 | Sky News to broadcast Barack Obama inauguration in high definition (HDTV UK, 1/10/2009 1:43pm) |
| Sky News is to make its high definition debut next month as it broadcasts the US presidential inauguration of Barack Obama on 20th January 2009. As the news channel currently has no high definition output, Sky has chosen to broadcast it on the Sky Arts HD channel (258); an interesting choice probably more to do with logistics than fitting the channel's usual genre... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Best Buy offers Blu-ray movie pack with HDTV (Punch Jump, 3/25/2008 3:50pm) |
| Best Buy Co. Inc. this week began offering in-store customers of Blu-ray movie pack with the purchase of a high-definition television. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Tremors Attack Pack' Announced for Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 7/02/2013 4:00pm) |
| All four films in the sci-fi franchise will be tunneling to Blu-ray in September. In an early announcement to retailers, Universal Studios says 'Tremors Attack Pack' will have a Blu-ray release on [...] (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) |
| (Unranked) | Contest: Win a Studio Ghibli Blu-ray Prize Pack (High-Def Digest, 5/21/2013 4:00pm) |
| We have a very special giveaway this week that includes not one but two movies on Blu-ray – a Studio Ghibli prize pack of Hayao Miyazaki's anime classics 'My Neighbor Totoro' and 'Howl's Moving [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | ‘Peter Pan’ Blu-ray gets February 5 release date (HD-Report, 11/26/2012 10:50pm) |
| Disney is giving the high def treatment to yet another one of its timeless treasures. Peter Pan will be released on February 5 in a Blu-ray/DVD combo pack (Suggested List Price $39.99) and Blu-ray/DVD/Digital Copy combo pack (SRP $44.99). The [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Wheelman fuels up with premium DLC on 360 today, PS3 May 7 (Joystiq, 5/04/2009 9:29pm) |
| Midway's Ubisoft's middle-of-the-road Vin Diesel action vehicle, Wheelman, gets its first (only?) round of DLC on Xbox 360 today in the form of six new "Street Showdown" missions. Two "packs" are available: a 400 ($5) collection of five "premium" races and a free pack of ... one race. (Ah yes, the budget-friendly "1-pack.")We know you're excited, PS3 owners, but you'll have to wait unt ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Corel Announces New HD Power Pack for Ulead(R) DVD MovieFactory(R) 6 Plus (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 10/23/2007 1:00pm) |
| OTTAWA----Corel Corporation , a leading developer of graphics, productivity, and digital media software, today announced that users of its Ulead® DVD MovieFactory® 6 Plus software can now install the new HD Power Pack to add AVCHD , BDMV and HD DVD Advanced Content authoring capabilities as well as M2TS import. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Samsung LNT4065F 40" 1080p LCD HDTV (Technorati, 11/29/2007 6:05pm) |
| Lcd reviews Samsung LNT4065F 40" 1080p LCD HDTV [IMG ] Dollar for dollar, there is currently not one single better LCD on the HDTV market. In fact, I take that back, money aside, this is absolutely the best 40 inch LCD out there right now. Let me start of, by saying that I am a huge Sony TV fan. I have probably owned the latest and greatest from them for the past 10 years or so. I was in th ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | UltraViolet Offers Starter Pack with New Blu-ray Players and TVs (Big Picture Big Sound, 1/10/2013 6:34pm) |
| UltraViolet will offer free movies with select TV and Blu-ray player [...] (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 $4.99 per month. The channel lineup starts with [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Disney Offers Up 'National Treasure' Blu-ray Two-Pack (High-Def Digest, 4/10/2008 10:00pm) |
| In a studio first, Disney says it will bundle the hits 'National Treasure' and 'National Treasure: Book of Secrets' as a Blu-ray two-pack this May. As we've previously reported, Disney is set to debut... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | A Level Pack to Prove that Duke Nukem 3D's Still Got It (Kotaku, 6/26/2013 9:00am) |
| The creators of Metropolitan Mayhem, an urban-themed level pack for Duke Nukem 3D, (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Modern Warfare 3 'Chaos Pack' out September 13 for PS3, PC (Joystiq, 9/06/2012 1:00am) |
| The third content collection for Modern Warfare 3 will launch for PS3 [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Borderlands, Assassin's Creed and Tons More Coming to Minecraft's Next Xbox 360 Skin Pack (Kotaku, 3/11/2013 6:42pm) |
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| (Unranked) | Black Ops 2 features optional texture pack installation on PS3 (Joystiq, 9/25/2012 7:00pm) |
| Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 will feature the option to install [...] (Read Full Article) |
| James Bond Blu-ray Collection Three-Pack Vol. 2 (Big Picture Big Sound, 10/21/2008 7:02am) |
| Get three classic 007 films together in this Blu-ray bundle that gives you the best of Sean Connery and a taste of Roger Moore.
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 | One ``Half Million Dollar'' Home + 12,000 Ticket Holders = One Lucky Winner!!! (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 6/08/2005 4:56pm) |
| Approximately 12,000 Californians will compete this Saturday to win one brand new home during the Irvine Public School Foundation's "$Half-Million Dollar$" House Raffle! ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | PSA: 3DS XL now printing novelty checks in North America (Joystiq, 8/19/2012 8:00pm) |
| Nintendo's latest handheld system, the 3DS XL, released in North America today for $199.99. [...] (Read Full Article) |
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| Sony KDL-40V2500 40" Bravia V-Series 1080p LCD HDTV Pack in the sports, movies and games with an amazing backlit 40" picture1, amplified and enhanced surround sound, and the convenience of sleep ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Footnote Blu-ray Review (Big Picture Big Sound, 8/04/2012 1:00am) |
| Pack up your research books, everybody get Footnote on [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Wreck-It Ralph (3D Blu-ray Review) (Home Media Magazine, 3/01/2013 12:19am) |
Street 3/5/13
Disney
Animated
Box Office $186.68 million
$29.99 DVD, $39.99 BD/DVD, $49.99 3D BD combo pack
Rated ‘PG’ for some rude humor and mild action/violence.
Voices of John C. Reilly, [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | Record HDD to your PSP and more (MobileMag, 4/10/2006 4:49pm) |
| Sony's new HDD/DVD recorders pack three powerful new functionalities. These babies can record three high-definition programs at the same, they can record directly to PSP (except for the RDZ-87), and they can stream video to other devices in your home as well. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Sky News to go high definition in Spring 2010 (HDTV UK, 9/26/2009 7:58am) |
| Sky has announced that its award-winning news service, Sky News, will begin broadcasting in high definition early next year. Sky News HD is scheduled for a Spring 2010 launch, following studio and production facility upgrades in the UK and overseas. It will be the UK's first dedicated news channel to broadcast in HD. The commitment to launch Sky News HD follows the channel's successful first ever HD broadcast and HD online streaming of Barack Obama's Inauguration in January 2009 - and, from launch, Sky News will bring spectacular HD pictures to viewers from around the globe as experienced HD cameramen work alongside the channels' world class UK and foreign correspondents... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Federal report highlights unease about Chinese firms (USATODAY, 10/09/2012 9:34am) |
A federal report that warns against business with two Chinese telecom makers could deal a blow to the companies.
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| (Unranked) | 'Epic' Blu-ray and Blu-ray 3D Dated and Detailed (High-Def Digest, 7/24/2013 11:00pm) |
| The 2013 animated fantasy will hit both Blu-ray formats in four weeks. In an early announcement to retailers, 20th Century Fox is preparing 'Epic' Blu-ray/DVD/Ultraviolet combo pack and 'Epic - 3D' [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | New on Blu-ray, 3D & UltraViolet this week (HD-Report, 6/03/2013 2:16pm) |
| This week in movies A Good Day to Die Hard starring Bruce Willis is available on Blu-ray Disc and includes a new extended cut along with the theatrical version. The two-disc Blu-ray combo pack from [...] (Read Full Article) |
| 'Mr. & Mrs. Smith,' 'Dodgeball' Lead Fox March Blu-ray Wave (High-Def Digest, 12/12/2006 11:35pm) |
| Expanding their ever-growing Blu-ray library, Fox Home Entertainment will unveil four new catalog titles on March 13. Leading the pack will be a BD-50 dual-layer release of the Bragelina action blockbuster... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Chinese movie pirates selling fake Blu-rays of stolen films (HDTV UK, 1/16/2009 2:55pm) |
| Duped twice. That's what you'd be if you'd bought any of the fake Blu-ray discs emanating from China, a huge batch of which were seized by officers from the International Federation Against Copyright Theft - Greater China. Not only had the pirates ripped off Chinese and Japanese titles including Kung Fu Panda, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Wall·E and The Women, but they had tried to pass lower qu ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'The Great Gatsby' Blu-ray and Blu-ray 3D Up For Pre-Order (High-Def Digest, 6/24/2013 10:30pm) |
| Baz Luhrmann's 2013 spectacle arrives on both formats this August. In an early announcement to retailers, Warner Brothers is preparing 'The Great Gatsby' Blu-ray/DVD/Ultraviolet combo pack and 'The [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Rise of the Guardians' Blu-ray and Blu-ray 3D Announced (High-Def Digest, 1/22/2013 9:00pm) |
| The family adventure film will debut on video just in time for Easter! In an early announcement to retailers, DreamWorks is preparing 'Rise of the Guardians' Blu-ray/DVD combo pack and 'Rise of the [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | New on Blu-ray this week: 42, Evil Dead, Solomon Kane (HD-Report, 7/16/2013 1:30pm) |
| What’s new on Blu-ray Disc this week? Let’s start with 42 starring Chadwick Boseman, Harrison Ford, and Nicole Beharie. The Blu-ray Combo Pack from Warner Bros. comes with BD, DVD, and UltraViolet code to download [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Rise of the Guardians - Blu-ray Disc Review (About.com, 3/11/2013 10:00am) |
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The DreamWorks Animated films, Rise of the Guardians comes to Blu-ray in several packages, and for this review, I was provided the 2D Blu-ray/DVD combo pack. The film features a ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'IMAX: To The Arctic - 3D' Announced for Blu-ray and Blu-ray 3D (High-Def Digest, 1/30/2013 7:00pm) |
| The most successful IMAX film of all time debuts on both formats in a single combo pack release this March. In an early announcement to retailers, Warner Brothers has slated 'IMAX: To The Arctic - [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Win Dexter Seasons 5 and 6 on Blu-ray (Big Picture Big Sound, 8/30/2012 12:49am) |
| Enter to win a Dexter Blu-ray prize pack including seasons 5 and 6 and a Dexter/Harrison bobble head [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | The Dark Knight Rises on Blu-ray: Bonus Product Pick (About.com, 12/06/2012 9:00pm) |
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The Dark Knight Rises is now available on Blu-ray with a stunning video transfer and great surround track. The film is available in both Blu-ray/DVD combo pack and as part ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Black Ops 2 'Revolution' DLC on PS3, PC Feb. 28 (Joystiq, 2/12/2013 8:00pm) |
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| (Unranked) | Blu-ray Review: Peter Pan: Diamond Edition (3-Disc Combo Pack) (High-Def Digest, 1/29/2013 3:00pm) |
| The 1950s was a strong decade for Disney Animation. All of the Disney animated features released during that era are now considered top-tier classics. 'Peter Pan' came after such classics as [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Black Ops 2 'Revolution' DLC hits PS3 and PC (Joystiq, 3/01/2013 8:00am) |
Xbox exclusivity on the latest Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 DLC has ended, meaning PC and PS3 players can now nab the "Revolution" pack. For $14.99, [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Jack the Giant Slayer' Blu-ray and Blu-ray 3D Announced (High-Def Digest, 4/19/2013 9:45pm) |
| Bryan Singer's epic fantasy will hit both Blu-ray formats in June. In an early announcement to retailers, Warner Brothers is preparing 'Jack the Giant Slayer' Blu-ray/DVD/Digital Copy combo pack and [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Singing About ‘Perry’ Extras (Home Media Magazine, 9/18/2012 8:57pm) |
| The new 3D concert movie Katy Perry: Part of Me inspired the most exclusives among the Sept. 18 new releases.
Walmart offered a limited number of the non-3D Blu-ray/DVD combo pack with a bonus postcard autographed by Katy Perry that [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'The Amazing Spider-Man' Blu-ray and Blu-ray 3D Officially Announced (High-Def Digest, 9/06/2012 6:00pm) |
| Your friendly neighborhood web-slinger swings onto home video this November! As previously reported, Sony is preparing 'The Amazing Spider-Man,' 'The Amazing Spider-Man' (Combo Pack), 'The Amazing [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | New on Blu-ray Disc July 2, 2013 (HD-Report, 7/02/2013 6:36pm) |
| This week Mel Brooks’ classic film The Producers with Gene Wilder and Zero Mostel has been released in a Collector’s Edition on Blu-ray Disc. The Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack  includes “The Making Of The Producers” documentary, [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | ‘The Host’ Blu-ray, DVD & UltraViolet release dates announced (HD-Report, 5/08/2013 3:05pm) |
| Universal Studios has announced the release date for The Host on Blu-ray Disc & DVD will be July 9, 2013, predated by an early digital release on June 25. The Blu-ray Combo Pack will contain [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Fox Pitches ‘Sandlot’ Blu-ray March 26 (Home Media Magazine, 2/28/2013 12:17am) |
| Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment commemorates the 20th anniversary of baseball comedy The Sandlot by re-releasing the film March 26 as a Blu-ray Disc/DVD combo pack.
The film centers on newbie Scotty Smalls (Tom Guiry) and the [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | ‘Monster in Paris’ Runs Amok on 3D BD (Home Media Magazine, 1/10/2013 12:04am) |
| Shout! Factory! and EuropaCorp April 16 unveil CGI-animated A Monster in Paris on 3D Blu-ray combo pack ($24.97) and DVD ($14.97).
Set in Paris in 1910, A Monster in Paris chronicles Franc, a gentle soul with an undeniable talent for [...] (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) |
| $99 Xbox 360 Bundle Has Everything The Arcade Doesn't [Xbox 360] (Kotaku, 10/29/2008 7:30am) |
| Microsoft have announced an "Xbox 360 Live Pack", which contains a 60GB HDD, a wired headset, ethernet cable and 3 month Xbox Live Gold subscription. In other words, everything you need in the Arcade... ... (Read Full Article) |
| The Earbud Clip (I4U, 10/29/2005 9:18am) |
| The Earbud Clip is one of those nifty thingies that organize your mp3 player earphone cables. The Earbud Clip by PKOH NYC is a simple solution to keep earbud-style headphones from tangling inside a bag or pocket. A pack of 4 Earbud Clips sell for... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'The Little Mermaid: Diamond Edition' Blu-ray and Blu-ray 3D Pre-Orders Live and $5 Coupon (High-Def Digest, 4/19/2013 6:37pm) |
| Get your order in now for Disney's 1989 animated masterpiece and save $5 at Amazon! Amazon has already listed 'The Little Mermaid: Diamond Edition' (Blu-ray/DVD/Digital Copy Combo Pack) and 'The [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Blu-ray Giveaway: ‘Django Unchained’ (HD-Report, 4/16/2013 6:16pm) |
| This month we’re giving away a copy of Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained on Blu-ray Disc. The 2-Disc Combo Pack from Weinstein Company/Anchor Bay includes a Blu-ray, DVD, Digital Copy and UltraViolet Copy of the film. There are [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Here’s what’s new on Blu-ray, Digital Copy, and UltraViolet this week (HD-Report, 1/22/2013 2:16pm) |
| The End of Watch from Universal Studios hits shelves today in a 2-Disc Combo Pack which includes Blu-ray, DVD, Digital, and UltraViolet activation code. Written and directed by David Ayer (Training Day), the film stars Jake [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Universal Plotting 'Sarah Marshall,' Judd Apatow 3-Pack for Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 6/17/2008 8:00pm) |
| Making an early announcement to retailers, Universal is planning to bring 'Forgetting Sarah Marshall,' 'Knocked Up' and '40-Year-Old Virgin' to Blu-ray this Fall. According to early word from distributors,... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Jaws gets first hi-def release on Blu-ray (HD-Report, 8/10/2012 10:32pm) |
| If any film instilled a mass sense of fear over one animal it would be Steven Spielberg’s 1975 film Jaws. This coming Tuesday, Universal will release Jaws in high-definition for the first time on Blu-ray Disc. The multi-format combo pack will [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Warner, Walmart Partner for Early ‘Man of Steel’ Movie, Blu-ray Access (Home Media Magazine, 4/24/2013 2:32pm) |
| Warner Bros. and Walmart April 24 said they have partnered to sell tickets and pre-orders of the Blu-ray Disc Combo Pack or HD Digital download to a pre-screening of the much anticipated Superman reboot, Man of Steel from director Zach [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Murdoch Mysteries: Season 5' & 'Murdoch Mysteries: Seasons 1-4 Value Pack' Blu-rays Announced (High-Def Digest, 2/28/2013 7:00pm) |
| Next week will be the perfect time to catch up on the hit Canadian crime drama on Blu-ray. In an announcement to retailers, Acorn Media has revealed 'Murdoch Mysteries: Season 5' (along with a [...] (Read Full Article) |
| LG slides out 55LH95 and 55LH93 wireless LCD HDTVs (Engadget, 6/25/2009 2:24pm) |
| Maybe it's just the disco-inspired wallpaper that has our motors all revved up, but whatever the case, we're pretty jazzed about LG's newest 55-inch duo. The 55LH95 and 55LH93 are the company's latest ultrathin LED-backlit sets, both of which slim down to 24.8 millimeters and pack a grand total of 3,360 LEDs -- a number that LG claims is around seven times that used in most edge-lit LED TVs. T ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | The Manti Te'o Fake Girlfriend Hoax: Crazy 3D News Edition (Gizmodo, 1/17/2013 5:45pm) |
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| (Unranked) | First ‘Hobbit’ Bows on Digital First (Home Media Magazine, 2/06/2013 1:18am) |
| Warner’s The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey arrives as a digital download March 12, a week before the Peter Jackson epic adventure lands on disc March 19.
A 3D Blu-ray combo pack for the first film in the J.R.R. Tolkien trilogy is [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Lionsgate Champions 'Ultimate Avengers' as Blu-ray Two-Pack (High-Def Digest, 2/20/2007 5:46am) |
| In the first double feature release to hit a next-gen format, Lionsgate will bring the direct-to-video 'Ultimate Avengers' and its sequel 'Ultimate Avengers 2' to Blu-ray on April 24. Dubbed the 'Ultimate... ... (Read Full Article) |
| DISH Network America's Everything Pack and ViP622 High Definition DVR (Big Picture Big Sound, 2/25/2008 11:00am) |
| Our resident lover of free (broadcast) high definition television gives DISH Network a spin and he just may not be able to go back to life without the dish. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Activision bringing Cut the Rope: Triple Threat 3-game pack to 3DS (Joystiq, 1/22/2014 8:30pm) |
| Activision Publishing has announced plans to bring the Cut the Rope series to the Nintendo 3DS in "early 2014." Cut the Rope: Triple Treat combines three games in the ZeptoLabs franchise: the original mobile release and its expansions Cut the Rope: [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Party N: New Wii U Zelda and 'Wind Waker' HD Lead Pack of First Party Games Teased by Nintendo (High-Def Digest, 1/23/2013 8:30pm) |
| New 3D Mario game, 'Mario Kart' Wii U, and new 'Smash Bros.' all touched upon. After declaring that January and February would lack for any first party Nintendo games for the Wii U and asking fans [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Poker Night at the Inventory 2 launch trailer shuffles the pack (Joystiq, 4/24/2013 3:00pm) |
A new Poker Night means a new group of familiar faces to read. GLaDOS is dealing in Sam, Ash, Claptrap, and Brock starting today on [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Oz The Great and Powerful - Read The 3D Blu-ray Edition Review (About.com, 7/02/2013 10:00am) |
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As a follow-up to my previous review of the Oz The Great and Powerful Blu-ray/DVD/Digital Copy Combo Pack, I was able to [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | A chip off the 3D printing block: Samsung partners with 3D Systems for custom Note 3 cases (video) (Engadget, 1/07/2014 8:09pm) |
| It figures that Samsung would want to take its "Create" tagline for the Note series and press on into 3D printing because: You. Customization. The endless possibilities. And all that other jargon-y industry buzz buzz buzz. Well, now that the Korean [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Prometheus' Features Seven-Plus Hours of Bonuses (Home Media Magazine, 9/28/2012 10:19pm) |
| When 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment releases Prometheus on Oct. 9, consumers who choose the four-disc 3D Blu-ray collector’s edition or two-disc Blu-ray combo pack will get a full seven hours of bonus features.
Those releases [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | PSA: Battlefield 3: Aftermath available today on PS3; Dec. 4 on Xbox 360, PC (Joystiq, 11/27/2012 5:00pm) |
Battlefield 3's "Aftermath" DLC pack will be available later today for those with a PlayStation 3. The DLC includes [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Tim Burton’s ‘Dark Shadows’ coming to Blu-ray (HD-Report, 7/31/2012 5:21pm) |
| Dark Shadows, Tim Burton's big screen take on the classic 60's vampire soap opera, will arrive in a Blu-ray/DVD/Ulatrviolet combo pack on October 2 at a suggested list price of $35.99. This campy/creepy comedy stars Johhn Depp as Barnabas Collins, a [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | ‘The Man with the Iron Fists’ unrated release date on Blu-ray & DVD (HD-Report, 12/14/2012 8:02pm) |
| The Man with the Iron Fists unrated extended edition will release to Blu-ray and DVD on February 12, 2013. The Blu-ray Combo Pack from Universal will also include a Digital Copy and UltraViolet access code. Although not set in stone, the extended [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | No midnight launch for Wii U at EB Games Canada (Joystiq, 11/17/2012 1:30am) |
| Before you pack up the 3DS, blankets and folding chair to go wait in line for Wii U in the Great White North, know that EB Games Canada has decided not [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Save $7 on Disney's 'Super Buddies' Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 7/16/2013 5:51pm) |
| Disney and Scott are offering an exclusive printable coupon to save $7.00 on the super-powered Blu-ray! Disney/Buena Vista will be releasing 'Super Buddies' (Blu-ray/DVD/Digital Copy Combo Pack) on [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Backhanded Box Quotes: 'I Wish They Would Do a HD Remake of Blood Money' (Kotaku, 12/01/2012 1:30am) |
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| (Unranked) | Classic Doc ‘Nanook of the North’ Heading for Blu-ray (Home Media Magazine, 1/09/2013 11:41pm) |
| Flicker Alley will release the classic 1922 documentary Nanook of the North on Blu-ray Disc Feb. 26 as part of a two-pack with the 1934 film The Wedding of Palo.
Robert Flaherty’s Nanook chronicles Inuit Eskimo life in the Canadian [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Fox Fires Up 'Alien vs. Predator' Blu-ray Double-Header (High-Def Digest, 3/14/2008 6:00pm) |
| In a studio first, Fox says it will bundle the hits 'Alien vs. Predator' and 'Alien vs. Predator: Requiem' as a Blu-ray two-pack this April. As we've previously reported, 'Alien vs. Predator: Requiem'... ... (Read Full Article) |
| BioShock surfaces on PS3 this October (Joystiq, 5/28/2008 11:30am) |
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During the month of Halloween, you PlayStation 3 owners will finally have the opportunity to wield blunt instruments and bludgeon a pack of masked weirdos. Especially if they're between you and a PS3 copy of BioShock, which has been slated for release in October. Having wrenched free from its Xbox 360 and Windows excl ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Samsung Galaxy Note 3 drops by the FCC ahead of global launch (Engadget, 9/04/2013 10:20pm) |
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| (Unranked) | New on Blu-ray, Digital & UltraViolet this week (HD-Report, 3/26/2013 5:40pm) |
| What’s new on Blu-ray, Digital, and UltraViolet this week? Let’s start with Lincoln starring Oscar-winner Daniel Day-Lewis. The film is available from Dreamworks in a Two-Disc or Four-Disc Combo Pack. The Two-Disc edition includes both [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Publishers tell Sony it's time for a PS3 price cut (Ars Technica, 3/16/2009 4:12pm) |
| While overall game sales are doing very well in the face of recession, Sony seems to be lagging behind the pack when it comes to both software and hardware sales. The reasons for this are debatable—and could likely fill a book—but the simplest and toughest issue is the price. At $400, the PS3 is the most expensive system on the market by a large margin. Publishers are really starting t ... (Read Full Article) |
| STEVE LAWSON'S GAMES AND TECHNOLOGY ROUND-UP : TE C H HEADS (Daily Record, 10/07/2005 12:37am) |
| A BUSINESSMAN fed up with novelty ringtones has launched a new service selling the ringing sound of old-fashioned telephones. The website www.soundslikeaphone.com has recordings of 11 classic phones. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Digit Online - Features - Disc dilemma (Digit Magazine, 8/17/2005 12:30pm) |
| CD: FREE! Perfect polygons in 3DS, Maya, Carrara... As both the Blu-ray and HD-DVD camps travelling full steam ahead to get their disc format to market, optimism for a single successor to the DVD format is diminishing. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | New Blu-ray releases this week: Skyfall, James Bond singles, Weeds Season 8 (HD-Report, 2/11/2013 5:03pm) |
| If you’re a James Bond fan, this week brings lots of goodies on Blu-ray Disc starting with the release of Skyfall. Although there’s no extra material to supplement the title, the two-disc combo pack includes [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | ‘Tron/Tron Legacy – 3D’ on sale at Amazon today (HD-Report, 9/30/2012 5:04pm) |
| Amazon’s Gold Box Deal of the Day today is a sweet treat for fans of lightcycles. If you can break away from the NFL for a few moments, you can score Disney’s Tron/Tron Legacy – Â 3D combo pack for $37.49 (53% off the regular [...] (Read Full Article) |
| PS3s Now Made For Half The Price [Playstation 3] (Kotaku, 1/12/2008 3:20am) |
| Yeah, a lot's been made of the PS3 losing Sony money. As impressive a machine as it is, it costs a ton to manufacture, and the more Sony sell, the more money they're losing. Or are they? We know the... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Wal-Mart sells Blu-ray 2-packs for under $25 (Punch Jump, 7/08/2009 3:39pm) |
| Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has begun selling Blu-ray 2-packs at under $25 via its online division.
Walmart.com is offering a wide range of Blu-ray 2-pack SKUs to online customers. Titles include Shooter / The Italian Job, Top Gun / Days of Thunder, Face Off / Next, and Mission Impossible / Mission Impossible 2.
Meanwhile, retailer Amazon.com is offering [...] ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Not content to simply create a fake 16-bit game to base their real 3D Guild Wars 2 April Fools' surp (Kotaku, 4/19/2013 10:24pm) |
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Not content to simply create a fake 16-bit game to base their real 3D Guild Wars 2 April Fools' [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Amazon Really Does Lose Money on Every Kindle Fire HD (But Microsoft, Not So Much) (Gizmodo, 11/04/2012 8:30pm) |
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| (Unranked) | ‘True Blood: The Complete Fifth Season’ Blu-ray & DVD release date (HD-Report, 3/08/2013 8:16am) |
| HBO Home Video will release True Blood: The Complete Fifth Season to Blu-ray Disc and DVD on Tuesday, May 21. The 7-disc Blu-ray Combo Pack (MSRP $79.99) contains all 12 episodes of the fifth season [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Obama Administration Looks to Kill "The Liberator" 3D Printed Gun (DailyTech, 5/10/2013 5:48pm) |
| "The best we can hope for concerning the people at large is that they be properly armed." -- Alexander [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Perfect Dark for 360 Collector's Edition (1up.com, 9/06/2005 6:59pm) |
| Rare and Microsoft Studios announced the release of a limited edition collectible box set of Perfect Dark Zero for Xbox 360. In addition to two discs of game and bonus content, the pack includes "Hong Kong Sunrise," a special-edition comic booklet set in the "PDZ" universe which sets up the game's story, and one of nine mysterious Holographic Glyph Card collectibles, all placed inside a sleek ... (Read Full Article) |
| Microsoft working on Blu-ray recording support in Vista (HDTV UK, 1/16/2009 2:55pm) |
| Microsoft is to provide an update to Windows Vista that will allow Blu-ray discs to be recorded. A first beta version of Service Pack 2 for Vista has been released to a small group of Technology Adoption Program customers for evaluation. Though the ability to write data to Blu-ray discs will exist, Microsoft did not say whether a revised Windows Media Player would play Blu-ray movie discs. There' ... (Read Full Article) |
| Progressive-scan DVD has best picture quality (Seattle Times, 3/20/2005 8:10am) |
| There are at least six types of DVD hardware competing for your dollar... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | The Folks Behind Duke Nukem Forever Want Your Money for a "New" Game [3D Realms] (Kotaku, 9/25/2012 12:30pm) |
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| (Unranked) | Here's the 3D-printing institute in Obama's State of the Union (CNET Blogs, 2/13/2013 5:01am) |
| The president wants you to know about the National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute in Youngstown, Ohio, and its plans to print the future. (Read Full Article) |
| Dolby technology hits high note (Electronics NEWS - about-electronics.eu, 2/07/2007 10:20am) |
| Dolby technology hits high note Filed under: TV & HDTV, Corporate, Home Cinema | by: luk | Hits:... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Pressure rising on Americans as Open Series begins (Sun-Sentinel, 7/17/2006 7:08am) |
| The U.S. Open Series starts today ... $30 million in prize money ... $1 million in bonus money for the U.S. Open winners ... instant replay with electronic line calling ... HDTV broadcasts ... six weeks and 10 tournaments. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | LG monster 3D OLED screen details leak ahead of IFA (HDTV UK, 8/31/2010 10:20am) |
| It's been heralded as the future of flatscreen TVs, but OLED screens have so far been so small and expensive that they've remained something of a novelty. Until now that is. Details have leaked of an LG super OLED set... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | This Week on Blu-ray: Life of Pi, Roger Rabbit, Rise of the Guardians, and more! (Big Picture Big Sound, 3/12/2013 7:22pm) |
| Ang Lee's grand adventure, an animated pack of superheroes, and Roger Rabbit; get a peek at this week's new and notable [...] (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) |
| DISH Network Offers Chance to Watch Mets, Save Money (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 4/14/2005 2:10pm) |
| EchoStar Communications Corporation announced that its DISH Network satellite TV service has unveiled a plan allowing frustrated New York-area cable customers to save money while watching Mets baseball games. (Read Full Article) |
| Filing alleges Dolan created fake group (New York Newsday, 4/13/2005 9:41pm) |
| Tonight: Mostly clear this evening, then becoming partly cloudy. (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | HDD Deal of the Week: 'Men in Black Trilogy Giftset w/Worm Figurine' and 'Sci-Fi 3-Pack' Blu-ray Sets Over Fifty Percent Off at Amazon (High-Def Digest, 6/16/2013 5:30pm) |
| Will Smith makes Amazon's Blu-ray deal this week look real good! Amazon is selling 'Men in Black Trilogy Giftset w/Worm Figurine' for $38.99 (59% off the suggested retail price). This set includes: [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Black Ops 2 gets Vengeance on PC and PS3 August 1 (Joystiq, 7/10/2013 10:30pm) |
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Black Ops 2 players on PC and PS3 will receive the latest DLC pack, Vengeance, on [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Sharp's 20-inch AQUOS DX LCD HDTV has a built-in Blu-ray player, no 1080p panel (Engadget, 5/22/2009 12:39pm) |
| Cute Sharp, real cute. Brag about releasing the world's first 20-inch LCD HDTV with a built-in Blu-ray player, but don't even mention to consumers that they won't have the luxury of seeing their flicks in full resolution. For reasons unknown, the latest set in the AQUOS DX range does indeed pack a remarkably convenient integrated BD player, but the 1,366 x 768 resolution makes the whole thing s ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Disruptions: Disruptions: 3-D Printing Is on the Fast Track (New York Times, 2/17/2013 4:00pm) |
| Printing in 3-D shows more promise than other technologies that President Obama has pushed, but the question is whether the United States can get a foothold in manufacturing one 3-D printer at a [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Kickstarter Tech Project of the Week: 3Doodler (eCoustics, 3/15/2013 8:04pm) |
| Project Name: 3Doodler: The World’s First 3D Printing Pen Category: Hardware Goal: $30,000—met in mere hours Currently Funded: $2.25 million Deadline for Pledging: March 25, 2013 3D printing may sound like an expensive novelty of the [...] (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) |
| Reference Design enables high-definition set-top boxes. (ThomasNet, 6/06/2006 1:31pm) |
| Utilizing Windows CE 5.0 Networked Media Device Feature Pack, STB Reference Design accelerates development cycle of set-top boxes, HD-DVD players, and digital video recorders. It integrates STB7109 high-definition decoder, USB 2.0 host port, SATA port and Ethernet interface, which enables STB to be central part of home network. Digital copy-protected HDMI allows digital connection to any HD-ready ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | ‘Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters’ Digital, UV & Blu-ray release dates revealed, unrated version included (HD-Report, 3/28/2013 8:51pm) |
| Paramount has announced the home release date for Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters, and revealed an unrated version of the film will be included in both the Blu-ray/DVD combo and the Blu-ray 3D/Blu-ray/DVD combo pack. [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | PSA: Black Ops 2 Apocalypse DLC out on PS3, PC today (Joystiq, 9/26/2013 11:30pm) |
Apocalypse, the final downloadable content pack for Activision's Call of Duty: [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Federal Jury Rules Nintendo Infringed On Inventor's Glasses-Free 3D Patent, Awards $30.2 Million [UPDATE] (Kotaku, 3/13/2013 10:58pm) |
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| (Unranked) | An extra large look at the 3DS XL (Joystiq, 7/30/2012 4:02pm) |
The 3DS XL is big.
... Okay, maybe it isn't as big as our novelty Fire Emblem eraser makes it seem, but as a [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | NASA experimenting with 3D printing for space exploration (CNET Blogs, 4/17/2013 4:07pm) |
| President Obama said 3D printing "has the potential to revolutionize the way we make almost everything." So why not start with NASA? CNET's Sumi Das visits NASA Ames to look at how they're making space parts from 3D-printing machines. (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | You Won't Believe These Images Are Just Renders (Gizmodo, 7/23/2013 1:00pm) |
| It can be difficult to know what's real and what's fake when it comes to digital art these days. But don't torture yourself worrying about it now: Here are some of the most photorealistic 3D [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Broadband on city's horizon (Banner Graphic, 7/08/2005 6:23pm) |
| Mayor Nancy Michael and officials from Cinergy MetroNet announced the start of Greencastle's new multi-million dollar community-wide broadband fiber based communications network. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Free Max Payne 3 DLC, Disorganized Crime, hits Aug. 28 (Joystiq, 8/22/2012 12:00pm) |
| Max Payne 3's next round of free DLC, the Disorganized Crime map pack, is shooting in on [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Video games a key battlefield in high-def DVD war (Reuters via Yahoo! News, 5/05/2006 7:47pm) |
| A major video game conference next week could prove pivotal for a multibillion dollar war over high-definition DVD standards brewing in Hollywood. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Filing alleges Dolan's ally is fake (Newsday, 4/14/2005 1:27am) |
| Even though the story of Voom is all but ended, a 43-page filing that became public Wednesday provides more evidence of how bizarre the battle over the satellite TV service has been between Cablevision and its own chairman, Charles Dolan. (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | PSA: Dishonored 'Dunwall City Trials' blinks to PC, 360 and PS3 today (Joystiq, 12/11/2012 1:45pm) |
| Dishonored's first DLC pack, "Dunwall City Trials," is available right now on (Read Full Article) |
| Mr. Skilling, Come On Over (New York Times, 4/24/2005 1:19am) |
| For the preview screening in Houston last week of the documentary " Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room," two indicted executives from the company, Kenneth L. Lay and Jeffrey K. Skilling, were not in the room - even though their multimillion-dollar homes were just a few blocks from the theater. (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | I Kinda Wish This 'Nintendo 1DS' Was A Real Thing (Kotaku, 9/03/2013 10:30pm) |
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Don't get too excited—this is fake. But it's one hell of a spoof. A Wii U-like gamepad that can output 3DS games on your phone or TV, [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | More News 7/21/2005 from Lee Wood (HDTV Magazine, 7/21/2005 3:55pm) |
Top 10 Markets' DTV Status
Updated to July 18, 2005
(Federal Communications Commission)
http://www.fcc.gov/mb/video/files/dtvstat.html
Top 11-30 Markets' DTV Status
Updated to July 18, 2005
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| FCC wants to hurry up and get digital TVs in the house (USA Today, 6/09/2005 3:44pm) |
| Federal regulators on Thursday moved up the deadlines for manufacturers to make popular, midsize television sets capable of receiving ... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Lucasfilm selects HP technology to create digital entertainment assets (Computerworld Singapore, 9/30/2005 7:43am) |
| HP and Lucasfilm, the leader in visual effects and sound engineering for feature films, have recently announced a global, three-year, multi-million dollar technology and marketing agreement. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Is That Movie You're Seeing Real or Fake 3D? (Gizmodo, 6/03/2013 4:51pm) |
| 3D movies increasingly the norm nowadays, whether you love it or hate it (hate it). But however you feel about it, did you know that there are varying levels of 3D quality? For the discerning [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Tax refund will make a perfect investment (Detroit News, 4/03/2006 8:09am) |
| So far this tax season, 56 million of you have overpaid your federal income taxes to the tune of nearly $134 billion. That averages out to $2,379 per person, just enough to buy a 50-inch high-definition TV. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | These Amazing Fake 3DSs Need To Become Real (Kotaku, 4/26/2013 12:30am) |
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Nintendo is releasing a number of cool themed 3DSs—like this Luigi one, or the (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Nintendo hit with $30.2M in damages over 3D patent suit (CNET Blogs, 3/14/2013 3:52am) |
| A federal jury finds the game maker liable for patent infringement for 3D technology used in its 3DS gaming device. (Read Full Article) |
| FCC Adjusts DTV-Tuner Schedule (MultiChannel News, 11/03/2005 10:46pm) |
| Every new TV set sold in the United States after March 1, 2007, must include an over-the-air digital tuner, the Federal Communications Commission said Thursday. ... (Read Full Article) |
| HD shifts the landscape (Brisbane Courier Mail, 3/21/2006 1:52pm) |
| THE term "high-definition" used to be a curse when the Federal Government, broadcasters and TV makers were reluctantly talking about forcing massive changes upon the television landscape. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Demand for TV may help to avert Sony layoffs (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 3/31/2006 5:08am) |
| Most of roughly 600 Sony Corp. workers in Westmoreland County who were expecting to lose jobs this spring may be keeping them instead, thanks to increasing demand for high-dollar, high-definition digital televisions made in East Huntingdon. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Consumer Alert: Not All Blu-ray Players Play All Blu-ray Disc Features (About.com, 2/09/2008 10:00am) |
| Although Blu-ray definitely has the upper hand against HD-DVD, it is interesting to note that in one aspect of the format war, Blu-ray has a decided disadvantage. While HD-DVD has... ... (Read Full Article) |
| The Death of TV Guide (TVPredictions.com, 7/26/2005 6:28pm) |
| says it's changing everything. Editor's Note: Five years ago, TVPredictions.com's president, Phillip Swann, wrote "TV dot Com: The Future of Interactive Television." ... (Read Full Article) |
| FCC moves up deadline for digital midsize TVs (The Times Leader - Technology, 6/09/2005 4:03pm) |
| WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal regulators on Thursday moved up the deadlines for manufacturers to make popular, mid-sized television sets capable of receiving digital signals. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | A 3D-Printed Hamburger Would Cost You $300,000 (Gizmodo, 1/21/2013 1:50pm) |
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Making fake meat in a [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Harris gets HDTV deal for 9 cities in Mexico (Florida Today, 4/22/2005 5:41am) |
| Complete FLORIDA TODAY coverage delivered to your door. Subscribe now. Harris Corp. on Thursday won a multimillion-dollar contract with one of the two largest producers of Spanish-language programming in the world to bring high-definition television to nine cities in Mexico by the middle of next year. (Read Full Article) |
| Digital TV Shoot-Out (Forbes, 9/22/2005 6:55pm) |
| Investors take note: Here's how consumers rank some of the best and brightest players in digital TV. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Watch a fake flower blossom thanks to flexible 3D-printed materials (video) (Engadget, 2/01/2014 5:12pm) |
| Richard Clarkson, a student at New York's School of Visual Arts, has used a combination of pneumatics and 3D-printed flexible-materials to create an artificial flower that "blooms," and the result is pretty neat. When air fills a cavity in the [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Digital under review again (Australian (Australian IT, 5/18/2005 10:42pm) |
| ANOTHER review of digital television legislation has been launched by the federal Government despite no decisions being made on the four similar reviews held last year. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Digital under review again (Australian (Australian IT, 5/18/2005 10:50pm) |
| ANOTHER review of digital television legislation has been launched by the federal Government despite no decisions being made on the four similar reviews held last year. ... (Read Full Article) |
| 2006 conversion deadline looming (The (The Clarion-Ledger, 5/15/2005 10:19am) |
| Call it the American Resolution. TV sets: Join or die. It is the country\\\'s commitment to digital TV, a transition from analog mandated by the Federal Communications Commission and which is now coming at you as inevitably as a squirrel-nut joke from David Letterman. ... (Read Full Article) |
| The Slow March to HDTV (About.com, 10/21/2005 9:14pm) |
| As the nation makes a slow march towards high-definition TV (digital transmission), what role will the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) have in regulating content --... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Samsung's 40-inch OLED TV: pics (Engadget, 5/20/2005 2:02pm) |
| So that 40-inch OLED panel from Samsung we mentioned yesterday — Akihabara News has gotten the skinny on this skinny TV and snagged some pics. And — it’s big. The model didn’t even have to fake it — she’s clearly impressed by this. One more after the jump. Ads by Google ... (Read Full Article) |
| Hockey's blue wave (The Buffalo News, 3/10/2005 1:57pm) |
| Note to Buffalo Sabres fans: If you plan to attend either of the Rochester Americans' upcoming games in HSBC Arena, you might want to bring a pair of sunglasses. (Read Full Article) |
| DTC Research Reports: Commanding Control of Entertainment Content Is Critical Next Step for Owning the Digital Living (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 6/20/2005 2:00pm) |
| How soon companies can protect digital content is the next big hurdle to overcome in the multi-billion-dollar race to control the living room - even more than licensing the content, according to the newest market report from Digital Tech Consulting . ... (Read Full Article) |
| A Game by Any Other Name Sells as Sweet (Washington Post, 1/31/2006 2:45pm) |
| What's in a name? Plenty of money for some advertisers who have to go to great lengths to avoid saying "Super Bowl" in promotions. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Bandwidth to the home, how much is enough (Blog Maverick, 3/08/2006 7:26pm) |
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Its the trillion dollar question. Telcos and cable companies are retooling and/or rebuilding their
networks to squeeze as much bandwidth as possible out of their plants. Satellite providers are looking at every
alternative means of increasing banwidth to, and adding a return path from the home.
None have a choice. There is no question ... (Read Full Article) |
| Best Bets (San Jose Mercury News, 4/03/2006 12:17pm) |
| 8 p.m. Prison Break Ch. 2, Ch. 35 -- Flashbacks show how Lincoln, Sucre, T-Bag, C-Note and Dr. Sara ended up in prison and what drove Michael to plan his brother's escape. (N) (CC) (TV-14-DLSV) (HDTV) ... (Read Full Article) |
| U.S. Indie Blue Ray Technologies to Launch Blue Ray Games for Multi-Billon Dollar Games Market (PR Web, 5/23/2006 4:06pm) |
| The new BD Games division will specialize in using remarkable capabilities of Blue Ray Discs and new PS3 combo hi-def movie and game console. The firm will both manufacture high-definition game disks for studios and to develop its own line of games in-house. Blu-ray pricing and availbility follows. (PRWEB May 23, 2006) Trackback URI: ... (Read Full Article) |
| Important Information about Direct Broadcast Satellite (DBS) Waivers (KESQ, 10/24/2005 10:48pm) |
| Due to changes in Federal law, KESQ-TV and its sister stations do not accept waiver requests which are sent directly to us. Waiver requests must be made through your satellite programming provider. ... (Read Full Article) |
| 'Terry Fator: Live at the Mirage' on Blu-ray this September (High-Def Digest, 3/30/2009 6:00pm) |
| Image Entertainment has announced 'Terry Fator: Live at the Mirage' for a Blu-ray release this September. Terry Fator, the ventriloquist million-dollar winner from the second season of ‘America’s Got... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Money at crux of TV debate (Winston-Salem Journal, 1/14/2006 7:04am) |
| Super Bowl Sunday is coming to ABC on Feb. 5. But unless something changes in the next few weeks, most viewers in the Triad won't get a chance to see the big game in high definition. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Mondaq's Article Service (Mondaq, 6/06/2005 4:34pm) |
| The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit vacated the Federal Communications Commission s (FCC) rules requiring digital television (DTV) broadcast receiving and associated equipment to include technology intended to prevent further distribution of digital broadcast programming, such as via the internet. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Copy protection in digital TV: court says FCC went too far (Out-Law, 5/09/2005 2:21pm) |
| The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) overstepped its authority when it imposed rules requiring future digital television tuners to include copyright protection mechanisms, a US Court of Appeals ruled on Friday. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | IRL: ColcaSac Jack Bauer shoulder bag, Mitsubishi WD-82740 3D TV and the Galaxy Note II (Engadget, 3/03/2013 7:00pm) |
Welcome to IRL, an ongoing feature where we talk about the gadgets, apps and toys we're using in real life and take a second look at products that already got the formal review treatment.
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| Samsung Pleads Guility to DRAM Price Fixing (HardwareZone, 12/01/2005 3:58am) |
| " South Korean chip maker Samsung Electronics will plead guilty to federal price-fixing charges and has agreed to pay a $300 million fine, the Justice Department announced Thursday" ... (Read Full Article) |
| CEA Welcomes House Passage of Budget Bill as a Critical Step Forward toward Completing DTV Transition (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 11/18/2005 10:33pm) |
| ARLINGTON, Va.----Nov. 18, 2005--The following statement was issued today by Consumer Electronics Association President and CEO Gary Shapiro regarding federal budget legislation passed late last night by the House of Representatives: ... (Read Full Article) |
| New TV equipment, services are available to consumers (Courier-Post, 8/05/2005 8:24am) |
| To view new DTV services as they become available, televisions in homes must be DTV compatible. And because most are not, this means you must spend money on new technology. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Me TV: Time line of landmarks in television history (CNET, 4/11/2005 11:07am) |
| Click on the decades to see notable dates in television history. AT&T and Bell Labs demonstrate long-distance TV transmission. Federal government issues experimental TV station permits. First regular newscasts are farm and weather reports, three times weekly. (Read Full Article) |
| Digital options include plasma, LCD (Richmond Times-Dispatch, 1/18/2006 6:05am) |
| Digital television is a new way of transmitting television signals. Over-the-air broadcasts are switching to digital, and eventually the traditional analog broadcasts will be switched off, by federal mandate, no later than 2009. Not all digital TVs are high-definition. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Blu About The Slow Release of Classic Titles On Blu-ray? Take Heart! (UPDATED) (High-Def Digest, 2/17/2009 11:10pm) |
| George Feltenstein of Warner Home Video talks about future releases and why it takes so long to bring Golden Age gems to Blu-ray Article by David Krauss Editor's Note - We have corrected the portion of... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Comcast's Dating on Demand: One Big Tease (TVPredictions.com, 4/14/2005 3:55pm) |
| The interactive dating service is not making a good first impression. Editor's Note: TVPredictions.com is publishing a three-part series called, "TV Technology: Under the Hood," a hands-on analysis of whether certain new services will ever find an audience. (Read Full Article) |
| Michael Bay: My Money's on Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 10/23/2007 7:18pm) |
| He may be the man behind the best-selling HD DVD debut yet, but Michael Bay says he's still betting on Blu-ray. As we've previously reported, the outspoken director made quite a stir back in September... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Low-Tech For Hi-Def, Rabbit Ears Make A Comeback (KTHV Little Rock, 4/30/2007 4:07pm) |
| Some people may have had to pull a rabbit out of their hat to come up with the money to buy that new high-definition TV set, especially those thin ones that mount on the wall. ... (Read Full Article) |
| XBOX360 HD DVD Drive On Sale $129.99 (Format War Central, 12/04/2007 11:38pm) |
| Amazon is selling the XBOX360 HD DVD Drive for $129.99. We think this is a killer deal for all the XBOX360 owning format war fence sitters.
note: post contains affiliate links
HD DVD ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 3D-printed car saves money, energy (CNET Blogs, 2/28/2013 7:03pm) |
| Urbee II, a 3D-printed electric car about to go into production, boasts an ultrastrong, ultralight chassis that can take on highway rigors with ease. (Read Full Article) |
| Blu-ray, HD DVD battle may be long play (Los Angeles Daily News, 1/12/2007 3:02pm) |
| LAS VEGAS - In a city built on wagering, the smart money is staying on the sidelines when it comes to the battle between two high-definition DVD formats. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Sony Offering Better Terms, Cash Money For PSN Developers [PS3] (Kotaku, 3/27/2009 10:30am) |
| The PS3 has struggled in a lot of areas, yes. But there's one area it's led the competition, and that's in promoting a strong lineup of excellent, original content for digital download.
So it shiver... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Rhythm Thief & The Paris Caper breaks into the App Store (Joystiq, 1/09/2014 3:30pm) |
| Sega's iOS adaptation of Rhythm Thief and the Emperor's Treasure is out now, and it's priced at $10. Before you rush off thinking you've landed a steal (ho ho ho), you should note this isn't a straight-up port of the 3DS game by any means.
This [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Free HD episodes on iTunes (TV Squad, 9/11/2008 5:04pm) |
| Filed under: Battlestar Galactica, HDTV, The Office, Psych, Eureka, Heroes, Reality-Free, In Plain SightIf you were wondering just what that extra dollar buys you when you upgrade to HD in the iTunes store, you can get a free look. Our pals over at TUAW made note of a number of shows that have free episodes available, in HD. The files are large, with the HD versions clocking in at right around 1.5GB, so it will take a bit to download. Something that isn't helped by the fact that iTunes downloads the SD version as well.
I've been taking a look at them and I grabbed screenshots from Heroes, Life, and Battlestar Galactica to give you an idea of the difference in the picture. It's fairly dramatic. Those captures, and the full list of free episodes, with the iTunes links, are after the jump.
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| (Unranked) | Nintendo to pay royalty to 3D patent holder for every 3DS unit sold (Joystiq, 1/06/2014 6:30pm) |
| A U.S. federal judge has established a royalty rate Nintendo will pay to Tomita Technologies International for every Nintendo 3DS handheld console sold worldwide. The ongoing fee stems from a a 2011 lawsuit that found Nintendo liable for damages [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | LG’s 84-inch Ultra HD 4K TV is Stunning, Not Stupid Expensive (CE Pro, 11/13/2012 5:03pm) |
| Unlike 3D, the new Ultra HD format will have no controversy. It is perfect. Take it from a non-videophile: 4K resolution will make you want to spend money on an awesome [...] (Read Full Article) |
| The Widescreen iBook Cometh (MacOPINION, 5/23/2005 4:57am) |
| [Note: I m switching the publication day of The Road Warrior and The Road Warrior Mailbag this week. The Mailbag will be posted Tuesday for this occasion only. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Nintendo Hit With $30M Fine Over 3D Patent (eCoustics, 3/14/2013 8:20pm) |
| Nintendo found itself on the losing end of a patent infringement case Wednesday, resulting in a $30 million fine. A federal judge this week ruled that Nintendo’s 3DS video-game system infringed on an inventor’s 3D display technology [...] (Read Full Article) |
| 360 Cable Comparisons (Voodoo Extreme, 11/18/2005 2:25am) |
| November 17, 2005 - First off, if you don't have a high-def capable display, you do not want or need an Xbox 360. You're just wasting money. With that said, Gamespot has an interesting article that compares the image quality you will get using different cables that run from the 360 to your TV. Digital camera grabs included: ... (Read Full Article) |
| News HDTV: Should You Buy a Warranty? Many Americans are deciding they are not worth the money? By Swanni (TVPredictions.com, 7/15/2007 5:51pm) |
| Washington, D.C. (July 15, 2007) -- CE stores love to sell them, but consumers are increasingly saying no to extended warranties for High-Definition TVs and other electronics. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Houston Church Plans Multi-Million Dollar Expansion (KWTX-TV Waco, 10/23/2005 1:30pm) |
| Houston's Second Baptist Church plans an $86 million expansion that includes leasing theaters for church services and buying a shopping center. Church members plan to vote this month on a plan that includes $5 million to develop four theater spaces to establish congregations in Houston's suburbs. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Sony unveils PlayStation 3 (CNN (CNN Money, 5/17/2005 2:15am) |
| LOS ANGELES (CNN/Money) - Sony won\\\'t have a new console on the market this holiday season, but it\\\'s doing all it can to convince consumers to wait a bit longer before buying their next video game machine. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Mark Cuban on the Growth of HDTV (Digg.com, 8/31/2006 1:44pm) |
| "In terms of TV sales, it's already a mass product. It's the same cycle as PCs went through. It's purely about price. When replacing or adding a TV, people try to get the most for their money. HDTV is the far better deal right now and getting better by the minute." ... (Read Full Article) |
| Microsoft Didn't Back The Wrong Format Horse, Yo [Hd Dvd] (Kotaku, 4/04/2008 4:00am) |
| That little HD DVD experiment was pricey! But when you are Microsoft, what are trivial things like money? Nothing! Just look how smug Xbox 360 UK boss Neil Thompson is. Think the death of HD-DVD... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Canada entertains bids for OTA HDTV offerings (AfterDawn, 2/12/2008 5:34pm) |
| Canada's federal broadcast regulator will begin hearings today on whether or not it will allow two companies to enter into the ring with their own unique over-the-air HDTV signals. Toronto businessman John Bitove has proposed to start the first over-the-air high-definition TV network with stations in Canada's eight biggest cities. Another entrant, Yes TV, wants a licence to operate a station fo ... (Read Full Article) |
| Sunday September 24, 2006 By Stephen Cook (The New Zealand Herald, 9/23/2006 5:05pm) |
| Prisoners are being provided with state-of-the-art high definition television sets in a move the National party says highlights Corrections' cavalier attitude toward the spending of taxpayer money. ... (Read Full Article) |
| The HD Advisor Number 23 (High-Def Digest, 7/31/2009 10:00pm) |
| Editor's Note: Each Friday, High-Def Digest's own HD Advisor will answer a new round of questions from our readers. If you have home theater questions you need answered, send an email to [email protected].... (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) |
| PS3 Profitable By August? Who Knows! [Sony] (Kotaku, 4/22/2008 4:30am) |
| Kaz Hirai reckons the PS3 will start making Sony some money around the end of the year. Maybe early 2009. Kaz, you see, thinks the glass is half-empty. The analyst team at Nikko Citigroup, however,... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Sonic Solutions Is Upgraded by JMP (Associated Press via Yahoo! Finance, 3/16/2005 7:51pm) |
| Shares of Sonic Solutions Inc. rose 19 percent after one brokerage upgraded the company and said in a research note Wednesday that the digital media software maker stands to regain lost share price within the next year. (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | James Cameron: Hollywood is forcing 3D on filmmakers for higher profits, not to make movies better (AfterDawn, 7/09/2013 1:41pm) |
| Mr. billion dollar movie, James Cameron, who helped make 3D mainstream again with his hit 'Avatar,' says Hollywood is forcing the tech on filmmakers not to enhance movies but just to maximize profits.While Cameron says he hoped Avatar would "get as [...] (Read Full Article) |
| AT&T’s new HD Homezone (HDBlog.net, 5/24/2006 12:48am) |
| AT&T’s new Hi-Def Homezone box This is an IPTV box to compete with those money-grabbing cable companies! [HD Beat]
Tags: HDTV, AT&T, IPTV ... (Read Full Article) |
| Playing Games With Interactive TV (TVPredictions.com, 4/10/2005 9:25pm) |
| Comcast and Buzztime have teamed to offer interactive trivia games for cable subscribers. But is anyone playing? Editor's Note: Beginning today, TVPredictions.com is publishing a three-part series on whether consumers will embrace certain new TV technology services. (Read Full Article) |
| Texas Instruments spends millions to sell TV technology via NASCAR (San Antonio Express News, 4/11/2006 5:07am) |
| Doug Darrow surveyed a throng of race-goers Sunday and said NASCAR fans may not be rich, but they have enough money to buy big high-definition TV sets. ... (Read Full Article) |
| You should buy an HDTV right now ... or wait (The Arizona (The Arizona Republic, 5/09/2005 11:48pm) |
| ATLANTA - This is a bad time to buy an HDTV. Prices are sure to drop. Besides, sets just now reaching the pipeline promise better pictures for not much more money. Wait for a while before buying. ... (Read Full Article) |
| BRIAN DICKERSON: Mental exercise for a holiday (Detroit Free Press, 5/28/2006 8:52am) |
| 1. According to a statewide survey commissioned by the Free Press, 15% of Michigan families have borrowed money this year to pay for: A. Medical emergencies. B. Energy bills. C. High-definition TV sets. D. Household repairs. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Table of Contents (Broadcasting and Cable, 12/31/2005 8:08am) |
| The New Deal Last year, the TV industry discoverd a variety of new ways to deliver their shows - on iPods, on video phones, even online. This year, they vow to figure out how to make money off of them. It was almost unthinkable only a year ago. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Help stop the Broadcast Flag (Engadget, 5/29/2005 4:15am) |
| We lucked out when a federal appeals court struck down the lameness that is the Broadcast Flag earlier this month, but that sort of setback doesn’t faze the alliance of broadcasters and movie studios which pushed the rule on the FCC in the first place. Remember that the court overturned the rule because the FCC had overstepped its authority, not because the Broadcast Flag was inherently ... (Read Full Article) |
| Here's a tidbit from the report (XBOX365, 5/21/2005 8:21pm) |
| CNN/Money are scaring the heck out of the video console world with their slightly outrageous predition that the price of next-gen gaming is set to hit $1,710. They are observing the hardware price to be $399 and each game to be $59.99 - $10 more than normal A+ titles such as Halo, NBA 2K6 and Doom. So how do they jump to $1,710? ... (Read Full Article) |
| More News For July 25, 2005 from Lee Wood (HDTV Magazine, 7/25/2005 5:32pm) |
524 Days Until the Scheduled End of Analog Television Broadcasting
The Digital Picture Needs Fine-Tuning
It is time for Congress and the Federal Communications Commission to lay out a clear plan for the transition from analog to digital television that includes protections for consumers, a compromise path for broadcast and cable over the t ... (Read Full Article) |
| Panasonic 42-Inch Plasma HDTV: $649 (TVPredictions, 12/09/2008 10:27am) |
| Amazon.com is now selling Panasonic's TH-42PX80U Plasma HDTV for $649 -- $350 off the suggested list price. The flat-panel set has a 1000000:1 Dynamic Contrast Ratio for the brightest whites and darkest blacks, 4096 shades of gradation for spectacular color reproduction and it weighs just 61 pounds, ideals for mounting on a wall. The set is also Energy Star qualified by the federal government, wh ... (Read Full Article) |
| Top Government Officials Kickoff 2006 Technology Policy Debates in Las Vegas During CES (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 12/19/2005 6:20pm) |
| ARLINGTON, Va.----Dec. 19, 2005--More than 100 top international, federal and state government officials will travel to the 2006 International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas to see, hear, touch, understand and debate the hottest technology products and services. ... (Read Full Article) |
| With more HD camcorders comes more detail and anxiety (Consumer Reports, 7/13/2009 10:00am) |
| This photo was taken in the late afternoon. Note how the warmer sunlight creates softer, less conspicuous shadows, particularly on the face. This lighting technique can improve your HD video as well. (Click to enlarge.) [ Photo: T. Sullivan ] Sony recently announced two new flash-memory camcorder models for consumers, the HDR-CX500V ($1,100) and HDR-CX520V ($1,300), which will be available in Sept ... (Read Full Article) |
| An HDTV home theater for $4,500 (South Bend Tribune, 7/30/2005 2:44pm) |
| So you've just won a $4,500 spending spree in the Hometown Home Theater Sweepstakes. You can cash it in now or wait till prices drop on flat-panel HDTVs in the coming months to get more for your money. What are you going to do? ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 3D-Printed Gun Files Axed; Amazon’s 3D Phone; AT&T’s No-Contract Service (eCoustics, 5/10/2013 6:14pm) |
| Topping tech headlines on Thursday, the State Department is forcing Defcad, known as the Pirate Bay of 3D printing, to remove its 3D-printable gun files, according to Defense Distributed, which runs the site. According to a note atop the Defcad [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Gamers rave about release of high-def Xbox system (Post-Tribune, 11/22/2005 10:40am) |
| Darrell Hacker remembers saving his money and asking permission to buy a Sega Genesis video game system. It was the early 1990s, and he was in grade school. The system cost $190. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Technology Q&A (Everett Herald, 2/18/2007 9:16am) |
| Question: I'm shopping for a high-definition TV and keep hearing about "Full HD," or 1080p sets. What are those, and are they worth the extra money? Answer: Sometimes technology advances faster in one area than in others - and that's exactly what's happening with the highest of high-end HDTVs. ... (Read Full Article) |
| JVC hits us with HD tellies (T3, 2/01/2006 5:30pm) |
| Not exactly famed for its TV prowess, JVC ups its game with the introduction of a smart new HD-ready range. If you haven’t already got one you’re no doubt sniffing around for the smartest HDTV money can buy. And JVC is hoping you’re going to splash your cash on one of its first HD-ready recruits. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (AFX UK Focus) 2005-10-10 10:11 GMT: Philips, UPC enter HDTV agreement for 2006 (Interactive Investor, 10/10/2005 9:19am) |
| AMSTERDAM (AFX) - Philips Electronics NV and UPC have agreed to work together on Philips' HighDefinition TV (HDTV) in the Netherlands, offering UPC clients the opportunity to watch television using Philips' high resolution technology by 2006, the companies said in a joint note. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (AFX UK Focus) 2005-10-10 10:11 GMT: Philips, UPC enter HDTV agreement for 2006 (Interactive Investor, 10/10/2005 9:34am) |
| AMSTERDAM (AFX) - Philips Electronics NV and UPC have agreed to work together on Philips' HighDefinition TV (HDTV) in the Netherlands, offering UPC clients the opportunity to watch television using Philips' high resolution technology by 2006, the companies said in a joint note. ... (Read Full Article) |
| CEA Responds To FCC's Annual Request for Information on the Status of Competition in the Market for Delivery of Video (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 9/20/2005 2:50pm) |
| The Consumer Electronics Association yesterday filed comments in response to the Federal Communication Commission's annual Notice of Inquiry requesting information on the status of competition in the market for the delivery of video programming. ... (Read Full Article) |
| PanAmSat Dishes Out Cash (The Motley Fool, 8/09/2005 5:56pm) |
| Making money from TV usually means rooting around under your sofa cushions for loose change. That's not necessarily the case with PanAmSat (NYSE: PA). This leading provider of video satellite services is well-positioned to benefit from HDTV and already pays out a hefty dividend. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Smoke, mirrors and the next generation (CNN Money, 5/26/2005 1:40pm) |
| NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - There was a lot of hype last week about the next generation of game machines. Microsoft said the Xbox 360 will ultimately reach 1 billion consumers worldwide, while Sony gave a laundry list of features for the PlayStation 3, showing some jaw dropping footage along the way. ... (Read Full Article) |
| The Clicker: Design your own DRM scheme and win! (Engadget, 7/28/2005 9:50pm) |
| Every Thursday Stephen Speicher contributes The Clicker , a weekly column on entertainment and technology: NOTE FROM AUTHOR : This week’s column contains no real information. It is simply (more so than usual) some ramblings on DRM. If you don’t like rambling, don’t read this and certainly don’t comment to that effect. After all, you were warned. On the other hand, we’re offering ... (Read Full Article) |
| Broadcasters and movie studios look to Congress to save the broadcast flag (Engadget, 5/09/2005 3:51pm) |
| A federal appeals court may have struck down the broadcast flag this past Friday (check out Demystifying the Broadcast Flag for some background on all this), but you don’t seriously think a little something like a court decision is going to stop the alliance of broadcasters and movie studios that pushed the FCC into adopting the rule in the first place, do you? The industry has been ... (Read Full Article) |
| Federal appeals court strikes down Broadcast Flag (Engadget, 5/06/2005 6:01pm) |
| In what is a fairly major victory for consumers, the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington D.C. today struck down FCC’s Broadcast Flag rule, aimed at preventing piracy of movies and digital TV content (peep Demystifying the Broadcast Flag for the backstory). They said the FCC “exceeded the scope of its delegated authority†with the rule, which would have gone into effect by July 1, forcing ... (Read Full Article) |
| House Democrats Want More DTV Money (MultiChannel News, 10/24/2005 6:32pm) |
| House Democrats are hoping to modify digital-television legislation Wednesday in an effort to boost funding for set-top boxes and interoperable equipment for first responders, a House staff member said Monday. ... (Read Full Article) |
| AU Optronics Reports Third Quarter 2005 Results (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance, 10/25/2005 12:00pm) |
| AU Optronics Corp. today released unaudited consolidated results for the three months ended September 30, 2005. All financial information was unaudited and was prepared by the Company in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in Taiwan , the amounts in New Taiwan Dollars were translated into US dollars at NT$33.18 per US$1.00 based on the noon buying rate by the Federal Reserve ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Fully wearable Iron Man Mark III suit is made to 3D printed order for $35,000 (Engadget, 12/17/2013 5:24pm) |
| We joked yesterday about finding the perfect gift for that eccentric billionaire (or millionaire, or really just any "rich" person) in your life, but nothing truly says money to burn like your very own Iron Man suit. The real kicker here is that [...] (Read Full Article) |
| CRT television: The old cathode-ray tube (Centre Daily Times, 1/13/2006 1:51pm) |
| CRT television: The old cathode-ray tube. Analog versions are relatively cheap versus newer TV designs, and last longer. Digital Television: A new way of transmitting television signals. Over-the-air broadcasts are switching to digital, and eventually the traditional analog broadcasts will be switched off, by federal mandate, no later than 2009. Not all digital TVs are high-definition. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Warner Home Video delays HD DVD's "Good Night, and Good Luck" (HD Beat, 7/26/2006 11:03am) |
| Filed under: Industry, News, Programming Just a quick note here to all of you that were ready to by Warner's Good Night, and Good Luck on HD DVD. It... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | New eBay App Lets You 3D Print Stuff Without Your Own Printer (Gizmodo, 7/12/2013 5:04pm) |
| Chances are if you're normal and sane and at least remotely responsible with your money, you're not dropping $2,000 on a 3D printer. But that doesn't mean you can't tinker with 3D printing. [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Nintendo loses lawsuit over 3DS patent infringement (Joystiq, 3/14/2013 12:15am) |
| A federal jury has found Nintendo guilty of infringing on the 3D display patent of Seijiro Tomita of Tomita Technologies, awarding Tomita $30.2 [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Companies become kind (AdJab, 8/02/2005 6:38pm) |
| Advertisers are promoting their wares through random acts of kindness. CBS promoted Joan of Arcadia by sending people out on the streets to give away subway passes, bowls of soup, and coffee, each affixed with a note that they should, you know, maybe go home and watch Joan of Arcadia . In Denver, The Gap paid for parking meters on tax day, and United promoted it's budget carrier through free ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Leap Motion Controller Launch Delayed Until July 22 (eCoustics, 4/26/2013 1:19am) |
| Leap Motion today announced that it will delay initial shipments of its 3D motion controller from May until July 22. In a note to customers, CEO Michael Buckwald said Leap decided to push back the rollout to have more time to test the device. [...] (Read Full Article) |
| New DISH Network Campaign Promises 'Better TV for All' (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 8/16/2005 12:00pm) |
| EchoStar Communications Corporation and its DISH Network satellite TV service today unveiled a dynamic, nationwide branding and advertising campaign with a money-saving offer for new customers. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Google Sponsors $30 Million Moon Contest (The San Francisco Examiner, 9/13/2007 10:08pm) |
| The race to the moon won't be easy or cheap. Teams have to raise money to build a roaming spacecraft that will be tough enough to survive a landing and have the smarts to complete a set of tasks. Each rover must also be equipped with high-definition video and still cameras to document the journey. ... (Read Full Article) |
| NASA Space Station On-Orbit Status 1 October 2005 (SpaceRef, 10/02/2005 6:22am) |
| SpaceRef note: This NASA Headquarters internal status report, as presented here, contains additional, original material produced by SpaceRef.com (copyright © 2005) to enhance access to related status reports and NASA activities. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | MIT Develops New Glasses-Free 3DTV (Home Media Magazine, 8/09/2012 6:53pm) |
| Consumer electronics companies have spent a lot of time and money developing 3DTV that doesn’t require glasses, but it’s a team of researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology that may have come up with the biggest [...] (Read Full Article) |
| A view from the book: NCAA Championship (Covers.com, 4/04/2006 8:50pm) |
| My money. My bracket. My faith. It all went down the drain at Conseco Fieldhouse on Monday night when the Florida Gators played Robert DeNiro to UCLA’s Joe Pesci as the NCAA Championship game turned into a full-color, high definition ... ... (Read Full Article) |
| NASCAR a high-tech industry for the race-goer (Pahrump Valley Times, 4/14/2006 11:29pm) |
| FORT WORTH, Texas - Doug Darrow surveyed a throng of race-goers Sunday and said NASCAR fans may not be rich, but they have enough money to buy big high-definition television sets. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Better Business Thursday (KROD News 13, 7/07/2005 9:57pm) |
| A WARNING FOR SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS IN THIS WEEK’S BETTER BUSINESS THURSDAY REPORT; IF YOU RECEIVE AN UNEXPECTED CHECK IN THE MAIL FOR A SMALL AMOUNT OF MONEY, YOU MAY WANT TO THINK TWICE BEFORE YOU CASH IT. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Now you can buy a hi-def player: the five best Blu-ray players (Tech Digest, 2/18/2008 2:07pm) |
| It's
been building up to a crescendo, with Toshiba's announcement expected sometime
this week that they are indeed pulling their support of the HD DVD
format. At least the conclusion to this bloody battle will result in all of you
finally being able to splurge your retirement money on a hi-def player, or
upgrade your tired multi-format to one of these Blu-ray players. So, in no
particular ... (Read Full Article) |
| LG develops plasma TVs for high-altitude viewers (Engadget, 8/02/2005 1:02pm) |
| LG took note when a vendor pointed out a constant whining sound emitted by their plasma screens when used in the mountains. Large plasma displays operate via a gas trapped between two layers of glass, which expands at higher altitudes. As the gas expands and begins moving more quickly, it heats up and causes a buzzing sound, which is traditionally countered by constantly running cooling systems ... (Read Full Article) |
| HD DVD Websites Note the End of the Format (Format War Central, 3/28/2008 6:51pm) |
| The HD DVD Promotion Group was dissolved today according to the official website. The following message is now shown there:
HD DVD Managing MembersMarch 28, 2008
The HD DVD Promotion Group was dissolved as of March 28, 2008, and the website was closed accordingly.
Please access to DVD Forum for HD DVD formats, andDVD Format/Logo Licensing Corporation [...] ... (Read Full Article) |
| Avigilon Introduces 16 Megapixel High Definition Rapid Deployment Kit (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance, 9/10/2007 1:00pm) |
| Avigilon, the leading provider of high definition surveillance systems, today introduced its High Definition Rapid Deployment Kit. Delivering unsurpassed imaging performance in a mobile package, the Avigilon RDK is designed to meet the temporary surveillance requirements of law enforcement, federal agents, private investigators and transit authorities who need to monitor special events. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Xbox 360 sales 'have more than doubled' since price cut (AfterDawn, 4/17/2008 6:41pm) |
| According to Microsoft, sales of the Xbox 360 gaming console in Europe have "more than doubled" since last month's across the board price cut.
Another interesting note the company reported on was that the 360 has an attachment rate of about 7 games for each console after 27 months on the market, in comparison to 3.8 units for every Sony PlayStation 3 and 3.5 games for every Nintendo Wii.
... (Read Full Article) |
| Mitsubishi 73-Inch 1080p HDTV: $1,963 (TVPredictions, 11/19/2008 10:54am) |
| Amazon.com is now selling a Mitsubishi 73-inch, 1080p HDTV for just $1,963 -- more than $500 off the regular price. The set, model WD-73735, offers 1,920 x 1,080 picture resolution, 3 HDMI inputs and it's 3D-ready for games and movies.The set is just 17 inches deep despite its large screen size and it weighs 96 pounds.Note: Amazon.com prices change regularly due to supply and demand.To see this A ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | LG BP530 3D Smart Blu-ray Disc Player - Product of the Week (About.com, 7/26/2013 8:00am) |
| If you are looking for a Blu-ray Disc player that offers a lot for not much money, check out the LG BP530.
With a suggested price of $129.99, this player packs it in with 2D and 3D Blu-ray disc playback, as well as being able to play DVDs (with [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | NASA funds attempt at 3D food printer for pizza (CNET Blogs, 5/21/2013 6:30pm) |
| NASA throws some money at an engineer who is developing a 3D food printer. First challenge? Making a pizza. (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Report: Apple HDTV will include 'iRing' wearable motion controller, 'mini iTV' tablet (AfterDawn, 4/04/2013 1:50am) |
| According to Apple analyst Brian White of Topeka Capital, Apple's oft-rumored HDTV will come with a ring-shaped motion controller, allowing users to control their TV with the wave or point of a finger.In his client note, the analyst claims Apple [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Downton Abbey: Season 3 Blu-ray Review (Big Picture Big Sound, 1/31/2013 7:36am) |
| WW1 may be over, but life at Downton Abbey is never boring for the Crawleys as the money runs out, the staff doesn't react well to newcomers, and poor Sybil should [...] (Read Full Article) |
| AM Update (Peoria Journal Star, 7/15/2005 8:15am) |
| PEORIA - Quacky the Duck will waddle through the Shoppes at Grand Prairie on Saturday to kick off sales for the 17th annual Duck Race. Quacky, the race mascot, will be joined by staff and volunteers from the Center for Prevention of Abuse, which sponsors the race to raise money for its programs. ... (Read Full Article) |
| ABC affiliates not happy with iPod deal (The Unofficial Apple Weblog, 10/18/2005 10:03pm) |
| Filed under: iTMS , Video First it was the unions , and now Hollywood Reporter writes that ABC affiliates are less than thrilled with the idea of downloadable ABC shows on the iTunes Music Store. The affiliates are afraid that people won't watch the shows on their channel, in turn meaning they won't see the commercials, and there go the affliates' profits (the money from the downloads ... (Read Full Article) |
| HD DVD / Blu-ray Special Feature: 6. Universal / Dreamworks / Paramount (HDTV UK, 1/07/2008 8:00am) |
| Who are they?
Universal is the only major Hollywood studio to have always supported the HD DVD format exclusively.
Paramount and Dreamworks came on board last year, after "defecting" from Blu-ray for an alleged large sum of money.
Together, as Hollywood's remaining HD DVD content providers, they have make up a ballpark 30% of all titles available.
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| Xbox 360 games an HDTV affair at E3 (Joystiq, 4/18/2005 3:40pm) |
| TeamXbox has an interesting scoop on the back room dealings of E3. It looks like Microsoft will require all Xbox 360 games to be displayed in HDTV-only. No SDTV or EDTV this year. The requirement makes sense, considering the games look best in the higher rez, and J Allard spent all his oxygen at GDC talking about the HD Era. People will be looking for them to put their money where their mouth is. (Read Full Article) |
| LG announces BE06LU10 external Blu-ray rewriter and HD DVD-ROM drive (Tech Digest, 3/26/2008 12:47pm) |
| LG's mobile phone department may be going from
strength to strength, but with their recent announcement
that they won't be giving up on the HD DVD format, the situation on that
side of the company will be going through some tough times in the coming
months. The Korean giant is putting its money where its mouth is, with the
release of the BE06LU10, an external Blu-ray rewriter and HD DVD-ROM ... (Read Full Article) |
| Blu-ray Recorders Outsell DVD Recorders in Japan (Format War Central, 12/10/2008 3:01pm) |
| Blu-ray Disc Recorders have exceeded 50% market share for DVD Recorders in terms of units sold in the first week of November 2008, according to the latest GfK Retail and Technology Japan numbers.
A year ago Blu-ray Disc Recorders held for a market share of only 10%.
It is also interesting to note that Blu-ray Disc Recorders are replacing DVD Recorders one and a half times faster than DVD Recorde ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | State Department Forces Defcad to Remove 3D-Printable Gun Files (eCoustics, 5/10/2013 12:00am) |
| The State Department is forcing Defcad, known as the Pirate Bay of 3D printing, to remove its 3D-printable gun files, according to Defense Distributed, which runs the site. According to a note atop the Defcad website: “Defcad files are being [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Phoenix Entertainment Group To Release Blu-ray Titles (Format War Central, 3/10/2008 5:26pm) |
| Phoenix Entertainment Group and their horror niche label Under the Bed Films are planning to release Blu-ray Disc titles.
On the Pheonix Entertainment Group website we see that they plan to release Paintball The Movie: Court Jesters on DVD and Blu-Ray on May 6, 2008.
Also of note, Under the Bed Films title Naked Beneath the Water [...] ... (Read Full Article) |
| Blu-ray's DRM crown jewel tarnished with crack of BD+ (Ars Technica, 11/08/2007 4:53pm) |
| <p>SlySoft promised the BD+ would be cracked by the end of 2007, and the company was on the money. Blu-ray's one DRM "advantage" over HD DVD has apparently disappeared, as the newest beta of AnyDVD reportedly can rip discs protected with BD+.</p><p><a href="http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20071108-blu-rays-drm-crown-jewel-tarnished-with-crack-of-bd.html">Read More ... (Read Full Article) |
| PS3 firmware upgrade 2.3 will give DTS-HD Master Audio support, hurrah! (Tech Digest, 4/11/2008 11:40am) |
| It's official - the PS3 is now the best Blu-ray player you could throw your
money at, and one of the cheapest too, at £299.99. Sony has just
announced the PS3 now has DTS-HD Master Audio support, which is one of the
highest resolution audio formats for films, with Dolby TrueHD being the only
other contender. Support for that format, and DTS-HD High Resolution, will
become available in ... (Read Full Article) |
| Is Onkyo's DV-HD805 HD DVD Player Just A Rebadged Toshiba? (Format War Central, 11/21/2007 12:17pm) |
| The dudes over at AreaDVD.de got their hands on the new Onkyo DV- HD805 HD DVD player. They really dig deep into the player including a tear down that confirms our report that the player is just a rebadged HD-XE1 (EU version of the HD-XA2). We wonder who would waste their money on the Onkyo [...] ... (Read Full Article) |
| AT&T Introduces U-verse in Cleveland Area (ThomasNet, 8/03/2007 1:03pm) |
| High Definition Programming and Other Compelling Features Make AT&T U-verse TV Cooler Than Cable Through June 30, New Customers May Receive Two Months of Free TV With 60-Day Money-Back Guarantee CLEVELAND, June 25 / / - A new world of communications and entertainment is now available to residents in the Cleveland area. AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) today announced the launch of AT&T U-verse(SM), which ... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Reggie spills the beans: Nintendo's next-gen tactics + DS nip-tuck (Joystiq, 11/10/2005 8:54pm) |
| In an article with CNN/Money, Reggie Fils-Aime (of Nintendo USA) has outlined the N’s plan for the next-generation console war. According to Reggie, Nintendo has “learned some lessons with the GameCube that we need to apply to the Revolutionâ€. These lessons include the design of the GameCube, which even senior officials in the company agree is childish. However, it seems Nintendo hasn’t le ... (Read Full Article) |
| Blu-ray falling short of forecasts: Sony (HDTV UK, 1/14/2009 9:35am) |
| Sony has suggested that US sales of Blu-ray players and discs has fallen short of previous forecasts. A target of five million Blu-ray players sold worldwide this year will not be met, according to the head of Sony's US electronics unit, Stan Glasgow. He said that consumers may adopt Blu-ray players if the cost of movies comes down. "They (movie studios) need to make money, and the packaged medi ... (Read Full Article) |
| The Amazing World of High-Definition Television (Technorati, 11/27/2007 8:08pm) |
| [IMG ]I've seen the High-Definition displays in the stores and to be honest, I thought the HD television channels looked great, but not awesome--at least not awesome like the examples shown in high-definition DVD format. I was always worried that maybe spending extra money on an HD PVR to watch just a few shows in HD wouldn't be worth it. We already have a PVR that's been great for us. I didn ... (Read Full Article) |
| Think the Internet will replace TV ? Thing again (Blog Maverick, 3/18/2006 4:41pm) |
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Craig Moffet of Bernstein Research was asked to
testify before the Senate Commerce Committee on the subject of Net
Neutrality. His comments were of course right on the money.
The interesting conclusions that can be drawn from his test ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Stratasys and Objet combine 3D printing / rapid prototyping powers, working on printing money (Engadget, 12/03/2012 9:23pm) |
| Minnesota-based rapid manufacturing / rapid prototyping company Stratasys today announced that its has completed [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Slacker radio support added to BRAVIA HDTVs (AfterDawn, 11/20/2008 7:06am) |
| Sony has announced today that they have added support for Slacker radio to BRAVIA HDTVs with Internet Video Link.
Users can now use their existing Slacker account to stream customized radio channels through their HDTVs. Sony did note that stations will have to be configured on a PC first.
The electronics giant also said Howcast support was being launched today giving "access to just short o ... (Read Full Article) |
| Sony's Games Division Profits Up, PS3 Sales Target Down [Playstation 3] (Kotaku, 1/31/2008 7:30am) |
| Good news and bad news for Sony today. The good news? Sony's games division actually made money during the last quarter, following cuts to the PS3's production costs and increased software sales. And... ... (Read Full Article) |
| HDTV television - HDTV as a Glorified PC Monitor Why Bother (1 HDTV Blog, 7/09/2007 8:16pm) |
| With high definition television becoming increasingly popular, many consumers wonder if the extra price for an HDTV set is worth the money. After all, many critics of the HDTV say it is just a glorified PC monitor so why bother? Here are reasons why consumers ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | You Can Ditch Microsoft Points After The Next Xbox 360 Update (Kotaku, 8/09/2013 9:30pm) |
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Microsoft Points are going away very soon. Like, as soon as the next Xbox 360 system update. You'll be able to turn all your meaningless points into real money whenever that happens. (Read Full Article) |
| Flat screen HDTV - Is bigger better for HDTV Why Projection TVs May not Offer the Best Venue for HDTV (1 HDTV Blog, 11/26/2007 12:02pm) |
| When you are looking for a new television, it is easy to gravitate to the new bigger high definition projection televisions. At first glance, they offer huge screens, perfect for home theaters. They also offer bright, clear picture resolution. Before putting a lot of money down to purchase that big screen, it is important to understand whether or not bigger really is better for HDTV and why projec ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Moneysaver: Wind Waker HD, PS3 Bundle, 3DS/XL Discounts, iTunes Money (Kotaku, 7/26/2013 6:15pm) |
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Take the Moneysaver and run.Read more...
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| AudioVideoRevolution.com (Audio Revolution, 4/21/2005 8:56pm) |
| HDTV Rebates are Back! Earn Up To $400 Cash Back At OneCall... If you're ready to upgrade your HDTV, OneCall is ready to save you more money! Now through April 25, OneCall has cash-back rebates up to $300 on more than 80 HD televisions. (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | VorpX makes games compatible with 3D, Oculus Rift (Joystiq, 10/06/2013 3:30am) |
Oculus Rift enthusiasts may want to take note of (Read Full Article) |
| International Superstar Usher to Perform on Showtime Live From San Juan, Puerto Rico Saturday March 5 (U.S. Newswire via Yahoo! News, 3/04/2005 9:18pm) |
| Usher will burn up the stage with the concert event of the year from San Juan's Coliseo de Puerto Rico live on SHOWTIME Saturday, March 5 at 9pm ET/ PT (please note tape delay on the West Coast). Usher, will perform a 90-minute live show titled ONE NIGHT ONE STAR USHER LIVE, featuring chart-topping hits from his latest multi- platinum selling album "Confessions." The concert marks the (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | HD Report’s Quasi-Live Blogging of Apple’s Keynote Event (HD-Report, 10/23/2012 5:00pm) |
| HD Report’s Quasi-Live Blogging of Apple’s Keynote Event 10:54 am: You can hold it in one hand! (er… yay!). Â It’s 7.2mm thin. Â It’s going to give Samsung a run for their money. Â 7.9″ diagonal screen vs. [...] (Read Full Article) |
| HDTV tuner - HDTV as a Glorified PC Monitor Why Bother (1 HDTV Blog, 11/21/2007 12:54am) |
| With high definition television becoming increasingly popular, many consumers wonder if the extra price for an HDTV set is worth the money. After all, many critics of the HDTV say it is just a glorified PC monitor so why bother? Here are reasons why consumers should take a second look at high definition television before making the next television purchase. The technology for high definition ha ... (Read Full Article) |
| HDTV television - HDTV as a Glorified PC Monitor Why Bother (Technorati, 12/07/2007 10:45am) |
| With high definition television becoming increasingly popular, many consumers wonder if the extra price for an HDTV set is worth the money. After all, many critics of the HDTV say it is just a glorified PC monitor so why bother? Here are reasons why consumers should take a second look at high definition television before making the next television purchase. The technology for high definition ha ... (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) |
| NEWS: Nikon introduces the D300s with HD video (Pocket-lint, 7/30/2009 4:00am) |
Update to their popular model
Adding to the already popular D300 DSLR is the D300s, which brings HD movie capture to the party in a previous-anticipated move by Nikon.
With an effective 12.3-megapixels, the D300s offers 7fps continuous shooting (8 with battery pack) driven by the EXPEED image processor, and a 51-point focusing system.
The new video mode benefits from autofocus whilst shooting, but doesn't stretch to Full HD, instead offering a maximum resolution of 1280 x 720 at 24fps. Lower resolution options are also available.
Boosting the video option, you'll be able to attach an external mic thanks to a 3.5mm audio input. Video capture is sadly limited to 5 minutes in 720p, but can be extended to 20 minutes at lower resolutions.
Dual memory card slots have been added, giving you Compact Flash and Secure Digital, with flexible set-up options allowing you to shoot JPEGs to one and RAW to the other, or stills on one and video on the other.
Live View mode can be activated on the 3-inch 920k-dot display, whilst viewing your movies will be a breeze to view thanks to the on-board HDMI slot.
Available from 28 August, the Nikon D300s will set you back £1499.99, body only.
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| 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) |
| NEWS: Philips BDP7500s and 9500 Blu-ray players get colourful (Pocket-lint, 9/03/2009 10:47am) |
New players with all the usual bells and whistles
Philips has announced two new Blu-ray players at IFA in Berlin as it continues to push ahead with the format that has trebled in popularity in the last year.
The new BDP7500 will be housed in an "real" aluminum (we not sure what fake aluminum is) and offer full HD 1080p at 24 fps for cinema-like images.
The players will also get DivX Ultra for enhanced playback of DivX media files, DVD video upscaling to 1080p via HDMI for near-HD images, and Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD MA for HD 7.1 surround sound. BD-Live (Profile 2.0), and USB drive connectivity complete the package.
A rather niche technology also included is subtitle shift allowing you to change the location of the subtitles on screen.
The players themselves will come with touch sensitive controls and for the design conscious three different colours; blue, red and black.
No word on pricing, but expect the devices to hit the UK early next year.
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Philips BDP7500s and 9500 Blu-ray players get colourful originally appeared on Pocket-lint on Thu, 03 Sep 2009 11:47:20 +0100 (Read Full Article) |
| New Sony Blu-ray player adds online streaming services (AfterDawn, 9/10/2009 8:48pm) |
Sony's latest Blu-ray player, the BDP-N460, will add for the first time, streaming video and audio, from Netflix, YouTube and Slacker.
The company does note however that regardless of what TV you have attached the wireless will work better with a Linksys WET610N Ethernet-to-Wi-Fi bridge.
The player has oboard decoding of Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio, is BD-Live compliant, and will output HDMI Deep Color. The player can read photos and MP3s off USB drives and will upscale DVDs and AVCHD videos.
The BDP-N460 will begin shipping in October, with a price tag of $250 USD, the same price as other BD players with similar specs, and $50 cheaper than the PS3.
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| Sony's new BDP-N460 Blu-ray player adds access to internet content (Engadget, 9/09/2009 10:00pm) |
What you're looking at here is the latest addition to the Sony Blu-ray family. The BDP-N460 seemingly fits right in between the BDP-S360 and the BDP-S560 with an MSRP of $249. What sets it apart from its little brother is the fact that it can use its included network jack for more than just BD-Live and it features a USB port on the front, in addition to the one on the back for optional BD-Live storage. There's no built in WiFi or MKV support like other brands though, but it is shipping with access to YouTube and to Bravia Internet Video, and in addition Sony promises Netflix Watch Instantly later this fall. No word on whether this means the end for the BDP-S360, but considering the price and improved features of the 460, that's where we'd put our money.Continue reading Sony's new BDP-N460 Blu-ray player adds access to internet contentFiled under: HDTV, Home Entertainment, Blu-ray, SonySony's new BDP-N460 Blu-ray player adds access to internet content originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 09 Sep 2009 17:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink | Email this | Comments (Read Full Article) |
| NEWS: ViewSonic launches Blu-ray home theatre PC (Pocket-lint, 7/23/2009 4:39pm) |
pc mini VOT550 looks awfully familiar
The last of a slew of ViewSonic launches is the pc mini VOT550, although, again as with the previous two mini computers, this one comes in two different models with its more basic sibling going under the name of VOT530.
The VOT550 comes with Windows Media Centre and is intended as a home entertainment or home theatre PC and as such, ViewSonic has equipped the top of the line model with a Blu-ray drive. We're not sure how big of a selling point this is, especially as this is a rebadged system from AOpen that we've seen sold under several other brand names in the past.
In terms of features, the VOT550 has a mobile Intel Core 2 Duo processor, 4GB of memory, a 320GB hard drive, 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi, eSATA and a DVI port. A dongle is supplied that turns the DVI port into an HDMI port which allows for easy connectivity to your HD TV.
The VOT530 shuns the Blu-ray drive in favour for a DVD super-multi drive and both models feature slot-in type drive, similar to those in a car CD player. Price wise the VOT530 is going to set you back £494, while the Blu-ray equipped VOT550 ups the price to £678, making both fairly poor value for money compared to the other mini PCs that ViewSonic has just launched.
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ViewSonic launches Blu-ray home theatre PC originally appeared on Pocket-lint on Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:39:36 +0100 (Read Full Article) |
| Movie studios again demand HDTV disabling powers from FCC (Ars Technica, 9/02/2009 11:22am) |
Hollywood's bid to force a yet-to-be-agreed-upon number of households to buy new home theater gear is back in business. The Motion Picture Association of America has once again asked the Federal Communications Commission for the right to selectively control output streams to the TV entertainment systems of consumers. "The pro-consumer purpose" (!) request "is to enable movie studios to offer millions of Americans in-home access to high-value, high definition video content," three MPAA biggies explained during a meeting they held with seven FCC Media Bureau staffers last Thursday.
Consumer groups, electronics makers, pro-consumer bloggers, and consumers, it should be noted, think this idea is a very stinky dog. So did former FCC Chair Kevin Martin. But that does not seem to dissuade the MPAA, whose principals just can't seem to let the issue go. What's interesting about the group's latest filing, however, is that it effectively concedes that the output changes it wants could, in fact, hobble some home video systems.
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| 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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| 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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| 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) |
