 | 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) |
| (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) |
| 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) |
| (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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| (Unranked) | Super Mario 3D World, Hands-On (Kotaku, 6/11/2013 8:03pm) |
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In the video above, watch Jason Schreier, Kirk Hamilton and Giant Bomb's Patrick Klepek play five minutes of Nintendo's Super Mario 3D World at E3.
Patrick is clearly jazzed about [...] (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) |
| (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) |
The "Revolution" downloadable content pack for Call of Duty Black Ops 2, (Read Full Article) |
| (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) |
| $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) |
| (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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| (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) | '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) |
 | As TVs grow, so do electric bills (The Christian Science Monitor, 6/15/2005 9:50pm) |
| Big-screen mania could spike home energy use and pollution, unless more efficient standards are adopted. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (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) |
| (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) |
| 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) |
| (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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| 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) | 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) |
| (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) |
| 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) |
| Consumers watch TV prices fall (Northwest Herald, 8/19/2005 7:57am) |
| When Patrick and Megan Fitzgerald recently moved to Huntley from North Carolina, they pictured turning on a 42-inch plasma TV set inside their new home. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Ministry of Fear (Blu-ray Review) (Home Media Magazine, 3/08/2013 11:30pm) |
Street 3/12/13
Criterion
Drama
$19.95 DVD, $29.95 Blu-ray
Not rated.
Stars Ray Milland, Marjorie Reynolds, Carl Esmond, Dan Duryea.
As unlikely as it seems — and as Patrick McGilligan notes in his [...] (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) | 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) | 'The Collection' Announced for Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 1/14/2013 5:00pm) |
| Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton's ('Feast') latest torture porn flick hits Blu-ray in March. In an early announcement to retailers, Lionsgate says 'The Collection' is coming to Blu-ray on March 26. [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | View to a Kill, A (Blu-ray Review) (Home Media Magazine, 11/05/2012 7:39am) |
MGM
Action
$19.99 Blu-ray (Target Exclusive)
Rated 'PG.'
Stars Roger Moore, Christopher Walken, Tanya Roberts, Grace Jones, Patrick Macnee, Alison Doody, Willoughby Gray, Desmond Llewelyn, Robert Brown, Lois [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Kingdom Hearts 3D review: Dreams dropped (Joystiq, 8/01/2012 9:30pm) |
| Growing up is weird. Where once things were simple, they quickly morph into a terrifying nightmare labyrinth of complexity. You've got bills to pay, billowing lists of [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (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) | 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) |
| (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) |
| PlayStation 3 Paint Yourself Blue Contest Winner and Gallery [Contests] (Gizmodo, 12/15/2007 12:00am) |
| We received some excellent entries in our paint yourself blue Blu-ray contest, but our hands down favorite has to be from Patrick Armitage, who went all out to win a PlayStation 3. In his own... ... (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) |
| Watchdogs Pitch DTV Obligations - 9/15/2005 5:29:00 PM - Broadcasting & Cable - CA6257534 (Broadcasting and Cable, 9/15/2005 9:58pm) |
| The House and Senate are currently trying to hammer out bills that will set a hard date for the return of analog spectrum--probably mid-2009. That bill is also expected to contain: 1) a subsidy for converter boxes to make sure analog sets don't become useless after that date, and, if broadcasters have anything to do about it, 2) a requirement that cable carrry its multicast signals as well as ... (Read Full Article) |
| Samsung Promotes Green HDTVs (HDTV News, 8/28/2009 5:40am) |
| Did you know that getting new TVs can help save the environment? Well, Samsung executives seem to believe so in promoting new energy-saving technology. This technology allows next-generation HDTVs, notebooks, and mobile devices to consume less power, therefore cutting electric bills down.
Scott Birnbaum, vice president of Samsung’s LCD business, said that this technology is already [...] (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) |
| Sony Plans September Walk Down Blu-ray Aisle for 'Made of Honor' (High-Def Digest, 7/10/2008 6:00pm) |
| Making an early announcement to retailers, Sony Pictures is planning a September Blu-ray bow for the hit romantic comedy 'Made of Honor.' Starring Patrick Dempsey, Bridget Monaghan, and the late Sydney... ... (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) |
| (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) | 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) |
| (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) |
| 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) |
| Pro Football Hall of Fame ceremonies (The State, 8/03/2007 4:13am) |
| 6 p.m. Saturday, ESPN Six players will be enshrined during Pro Football Hall of Fame induction ceremonies 6 p.m. Saturday on ESPN (cable channel 26, high-definition channel 950). Entering the Hall during the event in Canton, Ohio, will be: Wide receiver Michael Irvin, Dallas Cowboys, 1980-89; Running back Thurman Thomas, Buffalo Bills, 1988-99; Miami Dolphins, 1990; ... (Read Full Article) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| (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) | 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
 | 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| (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) |
| (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) |
| 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) |
| (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) |
| (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) | 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'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) |
| 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) | 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) |
| 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) |
| Tip of the Week: Be on the lookout for new HD channels (Consumer Reports, 7/23/2009 1:17pm) |
| [ Photo courtesy of Sanja Gjenero ] If you’re like me, you’re thrilled when a new high-def channel is added to your lineup. TV providers have been beefing up their HD offerings regularly over the last year or two, and many now offer dozens of stations. I get about 60 channels in HD, and if I subscribed to the premium channels, I’d get many more. My cable provider, Cablevision, recently added HD versions of USA and FX, so I can watch shows like Psych, Burn Notice, and Damages in all their high-def splendor. Sometimes I’ve stumbled across these new offerings by accident, while idly surfing with the channel up/down button on the remote. Though the discovery gladdens my heart, I can’t help but wonder how long I’ve been missing out, unknowingly settling for their standard-def counterparts. Cablevision does announce new HD offerings, but it’s usually in small type down the side of my monthly service bill, or in an occasional pamphlet listing the full channel line-up. But when I’m rushing to pay my bills, I don’t always read the fine print or flyers. Now, I make a point of doing so. I also check the onscreen program guide to see if any new channels have materialized in the high-def tier. And there's always the Web: Like most companies, Cablevision provides a full lineup of channels for my area on its Web site. If you’re not regularly searching out new HD options, I recommend you start doing so. You might be happily surprised by what you find. – Eileen McCooey (Read Full Article) |
| (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) | 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) |
| NEWS: Nikon introduces the D300s with HD video (Pocket-lint, 7/30/2009 4:00am) |
Update to their popular model
Adding to the already popular D300 DSLR is the D300s, which brings HD movie capture to the party in a previous-anticipated move by Nikon.
With an effective 12.3-megapixels, the D300s offers 7fps continuous shooting (8 with battery pack) driven by the EXPEED image processor, and a 51-point focusing system.
The new video mode benefits from autofocus whilst shooting, but doesn't stretch to Full HD, instead offering a maximum resolution of 1280 x 720 at 24fps. Lower resolution options are also available.
Boosting the video option, you'll be able to attach an external mic thanks to a 3.5mm audio input. Video capture is sadly limited to 5 minutes in 720p, but can be extended to 20 minutes at lower resolutions.
Dual memory card slots have been added, giving you Compact Flash and Secure Digital, with flexible set-up options allowing you to shoot JPEGs to one and RAW to the other, or stills on one and video on the other.
Live View mode can be activated on the 3-inch 920k-dot display, whilst viewing your movies will be a breeze to view thanks to the on-board HDMI slot.
Available from 28 August, the Nikon D300s will set you back £1499.99, body only.
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Nikon introduces the D300s with HD video originally appeared on Pocket-lint on Thu, 30 Jul 2009 05:00:00 +0100 (Read Full Article) |
| NPD predicts PS3 sales to increase by 40-60% post price drop (Joystiq, 8/21/2009 9:30pm) |
The NPD Group, famed tabulator of video game hardware and software sales, says it sees the new $299 price point of PlayStation 3 contributing to a significant sales boost for the system. "We would expect to see in the range of a 40% to 60% unit sales increase when September sales are reported," NPD analyst Anita Frazier told InformationWeek. We'll see how accurate of an estimate that was when the September NPD data hits mid-October.
Frazier added, "The $299 price point is important to getting to a point where the next segment of price-conscious consumers can jump into the market and it most certainly will re-energize sales of the platform." So, basically, a cheaper PS3 will sell better because people are more likely to take the plunge at a cheaper price. We know that analysts get paid to offer their opinions, but this just ... gave us an idea!
"It's our opinion that a $99 price point for PS3 would increase sales by 90 to 100 percent." -- Joystiq
Small, unmarked bills only, please.
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| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
