 | Dual Shock Controllers on Xbox 360: XCM Cross Fire Adapter (Product Reviews Net, 3/16/2009 6:20pm) |
| Have you ever wanted to play your Xbox 360 using a PS3 Dual Shock pad? Well now you can thanks to this handy XCM Cross Fire Adaptor Converter.
As reported from Gizmodo, you even get a little bonus feature and the adaptor will allow you to assign custom turbo settings for every button on [...] ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Online gaming opportunity knocking (AdJab, 8/01/2005 4:35pm) |
| Filed under: Online Last week, Red Herring offered some more insights into the world of online gaming advertisements, which might just be the next big thing as far as mediums go. Citing Nielsen stats that show how video gaming has literally replaced much television watching for a large portion of the male population, it's no wonder that companies would begin to look at online gaming as an ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Don't Look Now, But The 3DS Has Become The Best Gaming Machine Out There (Kotaku, 2/14/2013 5:00pm) |
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| (Unranked) | Here's why the iPhone 5 is the best gaming phone (CNET News, 10/01/2012 8:46pm) |
| Best gaming phone? Maybe even best gaming handheld. All the iPhone 5's improvements may not trump the Vita and 3DS' hardware yet, but it's getting awfully [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | Nintendo Scoffs at HD Support (Broadband Reports, 6/13/2005 1:59pm) |
| Not the gaming industry's future, apparently.... Nintendo came in third during the last generation's gaming console battle, largely because they didn't take broadband gaming seriously. This time broadband support is a priority, it's HDTV support that's being laughed off by Nintendo as unnecessary.. ... (Read Full Article) |
| The future of gaming is (almost) here (San Francisco Chronicle, 6/06/2005 1:52pm) |
| High-definition games, near photo-realistic graphics, multimedia playback with all the gaming announcements from Electronic Entertainment Expo 2005, your current console probably seems inadequate right now. You may not be able to buy a next-generation... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Joyswag regift giveaway: PS3 Wireless Keypad and AC Adaptor (Joystiq, 12/31/2008 1:29am) |
| Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Joyswag
Just like you, we get all sorts of gifts around the holidays here at Joystiq HQ. Probably unlike you, we don't keep any of them (even the good ones!). With that in mind, we've got five days of regift giveaways planned, where you get some free stuff (and we get some of our HQ real estate back). Today, we're offering up the PlayStation 3 Wireless Keypad ( ... (Read Full Article) |
| The case for HD gaming (EuroGamer, 3/16/2005 9:22am) |
| So gaming is moving out of the 3D era into the "HD era" is it? (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 3DMark for Android gaming ropes in tech giants (CNET News, 8/03/2012 1:09pm) |
| Acer, Intel, Qualcomm, and SingTel-Optus have joined a program to benchmark 3D gaming standards on Android [...] (Read Full Article) |
| EXCELLENT editorial regarding Hi-Def Gaming and the REAL next-gen players (Digg.com, 3/09/2006 8:01pm) |
| A great, insightful article that analyzes the move into high definition, why its significantly different from past advancements in gaming, why it will have a major impact on the next-generation wars. Interesting and well written. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Asus shows off 144 Hz gaming monitor (AfterDawn, 7/28/2012 6:22pm) |
Asus has unveiled the first 144 Hz gaming monitor, designed to improve 3D gaming performance.
The monitor, [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | The Best Graphics Cards for Gaming (eCoustics, 7/24/2013 12:00pm) |
| 3D gaming on PCs is a serious business. Geeks from around the world crow about complex shaders, the ability for their system to manage smooth frame rates at higher resolution, and eye candy settings involving anti-aliasing, shadow rendering, and [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Portable gaming revisited: the 3DS and Vita matter, but for different reasons (CNET Blogs, 7/03/2013 8:21pm) |
| Nintendo's 3DS and Sony's Vita have taken on very different roles since their respective launches. Here's why you should still care about the ever-changing portable gaming landscape. (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | New PS3, New Inafune Game And More of Last Night's Big Tokyo Gaming News [Tgs 2012] (Kotaku, 9/19/2012 1:00pm) |
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 | HD Really The Future of Gaming? (Slashdot, 3/17/2005 6:56pm) |
| Eurogamer.com has an editorial discussing the "HD Future", as revealed in the Microsoft Keynote at GDC. In the article, author Kristan Reed argues that while the crispness of the HD Living Room would be welcome, "using it as a hook to hang next gen console gaming on is misleading to say the least, and there are more than a few barriers to entry for the masses." (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | A Gaming Laptop Is So Bright, You Gotta Wear 3D Shades [Samsung] (Kotaku, 8/13/2012 9:30am) |
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| Nintendo Turns Gaming On Its Side, Unveils Revolution (BIOS, 5/18/2005 8:28am) |
| Not to be outdone by its rivals Microsoft and Sony, Nintendo has announced that it too will be releasing its next-generation gaming system early next year. Deatails are scarce at the moment, but the Revolution sports a stylish design that\\\'s about the thickness of t... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | The 3DS Is Three Today. It's Still The Best Gaming Machine Out There. (Kotaku, 2/26/2014 8:29pm) |
| Last year, at around this time, I declared that the 3DS is the best dedicated gaming system you can buy. Today, the 3DS turns three. [...] (Read Full Article) |
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| Tom Sanders in California, vnunet.com , Wednesday 15 November 2006 at 00:00:00 About 200 PS2 games won't play on next generation gaming console Playstation 3 stumbles over backward compatibility Sony's new Playstation 3 gaming console is having trouble with playing about 200 older game titles that were designed for the PS2, Sony has... > Read the full article ... (Read Full Article) |
| CNN Calculates The Cost of Xbox 360 Gaming: $1,710 (Joystiq, 5/29/2005 4:13am) |
| CNN is predicting that it’s going to cost $1,710 to experience “next-gen†gaming with the Xbox 360. Here’s how they figure: $399: Xbox 360 Console (CNN says that this next generation is likely to come in at $100 more than previous generation-consoles) $59.99: a single, top-shelf game (Publishers have been quoted as saying that their best titles are likely to cost $5 to $10 more than ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Oculus Rift headset revives virtual reality gaming for the masses (DVICE, 8/01/2012 7:08pm) |
| Virtual reality failed in the 80s because the technology to enable full immersive gaming wasn't ready. With today's high resolution 3D displays, advanced head tracking and [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Sony Aims Higher Than The Gaming Market (Slashdot, 1/24/2006 3:31pm) |
| Next Generation tries to take a look at what Sony is up to with the PS3, without going off on a rumour-filled tangent. Their thought? Sony is after something much bigger than the gaming market. From the article: "The big play is for the high definition DVD market, and in this context, an early launch, with small hardware numbers and threadbare games software support might just be a good move. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Samsung's MediaLive: the Ultimate HDTV Accessory, Bringing Digital Content from the PC to the Big-Screen (eHomeUpgrade, 7/23/2008 9:20pm) |
| Samsung Electronics America Inc., the leader in the U.S. digital television market, lets consumers view PC-content on a Samsung HDTV with the retail launch of the company’s MediaLive adaptor. Samsung’s MediaLive delivers digital content (including HD content) in real-time from Windows Media Center on a PC running Windows Vista Home Premium or Windows Vista Ultimate [...]Visit eHomeUpgrade for ... (Read Full Article) |
| The plot thickens: Peter Moore says Blu-ray Xbox 360 possible (Engadget, 1/11/2006 1:40pm) |
| Filed under: Gaming , HDTV So we've been feeling a certain HD DVD, erm, vibe from Microsoft for some time now. Both of our Bill Gates interviews have pointed the way to the support of a single standard, and that standard has been HD DVD with few exceptions. So it's interesting to hear Peter Moore, Microsoft's gaming veep, spill it to the Japanese website ITmedia that if HD DVD doesn ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Nvidia Grid pushes gaming to the cloud (CNET Blogs, 1/07/2013 4:55am) |
| An integrated cloud computing device launches at CES 2013 makes it possible to play 3D games in the cloud. [Read more] (Read Full Article) |
| The plot thickens: Peter Moore says Blu-ray Xbox 360 possible (Engadget, 2/06/2006 8:00am) |
| Filed under: Gaming, HDTVSo we've been feeling a certai ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Far Cry 3 drops to $35 in Amazon's all-day gaming Gold Box (Joystiq, 1/22/2013 1:00pm) |
| If it's as ludicrously cold where you are as it is where we are, you should consider buying Far [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Studios won't downgrade HD video ... for now (Engadget, 5/22/2006 10:46am) |
| Filed under: Gaming, HDTV, Home Entertainment (Read Full Article) |
| VOOM HD Networks Targets Growing Gaming Audience with New 'Gameplay HD' High Def Channel; 'Next Gen' Channel Reaches Gamers with Fresh and Exclusive Content; Leading Gaming Site GameSpot Signs on to Co-Create New Series (Business Wire, 3/20/2006 8:48pm) |
| NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 20, 2006--VOOM HD Networks, provider of the largest and most diverse suite of high-definition channels nationwide, partners up with leading game ... (Read Full Article) |
| Quad NVIDIA(R) SLI(TM) Technology Makes Extreme HD Gaming a Reality for the Do-It-Yourself Crowd (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance, 8/09/2006 1:00pm) |
| NVIDIA Corporation , the worldwide leader in programmable graphics processor technologies, has made extreme high-definition PC gaming a reality for everyone with the release of the new NVIDIA ForceWare® 91.45 graphics driver with Quad NVIDIA SLI technology support. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Voom HD Networks Targets Growing Gaming Audience With New 'Game Play HD' Hi Def Channel (Elite TV, 3/21/2006 8:28pm) |
| VOOM HD Networks, provider of the largest and most diverse suite of high-definition channels nationwide, partners up with leading game industry companies to offer fresh and exclusive content on Gameplay HD, the first high-definition channel dedicated solely to the fast-growing world of video gaming. ... (Read Full Article) |
| HDTV UK's Guide to the Ultimate High Definition Home Cinema Experience - Part Six: HD gaming (Technorati, 12/12/2007 10:53am) |
| HDTV UK’s Guide to the Ultimate High Definition Home Cinema Experience - Part Six: HD gaming Published in December 12th, 2007 Posted by Technorati Search for: HDTV in HDTV Reviews No Comments HDTV UK's Guide to the Ultimate High Definition Home Cinema Experience - Part Six: HD gaming Courtesy of HDTV UK, here's the final part of their handy guide to getting the best high definition cinema sys ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Gaming deals: $200 Batman, The Last of Us PS3 bundle, Xbox One games, Battlefield 4 for PS4 $50 (Joystiq, 11/23/2013 5:00pm) |
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| Sharp AQUOS LC-37GP1U 37″ Gaming LCD HDTV $1389.97 Shipped Free at OneCall.com (Deals, Coupons, News and Reviews on Toys, Gadgets, Electronics, Computers : Toy Tracker, 11/21/2007 4:01am) |
| [IMG Sharp AQUOS LC-37GP1U 37in LCD HDTV]OneCall.com curently has the Sharp AQUOS LC-37GP1U 37″ Gaming LCD HDTV on sale for a low $1389.97 with Free Shipping after using Coupon Code: HOLIDAY07 (Enter code at checkout to see discount, Expires 11/24/07). Full HD 1080p (1920 x 1080) Resolution Built-in ATSC / QAM / NTSC Tuners Vyper Drive game mode eliminates perceptible lag between game console a ... (Read Full Article) |
| Best HD Gaming TVs For Under $3000 (Digg.com, 1/17/2007 2:56am) |
| "What's the best HDTV for my Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3 that you could sell me for under $3,000?" The choices were varied, but do we have a winner??? ... (Read Full Article) |
| The Engadget Interview: Bill Gates (again!) (Engadget, 2/06/2006 8:00am) |
| Filed under: CES, Desktops, Gaming, Handhelds, HDTV, Home En ... (Read Full Article) |
| Price of next-gen gaming? $1,710 (CNN (CNN Money, 5/19/2005 2:22pm) |
| Want to enjoy the full experience of a next generation console game? It could cost you somewhere in the neighborhood of $1,710. ... (Read Full Article) |
| The Cost of Gaming Goes Up (DesignTechnica, 5/20/2005 3:55pm) |
| CNN has a cool article that breaks down what you can expect to pay for the new next generation consoles including the hardware that is needed to enjoy them. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Ms. Pac-Man gets full-room 3D treatment (CNET News, 8/31/2012 5:57pm) |
| Retro gaming legend Ms. Pac-Man gets an update with a 3D version that lets our hungry heroine run up and down walls and across the [...] (Read Full Article) |
| NEWS: Sony updates PS3 firmware, adds BBC iPlayer (Pocket-lint, 8/18/2009 6:31pm) |
New features inbound 1st September
Sony has confirmed that the PS3 and PS3 Slim will be getting a software update in the coming weeks bringing with it a host of new features including BBC iPlayer support.
Although the BBC's on demand service has been available in a workaround on the console, Sony has convinced the corporation to make things official.
It will be just one of a number of country specific content deals as the company continues to promote the console as more than just a games machine.
The BBC iPlayer will be available on the 1 September with RTVE, ANTENA 3 and La Sexta in Spain, ZDFmediathek in Germany, NOS in the Netherlands NOS, and the Australian Broadcast Corporation (ABC) in Australia.
Alongside TV web access, PlayStation's entertainment offering was strengthened with the announcement of the PlayStation
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| Gaming Big-Guns Unveil New Consoles at E3 (Fox (Fox News, 5/21/2005 8:58pm) |
| More than 400 exhibitors, 60,000 retailers and game developers -- as well as a few big-name celebrities -- attended the Electronic Entertainment Expo, better known as E3. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Study lists top five tech trends (BBC News, 10/19/2005 2:28pm) |
| Robots, gaming, and advances in television are all named as areas to watch in the coming year. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Will IBM Dominate the Next-Gen Gaming Scene? (NewsFactor, 5/16/2005 8:25pm) |
| IBM is the clear winner in the race to produce the best next-generation video game console. IBM processors are at the heart of all three major consoles. ... (Read Full Article) |
| New hot-button issues (New York Daily News, 5/24/2005 8:24am) |
| Let the games begin. Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo unveiled details of their next-generation gaming systems at the E3 conference in Los Angeles last week. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Extreme Reality makes your camera a 3D gaming system (CNET Blogs, 1/08/2013 5:09pm) |
| Bye-bye Kinect? This software-only approach gives you full-body control for games with your standard Webcam. (Read Full Article) |
| GIGABYTE Introduces 512MB VGA Card for High-Definition PC Gaming (HardwareZone, 7/29/2005 9:00am) |
| New GV-RX80L512V raises the bar for onboard memory capacity on single GPU graphics accelerator cards ... (Read Full Article) |
| Gigabyte GA-8N-SLi Royal nForce 4 Intel mobo (The Register, 4/28/2005 3:39pm) |
| Review Puts Intel CPUs at the forefront of gaming? (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Top tech at CES 2013 (CNET Blogs, 1/11/2013 8:05am) |
| Winners of CNET's Best of CES awards include the Razer Edge gaming tablet, the YotaPhone sporting an e-ink back screen, and the CubeX high-end 3D printer. (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Explore 360-degree 3D models of the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 (CNET Blogs, 6/14/2013 9:25pm) |
| Get up close and personal with the hottest gaming hardware coming from Microsoft and Sony. Bonus: Chat up aesthetics in the comments. (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) |
| HD Gaming Beginning to Take Hold (TechNewsWorld.com, 5/10/2006 12:14pm) |
| The battle for market supremacy between Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Sony's PlayStation 3 has entered the next phase, one where high definition features will play a key role in determining the winner. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Reader Comments (Ars Technica, 11/16/2005 3:32pm) |
| In preparation for high-definition gaming, Ben and I have both gone from our college-era CRT sets to the new HDTV hotness—he with a DLP and I with a plasma. The prices on large-screen HD displays have been dropping over the past year or so; enough to get both of us to make the jump like many others. ... (Read Full Article) |
| News Article: Website Aims to Change Nintendo's HD Policy (Planet Gamecube, 6/23/2005 9:47pm) |
| Gaming activists have created an entire website devoted to bringing high-definition capabilities to Revolution. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Ace Attorney 5 will be a 3DS jam (Joystiq, 9/05/2012 3:00am) |
| The latest issue of Japanese gaming mag Famitsu confirms Ace Attorney 5 as coming to 3DS, according to (Read Full Article) |
| X-Box360: It Doesnt Get Any Better Than This (WebProNews, 5/03/2005 8:41pm) |
| Australian Financial News quote Microsoft master Gates as saying the new Xbox will make gaming more convivial. It\\\'s not a word you hear everyday. Honestly, I\\\'m not familiar with it so I looked it up. Mirriam Webster said it means this: ... (Read Full Article) |
| NVIDIA ForceWare Release 70 Unified Driver Available Immediately (GameInfoWire, 3/11/2005 3:13pm) |
| Industry's First WHQL-certified Windows XP 64-bit Graphics Driver Features New PureVideo Technology and Stunning Gaming Performance Increases (Read Full Article) |
| War of the gaming consoles heats up as Sony unveils PS3 (EARTHtimes.org, 5/18/2005 4:43am) |
| Sony stole Microsoft\\\'s thunder by unveiling the all-new and supposedly all-powerful Playstation 3 at the pre-Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in Los Angeles, California, on Monday. ... (Read Full Article) |
| IPTV on the Xbox 360: Ars digs deep (Ars Technica, 1/08/2007 4:36pm) |
| Instant channel changes, a high-definition DVR, live text messaging and voice chat—plus gaming. Will you be ditching your cable provider in favor of IPTV on the 360 any time soon? ... (Read Full Article) |
| GameSpot to produce HDTV shows (Digg.com, 3/27/2006 10:09pm) |
| GameSpot will produce two series for the new high-definition gaming channel, Gameplay HD. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | PlayStation 3 gets China approval, but no launch date yet (CNET Blogs, 11/07/2012 11:01am) |
| In spite of a decade-old ban on gaming consoles, Sony has received approval from Chinese regulators for the PlayStation 3. (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Pi-to-Go: a Raspberry Pi, screen and keyboard stuffed into a 3D-printed case (Engadget, 12/21/2012 2:18am) |
| Gaming consoles are (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | The 12 Best Games on the 3DS (Kotaku, 5/27/2013 11:00pm) |
| So, 3D, huh? Is that what you like? Leaves and papers and stuff hovering in front of you?
Ok, takes all kinds, we guess.
So, of course, there's only one gaming handheld for your [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Hackers Eye Game Consoles, HD DVD (NewsFactor via Yahoo! News, 1/02/2007 4:56pm) |
| Following a holiday season full of electronics gift giving, reports indicate that hackers are already starting to target new gaming consoles and HD DVD technology. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Next-Generation Xbox will be the HD-Era (GamesPaper, 3/10/2005 12:10am) |
| Microsoft's J Allard has unveiled the very first official details of the Next-Generation Xbox, at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco - and introduced the world of gaming to the HD-Era. (Read Full Article) |
| ATI Drives New Levels of Performance and Ease of Use for Gaming, Video and Mobility (GameInfoWire, 6/10/2005 3:14am) |
| Catalyst 5.6 provides something for everyone with powerful new features and performance for gamers, video enthusiasts and notebook PC users ... (Read Full Article) |
| Game On (Denver Westword, 3/01/2006 10:34pm) |
| Last fall, Microsoft hyped its pricey Xbox 360 by promising to reinvent gaming as we know it. The blockbuster "next generation" titles were supposed to harness the machine's awesome power to deliver high-definition graphics and impossibly realistic action. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Next-Generation Xbox will be the HD-Era (Addict 3D, 3/13/2005 10:10am) |
| Microsoft's J Allard has unveiled the very first official details of the Next-Generation Xbox - Xenon - at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, and introduced the world of gaming to the HD-Era. (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) |
| (Unranked) | 3DS XL gets more colorful in Japan, orange and turquoise are the new black (Engadget, 10/23/2013 8:10am) |
| Given how many 3DS XL liveries Nintendo has teased of late, collectors are liable to go broke trying to catch 'em all. Fresh out of Japan is yet another pair of the gaming giant's extra large -- or LL -- handhelds , except this time they're [...] (Read Full Article) |
| In Other News... (Voodoo Extreme, 11/12/2005 4:48pm) |
| November 12, 2005 - Yesterday I picked up a new HDTV for um, television purposes. I have the LCD/TV for gaming, although I'm going to use the 360 on both. It's a Samsung 1080i 30 incher. It's kinda like a panel since its wider that it is tall (22 inches tall, 36 wide) but damn, talk about crisp. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Xbox 360 sells 750,000 units during Black Friday week (CNET Blogs, 11/27/2012 9:17pm) |
| The Microsoft gaming console has a blowout Thanksgiving week and logs a 50 percent increase in Xbox 360 Live subscriptions. (Read Full Article) |
| Eurogamer XBox News Japanese legends talk next-gen (EuroGamer, 4/01/2005 1:30pm) |
| Following recent announcements that gaming legends Yoshiki Okamoto, Tetsuya Mizuguchi and Hironobu Sakaguchi are developing games for Microsoft's next-gen console, they've gone and revealed a few more details of what we can look forward to. (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Nintendo 3DS XL offers bigger, better hand-held gaming (Consumer Reports, 9/05/2012 3:00pm) |
| Nintendo's newest portable game console, the 3DS XL, recently hit the stores, and we bought one to try it out. The 3DS XL—a super-sized version of the Nintendo 3DS, which can show 3D effects in games without the need for... (Read Full Article) |
| Stock Trading Ideas: NVIDIA (Schaeffers Research, 2/16/2006 6:54pm) |
| According to Hoover's, NVIDIA (NVDA) is one of the top makers of graphics chips and boards, producing high-definition 2-D and 3-D graphics processors for gaming and industrial-design applications...( Read More ) ... (Read Full Article) |
| Get the biggest bang for your gaming buck (The Olympian, 12/02/2005 3:17pm) |
| The Xbox 360 rocks. After the marketing and media blitz of the past week or so, everyone knows this. But everyone doesn’t know that the early games in the life cycle of video game hardware often aren’t so stellar. That’s because developers haven’t figured out how to take full advantage of the box. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Source: http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/13.06/xbox_pr.html (XBOX365, 5/14/2005 10:51pm) |
| J Allard convinced Bill Gates to take on the Internet. Then he persuaded him to spend $2 billion to take on the PlayStation, too. Now he\\\'s aiming at the future of gaming - and the arrival of the mind-blowing broadband Metaverse. (Whoa.) ... (Read Full Article) |
| A morning with Microsoft's Xbox 360 (IDG.se, 11/14/2005 2:33pm) |
| Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox 360 games console won't hit store shelves anywhere worldwide until its North American launch on Nov. 22, but there is one place where people can walk in off the street and get an early taste of next-generation gaming. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Microsoft's Xbox 360 poised to be gaming gold mine (The Des Moines Register, 11/22/2005 10:07am) |
| When Microsoft's Xbox 360 goes on sale today, hard-core gamers and early adopters will all but ensure long lines and sellouts for the latest, greatest system. ... (Read Full Article) |
| First custom PS3 theme created (tech news blog - technology blog , gadgets, gaming , hdtv, gps, intech news,wii, ps3, xbox, 11/08/2007 3:58pm) |
| Filed under: Gaming, HDTV, Home Entertainment Ok, you’ve downloaded your PS3 2.00 update right? Good, so why not create a custom theme? Go ahead, call in sick, and give Brent’s guide a whirl ... (Read Full Article) |
| GIGABYTE Announces GeForce 7800 GT VGA Card (HardwareZone, 8/16/2005 11:52am) |
| The GIGABYTE GV-NX78T256V-B is another high definition next generation GIGABYTE Gaming VGA solution based on the NVIDIA GeForce 7800GT graphics processor. ... (Read Full Article) |
| NEWS: Blu-ray not coming to Xbox 360... yet (Pocket-lint, 10/23/2009 8:30am) |
Ballmer got it wrong
Kids, Steve Ballmer is lying to you. Yesterday we brought you the news, straight out of the man's mouth, that the Xbox 360 would be getting Blu-ray accessories. Today, Microsoft's PR team has swung into action to try and say they don't exist without explicitly saying "Ballmer was talking out of his arse".
Instead, a Microsoft spokesperson said: "Steve was referring to Blu-ray accessories for the PC.?As we have said in the past, we have no plans to introduce a Blu-ray drive for the Xbox 360. In fact, the future of home entertainment starts this fall when Xbox 360 becomes the first and only console to offer instant-on 1080p streaming HD movies".
Given that Ballmer was responding to a question about the Xbox and said "You'll be able to get Blu-ray drives as accessories", we doubt that accessories for the PC had anything to do with what he was saying. More likely Microsoft is trying to firefight some of the damage that Ballmer caused with the casual statement.
We wouldn't be surprised at all if Blu-ray accessories arrived for the console, particularly if Blu-ray movies begin to sell in reasonable numbers at some point. Microsoft just isn't ready to announce that yet.
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| Microsoft Denies Slimmer Xbox 360 [Gaming] (Gizmodo, 5/14/2008 2:30pm) |
| Everyone is pretty sure that Microsoft is shrinking the heart of the Xbox 360 onto one chip when the production process hits 45nm, but as we said yesterday, that doesn't necessarily mean a slim Xbox... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Full-Fledged PlayStation Store for PC With Direct PSP Downloads (No PS3 Required) [Gaming] (Gizmodo, 11/20/2007 10:15pm) |
| Just in time for the holidays, the PlayStation Store's finally totally opening its virtual doors to PSP owners without PS3s—now you can directly download stuff to your PSP from your PC via USB.... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Cable Bandwidth Crisis Approaching, Says ABI Research (Business Wire, 8/14/2007 2:05pm) |
| NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Escalating demand for bandwidth-hungry services such as HDTV and online gaming is gradually leading to a critical lack of capacity in cable operators ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Your Next Phone Could Be More Powerful Than A PS3 (Kotaku, 4/02/2013 6:00am) |
| In 2005-06, the Xbox 360 and PS3 were cutting-edge pieces of consumer electronics, finely tuned to deliver a premium gaming performance with the very latest technology inside.
As is the [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Nintendo prevails in latest 3DS patent scuffle (Joystiq, 2/20/2014 6:00pm) |
| The International Trade Commission has found in favor of Nintendo in a case involving three companies claiming the gaming giant infringed on their patents with the creation of the Nintendo DS and 3DS handhelds.
In 2012, Technology Properties [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Marvell plans consumer market push (Reuters, 11/03/2005 4:19pm) |
| SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Diversified chipmaker Marvell Technology Inc. is making strides in the video gaming market and is looking at high definition television as a promising next move, its chief executive said on Wednesday. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | NPD: PlayStation 3 Users Like to Watch Movie Discs (Home Media Magazine, 6/06/2013 3:53pm) |
| Sony PlayStation 3 owners like to watch movies on DVD and Blu-ray Disc over YouTube videos and Netflix streaming, according to new data from The NPD Group.
In its 2013 gaming survey — conducted online Feb. 15 to March 4 to 8,800 [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | PS3 Super Slim teardown finds hardware changes, no real upgrades (CNET Blogs, 10/15/2012 7:19pm) |
| Bill Detwiler cracks open the PlayStation 3 Super Slim, shows you how Sony redesigned the popular gaming console, and compares the new machine with older PS3 models. (Read Full Article) |
| Samsung Launches Fastest LCD Screens To Date (BIOS, 8/09/2005 1:18pm) |
| Samsung's latest TFT displays combine both ultra-fast speeds and relatively high contrast ratios. The new 17- and 19in. monitors should be perfect for viewing multimedia content and for gaming due to their outstanding response times, which should reduce ghosting. ... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Hexic HD Review [Xbox 360] (GameSpot, 11/24/2005 1:46am) |
| Reminiscent of the influential puzzle gaming sensation Bejeweled, Hexic HD is a solid, attractive puzzle game that comes freely preloaded onto the Xbox 360's hard drive. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Nintendo forced to pay a share of every 3DS sale to another company (Engadget, 1/06/2014 1:27pm) |
| While Nintendo's Wii U console sales continue to frustrate, its handheld gaming business offers hope of a better future. But even as its 3DS and 3DS XL consoles continue to outsell their rivals, Nintendo will have to come to terms with sharing a [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Games consoles in competition (San Diego Union-Tribune, 11/17/2006 9:42am) |
| Features : Plays high-definition Blu-ray discs, some original PlayStation and PS2 games, DVDs, CDs and Super Audio CDs. Owners get free online gaming and Web surfing access. The PS3 also links up with Sony's PlayStation Portable handheld. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Watch today's Nintendo Direct on upcoming 3DS games right here (Joystiq, 11/13/2013 3:30pm) |
Blah blah PlayStation 4 blah Xbox One blah. Yes, there may be some new consoles nearing the wild, but for half an hour starting at 11AM ET (8AM PT) the focus will shift to arguably the hottest gaming system already around (well, I'd argue [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | MSI reveals two GT60 laptops with 3K displays (Engadget, 12/05/2013 5:06pm) |
| MSI is jumping into the world of ultra-sharp displays today with the launch of two high-end GT60 laptop models. Both the gaming-oriented 2OD-261US and the workstation-grade 2OKWS-278US have 15.6-inch, 2,880 x 1,620 screens that make the most of 3D [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Xbox 360 vs. PlayStation 3: A Technical Comparison (Addict 3D, 5/24/2005 3:40pm) |
| It\\\'s the battle of the ages, played out with a new generation of hardware that, for the first time, appears to leave even high-end gaming PCs in the dust. Opinions about Microsoft Xbox 360 and Sony PlayStation 3 vary, but it\\\'s pretty clear that both devices are going to kick ass. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | YouTube, dancing cats now available on 3DS (Joystiq, 12/01/2013 3:30am) |
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Look, we know you've got a computer, smartphone, tablet and/or a gaming console. In case you'd prefer to conduct like or dislike-bombs from five devices at [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Stiq Figures, January 6 - 12: Nintendo wishlist edition (Joystiq, 1/20/2014 4:30am) |
| Welcome to Stiq Figures, where the sales data is after the break and the posts don't matter.
I think we've all seen the news by now - despite the 3DS being the best selling gaming device of 2013 and some genuinely great new games, Nintendo [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Technology News: Technology: An X-Factor for the New Xbox? (TechNewsWorld.com, 5/08/2005 12:12pm) |
| An X-Factor for the New Xbox? The move to HDTV, hastened by Microsoft, could send costs of developing games spiraling out of control -- and push many gaming software companies out of business. ... (Read Full Article) |
| 18% Of Consumers Bought HDTV For HD Gaming [Gamer HDTV] (Kotaku, 4/24/2008 5:40pm) |
| We already know that over 65% of PS3 and Xbox 360 gamers play on an HDTV. But we didn't know that 18% of HDTV watchers played Xbox 360 or PS3.
That stat was compiled over HDTV sales from only the... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Xbox 360 showcases high-def (Rocky Mountain (Rocky Mountain News, 5/13/2005 6:15am) |
| Microsoft on Thursday night unveiled the first taste of next-generation gaming, a sleek console in cool white with chrome accents that pumps out sounds and images in high-definition, extracts media from PCs and mobile devices and changes its look to fit the personality of its owner. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Xbox 360 showcases high-def (Rocky Mountain (Rocky Mountain News, 5/13/2005 6:23am) |
| Microsoft on Thursday night unveiled the first taste of next-generation gaming, a sleek console in cool white with chrome accents that pumps out sounds and images in high-definition, extracts media from PCs and mobile devices and changes its look to fit the personality of its owner. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Sony And Microsoft Both Unveil Next-Gen Consoles (BIOS, 5/17/2005 11:40am) |
| Microsoft will be launching its next-generation gaming console some six months before Sony. This will give it a head start against the upcoming competition from Sony\\\'s Playstation 3 and Nintendo\\\'s Evolution, but Microsoft needs to get its marketing right this time ... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | New 3DMark arrives for Windows, gaming PCs brace for punishment (video) (Engadget, 2/05/2013 10:55am) |
| There's nothing quite so crushing to the self-esteem of a gamer as a new (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Twitch TV App Launches on Xbox 360 (eCoustics, 5/14/2013 9:54pm) |
| Video platform and gaming community Twitch today launched on the Xbox 360 game console. Its app is available for download from the Xbox Live marketplace, but only for gold-level subscribers in the U.S. Twitch said the move marks another step in its [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Introducing... The Nintendo 2DS. No, That's Not a Typo. (Kotaku, 8/28/2013 3:21pm) |
| Nintendo will be launching a new portable gaming system in October. It's called the Nintendo 2DS. It's a 3DS without the 3D, and it's shaped like a thin piece of cake. (Read Full Article) |
| Cable Operators to Spend $80 Billion Worldwide Thru 2012 to Expand Network (Digg.com, 1/17/2007 3:24am) |
| The accelerating adoption of high-definition television, multiplayer gaming, and other data-intensive services is leading to a “bandwidth crunch†that will require cable operators to upgrade the capacity of their digital networks. ... (Read Full Article) |
| White PS3 now approved for Stateside use (Engadget, 1/22/2008 11:12am) |
| Filed under: Gaming, HDTV
The FCC just approved the 40GB Ceramic White PS3 for US consumption. It's apparently the same model announced for Japan back in October. Perfect for the living room laboratory if ever released this side of the Pacific.[Via gi]
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| Send Home Entertainment Over DSL Thomson announced the Cobra platform, a video-delivery platform that uses advanced (Connected Home Media, 6/29/2005 2:18pm) |
| One of the most incredible new PCs I saw at COMDEX this week was HP's new limited-edition Compaq X Gaming System, an aluminum-clad monster that competes directly with Dell's equally impressive Dimension XPS system. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Microsoft gets serious about games / Software giant drops bombshells at E3 show (San Francisco Chronicle, 5/10/2006 1:39am) |
| LOS ANGELES -- Microsoft went on the offensive Tuesday in the video game console wars, unveiling a slew of announcements including a new external HD DVD player for its Xbox 360 platform and an initiative to open up its Xbox Live online gaming and... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Top 10 HD myths, in full resolution (Joystiq, 11/30/2005 2:07am) |
| Now that gamers can dip their toes in the High-Def waters with the Xbox 360, there seems to be a great deal of confusion out there. While they’re not specifically gaming related, PCWorld’s thorough list of the top 10 HD myths offers the HD aspiring gamer plenty to mull about. The myths are: An HD set is all you need to get high-def programs. The bigger your HDTV set, the better it ... (Read Full Article) |
| Microsoft's Xbox could consider Blu-ray Support (I4U, 1/09/2008 6:40am) |
| LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp's Xbox video gaming unit still fully backs
Toshiba Corp's HD-DVD high-definition DVD format but could consider supporting
Sony Corp's rival Blu-ray technology should consumers want it, an executive said
on T... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Which Games Are Optimized For the Nvidia Shield? (eCoustics, 8/01/2013 12:00pm) |
| The Nvidia Shield, an impressive Android device gaming device, has just a handful of games available in its library. But while its overall selection is limited compared to other systems like the Nintendo 3DS XL or the Sony PlayStation Vita, its [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Oculus VR, EA, Avegant and others join to form 'Immersive Technology Alliance' (Engadget, 3/13/2014 3:20pm) |
| Well, this is certainly a motley crew: a variety of companies in the virtual reality space are teaming up to create the "Immersive Technology Alliance." The group is an evolution of an earlier consortium, The Stereoscopic 3D Gaming Alliance [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | RealD Hires New Home Entertainment EVP (Home Media Magazine, 2/15/2013 7:57pm) |
| 3D technology company RealD has appointed Minard Hamilton as its EVP of mobile and consumer products, charging the gaming industry veteran with advancing RealD’s consumer electronics business.
From 2007 to 2012, Hamilton served as [...] (Read Full Article) |
| E3 Game Console Combat: What Have We Learned (WebProNews, 5/20/2005 8:22pm) |
| OK! The E3 show winds down and what have we learned? Really, what have we learned? We learned that ancient gaming rivals Sony and Nintendo continue to swipe at each other with their mighty blades called game consoles all the while some little geek with glasses from Seattle who happens to be the richest man on the planet is shoving his way into the fight with a sleek little blade himself. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Elgato Game Capture HD Now Available Nationwide at Best Buy (Business Wire, 5/16/2013 2:00pm) |
| SANÂ FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Elgato today announced that Game Capture HD is available at 900+ Best Buy retail locations and on BestBuy.com. Game Capture HD is the preferred content-creation tool of top gaming YouTube [...] (Read Full Article) |
| NVIDIA Ships Three New Geforce 7 Series GPUs (LinuxElectrons, 3/09/2006 3:36pm) |
| HANNOVER , GERMANY – ( NASDAQ:NVDA ) NVIDIA is shipping three new additions to the NVIDIA® GeForce 7 Series of graphics processing units (GPUs) set to make extreme high-definition (HD) gaming a reality. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Nintendo's Plan To Make The 3DS Stand Out From The iPhone (Kotaku, 4/24/2013 12:00am) |
| It feels as though Nintendo's 3DS handheld game system has "arrived." [...] (Read Full Article) |
| PS3 firmware 2.20 bringing BD-Live interactive Blu-ray this month (Engadget, 3/20/2008 10:01am) |
| Filed under: Gaming, HDTV var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/playstation/PS3_firmware_2_20_will_include_BD_Live_interactive_Blu_ray'; The Blu-ray 2.0 spec (or BD-Live) is just days from launch. Sony just announced that the next PlayStation3 firmware updated -- v2.20 -- will add the new interactive features to your PS3. As such, PS3 owners should expect downloadable video content, ringtones, int ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Sennheiser gets back in the (video)game, refreshes renowned PC360, PC350 headsets (Engadget, 1/08/2013 5:33pm) |
| Sure, many gamers will choose between the likes of (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Microsoft’s New 'Xbox One' Includes Blu-ray Drive (Home Media Magazine, 5/21/2013 5:57pm) |
| Microsoft unveiled its next-generation gaming console May 21, the Xbox One, an “all-in-one home entertainment system” that includes a Blu-ray Disc drive, live TV capability, built-in motion and voice controls and HDMI input and [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Voodoo Unleashes Fastest Gaming Notebook: ENVY u:909 (Digg.com, 3/12/2006 7:15am) |
| "Delivering new levels of visual realism at extremely high-definition resolutions, The new ENVY U909 features SLI technology that enables two NVIDIA GeForce® Go 7800 GTX graphics processing units GPUs) to be used in notebooks based on the NVIDIA nForce®4 SLI core-logic solution." ... (Read Full Article) |
| Xploder PS2 HDTV upscaler reviewed (Engadget, 2/17/2007 5:35am) |
| Filed under: Gaming, HDTVWhile there's plenty of options for upscaling all those non-HD DVDs you're not ready to give up just yet, there's not a whole lot you can do to improve how your collection of past-gen video games look on your spiffy HDTV, apart from simply using a good component cable. Video game accessorizer Xploder is trying to rectify that situation somewhat, however, releasing its ... (Read Full Article) |
| Cross Battle Adapter Brings Xbox 360 Controller to PS3, With Rumble [Gaming] (Gizmodo, 2/19/2009 5:20pm) |
| It's the Holy Grail of self-loathing DualShock gamers. Ditch Sony's controller for Microsoft's with the XCM's latest, fully functional Cross Battle Adapter.
The adapter plugs into your PS3's USB... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Panasonic reveals five new LCD HDTVs at CES (Engadget, 1/06/2008 9:11pm) |
| Filed under: CES, Displays, HDTV
Panasonic's already dished out a few new offerings for fans of PDP, but you better believe it's watching out for the LCD crowd, too. Starting things up is the 26-inch TC-26LX85 and 32-inch TC-32LX85, both of which rock a 720p resolution, 10,000:1 native contrast, a dedicated gaming mode, SD expansion slot, three HDMI connections and VIERA Link. Upping the ante to ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Diablo III Coming to PS3, Xbox 360 in September (eCoustics, 6/06/2013 10:21pm) |
| Evil will be reborn this September when Blizzard releases Diablo III for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 gaming consoles. On Sept. 3, the popular good-versus-evil game will make its global console debut, bringing custom-tailored action, dynamic [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Updates to What We Think Are the Best Wii U, 3DS and iPhone Games (Kotaku, 4/18/2013 1:20pm) |
| Life is all about change. So are The Bests, the lists of games that Kotaku's editors think are the most superlative gaming experiences on various [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Sony PS3 uploads Video to Youtube (I4U, 5/18/2008 9:39am) |
| Google announced this week that Sony has adopted the Youtube APIs on the Sony PS3.
More and more devices like video cameras or mobile phones have now direct upload features for Youtube, so why not also a gaming console.
The Sony PS3 YouTube integra... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | What It's Like to Watch Movies on the Oculus Rift (Kotaku, 8/27/2013 11:00am) |
| There is no doubt that the Oculus Rift VR headset, with its 3D display and tilt sensors, is designed for gaming. But that's not all it can do. There are several apps that allow you to watch [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Sony's 1.80 PS3 firmware enables 1080p upscaling for games and movies (Engadget, 5/23/2007 4:16pm) |
| Filed under: Gaming, HDTV, Home EntertainmentHot on the heels of an 80GB Korean-bound (and US, too?) PlayStation 3 comes news that Sony is planning on seriously upping the abilities of the PS3 with a forthcoming firmware update. Compared to minor changes that have occurred in the past, this one looks to be fairly substantial, so we'll cut to the chase and give you the skinny. First off, firmware ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | PAX East: A Thousand Nintendo 3DSes, Not One Sony PlayStation Vita (eCoustics, 3/25/2013 7:54pm) |
| I like the Sony PlayStation Vita . It’s a powerful handheld with a beautiful screen and a great feel. It can offer a gaming experience that exceeds the PlayStation 2 and rivals the PlayStation 3. While its library of games isn’t [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Samsung unleashes swarm of new LCD monitors (Engadget, 10/20/2005 6:00pm) |
| Samsung has gone on a new monitor free-for-all today, unleashing no less than 16 new displays for the consumer and professional markets. We’ll ignore the business-oriented models and instead concentrate on those designed for home use and gaming, which include the following SyncMaster units: 19-inch 970P (1280 x 1024 resolution, 1000:1 contrast ratio, $549), 19-inch 940MW (widescreen 1440 x ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Firefox 22 Enables Web Video Calls, 3D Gaming (eCoustics, 6/25/2013 8:10pm) |
| We’re still a ways off from a completely browser-based version of a fully functional Photoshop application or an AAA-level video game, but the latest version of Mozilla’s Firefox browser puts the pieces in place to enable just that. [...] (Read Full Article) |
| PS3 Slim all but official with leaks, rumors, and scans galore (Ars Technica, 8/05/2009 2:33pm) |
The talk of a slimmed down version of the PlayStation has been around for a long time, with our favorite inside source laying down the timeline for the system as well as what would happen before the hardware's launch. It looks as if more and more of the prophecy is coming true, with a new mountain of evidence pointing towards the upcoming release of new PS3 hardware.
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| ViewSonic launches six new LCD HDTVs (HD-Report, 9/19/2009 3:34am) |
| Earlier this week ViewSonic announced six new LCD HDTVs ranging in price from $299 (VT2042 20″) to $999 (N4285 42″). The new displays were built with television, gaming, and computer monitor usage in mind. The models will begin shipping later this month and into October.
[Press Release]
ViewSonic Expands HDTV Lineup With the Launch of Six New [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Oh Wow, Amazon Really Hates Nintendo Consoles (Kotaku, 4/02/2013 2:48pm) |
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The conflict between Nintendo and Amazon just keeps getting stranger.
For almost two years now, Amazon has not been selling Nintendo's gaming hardware first hand. You can buy a 3DS or [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Laptop specialist Rock grudgingly offers Blu-ray support (Tech Digest, 3/04/2008 11:40am) |
| Hardcore power-laptop maker Rock has
decided to dump its HD DVD-exclusive stance and let buyers stick Blu-ray drives
in its range of gaming laptop beasts should they so desire. Rock's CEO Nick
Boardman said "We're disappointed that HD-DVD didn't make it and we value the
support Toshiba has given us. Although Blu-ray has technical advantages... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Feature: 'Question of the Week Responses: HD Video Games?' (Gamasutra, 12/22/2005 7:21pm) |
| In today's main Gamasutra feature, examining whether high-definition visuals are vital to continuing gaming's rise, our latest Question of the Week asked our audience of game professionals: "Is HD important to the future of video games?" ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Internal game development at Oculus VR is already happening (and yes, it involves John Carmack) (Engadget, 1/07/2014 10:04pm) |
| It's hard to imagine John Carmack not developing games. Sure, he signed on to Oculus Rift as Chief Technology Officer, but he's also the man who co-created such gaming classics as Doom, Quake and Wolfenstein 3D. With Oculus Rift, Carmack and the [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Firefox update adds support for Unreal Engine (Joystiq, 6/25/2013 8:00pm) |
Today's release of Firefox 22.0 introduces official support for 3D gaming via Epic's Unreal Engine, among other significant additions.
Mozilla outlines the [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Sony's new PlayStation 3 is slim, light, and on sale soon (Consumer Reports, 9/19/2012 7:30pm) |
| Sony has announced some upcoming updates to its console-gaming line, including a slimmer PlayStation 3, PlayStation Plus for the Vita hand-held console, and games for PlayStation Mobile. Most significant, the-long rumored even-slimmer PlayStation 3 is now official: The company says... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Slacker Radio Arrives on Xbox 360 (eCoustics, 2/26/2013 11:33pm) |
| The newly revamped Slacker radio today found a new home on the Xbox 360 gaming console. Now available for Xbox Live subscribers in the U.S. and Canada, Slacker brings millions of songs and hundreds of programmed stations to the Xbox Live [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo Available Release Dates (WebProNews, 5/25/2005 2:55pm) |
| Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo all let a lot of information fly at the E3 with regard to their new gaming consoles. The specs of these systems are awesome. They\\\'ve got WiFi and wireless and downloadable systems, massive multiplayer options inside the home or over the network. The visual capabilities will be stunning with the HD graphics capability hooked up to a new Samsung HDTV designed for the ... (Read Full Article) |
| Engadget's live coverage of the Xbox 360 launch (Engadget, 5/13/2005 4:04am) |
| Hey ya’all, the Engadget and Joystiq teams are crewing it up tonight to bring you live Xbox 360 coverage, so stay tuned! Aight, here we go! Elijah just showed up on the tube promising an “ultimate celebrity deathmatch.†We can’t wait for that - celebs have shown time and again that they’re gaming masters. Why they led off with that we’re not sure. An ode to Atari and pong, as ... (Read Full Article) |
| Xbox 360 to get US price drop (the INQUIRER, 6/30/2008 7:58am) |
| Dean Pullen the Inquirer, Monday 30 June 2008. 08:43:00 Console round-up Playstation trophy screens leaked USUALLY THE SUMMER presents us with a quiet period of console and gaming-related news, but this season seems to be more busy than most. Xbox 360 It seems that earlier rumours of an Xbox 360 price drop at E3 are ringing true.... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Xbox + HDTV = realistic visuals, convincing action (Fort Wayne News-Sentinel, 12/21/2005 8:08pm) |
| HDTV sets aren't just for high-definition television anymore. Microsoft's recently-released Xbox 360 video-game console has ushered in a new era of high-definition gaming, and this trend looks to accelerate next year with the release of Sony's PlayStation 3 console. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Microsoft nixes HD DVD players for Xbox (Computerworld, 2/25/2008 2:00pm) |
| After Toshiba announced it would no longer make HD DVD players, Microsoft said it would also pull the players from its popular Xbox gaming systems. Microsoft has said it would consider supporting Blu-ray technology should consumers want it, did not say if it would make Blu-Ray players. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Kaz Hirai of Sony talks 'PS3 Online" (Joystiq, 7/06/2005 3:29pm) |
| Kaz Hirai gave an interview to US gaming mag ‘EGM’ in which he talks about Sony’s aims for the PS3 as an online console. Apparently Kaz thinks that web surfing from your console will be possible with the Playstation 3, due to the console having a USB port which you can plug a keyboard into (erm, don’t most USB keyboards have like a 1 meter cord?). Also he thinks the emergence of HDTV will ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Facebook releases cross-platform SDK for Unity titles, looks to boost 3D and mobile gaming (Engadget, 8/28/2013 8:27pm) |
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If the folks [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Xbox 360: Popular Science's top innovation for home entertainment this year (Joystiq, 11/08/2005 6:23pm) |
| In the the December issue of Popular Science , which will go on newsstands November 15, the Xbox 360 is reported to have taken top honors (that is, the Grand Award) for the Best of What’s New in Home Entertainment, one of twelve different categories considered. “The first of the next-generation gaming consoles, the new Xbox 360 is not just about games — the 360 is poised to take over ... (Read Full Article) |
| Paris Hilton's new toy: an Xbox 360 (Joystiq, 11/18/2005 8:37pm) |
| As it turns out, Hollywood’s star-studded Xbox 360 kick-off party was more than just an opportunity for a couple of meaningless B-list celebs to announce their even more meaningless engagement. It was an opportunity for hardcore gaming addict Paris Hilton to snag a new 360. OK, maybe subtract the “gaming†part from that sentence. So what will Paris the Heiress do with her new toy? I’m ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Cross Plane puts a screen in a controller for PC, PS3, 360, Ouya (Joystiq, 9/08/2013 2:00am) |
Advanced Gaming Innovations LLC (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Penis-Powered Game Gets Oculus Rift Support (Kotaku, 7/26/2013 9:34am) |
| Custom Maid 3D, the erotic computer game with a cock controller, is grinding out a historic update: Oculus Rift support. VR gaming with things people put their penises in will never be the [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 25% off PC pre-orders including Tomb Raider, Crysis 3, DMC, more at GMG (Joystiq, 1/11/2013 6:30am) |
| Green Man Gaming is currently offering 25 percent off select PC pre-orders. The selection is impressive, including the likes of (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) |
| GameStop no longer taking HD DVD trades, possibly not taking 360 HD DVD drive either (Engadget, 2/20/2008 2:02am) |
| Filed under: Gaming, HDTV, Home Entertainment
Doesn't look like there's going to be any glory in death for HD DVD -- we've just received confirmation that GameStop is no longer accepting HD DVD movies as trade-ins, and several GameStops have apparently already stopped taking the Xbox 360 HD DVD drive as well. We're also hearing that the 360 HD DVD drive will no longer be accepted at any GameSt ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Black Nintendo 3DS XL Heading to Japan (I4U, 10/04/2012 4:03pm) |
Nintendo Japan has announced a black 3DS LL/XL is going to be launching in Japan. The black portable gaming console will launch in January 11 for ¥18,900. The black console will take a spot [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Sony offering free PlayStation 3 with HDTV purchase (Engadget, 12/29/2007 2:28am) |
| Filed under: Gaming, HDTV
That's right, babies. We've seen Sony play this hand in other parts of our great big world, and now the S-gang is bringing this sweet bacon on home... er, to the States. According to a promotion we've caught wind of, if you get yourself approved for the Sony Visa, then promptly purchase a Sony HDTV at the Sony Rewards store (out of a pool of models from the BRAVIA and ... (Read Full Article) |
| PS3 firmware update 2.40 coming tomorrow (AfterDawn, 7/01/2008 4:58pm) |
| Sony has announced the upcoming PlayStation 3 firmware update, version 2.40 which will hit tomorrow and will give gamers a few of their most requested features, in-game XMB (XrossMediaBar) and "trophies" for online gaming.
The in-game XMB will allow uses to access PS3 menu during gameplay by hitting the PS button on the controller. Gamers can then check if any of their friends are online, as ... (Read Full Article) |
| Ryu Ga Gotoku prologue heading to DVD, no import plans (Joystiq, 1/12/2006 5:15pm) |
| Filed under: PlayStation 2 , Action , Adventure Sega's Ryu Ga Gotoku ("Like a Dragon") was released a month ago in Japan and is being hailed as a gaming masterpiece. We've already seen Sega launch a line of shot glasses and lighters to promote the title, and now a live-action prologue is being released onto DVD in March, featuring 43 minutes of ultra-violent beatdowns and, we ... (Read Full Article) |
| NEWS: Toshiba Qosmio X500 Blu-ray laptop announced (Pocket-lint, 9/23/2009 3:12pm) |
18.4-inch multimedia monster
Toshiba has announced the launch of the Qosmio X500 boasting a "sleek, glossy black chassis, backlit keyboard and LED-feathertouch controls".
Powered by Intel's latest Quad Core processors and the latest nVIDIA GeForce graphics, the Qosmio X500 claims to deliver "a realistic gameplay experience with intense visuals, vibrant environments and dynamic character effects".
With an 18.4-inch TruBrite Full HD LCD screen with 16:9 aspect ratio at a resolution of 1920x1080 pixels, Harman Kardon stereo speakers, a rewritable Blu-ray drive, the X500 appears, on paper at least, to be an entertainment powerhouse.
It also gets Toshiba's Resolution+ upscaling technology, that sees standard definition DVDs and video files upconverted to "near high definition" quality.
Other features include an "HD" webcam, a multi-touch touch pad, fingerprint reader, face recognition, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.1, eight touch-sensitive multimedia buttons, up to 4GB RAM, 1TB HDD, three USB ports all of which offer "Sleep-and-Charge" tech, REGZA-Link HDMI-CEC and a 5-in-1 card reader.
The Qosmio X500 will be available in the UK from late October - no pricing revealed, but it's gonna be steep.
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| (Unranked) | New Xbox One, Xbox 360 entertainment apps debut this week (Joystiq, 3/25/2014 11:00pm) |
| Microsoft has rolled out a slate of new entertainment apps on Xbox Live, giving Xbox 360 and Xbox One owners access to a broader variety of sports, competitive gaming, and film offerings.
Starting this week, Xbox Live Gold members can keep up [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Razer doesn't make PS3 peripherals because its CEO doesn't play it (Joystiq, 7/07/2013 8:00pm) |
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Those looking to buy gaming accessories from third-party manufacturer Razer have three platforms they can shop for: PC, [...] (Read Full Article) |
| BT Group first to roll out Xbox 360 as IPTV set-top box (Engadget, 1/07/2008 8:46am) |
| Filed under: CES, Gaming, HDTV
Just in case you weren't reading along to our liveblog of Bill Gate's twelfth and final CES keynote - in which case, what were you doing? - we wanted to share some Xbox 360 IPTV news. Last year, Microsoft was talking up their IPTV initiative but when Fall '07 rolled around, there weren't any set-top Xboxen to be found. During last night 's keynote Robbie Bach, p ... (Read Full Article) |
| TV and Movies Coming Soon to Xbox (WebProNews, 11/07/2006 2:46pm) |
| Microsoft has announced plans to offer up video content to Xbox users in standard and high definition formats beginning November 22, the one-year anniversary of the Xbox 360 launch. This move makes the Xbox 360 the first gaming console to offer television and movie content as a direct download to users. CBS, MTV Networks, Paramount Pictures, Turner Broadcasting System Inc. (TBS Inc.), ... (Read Full Article) |
| Latest PS3 firmware update hits consoles (AfterDawn, 1/21/2009 7:38pm) |
| Sony has released the latest firmware update for the PlayStation 3 gaming console, updating some media capabilities.
The update, version 2.60's, "key feature is a new Photo Gallery application, which delivers a suite of tools for sorting through and displaying your digital photo collection. Digital pictures can be organized in groups according to various criteria, including the camera used to ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Ninja Gaiden infiltrates the 3DS eShop next week (Joystiq, 12/01/2012 5:00pm) |
| Retro gaming fans can snag the original Ninja Gaiden on the 3DS next week, according to a (Read Full Article) |
| Ziff Davis Video Game Survey: Gamers Continue to Cut TV Viewing (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance, 8/09/2005 1:29pm) |
| According to Ziff Davis Media's annual "Digital Gaming in America" survey of more than 1,500 randomly selected U.S. households, nearly a quarter of all video game players watched less television than last year and expect to cut their viewing time even further this year. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Groupon: 4GB Xbox 360 bundle with Forza 4, Alan Wake for $200 (Joystiq, 12/04/2012 12:30am) |
| Groupon has posted the rare gaming-centric deal. For the next two days, you can purchase a 4GB Xbox 360 S console with included copies of (Read Full Article) |
| CES 2008: Microsoft and BT partner to bring high-def services to Xbox 360 [updated] (HDTV UK, 1/07/2008 8:00am) |
| Microsoft and British Telecom have announced a partnership which will allow UK Xbox 360 owners to download gaming and entertainment content to their consoles via the BT Vision service.
Anyone who is a broadband customer with BT will be able to enjoy a selection of high definition content delivered directly to the Xbox 360.
The service will be available from mid-2008. It's not surprising that th ... (Read Full Article) |
| Chipset is designed for broadband DSL. (ThomasNet, 8/01/2006 1:16pm) |
| ARION(TM) eXtremeVDSL2(TM) system-on-a-chip family offers 100 Mbps symmetric data rates and is targeted for DSL access equipment manufacturers for central office and customer premises equipment markets. Solution brings voice and video for multi-channel video, HDTV, video-on-demand, and interactive gaming applications. Featuring multi-mode operation for auto-detection and connectivity to legacy ... (Read Full Article) |
| Kopin's 'Vision 2005' event to highlight coming explosion of mobile video market (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 4/14/2005 1:13pm) |
| Kopin Corp. , the largest U.S. manufacturer of microdisplays, today announced it will host "Vision 2005," an event to highlight revolutionary communication, gaming, entertainment, military, security and photography experiences being made possible by high-resolution mobile video. (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | MHL Consortium to Showcase Industry-Leading Mobile HD Connectivity Technology at 2013 Mobile World Congress (Business Wire, 2/26/2013 2:00pm) |
| --(BUSINESS WIRE)--The MHL Consortium is showcasing its industry-leading mobile HD connectivity technology at the 2013 MWC. Attendees will see booth demonstrations in gaming, home entertainment and video [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Super Joystiq Podcast 077: Broken Sword 5, Battlefield 4, current gaming landscape (Joystiq, 12/13/2013 8:00pm) |
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| Someone pays: Sony charges publishers for PS3 bandwidth (Ars Technica, 3/22/2009 10:49pm) |
| Sony has a large advantage over the Xbox 360: the PS3 offers free online gaming and content downloads. Xbox Live of course costs around $50—less if you get a deal—and a good amount of content is made available to Gold members first and Silver members down the line. The only problem is someone has to pay for all these online features, and if reports are correct Sony is passing that bill ... (Read Full Article) |
| PS3 buyers using console for gaming over Blu-ray, says NPD (AfterDawn, 10/19/2009 12:35am) |
Despite Sony's marketing team deciding to change the focus of the PS3 more to the console's movie downloading and Blu-ray capabilities, it appears consumers are still purchasing the system mainly for gaming.
Last August, the NPD Group released a study that showed that about 37 percent of PS3 owners had never once watched a Blu-ray film on their system. The second edition of the study was released recently, and the number hardly changed, moving down to 34 percent.
NPD did note however that the number of PS3 owners watching Blu-ray was higher then PS2 owners watching DVDs at the same point in the console's life cycle.
“It’s at a fairly high level, where it took years for PS2 owners to use [that console] for DVD,” NPD analyst Russ Crupnick added, via VB. “Most PS3 people think of it as a gaming device, but there is a reasonable level of awareness and intended use for Blu-ray.”
The new study gave the following figures to the question of why PS3 owners had purchased the console:
58 percent - Mostly to play games
34 percent - For games and movie, equally
8 percent - Mostly movies
NPD also noted that PS3 owners who have had their machines for a couple of years of more tend to buy more Blu-rays over standard definition DVDs and vice versa for newer owners.
“Newer owners are somewhat more oriented to DVD than Blu-ray,” Crupnick says. “The later you get into an adoption cycle, the more you’re not getting the super aficionado. These are people who are tougher to convince about the benefits of Blu-ray and who are sensitive to price.”Permalink | Comments
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| Samsung Electronics and Microsoft Announce Revolutionary HDTV Alliance on Next-Generation Xbox Video Game Console (RedNova, 4/28/2005 2:03pm) |
| NEW YORK, April 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Samsung Electronics, a global HDTV leader, and Microsoft Corp., a leading force in the software and video game industries, today announced an alliance to elevate gaming to the next level through high-definition technology. (Read Full Article) |
| XCM Cross Fire Adapter Brings Dual Shock, Identity Crises to Xbox 360 [Gaming] (Gizmodo, 3/15/2009 2:00pm) |
| On the opposite end of the fanboy self-loathing scale created by the PS3 XCM Cross Battle adapter is the Cross Fire. It brings Dual Shock controllers to the Xbox 360 (with turbo!).
Like its Cross... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Splice cuts its way to PS3 this year (Joystiq, 6/13/2013 1:00am) |
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Splice is on its way to PSN for PS3, by early fall at the latest. Splice is the successful gaming experiment from [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Razer Sabertooth Xbox 360 controller ups the ante on tourney gaming, we go hands-on (Engadget, 1/03/2013 2:25am) |
| Razer's Onza Xbox 360 controller is very, very nice. [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Nintendo's Brighter Gaming Future (Kotaku, 7/31/2013 4:30pm) |
| Amid much ado about Nintendo's high 3DS sales and low Wii U sales, we've also got an (Read Full Article) |
| Live from E3: Day One - PS3 and Xbox 360 (Joystiq, 5/17/2005 3:04pm) |
| Alright, it’s (almost) the end of our very first day of Engadget/Joystiq team coverage of the big, big, big E3 gaming expo. Here’s what went down today: Engadget & Joystiq’s live coverage of Sony’s PlayStation 3 launch (UPDATED with tons of new pics and info) More Playstation 3 Pics Engadget & Joystiq’s live coverage of Microsoft’s Xbox 360 E3 event Nintendo Revoluti ... (Read Full Article) |
| Sony PS3 gamers most likely to play on HD display (HDTV UK, 12/24/2007 8:00am) |
| According to statistics from Nielsen, more PlayStation 3 owners play games on a high definition display than do Xbox 360 or Wii owners.
71% of PS3 owners said they used a high definition display for gaming (32% on LCD, 17% on plasma, 9% on rear projection, 6% on front projection, 5% on HD Tube, 2% on HD DLP), compared to 66% of Xbox 360 owners and 65% of Wii owners. So, not huge differences.
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| PRESS RELEASE: NVIDIA BRINGS CUTTING-EDGE DIRECTX 10 GRAPHICS AND HD VIDEO TO ALL PC USERS (gamesindustry.biz, 4/17/2007 2:21pm) |
| SANTA CLARA, CA—APRIL 17, 2007—NVIDIA Corporation (Nasdaq: NVDA), the worldwide leader in programmable graphics processor technologies, today announced the extension of the award-winning NVIDIA GeForce 8 Series line-up to include three new graphics processing units (GPUs), bringing high-resolution gaming, stunning Microsoft® Windows VistaTM graphics, and stellar HD DVD and Blu-ray video playb ... (Read Full Article) |
| Sony Pictures celebrates NXE eve by...blocking Xbox 360 Netflix movie streaming (Engadget, 11/19/2008 3:14am) |
| Filed under: Gaming, HDTV, Home Entertainment
Just hours before the Xbox 360's newest dashboard update hits tomorrow morning (10:00 a.m. GMT), our friends at Joystiq noticed the list of movies available for Netflix Watch Instantly streaming has suddenly dropped. The culprit? Sony Pictures Home Entertainment subsidiary Columbia Pictures, flicking previously available titles like Superbad, Bad Boys ... (Read Full Article) |
| Houston Based Computer Company Releases Three High End Windows Media Center PCs (PR Web via Yahoo! News, 7/09/2005 12:00pm) |
| (PRWEB) July 9, 2005 -- Houston Texas-based company, Cannon PC, LP, released three high end Windows Media Center PCs this week. The company specializes only in Media Center PCs and accessories and all their systems are designed for home theater, home automation and gaming enthusiasts in mind. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Limited edition Metal Gear Solid 4 PS3 heads to Japan's Outer Haven (Engadget, 3/21/2008 11:20am) |
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On June 12th, 2008 there'll be no place to hide from the release of the gunmetal MGS4 PS3. Well no place except every single country other than japan where the ¥51,800 (about $520) limited edition console will exclusively launch. That wad of Yen nabs the limited edition 40GB console with a Metal Gear Solid 4 Guns of the Patriots software bundle and like-colored DualShock ... (Read Full Article) |
| Chaintech Announces New Apogee Graphics Board Based on nVIDIA GeForce 7800GT Processor (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 8/17/2005 1:00pm) |
| Chaintech America Co. Ltd, a leading VGA card and motherboard manufacturer, today announced the Apogee AE78GT, a High-Definition graphics board for consumer graphics and gaming enthusiasts based on the nVIDIA GeForce 7800GT graphics processor. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Acer, Intel, Qualcomm and SingTel-Optus Join Futuremark to Develop 3DMark for Android (Business Wire, 8/06/2012 9:01am) |
| HELSINKI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Futuremark announces Acer, Intel, Qualcomm and SingTel-Optus join its Benchmark Development Program to create a new 3DMark gaming benchmark for Android-based tablets and [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Paramount Pictures' First-of-Its-Kind Program With Xbox Integrates Movie Content Within the Gaming Environment (SYS-CON Media, 4/12/2006 12:25am) |
| Paramount Pictures and Xbox have pioneered the first-ever Xbox Movie Showcase cross-platform marketing program between a movie studio and Microsoft's Xbox Live. Launching tomorrow (April 12, 2006), the Xbox Movie Showcase will feature free, high-definition, downloadable content from two of the most highly anticipated films of the summer: the action-thriller 'Mission: Impossible III,' starring T ... (Read Full Article) |
| Microsoft: 'We have no plans for Blu-Ray on Xbox 360' (Engadget, 10/23/2009 6:49am) |
| A recent Gizmodo sit down with Steve Ballmer led with a headline exclaiming a Blu-ray add-on for Xbox was coming. See, when Ballmer was asked about making the Xbox a home theater companion of choice and where Blu-ray might fit in, the Windows 7 wild man said, "Well I don't know if we need to put Blu-ray in there -- you'll be able to get Blu-ray drives as accessories." He then added that on-demand is the future of movies, not physical media. Now our bud Major Nelson, Director of Programming for Xbox Live, has stepped up to lay the conflation to rest. The Major says that Ballmer was referring to Blu-ray accessories for the PC and reiterated Microsoft's focus of bringing instant-on 1080p streaming movies to the Xbox 360. So... that should end speculation of Blu-ray on Xbox right? Not if history serves, nope.Filed under: Gaming, HDTV, Home EntertainmentMicrosoft: 'We have no plans for Blu-Ray on Xbox 360' originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 23 Oct 2009 01:49:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments (Read Full Article) |
| Does the Samsung Instinct HD really shoot HD video? (Consumer Reports, 10/08/2009 7:02pm) |
| The Samsung Instinct HD. [PHOTO courtesy of Samsung] The Samsung Instinct HD, available from Sprint for $250 with a two-year contract after a $100 mail-in rebate, is the first cell phone we've seen that claims to make high-definition video recordings. It also boasts a 5-megapixel still camera with flash. That camera is a step up from the flashless, 2-megapixel camera found on previous Instincts, also from Sprint, including the S30 version now in our Ratings, available to subscribers. We’re evaluating the Instinct HD now, and will post full test results on it to our Ratings later this month. Meantime, our initial results on its imaging are promising, albeit with a few quibbles. The new Instinct’s camera is easy to access, thanks to a dedicated camera button, conveniently located on the lower right side of the phone. Pushing the button activates the camera’s still mode. Tapping a camera icon on the upper left of the largish (1.78 x 2.66 in.) display switches the camera to video mode. Tapping again summons controls for auto-focus, exposure, and other camera functions. The Instinct HD claims it can record video resolution of 1280 x 720p, which is a true HD format—although, as we often point out, HD format alone does not assure images of pristine, high-definition quality. To assess quality, we shot a series of videos on the Instinct and hooked it up to a 50-inch Panasonic plasma television using the optional ($30) HDMI cable. Our findings: Color was good in the MPEG4 videos, though they lacked fine detail and texture. They blurred even more when we panned the camera to the left or right. In short, they couldn’t rival the image quality you’d enjoy from full-sized HD camcorders in our Ratings, available to subscribers. But such camcorders are much bigger and pricier than the Instinct HD, and do nothing except shoot video and stills. The high-def video quality of the Instinct was comparable to what you’d get from a standard-definition pocket camcorder, such as the Flip. And that's still way ahead of the video we've seen any other camera phone. A few details and quibbles: The HDMI cable has a proprietary connector that works only with the Samsung HD, so you may have trouble finding a replacement if it's lost while you're on vacation. You can't use the cable for showing stills on your TV. If your TV has an SD memory-card slot, you can play photos and videos off of the phone's 4GB microSD memory card (the phone comes with an SD memory card adaptor). Unfortunately, accessing the card is a pain. You have to open the phone's back cover and remove the battery, which shuts off the phone. And the still-image performance of the Instinct? Pictures were sharp and well-defined, with good color overall on the TV screen, though shots taken in low light still looked dark—even with the flash. Camera controls were fairly responsive for a phone, with an acceptable next-shot delay. Our photo engineers are currently giving the Instinct HD's... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Retro-Inspired GameDock Turns Your iDevice Into A Game Console, Hits $50K Funding Goal (CrunchGear, 7/30/2012 3:47pm) |
| There's no question about it -- as fun as mobile gaming can be, sometimes furiously pecking at a touchscreen just doesn't cut it. For those of you who long for the halcyon days of gripping hard, uncomfortable controllers while a conceptually-simple game runs on your television, the GameDock may be just what the doctor ordered. (Read Full Article) |
| New HD Wii coming in 2011? (DVICE, 9/21/2009 5:45pm) |
| Square Enix is the biggest game developer in Japan, so when president Yoichi Wada speaks, people listen. And when he says that Nintendo is prepping a next-gen, high definition Wii with a brand-new motion controller for 2011, we believe him.
The current Wii is by far the most underpowered of the current crop of gaming consoles, so it makes sense that they'd be working on an update far earlier than Sony and Microsoft. Heck, it doesn't do HD! In this day and age, that seems crazy. So will 2011 be the year of the Wii 2? We'll just have to wait and see.
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| New ATI Radeon HD 5870 And 5850 Are First To Support DirectX 11 (I4U, 9/23/2009 8:08am) |
| AMD today launched the most powerful processor ever created, found in its next-generation ATI Radeon HD 5800 series graphics cards, the worldÂ’s first and only to fully support Microsoft DirectX 11, the new gaming and compute standard shipping shortly with...
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| Philips Sets Flat-Panel TVs Free with U.S. Launch of Wireless HDTV Link (HDTV Magazine, 10/21/2009 2:57pm) |
Philips Electronics (NYSE:PHG, AEX: PHI) today confirmed U.S. retail availability for its much-anticipated Wireless HDTV Link (SWW1800/27) that uses innovative technology to wirelessly deliver superior high-definition TV picture quality (up to 1080p) without ruining the aesthetics of the home. Unsightly wires are a digital burden of the past with the Philips Wireless HDTV Link which replaces the cables that connect the HD cable set-top box, HD satellite receiver, Blu-ray player and gaming console to a HDTV.
Just in time for holiday gift-buying, Philips Wireless HDTV Link is currently available for...
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| Epson PowerLite Home Cinema 705HD Offers Big Screen High-Definition Performance for Under $750 (HDTV Magazine, 9/17/2009 1:30pm) |
Bringing affordable, big-screen home entertainment to households across the country, Epson today announced the new Epson PowerLite Home Cinema 705HD. Available for $749.99, the Home Cinema 705HD joins Epson's award-winning line of 3LCD(TM) home theater projectors, providing families and first-time home theater enthusiasts with a versatile, high-quality 720p high-definition solution for a range of options -- from movies and gaming, to broadcast TV and sports, to videos and music with an Apple iPod.
The Home Cinema 705HD is designed to make home entertainment simple and enjoyable, and comes with...
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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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