD/SDI fiber optic transmitter and receiver modules from Telecast Fiber Systems will be displayed for a European audience for the first time at IBC2005 in Amsterdam, the company announced today. ... (Read Full Article) |
| News Study: Verizon's FiOS TV Tops With Customers DIRECTV and EchoStar ranked second and third in customer satisfaction ... (TVPredictions.com, 9/11/2007 3:36pm) |
| Washington, D.C. (September 11, 2007) -- Verizon's FiOS TV service, which offers nearly 30 High-Definition channels, has the best customer service in the TV provider category. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Gefen High Definition Personal Video Recorder (HD PVR) (Big Picture Big Sound, 7/03/2008 8:45pm) |
| Gefen has released a new hard-drive-based digital recorder that allows you to record high definition material over HDMI from virtually any source: cable box, satellite receiver, even Blu-ray Disc. Is it the next killer component?
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| The LG HR400 - Blu-ray, Freeview HDD and YouTube all-in-one (Tech Digest, 7/08/2009 1:38pm) |
| LG has announced that the HR400 will be available at the end of this month. The HR400 is a Blu-ray DVD player, a Freeview receiver with recording onto a built-in HDD and it also streams YouTube videos without the need for a PC. The Blu-ray is 1080p full HD and will also upscale your old DVDs. The Freeview element includes a 160GB HDD. This really does do the job of two separate boxes and the YouT ... (Read Full Article) |
| 1080p Plasma and LCD HDTV and Home Theater Receiver Sale (weekend only) (Big Picture Big Sound, 4/19/2008 8:36am) |
| OneCall is at it again with a great weekend-only sale on some of their most popular HDTVs and home theater receivers. Sale ends Sunday or when current stock is gone. ... (Read Full Article) |
| ATI to introduce mobile TV mkt with a complete DVB-H solution (India Infoline, 2/03/2006 9:02am) |
| ATI Technologies Inc, a Canada-based $2bn visualization chip making company, will introduce a single chip, DVB-H compliant, Mobile TV Receiver solution for mobile phones and other handheld devices. ... (Read Full Article) |
| ATI Brings High-Definition Television To The Rest of Us (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 7/06/2005 10:00am) |
| ATI Technologies Inc. , the leader of the VSB receiver chip market, just made high-definition reception for television sets more affordable with the introduction of the Theater 311, Theater 312 and Theater 314 chipset solutions. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Vitesse Introduces Photodiodes For Ethernet and FTTx Markets (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 9/07/2005 4:01am) |
| Vitesse Semiconductor Corp. today announced a new line of photodiode products for the resurgent optical communications market. The first two products in the family, the VSC7750 and VSC7780, are designed for use in the optical receiver side of both the Small Form Factor and its pluggable counterpart . ... (Read Full Article) |
| (No Title) (, 6/22/2006 6:47pm) |
| Slowly but surely, your option for a high-definition home theater experience will grow. Following Samsung, which just launched a Blu-ray player and other firms such as Sony, Panasonic will introduce a premium Blu-ray player that can be tied into a HD home theater consisting of a matching receiver and speaker system. Before you go shopping, check your savings account. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Gefen DVI and Audio Extender (I4U, 10/05/2005 5:36pm) |
| The Gefen DVI Audio Extender extends your DVI and digital/analog audio up to 150 feet away from your HDTV DVI or HDMI source using cost effective CAT-5 cables. This gadget consists of a sender and receiver unit. It supports VESA and HDTV resolutions... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | How to Connect a 3D Blu-ray Disc Player to a non-3D Compatible Home Theater Receiver (About.com, 7/13/2013 10:00am) |
| 3D has made inroads into the home theater and home entertainment environment, but in addition to a 3D TV and 3D Blu-ray Disc player, what do you need to do ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Wolfire's Overgrowth plants itself on Steam Early Access (Joystiq, 12/27/2013 3:00am) |
| Wolfire Games, the indie outfit responsible for the pistol-reloading sim Receiver, is currently working on a 3D beat-em-up called Overgrowth. The game is now available on PC, Mac and Linux through Steam Early Access for $25 - 17% off its $30 ...
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| Broadband Speed to Jump 10-Fold (InternetNews.com, 6/02/2005 8:00pm) |
| A new ITU standard sets the bar for ADSL at 100Mbps. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Monster ClarityHD Model One Speaker Offers Multiroom Audio (CE Pro, 9/26/2012 6:03pm) |
| Monster's ClarityHD Model One High Definition Speaker now offers wireless capability via the Streamcast HD Transmitter and Receiver Kit, streaming HD music to 12 rooms in a home at a distance of up to 100 [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Oppo BDP-105: Not your average Blu-ray player (CNET Blogs, 1/26/2013 3:36pm) |
| Oppo's new player not only sounds great; for some buyers it eliminates the need for an AV receiver. [Read [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Shuttle Readies Stunning Media Centre (BIOS, 10/17/2005 10:39am) |
| Kiss your tape, CD, DVD, and even your receiver components goodbye. Shuttle's new media centre has a built-in TV-tuner, FM tuner, DVD drive, and 8-in-1 card reader to make enjoying media easier. Shuttle has today expanded its XPC product range with a new system ... ... (Read Full Article) |
| HDTV tuner - Receiver Readiness for HDTV (1 HDVT Blog, 9/25/2006 4:33am) |
| HDTV or high definition television offers many benefits over traditional analog television. High definition television has excellent digital... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Samsung revamps Blu-ray home theater setup (AfterDawn, 5/02/2008 10:28pm) |
| Samsung has introduced a new Blu-ray home theater system, the HT-BD2S which resembles its predecessor but has smaller satellite speakers and is available for over 30 percent less than its older cousin the BD2T's retail price of $1500 USD.
According to the source article, the head unit (the combination receiver/Blu-ray player/amplifier) is identical to its more expensive cousin's, and therefor ... (Read Full Article) |
| Commentary DIRECTV's Owner Calls HDTV Viewers 'Desperate' News Corp. executive says his company can get away with (TVPredictions.com, 3/01/2006 1:55pm) |
| Washington, D.C. (March 1, 2006) -- News Corp. President and COO Peter Cherin told a financial conference yesterday that his company is talking to cable and satellite operators about charging $25-30 to watch a movie in HDTV 60 days after its theatrical release. ... (Read Full Article) |
| DVD Standard Battle Rages On (TechNewsWorld.com, 6/07/2005 12:12pm) |
| Two options, Blu-ray and high-definition DVD (HD-DVD), have emerged as potential standards for these next generation discs. ... (Read Full Article) |
| What's new (Guardian Weekly, 8/10/2005 11:23pm) |
| Cable firm NTL has announced a fresh push towards faster broadband, with the aim of making 10 megabit connections its new standard. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Viewing options (San Jose Mercury News, 6/09/2006 6:09am) |
| It must be something about sports with goals, because the most dramatic contrasts between high-definition and standard TV come in hockey and soccer. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Sherwood Unveils Streaming A/V Receiver & Blu-ray Player (Big Picture Big Sound, 9/11/2009 8:56am) |
| The company has added four new home theater receivers and a Blu-ray player to its high-end A/V lineup. (Read Full Article) |
| Gefen debuts new HDMI booster cables (MacNN, 11/15/2006 6:42pm) |
| Gefen today debuted a new line of HDMI Super Booster Cables designed to deliver the clearest high-definition video resolutions with no additional sender and receiver hardware required. The cables -- which are available in lengths of 50, 75, 100, 125 and 150 feet -- are comprised of copper components and terminated on the receiving end with Gefen HD... ... (Read Full Article) |
| DIRECTV Approves LG Electronics Transcoder for Delivery Of Satellite HDTV Content to Hotel Rooms (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 6/22/2005 2:00pm) |
| Delivery of premium high-definition television satellite programming to hotel rooms is now a reality thanks to "transcoder" technology developed for the lodging industry by LG Electronics and being deployed first by LodgeNet Entertainment Corporation . ... (Read Full Article) |
| Affordable Digital TVs Are Coming (MSNBC, 5/02/2005 4:48pm) |
| Standard-definition sets boast over-the-air DVD-quality pictures plus low prices. By Gary Krakow. ... (Read Full Article) |
| HDTV satellite receiver - Is it Capable or ReadyWhat this means in HDTV Terms (Technorati, 12/10/2007 6:15am) |
| Shopping for a new high definition television can be confusing if you do not understand what is on the market. There are many types of HDTV available today. Long gone are the days of simply picking any television because it is the right brand or the right size. There are LCD screens, rear projections, flat screen and plasma sets. There are also HDTV-capable and HDTV-ready sets. What does all this ... (Read Full Article) |
| CES to see first demo of TV over WiFi (Macworld UK, 12/22/2005 10:53am) |
| The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) will see the first public demonstration of a new technology that allows Digital TV, IPTV and HDTV to be streamed over standard Wi-Fi. ... (Read Full Article) |
| LG announces first Freesat-enabled HDTV: LF7700 Series (HDTV UK, 7/17/2009 11:48am) |
| We announced that LG would be making Freesat-enabled LCD TVs back in January, and now the company has announced its first HD Ready HDTVs with built-in Freesat receiver. The LF7700 Series will be available in 32-, 37-, 42- and 47-inch models, all full 1080p and featuring LG's Dual XD Engine, Intelligent Sensor II and TruMotion 100Hz technology. They boast a dynamic contrast ratio of 50,000:1, invi ... (Read Full Article) |
| New Microsoft Hardware Products (Addict 3D, 4/04/2006 6:45am) |
| * Wireless Notebook Optical Mouse 3000: An upgraded version of the best-selling Wireless Notebook Optical Mouse, this mouse features enhanced with High Definition technology for smooth and precise tracking over any surface (even airplane tray tables), as well as a smaller receiver for traveling convenience. ($29.95) * Wireless Laser Mouse 5000: From the fashionably inclined businessman to your ... (Read Full Article) |
| Toshiba Launches New Family of Analog Video Front-End Processors (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance, 3/07/2005 2:30pm) |
| Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc. ,* a leader in semiconductor solutions for digital consumer products, today announced the first two devices in a new family of analog video front-end processors targeted at television, set-top box, audio/video receiver and video converter/switch applications. (Read Full Article) |
| Format fight (Guardian Weekly, 8/10/2005 11:22pm) |
| The peace talks are over - a war seems inevitable between the two formats competing to replace DVD to become the high definition (HDTV) pre-recorded/recordable disc standard. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Extreme Reality makes your camera a 3D gaming system (CNET Blogs, 1/08/2013 5:09pm) |
| Bye-bye Kinect? This software-only approach gives you full-body control for games with your standard Webcam. (Read Full Article) |
| Dish Network eying deal with Microsoft for HTPC TV cards (Engadget, 2/06/2007 3:13pm) |
| Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment, Media PCsWe figured they'd come around, and sure enough, it looks like Dish Network is now the one in talks with Microsoft to bring satellite programming to the media PC. After DirecTV began this same journey, finally inked a deal with Gates and Co., and actually started playing nice with Viiv-enabled PCs, Dish Network couldn't just stand around hoping that ... (Read Full Article) |
| SHIFT: Stop shopping for an HDTV! 3D is coming! (DVICE, 8/28/2009 12:47am) |
| Do not buy an HDTV. Do not buy a Blu-ray player. Do not buy an AV receiver.
Why? 3D HDTV and Blu-ray is coming.
Big deal, you say? Yes, big deal, says I. Read on if you want to avoid a killer case of instant obsolescence and buyer's remorse. (Read Full Article) |
| LG Elec to join HD DVD camp as well as Blu-ray (Reuters.co.uk, 3/08/2006 3:24pm) |
| HANOVER, Germany (Reuters) - LG Electronics, one of the world's biggest optical drive makers, will support HD DVD as well as Blu-ray in the emerging war over the next DVD standard, it said on Wednesday. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Bits: Blu-ray: The Future Has Been Delayed (New York Times, 4/30/2008 8:54pm) |
| On the heels of a report last week noting that many consumers may not see the picture quality difference between Blu-ray and standard DVDs comes the latest Blu-ray sales figures. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Gadget Freak: Dodge the Fuzz and Make Plain TV Shows Look Good in HD (PC World, 5/27/2005 9:02pm) |
| Take these steps to ensure that standard TV content appears sharp on a high-definition TV set. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Sony BDP-S300 (CNET, 7/17/2007 4:31pm) |
| The BDP-S300 is a decent choice if you're limiting yourself to a relatively cheap, standard-design Blu-ray player, but everyone else should consider the competition. ... (Read Full Article) |
| TechnoConcepts Makes Historic Demonstration of Wireless Communication Interoperability Utilizing its True Software (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 7/14/2005 1:53pm) |
| CEOs and product engineers from leading wireless communications companies in South Korea recently witnessed an historic, first-ever demonstration of a True Software Radio receiver that can process radio frequency signals in the licensed and unlicensed frequency ranges without any of the traditional front-end analog and RF circuitry. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Debut of versatile Blu-ray DVD deck (International Herald Tribune, 9/21/2006 2:47pm) |
| Panasonic will sell the first Blu-ray DVD player-recorder in Japan in November, months after Toshiba released a comparable product in the feud for the next standard of DVDs. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Dish network HDTV - Receiver Readiness for HDTV (Technorati, 12/10/2007 4:32pm) |
| HDTV or high definition television offers many benefits over traditional analog television. High definition television has excellent digital superiority, crisp detail, progressive scanning, digital audio, a wider viewing area and better quality DVD playback. However, the days of simply plugging a television into an outlet and calling the cable companies are over. Now, you must make sure your telev ... (Read Full Article) |
| Verizon FiOS Joins the 100+ HD Channel Party (Telecompetitor, 11/02/2007 1:35pm) |
| Verizon FiOS Joins the 100+ HD Channel Party 02 Nov, 2007 The rush to get 100 HD channels is on, and Verizon FiOS just announced they're joining the party. If all goes according to plan, FiOS TV ... seize on the growing appetite for HD programming. tag : DirecTV FiOS HD HDTV Verizon ... (Read Full Article) |
| Ruckus Demos Digital TV, IPTV, HDTV Over Standard Wi-Fi (Wireless IQ, 12/21/2005 4:37pm) |
| As consumer electronics and computer networks collide, Ruckus Wireless, an... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | LG Already Demonstrating UHD Sports Coverage (High-Def Digest, 4/15/2013 5:30pm) |
| 4K Final Four demonstration coming to a retailer near you. As Ultra HD continues to advance towards bringing the 4K standard to living rooms everywhere, one regularly occurring question involves the [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Hauppauge Demonstrates New Affordable High Definition Video Recorder for PCs (eHomeUpgrade, 1/11/2008 8:00am) |
| Hauppauge Digital, Inc., the world's leading developer and manufacturer of analog and digital TV receiver products for personal computers, demonstrated at CES 2008 for the first time their ‘HD PVR’, a USB personal video recorder which can record high definition TV video into H.264 in real time. More...]]> ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Why NTSC and PAL Still Matter With HDTV (About.com, 7/20/2013 10:00am) |
| A lot of consumers around the World assume that, with introduction of Digital TV and HDTV, the old barriers to a universal video standard have been removed. However, this is ... (Read Full Article) |
| Talks Over DVD Format Standard Stall (The Mac (The Mac Observer, 5/18/2005 11:33am) |
| Toshiba Corp. is resisting the idea of establishing a unified format for next-generation, high-definition... ... (Read Full Article) |
| HD DVD outselling Blu-ray (ITP.net, 7/16/2007 1:12pm) |
| HD DVD video players have outsold rival standard Blu-ray players by a three-to-one margin in Europe's main markets so far this year, according to a lobby group. ... (Read Full Article) |
| How MIMO Multiplies Wireless Capacity (Mobile Pipeline, 6/07/2005 11:54am) |
| MIMO technology will eventually be part of the next Wi-Fi standard. Here's how it increases both range and data throughput rates. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Silicon Image HDMI and DVI IP Offers Proven Capability, Interoperability, Compliance and Faster Time-to-Market (Digital Broadcasting.com, 3/30/2005 7:38pm) |
| Sunnyvale, CA — Silicon Image, Inc., a leader in multi-gigabit semiconductor solutions for the secure transmission and storage of rich digital media, today announced that Micronas, a leading supplier of innovative application-specific IC system solutions for consumer electronics, has licensed its High-Definition Multimedia Interface™ (HDMI(™) and Digital Visual Interface (DVI) receiver (Read Full Article) |
| Pro Football Hall of Fame ceremonies (The State, 8/03/2007 4:13am) |
| 6 p.m. Saturday, ESPN Six players will be enshrined during Pro Football Hall of Fame induction ceremonies 6 p.m. Saturday on ESPN (cable channel 26, high-definition channel 950). Entering the Hall during the event in Canton, Ohio, will be: Wide receiver Michael Irvin, Dallas Cowboys, 1980-89; Running back Thurman Thomas, Buffalo Bills, 1988-99; Miami Dolphins, 1990; ... (Read Full Article) |
| (No Title) (, 1/09/2007 9:59am) |
| LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Sony Corp. said on Monday it would release up to 100 movie titles on the high-definition Blu-ray video disc standard this year, as it pits its next-generation DVD format against rival HD DVD. ... (Read Full Article) |
| What's wrong with NBC? (Digg.com, 1/01/2007 7:35pm) |
| By choosing to offer coverage of the 2007 Rose Bowl Parade in standard definition only, NBC gives an early New Years gift of High Definition viewers to ABC. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | The 10 Best HDTVs (eCoustics, 7/08/2013 9:15pm) |
| Given the rapid evolution of the HDTV over the past few years, it’s hard to believe that many of us rang in the new century watching bulky, standard-definition tube TVs. Since then, old-school CRTs have made way for slicker, multitalented [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Xbox360 at a glance (Canoe, 5/13/2005 8:27am) |
| THE GUTS: Custom-designed PowerPC-based CPU with three symmetrical 3.2 GHz cores, 512 MB of 700 MHz RAM, a 500 MHz next-generation ATI graphics processor, standard 12x DVD-ROM drive, detachable 20 GB hard drive. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Change of heart? IE11 might speed Web graphics with WebGL (CNET Blogs, 3/29/2013 10:51am) |
| A leaked build of Microsoft's next browser shows signs that the company could be reversing its opposition to a standard for accelerated 2D and 3D graphics on the Web. (Read Full Article) |
| HDTV - HDTV Startup Is Eyeing the Skies (Broad Help, 11/18/2007 4:16pm) |
| HDTV - HDTV Startup Is Eyeing the Skies By admin on November 18, 2007 HDTV Startup Is Eyeing the Skies Multichannel Online - The highest-definition HDTV delivered by satellite might not come from DirecTV or Dish Network. Startup XstreamHD says it has developed technology to deliver high-definition movies on-demand — over satellite links — that are of better quality Topics: HDTV | No C ... (Read Full Article) |
| Dan Rather resurrected on new frequency (Reuters via Yahoo! News, 11/20/2006 4:57am) |
| Yes, Dan Rather lives. And he's never looked better. Or so we hear. As this show was viewed on DVD in a converted, standard-definition format rather than the high-definition of HDNet as intended, we'll simply have to take the digital network's word for it. ... (Read Full Article) |
| National Semiconductor Samples First Dual 10-bit Color Transmit and Receive Chipset (PhysOrg, 4/19/2005 5:49pm) |
| Industry`s First Chipset Designed to Drive Full HDTV with Greater Than One Billion ColorsNational Semiconductor Corporation today introduced the industry`s most efficient interface for driving full high-definition televisions with greater than one billion colors. The DS90C3201 transmitter and DS90C3202 receiver is a transmit and receive chipset with a dual 10-bit LVDS (low voltage differential (Read Full Article) |
| Cable rates set for fresh hike (South Coast Today, 12/31/2005 5:45am) |
| NEW BEDFORD -- SouthCoast residents will pay more for cable TV beginning Feb. 1, when Comcast raises the cost of standard cable an average of $2.65 a month statewide. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Blu-ray and HD-DVD Sales Growing Faster Than Standard DVD (About.com, 1/29/2008 5:00pm) |
| If you compare the number of Blu-ray and HD-DVD players, as well as disc titles sold since the formats became available to consumers, with the initial sales of DVD players... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Infineon shows first standard compliant 100 Mbit VDSL2 chip (Tom\'s Hardware Guide, 5/27/2005 8:57pm) |
| Infineon announced that it is extending its DSL-portfolio with Vinax, a VDSL2/ADSL2+ end-to-end solution. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Hi-def rivals in CES war of words (The Hollywood Reporter, 1/09/2007 1:13pm) |
| LAS VEGAS -- Supporters of the two rival next-generation disc formats are slugging it out this week at the Consumer Electronics Show, with HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc predicting victory in the quest for a unified high-definition standard. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Home (video) for the holidays (San Francisco Chronicle, 10/31/2005 4:20pm) |
| You don't need to take out a third mortgage to afford some great home-theater gifts this year. We've rounded up four fine products for your home entertainment center, each of which costs less than a standard iPod. ... (Read Full Article) |
| When They Pull the Plug on Analog HD Broadcasts, Will You Be Ready (HardwareZone, 1/20/2006 4:53am) |
| In just 36 short months, analog broadcasts of standard TV and HDTV will end ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Lexus Expands Standard HD Radio (TWICE, 8/07/2012 7:04pm) |
| Columbia, Md. - Lexus has expanded its selection of vehicles offering HD Radio with [...] (Read Full Article) |
| NeoDigits Launches HD Upscaling DVD Player (DesignTechnica, 3/31/2006 5:37pm) |
| NeoDigits has announced the Helios HVD2085, a DVD player which can upscale standard DVDs up to 1080p high-definition resolution. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Hard to watch (Chicago Tribune, 9/22/2005 10:36am) |
| Many White Sox fans were left in the dark Wednesday night for one of the biggest games of the year. Satellite problems caused subscribers to Comcast SportsNet's standard cable feed to miss the first 5 1/2 innings of the game against Cleveland. ... (Read Full Article) |
| 'Smallville' Season Seven Headed to Blu-ray This Fall (High-Def Digest, 5/21/2008 10:00pm) |
| It's a bird! It's a plane! It's the return of 'Smallville' on Blu-ray, whose complete seventh season will make its next-gen bow this September. Scheduled for a day and date release on Blu-ray and standard... ... (Read Full Article) |
| WWE Comes to Blu-ray with 'Wrestlemania XXIV' (High-Def Digest, 3/25/2008 4:00pm) |
| WWE Home Video has announced that their debut high-def release 'Wrestlemania XXIV' is set to pummel Blu-ray this May. Currently the top distributor of wrestling-themed sports titles on standard DVD, WWE... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Image is everything (Guardian Weekly, 7/20/2005 11:07pm) |
| A growing number of Britons are investing in flat-screen TVs that are compatible with High Definition TV (HDTV) transmissions. But until Sky debuts its HD service in the summer of next year, all they will be viewing are standard definition pictures. Unless, of course, they watch images of themselves. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Pioneer Drops Out of DVD Business, Focuses on Blu-Ray (High-Def DVD Digest, 6/08/2006 2:28am) |
| Faced with stiff competition and dwindling revenues, Pioneer Corp. has announced it will cease producing standard DVD recorders but will continue to focus on Blu-ray products, the company told international... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Tenvera's Fiber IN The Home Helps Make The Most Of FTTH Technology (FiberOpticsOnline, 12/04/2006 7:13pm) |
| On or before February 17, 2009, digital television will be the standard, only digital will be available. High Definition television will rule all the airwaves ... (Read Full Article) |
| Amino to supply STB's for Houston project (EE Times UK, 10/06/2005 8:18am) |
| LONDON — Amino is to supply standard and high definition set-top boxes (STBs) for FISION's fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) video service. ... (Read Full Article) |
| CES 2007: Vutec to show off Tri-Plex screen (TG Daily, 1/02/2007 11:28pm) |
| i>Pre CES show coverage - Vutec will be showing at CES a three-way monitor that provides users with an anamorphic widescreen view of standard and high definition content. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Target's one-week sale shrinks 3DS XL price to $150 (Joystiq, 12/18/2013 4:45am) |
| If you're looking to buy a handheld during the holidays, you could do much worse than the 3DS XL - particularly now that Target has knocked 25 percent off its standard retail price.
Keep in mind that this is only a limited time offer. Come next [...] (Read Full Article) |
| The (mis-)uptake of HDTV (Ars Technica, 12/09/2005 6:46pm) |
| HDTV penetration is fairly weak right now—a major factor in Nintendo's decision to stick with standard definition with the Revolution console . The question is, why is it so weak? ... (Read Full Article) |
| Philips Blu-ray TripleWriter SPD7000 Comes 2nd Half of 2006 (, 2/03/2006 3:21am) |
| With all the arguments about Blu-ray and HDTV today, I saw this story and thought about who 'owns' the CD, cassette, VCR, etc. It's all Philips so I guess if they're going with Blu-ray then that could answer the whole 'what's gonna be the standard?' debate.
Just a thought. ... (Read Full Article) |
| CrestaTech’s New “HDTV Anywhere” Chip Now Ready for Sampling to PC OEMs (Business Wire, 9/22/2009 5:00pm) |
| SAN FRANCISCO & SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Get ready to get global with HDTV on a PC. Reference designs and samples for CrestaTech’s new programmable broadband technology are now available, enabling PC manufacturers to pop in one universal chip and support all analog TV and digital TV standards worldwide. Demonstrated publicly for the first time at this week’s Intel Developer Forum 2009, the CrestaTV™ Universal Broadband Receiver technology combines a programmable RF (Read Full Article) |
| PorTel (Portel.de, 5/29/2005 7:41am) |
| Genf, 27.05.05 – The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) today finalized work on new technical specifications that will allow telecoms operators around the world to offer a 'super' triple play of video, Internet and voice services at speeds up to ten times faster than standard ADSL. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Ask the expert: DVD format wars (Financial Times, 4/06/2006 1:56pm) |
| Next-generation DVD or high-definition video discs promise to bring home cinema to your living room. But the prospect has been threatened by the failure of the technology’s leading developers – Sony and Toshiba – to agree on a common standard last year. ... (Read Full Article) |
| HBO Enlists 'Band of Brothers' for Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 4/01/2008 6:00pm) |
| There's no street date yet, but HBO Home Video is reportedly planning to bring the Emmy-winning mini-series 'Band of Brothers' to Blu-ray sometime this year. While reporting on the upcoming standard DVD... ... (Read Full Article) |
| HDTV Pushes Telcos Toward MPEG-4 (Light Reading, 6/24/2005 1:08pm) |
| Driven mainly by a need to cost-effectively deliver high-definition (HD) television, many telco TV providers are now preparing to use the more cost-efficient MPEG-4 video compression standard. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Among the Sleep dev timelapse sheds light on shadowy corners (Joystiq, 12/25/2013 12:00am) |
| Ever wonder what's lurking behind the shadows in Krillbite Studio's first-person toddler horror game, Among the Sleep? It could be demons, ghosts, gremlins or slavering beasts out for fresh meat - or it could be standard 3D development ...
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| New York Leads in HD Uptake (PC World) (Addict 3D, 10/31/2007 4:33pm) |
| PC World - The east is the best: New York residents are leading the nation in adopting high-definition television (HDTV), with 17.5 percent of households receiving the new broadcast standard, The Nielsen Co. ... (Read Full Article) |
| 'Star is Born' Blu-ray to Receive 6k Restoration (High-Def Digest, 6/06/2008 4:00pm) |
| Warner has announced that it is restoring the 1954 classic 'A Star is Born' for eventual release on Blu-ray and standard DVD. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the studio has selected the Judy Garland-James... ... (Read Full Article) |
| NAB Opposes HDTV Downconversion (Broadcasting and Cable, 5/30/2006 2:16am) |
| The National Association of Broadcasters has joined the network affiliate associations in opposing language in a Senate bill that would allow cable to vonvert broadcasters' HDTV signals to standard definition DTV. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Blu-Ray Disc Group Says It's Not Blue Over Download Rise (Investors Business Daily, 1/10/2009 12:33am) |
| Blu-ray Disc vanquished HD DVD early last year to become the high-definition successor to standard definition DVD. But Blu-ray Disc faces another... ... (Read Full Article) |
| WiFi Shifts Into a Faster Gear (Washington Post, 4/16/2005 6:54pm) |
| The alphabet soup of wireless networking is getting a few new letters. This latest addition to the recipe promises faster data transfers over wider areas for your home computers, but it comes with a catch: It's based on a standard that doesn't exist yet. (Read Full Article) |
| Toshiba says 51GB HD DVD still under development (InfoWorld via Yahoo! News, 3/01/2007 1:56pm) |
| A three-layer HD DVD disc with enough room for about 7 hours of high-definition video is still under development and hasn't been submitted for approval to the DVD Forum, the standard's governing body, despite reports to the contrary, Toshiba said Thursday. ... (Read Full Article) |
| 'Wild Hogs' to Feast on Blu-ray this Summer (High-Def Digest, 5/14/2007 7:13am) |
| Disney Home Entertainment has announced that the comedy hit 'Wild Hogs' will debut on Blu-ray this August day-and-date with the standard def DVD release. Starring John Travolta, Tim Allen, Martin Lawrence... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Latest Blu-ray Feature From Fox Should Be ‘Industry Standard’ (Home Media Magazine, 12/07/2012 1:59am) |
| LOS ANGELES — For the 3D Blu-ray Disc of Ice Age: Continental Drift (Dec. 11), 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment is debuting a feature that artist Peter de Sève said should be on every Blu-ray.
“I think it’s an [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Sony delay adds twist to DVD format war (Financial Times, 3/16/2006 12:21am) |
| The battle between competing video games consoles has become inextricably intertwined with the imminent high-definition DVD format war that pits Sony and the backers of the Blu-ray standard against Toshiba’s HD-DVD technology. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Continuous Progress Being Made with Dual Mode Chipset Development based on the WiMedia/MBOA UWB Standard and Showcases (Digital (Digital Broadcasting.com, 5/13/2005 2:04pm) |
| Campbell, CA — FOCUS Enhancements, Inc.\\\'s semiconductor group is successfully demonstrating the transmission of two high-definition TV (HDTV) streams through walls at its Hillsboro, OR facility. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Blu-Ray Standard: An Overview (Addict 3D, 8/09/2005 3:00pm) |
| With the entertainment industry showing an amazing amount of keenness in adopting HDTV, traditional storage media (DVDs and CDs) just can’t keep up with the requirements in terms of capacity; a 2-hour HDTV video can easily fill up a whopping 25GB of space. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Bluetooth Adopts New Radio Technology (Washington Post, 3/29/2006 11:51am) |
| NEW YORK -- The Bluetooth wireless standard used in cell phones and other small devices will take a leap in transmission speed, broadening its scope to enable high-definition video and files for digital music players like the iPod. ... (Read Full Article) |
| New MPEG Standard Starts to Take Shape (Addict 3D, 9/20/2005 2:24pm) |
| High-definition television has become a staple in a growing number of households. More than 10 million homes worldwide now have HDTVs and that number will reach 52 million in 2009, according to market research firm In-Stat. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Next-generation Wi-Fi from Metalink: Q&A with VP David Pereg (Digi Times, 7/27/2005 1:34am) |
| Headquartered in Israel, with design centers in both the US and Israel, Metalink Broadband is moving ahead with wireless LAN at the 802.11n standard and recently announced a new chipset family designed to support video over 802.11n for the networked home. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Do I Need to Spend More on a 1080p HDTV if My Sources are All Standard Definition? (Big Picture Big Sound, 1/04/2008 12:25pm) |
| A reader writes in asking whether it's worth spending a premium on a 1080p plasma HDTV if most of his sources are 720p or below. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Eagle Rock SD Blu-ray Series Dated and Detailed (High-Def Digest, 7/30/2013 10:00pm) |
| Standard definition upconverts of the Rolling Stones, the Bee Gees, the Scorpions, and Pink Floyd will rock out on Blu-ray this summer. In an early announcement to retailers, Eagle Rock Entertainment [...] (Read Full Article) |
| HD-Video Core Supported By Image Enhancement IPs Launched (DigitalBroadcastingcom, 1/13/2006 2:08pm) |
| PowerVR MSVDX is a multi-standard high definition video decoder core enabling HD-DVD / Blu-ray decode and HD-Broadcast reception with maximised video-quality... ... (Read Full Article) |
| AMD Aims Geode at 'Desktop-Style' Devices (TechNewsWorld.com, 5/24/2005 10:36pm) |
| AMD Vice President and Chief Technology Officer Fred Weber said Geode would enable more innovation on standard x86 architecture that benefits from the ability to run thousands of existing software applications which interoperate seamlessly with other x86-based products. ... (Read Full Article) |
| The Dark Knight Blu-ray No. 1 DVD at Amazon (Punch Jump, 10/11/2008 4:17pm) |
| The Dark Knight Blu-ray disc ranked as the No. 1 best-selling DVD at Amazon.com on Sat. outperforming other standard-definition titles in sales. ... (Read Full Article) |
| $10 Rebate on Select Disney Blu-ray Discs (High-Def Digest, 2/14/2008 5:00pm) |
| If you've been considering upgrading your standard-def DVD editions of select Disney titles to Blu-ray, here's a deal to be on the look out for. Here's how it works: included in some Blu-ray editions of... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Toshiba tackles convergence on multiple fronts (ARNnet, 2/16/2006 4:19am) |
| Toshiba hit the digital entertainment market this week with the promise of a new HD DVD standard, retail support and a slew of new convergent products including MP3 players, projectors and a high-definition entertainment Qosmio laptop. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Next-generation Wi-Fi from Metalink: Q&A with VP David Pereg, part two (Digi Times, 7/28/2005 10:38am) |
| Headquartered in Israel, with design centers in both the US and Israel, Metalink Broadband is moving ahead with wireless LAN at the 802.11n standard and recently announced a new chipset family designed to support video over 802.11n for the networked home. ... (Read Full Article) |
| CES: Samsung's BD-P4600 Blu-ray Player Breaks Out of the Box with Unique Styling (Big Picture Big Sound, 1/08/2009 12:10pm) |
| In a welcome departure from the standard black box design, Samsung's new line of Blu-ray Disc players will combine unique styling with advanced networking capabilities.
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| Sky puts Ryder Cup on every TV platform (Digital Television Group, 9/22/2006 10:26am) |
| Sky Sports is offering multi-platform coverage of The Ryder Cup for the first time on standard and high-definition TV, interactively at Sky Sports Active, online at Skysports.com and on handsets via Sky Mobile TV. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Ruckus Wireless streams HDTV over Wi-Fi (MobileMag, 12/22/2005 3:23pm) |
| Ruckus Wireless has revealed its plans to perform a public demonstration of digital TV (DTV), high-definition TV (HDTV) and multicast IPTV over a standard in-home 802.11g Wi-Fi network. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Toshiba Launches New HD DVR (DVD-Recordable, 11/02/2007 2:32pm) |
| In Japan, Toshiba have shipped a new digital video recorder (DVR) with HD DVD drive that integrates key new features that bring greater freedom of recording to the HD DVD, including recording of HD video to standard DVD discs. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 3D-Printed Replacement Cover Makes Your Mouse Infinitely Adjustable (Gizmodo, 6/06/2013 1:49pm) |
| For those who just can't seem to find a standard mouse that fits comfortably in their hand, Pyott Design has come up with a (Read Full Article) |
| XFX GeForce 7800 GTX (PC Magazine, 9/15/2005 2:51am) |
| XFX offers its "standard" GeForce 7800 GTX card with a slight overclock for a tiny performance boost and a double-lifetime warranty, making it one of the best GeForce 7800 GTX offerings. ... (Read Full Article) |
| LED Backlit LCD HDTVs (Technorati, 12/04/2007 10:45pm) |
| LED backlit LCD HDTVs are starting to appear on the market, also known simply as LED LCD HDTVs. They offer many advantages over standard backlit screens. Read full story ... (Read Full Article) |
| PanAmSat Bringing World Cup to Latin America (MultiChannel News, 6/08/2006 4:37pm) |
| PanAmSat Corp. will deliver the 2006 World Cup to every major Latin American broadcaster for their standard-definition and HDTV channels across the continent, officials said Thursday. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Sony to Play 'Catch and Release' on Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 3/21/2007 7:00pm) |
| Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has announced a May 8 Blu-ray arrival for the romantic comedy 'Catch and Release,' day-and-date with the standard-def DVD version. Starring Jennifer Garner and Timothy... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Upcoming DisplaySearch Conference to Assess Regional HDTV Market Outlook: North America Had Highest HDTV Penetration in (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 7/18/2005 1:52pm) |
| With 1080p cameras and TVs becoming available in 2005, offering a 6X increase in display resolution over standard definition, and next generation DVDs about to come to market, the TV experience is about to get a whole lot better. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Consumers not impressed with DVD formats (Sharewatch, 9/14/2006 9:14pm) |
| High-definition DVDs are supposed to provide sharp, wide-screen images to fill the more than 30 million HD television sets that have been sold. They are also meant to replace standard definition DVDs, providing studios with a new source of profits. ... (Read Full Article) |
| World Cup boost for new high-tech TV uptake (The Star Online, 9/19/2005 12:31am) |
| HIGH-DEFINITION television (HDTV), which offers five times better picture resolution than standard definition and arguably the most important development in TV technology in years, took the spotlight at the 2005 Internationale Funkausstellung (IFA) in Berlin, Germany. ... (Read Full Article) |
| FireWire Group Developing Spec To Spur HDTV (Developer Pipeline, 9/20/2005 5:58pm) |
| The 1394 Trade Association has announced that it is developing a specification that will enable the IEEE 1394 standard, also known as FireWire, to deliver audio and video over coaxial cable. ... (Read Full Article) |
| High definition video in single chip (The Hindu, 11/05/2006 7:58pm) |
| BANGALORE: Your bulbous 20 or 24-inch television set, your standard CD or DVD player, is set to become history. Come 2007, the world will move on -- albeit in stages -- to a new level of high definition (HD) video, where the picture is ... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Sony Wows Listeners with Speakers Built into 4K Ultra HD TVs (CE Pro, 1/24/2013 6:00pm) |
| At CES 2013, all the big brands showed stunning 4K Ultra HD displays, but only Sony had extraordinary audio too; ‘magnetic fluid’ speakers to come standard in 55- and 65-inch [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | NASCAR '14 circling toward Xbox 360, PS3 and PC on Feb. 18 (Joystiq, 1/10/2014 2:00am) |
| UK developer Eutechnyx has announced NASCAR '14, a new game based on the 'as American as apple pie' stock car racing series license, will launch on February 18. The racing title will arrive for $50 on Xbox 360, PS3, and PC.
Apart from the standard [...] (Read Full Article) |
| 'Legend of Zorro' Blu-ray Specs Unveiled (High-Def Digest, 11/07/2007 11:13pm) |
| Sony has revealed full specs for its December Blu-ray bow of the swashbuckling sequel 'Legend of Zorro,' promising a brand new Dolby TrueHD audio and all of the bonus features found on the standard-def... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Argentina chooses Japanese ISDB-T standard for High-Definition TV (AfterDawn, 8/31/2009 4:28am) |
Argentina has passed over European and American standards for High-definition television broadcasts, and followed Brazil in opting to adopt the ISDB-T standard for HDTV in the country.
Argentine President Cristina Kirchner made the announcement of its decision to follow Brazil's lead in the region in a highly-competitive market for HDTV broadcasts at a South American summit.
Kirchner ratified a memorandum between the governments of both Argentina and of Japan to introduce the Japanese ISDB-T standard in the country to co-operate together in the sector. Kirchner also signed a cooperation accord on HDTV with Brazil.Permalink | Comments
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| Optimal Price-Quality Balance Critical for Promoting Uptake of High Definition TV (RedNova, 8/30/2005 12:23pm) |
| LONDON, August 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Having outgrown standard definition television (SDTV), Europe is now awaiting the next generation of transmission service - high definition TV (HDTV). ... (Read Full Article) |
| 'Architect' to Hit Theaters, DVD and Both High-Def Formats in First Day-and-Date Cross-Format Release (High-Def Digest, 11/16/2006 9:56am) |
| On December 5, Magnolia Pictures will make home entertainment history when it brings the indie drama 'The Architect' to theaters, standard-def DVD, Blu-ray and HD DVD simultaneously. Though Magnolia has... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | New Blu-ray releases: Dredd 3D, Frankenweenie 3D, Game of Thrones, Driving Miss Daisy (HD-Report, 1/08/2013 6:15pm) |
| What’s new on Blu-ray Disc, 3D, UltraViolet, and Digital Copy this week? The film adaptation of comic book series Dredd hits shelves on both standard and 3D Blu-ray Disc. The 3D Blu-ray Combo edition includes [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | Comcast left singing blues over blackout (Chicago Tribune, 9/22/2005 11:44am) |
| Many White Sox fans were left in the dark Wednesday night for one of the biggest games of the year. Satellite problems caused subscribers to Comcast SportsNet's standard cable feed to miss the first 5½ innings of the game against Cleveland. ... (Read Full Article) |
| AMD Advances 3D Entertainment: Demonstrates Blu-ray Stereoscopic 3D Playback at 2010 International CES (Business Wire, 12/07/2009 6:00am) |
| SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced that it will demonstrate the forthcoming Blu-ray stereoscopic 3D standard at the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show, showcasing how consumers will soon get to enjoy high-fidelity 3D [...] (Read Full Article) |
| ATI Releases Xilleon 260 (Addict 3D, 9/01/2006 11:13pm) |
| ATI has announced its new Xilleon 260 HDTV system-on-chip set top box solution. The new Xilleon 260 is designed for set top boxes and television sets with compatibility with every high definition and digital television standard around the world including Europe, Japan, Korea and North America. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | DirectTV Takes Long View on Ultra-HDTV (HD-Report, 10/02/2012 6:11pm) |
| DirectTV, Inc. indicated that the satellite pay-TV company will be increasing its efforts to offer Ultra-HDTV transmissions by 2016, and begin switching off any remaining vestiges of the old Standard-Def spectrum in favor of full HD [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Buying HDTV: Our guide to working out which high def TV is right for you (Canada.com, 3/30/2005 12:21pm) |
| A new study conducted by Decima research for LG Electronics Canada found 63% of Canadians surveyed knew about the video and audio benefits of high-definition television (HDTV) over standard definition TV. (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Samsung BD-E5900 3D Network Blu-ray Player - Product of the Week (About.com, 11/16/2012 8:00am) |
| The Samsung BD-E5900 a very affordable Blu-ray Disc Player that plays Blu-ray Discs, standard DVDs (with upscaling), most recordable DVD formats, music CDs, [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Warner Adds Another Hybrid Disc to HD DVD Lineup (High-Def DVD Digest, 6/06/2006 8:48pm) |
| Next Tuesday, June 13, Warner will release its third hybrid HD DVD/DVD disc, with the Bruce Willis thriller '16 Blocks.' Featuring a HD DVD version on one side of the disc and a standard DVD on the other,... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | LG Accepting Pre-orders for 55 and 65 inch UHD Models in Korea (High-Def Digest, 6/03/2013 6:30pm) |
| Two more sub $10K 4K models join the trend. Two more 4K UHD models join the fray, (that's 3840 x 2160 for those scoring at home as opposed to the theater standard of 4096 x 2160), and again it is [...] (Read Full Article) |
| 802.11n morphs into spec for home video stream (EETimes, 1/02/2007 4:53pm) |
| When the IEEE first pondered antenna diversity for its 802.11n wireless LAN standard, it was seen as a general tool for increasing Internet data access. The focus had now changed to a singular concentration on Internet Protocol TV and high-definition television video streams. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Chip reduces blur in fast 1,080p HD video (Electronic Engineering Times Asia, 9/13/2007 9:14pm) |
| The TC90240XBG chip from TAEC integrates a scan rate converter to upgrade standard 60Hz signals to 120Hz, improving the blurry motion sometimes seen during fast-paced action scenes in high-definition content. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | The World's First Entirely 3D Printed Gun (Gizmodo, 5/04/2013 3:00am) |
| If you think that piece of plastic above is just a toy, you'd be wrong. It's an actual gun. That fires standard handgun bullets. That's 3D printed. Yes, printed. It's the first entirely 3D [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Are Blu-ray Disc Players Compatible with Standard DVDs and CDs? - Question of the Week (About.com, 3/24/2013 10:00am) |
| Blu-ray disc players provide a great TV viewing experience from Blu-ray Discs, but I get the following question a lot: If I buy a Blu-ray Disc player, what do I ... (Read Full Article) |
| Samsung Blu-ray Player: $422 (TVPredictions.com, 9/10/2007 2:21pm) |
| Amazon.com is now selling a Samsung Blu-ray player for $422 -- about $180 off the suggested list price. The player, model BD-P1200, plays Blu-ray High-Definition discs as well as upconverts your standard definition DVDs to near HD quality. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Plexifilm Announces Dual 'Helvetica' Blu-rays (High-Def Digest, 4/23/2008 8:00pm) |
| Indie Plexifilm has announced their debut high-def release, bringing the documentary 'Helvetica' to Blu-ray this May in standard and deluxe editions. Filmed entirely in high-definition, 'Helvetica' is... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Leitch Launches X75(TM)SD Standalone Synchronizer (RedNova, 4/08/2005 2:07pm) |
| TORONTO, April 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Leitch Technology Corporation (TSX:LTV), a leading provider of SD/HD solutions for professional digital video, announces the launch of the X75(TM)SD, its next-generation, standalone standard- definition processor/synchronizer. (Read Full Article) |
| Playstation 3 Firmware Update Released (Format War Central, 12/18/2007 7:17am) |
| Probably most of you are aware that Playstation 3 is now updating to firmware 2.10. This update adds Divx and WMV decoding for video as well as a voice pitch changer that can be used during chat (for what purpose I don’t yet know). This release is rumoured to also include support for Final Standard [...] ... (Read Full Article) |
| PS3 Gets Satin Silver Makeover in Japan [PS3] (Gizmodo, 2/05/2008 9:10am) |
| Sony Japan just announced a brand new satin silver version of the PS3. The standard 40GB machine will hit shelves in Japan on March 6th, but don't expect the color refresh love to be extended to the... ... (Read Full Article) |
| CNN backs PS3 as best Blu-ray player (HDTV UK, 11/28/2008 11:00am) |
| Naturally, Sony has said that the PlayStation 3 is one of the best Blu-ray players going, and some others have echoed that. Now, CNN has weighed in with its recommendation that the PS3 is the best high definition disc player around. Good things about the console include the ability to upgrade to Profile 2.0, great upscaling of standard DVDs, 1080p output, and decent 7.1 Dolby TrueHD audio. Downsid ... (Read Full Article) |
| Electronics - Shop eBay (Satya Circle, 5/26/2005 7:21am) |
| Shop eBay for a vast selection of new and used gadgets and other electronics, from air purifiers to weather devices, it\\\'s all on eBay. Expedited quickturn prototypes up to 100-pcs in 24-72 hours. Easy online process for 2-6 layer standard PCBs. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | This $200 Brute Force Bot Will Bust Your Phone's Pin in Hours (Gizmodo, 7/24/2013 2:05pm) |
| Your Android phone is not safe. This 3D-printed robot systematically tries all of the possible lock screen PINs for your phone until it gets in. With your standard four-digit number, your [...] (Read Full Article) |
| RZ Products Group Simplifies HDMI Connectivity (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 6/07/2006 1:01pm) |
| ORLANDO, Fla.----June 7, 2006--RZ Products Group announces the HDMI Simplified system to facilitate the connection and conversion of legacy audio/video equipment to the new High-Definition Multimedia Interface standard. ... (Read Full Article) |
| HD movie discs may not work with your HDTV (ARNnet, 10/06/2005 10:01pm) |
| The likely format battle between HD-DVD and Blu-ray Disc is bad enough for those eagerly awaiting the availability of favorite movies on high definition video discs, but soon there could be another reason to switch off to the new formats: many current HDTVs might be restricted to showing the movies in standard definition. ... (Read Full Article) |
| FPD International highlights diversity in large-size TV panel segments (Digi Times, 10/19/2005 10:38am) |
| With display makers showing various large-size LCD TV panels at FPD International 2005 in Yokohama, Japan (October 19-21), it is clear that no unique size will become a standard for the over-40-inch segment. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Mastered in 4K' Blu-ray Discs Boast the Highest Quality Source for both UHD and HDTVs (High-Def Digest, 4/08/2013 7:00pm) |
| Sony Home Entertainment ready to offer the oft-demanded better-sourced Blu-rays. Amid Sony's recent array of 4K Ultra HD blitz is a newly marketed Blu-ray standard. From Sony: "Sony Pictures Home [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Metareview: Unreal Tournament III (PS3, PC) (Joystiq, 12/15/2007 8:30pm) |
| Filed under: PC, Sony PlayStation 3, Metareviews
Unreal Tournament III sales may not be strong on the PC, but reviews have been positive for the latest installment in the frag-fest series. It appears outlets -- deviating from standard practice -- are trying to view the PC and PS3 versions under different lenses. The PC version (per usual) is the better option if you've got the rig to handle the ... (Read Full Article) |
| Pioneer BDP-320 Blu-ray Disc Player - Product Review (About.com, 9/15/2009 10:00am) |
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The Pioneer BDP-320 is a Blu-ray Disc player that combines practical features with good performance. Blu-ray discs are played at full 1080p via its HDMI output. This player is also compatible with standard DVDs and most recordable DVD formats, and standard music CDs. Standard DVDs are upscaled up to 1080p via the HDMI output. Onboard decoding or undecoded bitstream output of Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD is provided via HDMI. The BDP-320 aheres to Blu-ray Profile 2.0 (BD-Live) specifications, and also BDP320 incoporates Precision Quartz Lock System (PQLS) for jitterless audio transmission between the BDP320 and compatible Pioneer home theater receivers for better audio CD playback performance using the HDMI connection. To find out if the Pioneer BDP-320 is right for you, check out my Short and Full Reviews, as well as a supplmentary Photo Profile and Video Performance Tests. Photos (c) Robert Silva - Licensed to About.com (click on photos for larger view) (Read Full Article) |
| Panasonic intros "next generation" DMP-BD30 Blu-ray player (HDTV UK, 11/08/2007 8:00am) |
| Panasonic has announced its DMP-BD30 Blu-ray player, offering full 1080p playback and FInal Standard Profile functionality.
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| 'Twilight Zone: The Movie' Bound for HD DVD, Blu-ray This October (High-Def Digest, 7/26/2007 4:58pm) |
| After a ten-year absence, Warner Home Video is finally bringing 'Twilight Zone: The Movie' to disc in a cross format release to that will hit standard DVD, Blu-ray and HD DVD this October. Despite being... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | ‘Star Trek Into Darkness’ Blu-ray & DVD pre-order pricing (HD-Report, 5/22/2013 1:52pm) |
| Paramount’s Star Trek Into Darkness is now available to pre-order in both a Blu-ray 3D and standard Blu-ray combo pack. Each edition also includes a DVD and Digital Copy of the film, so you can [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (No Title) (, 4/08/2006 12:31pm) |
| What is HDTV ? High Definition Television is a new television standard utilizing digital technology to broadcast superior pictures and sound. This digital signal is broadcast simultaneously with our traditional analog signal. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | The Rules of Grand Theft Auto Box Art (Kotaku, 4/04/2013 1:40pm) |
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Rockstar not only recreated the 2D universe of the previous games in 3D, but the developers also came up with a new standard for the North American box art. For each title after Grand Theft [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | LG, Westinghouse Tip 4K HDTVs for CES (eCoustics, 1/04/2013 6:38pm) |
| 1080p might still be the standard in HDTVs, but several companies are looking toward the future of high definition with ultra high-definition (UHD), or 4K technology. LG and Westinghouse announced that they will be showing off big-screen UHDTVs that [...] (Read Full Article) |
| DVDPlay First Rental Kiosk Operator to Offer Blu-Ray Discs (Business Wire, 5/28/2008 4:01am) |
| CAMPBELL, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--DVDPlay Inc., a DVD rental kiosk operator and developer, today announced their plan to add the Blu-ray disc format to their standard DVD selection at the ... (Read Full Article) |
| MGM to Bring 'Mr. Brooks' to Blu-ray this October (High-Def Digest, 8/23/2007 2:55pm) |
| MGM Home Entertainment has announced it will bring the thriller 'Mr. Brooks' to Blu-ray disc this October, day-and-date with the standard-def DVD version. The first of four day-and-date MGM titles alluded... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Broadcom partners with OpenTV (Computer Business Review, 9/08/2007 12:59am) |
| The collaboration between OpenTv and Broadcom will produce set-top box products for a wide selection of high performance, high definition and standard definition AVC/VC-1 platforms. ... (Read Full Article) |
| TC Electronic Introduces the DB-4 Broadcast Audio Processor Sets new standard for Realtime Loudness Control and Format (Digital Video Editing, 9/29/2005 3:41pm) |
| TC Electronic announces the immediate availability of the DB-4 Broadcast Audio Processor. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Zarlink introduces new tuner By Ottawa Business Journal Staff (Ottawa Business Journal, 9/20/2005 5:28pm) |
| Zarlink Semiconductor has launched a new satellite tuner for both standard definition and high definition (HDTV) digital satellite television receivers used in PayTV systems. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Digigami Ships MegaPEG.X Pro HD 3.0 for Mac Delivers HD video to the desktop and HD-DVD (May 31,2005) (Digital Video Editing, 5/31/2005 4:49pm) |
| Digigami today announced it is now shipping MegaPEG.X Pro HD 3.0 for Macintosh, featuring both improved standard definition "SD" and superb high-definition "HD" MPEG -1 and MPEG -2 encoding. ... (Read Full Article) |
| When They Pull the Plug on Analog HD Broadcasts, Will You Be Ready? (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance, 1/19/2006 12:55pm) |
| In just 36 short months, analog broadcasts of standard TV and HDTV will end. All HD programming after Jan. 1, 2009 will be available only from the copy-protected HDMI output of the cable or satellite box and only connect via the HDMI input on the HDTV. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Clearer picture on profits for PCCW (Weekend Standard, 4/14/2005 5:46pm) |
| PCCW, Hong Kong's dominant fixed-line phone operator, will upgrade its pay-TV platform to high-definition TV standard before year-end. The company will stress a higher-quality service to halt erosion of its pay-TV profit margins, said vice-chairman Jack So during a promotional trip to London. (Read Full Article) |
| 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) |
| The Universal Powerline Association to Endorse the Opera Specification and Announce Launch of Digital Home Industry (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 3/17/2005 9:23pm) |
| The UPA has reached agreement on the process for the preparation of the specification for its Digital Home Standard and invites all interested parties to participate in the process. (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | SES Sends Ultra HD Transmission (Home Media Magazine, 4/23/2013 12:20am) |
| Luxembourg-based satellite operator SES has sent the first Ultra HD transmission in the new HEVC compression standard.
The company said the transmission — which broadcast a full 3840x2160 pixel image — is proof Ultra HD [...] (Read Full Article) |
| OWC upgrades Blu-ray burner to 8x (AfterDawn, 2/25/2009 6:22am) |
| Just a few months after launching their quad-interface Blu-ray burner, OWC has upgraded the Mercury Pro Blu-ray drive to burn discs at up to 8x, from the previous maximum of 4x.
The rough translation of the speed equals 2GB per minute, meaning you can complete burning a dual-layer BD-50 in just over 25 minutes.
The drive, as is standard, will burn DVDs at up to 16x and CDs at up to 40x. The ... (Read Full Article) |
| LG Plasma TV with Built-In 160GB PVR are Shipping (I4U, 5/04/2005 5:04am) |
| LG is looking to kill two birds with one tremendous stone with their latest plasma HDTV offerings. The LG 60PY2DR and the LG 50PY2DR television sets are shipping with built in DVR\\\'s, allowing 13 hours of high definition content (or 63 hours of standard con... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Warner’s DVD2Blu adds 150 Blu-ray titles to upgrade list (HD-Report, 3/14/2013 11:42pm) |
| DVD2Blu.com, the service that lets you upgrade your standard-definition DVDs to high-def Blu-ray, has just announced 150 more trade-up titles in their inventory. The Warner Bros-owned site currently has over 200 movies and TV series [...] (Read Full Article) |
| TENVERA's Fiber IN The Home Allows Fiber TO The Home Communities To Make The Most of FTTH TechnologyBrent Ware, CEO, (Broadcast Newsroom, 11/09/2006 2:24pm) |
| FRANKLIN, Tenn., BUSINESS WIRE -- On or before February 17, 2009, digital television will be the standard, only digital will be available. High Definition television will rule all the airwaves. ... (Read Full Article) |
| MPEG LA Expands Call for Blu-ray Disc (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 4/05/2006 6:45pm) |
| DENVER----April 5, 2006--MPEG LA, LLC today expanded its call for patents essential to the implementation of the Blu-ray Disc Standard to include the System Description Blu-ray Disc Read-Only Format Part 3 Audio Visual Basic Specifications Version 1.0 . ... (Read Full Article) |
| WiFi Shifts Into a Faster Gear (Washington Post, 1/13/2006 4:46pm) |
| The alphabet soup of wireless networking -- a dish that most users learned to digest only in the past couple of years -- is getting a few new letters. This latest addition to the recipe promises faster data transfers over wider areas for your home computers, but it comes with a catch: It's based on a standard that, technically speaking, doesn't exist yet. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Blu-ray disc demand up at Amazon (Punch Jump, 3/27/2008 3:53pm) |
| Demand for Blu-ray disc titles increased on Wed. at Amazon.com as owners purchase more titles for the new high-definition format standard. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Infineon Takes DSL to the Next Level by Introducing Industry's First Fully Standard Compliant VDSL2/ADSL2+ End-to-End (Market Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 5/27/2005 3:41pm) |
| Infineon Technologies AG, a leading manufacturer of integrated circuits for wireline and wireless communication, today announced that it is extending its comprehensive DSL portfolio with the VINAX(TM) chipset, a complete VDSL2/ADSL2+ end-to-end solution. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Toshiba REGZA 32HL67U 32″ 720p LCD HDTV Review (HDTV News Blog, 11/18/2007 3:17pm) |
| The 32HL67 has a panel resolution of 1366 x 768 pixels. This qualifies it as 720 progressive-line HDTV, which is a noticeably better picture than standard definition sets, but not as detailed as the 1080 HD sets available. Its 16:9 wide screen aspect ratio delivers most movies the way they were meant to be seen in the theater, without back bars was ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | eyeSight software uses standard cameras to power 3D gesture controls (video) (Engadget, 6/12/2013 9:20am) |
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Turning regular ol' devices into [...] (Read Full Article) |
| ADB unveils HDTV set-top box offering PVR, IPTV capabilities (Digital Media Europe, 3/25/2005 3:04pm) |
| ADB’s platform is based on a processor from STMicroelectronics and offers TV viewers a single platform for the reception of both standard definition and high definition TV reception through cable, satellite or terrestrial broadcast in addition to internet protocol television audio-video streaming. (Read Full Article) |
| Nero Toolkit Now Supports Blu-ray (Business Wire via Yahoo! (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 5/13/2005 12:21pm) |
| Nero, leaders in digital media technology, announced today that Nero Toolkit, the industry standard for testing optical recorders, now supports Blu-ray testing and data recording. ... (Read Full Article) |
| DVD Wars to be decided by porn industry (Detroit Free Press, 1/26/2007 5:02pm) |
| The DVD format war between Blu-Ray and HD-DVD is far from settled but you may be surprised to know the deciding vote will probably come from the porn industry .Makers of XXX-rated videos - they prefer that we call their business the "adult entertainment" industry - are as divided as Hollywood movie studios on which of the two formats should be the standard. Both formats result in stunning, high ... (Read Full Article) |
| New Chinese Involvement Could Trigger HD DVD Price Plunge (BetaNews, 9/07/2007 8:32pm) |
| If ever there were a time for either Blu-ray or HD DVD manufacturers to play a trump card, now may be the time, and this could be the one: A consortium of Chinese university engineers and government officials, in cooperation with a Chinese video standards group that includes globally recognized manufacturers, plus the DVD Forum, have come to an agreement on a standard specification for a ... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | World's first 3D-printed gun makes its debut (CNET Blogs, 5/03/2013 1:51pm) |
| The gun is capable of firing standard handgun rounds, even though it's essentially a plastic weapon. [Read [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Integrated video filter targets HDTV apps (Electronic Engineering Times Asia, 4/11/2005 9:13pm) |
| This video filter from Fairchild Semiconductor is selectable for standard definition (SD), progressive scan (PS) or high definition (HD) standards, and offers tri-level sync and a bypass mode that permits the passing of 1080p and HDTV signals. (Read Full Article) |
| Sony PS3 Firmware 2.10 (I4U, 12/18/2007 7:39am) |
| Sony releases the new Sony PS3 firmware 2.10 with Blu-ray Standard Profile 1.1 and DivX support today.
The new firmware 2.10 brings Blu-ray Profile 1.1 (known as Bonus View) to the Sony PS3. It will be able to fully exploit the potential of the new ... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Pioneer readies a frankly unnecessary FOUR new Blu-ray players for Europe (Tech Digest, 6/26/2008 10:45am) |
| Someone high-up in Pioneer has decided Europe is ready to adopt Blu-ray. The company has today announced release dates for the BDP-LX91, BDP-LX08, BDP-LX71 and BDP-51FD for Europe. Yes, all four of them. Each model is slightly different in some way. Although they're all rocking the "anonymous black rectangle" design on the outside. They all do the "Full HD" standard 1080p24 and have "HDMI 1 ... (Read Full Article) |
| Singapore to start HDTV trials ahead of World Cup (Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News, 5/31/2006 10:27am) |
| SINGAPORE, May 31 (Reuters) - Singapore will start testing High Definition Television (HDTV) in homes and public places with a view to rolling out the new television standard by the end of this year, officials said on Wednesday. ... (Read Full Article) |
| The BDA Announces 3D Future for Blu-ray Disc (Big Picture Big Sound, 9/09/2009 2:45am) |
| The Blu-ray Disc Association has just announced plans to add a 3D standard into the Blu-ray format. (Read Full Article) |
| Sharp Announces New 37-inch, 42-inch and 46-inch Aquos HDTVs (I4U, 1/24/2008 12:28pm) |
| Sharp announced that it was introducing three new Aquos HDTV models in the Japanese home market. The three new LCD TVs will come in 46-inch, 42-inch, and 37-inch sizes. The three sets are intended to be wall mounted and donÂ’t come standard with a table to... ... (Read Full Article) |
| News From CEDIA 2009: JVC Announces First Blu-ray Disc Recorders For U.S., Sort Of... (About.com, 9/10/2009 11:00pm) |
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In an anncouncement that created some brief excitement at CEDIA, JVC introduced the first Blu-ray Disc recorders available in the U.S. market at a press conference early Thursday morning. However, the excitement was very short-lived when the actual details were revealed.
The new JVC Blu-ray disc recorders cannot, I repeat, cannot record high definition television programming, either from over-the-air (there is no built-in tuner or RF input), cable, or satellite; there are no HDMI or Component video inputs for recording hi-def video, only standard definition composite and S-Video.
However, each recorder comes equipped with a either a 250GB or 500GB hard drive and can record either standard or hi-def content from SD Cards and digital camcorders via USB or Firewire interface. The target market for these recorders is not the mainstream consumer, but video editors and related professionals.
The SR-HD1250 is priced at $1,995 and the SR-HD1500 is priced at $2,550. Both units will be sold through JVC's professional division. For more details, check out the Official Announcement from JVC. Photos (c) Robert Silva - Licensed to About.com - Click on photos for larger view. (Read Full Article) |
| Is there trouble ahead for the High Definition Disc? (Digg.com, 2/10/2006 5:04pm) |
| In early 2006, two new high-definition videodisc formats, HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc, are expected to begin vying for the attention of consumers in an effort to replace current DVD as the future standard for watching movies at home. Insiders think the ensuing war could be the worst thing to happen to Hollywood in decades. ... (Read Full Article) |
| 2 new Best Buy Insignia Blu-ray players get Netflix streaming (Consumer Reports, 10/22/2009 6:59pm) |
| The ability to stream instant movies from a Blu-ray player, once relegated to higher-end models, is moving to the masses with two new Insignia-brand Netflix enabled Blu-ray players from Best Buy. The two models with Netflix access are the Insignia NS-WBRDVD player, sale priced at $200, and the $180 NS-BRDVD3. Both are currently available at stores and on BestBuy.com. The key differentiating feature is that the higher-priced model has built-in Wi-Fi, so you can wirelessly access a home network to connect to the Internet. In addition, the step-up model can decode both Dolby TrueHD [PDF] and DTS-HD Master Audio internally; the entry-level model only decodes Dolby TrueHD internally, though each can output both formats as bitstream if you have an A/V receiver that can decode them. —James K. Willcox (Read Full Article) |
| Mitsubishi unveils prototype in-dash Blu-ray player (Engadget, 2/16/2009 7:16pm) |
| Difficult though it may be to believe, Panasonic showcased a conceptual in-dash BD deck of its own back in October of 2007. Obviously, nothing has really come of that, so Mitsubishi's stepping in with a prototype of its own. It's stated that the player has only a third of the volume compared to a traditional "home Blu-ray player," with it somehow being able to slip into a standard single-DIN o ... (Read Full Article) |
| Bluetooth to get faster (Pioneer Press, 4/03/2006 11:56am) |
| The Bluetooth wireless standard used in cell phones and other small devices will take a leap in transmission speed, broadening its scope to enable high-definition video and files for digital music players like the iPod. The industry group behind Bluetooth said Tuesday it would boost transfer speeds in the next few years by incorporating a new radio technology, known as ultra-wideband, or UWB. ... (Read Full Article) |
| HDTV ready - Samsung HLR5667W 56″ DLP HD TV (1 HDTV Blog, 11/28/2007 6:31pm) |
| [IMG]Get the sharpest and clearest images possible from HD and standard TV and your favorite DVD movies with the 56-inch Samsung HLR5667W DLP projection TV. This relatively lightweight TV weighs less than 85 pounds and measures just under 16 inches deep, helping you to avoid sacrificing precious real estate in your home. It has a built-in analog/digital (NTSC/ATSC) tuner that will receive free ove ... (Read Full Article) |
| Five's online catchup service to include high definition programming (HDTV UK, 9/24/2008 12:51pm) |
| Five has just launched its new "Demand Five" TV catchup service, joining the other terrestrial broadcasters online with its bandwidth guzzling offering. Most standard UK shows will be free to watch, while American imports such as CSI will cost 99p to rent for 48 hours. While the overall quality is supposed to be better than that of the BBC iPlayer, which itself got a boost last month with versio ... (Read Full Article) |
| Blu-ray outselling DVD, in Japan (AfterDawn, 7/02/2008 7:45pm) |
| According to sales data from Amazon Japan, it appears that in the region, sales of Blu-ray discs are finally outselling their standard definition counterparts, at least for a couple of genres.
Nikkei has reported that for the first six months of 2008, Sony Pictures’ Resident Evil Trilogy Boxset on Blu-ray was the best selling movie product for the whole site, “significantly outperforming” th ... (Read Full Article) |
| Best Buy to Offer Exclusive 'Justin Timberlake: Live' Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 1/10/2008 11:13pm) |
| Mr. SexyBack is headed back to high-def in the Best Buy exclusive Blu-ray release of his HBO concert, 'Justin Timberlake: Live at Madison Square Garden.' First released by Sony BMG on standard DVD back... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Transfomers Breaks Sales Records (IGN Entertainment, 10/23/2007 5:20pm) |
| Best-selling day-one release in either format! October 23, 2007 - On a scale of one to ten - one being "surprising" and ten being "not surprising at all" - today's announcement by DreamWorks and Paramount that Transformers is officially the best-selling day-one DVD release in either standard or high-definition format ranks somewhere in the vicinity of 11 or 12…Selling more than 4.5 million ... (Read Full Article) |
| Techwell Unveils Advanced Video Decoder Chip for High End Multimedia Applications (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance, 4/05/2005 3:00pm) |
| Techwell, Inc. a leading designer of mixed signal video semiconductor solutions for the display, consumer electronics and PC markets, today announced the release of the TW9919, a 10-bit multi-standard 3D video decoder with SCART and RGB mixing support. (Read Full Article) |
| Even Technologies Signs First Major IPTV Telco Contract (CCNMatthews via Yahoo! Finance, 5/03/2006 7:53pm) |
| VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA-- - Even Technologies announces its agreement with Silver Star Communications to deploy a complete Infinite Video IPTV system using the revolutionary patented PSI_V standard and high definition video compression engine created by Even Technologies. ... (Read Full Article) |
| HDTV Information (WSTM-TV NBC 3) (WSTM-TV NBC 3, 2/24/2006 3:08am) |
| What is HDTV ? High Definition Television is a new television standard utilizing digital technology to broadcast superior pictures and sound. This digital signal is broadcast simultaneously with our traditional analog signal. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Universal Readies 'Knocked Up' for September HD DVD Release (High-Def Digest, 7/17/2007 6:57pm) |
| Universal Studios Home Video is reportedly planning to bring the summer blockbuster 'Knocked Up' to HD DVD this September, day-and-date with the standard-def DVD release. Video Business has the early details,... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Millenniata, Ritek Produce New 25GB Blu-ray (Home Media Magazine, 6/06/2013 8:08am) |
| Utah-based tech company Millenniata has completed its new 25GB M-Disc Blu-ray Disc, with Ritek Corp. beginning mass production in August.
The M-Disc Blu-ray has five times the storage capacity of the standard 4.7 GB M-Disc DVD and will be [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Warner Prepping 'Gigi,' 'American in Paris' Blu-rays for 2009 (High-Def Digest, 6/30/2008 4:00pm) |
| There's no date yet, but Warner has confirmed plans to bring the classics 'Gigi' and 'An American in Paris' to Blu-ray in 2009. Released this year in feature-laden, two-disc standard DVD editions, fans... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Optimal Price-Quality Balance Critical for Promoting Uptake of High Definition TV (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance, 8/30/2005 8:30am) |
| Having outgrown standard definition television , Europe is now awaiting the next generation of transmission service - high definition TV . Its high display resolution and optimal pictures for big screens will be extremely popular among a growing base of pay-TV consumers. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Radyne Awarded $1.2 Million Digital TV Encoder Supply Agreement (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance, 8/11/2005 12:10pm) |
| Radyne Corporation announced that it received a $1.2 million Volume Purchase Agreement with a leading provider of broadcast terrestrial systems, for the supply of its standard definition video broadcast equipment. ... (Read Full Article) |
| DVD Disc Sales Value Slows, but New Technologies Will Spur International Growth Says In-Stat (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 12/07/2005 1:01pm) |
| SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.----Dec. 7, 2005--A variety of new content delivery options for the home are creating tumultuous times for the movie industry, reports In-Stat . While standard-definition DVD sales are still going well, that market is likely nearing its peak, the high-tech market research firm says. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Xbox 360 getting 1080p, 5.1 sound ... ads (Joystiq, 7/01/2009 9:45pm) |
| Thanks to Silverlight, Microsoft's answer to Adobe's cross-platform Flash standard, Xbox 360 owners will soon be able to experience the thrill of high-definition interactive advertisements. Speaking to MediaPost, Microsoft's advertising business group director, Sean Alexander, touted the ability for HD ads created using the technology to run in web browsers, on mobile phones and on the fancy-sc ... (Read Full Article) |
| Apple to add Blu-ray, make third generation Apple TV a DVR, analyst suggests (HDTV UK, 3/17/2008 10:18am) |
| Apple will include digital video recorder functionality on its third-generation
Apple TV platform, according to Shaw Wu of American Technology Research. The
company will also adopt the Blu-ray Disc standard and build it in to future Mac
computers. Wu suggested that it would only cost Apple around $12-$15 more per
unit to add the components necessary for users to watch and record live TV, but
... (Read Full Article) |
| WinDVD 9 adds support for Blu-ray, AVCHD--and even HD DVD (CNET Blogs, 3/18/2008 5:30pm) |
| Corel's WinDVD 9 software handles Blu-ray, HD DVD, and standard DVD discs(Credit: Corel)The HD format war may be over, but don't tell Corel. The company's WinDVD 9 software plays both Blu-ray and the now-defunct HD DVD format--perfect for those few Windows PCs with HD ...]]> ... (Read Full Article) |
| SeaChange Powers World's First H.264 High-Definition IP Television Service (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 6/07/2006 7:05pm) |
| TOKYO----June 7, 2006--SeaChange International customer OnDemand TV, Inc. is launching the world's first IPTV on-demand service to offer high-definition programming encoded in the H.264 video compression standard. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Panasonic first to announce HDTVs featuring tru2way (Engadget, 1/07/2008 6:17pm) |
| Filed under: CES, HDTV, Home Entertainment
While we're all a little new to tru2way, Panasonic isn't wasting anytime integrating the newly renamed CableCARD 2.0 standard into its TVs. We hope this will revitalize CableCARD, which had been dropped from just about every manufacture's lineup. The big difference this time around is that now your CableCARD enabled HDTV can take advantage of VOD and ... (Read Full Article) |
| Blu-ray Player Sales Expected to Outpace DVD in 2008 (Format War Central, 5/23/2008 6:59pm) |
| Video Business is reporting that high-end consumer electronics retailers expect set-top Blu-ray players to begin outselling DVD players by August, as a wave of new models eases current supply problems.
Since the format war ended in February, demand for BD players by early adopters has been higher than that for standard DVD at Ultimate Electronics, Crutchfield [...] ... (Read Full Article) |
| Feb. 27: Amazon's Best-Selling Blu-ray Player (TVPredictions, 2/27/2008 12:26pm) |
| What's the best-selling Blu-ray player at Amazon.com?As of Feb. 27, the answer is...Samsung's BD-P1400 Blu-ray player, available now for $357 -- almost $200 off the suggested list price. The high-def DVD player can playback Blu-ray discs and can upconvert standard-def DVDs so they will be near-HD quality. The set-top can also display Blu-ray discs in 1080p video.The player can be delivered in on ... (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) |
| HomePlug Powerline Alliance to Reveal Details of the World's Fastest Industry-Standard Powerline Communications (Business Wire via Yahoo! (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 5/02/2005 2:00pm) |
| The HomePlug Powerline Alliance has announced that the first annual HomePlug Powerline Technology Conference will be held June 16th and 17th, 2005 at The Palms Hotel in Miami, Florida. ... (Read Full Article) |
| CES 2008: Sony intros BDU-X10S: sub-$200 Blu-ray ROM PC drive (HDTV UK, 1/07/2008 8:00am) |
| Sony has introduced its first sub-$200 internal BD-ROM drive, aimed at those upgrading an existing desktop PC into one which can play high definition Blu-ray Discs, while still retaining DVD and CD read functionality.
Presumably, most users will want to add the BDU-X10S in a second drive bay, as this is purely a read-only device, so standard DVD and CD burning functions would be lost if replacing ... (Read Full Article) |
| News Time Warner Expanding 'Start Over' DVR But the service prevents viewers from skipping ads. By Swanni (TVPredictions.com, 8/14/2007 9:21am) |
| Washington, D.C. (August 14, 2007) -- Time Warner Cable is expanding a free service that permits viewers to watch High-Definition (and standard def) shows from the beginning if they tuned in late. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Sony Adds 'Gridiron Gang,' 'Resident Evil' to January Lineup; 'Crouching Tiger' Delayed (High-Def Digest, 11/13/2006 10:51pm) |
| Sony Pictures Home Entertainment today announced it will bring 'Gridiron Gang' to Blu-ray day-and-date with the standard DVD release, and will unleash its latest BD-50 title, 'Resident Evil: Apocalypse,'... ... (Read Full Article) |
| HDTV - ChannelWeb Encyclopedia (Broad Help, 11/16/2007 10:24pm) |
| HDTV - ChannelWeb Encyclopedia By admin on November 16, 2007 ChannelWeb Encyclopedia HDTV ( H igh D efinition TV ) A set of digital television (DTV) standards that offer the highest resolution and sharpest picture. Although a few HDTV sets are available in standard Topics: HDTV | No Comments » ... (Read Full Article) |
| Blu-ray notebooks expected to have a big year in 2010 (CrunchGear, 9/29/2009 12:32pm) |
| Right now it's somewhat of a chore getting a Blu-ray-equipped notebook. That might change in 2010 though according to a report at Digitime. The report suggests something most of us already know that once the price drops on the slim Blu-ray drive - which will happen in the second half of 2010 - we will start seeing the option become standard. (Read Full Article) |
| Xbox 360 to see price cut in Asia (AfterDawn, 4/29/2008 8:07pm) |
| Microsoft has announced that it will be cutting the price of its Xbox 360 console in four Asian markets in an effort to boost sales in the struggling Asian market.
The standard 20GB model was reduced to S$499, about $366 USD in Singapore, a significant 20 percent drop. In Taiwan, the price was cut 17 percent to NT$ 10,360, the equivalent of $340 USD.
The price was also dropped, but less, in ... (Read Full Article) |
| Sherwood BDP-5003 Blu-ray Disc Player - Product Review and Rating (About.com, 12/30/2008 11:00am) |
| The BDP-5003 is Sherwood's first venture into Blu-ray Disc player territory. Features of the BDP-5003 include playback of Blu-ray Discs at full 1080p/60 or 1080p/24 resolution and Standard DVD upscaling... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Stylish Samsung HD Media Center PC (I4U, 4/30/2007 12:07pm) |
| Samsung introduces the MV65 desktop PC and the DM-V65 HDTV/Monitor in Korea.
The stylish PC system runs Windows Media Center and features a HDTV tuner with EPG and HD PVR functionality.
Users can record HD media onto the standard SATA2 320GB HDD.
... ... (Read Full Article) |
| New router meets need for speed (The Cincinnati Enquirer, 5/20/2006 9:36am) |
| Belkin's new N1 Wireless Router, with speeds up to 300 Mbps, the allows family members to stream high-definition video, listen to digital music, play online games, transfer images, surf the Web and receive Internet phone calls at the same time. Designed to work with the proposed 802.11n standard, the router's display shows the status of the network. It costs $150. There's also a notebook card f ... (Read Full Article) |
| Blu-ray gets 10% market share in week ending 1st June (HDTV UK, 6/10/2008 11:23am) |
| More statistics for you (don't you just love them) suggesting that Blu-ray is doing fairly well compared to overall disc sales for all formats. According to figures published in the latest edition of Home Media Magazine, Blu-ray achieved 10% market share for the week ending 1st June, based on the top 20 chart of Blu-ray titles versus the top 20 standard DVDs... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Rip DVDs to Blu-ray with DVD neXt COPY Ultimate (HDTV UK, 1/14/2009 9:35am) |
| Forget the ludicrous mix of capital and lowercase letters in the software title, and the dubious legal implications of using it, and consider the possibility of putting up to ten standard DVDs onto a single Blu-ray disc using DVD neXt COPY Ultimate. I reckon most people will find it far easier to rip their DVDs to a large hard disc rather than to Blu-ray -- and the software does that too -- but I ... (Read Full Article) |
| Very High Speed DSL Standard to Accelerate Universal Access to Multiple Broadband Services (Market Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 6/01/2005 8:13pm) |
| Welcoming the latest standardised DSL specification from ITU-T for very-high-bit-rate digital subscriber line 2, announced on 27 May 2005, chairman of the DSL Forum, Michael Brusca says: "With vendors' implementation of this new ITU-T Recommendation, service providers can offer even more high quality, advanced services using DSL technology. It represents another essential element in the delivery ... (Read Full Article) |
| Understanding the Main Challenges Facing the Television (TV) Sector: TV 2.0 Development Scenario (Broadcast Newsroom, 3/06/2007 10:23am) |
| SONY HVRA1U 1/3" Professional HDV Camcorder with 3Million Pixel CMOS Imager, DVCAM and Mini DV Recor... (Rated by 38 users) The Sony HVR-A1U is the entry level HDV camcorder that records high definition video as well as DVCAM and DV standard-definition video. ... (Read Full Article) |
| NME to launch high definition red laser players at CeBIT (Addict 3D, 3/07/2006 4:02pm) |
| LONDON, Mar 02,2006 New Medium Enterprises and its strategic partner Beijing E-World Technology (E-World) will announce the commercial launch of their red laser High Definition (HD) standard at CeBIT, March 9-15th. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Intel Pushes Faster Wireless Standard to Market (TechNewsWorld.com, 1/24/2007 8:01pm) |
| Intel has unveiled the next generation of wireless chips for its Centrino Duo mobile line used in many Intel-based laptops, which are designed to improve their ability to download music and stream high-definition video. The Intel Next-Gen Wireless-N network connection will allow users to share five times the data at twice the range of their current wireless connections. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Assuring VoIP Quality for Triple Play: It’s a Whole New Ballgame (Converge! Network Digest, 5/31/2005 7:04am) |
| Alcatel introduced a GPON solution for its ISAM access family, offering full compliance to the new ITU standard (G.984.x) with 2.4 Gbps of downstream bandwidth and of 1.2 Gbps upstream bandwidth. In comparison, BPON supports 622 Mbps of downstream bandwidth and 155 Mbps upstream. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Apple makes Blu-Ray iPod movie play (Macworld UK, 4/27/2006 10:46am) |
| Apple is asking movie studios to include iPod-ready versions of their films on future Blu-Ray disc releases. CNN claims Apple - who signed up to support the Blu-Ray standard in March 2005 - is using its membership of the standards-setting body and its CEO Steve Jobs' Hollywood clout to convince studios to make such a move. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Coaxsys to show off 200Mbps Ethernet-over-cable at CES (Engadget, 12/19/2005 7:40pm) |
| With the kind of speed that makes our current cable connection look like a dial-up modem in comparison, the 200Mbps networking technology that Coaxsys will be demoing at CES may soon bring to fruition the HD Engadget vodcasts that so many of you have been clamoring for. TVnet 2X, as it’s known, uses standard coax cable to achieve its blazing transfer rates, which makes it easy to integrate ... (Read Full Article) |
| PlayStation 3 Getting Grand Theft Auto IV Bundle? [Sony] (Kotaku, 4/07/2008 5:40pm) |
| According to Swedish retailer Webhalen who is boasting some pretty legit-looking box art, it looks like Sony will be offering a Grand Theft Auto IV PlayStation 3 bundle—a standard 40GB along... ... (Read Full Article) |
| LG BH200 Hybrid Blu-ray and HD DVD Player ships (I4U, 12/10/2007 4:35pm) |
| LG Electronics announces that their new hybrid HD player BH200 is shipping.
The LG Super Blu Player features the BD Standard Profile, and is also ready for BD Profile 1.1 when Blu-ray discs with the new profile become available in 2008. The LG BH200 s... ... (Read Full Article) |
| HDMI Licensing Reports 60 Percent Increase in Number of HDMI(TM) Adopters Since CES 2006 (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance, 1/08/2007 12:15pm) |
| HDMI Licensing, LLC, the agent responsible for licensing the High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) specification, today announced that more than 500 manufacturers have adopted the standard, a 60 per cent increase since the International Consumer Electronics Show in January 2006. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Samsung Showcases New 42†and 50†Plasma Monitors For PRO A/V Applications (PhysOrg, 10/18/2005 7:26pm) |
| Samsung unveils three stunning new additions to its family of high-end plasma displays designed for the professional and commercial marketplace. The new plasma lineup includes the 42" high-definition PPM42M5H, the 42" standard-definition PPM42M5S and the 50" PPM50M5H. All new plasma monitors are currently shipping. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Gigabot is a huge consumer 3D printer awaiting your Kickstarter dollars (video) (Engadget, 3/10/2013 9:00pm) |
| The standard crop of 3D printers are all well and good, but [...] (Read Full Article) |
| 1/5 HDTV owners don't know difference between SD and HD (AfterDawn, 11/28/2008 7:52pm) |
| According to a recent survey by Leichtman Research Group (LRG), about one in five HDTV owners believe they are watching HD (high definition) programming simply because they own an HDTV, but instead are really watching SD (standard definition) content.
The data compiled by LRG is based on a telephone survey of 1302 U.S. households and marks the 6th consecutive year the survey has been run.
Th ... (Read Full Article) |
| Eagle Broadband to Demo HD MPEG-4 H.264 Set-Top Box (Broadcast Newsroom, 11/09/2005 6:34pm) |
| Eagle Broadband, Inc. announced that the company's MediaPro IP5000 set-top boxes now include an MPEG -4 H.264 option which allows telcos and other DSL-based broadband providers to more efficiently deliver the most advanced IPTV experience to their subscribers, including dual tuning, dual streaming Personal Video Recording (PVR) functionality in standard and high-definition formats. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Eagle Broadband to Demo HD MPEG-4 H.264 Set-Top Box (Digital WebCast, 11/09/2005 6:42pm) |
| Eagle Broadband, Inc. announced that the company's MediaPro IP5000 set-top boxes now include an MPEG -4 H.264 option which allows telcos and other DSL-based broadband providers to more efficiently deliver the most advanced IPTV experience to their subscribers, including dual tuning, dual streaming Personal Video Recording (PVR) functionality in standard and high-definition formats. ... (Read Full Article) |
| NME to Launch 1920/1080 Complete High Definition Solution on USD 150 Red Laser Players at CeBIT (Hall 1 - Stand L81) (ZDNet India, 3/02/2006 1:53pm) |
| New Medium Enterprises (NME)(OTCBB:NMEN) and its strategic partner Beijing E-World Technology (E-World) will announce the commercial launch of their red laser High Definition (HD) standard at CeBIT, March 9-15th. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Kung fu and war classics arrive on high def format in April. (IGN Entertainment, 3/01/2007 6:38pm) |
| March 1, 2007 - On April 17, 2007, Warner Home Video will release two classic action films on Blu-ray Disc: Enter the Dragon and The Dirty Dozen . The bonus materials from the standard DVD versions of both films will be included on the high definition versions, which will be available for a MSRP (Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price) of $28.99 each. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Certain Xbox 360 Titles May Fill 4 DVDs (Slashdot, 12/06/2005 12:08am) |
| MBCook writes "A Joystiq post says that certain 'highly anticipated' Xbox 360 titles will fill four discs-worth of content. From the post: 'From the high-res textures fit for an HDTV to the higher polygon counts befitting a next-gen console, the space available on standard DVDs is suddenly in increasingly short supply. [...] According to Game Informer, nearly every developer they talked to at ... (Read Full Article) |
| Canon Introduces Three New DIGI SUPER Field Lenses (Broadcast (Broadcast Newsroom, 5/16/2005 6:29pm) |
| Canon recently announced three new field lenses in its DIGI SUPER product line at NAB 2005: the XJ60x9BIE-D High Definition lens and the PJ62x9BIE-D and PJ62x13.5BIE-D Standard Definition lenses. ... (Read Full Article) |
| STMicroelectronics and Sumitomo Electric Join the HomePlug(R) Powerline Alliance (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 8/11/2005 2:30pm) |
| The HomePlug Powerline Alliance today announced that STMicroelectronics and Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. have joined a growing list of companies around the world in support of the global industry-standard technologies developed by the alliance. ... (Read Full Article) |
| ADB Announces Interoperability with VC-1, the Proposed SMPTE Standard Video Codec Based on Windows Media Video 9 (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance, 4/18/2005 3:32pm) |
| Advanced Digital Broadcast , a leading supplier of digital TV systems and software solutions for interactive television, today announces interoperability of its set-top box platforms with Windows Media Video 9 . (Read Full Article) |
| Blu-ray may gain hold in China, as 11 companies are granted licences (HDTV UK, 6/02/2008 10:30am) |
| The Blu-ray Disc Association has granted eleven licences to Chinese companies to manufacture Blu-ray hardware for the Chinese market. These "Format and Logo Licence Agreements", as the name would suggest, allow companies to manufacture Blu-ray equipment to standard specifications, and to use the Blu-ray logo on these products... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Toshiba Vardia RD-A301 HD-DVD HDD Recorder (I4U, 10/31/2007 4:29pm) |
| Toshiba announces the Vardia RD-A301 HD-DVD recorder with 300GB Hard-drive. Toshiba highlights that the Vardia RD-A301 can record HD video to standard DVD discs. The new DVR, HD DVD Vardia RD-A301, integrates HD Transcoder, which achieves longer ... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Eagle Broadband Introduces New MediaPro IP3000 Set-Top Box For IPTV and Hospitality Markets (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 9/27/2005 3:15pm) |
| Eagle Broadband, Inc. , a leading provider of broadband, Internet protocol and communications technology and services, announced today the availability of the company's new MediaPro IP3000SD, a standard definition IP set-top box for the residential IPTV, hospitality and other vertical markets. ... (Read Full Article) |
| 73% of non HDTV Owners Plan to Buy HDTV within Year (I4U, 10/07/2008 4:03pm) |
| PriceGrabber.com surveyed 1915 customers on their plans to move from standard TVs to HDTVs. Despite the poor economy in the US 73% of customers surveyed said they plan to upgrade to a HDTV within the year.
57% of its customers own an HDTV today and in 2... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Motorized Projection Screen installs in minutes. (ThomasNet, 4/21/2005 2:01pm) |
| Available in NTSC, HDTV, and widescreen formats with various viewing surfaces, Salara features extruded elliptical case and unobtrusive, motorized screen. Plug-and-play functionality facilitates installation, requiring user to hang screen and plug it in to standard ac outlet via included 10 ft power cord. Screen can be controlled by wireless wall switch or remote control. (Read Full Article) |
| LGE to launch PDP TV with built-in DVR at CeBIT (Digi Times, 3/07/2006 4:52am) |
| LG Electronics (LG) will launch a 42-inch PDP (plasma display panel) TV with built-in digital video recorder (DVR) at CeBIT 2006 in Hannover, Germany. The HD-ready TV incorporates an 80GB hard disc drive (HDD) and has the capability of storing up to 40 hours of digital standard-definition programming. Features include a brightness of 1500 cd/m2 and support for the high definition multimedia ... (Read Full Article) |
| TV and Movies Coming Soon to Xbox (WebProNews, 11/07/2006 2:46pm) |
| Microsoft has announced plans to offer up video content to Xbox users in standard and high definition formats beginning November 22, the one-year anniversary of the Xbox 360 launch. This move makes the Xbox 360 the first gaming console to offer television and movie content as a direct download to users. CBS, MTV Networks, Paramount Pictures, Turner Broadcasting System Inc. (TBS Inc.), ... (Read Full Article) |
| Universal announces ‘Flipper’ Blu-ray/DVD Discs (HD-Report, 12/01/2009 8:44pm) |
| Universal Studios Home Entertainment officially announced a date for the first “flipper” discs, containing high-def Blu-ray content on one side and standard DVD content on the other side. What’s cool is the disc can be used in any Blu-ray or DVD player simply by flipping the disc.
The first titles on the new format from Universal [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Fraunhofer Technology Selected as a Reference for Future MPEG Standard for Delivery of High-Quality 3D Audio Content (Business Wire, 9/06/2013 4:00pm) |
| ERLANGEN, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fraunhofer IIS proposal selected by Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) for the delivery of high-quality 3D audio [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Single-Chip HD Transcoder is suited for STBs and iVDRs. (ThomasNet, 10/23/2007 1:01pm) |
| Multi-standard native 1080/60p Transcoder, Hz4010, supports features and capabilities designed to meet cable, satellite, IPTV, and Blu-Ray/HD-DVD requirements. Integrated video pre/post-processor offers motion compensated spatio-temporal noise reduction filtering, frame rate conversion, and scaling, while audio CODEC engine enables transcoding between various audio formats. Along with ... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Harmonic Sets New Benchmark for ATSC Video Service Capacity at KXII Television (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 11/29/2006 2:00pm) |
| NEW YORK----Harmonic Inc. today announced that KXII TV in Sherman, Texas, a Gray Television station, has deployed Harmonic's market-leading DiviCom® MV 500 MPEG-2 high definition encoders and MV 100 MPEG-2 standard definition encoders for its digital upgrade. ... (Read Full Article) |
| 33 megapixel Super Hi-Vision (Ultra HDTV) could be on the air in 2015 (Engadget, 1/14/2008 6:07pm) |
| Filed under: HDTV1080p and QuadHD / 4K can take a step back, the Japanese government has announced plans to bring Super Hi-Vision (a.k.a. Ultra High Definition) to life as a broadcast standard by 2015. With its 33 megapixel (7,680 x 4,320) resolution and 22.2 channel surround sound, challenges so far have included building a camera that can record it, and equipment to transfer the 24Gbps uncompres ... (Read Full Article) |
| HomePNA 3.0 Specification Standardized by the International Telecommunication Union (Business Wire via Yahoo! (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 5/09/2005 9:15pm) |
| The Home Phoneline Networking Alliance today announced the approval by the International Telecommunication Union of a critical technical specification for a single, worldwide standard for high performance multimedia home phoneline networking. ... (Read Full Article) |
| SeaChange Powers World's First H.264 High-Definition IP Television Service; Japan's OnDemand TV Extends IPTV Platform (RedNova, 6/07/2006 9:14pm) |
| SeaChange International (Nasdaq: SEAC) customer OnDemand TV, Inc. is launching the world's first IPTV on-demand service to offer high-definition programming encoded in the H.264 video compression standard. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Comcast adds 32 HD channels in Oregon & SW Washington (HD-Report, 9/02/2009 12:19am) |
| Comcast has added a total of 64 new channels in their Oregon and SW Washington markets, which includes 32 new high-definition channels. The additions also include 23 new Spanish language channels, 5 new standard-def channels, and four international premium channels.
The HD channel additions bring Comcast’s HD offerings in the market area to over 100, a [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | DisplayPort Dual-Mode update supports HDMI 1.4, 4K resolution (AfterDawn, 2/02/2013 7:04am) |
| VESA makes update to standard to support HDMI 1.4 display resolutions.The HDMI 1.4 revision supports video output in 1080p 3D at 60Hz and 4K (Ultra HD) at 30Hz, and also supports 1080p output with deep color. The Video Electronics Standards [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Metalink plans wireless chipset with 240 Mbps throughput (Engadget, 6/29/2005 1:38pm) |
| Chipset developer Metalink has announced what the company says is an 802.11n-compliant chipset that can acheive speeds of 240 Mbps (of course, since 802.11n technically isn’t a standard yet, it’s not really compliant) . Metalink is marketing the chipset to the home-video industry, including makers of HDTV sets and DVRs. With any luck, we’ll see some real streaming video equipment based on ... (Read Full Article) |
| 'Speed Racer' Blu-ray to include digital copy and videogame (AfterDawn, 7/16/2008 1:33am) |
| Warner has announced that it will bundle its upcoming September release of Speed Racer on Blu-ray as a special 3-disc set that will include both a standard definition digital copy and an exclusive video game.
Despite its mediocre reviews and horrendous worldwide gross, 'Speed Racer' is expected to see large sales on Blu-ray thanks to its intense CGI and use of a wide palette of colors that sh ... (Read Full Article) |
| Sony PS3 Firmware 2.36 released (I4U, 6/18/2008 5:35am) |
| Sony released PS3 firmware 2.36 today. We where actually expected the new Sony PSP firmware 4.00. The new Sony PS3 firmware comes a bit unexpected.
The Sony PS3 firmware 2.36 is not really exciting though. Sony only lists PlayStation software standard... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Review: Mitsubishi HC3000 DLP Projector (HDBlog.net, 8/30/2006 11:25am) |
| Peter Putman, the HDTVexpert, took a look at Mitsubishi’s HC3000 DLP projector. This projector has recently been reduced to $1,999. The lens is a standard 1.3:1 zoom lens. It does have an HDMI input, which is a good thing.
Mr. Putman measured 365 ANSI lumens with BrilliantColor off, and 416 ANSI lumens [...] ... (Read Full Article) |
| Panasonic Blu-ray: Final Standards, not Lower Prices (TOYS and GADGETs | News | Reviews | Videos, 11/02/2007 6:33pm) |
| Panasonic Blu-ray: Final Standards, not Lower Prices [ Panasonic BD-30-5] It won't be the cheapest, but it'll have the most new features--including the Final Standard Profile--says Panasonic, introducing the $500 DMP-30 Blu-Ray player. Much of the rest of the high-def video crowd is headed downmarket. On Thursday Sony said it would drive Sony ... (Read Full Article) |
| 'Remote on a Chip' Turnkey Solution From ZiLOG(R) Sets New Standard in Universal Infrared Remote Control Markets (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance, 6/30/2005 7:01am) |
| Leading provider of integrated 8-bit microcontrollers and universal remote control solutions, ZiLOG®, Inc. , today announced details of its turnkey solution for universal infrared remote applications development. ... (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) |
| ATI Leads High-Definition Video Transition On PCs (PhysOrg, 5/26/2005 5:57pm) |
| ATI Technologies Inc. solidifies its PC video and display leadership with the first public demonstration of high-definition H.264 video playback with hardware acceleration on the PC platform. H.264 is the video compression standard that will be used in the next generation high-definition video players such as Blu-ray and HD-DVD. The ATI H.264 video demonstration with ATI\\\'s next generation Radeo ... (Read Full Article) |
| EPIX HD to launch on FiOS TV (HD-Report, 10/28/2009 6:00pm) |
| Epix HD and Epix standard-definition will launch on Verizon’s FiOS TV network this Friday, Oct. 30. The Verizon-exclusive service (a deal reached in July ‘09) will also launch online, providing FiOS TV/Internet subscribers with 150 movies per month. This weekend, the network will offer a free preview and feature a two-hour Madonna concert “Sticky & [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Apple adds more HD titles to iTunes store (HD-Report, 11/11/2009 8:46am) |
| Apple’s iTunes has added a bunch of new HD content including Disney hit titles Bolt, Hannah Montana: The Movie, and the Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy. With the HD movie purchase you also get smaller iPhone and iPod versions in standard definition.
Added titles also include HD versions of Wall-E, Hero, Ratatouille, Knowing, Jonas Brothers: [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Toshiba develops HD DVD writer drive (InfoWorld, 10/02/2006 2:12pm) |
| ( InfoWorld ) - On Tuesday Toshiba will unveil the first slim-type HD DVD writer drive suitable for use in laptop computers. The SD-L902A drive is the standard 12.7-millimeters high, which means it can fit in the drive bay of most laptop computers. It can read and write HD DVD, DVD, and CD discs, Toshiba said Monday. It will be shown at the Ceatec show, Japan's biggest electronics show, ... (Read Full Article) |
| Digigami Ships MPressionist HDTV 3.0 Testing and analysis for HDV, ATSC HDTV, DVB and HD-DVD MPEG-2 video (June 28,2005) (Digital Video Editing, 6/28/2005 11:04pm) |
| Digigami today announced it is now shipping MPressionist HDTV 3.0 for Macintosh OS X (BSD unix-based) workstations, its flagship diagnostic testing and analysis tool for HDV /DTV/DVB device designers, and quality assurance, broadcast and software engineers working with standard (SD) and high-definition (HD) MPEG -2 bitstreams. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Warner Home Video Debuts Three New HD DVD Format Titles (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 6/09/2006 8:46pm) |
| BURBANK, Calif.----June 9, 2006--Warner Home Video has announced the June 20 HD DVD debuts of "Syriana" and "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang." "Syriana" will be released day-and-date with its Standard Definition version and will sell for $34.99. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Post Magazine | News | AVID INTROS LOW-COST VIDEORAID STORAGE SOLUTIONS (Post Magazine, 3/01/2006 10:01pm) |
| TEWKSBURY, MA - Avid Technology (www.avid.com) has unveiled its new VideoRAID family of storage systems. The solutions deliver up to five terabytes of high-efficiency storage with guaranteed realtime access for multi-stream, high-bandwidth standard-definition and high-definition workflows. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Discovery HD Theater Showcases the Best HDTV Programming from Across Discovery Networks in First-Ever 'WORLD OF HD WEEK' (PR Web via Yahoo! News, 12/13/2006 8:09pm) |
| Silver Spring, MD (PRWeb) December 13, 2006 -- Discovery HD Theater announces "World of HD Week," a special programming event offering high-definition premieres of new series and specials from across Discovery Networks in advance of their standard definition air dates. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Universal to Offer Flipper Disc - a Hybrid Blu-ray/DVD (Big Picture Big Sound, 12/01/2009 9:56pm) |
| Universal is preparing to release a hybrid disc format which will include both a standard definition DVD and a high definition Blu-ray version [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Avid Collaborates With Microsoft to Deliver VC-1 Support (Broadcast Newsroom, 9/09/2005 5:56pm) |
| Today at IBC2005, the International Broadcasters Convention, Avid Technology, Inc. and Microsoft Corp. announced a collaborative development initiative that enables Avid to build on its existing investment in Windows technologies by delivering cutting-edge, professional video and audio postproduction solutions that support VC-1, the proposed SMPTE standard based on Microsoft Windows Media Video ... (Read Full Article) |
| LG first to bring Hulu to HDTVs (HD-Report, 7/29/2009 11:58pm) |
| LG Electronics has announced VUDU integration on their LH50 1080p LCD series and PS80 Plasma 1080p series televisions. The labeled “NetCast Entertainment Access” will begin next month, allowing viewers to buy or rent from VUDU’s library of over 2,000 high-definition movies.
“Together, LG’s Broadband HDTVs and the VUDU service will set the industry standard for easy [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Blu-ray Players to be Highest Volume Internet-enabled Electronic Devices by 2012 (I4U, 2/27/2008 3:35pm) |
| A new report from MultiMedia Intelligence says that Blu0ray players will be the highest volume consumer devices that are Internet-enabled by 2012. The end of the format war that resulted in Blu-ray being the new HD format standard is expected to drive this... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Panasonic unveils DMP-BD30 "next-gen" Blu-ray player (Engadget, 10/31/2007 2:38am) |
| Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment
Panasonic's new DMP-BD30 Blu-ray player serves up those HD discs extra fancy, being the first player to meet the requirements for BD-Video Final Standard Profile 1.1. That means a secondary video decoder for picture in picture (such as director's commentary), and an extra audio decoder for working in sound from that second source or from interactive feature ... (Read Full Article) |
| Avid Unveils VideoRAID Family of High-Performance, Low-Cost Storage Solutions (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 2/28/2006 6:00pm) |
| TEWKSBURY, Mass.----Feb. 28, 2006--Avid Technology, Inc. today unveiled the Avid® VideoRAID family of storage systems that deliver up to 5 terabytes of high-efficiency storage with guaranteed real-time access for multi-stream, high-bandwidth standard-definition and high-definition workflows. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Harris Corporation Announces Launch of Leitch NEXIO(TM) XS SD/HD Server System (CNW Group via Yahoo! Finance, 4/04/2006 2:38pm) |
| Harris Corporation today announced the launch of NEXIO XS, a unique, modular transmission server system that offers standard- and high-definition support, integrated, "agile" software codecs with an extensive range of compression formats and back-to-back DV/MPEG playout -- all in a single, 3 rack unit frame. ... (Read Full Article) |
| State of the art: Blu-ray on the Mac (Computerworld, 9/23/2009 3:54pm) |
| It may have beaten out HD-DVD in the bloody battle to be the high definition optical drive standard, but in the roughly year and a half since the format wars ended, Blu-ray DVD has yet to gain any real traction in the desktop computer realm. Indeed, Apple has done its best to downplay the relevance of any kind of optical drive in this new world of streaming media--the MacBook Air ships without an internal optical drive, its DVD Studio Pro application has been almost totally ignored in the last two Final Cut Studio releases, and the company provides no way of playing movies released on Blu-ray on Macs running OS X. (Read Full Article) |
| Avermedia(R) Announces New Windows(R) XP MCE 2005 Dual Driver and Windows XP Application for A180 Hi-Definition TV Tuner (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance, 8/16/2005 2:00pm) |
| AVerMedia® Technologies, Inc., the leading provider of digital multimedia and presentation technology announced today the release of its Dual Tuner driver for the AVerTV HD MCE A180 Hi-Definition TV Tuner and Windows XP standard certified A180 Hi-Definition solution. ... (Read Full Article) |
| First HD Bollywood movie released on Versatile Multilayer Disc (Addict (Addict 3D, 5/03/2005 8:53am) |
| New Medium Enterprises Inc. (OTCBB: NMEN): -- US Presentation to be led by the first 3 hour Bollywood feature film, Shabd, in Brilliant True High Definition, (HD), along with film features and sporting events on New Medium Enterprises\\\' proprietary cost-effective VMD player, bringing razor sharp HD IMAGE QUALITY to mass market consumers, priced in the range of current Standard Definition discs a ... (Read Full Article) |
| Sony Pictures to release The House Bunny on Blu-ray in February (HDTV UK, 2/13/2009 11:54am) |
| Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has announced that The House Bunny will be released on Blu-ray and standard DVD on 9^th February. It stars Anna Faris (from Scary Movie and Lost in Translation) and Emma Stone (Superbad), Colin Hanks (Orange County), Katherine McPhee (American Idol), Rumer Willis (Now and Then), Christopher McDonald (Happy Gilmore) and Beverly D'Angelo (National Lampoon series). ... (Read Full Article) |
| Westinghouse Digital Introduces Innovative SpineDesign(TM) Technology in New 27- and 32-Inch LCD HDTVs (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 12/29/2005 11:00am) |
| SANTA FE SPRINGS, Calif.----Dec. 29, 2005--Westinghouse Digital Electronics, one of the top five LCD TV manufacturers in the U.S., today announced its new LCD HDTVs, models LTV-27w6HD and LTV-32w3HD, the first to offer the company's innovative SpineDesign, and integrated ATSC and NTSC tuners to display over-the-air high-definition digital signals and standard definition analog signals. ... (Read Full Article) |
| CES 2008: Philips unveils BDP7200 Blu-ray player with BonusView compliance (HDTV UK, 1/09/2008 8:00am) |
| Philips has shown off its latest Blu-ray player boasting additional interactive functionality. The BDP7200 incorporates BonusView (which seems to be Philips' name for BD-J functionality) and is supposed to "optimise the complete HD experience".
The full 1080p player includes standard DVD upscaling, multi-channel audio decoding, digital audio outs, HDMI, Deep Colour, 24p processing, and the ful ... (Read Full Article) |
| Beyond the Hype: HDTV a Pretty Picture With Consumers; Consumer Reports Survey Shows Owner Satisfaction High, But TV (U.S. Newswire via Yahoo! News, 10/03/2005 10:03pm) |
| Experts are all but unanimous in their praise of high-definition television (HDTV). At its best, HDTV offers sharper, more detailed images than standard television and a better audio experience. But how noticeable and valuable are those distinctions to the viewer? A survey published in the Annual Electronics issue of Consumer Reports ( http://www.ConsumerReports.org?source=CR24 ) ... (Read Full Article) |
| Microsoft holding back mainstream HD adoption? (Joystiq, 8/19/2005 7:37pm) |
| Will Microsoft hold back the mainstream adoption of High Definition by not bundling HD cables with the Xbox 360 Core? That’s the question that Kevin C. Tofel is asking at fellow WIN blog HDBeat . With the news that the Xbox 360 Core will feature no connectivity other than composite AV cables (one step up from a standard aerial cable) HDBeat takes a critical look at what this decision will do to ... (Read Full Article) |
| Close Encounters 30th Anniversary DVD on Nov. 13 (Coming Soon, 7/26/2007 3:52pm) |
| Close Encounters of the Third Kind , Steven Spielberg's critically acclaimed classic, will be released on Blu-ray Disc and standard DVD in multi-disc sets as "Close Encounters of the Third Kind: 30th Anniversary Ultimate Edition" on November 13th by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. Celebrating the 30th anniversary of this motion picture, which Gene Shalit called "one of the most spectacular . ... (Read Full Article) |
| Video Control Processor suits high-definition formats. (ThomasNet, 8/18/2005 3:29pm) |
| Video Control Processor provides elementary stream processing of multi-standard video streams in HD. Incoming MPEG transport stream is fed from demodulator into stream parser, which performs transport stream demultiplexing and bitstream controlling tasks like PID Filtering. VCP is controlled by MIMD commands to guarantee full utilization of all parallel processing units at all times. Each slot ... (Read Full Article) |
| Tarari Ships First Integrated Accelerator for Encoding High-Quality Windows Media (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 4/18/2005 3:00pm) |
| Tarari, Inc., the award-winning acceleration company, announced today the immediate availability of the Tarari Encoder Accelerator for Windows Media, the first integrated solution enabling producers and distributors of standard- and high-definition digital content to dramatically accelerate the encoding process without any loss of quality. (Read Full Article) |
| Wireless Industry Leaders Promote Next-Generation Wi-Fi Technology to Accelerate IEEE Standards Development (PhysOrg, 10/10/2005 6:11pm) |
| Twenty six Wi-Fi industry leaders today announced a coalition formed to accelerate the IEEE 802.11n standard development process and promote a technology specification for next-generation wireless local area networking (WLAN) products. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Modulus Video Ships World's First Compact HD/SD Switchable MPEG-4 AVC Encoding Platform (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance, 9/06/2006 11:56am) |
| Modulus Video, Inc. announced it is shipping all configurations of its eagerly anticipated ME2000 family of MPEG-4 AVC video encoders -- the world's first compact encoding platform that can be easily switched between high definition and standard definition video. ... (Read Full Article) |
| INTERNET TELEPHONY(R) Magazine's 2005 'Product of the Year' Award Goes to Texas Instruments Digital Media Processor (SYS-CON Media) (Yahoo! News (Error), 2/25/2006 9:09pm) |
| allowing customers to integrate triple-play products on a single DSP, deploy innovative, digital media based products that offer real-time video over IP, as well as having the performance to handle both standard definition and high definition (HD) support. In essence, the DM642 provides the foundation required to bring HD video and audio to the videoconferencing market and allows original ... (Read Full Article) |
| PlayStation 3 Confirmed To Use HDMI 1.3 (Gamasutra, 6/23/2006 4:57pm) |
| The seven HDMI Founder companies (Hitachi, Ltd., Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (Panasonic), Royal Philips Electronics, Silicon Image, Inc., Sony Corp., Thomson, Inc. and Toshiba Corp.) confirmed a major update to the High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) specification, the standard digital interface for high definition consumer electronics. In addition, the PlayStation 3 ... (Read Full Article) |
| OPPO Makes DVD Look Its Very Best With New Universal Up-Converting DVD Player (Market Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 12/06/2006 1:30pm) |
| OPPO Digital, an award-winning consumer electronics manufacturer, announced the DV-981HD, its new flagship universal up-converting DVD player. The DV-981HD excels in translating standard definition video stored on DVD discs to high definition format suitable for display on HDTV and home theater projectors. Featuring an HDMI output and DCDi® by Faroudja video processing technology, it delivers a ... (Read Full Article) |
| Elgato release Macbook Air-friendly HDTV tuner (TV Squad, 7/08/2008 6:28pm) |
| Filed under: HDTV, PVR Wire, Hardware
So you want one of those newfangled TV tuner dongles that will let you watch HDTV on your laptop, but you've got a Macbook Air with a funny USB port that makes it tough to plug in most standard USB devices? No problem. Elgato's new EyeTV DTT Deluxe tuner sports a new ultra-thin design and fits into the low profile Macbook Air USB port.The EyeTV DTT Deluxe is ... (Read Full Article) |
| Westinghouse Digital Expands 1080p High-Definition LCD Monitor Line (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 3/28/2006 11:00am) |
| SANTA FE SPRINGS, Calif.----March 28, 2006--Westinghouse Digital Electronics, one of the top five LCD TV manufacturers in the U.S., today announced the latest addition to its high-definition 1080p line, the 37-inch model LVM-37w3, which features a bright flat panel, fast response time, high contrast ratio and six HD inputs, and 1920 x 1080 progressive scan resolution, the highest standard ... (Read Full Article) |
| How to enable 1080i HDTV on an Scientific Atlanta 8300 box (TV Squad, 12/19/2007 6:56pm) |
| Filed under: HDTV, PVR Wire, Hardware
The Scientific Atlanta 8300 cable box is capable of pumping out a variety of standard and high definition resolutions, ranging from 480i all the way up to 1080i. But if you got your set top box from Time Warner Cable or Comcast, odds are you only see 480p and 720p options.The folks over at NewTeeVee have posted a simple guide for enabling 1080i or 480i/480p Wi ... (Read Full Article) |
| Toshiba HD DVD Player: $144 (TVPredictions, 1/12/2008 7:29pm) |
| Toshiba's HD-A3 HD-DVD player is now available for $144 at Amazon.com. The company's third-generation 1080i HD-DVD player will display HD DVDs and upconvert standard-def DVDs so they will offer an improved picture.The HD-A3 HD-DVD player can display high-def video in 1080i and 720p, is ranked #1 today in Amazon's best-selling DVD players category and ranked #20 in Amazon's overall best-selling ... (Read Full Article) |
| Itiva Appoints Internet Media Veteran as President (Market Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 2/13/2006 1:05pm) |
| Itiva Digital Media, developers of high definition video streaming technologies, has appointed Michel Billard to the post of President. Billard, whose director-level experience includes nearly 15 years at Hewlett-Packard, will lead the company's efforts in making Itiva's Quantum Streaming(TM) platform the industry standard for high quality Internet Video delivery. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Cox adding 24 HD channels in James City County (HD-Report, 9/26/2009 12:33pm) |
| Cox Communications says it will be adding 24 additional high-definition channels to its James City County in Northern Virginia. Customers who have the standard-definition channels in their lineup will also get the HD (high-definition) versions.
Cox also announced this week they will be giving customers who subscribe to high speed internet free access to ESPN [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Fire Emblem: Awakening 3DS bundle coming to North America (Joystiq, 1/11/2013 10:15pm) |
| Fire Emblem: Awakening will be available in a lovely hardware bundle in the US and Canada, alongside its standard and eShop releases. The 3DS [...] (Read Full Article) |
| VIDEO: Horizon Semi rolls out single chip native 1080/60p HD decoder for STBs (Embedded Systems Programming Magazine, 10/31/2007 12:45am) |
| Horizon Semiconductors , a leading provider of highly integrated silicon solutions that enable secure video and audio compression & transmission for the consumer electronics and home entertainment markets, has announced the immediate availability of industry's first single chip multi-standard native 1080/60p high definition decoders for triple-play/quad-play Cable, Satellite and IPTV Set-Top ... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Blu-ray sales grow, but home video revenue still down (AfterDawn, 4/25/2008 10:28pm) |
| Despite large growth in the high definition market, standard DVD sales continue to sag, and home video revenue will continue to fall, report a few notable analysts.
According to Reuters, 5 million HD movies have already been sold this year (mainly Blu-ray) and that puts the pace far ahead then 2007 which saw only 10 million movies sold for the entire year.
This strong growth however is not ... (Read Full Article) |
| BCI Announces the First Fiber Optic RGB/Sync Video Transmission System Designed to Pass Tri-Level Sync for HDTV Video (PR Web via Yahoo! News, 3/14/2005 12:00pm) |
| Torrance, CA (PRWEB) March 14, 2005 -- Broadata Communications, Inc. (BCI), a world leader in the development of cutting edge optical communications and optoelectronic technologies announces that it has enhanced the ScreenLink â„¢ Fiber Optic Transport System. This enhancement provides the unique ability to deliver High Definition (HD) video with tri-level synchronization, as well as Standard (Read Full Article) |
| LSI Logic H.264 Technology Integrated in New HD and SD MPEG-4 AVC Systems From Modulus Video (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance, 4/05/2005 10:00am) |
| LSI Logic Corporation , a leader in innovative digital media processing technologies for the Digital Home, today announced that its H.264 video technology has been used in Modulus Video's new ME6000 high-performance, real-time, full-resolution high definition AVC encoder and new Video Pre-Processing option for the ME1000 standard definition AVC encoder. (Read Full Article) |
| AJA Announces HD10AVA and RD10MD Converters (Digital Video Editing, 5/01/2006 10:52pm) |
| AJA Video, a leading manufacturer of professional video interface and conversion solutions, announces two new additions to the company’s line of Standard Definition and High Definition converters, the HD10AVA and the RD10MD. The HD10AVA is a high-quality, HD/SD audio and video A/D miniature converter, while the RD10MD is a 10-bit, broadcast-quality card for dual down-conversion from HD to SD. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Nice Shoes Imagery in HD Spots for Aquos LCD TVs (July 20,2005) (Digital Video Editing, 7/20/2005 6:04pm) |
| Demonstrating its ability to meet all the needs of its clients, Nice Shoes, the leading full service post production house in New York City, recently provided high definition and standard definition post production services for a group of spots for Sharp Electronics and Wieden & Kennedy, New York, that are part of a global advertising campaign promoting Sharp s Aquos liquid crystal televisions. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Verizon FiOS adds HD VOD content (HD-Report, 8/10/2009 6:26pm) |
| Verizon FiOS has added a bunch of new content to its HD VOD library including newly released movies from 20th Century Fox, independent titles from Cinetic Film Buff, and sports footage from the Dew Tour. Some titles now available in high-definition from 20th Century include “Notorious,” “Taken” and “12 Rounds.”
New VOD content in standard-definition comes [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Fairchild Semiconductor's Industry-Leading Op Amps Optimize Bandwidth and Reduce Power Consumption in Video Designs (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 5/09/2006 3:00pm) |
| SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine----May 9, 2006--Fairchild Semiconductor marks its entrance into the high-performance amplifier market with five industry-leading operational amplifiers . The 210MHz FHP3x50 and the 50MHz FHP3x30 families allow designers to target a broad range of high definition and standard definition video applications including set-top boxes, digital TVs and audio/video amplifiers. ... (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) |
| Comcast Media Center and SES AMERICOM Form Joint Marketing Alliance (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 8/10/2005 6:15am) |
| Kicking cable's digital transition into high gear, SES AMERICOM, the leader in standard and high-definition cable programming distribution across the U.S., together with Comcast Media Center , a business unit of Comcast Cable operating the industry's largest multichannel digital distribution platform, today announced the latest of several joint marketing and services agreements that focus on ... (Read Full Article) |
| NEWS: Michael Jackson memorial to be shown in high definition (Pocket-lint, 7/07/2009 9:14am) |
| On Sky News and Sky Arts 1 HD from 5.30pm
Michael Jackson's memorial service will be covered in high definition on television and online with a Sky News HD production for the Sky Arts 1 HD channel and Skynews.com.
For those without a Sky HD set-up who want to see the service, the programme will also go out on Sky News and Sky Arts 1 in standard definition.
"Michael Jackson: ... (Read Full Article) |
| MRV Debuts High-Definition Video Transceivers That Enable Any Fiber Optic Network to Transport HD Video (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance, 4/24/2006 5:57pm) |
| MRV COMMUNICATIONS, INC. , a leading provider of products and services for out-of-band networking, WDM and optical transport, metro Ethernet, fiber optic components, 10GE and other service aware networking products, today announced a new family of digital video fiber optic transceivers that allow transport of uncompressed high-definition video over standard fiber optic networks. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Archimedia unveils software reference player for viewing, testing files on HDTV (Broadcast Engineering, 7/01/2013 3:18pm) |
| The Archimedia Reference Player allows users to view, test and measure master files on a standard HDMI HDTV.
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| Media Made Easy Announces the Availability of the Media Made Easy HDTV Server Featuring Media Center (PR Web, 3/03/2006 8:27am) |
| Media Made Easy releases new HDTV Server. HDTV Server features two high definition tuners, two standard definition tuners, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Intel media motherboard including Intel High Definition Audio, 1.5 TB storage, advanced video output, 7.1 surround sound and a new tower-case designed by nMedia. [PRWEB Mar 3, 2006] ... (Read Full Article) |
| NEWS: Panasonic shows off Full HD 3D by plasma (Pocket-lint, 9/03/2009 12:14pm) |
IFA 2009: Panasonic claims close collaboration with Hollywood standard
Panasonic has announced its version of how Full HD 3DTV viewing should be done as demoed on the company's 103-inch mega-plasma in the press conference at IFA 2009 today.
Unlike Sony's 3D Bravia LCD solution, Panasonic believes that a far better quality experience can be achieved through PDP plasma technology which is touted to offer a less blurry image and a far crisper feel. The system will be 3D through Blu-ray and the set will transmit a true, 1080p image on two channels - one to each eye - thus ensuring a Full HD 3D result when it's put together in the viewer's brain.
Although, neither the film industry nor the broadcasters have as yet to decide on the standard of 3D which the tech companies are to support, Panasonic has claimed that it has been working closely with Hollywood to lead the way in consumer 3D and even got Avatar's producer, Jon Landau, up on stage to prove.
No official 3D products were announced but the company is showing clear intent.
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| Paramount To Put Blu-ray First (About.com, 8/03/2009 10:00am) |
| Once an aggressive promoter of the new-defunct HD-DVD format, Paramount Home Video is now turning to Blu-ray as the future of its profit center. Beginning with the upcoming home video release of the film Dance Flick Paramount is trying a new approach where the Blu-ray sales and DVD rental versions will be released several weeks before the standard DVD version is planned to hit store shelves. It is hoped that this strategy will further push Blu-ray Disc player and movie sales, and further solidify its continued growth. Disney is also attempting to take a similar approach. To find out more on how this will affect consumers, check out the report from Video Business.
Related Story: Watchmen Blu-ray Release Captures Over 1/3 of Total Title Sales (Reuters). (Read Full Article) |
| Sony Adds Super Slim Edge-Lit LED Models to BRAVIA HDTV Line (HDTV Magazine, 9/10/2009 5:08am) |
Sony today introduced a new line of ultra-thin BRAVIA(TM) LCD HDTVs featuring an advanced edge-lit LED backlight and exceptional contrast ratio of over 1,000,000:1.
The XBR10-series models also deliver full 1080p wireless transmission of high definition signals from a separate media box to a receiver embedded in the TV, allowing source components to be placed...
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| Philips Sets Flat-Panel TVs Free with U.S. Launch of Wireless HDTV Link (HDTV Magazine, 10/21/2009 2:57pm) |
Philips Electronics (NYSE:PHG, AEX: PHI) today confirmed U.S. retail availability for its much-anticipated Wireless HDTV Link (SWW1800/27) that uses innovative technology to wirelessly deliver superior high-definition TV picture quality (up to 1080p) without ruining the aesthetics of the home. Unsightly wires are a digital burden of the past with the Philips Wireless HDTV Link which replaces the cables that connect the HD cable set-top box, HD satellite receiver, Blu-ray player and gaming console to a HDTV.
Just in time for holiday gift-buying, Philips Wireless HDTV Link is currently available for...
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| JVC $200 XV-BP11 Blu-ray Player In Time For Black Friday (I4U, 10/28/2009 4:30pm) |
| JVC today released their first budget Blu-ray player, the XV-BP11. This player is a back-to-basics type of machine. It only recognizes Blu-ray Profile 1.1 and measures only 1.5” thick at its fattest point. The XV-BP11 has the standard, front-mounted USB d...
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| New ATI Radeon HD 5870 And 5850 Are First To Support DirectX 11 (I4U, 9/23/2009 8:08am) |
| AMD today launched the most powerful processor ever created, found in its next-generation ATI Radeon HD 5800 series graphics cards, the worldÂ’s first and only to fully support Microsoft DirectX 11, the new gaming and compute standard shipping shortly with...
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| Tip of the Week: Be on the lookout for new HD channels (Consumer Reports, 7/23/2009 1:17pm) |
| [ Photo courtesy of Sanja Gjenero ] If you’re like me, you’re thrilled when a new high-def channel is added to your lineup. TV providers have been beefing up their HD offerings regularly over the last year or two, and many now offer dozens of stations. I get about 60 channels in HD, and if I subscribed to the premium channels, I’d get many more. My cable provider, Cablevision, recently added HD versions of USA and FX, so I can watch shows like Psych, Burn Notice, and Damages in all their high-def splendor. Sometimes I’ve stumbled across these new offerings by accident, while idly surfing with the channel up/down button on the remote. Though the discovery gladdens my heart, I can’t help but wonder how long I’ve been missing out, unknowingly settling for their standard-def counterparts. Cablevision does announce new HD offerings, but it’s usually in small type down the side of my monthly service bill, or in an occasional pamphlet listing the full channel line-up. But when I’m rushing to pay my bills, I don’t always read the fine print or flyers. Now, I make a point of doing so. I also check the onscreen program guide to see if any new channels have materialized in the high-def tier. And there's always the Web: Like most companies, Cablevision provides a full lineup of channels for my area on its Web site. If you’re not regularly searching out new HD options, I recommend you start doing so. You might be happily surprised by what you find. – Eileen McCooey (Read Full Article) |
| Microsoft LifeCam Cinema 720p, first HD webcam to crank out 30fps (DVICE, 8/18/2009 5:04pm) |
| Now that Internet service providers are showing signs of opening up more upload bandwidth, maybe now webcams will finally find their way into mainstream acceptance. Microsoft will be doing its part when on September 9th it rolls out this gorgeous LifeCam Cinema 720p, the first consumer webcam to support 720p video at 30 frames per second.
Microsoft gives you a lot for your $80, including an autofocusing glass lens, noise-canceling mic and sturdy aluminum construction. Now all we need to do is get Skype to catch up to this high standard and start allowing 720p/30 webcams on its network.
For now, Microsoft says this LifeCam Cinema is compatible with Windows Live Messenger (as well as Windows Live Movie Maker and Windows Live Photo Gallery), so maybe we can get used to that instead of Skype for now. That said, the days of commonplace 720p/30 webcam conversations are coming, and the future is looking sharp. Take another couple of peeks at this glamorous cam: (Read Full Article) |
| New HD and SD camcorders added to our Ratings (Consumer Reports, 7/29/2009 4:00pm) |
| Sony's HDR-SR12 HD camcorder is just one of the many models you'll find in our latest Ratings of high-definition camcorders. (Click to enlarge.) [ Photo: Consumer Reports ] We've just added more than a dozen new camcorders to our Ratings, including nine high-definition and five standard-definition models. The new batches reveal a number of trends that, for the most part, will benefit consumers: Both HD and SD camcorders are cheaper to buy: About 18 months ago, the cheapest HD camcorder in our Ratings was $590. Now, there are three models available for less than $575. (The cheapest is the Sanyo VPC-CA9, for $375.) Manufacturers are producing more flash-based and hard-disk models and fewer MiniDV and DVD disc models than in the past. However, we still have at least four models of each of these older formats, and they're generally less expensive than the flash and hard-disk models. More optical zoom: SD models have optical zooms as high as 70x. HD models have also increased, with some models including 16x optical zoom lenses. Most models are smaller, lighter and easier to carry. Some can almost slip into a pocket. However, with this reduction in size comes some trade offs, such as the elimination of a viewfinder. This can be a problem when trying to shoot on a bright day, since the sun can wash out the image on your display, making it a challenge to compose your video. One common problem we've found in nearly all HD and SD camcorder models of the past was that they didn't perform well in low light. But our newest batch has some exceptions to this rule, at least among the high-def models. Look to our Ratings to see which HD camcorders excelled in low light. You can check out the latest HD and SD camcorders on our Ratings pages. Also, stay tuned for our upcoming coverage of high-def pocket camcorders, which are smaller still than any of the models in our main Ratings. —Terry Sullivan (Read Full Article) |
| New Sony AV Receivers Drive Multi-Room High-Definition Throughout the Home (HDTV Magazine, 9/10/2009 5:16am) |
Sony today introduced two new "Elevated Standard" (ES) audio/video receivers, including its first to offer control over an IP network, the STR-DA5500ES.
Both the STR-DA5500ES and new STR-DA3500ES are designed as easy-to-use solutions for expanding high-definition entertainment to multiple rooms of the home.
The new STR-DA5500ES model features...
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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) |
| Sony Organizes Your Entertainment Collection With New 400-Disc Blu-ray Disc/DVD MegaChanger (HDTV Magazine, 7/24/2009 12:44am) |
Looking to help consumers simplify and manage their living room entertainment experience, Sony today announced the new BDP-CX960 and the "Elevated Standard" (ES) BDP-CX7000ES 400-disc Blu-ray Disc(TM) MegaChangers.
The company also announced the BDP-S1000ES single disc ES player expanding Sony's Blu-ray Disc line to 13 models offering a broad set of performance and features.
The Blu-ray Disc MegaChanger models store and play...
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| NEWS: LG HB954SP Blu-ray home cinema system announced (Pocket-lint, 10/08/2009 11:13am) |
Good looking 5.1 set-up complete with iDock
LG has launched a new Blu-ray home cinema system, the HB954SP, a BD-Live-enabled, Full HD 1080p, 1000 Watt, 5.1 effort.
With five oval satellite Mark-Levinson-tuned speakers, the connected system offers one-click access to YouTube videos, upscaling of standard DVDs, playback from USB and (only) two HDMI inputs.
There's also an iDock for an iPod or iPhone and LG's "Sound Gallery" for easy set-up as well as handy options such as turning off the bass in "night mode".
The system will be available from November 2009, but the really crucial bit for most people - pricing - is yet to be revealed.
LG don't offer RRPs, instead suggesting price comparison sites for an idea of cost, not a great strategy for a product that's yet to be released.
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| ATI adds first HD card to the All-in-Wonder lineup (TV Squad, 6/26/2008 5:31pm) |
Filed under: HDTV, PVR Wire, HardwareOnce upon a time, ATI's All-in-Wonder cards were the cream of the crop. The lineup combines a TV tuner with a graphics card. That means you don't need to buy two separate pieces of hardware to capture TV signals and to display those signals on a monitor. But while other hardware makers have been busy putting out HD tuner cards, ATI has been stuck in the dark ages of standard definition.
Now it looks like ATI is back in the game with the ATI All-in-Wonder HD. This PCI Express card has enough oomph to capture HD video and to play back HD video on your PC. It features DirectX 10.1 support, an MPEG2/VC-1/H2.64 decoder, and Vista and AMD Live! certification. It also packs a DVI port and HDMI jack.
On the TV tuner side of things, the AiW HD can handle SD, HD, and ClearQAM signals.The card should be available in July for $199.
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| Mitsubishi Announces Super-Charged Blu-ray Disc Recorders....For Japan (About.com, 8/22/2009 10:00am) |
| Here we go again! Another announcement by a large Asian consumer electronics manufacturer that it is introducing a new line of Blu-ray Disc recorders, but, unfortunately, they will probably never see the light-of-day in the U.S.
What makes Mitsubishi's announcement even more frustrating is that these units are a home theater fan's dream: One unit combines Blu-ray Disc recording with a 1 Terabyte Hard Drive, a second unit offers a 500GB hard drive, while the third houses not only a Blu-ray Disc recorder and a 320 GB hard drive, but also includes a VHS deck. Of course, all these units can record in all the standard DVD recording format as well, and it also appears that they all have USB and SD Card slots for accessing additional digital content. For details, check out the brief report from Akihabara News as well as the Official Announcement and Product Specifications from Mitsubishi (in Japanese with some technical terms in English).
To add more insult to injury, Mitsubishi has also announced a line of LCD TVs with built-in Blu-ray Disc/Hard Drive combos (See report from Tech-On!.
Blu-ray Disc recorders have been available in Japan for about two years, and not as much as a word about U.S. availability. What happened to the U.S. as the primary market for the latest in consumer electronics technology - especially when it comes to video recording? For some perspective, read my article: The Case of the Disappearing DVD Recorder.
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| NEWS: Sony announces Wi-Fi Blu-ray players (Pocket-lint, 9/02/2009 3:57pm) |
IFA 2009: BDP-S560 and BDP-S760 announced
At its IFA press conference, Sony has announced two new Blu-Ray players that come with Wi-Fi functionality. That'll mean that you won't have to fiddle with plugging an ethernet cable into the back of the units.
The BDP-S560 and BDP-S760 have wireless-n standard connectivity, and are also WPS-enabled for ease of connection. Firmware updates and BD-Live capabilities can then be accessed without having to deal with cables.
Both Blu-ray players are also DLNA certified, meaning that you'll be able to use Windows functionality to send pictures and video to the players from your laptop. They have upscaling for DVDs and have a 6-second quickstart feature that the company claims is "unrivalled by other products available today".
The BDP-S760 is the flagship model and in addition to the above functionality contains an "HD Reality Enhancer". That should smooth image tones and reduce noise to create more a realistic picture, if the company is to believed. The BDP-S760 also includes multi-channel headphone surround for generating a 7.1 experience on stereo earphones.
No pricing or availability was provided.
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| Corel® WinDVD® Pro 2010 Delivers the Ultimate Blu-ray and DVD Playback Experience on the PC (HDTV Magazine, 9/15/2009 4:38pm) |
Corel Corporation (NASDAQ:CREL) (TSX:CRE) today announced the newest version of the world's most widely used DVD playback software-Corel® WinDVD® Pro 2010. This latest release delivers the industry's best movie-watching experience on the PC, introducing speed enhancements across the application, improved Blu-ray support with BD-Live™, new GPU-based upscaling that boosts standard-definition (SD) video to HD-like quality, all delivered through a new clean and easy-to-use interface.
Whether you're watching a Blu-ray Disc® or an AVCHD™ or SD home movie, WinDVD Pro 2010 provides...
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| Sony, Blu-ray group set to push on 3D (EETimes, 9/02/2009 10:47am) |
The Blu-ray Disc Association is firming up plans to incorporate 3D TV content into the optical disc standard. However, the group gave few details of timescales or clear signals of which technology it would use to achieve this. And Sony is also set to announce a major push into 3D technologies.
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| California to ban energy-hungry HDTVs? (AfterDawn, 9/19/2009 4:04am) |
According to the LATimes, the California Energy Commission is actively considering banning sales of "energy-hungry" HDTVs, setting a new efficiency standard that will help offset the massive energy use in the state.
If the proposal goes through, sales of all non energy-efficient models will be banned by 2011 and even more strict standards will occur in 2013.
The public has a 45-day period to comment on the proposal, beginning Monday, and approval goes to vote in November. If approved, California's electricity consumption will drop enough to save $8.1 billion USD in 10 years.
If approved, the Consumer Electronics Association says about 25 percent of all HDTVs available will have to be removed from store shelves. The group also notes that any would-be customer could simply drive over a state and buy a non-restricted TV if they choose to however.Permalink | Comments
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| Mitsubishi shows off 155-inch OLED HDTV (AfterDawn, 10/10/2009 5:32pm) |
Mitsubishi has unveiled a 155-inch OLED TV this week at the CEATEC 2009 event in Japan, showcasing one of the largest displays ever for OLED.
Mainichi Japan says the "OLED display consists of 720 10-centimeter-square OLED blocks that can be rearranged to change the dimensions of the display using Mitsubishi's Aurora Vision LED screens at baseball stadiums."
The screen is also about three times brighter than any current LCD TV. Lifespan is about 200,000 hours.
Being that the OLED blocks are so small means Mitsubishi can create a TV of any size, ranging from the now standard 15-inch TVs to infinity.
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| NEWS: Toshiba Qosmio X500 Blu-ray laptop announced (Pocket-lint, 9/23/2009 3:12pm) |
18.4-inch multimedia monster
Toshiba has announced the launch of the Qosmio X500 boasting a "sleek, glossy black chassis, backlit keyboard and LED-feathertouch controls".
Powered by Intel's latest Quad Core processors and the latest nVIDIA GeForce graphics, the Qosmio X500 claims to deliver "a realistic gameplay experience with intense visuals, vibrant environments and dynamic character effects".
With an 18.4-inch TruBrite Full HD LCD screen with 16:9 aspect ratio at a resolution of 1920x1080 pixels, Harman Kardon stereo speakers, a rewritable Blu-ray drive, the X500 appears, on paper at least, to be an entertainment powerhouse.
It also gets Toshiba's Resolution+ upscaling technology, that sees standard definition DVDs and video files upconverted to "near high definition" quality.
Other features include an "HD" webcam, a multi-touch touch pad, fingerprint reader, face recognition, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.1, eight touch-sensitive multimedia buttons, up to 4GB RAM, 1TB HDD, three USB ports all of which offer "Sleep-and-Charge" tech, REGZA-Link HDMI-CEC and a 5-in-1 card reader.
The Qosmio X500 will be available in the UK from late October - no pricing revealed, but it's gonna be steep.
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| CinemaNow comes to Funai HDTVs and Blu-ray players (AfterDawn, 10/15/2009 3:48pm) |
Funai and Sonic Solutions have announced a deal which will bring online video to more consumer electronics devices. A client for Sonic's CinemaNow service will be built into an as of yet unspecified selection of HDTVs and Blu-ray players built by Funai.
Funai manufactured brands include Phillips, Sylvania, Magnavox, and Emerson.
Like many online video services CinemaNow video on demand can already be used on a number of devices ranging from PCs and portable media players to blu-ray players
What makes them somewhat unique is their use of Sonic Solution's Qflix, which allows them to sell you DVDs which can burn at home, complete with standard CSS encryption, and don't depend on the continued operation of DRM servers. Unfortunately they do require you to buy a Qflix DVD burner and media.
Hideaki Funakoshi, General Manager of DVD Division, AV Management HQ of Funai, said "We view the inclusion of Roxio CinemaNow technology powering convenient access to high-quality entertainment as an important driver for consumer adoption of our next-generation devices."Permalink | Comments
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| Does the Samsung Instinct HD really shoot HD video? (Consumer Reports, 10/08/2009 7:02pm) |
| The Samsung Instinct HD. [PHOTO courtesy of Samsung] The Samsung Instinct HD, available from Sprint for $250 with a two-year contract after a $100 mail-in rebate, is the first cell phone we've seen that claims to make high-definition video recordings. It also boasts a 5-megapixel still camera with flash. That camera is a step up from the flashless, 2-megapixel camera found on previous Instincts, also from Sprint, including the S30 version now in our Ratings, available to subscribers. We’re evaluating the Instinct HD now, and will post full test results on it to our Ratings later this month. Meantime, our initial results on its imaging are promising, albeit with a few quibbles. The new Instinct’s camera is easy to access, thanks to a dedicated camera button, conveniently located on the lower right side of the phone. Pushing the button activates the camera’s still mode. Tapping a camera icon on the upper left of the largish (1.78 x 2.66 in.) display switches the camera to video mode. Tapping again summons controls for auto-focus, exposure, and other camera functions. The Instinct HD claims it can record video resolution of 1280 x 720p, which is a true HD format—although, as we often point out, HD format alone does not assure images of pristine, high-definition quality. To assess quality, we shot a series of videos on the Instinct and hooked it up to a 50-inch Panasonic plasma television using the optional ($30) HDMI cable. Our findings: Color was good in the MPEG4 videos, though they lacked fine detail and texture. They blurred even more when we panned the camera to the left or right. In short, they couldn’t rival the image quality you’d enjoy from full-sized HD camcorders in our Ratings, available to subscribers. But such camcorders are much bigger and pricier than the Instinct HD, and do nothing except shoot video and stills. The high-def video quality of the Instinct was comparable to what you’d get from a standard-definition pocket camcorder, such as the Flip. And that's still way ahead of the video we've seen any other camera phone. A few details and quibbles: The HDMI cable has a proprietary connector that works only with the Samsung HD, so you may have trouble finding a replacement if it's lost while you're on vacation. You can't use the cable for showing stills on your TV. If your TV has an SD memory-card slot, you can play photos and videos off of the phone's 4GB microSD memory card (the phone comes with an SD memory card adaptor). Unfortunately, accessing the card is a pain. You have to open the phone's back cover and remove the battery, which shuts off the phone. And the still-image performance of the Instinct? Pictures were sharp and well-defined, with good color overall on the TV screen, though shots taken in low light still looked dark—even with the flash. Camera controls were fairly responsive for a phone, with an acceptable next-shot delay. Our photo engineers are currently giving the Instinct HD's... (Read Full Article) |
| Panasonic in-dash HD nav system & Blu-ray player ready to ship, are you ready for the price? (Engadget, 8/20/2009 2:01pm) |
Don't think you can sell the kids short anymore, keeping the Blu-ray copy at home and taking DVD rips on the road, now that Panasonic is ready to deliver its in-dash Blu-ray player and 7-inch HD screen packing nav unit in September. We got a good peek at these back in April and the specs haven't changed, with the Profile 1.1 Bonus View compatible CY-BB1000D taking care of Blu-ray duties and featuring the same UniPhier guts as the company's line of living room Blu-ray players. The CN-HX3000D is a WXGA 1280x720p 7-inch LED backlit widescreen display ready to play back media via standard HDMI, iPod connector, SD card or its digital TV tuner, powered by Windows Automotive with navigation duties assisted by Google Maps and Yahoo! Japan. The CY-BB1000D is ¥99,750 ($1,057) and the CN-HX3000D is ¥365,400 ($3,872), and both arrive September 10 in Japan. We'll let you decide if around 5 grand is a good price for the in car HD experience (might want to look at custom mounting a DMP-B15, $800 and you can take it with you.)
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| 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) |
| PS3 buyers using console for gaming over Blu-ray, says NPD (AfterDawn, 10/19/2009 12:35am) |
Despite Sony's marketing team deciding to change the focus of the PS3 more to the console's movie downloading and Blu-ray capabilities, it appears consumers are still purchasing the system mainly for gaming.
Last August, the NPD Group released a study that showed that about 37 percent of PS3 owners had never once watched a Blu-ray film on their system. The second edition of the study was released recently, and the number hardly changed, moving down to 34 percent.
NPD did note however that the number of PS3 owners watching Blu-ray was higher then PS2 owners watching DVDs at the same point in the console's life cycle.
“It’s at a fairly high level, where it took years for PS2 owners to use [that console] for DVD,” NPD analyst Russ Crupnick added, via VB. “Most PS3 people think of it as a gaming device, but there is a reasonable level of awareness and intended use for Blu-ray.”
The new study gave the following figures to the question of why PS3 owners had purchased the console:
58 percent - Mostly to play games
34 percent - For games and movie, equally
8 percent - Mostly movies
NPD also noted that PS3 owners who have had their machines for a couple of years of more tend to buy more Blu-rays over standard definition DVDs and vice versa for newer owners.
“Newer owners are somewhat more oriented to DVD than Blu-ray,” Crupnick says. “The later you get into an adoption cycle, the more you’re not getting the super aficionado. These are people who are tougher to convince about the benefits of Blu-ray and who are sensitive to price.”Permalink | Comments
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| In the CR Test Labs: New LCD, plasma HDTVs (Consumer Reports, 8/04/2009 2:55pm) |
| The latest batch of televisions in the CR TV lab includes the new 46-inch Sony Bravia LCD. While many of us are gearing up for summer vacations, CR’s TV engineers are still hard at work testing more LCD and plasma TVs. Among this latest group are models with full-array LED backlights, and several 240Hz sets that take aim at reducing motion blur. We’re also looking at some new Toshiba models that will be the first to include Dolby Volume, a volume-leveling technology that attempts to minimize differences in loudness when you switch channels or when commercials come on. Here are the models currently being tested in our TV labs: LCD TVs Hitachi L26D103: This 26-inch 720p (1366x768) set is a TV/DVD combo with an integrated standard DVD player, headphone jack, and a built-in sleep timer. Hitachi L32A403: This 32-inch 720p (1366x768) set from Hitachi has four HDMI inputs, and comes with a swivel stand. JVC LT-46J300: This 46-inch 1080p LCD from JVC has the company’s TeleDock integrated iPod dock. LG 55LH90: This 55-inch 1080p LCD TV from LG is a high-featured model that has full-array LED backlights with local dimming, and the company’s TruMotion 240Hz technology, which combines a 120Hz refresh rate with a scanning backlight. It’s also a THX-certified set. Oddly for a higher-priced set, it doesn’t include access to LG’s NetCast Internet service. Magnavox 42MF439B/F7: Earlier this year Philips handed over the manufacturing and marketing of its Philips- and Magnavox-brand TVs in the U.S. to Funai, which also controls the Sylvania brand. This Magnavox, among the first TVs we've seen as part of the deal, is a lower-priced 42-inch 1080p LCD model that can play back digital photos and music stored on a USB flash drive. Philips 32PFL3504D: This 32-inch 720p (1366x768) set, available at mass merchants, warehouse clubs, regional dealers, and online retailers, is fairly low-priced for a major brand and includes a set-up assistant that uses an onscreen wizard to personalize settings. RCA L46FHD37R: A lower-cost 46-inch 1080p LCD, sold at Best Buy, Costco, Sam’s Clubs, and other retailers, that include a light sensor that automatically adjusts contrast to room light conditions. Samsung LN52B750: This 52-inch 1080p LCD from Samsung has new Touch of Color cosmetics (charcoal gray) and the company's Auto Motion Plus 240Hz technology that actually quadruples the TV’s frame rate. It also includes the company’s [email protected] Internet service, which uses Yahoo widgets to access online content, which will soon include instant movies from Blockbuster. Also comes with some preloaded content, such as recipes and games. It can wirelessly connect to a home network via an optional USB wireless dongle. Sharp Aquos LC-52E77UN: This 52-inch 1080p LCD from Sharp features a new design, 120Hz technology and has five HDMI inputs, the most we’ve seen. Sharp Aquos LC-C4067UN: This value-priced Aquos is a 40-inch 1080p LCD sold via the warehouse clubs. Sony Bravia KDL-46Z5100: This pricey 46-inch Sony LCD has Sony’s Motionflow 240Hz technology, which actually quadruples the TVs frame rate, plus the Bravia’s widget-based... (Read Full Article) |
| Rumor: Apple entering the HDTV market in 2011 (AfterDawn, 8/22/2009 3:02am) |
According to a new Piper Jaffray note this week, analyst Gene Munster says he expects Apple to eventually get into the HDTV market providing a full home entertainment system alongside the Apple TV media device.
Additionally, Munster says that a new, updated Apple TV is coming before Christmas, including DVR and a monthly sub to iTunes TV shows.
"We believe Apple is exploring a subscription-based offering for its TV content in iTunes," says Munster, via The Street. "Apple could leverage its deep library of content with many network and cable channel content owners to provide unlimited access to a sub-library of its TV shows for a standard monthly fee."
Adds Apple COO Tim Cook of the Apple TV:
"It is clear that the movie rental business has really helped Apple TV and there are more and more customers that want to try it," he says, noting that sales were up 300 percent year-on-year. "We're going to continue to invest in it, because we fundamentally believe there is something there for us in the future."
As for the HDTV, Munster expects a 2011 debut, and the completion of a full Apple home entertainment center.
"The device would push Apple further into the digital living room with interactive TV, music, movie, and gaming features," he added. "Such a device would command a premium among a competitive field of budget TVs."Permalink | Comments
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| Toshiba unveils Blu-ray player, price, specs (AfterDawn, 9/05/2009 2:32am) |
Via a press release today, Toshiba has put the final nail in HD DVD's coffin, unveiling their first Blu-ray player, the BDX2000.
The full specs read as follows:
* BD-Live(TM) (Profile 2.0)
* 1080p/ 24 fps Full HD Video Output
* AVCHD Playback
* Toshiba REGZA-LINK(R) (HDMI-CEC)
* Support for enhanced audio formats from Dolby(R) True HD and DTS-HD Master Audio | Essential(TM) Playback
* Bonus View
* SD Card Slot
* ENERGY STAR(R) Certified
"Toshiba is a technology leader in high definition products," says Jodi Sally, Vice President of Marketing, Digital A/V Group. "From listening to our consumers we know they demand access to full high definition content. With the introduction of our BDX2000 we are offering consumers what they want with a breath-taking HD viewing experience to meet the needs of today's home theater."
The REGZA-LINK, much like how Sony does with Bravia TVs, allows for users to connect a Regza HDTV to the Blu-ray player via HDMI, and then control both from one single remote controller. It's unclear what formats the player can read off the SD cards, but standard MP3, WMA, JPEG and AVI should not be a problem.
The player will hit stores in November and have $249.99 MSRP.
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| Disney to release 12 more 'Diamond' Blu-ray titles (AfterDawn, 9/13/2009 9:42pm) |
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment has announced they will be expanding their Blu-ray 'Diamond Collection', adding 12 new titles including The Lion King, Bambi, Cinderella, The Little Mermaid, Peter Pan, Lady and the Tramp, The Jungle Book, 101 Dalmatians and Pinocchio.
The 'Diamond' collection is considered the studio's high-end BD line, just like the 'Platinum' collection was for standard DVD.
The releases will be staggered, two per calender year, with Fantasia and Beauty and the Beast set for 2010. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs will be the first Diamond available, hitting shelves on October 6th. Just like the Platinum collection before it, each Diamond title will include a plethora of new bonus features and will only be available in limited quantities for a limited period.
One of the bonus features for Snow WHite, as explained by VideoBusiness is "‘Magic Mirror,’ which the studio touts as its first use of artificial intelligence in a film. The Blu-ray-exclusive technology recognizes viewing patterns and suggests where viewers should go next in the film for an overall personal experience."
“Walt Disney’s gift of telling captivating and engaging stories was matched only by his passion for presenting them in the most spectacular way,” adds Dick Cook, chairman of The Walt Disney Studios. “We are proud to continue his pursuit of excellence with ‘The Diamond Collection,’ which brings the films that are the foundation of our company to audiences of all ages across the globe.”
Bob Chapek, president of Disney’s DVD division, also noted: “We believe that the collection offers consumers the opportunity to enjoy these timeless classics like never before and underlines Disney’s commitment to continue to bring the best quality product and immersive experiences into the home.”Permalink | Comments
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| WD intros WD TV Live HD Media Player (AfterDawn, 10/13/2009 6:04pm) |
Western Digital has officially launched its WD TV Live HD Media Player today, offering full HD playback from external drives via your HDTV.
Full specs are very interesting:
Full-HD video playback and navigation - up to 1080p -
This is the real thing; Full-HD 1080p playback. Sit back and enjoy the spectacular picture quality of brilliant high definition video and the crystal-clear sound of digital audio. Use the included remote control to make your entertainment choices using our crisp, animated navigation menus.
Play a wide variety of file formats -
WD TV Live supports a wide variety of the most popular file formats. No need to spend time transcoding.
Play videos, music and photos from the Internet on your big screen TV -
Explore and watch YouTube videos and Flickr pictures on the big screen. Rock out to thousands of radio stations via Live365 and discover new music with Pandora radio.
Access files anywhere on your home network -
Play movies, music, and photos from any PC or drive on your home network. The Ethernet port connects this player to your home network through a wired connection or via popular, supported WiFi adapters (sold separately).
Turn your USB drive into an HD media player -
Play content from most popular USB drives, and digital cameras, camcorders, and portable media players that can be recognized as mass storage devices. Optimized for My Passport portable hard drives.
Collect without limits -
There's no limit to the size of your media collection; just add more USB drives for more space.
Play media seamlessly from multiple USB drives -
Two USB ports on the player let you connect multiple USB storage devices and access them simultaneously. Our media library feature collects the content on all the drives into one list sorted by media type.
Transfer files easily -
Copy, move or delete files stored on a USB drive, a network drive, your camcorder, or a camera to the attached USB drive using the on-screen menus.
Show photos and movies directly from your digital camera or video camera -
Works with digital cameras, digital video cameras, in fact, any digital imaging device that supports Picture Transfer Protocol.
File Copy
Copy files between USB drives
HDMI 1.3, composite video and component video output -
The HDMI port lets you connect to the highest quality HDTV or home theater. Additional composite (RCA), and component outputs ensure compatibility with virtually all television sets.
SPDIF digital output -
The optical audio output sends digital signals to your AV receiver for the best surroundsound experience.
Access media files on your home network -
WD TV Live supports a direct Ethernet connection or a USB attached wireless connection to your home network. Click here to view compatible wireless-ready USB adaptors.
Ultra-compact design -
Fits easily into your entertainment center.
The player retails for $120 USD.
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