 | LG BH100 HD DVD / Blu-ray hybrid player in the wild and on sale (Engadget, 1/17/2007 7:51pm) |
| Filed under: HDTV, Home EntertainmentWhoa, that was quick. The story of LG's BH100 has moved from myth to reality quicker than some companies can even craft a marketing campaign, and astoundingly enough, the hybrid HD DVD / Blu-ray player has not only been captured on camera, but it's available for sale. You read right, LG's $1,199 harmony machine is apparently already leaking into a few CompUS ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Extreme Reality's Extreme Motion uses 2D webcams for 3D motion games (hands-on) (Engadget, 1/08/2013 6:39am) |
| Extreme Reality's technology revolves around [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | Hybrid Fibre Optic Camera Cables to SMPTE 311M (PR Web via Yahoo! News, 12/16/2005 12:00pm) |
| London, UK (PRWEB) December 16, 2005 -- No other medium can cost-effectively challenge fibre optics for bandwidth, unrepeated transmission distance and noise immunity in SD or HDTV camera systems; and as for bulk, an SMPTE fibre cable can be half the weight of a comparable (and much stiffer) triax camera cable. ... (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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| MDU Communications Deploys Next Generation Multi-Family Property Network for Successful Service Conversion from Private (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 9/29/2005 3:48pm) |
| MDU Communications International, Inc. , a leading end-to-end provider of DIRECTV digital satellite television programming, high-speed Internet and other premium communication and information services to the residential multi-dwelling unit market, has increased its effort to convert many of its bulk private cable properties to either bulk DIRECTV Total Choice or the specially designed for the ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Blackmagic Design Announces DeckLink 4K Extreme (Broadcast Engineering, 9/08/2012 3:21am) |
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IBC 2012, Amsterdam, Netherlands - September 7, 2012 - Blackmagic Design today announced a new PCI Express capture card, DeckLink 4K Extreme, that now includes all the features of its popular DeckLink HD Extreme 3D card, plus adds [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Extreme-Weather TV, Sound (Hartford Courant, 10/07/2005 7:13am) |
| Here's our idea of the great outdoors, even in winter. Let's start with the SunBriteTV 3200HD-Pro, a 32-inch high-definition LCD television set impervious to rain, wind, cold and extreme temperatures. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | New, Powerful MC Pro Vx5 All-In-One 3D Machine Control Sensor and CBx5 Touch-Screen Control Box from Carlson Machine Control (Business Wire, 9/16/2012 12:01pm) |
| MAYSVILLE, Ky.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The ruggedized Carlson MC Pro Vx5 3D machine control touch-screen control box combined with the new Carlson MC Pro Vx5 3D machine control sensor provides advanced features and simple [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | Universal to Offer Flipper Disc - a Hybrid Blu-ray/DVD (Big Picture Big Sound, 12/01/2009 9:56pm) |
| Universal is preparing to release a hybrid disc format which will include both a standard definition DVD and a high definition Blu-ray version [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | NEC provides half of HD hybrid puzzle (Geek.com, 10/12/2006 7:32pm) |
| As consumers scratch their heads trying to decide which disc format they should back in the high definition battle between Blu-ray and HD DVD, some companies are already developing electronics to get around the issue. The ultimate solution is a hybrid player that copes with both formats. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Sony to option Blu-ray / game discs to PS3 (Punch Jump, 2/11/2009 10:50pm) |
| Sony Corp. this week told Video Business that it plans to release hybrid Blu-ray disc / video game titles to the Playstation 3 hardware. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Extreme Skiing Comes to Blu-ray with 'Steep' (High-Def Digest, 1/15/2008 9:00pm) |
| --> In an early announcement to retailers, Sony has set a March Blu-ray arrival for the sports documentary, 'Steep.' Tracing the sport of extreme skiing from its beginnings in the mountains of France... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Consumers Overwhelmingly Choose Dell's 42-Inch Plasma HDTV in Four-City, Head-to-Head Competition with Sony (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 8/18/2005 1:00pm) |
| In a four-city head-to-head viewing competition, nearly 70 percent of consumers surveyed chose Dell's W4200HD plasma television over Sony's KDE-42XS955 HD model, based on picture quality and price. ... (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) |
| Japanese firm creates a Blu-ray/DVD hybrid: (CEA SmartBrief, 12/31/2008 6:00am) |
| Pony/Canyon, a Japanese software firm, has announced that in February it will begin offering Hybrid Blu-ray/DVD discs that ca -More- ]]> ... (Read Full Article) |
| Pioneer Plans Next-Gen Hybrid (DVD-Recordable, 9/01/2006 2:37pm) |
| Pioneer presented plans for upcoming Blu-Ray burners at the IFA 2006, saying that that they are planning a hybrid drive that can play Blu-ray and HD DVD discs for 2007. ... (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) |
| AVerMedia Launches New TV Tuner Express Card (I4U, 8/01/2007 9:21pm) |
| AVerMedia announced today that they were launching the AVerTV Hybrid ExpressCard High Definition and Analog ExpressCard TV Tuner for laptops. The AVerTV Hybrid ExpressCard is used in a laptops Express Card slot and has a hybrid world-wide analog and ATSC t... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Hardware Review: OPPO BDP-83 Blu-ray Player (High-Def Digest, 8/07/2009 9:55pm) |
| Despite arriving three years into the format's existence, the OPPO BDP-83 may just be the most anticipated Blu-ray player yet. Does the machine live up to its hype? High-Def Digest reviewer Joshua Zyber... (Read Full Article) |
| Sony Says No to Blu-Ray/DVD Hybrid Discs (High-Def DVD Digest, 6/02/2006 10:39pm) |
| Despite the first hybrid high-def/DVD discs from rival format HD DVD already on the market, Blu-ray backers say they have no plans to release such "transitional" discs in the foreseeable future,... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Warner Adds Another Hybrid Disc to HD DVD Lineup (High-Def DVD Digest, 6/06/2006 8:48pm) |
| Next Tuesday, June 13, Warner will release its third hybrid HD DVD/DVD disc, with the Bruce Willis thriller '16 Blocks.' Featuring a HD DVD version on one side of the disc and a standard DVD on the other,... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Initial D Set for PS3 (IGN, 2/29/2008 3:07pm) |
| Initial D: Extreme Stage (PS3)Sega goes extreme! ... (Read Full Article) |
| World's First Single-Sided Blu-ray/DVD Hybrid Disc Unveiled [Blu-Ray] (Gizmodo, 12/20/2008 1:00am) |
| Infinity Storage Media has a hybrid disc with both Blu-ray and DVD data layers. This means that it'll play on your ancient budget DVD player but it'll also play in high-def in a Blu-ray player.
This... ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Leadtek Launches Dual GPU Line in Cebit 2005 Introducing WinFast Duo PX6600 GT Extreme (HardwareZone, 3/29/2005 8:33am) |
| Instead of using 2 separate NVIDIA SLI-certified graphic cards in a single system and linked them up with SLI connector, WinFast Duo PX6600 GT Extreme has the two GPUs linked up on one card that allows you to essentially double graphics performance (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | New vending machine aims to democratize 3D printing (CNET Blogs, 5/28/2013 10:39pm) |
| Instead of making you pick from a selection of items, this new vending machine lets you create what you want by 3D printing custom-ordered objects. (Read Full Article) |
| LG Hybrid Disc Player Not Licensed for HD DVD Logo (BetaNews, 1/22/2007 5:13pm) |
| A spokesperson for LG Electronics confirmed to BetaNews this morning that its BH100 hybrid blue-laser disc player, which the company purported at CES two weeks ago would play both Blu-ray and HD DVD movies, cannot play back content from HD DVD's HDi interactive layer. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Top 10 Finalists Announced in Stratasys Extreme Redesign Contest (Business Wire, 3/17/2013 5:00pm) |
| MINNEAPOLIS & REHOVOT, Israel--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Stratasys Ltd. (NASDAQ: SSYS), a leading manufacturer of 3D printers and production systems for prototyping and manufacturing, today announced the finalists for its ninth annual Extreme Redesign 3D [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Joysound Dive Turns Your PS3 into a 90,000 Song Karaoke Machine (Kotaku, 2/01/2013 11:00am) |
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| (Unranked) | Sony unveils 3D head-mounted display for surgeons to peer inside you (Engadget, 7/23/2013 6:57am) |
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| (Unranked) | Hybrid 3D printer could fast-track cartilage implants (Engadget, 11/25/2012 2:41pm) |
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| Blackmagic Design Introduces New DeckLink Extreme PCIe (Broadcast Newsroom, 9/23/2005 11:26pm) |
| Today Blackmagic Design announced the world's first PCI Express (PCIe) based capture card with 10 bit SDI and high quality analog component/composite video connections for high end editing, broadcast paint, and effects called DeckLink Extreme PCIe. ... (Read Full Article) |
| LG BH200 Hybrid Blu-ray and HD DVD Player ships (I4U, 12/10/2007 4:35pm) |
| LG Electronics announces that their new hybrid HD player BH200 is shipping.
The LG Super Blu Player features the BD Standard Profile, and is also ready for BD Profile 1.1 when Blu-ray discs with the new profile become available in 2008. The LG BH200 s... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Sony Confirms PlayStation 3 Production Delays (E-Commerce Times, 9/06/2006 4:40pm) |
| Sony on Wednesday said the European launch of its next-generation PlayStation 3 video game console will be delayed until March 2007. The machine will go on sale in the U.S. and Japan in November as planned. A problem in mass producing a key component in the machine's Blu-ray disc player is causing the delay. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Video: Into the Blu (Guardian Unlimited, 10/18/2007 12:09pm) |
| Sony's Blu-Ray discs are going head to head with high-definition DVDs in what has been called the last battle of the formats. Here Sony fires the opening shots with its TV ad for the Christmas market. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Edison Nation and Stratasys Partner for Ninth Annual Extreme Redesign 3D Printing Challenge (Business Wire, 9/29/2012 9:01pm) |
| MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--(NASDAQ: SSYS) Stratasys today announced the kickoff of its 2013 Extreme Redesign 3D Printing Challenge in partnership with online inventor community, Edison Nation, which operates the hit TV show, Everyday Edisons. In [...] (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) |
| 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) | Blu-ray Takes a 'Bullet to the Head' (High-Def Digest, 5/29/2013 11:00pm) |
| The high-octane flick starring senior citizen Sylvester Stallone explodes on Blu-ray this July! In an early announcement to retailers, Warner Brothers is working on 'Bullet to the Head' for Blu-ray [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Kickstarter-bound Zeus copy machine prints, scans and faxes 3D objects (Engadget, 8/22/2013 5:27am) |
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As the god of gods, Zeus has a [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Bill and Rupert's big adventure (Guardian Weekly, 3/21/2005 4:24pm) |
| Gates and Murdoch are going head to head for mastery of the next generation of TV and telecom devices. Since the first cable company disrupted the traffic flow in the early 1980s and the first Sky dishes started mushrooming around the country, the broadcasting industry has changed beyond recognition. (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | This image isn't a 3D game but America's newest stealth death machine (Kotaku, 7/31/2013 9:20pm) |
| It's so futuristic and perfect that it seems unreal, but this is a photo of the first production model of the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II—America's newest stealth machine of [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Universal and Sony go "POP" for Christmas: Hassle-free Blu-ray from a vending machine (HDTV UK, 1/16/2009 2:55pm) |
| Universal Pictures (UK) Ltd and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment have joined forces as UCA to create "POP", a service for shoppers which could make it a lot easier, and cheaper, to buy software and movies, including Blu-ray. POP is a "vending machine for the 21st Century" and allows the purchase of merchandise through a touchscreen interface. Users just select what they want and then swipe the ... (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) |
| CES 2008: Blu-ray press conference upbeat, sales numbers a bit low? (HDTV UK, 1/08/2008 8:00am) |
| One side of the disc debate definitely not cancelling their press conference is the Blu-ray Disc Association.
Stuart liveblogged the event so if you want the nitty-gritty, head over there.
Here's the main points:
In 2007, Blu-ray sold 64% of total HD discs, compared to 36% HD DVD (Home Media Research figures).
Globally, Blu-ray took 66% disc sales, and 65% of hardware (including PS3).
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| UK getting PS3 game, Blu-ray movie vending machines (Joystiq, 11/04/2008 12:30am) |
| Filed under: CultureSony Entertainment and Universal are partnering in the UK to roll out the "PoP Instant Entertainment 24/7," which, in addition to sounding like something out of the movie Total Recall, is a vending machine for PS3 games, Blu-ray Disc movies, and digital music/movie distribution. Unveiled at Stuff Magazine's Stuff Live Expo, the machine features a touch-screen interface and s ... (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) |
| Phil Harrison, Sony's global head of game development, quits - PS3 disaster to blame? (Tech Digest, 2/25/2008 3:21pm) |
| Actually, we can't blame Phil here for the disastrous PS3
hardware launch. That would be unfair. As President of Sony Computer
Entertainment Worldwide Studios, Phil was actually responsible for the
disastrous lack of first-party Sony games. So blaming him for still having to
play Resistance: Fall of Man is perfectly OK. It's also his fault that Home is so
massively delayed, and it's no dou ... (Read Full Article) |
| Xtend Networks' T1 Voice and Data Over Hybrid Fiber Coax Network Solution Receives Approval for Use in Cox Network (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance, 8/02/2005 12:30pm) |
| Xtend Networks, a Vyyo® company that provides advanced broadband solutions for the cable TV industry today announced that its solution for the delivery of T1 voice and data services over hybrid fiber coax networks has been approved for use by Cox Communications Inc. ... (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) | Here's a Sex Doll Reviewing Game Hardware [3ds] (Kotaku, 8/13/2012 11:45am) |
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| (Unranked) | Brainstorm Launches EasySet 3D Hardware Mixer at IBC (Broadcast Engineering, 9/06/2012 5:51pm) |
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IBC 2012, Stand 2.B59:At IBC 2012 Brainstorm Multimedia is featuring a powerful new hardware mixer as an optional accessory to its EasySet 3D trackless virtual studio solution.
The EasySet 3D hardware mixer enables users to [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Walmart to Emphasize 1080p, Blu-ray in Technology Shift (CE Pro, 5/21/2009 8:05pm) |
| In a battle with Best Buy for Circuit City and Tweeter’s customers, Walmart is increasing its emphasis on Blu-ray and 1080p in its 3,500 stores. Walmart will also make its electronics displays more interactive and bulk up its product offerings. ... (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) |
| (Unranked) | Tarantino XX: 8-Film Collection, arriving on Blu-ray 11/20 (HD-Report, 9/17/2012 11:49pm) |
| Fans of director Quentin Tarantino are in for a treat this November. Lionsgate (and what's left of Miramax) set a street date of November 20th for an 8-film Blu-ray boxed set highlighting the bulk of Tarantino's work [...] (Read Full Article) |
| NPD: Free Blu-ray Players Contributed to Weekly Hardware Lead (High-Def Digest, 1/25/2008 5:00pm) |
| That 93% lead for Blu-ray in hardware sales in the week following Warner's exclusivity announcement? NPD (the research group that tallied the numbers) says don't read too much into it. That's according... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Consumers Choose Dell's 50-inch Plasma HDTV in Four-City, Head-to-Head Competition with Panasonic (Business Wire, 3/21/2006 4:00pm) |
| ROUND ROCK, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 21, 2006--When considering picture quality and price(a), consumers chose Dell's (NASDAQ:DELL) W5001C plasma HDTV over ... (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) |
| (Unranked) | Texas Instruments shrinks its HD DLP Pico projector chip down to 0.3-inches (Engadget, 2/23/2014 5:15pm) |
| We wouldn't say that smartphone projectors have exactly caught fire, Samsung's Galaxy Beam notwithstanding. Part of the problem is the extra bulk required by pico projector components, which is where Texas Instruments comes in with its new HD [...] (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) |
| HD DVD Hardware, Software Shipments to Retail On the Rise (High-Def DVD Digest, 6/02/2006 9:45pm) |
| After consumer demand for HD DVD hardware and software outstripped retailer supply in the format's first month of market availability, additional players and discs are finally beginning to move to stores... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Xbox 360 sales decline in latest Japan figures (Punch Jump, 5/21/2011 3:45pm) |
| Sales for Microsoft Corp.’s Xbox 360 hardware held as the No. 7 hardware in the latest Japan retail figures. Media Create Co. on Fri. reported that the Xbox 360 sold 2,763 units between May 9 and May 15 to rank No. 7 in overall sales. By comparison, the hardware sold 3,419 units the week prior. [...] (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) |
| Sony adding in-game XMB access and Trophies to PS3 "soon" thanks to 2.40 firmware update (Tech Digest, 6/18/2008 2:40pm) |
| Finally, a year and a half after PlayStation3 launched in some bits of the world, Sony is adding the in-game messaging features its fans have been gagging and pleading for every single day since PS3 first flopped into big, unwanted piles on shop shelves. Confirmation was given on the Official PlayStation Blog, where Sony Network top-cheese Eric Lempel said "We're happy to officially report that ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 4K TV Hits Retail (Home Media Magazine, 10/15/2012 7:54pm) |
| The 2012 holiday season should see the usual bevy of discounted home entertainment hardware — everything from HDTVs to 3D Blu-ray Disc players.
It will also see a relatively new home entertainment hardware offering: 4K TVs. And [...] (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) |
| HD DVD Confusion (HDBlog.net, 3/06/2006 1:55pm) |
| Video Business Online is reporting just a little confusion in the retail channels about HD DVD. It seems that there is very little information forthcoming about hardware pricing and about software titles.
At first I thought “Hardware pricing? We know the prices! The Toshiba HD-A1 is $499.99 list and the HD-XA1 is [...] ... (Read Full Article) |
| 2005 Race of Champions - in HDTV (Autoblog, 11/22/2005 8:14pm) |
| HDNet announced yesterday that it will again provide U.S. racing fans with December 3 live coverage of the Race of Champions - Nation’s Cup . The 18th annual event is the traditional end-of-season showdown for 19 selected racing and rally drivers, competing head-to-head on parallel tracks inside the Stade de France in Paris. Centrix Financial, sponsor of Team USA, selected NASCAR’s ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | CORRECTING and REPLACING Panasonic Introduces a 1/3 Type Single MOS Full HD Remote Head Camera for Surgical Use (Business Wire, 9/16/2012 11:00pm) |
| SECAUCUS, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Panasonic has announced the GP-KH232 series, a 1/3 type MOS full HD remote head camera system. This camera allows hospitals and clinics to upgrade surgical microscopes seamlessly from SD to [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Xbox 360 to Slow for Anti-Aliased HDTV Games? (I4U, 5/14/2005 6:43am) |
| I am not an expert in hard-core hardware, but the people at the German Magazine CT are famous for knowing that kind of stuff inside out. Today they published a story that analyses the impressive hardware specifications of the Microsoft Xbox 360. They t... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Ben Heck PS3 Laptop unveiled (I4U, 4/12/2008 3:00pm) |
| Hardware hacking star Ben Heckendorn unveiled his latest master piece: The PS3 Laptop.
The Playstation 3 Portable has a 60GB Sony PS3 hardware inside and features a 17 inch HD Ready display.
Measurements are 17x13.75x3 inches and the weight is 16 p... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Blu-ray Commands 93 Percent of Weekly Hardware Sales Post-Warner Announcement (High-Def Digest, 1/23/2008 5:00pm) |
| Blu-ray hardware sales took a commanding lead over HD DVD in the first week following Warner's announcement that it would abandon its support of the HD DVD format. According to newly-released NPD data... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Dell XPS 600: The First Machine Supporting Dual x16 SLI Mode (Web Host Industry Review, 8/09/2005 5:45pm) |
| 08-09-05 ... (Read Full Article) |
| NVIDIA Introduces H.264 Hardware Acceleration (LinuxElectrons, 3/02/2006 3:42pm) |
| SANTA CLARA , Calif. – ( NASDAQ:NVDA ) NVIDIA has announced the immediate availability of new NVIDIA® PureVideo™ technology enabling comprehensive support for high-definition video including hardware acceleration for content based on the advanced H.264 specification. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Leap Motion's Sick 3D Gesture Control Hardware Will Only Cost $80 (Gizmodo, 2/27/2013 1:01pm) |
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| (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) |
| WWComs Launches H.264 Codec Hardware IP for High Definition Encoder (LinuxElectrons, 3/06/2006 4:27pm) |
| SANTA CLARA , Calif. – W&W Communications (WWComs) has launched its H.264 Hardware IP, which delivers high definition encoding up to 1080p (1920x1080 pixels) with the industry's most efficient gate count and flexible architecture. ... (Read Full Article) |
| PlayStation 3 Outsells Everything Else In Japan Thanks To Yakuza Influence [The Japanese Hardware Chart] (Kotaku, 3/06/2009 1:40am) |
| The PlayStation 3 outsold the Wii and Xbox 360 in Japan this week. It also outsold the Nintendo DSi, PSP, DS Lite and PlayStation 2, not something we've seen happen too often.
The hardware boost,... ... (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) |
| Blu-ray Association Sets Fall Deadline For BD-Java Hardware Support (High-Def Digest, 3/27/2007 12:08am) |
| In an attempt to standardize BD-Java playback on Blu-ray hardware, the Blu-ray Disc Association today announced a deadline of October 31, 2007 for mandatory BD-J support in all new players released after... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Nintendo 3DS software sales increased in 2013, sold 11.5 million hardware units in US (Joystiq, 1/10/2014 3:00pm) |
| Avoiding a conversation about its other child, Nintendo announced this morning that the lifetime hardware sales for the 3DS have surpassed 11.5 million units in the US. The 3DS family includes the original system, along with 3DS XL and 2DS. The [...] (Read Full Article) |
| H.264 Codec Leader Launches Hardware IP (HardwareZone, 3/07/2006 4:34am) |
| H.264 Codec Leader Launches Hardware IP for High Definition Encoder for Resolutions up to 1080p ... (Read Full Article) |
| Moxi Adds a 3-Tuner HD DVR and Updates Hardware Prices (eHomeUpgrade, 11/10/2009 10:16pm) |
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Moxi, the DVR platform without annual service fees, has updated their hardware prices and added a new 3-Tuner unidirectional CableCARD HD DVR to the lineup. In addition, Moxi states that the Moxi Mate will soon be getting a free software update [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Sharky Extreme : News From Inside The Industry (Sharky Extreme, 12/30/2005 5:20pm) |
| In the first quarter of 2006, Pioneer Electronics USA says, it'll ship one of the first ultra-high-capacity Blu-ray optical drives for computer use. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Nintendo 2DS vs. 3DS: A Direct Comparison (Kotaku, 8/28/2013 7:30pm) |
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Wondering how Nintendo's newest piece of portable hardware stacks up to their older pieces of portable hardware? (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | NPD: Hardware sales up, Borderlands 2 beats 1's sales by 234% (Joystiq, 10/12/2012 12:00am) |
| According to the latest report from NPD, sales of the DS, 3DS, PS3, Vita and Xbox 360 are up on an "average sales per week" basis compared [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Toshiba aims for gamers, content creators with 3D laptop (USATODAY, 1/07/2013 11:16am) |
| Qosmio X875 offers high-end audio, lots of screen real estate, 1TB hybrid hard [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Sony details PS3 3D, Blu-ray 3D requirements (Punch Jump, 1/09/2010 7:25pm) |
| Sony Corp. this week detailed consumer requirements to take advantage of new 3D technology on the Playstation 3 and the hardware’s Blu-ray player.
PS3 game titles will require only a firmware update to utilize new 3D technology. A separate firmware update later in the year will add 3D to Blu-ray movie playback on the hardware.
The company [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Intel unveils RealSense hardware and software line, including 3D camera module (Engadget, 1/06/2014 8:55pm) |
| The takeaway at today's Intel press event? At this early stage (you know, before the event actually starts), all signs point to the RealSense product line - a number of hardware and software products that "make interaction with technology simple, [...] (Read Full Article) |
| A TV for chilling on the deck (Chicago Tribune, 10/02/2005 10:36am) |
| Here's our idea of the great outdoors, even in winter. Let's start with the SunBriteTV 3200HD-Pro, a 32-inch high-definition LCD outdoor television set impervious to rain, wind, cold and extreme temperatures. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Total HD disc format looks to be a total bust (Ars Technica, 9/18/2007 4:04am) |
| Warner has decided to indefinitely postpone plans to release hybrid discs that would support both Blu-ray and HD DVD. Read More... ... (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) | ​Zeus copy machine hits Kickstarter with all-in-one 3D printer, scanner and fax (Engadget, 9/05/2013 5:03am) |
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| Hitting the high end: $20,000 DVD player (International Herald Tribune, 12/07/2005 1:03pm) |
| Meridian Audio, based in Huntingdon, England, manufactures what it believes is the world's most expensive DVD playback machine. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Extreme Reality turns skeletons into biometric signatures (CNET Blogs, 7/27/2013 3:29pm) |
| The software technology captures full-body 3D motion using a 2D camera to recognize an individual's gait as a unique biometric signature. (Read Full Article) |
| Microsoft and Broadcom Deliver Combined Hardware and Software Platform for More Cost-Efficient HD DVD Players (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance, 1/08/2007 8:01am) |
| Today at the 2007 International Consumer Electronics Show , Microsoft Corp. and Broadcom Corp. announced a joint effort to support a hardware and software reference design for more cost-efficient HD DVD playback. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | HDTV Battle: Panasonic ZT60 Plasma vs. Pioneer Kuro: Who Wins? (Big Picture Big Sound, 4/11/2013 9:12pm) |
| Panasonic offers a head to head comparison between their new ZT60 flagship plasma TV and the illustrious Pioneer Kuro. Guess who [...] (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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| CES 2008: PS3 in-game XMB promised this year (Joystiq, 1/09/2008 6:30pm) |
| Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, CES
What good's a trade show without vague promises? Paul Purdy, repping Sony at CES, has done his part, "confirming" that an in-game XMB update for PlayStation 3 is due in the new year, reports TGR. When pressed for details, Purdy backpedaled and reaffirmed that Sony's CES presence was focused on hardware - hardware that, for the moment, lacks consistent mult ... (Read Full Article) |
| Sky-Telecom TV set-top box now in the lab (Stuff, 9/11/2005 5:27pm) |
| Telecom has begun tinkering with a "hybrid" pay-TV set-top box that would let TV viewers receive both Sky's satellite service and video-on-demand transmitted via Telecom's phone lines. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Hybrid HD DVD/Blu-Ray Disc Patented (ExtremeTech, 9/20/2006 2:16pm) |
| A patent application has been filed for a disc that would play two competing high-definition DVD formats which, if successful, could help appease a battle that has divided Hollywood and confounded consumers. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Warner Bros. queue up three new HD DVD titles - HD Beat (HDBlog.net, 5/24/2006 12:44pm) |
| Firewall, Constantine, and The Perfect Storm are all coming to HD DVD on June 6th. The latter two will retail for the not so paltry sum of $28.99 each. But Firewall will break the bank at $39.99, because it’s a hybrid HD DVD / DVD disc.
Is it just me, or is [...] ... (Read Full Article) |
| Target offers new PS3 hardware deal (Punch Jump, 6/24/2009 3:45pm) |
| Target Corp. this week began offering a new hardware deal for Sony Corp.’s Playstation 3 in the latest promotion for the game console.
In the new promotion, customers who purchase the PS3 80GB SKU will receive a Dualshock 3 controller at no additional cost.
The Dualshock 3 controller typically sells for $54.99.
Sony this month showcased a new [...] ... (Read Full Article) |
| Hybrid chip created (HDBlog.net, 10/13/2006 12:34pm) |
| So NEC has created a chip that will decode both Blu-Ray and HD DVD. That should have been a no-brainer since both formats use the exact same decoders (MPEG-2, 4, VC-1). The only problems would have been some of the extensions like BD-Java.
So what does this mean? Nothing right now. There [...] ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Cheaper, 12GB PlayStation 3 hardware coming to North America (Joystiq, 8/13/2013 9:30pm) |
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A stripped-down, budget-priced revision for Sony's PlayStation 3 console is on its way to store shelves in North America, Engadget (Read Full Article) |
| (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) |
| LG Kills Blu-ray/HD DVD Hybrid Player [Hd Dvd] (Gizmodo, 5/13/2008 8:19pm) |
| LG will stop swinging both ways with HD formats this fall, when it ceases production on its Blu-ray/HD DVD combo player. (Samsung's is already dead.) I'm just kind of amazed an already dead format... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Target offers new PS3 hardware deal (Punch Jump, 7/07/2009 3:25pm) |
| Target Corp. stores this week began offering a free controller in a new hardware deal for Sony Corp.’s Playstation 3.
In the one-week offer, customers who purchase an 80GB PS3 will receive an extra Dualshock 3 controller at no additional cost.
Meanwhile, retailer Amazon.com is offering a free Blu-ray remote and movie title with the purchase of [...] ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | PS3 sales fall in Japan post PSN restore (Punch Jump, 5/21/2011 3:25pm) |
| Media Create Co. this week said the Sony Corp.’s Playstation 3 ranked third in hardware sales in the latest Japan post restore of the Playstation Network division. The PS3 sold 13,789 units between May 9 and May 15 to rank No. 3 in overall hardware sales. By comparison, it sold 20,883 units the week prior. [...] (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) |
| (Unranked) | Livewire Digital HD Media Controller manages, delivers extreme sports footage (Broadcast Engineering, 9/18/2012 2:07am) |
| Designed to withstand the harshest of environments, the HD Media Controller can capture dramatic on-board footage and deliver it to the viewing public.
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| Warner patents Blu-ray/HD DVD hybrid disc (TG Daily, 9/20/2006 3:19pm) |
| The battle for high-definition disc dominance has made few ripples in the non-videophile population. Still, most of the big movie studios have pledged support for either Blu-ray or HD DVD, and a few, like Warner Bros, have begun to release movies on both formats. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Picture yourself in numerous eyeglass frames on iPad (USATODAY, 7/16/2013 9:29am) |
| Try several pairs of glasses by examining a lifelike 3D model of your head on the [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Surf Classic 'Step Into Liquid' Coming to Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 4/04/2008 4:00pm) |
| Shine up your surfboards, Lionsgate has announced a June Blu-ray debut for the extreme surfing documentary 'Step Into Liquid.' From the makers of 'Endless Summer,' 2003's 'Step Into Liquid' documents a... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Sony joins DVD war as Blu-ray machine hits stores (Middle East Times, 12/08/2006 1:43pm) |
| TOKYO -- Less than a month after the troubled launch of its PlayStation 3, Sony rolled out its new high definition DVD recorder in Japan Friday as it struggles to restore its tarnished reputation. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Add an HDTV tuner to your PC for $29 (after rebate) (CNET News, 12/12/2007 1:00pm) |
| Turn your PC into an HDTV with the KWorld PlusTV HD Hybrid Stick, a USB TV tuner that's on sale for $29 (after a $40 mail-in rebate). ... (Read Full Article) |
| John Woo's 'Hard Boiled' to Make HD Debut in First Blu-ray Game/Movie Hybrid (High-Def Digest, 5/17/2007 11:25pm) |
| Midway Games Inc. has announced it will release the first-ever game title for the PlayStation 3 that will also integrate a high-definition version of a full-length feature film. Expected for release sometime... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Homeworld creators dive into new 3D RTS, Hardware: Shipbreakers (Joystiq, 5/30/2013 2:00am) |
The original team behind the Homeworld series has a new, [...] (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) |
| Nintendo unveils TV, Web browser features for DS (Reuters via Yahoo! News, 2/15/2006 10:09am) |
| Japanese fans of Nintendo Co. Ltd.'s dual-screen DS portable game machine may soon be able to surf the Web and watch high-definition television programs on their devices in addition to playing games. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Warner to release 1st hybid high-def/standard DVD (Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News, 4/25/2006 11:42pm) |
| LOS ANGELES, April 25 (Reuters) - Warner Home Video said on Tuesday that "Rumor Has It" would be its first title released on a hybrid DVD, featuring the high-definition format known as HD DVD on one side and a standard DVD on the other. ... (Read Full Article) |
| PS3 Keypad out in the UK at the end of the month (Tech Digest, 11/19/2008 3:44pm) |
| Well, it's been a long time in the coming but you can finally turn your PS3 into that wireless browsing machine, as Sony today announced the official deets on the PS3 Keypad. The page to scrawl on in your diary is 28th November and the amount to save ... (Read Full Article) |
| Weather Channel's 'Epic Conditions' Storms to Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 4/01/2008 4:00pm) |
| Newcomer Madacy Entertainment has announced a May Blu-ray arrival for the extreme sports series 'Epic Conditions.' Marking the high-def debut from Madacy, 'Epic Conditions' will arrive on May 13, as one... ... (Read Full Article) |
| No HD For Revolution (1up.com, 11/11/2005 4:38pm) |
| And maybe a redesign for the DS, too. Nintendo couldn't be playing opposites more this generation. While Sony and Microsoft are batting back and forth over whose machine supports more next-generation media, televisions, etc., Nintendo's content with simply walking the other way. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Samsung Says BD-UP5000 BD HD DVD Hybrid Still on Track (I4U, 12/06/2007 3:04pm) |
| We have talked about the Samsung BD-UP5000 dual format HD DVD and Blu-ray player here on I4U before. Recently rumors and reports have been coming in that the player would not be available as originally expected in mid December.Samsung has told Dealerscope ... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Nintendo unveils TV, Web features for DS (CNN.com, 2/16/2006 3:50pm) |
| TOKYO, Japan (Reuters) -- Japanese fans of Nintendo Co. Ltd.'s dual-screen DS portable game machine may soon be able to surf the Web and watch high-definition television programs on their devices in addition to playing games. ... (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) |
| 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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| America's Most Popular Recreational Sport Goes to Extreme Wilderness with Thrilling Television Series Debut (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance, 3/31/2005 2:16pm) |
| With over 44 million recreational anglers in the U.S., fly fishing is now rivaling golf as North America's most popular sport. For the first time, this new sporting craze hits the airwaves with a splash! (Read Full Article) |
| America's Most Popular Recreational Sport Goes to Extreme Wilderness with Thrilling Television Series Debut (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance, 3/31/2005 5:00pm) |
| With over 44 million recreational anglers in the U.S., fly fishing is now rivaling golf as North America's most popular sport. For the first time, this new sporting craze hits the airwaves with a splash! (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | MakerBot announces a new Replicator: a connected 3D printer for $2,899 (Engadget, 1/07/2014 12:26am) |
| You heard all about the new Replicator Mini, right? Well, MakerBot's got a new "prosumer" machine to go along with it. "We didn't call it the Replicator 3," CEO Bre Pettis explained about the device, which breaks with the naming conventions of its [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Real Yakuza 3 Cafes in Tokyo For You To Drink At [Playstation 3] (Kotaku, 2/21/2008 12:00pm) |
| The Ryu Ga Gotoku KENZAN! publicity machine continues! The game, dubbed Yakuza 3 for the West, is a PLAYSTATION 3 exclusive and will be released in Japan in early March. How can SEGA get the Japanese... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Virtual studio, robotic camera to give Egyptian broadcaster new look (Broadcast Engineering, 4/19/2013 3:39pm) |
| Al-Nahar TV will deploy Hybrid 3-D virtual studio systems and robotic camera heads to transform two studios used for daily news, sports and entertainment.
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| Myka ION HD Player – Features Hulu, Boxee, XBMC (eHomeUpgrade, 11/06/2009 9:20pm) |
| Wow, I think we might have a winner here. The folks at Myka have created a hybrid HD media player / HTPC that’s based on Ubuntu. The Myka ION provides a custom media dashboard that one boots straight into on top of a fully configured and [...] (Read Full Article) |
| PRESS RELEASE: Digital Doundry Reveals 'Hybrid' High Definition DVDs (gamesindustry.biz, 5/17/2006 4:18pm) |
| London, England (May 17 2006) - Digital Foundry Ltd today announces an important new technology designed to maximise the marketing potential of the next generation of Xbox 360, PS3 and PC high definition video games. ... (Read Full Article) |
| For the Coolest Gizmos, Head East (BusinessWeek, 10/06/2005 9:11am) |
| From a bunny-shaped, voice-activated remote control to eco-phones, Japan's CEATEC showed the quirky and hip coming to you soon ... (Read Full Article) |
| Samsung Delays Blu-ray Players (Red Herring, 4/04/2006 9:36pm) |
| Delay gives the rival HD-DVD players a likely head start in the U.S. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Picture the Revolution (Joystiq, 5/26/2005 3:10pm) |
| With all the info pouring out of E3, you’ll have to forgive us if there’s a little overlap. Voodoo Extreme have some pictures of the empty black box presented at E3 by Nintendo. Sorry, the Nintendo Revolution. Having seen the new Microsoft and Sony efforts, all I can say is THANK YOU Nintendo for producing a black box. And that isn’t sarcasm. Who would have thought that after producing th ... (Read Full Article) |
| TV to get better (yea!) and (maybe) cheaper (double yea!) (TV Mama, 6/25/2007 8:20pm) |
| Lasers and LED’s will lead the way to new generations of brighter, ... convergence will head for the mainstream. We can’t wait. hdtv, laser, lcd, led, mitsubishi, plasma, samsung ... (Read Full Article) |
| Notebook News: Dell Introduces Blu-Ray Into Its Multimedia Notebook (PDA Buyer's Guide, 12/12/2006 2:56pm) |
| Dell has introduced Blu-ray Disc technology into its product line, offering the next-generation optical disc format as an option on the extreme-performance XPS M1710 consumer notebook computer.This enhancement furthers Dell's strategy to offer customers PCs that can function as ... ... (Read Full Article) |
| LG's $15k, 71-inch plasma & friends coming to CES (ConsoleKalman.com | Kalman is King of the Console Games, 1/06/2007 7:02am) |
| LG's $15k, 71-inch plasma & friends coming to CES Filed under: CES, HDTVLG is already bringing 1080p content and a hybrid Blu-ray / HD DVD drive... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Mstar announces MST5251A UXGA LCD TV controller (Digi Times, 6/02/2005 7:20am) |
| As a number of Taiwan companies have learned, LCD controllers are a brutally competitive segment, subject to extreme downward pressure on pricing. That isn't stopping Mstar Semiconductor from offering advanced designs, and on day one of Computex, Mstar announced its MST5251A UXGA LCD TV controller. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Mstar announces MST5251A UXGA LCD TV controller (Digi Times, 6/02/2005 10:35am) |
| As a number of Taiwan companies have learned, LCD controllers are a brutally competitive segment, subject to extreme downward pressure on pricing. That isn't stopping Mstar Semiconductor from offering advanced designs, and on day one of Computex, Mstar announced its MST5251A UXGA LCD TV controller. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Is HP's new machine better than the iMac? (Digg.com, 1/09/2007 2:23pm) |
| Like the iMac HP's new TouchSmart all-in-one Windows Vista PC features an integrated widescreen display, dual core CPU, plenty of RAM and disk space and a DVD burner. But the system has some distinct advantages over iMac, including a touch-sensitive screen and SDTV / HDTV tuners built in. ... (Read Full Article) |
| The Future of the Net (Slashdot, 7/28/2005 8:01pm) |
| Fuzzball963 writes "Kevin Kelly has an interesting article over at Wired on the development and future of the web. In it, he argues that in ten years the desktop OS will become obsolete in favor of a Web based one, and that content on the web will be automatically customized according to the device being used to access it (PDA, smartphone,etc)." From the article: "Today the nascent Machine rout ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Xtreme: GoPro sports app coming to Xbox 360, Xbox One (Joystiq, 1/10/2014 3:00am) |
| The folks behind GoPro will launch an extreme sports channel on Xbox 360 and Xbox One, our sister site Engadget has learned. The app will make its debut on Xbox 360 before Xbox One, a representative told Engadget at CES today, though there is no [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Making a difference is up to us (Bradley News (Bradley News Weekly, 5/04/2005 3:23am) |
| Many of us vote according to habit, whether we re registered with one party or another. The way I see it, voting habitually Republican or Democrat is about the same as being a chain smoker or a meth head. Both are ultimately lethal. One gets you to the end a little faster, that s all. ... (Read Full Article) |
| First Review: LG BH100 Hybrid Blu-Ray/HD-DVD Player (Format War Still On) (Digg.com, 1/24/2007 8:02pm) |
| This is the first high definition disc player that is compatible with both Blu-ray and HD-DVD discs. But don't waive the white flag in the format war quite yet. The quality isn't videophile grade, and the HD-DVD compatiblity is missing key elements. Read on for the full review, full gallery, screenshots, and how it stacks up to the Xbox DVD Drive. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Managed Copy and the 360 (HDBlog.net, 2/24/2006 1:48pm) |
| If you have Windows Vista on a machine with an HD DVD drive (just taking a little travel forward in time here…), can you Managed-Copy (I’m making it a verb) an HD DVD and then stream it to an Xbox 360 for playback?
That’s the question Chris Lanier tackles in a recent [...] ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Staples Selling 3D Printer From 3D Systems (eCoustics, 5/03/2013 8:18pm) |
| Staples is now carrying the Cube 3D Printer from 3D Systems. For $1,300, customers can spruce up their home or office with a Wi-Fi-ready, Mac- and Windows-compatible 3D printer. The machine comes with 25 free templates designed by professional [...] (Read Full Article) |
| PS3 Gets Satin Silver Makeover in Japan [PS3] (Gizmodo, 2/05/2008 9:10am) |
| Sony Japan just announced a brand new satin silver version of the PS3. The standard 40GB machine will hit shelves in Japan on March 6th, but don't expect the color refresh love to be extended to the... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Samsung sued for defective Blu-ray players (Engadget, 2/09/2008 3:57pm) |
| Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment
We'll be straight with you -- we aren't surprised one iota by this one. For those keeping tabs, Samsung's slate of Blu-ray players have been plagued with issues essentially from day one, and while it has released a flurry of firmware updates over the years in an attempt to mend a variety of incompatibility issues, even its recent BD-UP5000 hybrid player is ... (Read Full Article) |
| Student Guide: Listings (Toronto Eye Weekly, 9/02/2005 12:53am) |
| ABC BOOKS Those who think nothing says self-lovin' like a well-used copy of Swank with only a few pages stuck together will want to head straight for the back. Others can linger over pulp paperbacks and serious lit at seriously good prices in the front. 662 Yonge. 416-967-7654. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | EFESTO LLC and The Military University of Technology (MUT) Announce a Novel Partnership for Ground Breaking Initiatives in 3D Printing of Metals and Metal Composites (Business Wire, 8/02/2013 6:00pm) |
| SUPERIOR TOWNSHIP, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--3D Metal Printing with the LENS platform provides the ultimate in additive manufacturing for repair, hybrid manufacturing, large free form prototyping, materials research, and alloy [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Stratasys' new 3D printer creates multicolored flexible materials (Engadget, 1/27/2014 5:03am) |
| Stratasys' has a new $330,000 3D printer, but this one has the potential to do a whole lot more than monochrome figurines. In fact, the company says it's the first machine able to create objects in colored, flexible materials. The Objet500 Connex3 [...] (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) |
| HD DVD fights back with new features (AP) (Addict 3D, 6/29/2007 7:31pm) |
| AP - HD DVD has recently faced some head wind in its struggle to become the high-definition successor to the DVD, but its supporters are playing an ace from their sleeve with the arrival of the first discs that take advantage of its players' built-in Internet connections. ... (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) |
| (Unranked) | Contest: Win 'Skyfall' on Blu-ray! (High-Def Digest, 2/25/2013 5:30pm) |
| This week, High-Def Digest is giving away one of the biggest Blu-ray releases of the year, the James bond extravaganza 'Skyfall'. For your chance to win a copy, head over to the blog to participate [...] (Read Full Article) |
| NASA to Broadcast Earth Views in High Definition [Major Tom To Ground Control] (Gizmodo, 4/18/2008 10:20am) |
| Fans of space, high definition television, and watching-your-washing-machine-go-round-while-stoned rejoice! Honoring planet Earth and hoping to bring us closer to the awe that astronauts feel while... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Exclusive Epic Mickey 2 PS3 hardware bundles at Target (Joystiq, 12/04/2012 9:30pm) |
| A new PS3 bundle available only at [...] (Read Full Article) |
| LaCie intros 8x d2 Blu-ray burner, LaCinema Black MAX media streamer (Engadget, 2/09/2009 8:51pm) |
| It was May of last year when LaCie last updated its external d2 Blu-ray burner, so it's about time we saw that 4x burn rate double to an entirely more palatable 8x. Available now for consumers in the US, the latest d2 Blu-ray Drive ($449.99) can toast both single- and dual-layer BD-Rs at 8x, and it can connect to one's machine via FireWire or USB 2.0. In related news, the outfit has also introdu ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Easily Capture your Extreme Adventures in Stunning HD with the Affordable Polaroid XS80 Mountable Hi-Definition Action Camera (Business Wire, 5/17/2013 1:00pm) |
| RIDGEFIELD PARK, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Polaroid announces their newest sports video camera the XS80. This waterproof, HD sports action camera is the perfect companion for family vacations or action [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Progressive-scan DVD has best picture quality (Seattle Times, 3/20/2005 8:10am) |
| There are at least six types of DVD hardware competing for your dollar... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 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) |
| (Unranked) | DIWire attempts to fill the gaps left by 3D printers (hands-on) (Engadget, 11/09/2013 3:22am) |
| It brought solar-powered smartphone chargers to the streets of NYC, now Pensa, a Brooklyn-based design firm, is taking on desktop prototyping. Its latest invention, DIWire, is a compact CNC wire bender. A machine designed solely to bend wire [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (No Title) (, 7/04/2007 9:54am) |
| 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) |
| Mac vs. PC 5: Power Mac G5 Dual 2.7GHz Also reviewed: 23-inch Cinema HD display By Charlie White (Digital Video Editing, 5/25/2005 7:19am) |
| (5/25/05) The Apple Power Mac G5 s dual processors have just received a speed bump to 2.7GHz ($4598 as tested). In an atypical move, Apple sent us an up-to-date machine just a few weeks after its release. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Samsung's BD-UP5000 HD DVD / Blu-ray combo player gets previewed (Engadget, 9/16/2007 7:03am) |
| Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment
The folks over at HDGuru managed to spend a few quality minutes with Samsung's forthcoming hybrid player, and initial impressions look to be pretty positive. Granted, their BD-UP5000 was a pre-production sample, but they were mighty impressed with the BD-Java / HDi support, HDMI 1.3 functionality, and the Reon scaler chip within. During limited time with the ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Freeformer industrial 3D printer creates complex items in batches, can combine soft and hard parts (Engadget, 10/17/2013 8:07am) |
| Regular 3D printers (from pens to desktop models) debut quite frequently these days, but a new machine named Freeformer was created with industrial-grade manufacturing in mind. The device was designed by German company ARBURG and employs a [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Will New Technology for Next Generation Hardware Drive Innovations in Gameplay? (GameInfoWire, 4/01/2005 4:02am) |
| DFC Intelligence Game Industry Brief (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) |
| Setting up a home theater (The Olympian, 7/01/2005 12:23pm) |
| You don't want to fight the traffic and lines at the local movie theater. So you head to the video store and rent a movie. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Get your 3D-printed head ripped off at Comic-Con (CNET Blogs, 7/19/2013 3:40am) |
| The next best thing to being an extra in a Predator movie just might be having your likeness 3D printed into a Predator toy -- as the victim. (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) |
| Sony's PS3 to Cost $100 More Than Microsoft Xbox 360 (Update2) (Bloomberg.com, 5/09/2006 10:14am) |
| May 9 (Bloomberg) -- Sony Corp., the world's biggest maker of video-game consoles, will sell the PlayStation 3 from Nov. 11 in Japan, betting features such as a high-definition DVD player make the machine worth $100 more than Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox 360. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Marvell and Nexthop Introduce Integrated Wireless LAN Enabled Switching Solutions (PhysOrg, 5/02/2005 5:47pm) |
| Marvell, the technology leader in the development of extreme broadband communications and storage solutions, and NextHop Technologies, Inc., the definitive source for network software solutions, today announced that they will demonstrate an integrated wireless LAN switching solution at NetWorld+Interop 2005 in Las Vegas, May 3 -5. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 3D scan of Stonehenge reveals hidden ax-head carvings (CNET Blogs, 3/18/2013 5:41pm) |
| Modern technology battles the force of erosion to unveil Bronze Age carvings on the surface of Stonehenge. (Read Full Article) |
| The BBC prepares for HDTV (PVR UK: PVR (Personal Video Recorder) and DVR (Digital Video Recorder) news, reviews and how-tos for the UK (including Sky plus, 2/24/2006 5:27am) |
| Chrichton Limbert, Head of BBC News Production Modernisation has written an article about BBC News's High Definition Vision, on the BBC web site. High... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Sony sells ATI TV Wonder HDTV tuner (TV Squad, 10/26/2007 4:57pm) |
| Filed under: HDTV, PVR Wire, HardwareIt's been a while since ATI first announced the ATI TV Wonder USB CableCard tuner for Windows Vista. But for the most part if you want a CableCard tuner in your PC, you've had to buy a preconfigured machine from someone like Niveus or Okoro. Now Sony is selling the ATI TV Wonder as a standalone box for $299. That doesn't mean you can just plug this puppy int ... (Read Full Article) |
| ECS unveils Three Intel 945 Express Series Motherboards (LinuxElectrons, 5/28/2005 4:53pm) |
| Taipei , Taiwan Elitegroup Computer Systems unveils three Intel 945 Express Series motherboards at Computex Taipei 2005, the PF5 Extreme, 945P-A and 945G-M3, all based on Intel 945 Express chipsets. ... (Read Full Article) |
| HP's Pavilion Slimline s3330f PC does Blu-ray and HD DVD (Engadget, 1/03/2008 5:23am) |
| Filed under: Desktops, HDTV, Media PCs
A slim PC destined to handle both of the major high-definition movie formats? Say it ain't so! Turns out, HP is indeed doling out such a machine, and it's so eloquently dubbed the Pavilion Slimline s3330f PC. Here's a look at what this mighty mini-tower will be packin':
2.8GHz AMD Athlon 64 X2 processor
2GB of DDR2 RAM
500GB 7,200 RPM SATA d ... (Read Full Article) |
| Xtend Networks Introduces XHUB 3006 to Reduce Costs, Further Simplify Installation of 3GHz Solution (RedNova, 6/15/2005 3:36pm) |
| SAN ANTONIO, June 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Xtend Networks(TM), a Vyyo(R) company that provides next generation Hybrid Fiber Coax (HFC) network solutions for the cable TV industry, today announced the availability of a new version of its XHUB node product for the delivery of 3GHz of bandwidth over 750MHz plant. ... (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) |
| Best Buy Given Head Start In Blu-ray Sales (High-Def Digest, 9/01/2009 6:00pm) |
| Like Blu-ray? Get used to liking Best Buy In a deal with Universal Studios Home Entertainment, Best Buy has secured an exclusive window of sales for Blu-ray releases of both “Shaun of the Dead†and... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | PHD Virtual Announces Record Revenue Growth With 40 Percent Increase Year Over Year (Business Wire, 10/19/2012 12:01pm) |
| PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--PHD Virtual Technologies, a pioneer in virtual machine backup and recovery, and innovator of virtualization monitoring solutions, announced today that it has achieved its 9th consecutive quarter of record revenue [...] (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) |
| 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) |
| 'God of War' sequel offers gorgeous, intense action (USA Today, 3/01/2007 9:54pm) |
| Lay your eyes on video game graphics that rival those of the Sony PlayStation 3 without shelling out up to $600 for the new machine by picking up God of War II for the 7-year-old PlayStation 2. The game makers at Sony Computer Entertainment America's Santa Monica, Calif., studios have created a seemingly high-definition experience out of the aging PS2 console. And yes, the game is as fun as it is ... (Read Full Article) |
| ATI adds first HD card to the All-in-Wonder lineup (TV Squad, 6/26/2008 5:31pm) |
Filed under: HDTV, PVR Wire, HardwareOnce upon a time, ATI's All-in-Wonder cards were the cream of the crop. The lineup combines a TV tuner with a graphics card. That means you don't need to buy two separate pieces of hardware to capture TV signals and to display those signals on a monitor. But while other hardware makers have been busy putting out HD tuner cards, ATI has been stuck in the dark ages of standard definition.
Now it looks like ATI is back in the game with the ATI All-in-Wonder HD. This PCI Express card has enough oomph to capture HD video and to play back HD video on your PC. It features DirectX 10.1 support, an MPEG2/VC-1/H2.64 decoder, and Vista and AMD Live! certification. It also packs a DVI port and HDMI jack.
On the TV tuner side of things, the AiW HD can handle SD, HD, and ClearQAM signals.The card should be available in July for $199.
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| JVC Intros ProHD Line of HDV Camcorders Exclusive interview includes first-ever photos of the GY-HD100 camcorder By (Digital Video Editing, 4/08/2005 11:28pm) |
| (4/8/05) JVC plans to introduce ProHD, a new line of HDV -based products at NAB 2005. The new line of products includes two pro-level camcorders , an HDV videotape machine and more. (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - Mirror of Fate trailer is extreme, intense, etc. (Joystiq, 1/23/2013 5:30pm) |
Mirror of Fate, the 3DS sequel to Castlevania: Lords of Shadow and prelude to Lords of Shadow 2, gets a new trailer today, and that means the dramatic appearance of words like "epic" and "intense." The game, due on March 5, promises over 20 [...] (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) |
| Japanese retailer swaps out HD DVD for Blu-ray (HDTV UK, 2/22/2008 11:07am) |
| It's a shame
that this story only benefits Japanese consumers, but the retailer Edion has
said that, during March, consumers who bought a Toshiba HD DVD player can
return them in exchange for a Blu-ray Disc player from Sony, Panasonic, or
Sharp. If the new machine is more expensive, consumers will have to pay the
difference, but if it's cheaper, the store will refund the difference. ... (Read Full Article) |
| CES: Latest and greatest gadgets head for Vegas (Macworld UK, 12/29/2005 10:40am) |
| It's big, bustling and brings together more than 100,000 people and 300 companies for four days in the middle of the desert. The International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) kicks off in Las Vegas on January 5 and this time it's all about high-definition, portable video, home networking and fun. ... (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) | Inhabitat's Week in Green: algae-powered building, 3D-printing vending machine and the Toyota i-Road concept (Engadget, 3/10/2013 3:00pm) |
| Each week our friends at Inhabitat recap the week's most interesting green developments and clean tech news for us -- it's the Week in Green. (Read Full Article) |
| SpatiaLight Gets $27M Order (AP via Yahoo! Finance, 3/16/2007 5:30pm) |
| SpatiaLight Inc., developer of liquid crystal microdisplays used in high-definition television sets, said Friday it received a $27 million order from South Korea-based DeoCom Co. -- a maker of wearable, head-mounted displays. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Sony will drop prices for its Blu-ray DVD player as it spars with HD DVD (Tacoma News Tribune, 11/02/2007 8:40am) |
| Sony Corp.’s Blu-ray DVD player will drop 20 percent or more in price this holiday season, the head of the company’s consumer electronics division said. ... (Read Full Article) |
| the high seas go high definition ([technabob], 2/20/2007 4:51pm) |
| Those of you lucky enough to own a boat can now watch high definition satellite TV when you head out... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Blood and Sand' Blu-ray Announced (High-Def Digest, 5/24/2013 6:00pm) |
| The bullfighting drama will head to the ring on Blu-ray in July. In an early announcement to retailers, 20th Century Fox is preparing 'Blood and Sand' for Blu-ray on July 9. Tyrone Power and Rita [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Hirai: "True Generation" PS3 Titles To Come [Playstation 3] (Kotaku, 6/26/2008 11:20pm) |
| PlayStation business head Kaz Hirai admitted to having a "difficult time" with PlayStation 3's launch, due in part to Sony's initially framing it as a broad media system as opposed to a video game... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | PHD Virtual Launches New Global Partner Program (Business Wire, 9/20/2012 10:01am) |
| PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--PHD Virtual Technologies, virtual machine backup and recovery and innovator of virtualization monitoring solutions, launches new global channel partner program PHD Virtual Xpress Partner [...] (Read Full Article) |
| TANDBERG Television Powers First-Ever Transmission of Live, High Definition Video from the Seafloor (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance, 10/05/2005 1:00pm) |
| TANDBERG Television today announced that it is playing a key role in the world's first transmission of live high definition video from the sea floor. The VISIONS '05 research expedition to the underwater volcanoes of the Juan de Fuca Ridge in the northeast Pacific Ocean is led by University of Washington and brings the extreme life forms and geologic activity of the seafloor to viewers on land ... (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) |
| D&E Communications to Deploy T1 Solution From Xtend Networks for Commercial Services (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance, 10/11/2005 1:45pm) |
| Xtend Networks, a Vyyo company that provides advanced broadband solutions for the cable TV industry, and D&E Communications , a leading regional broadband integrated communications provider, today announced that D&E will deploy Xtend's solution for the delivery of symmetrical T1 services over hybrid fiber-coaxial networks. ... (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 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) |
|
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) |
| CEA Head Gary Shapiro Asks Broadcasters to Support an Analog Cut-off Date and Promote over-the-Air Broadcasting (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 4/19/2005 3:31pm) |
| The broadcast industry should stop pushing for regulations on other industries, "remove its shackles" and market the value of its digital service to consumers, said Consumer Electronics Association President and CEO Gary Shapiro. (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | The Dark Knight Rises on Blu-ray: Bonus Product Pick (About.com, 12/06/2012 9:00pm) |
|
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) | 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) | 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) |
| TANDBERG TELEVISION ACQUIRES GOLDPOCKET INTERACTIVE CO (Asia Pulse via Yahoo! Australia & NZ Finance, 10/18/2005 4:30am) |
| Consumer Goods a 'Technology Switzerland' for the digital entertainment world. The acquisition of GPI is a further step towards our goal of providing a fully integrated solution that combines the strengths of all our technologies from the head-end through to the consumer interface, with the openness to allow the use of standards based equipment and applications from other vendors. This ... (Read Full Article) |
| How To Buy an HDTV (Luxist, 9/21/2005 6:02pm) |
| Our friends over at HD Beat have a neat little buying guide for choosing your high definition TV. This week’s topic is size. Is bigger always better? Their guide a a rule of thumb for selecting the right size, you multiply the inches from which you will view the TV times six. There are also other factors to consider so head on over there for the full scoop. Read | Permalink | Email this ... (Read Full Article) |
| So, what are you HD DVD early adopters going to do? (Engadget, 2/16/2008 5:40pm) |
| Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment
It didn't take too terribly long after Warner chose Blu-ray as its new best friend for every single wagon wheel to fall of the HD DVD carriage, and now that the funeral has been set, we're quite curious as to what the HD DVD early adopters plan on doing. Head over to Engadget HD and let your voice be heard -- even if it's but a whimper.[Image courtesy of Lo ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Doom 3: BFG Edition launch trailer sends us back to hell (Joystiq, 10/16/2012 7:30pm) |
Doom 3: BFG Edition is now available in the US on PC, PS3, and 360. It includes a remastered version of Doom 3 complete with 3D and head-mounted display support, the new Lost [...] (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) |
| PlayStation 3 promises more power than its competitors (USATODAY.com via Yahoo! (USATODAY.com via Yahoo! News, 5/17/2005 10:27am) |
| The successor to the top-selling PlayStation 2 video game system will arrive next spring, Sony announced Monday. Although rival Microsoft will have a head start with its Xbox 360, due this fall, Sony boasts that the PS3 will have twice its power. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Mine eyes have seen the glory ... and there's no going back (Star-Gazette, 6/26/2005 7:39am) |
| You decide to visit Paris for a week and want to go first-class the entire trip. You take a luxurious limo to the airport. You fly across the ocean first-class, enjoying a juicy steak dinner. You arrive and grab another limo and head off to your hotel: the Ritz Paris. ... (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) | Artists Are 3D-Printing a Room That Looks Like An Alien Cathedral (Gizmodo, 6/18/2013 3:20pm) |
| Who cares about plastic 3D-printed models of your head when an amazing, ornate [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Contest: Win 'Rushmore' on Criterion Collection Blu-ray! (High-Def Digest, 8/06/2012 7:25pm) |
| You like free stuff, don't you? How would you like a free copy of Wes Anderson's hilarious 'Rushmore' on Blu-ray from the Criterion Collection? Head on over to the blog today for your chance to [...] (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) |
| 'Bandwidth Solutions for Channel Bonding' the Subject of Xtend Paper at SCTE Commercial Services Symposium (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance, 10/05/2005 1:00pm) |
| The challenge of implementing the channel-bonding technologies of DOCSIS® 3.0 in bandwidth-constrained hybrid fiber-coaxial networks will be the subject of a presentation by Xtend Networks executive Brent Levetan at the SCTE Commercial Services Symposium to be held on October 12 in Charlotte, NC. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Etron Technology Unveils Its Latest 3D Depth-Map Camera Controller – eSP870, and 3D Depth-Map Sensing Platform– Eagle Eyes (Business Wire, 6/03/2013 9:00am) |
| TAIPEI, Taiwan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Advances in human-machine interfaces is revolutionizing the ways that people interact with machines. Etron Tech,unveils its latest 3D Depth-Map Camera Controller – [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Nintendo: Our 'powerhouse' franchises will ignite holiday sales (CNET News, 6/13/2013 11:00am) |
| The company sees the Wii U performing similarly to the portable 3DS and rebounding. "We know the power of great software driving hardware," one executive tells [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Cops Say NBA Player Beat His Girlfriend With an Xbox 360 (Kotaku, 9/04/2013 11:30pm) |
| DeAndre Liggins, a two-year benchwarmer currently with the NBA's Oklahoma City Thunder, is accused of assaulting his girlfriend by, among other things, dropping an Xbox 360 on her head, [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Hands-on with 2.20 PS3 running BD-Live (Engadget, 3/25/2008 9:09am) |
| Filed under: HDTV
Now that the 2.20 update for the PS3 is out, our well-heeled brethren at Engadget HD had a chance to take BD-Live for a spin. As significant as this initial salvo into the Blu-ray 2.0 spec is, we'll have to wait just a few more weeks for the first BD-Live releases before the impact of this update is known. Till then, head on over to Engadget HD for their first look. Read | Perma ... (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) | It’s the Hardware’s Turn in the Spotlight (New York Times, 3/07/2013 7:06pm) |
| Thanks to 3-D printers and online sources of financing, the South by Southwest conference features an unusual number of new devices this [...] (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) | Unboxing the Oculus Rift VR Headset (eCoustics, 7/16/2013 3:10pm) |
| Virtual reality isn’t here, but it’s getting closer. Oculus VR’s Oculus Rift was a massive Kickstarter success story, turning the idea of an affordable 3D head-mounted display (HMD) platform into an actual product. I was very [...] (Read Full Article) |
| HDMI for your PC (Gadgetell - The Tech News, Reviews, and Interesting Things Blog, 5/12/2006 10:55pm) |
| HDMI for your PC Posted May 12th, 2006, 2:17 pm by Adam Berger Section: Computers , Home A/V , Hardware , HDTV Tags: analog, firewire, front side bus... ... (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) |
| Machine Vision Camera offers HDTV aspect ratio. (ThomasNet, 1/11/2006 2:29pm) |
| Available in Camera Link and LVDS (RS-644) versions, TM-2016-8 is 2.1-megapixel camera with 1 in. progressive scan CCD and Kodak KAI-2093M imager. It delivers 1920 x 1080 resolution with 7.4 µm square pixels, and includes 8-bit output with lookup table. Pixels are arranged in 2K x 1K, 16:9 aspect ratio, and progressive scan provides full vertical and horizontal resolution at up to 8 frames/sec; ... (Read Full Article) |
| Sony to open up Blu-ray as a "social network" (Tech Digest, 7/04/2008 3:48pm) |
| Sounds a bit like someone is mixing up their internet buzzwords. The head of Sony Electronics' US division, Stan Glasgow, has some interesting ideas for the future of Blu-ray, revealing that "We're going to have to open [Blu-ray] up as a social network--not just contributions of Sony and other Blu-ray partners." ... (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) | Engadget HD Podcast 390 - 3.19.14 (Engadget, 3/19/2014 9:06pm) |
| Streaming services, set-top boxes and dongles are dominating HD news this week, and there's quite a few to discuss. Rumors are bubbling up about more Amazon hardware to match the competition's offerings and Chromecast continues to make headlines [...] (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) |
| Question of the Day: What Are You Going to Do With Your HD DVD Player? [Question Of The Day] (Gizmodo, 1/23/2008 10:30pm) |
| Given the
untimely death of HD DVD, one has to wonder—what will
become of all the hardware out there? So, our question to you is:
what do you plan to do with your now defunct HD DVD... ... (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) |
| (Unranked) | 'Avatar - 3D' Blu-ray 3D Dated (High-Def Digest, 8/14/2012 10:50pm) |
| James Cameron's 2009 blockbuster will no longer be a Panasonic hardware exclusive this October. In an early announcement to retailers, 20th Century Fox has slated 'Avatar - 3D' for Blu-ray 3D on [...] (Read Full Article) |
| New PS3 update to bring DTS-HD to Blu-ray (Punch Jump, 4/10/2008 4:13pm) |
| Sony Corp.’s U.S. game division on Thurs. said that a new firmware update for the Playstation 3 will incorporate new high-definition audio properties to the Blu-ray backed hardware. ... (Read Full Article) |
| LCDs using FPGAs to enter HDTV market (Electronic Engineering Times Asia, 6/15/2005 9:12pm) |
| FPGAs give LCD designers the flexibility required to reconfigure image-processing algorithms while maintaining the same hardware platform for all products. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Blackmagic Design Shows Post Solution at Sundance in Intel's Booth (Digital Video Editing, 1/24/2006 7:02pm) |
| Today, Blackmagic Design announced that it is demonstrating the new Adobe OpenHD turnkey system in Intel's booth, at the Sundance Film Center in Park City. The Adobe OpenHD turnkey configuration includes an HP XW8200 dual core Xeon workstation with Adobe Production Studio, Blackmagic's Multibridge Extreme, DeckLink HD Pro , with their latest software drivers supporting Adobe's Production Studio ... (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) |
| Hey, let's mix reality shows! (TV Squad, 8/11/2005 6:04pm) |
| Filed under: Reality , Cable Remember Danny, the quirky, guitar-playing guy with the glasses who got booted off The Apprentice ? The Queer Eye guys are going to give him a head to toe makeover. His full name is Danny Kastner (yes, reality show contestants actually have last names). The episode airs on August 16. Read Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments ... (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) | Modder adds Oculus Rift support to Crysis and CryEngine 3 (Joystiq, 2/27/2013 7:00am) |
Modder Nathan Andrews, last seen working on an Oculus Rift mod for Half-Life 2, has set his sights on making the head-tracking 3D [...] (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) |
| Xtend Networks Announces DS3 Interface, Higher Density XMTS Products to Simplify Delivery of T1 Services Over HFC (RedNova, 6/15/2005 3:35pm) |
| SAN ANTONIO, June 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Xtend Networks(TM), a Vyyo(R) company that provides advanced broadband solutions for the cable TV industry, today announced the availability of a DS3 interface and the availability of higher density XMTS Access Concentrator(TM) products to simplify the delivery of symmetrical, voice-grade T1 (1.544 megabits per second) services over hybrid ... (Read Full Article) |
| Onkyo may pull out of HD DVD hardware market (HDTV UK, 2/05/2008 10:39am) |
| Possibly another
blow for the beleaguered HD DVD camp with speculation that Onkyo may
discontinue their HD DVD player line. Their DV-HD806 was
launched in the US last autumn, but apparently there are now no plans to bring
it to the UK. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Week recap: PS3 outsells, Xbox 360 falls, Wii $99 (Punch Jump, 11/18/2007 4:42pm) |
| Sales for Sony Corp.’s Playstation 3 outsold Nintendo Co.’s Wii in the latest Japan retail tally. The PS3 ranked No. 3 in overall hardware sales for the period. ... (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) |
| More Vivid History Special, More Touching TV Novel (donga.com, 4/27/2005 2:57pm) |
| In its new programming schedule for the spring season starting May 2, KBS has decided to focus on playing a role as a public broadcaster, expanding HDTV programs, and promoting the company s image instead of sticking to program ratings, according to Jang Yoon-taek, head director of programming, in a press meeting held in the KBS headquarters in Yeouido on April 27. Basically, we tried not to be (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'The Exorcist: 40th Anniversary Edition' Announced for Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 6/21/2013 6:35pm) |
| A head-spinning 40th Anniversary Blu-ray double dip is coming in October. In an early announcement to retailers, Warner Brothers has revealed 'The Exorcist: 40th Anniversary Edition' is planned for [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Samsung's 2009 HDTV Prices Confirmed [HDTV] (Gizmodo, 3/31/2009 5:19pm) |
| Samsung just confirmed that those leaked prices for 2009 HDTVs are correct. Head over to HDGuru to see the full list of what you're going to be paying. [HD Guru] ... (Read Full Article) |
| Microsoft drops Xbox 360 anchor (Investors.com, 5/13/2005 1:48pm) |
| SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- The latest battle in the video-game hardware war between Microsoft and Sony is at hand, and the software giant is ready to launch its opening salvo. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Microsoft drops Xbox 360 anchor (Investors.com, 5/13/2005 1:33am) |
| SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- The latest battle in the video-game hardware war between Microsoft and Sony is at hand, and the software giant is ready to launch its opening salvo. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (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) |
| (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) |
| Lionsgate Champions 'Ultimate Avengers' as Blu-ray Two-Pack (High-Def Digest, 2/20/2007 5:46am) |
| In the first double feature release to hit a next-gen format, Lionsgate will bring the direct-to-video 'Ultimate Avengers' and its sequel 'Ultimate Avengers 2' to Blu-ray on April 24. Dubbed the 'Ultimate... ... (Read Full Article) |
| DISH Network America's Everything Pack and ViP622 High Definition DVR (Big Picture Big Sound, 2/25/2008 11:00am) |
| Our resident lover of free (broadcast) high definition television gives DISH Network a spin and he just may not be able to go back to life without the dish. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Mitsubishi Electric Develops Ultra-High Resolution 3D Shape Representation Technology (Business Wire, 2/14/2013 11:00pm) |
| TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (TOKYO:6503) announced today it has developed ultra-high resolution 3D shape representation technology for numerically controlled (NC) machine tools. The technology displays detailed shapes of [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Consumer Electronics Association Votes Two Indiana Executives Into CE Hall of Fame (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 8/30/2005 5:33pm) |
| Joseph Donahue, an executive of RCA, Indianapolis, and George Fezell, an executive of Magnavox, Ft. Wayne, head this year's list of eleven industry luminaries elected to the Consumer Electronics Hall of Fame. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | MakerBot to sell limited-edition Adafruit Replicator 2 kit (CNET News, 3/14/2013 7:44pm) |
| The popular 3D printer will come with three of Adafruit's most popular open-source hardware [...] (Read Full Article) |
| MPAA CEO Dan Glickman on the Broadcast Flag (Slashdot, 5/28/2005 1:06pm) |
| Thomas Hawk writes \\\"Motion Picture Association of America head Dan Glickman has an opinion piece up at CNET explaining why, even after they and the FCC lost the legal case to force the Broadcast Flag on us, we should still as consumers be advocates for it. The gist of Glickman\\\'s argument boils down to the old \\\'we\\\'re taking our ball and going home\\\' game as he tries to convince us tha ... (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) | Engadget HD Podcast 388 - 3.5.14 (Engadget, 3/05/2014 9:24pm) |
| It's the week of HD content news in its many various guises: streaming, video, award shows and service cancellations, all wedged in amidst a couple of physical devices. Actually, the hardware is content-enabling as well, with the new Roku [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Microsoft drops Xbox 360 anchor (CBS Market (CBS Market Watch, 5/13/2005 1:35am) |
| SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- The latest battle in the video-game hardware war between Microsoft and Sony is at hand, and the software giant is ready to launch its opening salvo. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Oz The Great and Powerful - Read The 3D Blu-ray Edition Review (About.com, 7/02/2013 10:00am) |
|
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) | Xbox 360 outshines Wii U in November, NPD says (CNET News, 12/07/2012 2:00pm) |
| The organization said that the Xbox 360 once again led the U.S. hardware market during the critical November period, but Wii U sales were [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Book covers creation of PS3's Cell processor, how Microsoft cribbed it for Xbox (Joystiq, 12/31/2008 5:00pm) |
| Filed under: Culture, Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360, Business
Written by two designers of the Cell processor, The Race for a New Game Machine, is a new book covering the creation of Sony's ambitious PlayStation 3 chip, and how Microsoft got a hold of its architecture for the Xbox 360. The Wall Street Journal, which gave a rather gloomy forecast for the PS3 earlier this week, has an exte ... (Read Full Article) |
| Sony's game not over, but it's paused (Louisville Courier-Journal, 3/16/2006 11:05am) |
| Sony will delay the launch of its much-anticipated PlayStation 3 console until November, prolonging the agony not only for itself but also for many others in the video-game industry. Ken Kutaragi, head of Sony's video-games division, said yesterday in Tokyo that Sony is trying to finalize the copyright-protection technology and other standards for the Blu-ray DVD disc, the high-definition video ... (Read Full Article) |
| Sony delays PlayStation (Pioneer Press, 3/16/2006 9:04am) |
| Sony Corp. will delay the launch of its much-anticipated PlayStation 3 console until November, prolonging the agony not only for itself but also for many others in the video game industry. Ken Kutaragi, the head of Sony's video games division, said Sony is still trying to finalize the copyright-protection technology and other standards for the Blu-ray DVD disc, the high-definition video format ... (Read Full Article) |
| HD DVD / Blu-ray Special Feature: 4. HD DVD Promotional Group (HDTV UK, 1/06/2008 8:00am) |
| Who are they?
The HD DVD Promotional Group is made up from (amongst others) various consumer electronics hardware manufacturers, software companies, film studios, and retailers.
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| (Unranked) | Pokemon Tretta Lab makes mini arcades of Japanese 3DS consoles (Joystiq, 7/31/2013 3:30am) |
Pokemon Tretta Lab turns the Japanese arcade machine, Pokemon Tretta, into a handheld game by slapping a wrap-around, plastic [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Xbox Live Countdown to 2013 daily deal: Dust, Deadlight and Hybrid (Joystiq, 12/23/2012 8:00pm) |
| Today's Xbox Live deal, as part of the Xbox Live Countdown to 2013, includes sales on (Read Full Article) |
| Blu-ray's popularity continues to grow in Japan (HDTV UK, 7/22/2008 5:02pm) |
| We've already reported on the rising popularity of Blu-ray discs and hardware in Japan, and the trend is continuing, according to the latest sales figures of Blu-ray recorders and players... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Dell Launches High-End PCs (NewsFactor, 9/30/2005 2:27pm) |
| Dell has introduced a new line of high-performance hardware designed for tech aficionados and gamers prepared to pay more for a PC that can serve as a home-entertainment hub. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Will the new Xbox blow rivals away?: South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Sun-Sentinel, 5/10/2005 1:10pm) |
| Will the new Xbox blow rivals away? When Microsoft Corp. launched the Xbox in 2001, it was already late to the game. For its next-generation console, Xbox 360, Microsoft will get a head start on its rivals. ... (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) | Up to 150 Ultra HDTV announcements possible at CES (Engadget, 1/06/2014 12:54am) |
| During a pre-CES briefing today, Shawn DuBravac, chief economist for the Consumer Electronics Association, said he "wouldn't be surprised to see 75 UHDTV announcements" this week. That number could be as high as 150, including hardware rollouts, [...] (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) |
| Disney and Panasonic Join Forces for Blu-ray Campaign (Home Media Magazine, 9/11/2009 12:13am) |
| Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment and hardware manufacturer Panasonic are aiming to educate families about Blu-ray this fourth quarter. (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 3DS XL Circle Pad Pro gets big in Japan Nov. 15 (Joystiq, 10/05/2012 1:45am) |
| Japanese gamers looking to expand the experience (and form factor) of the 3DS XL will only have to wait until November 15, when the revised hardware [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Week recap: PS3 80GB; Xbox 360 HD DVD; Wii Fit (Punch Jump, 4/13/2008 3:47pm) |
| Sales for Sony Corp.’s Playstation 3 were steady in the latest Japan retail charts. The PS3 ranked No. 4 in overall hardware sales for the week. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Week recap: PS3 Blu-ray; Xbox 360 flat; Wii discontent (Punch Jump, 12/23/2007 5:33pm) |
| The PS3 ranked No. 2 in console sales in the latest Japan retail charts. The hardware remained behind popular handheld sales in Japan. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Time-tinkering platformer Constant C to land on Xbox 360 next spring (Joystiq, 10/08/2013 6:30pm) |
5pb Games (aka Mages) is bringing puzzle platformer Constant C to Xbox 360 in Spring 2014, though there's no word on the recently [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Samsung revamps Blu-ray home theater setup (AfterDawn, 5/02/2008 10:28pm) |
| Samsung has introduced a new Blu-ray home theater system, the HT-BD2S which resembles its predecessor but has smaller satellite speakers and is available for over 30 percent less than its older cousin the BD2T's retail price of $1500 USD.
According to the source article, the head unit (the combination receiver/Blu-ray player/amplifier) is identical to its more expensive cousin's, and therefor ... (Read Full Article) |
| Is the PS3 Slim Better for watching Blu-ray discs? (High-Def Digest, 9/01/2009 1:25am) |
| Well, that all depends... In a recent hardware review, the folks over an Engadgetdid a great deal of studies on the PS3 Slim’s performance, and in most cases it out performed the older ‘fat’ PS3.... (Read Full Article) |
| MTV Names Content Hunter - 6/16/2005 9:11:00 AM - Broadcasting & Cable - CA608787 (Broadcasting and Cable, 6/16/2005 4:31pm) |
| The retail and management vet, most recently President of the Retail Group for Cablevision Systems Corp., will head business development teams creating unique MTV Networks Music and Logo content (its gay-targetted net launching this month) for other platforms including DVDs, video games, consumer products and publishing, radio and HDTV. ... (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) |
| Microsoft Takes on Apple TV (MultiChannel News, 9/27/2007 7:46pm) |
| Microsoft has lined up four hardware partners to deliver devices enabling the streaming of multimedia content -- including cable TV programming -- from Windows Vista computers to high-definition television sets. ... (Read Full Article) |
| XBOX365 NEWS, Will New Technology for Next Generation Hardware Drive Innovations in Gameplay? - xbox games and xbox (XBOX365, 4/04/2005 2:37am) |
| There was an interesting comment made at GDC by an Electronic Arts programmer on the team working on Will Wright's current in-development project. (Read Full Article) |
| 12 Free Discs With Toshiba's Third-Gen HD DVD Players at Amazon (High-Def Digest, 12/07/2007 11:46pm) |
| Amazon is matching Wal-Mart’s latest HD DVD "secret sale" value-add -- and beating it with a 25% price cut. The latest next-gen hardware deal from the web giant has actually been running for some time... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (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) |
| Sony talks future of OLED, Blu-ray's chances against DVD (Engadget, 7/03/2008 8:22pm) |
| Filed under: Displays, HDTV, Home EntertainmentIn case you didn't get the message, Sony's due sooner-rather-than-later 27-inch OLED is going to be priced for the Mark Cubans, Bill Gates' and other people not you of the world, at least for the next couple of years. Even with recent massive investments, U.S. head Stan Glasgow tells CNET OLEDs in the future could be seen as a premium alternative t ... (Read Full Article) |
| To 720p or not 720p? HDBlog raises the question. (Engadget, 5/04/2005 11:09am) |
| When is 720p not 720p? If you’re not the owner of a 720p HD display or projector, the question may seem arcane and pointless. If you are, you may want to head over HDblog and join the debate on this question. As you probably know — even if you don’t own an HD display of any stripe — with the multitude of standards for HD, battle lines have been drawn, with some broadcasters and manufactu ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Puzzle shooter Velocity Ultra making a light-speed dash for PS3 this year (Joystiq, 10/17/2013 12:30am) |
|
FuturLab's hybrid puzzler and shoot-'em-up Velocity Ultra will hit the PlayStation [...] (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) |
| Week recap: PS3 Trojan; Xbox 360 Blu-ray; Wii Ware (Punch Jump, 2/24/2008 6:00pm) |
| Sales for Sony Corp.’s Playstation 3 fell for the third consecutive week in the latest Japan retail data. The PS3 ranked No. 4 in overall hardware sales. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Week recap: PS3 Blu-ray; Xbox 360 sales; Wii outsold (Punch Jump, 3/23/2008 3:25pm) |
| Sales for Sony Corp.’s Playstation 3 fell after a one-week rebound in the latest Japan retail data. The PS3 ranked as the No. 4 in overall hardware charts. ... (Read Full Article) |
| NEWS: WD TV Live HD media player launches (Pocket-lint, 10/13/2009 1:25pm) |
Networked drive offers 1080p support
Western Digital has announced the launch of the WD TV Live HD media player, a revamp of a previous product this time round with networking capabilities as well as support for Full HD 1080p resolution.
WD says the new drive makes it easy to play HD videos stored on USB and network drives, from PCs and Macs, as well as stream content from websites on big screen HDTVs.
Boasting a "more responsive" interface than the previous WD TV HD media player, the Ethernet- and Wi-Fi-enabled new player comes complete with remote control, boasts internet radio, two USB ports, one HDMI port and SPDIF digital output.
The WD TV Live Media Player is available now on the high street, online, and at www.shopwd.co.uk for ?119.99.
Tags:
Hardware Storage Western Digital Networking NAS Home Cinema
WD TV Live HD media player launches originally appeared on Pocket-lint on Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:25:53 +0100 (Read Full Article) |
| BioShock surfaces on PS3 this October (Joystiq, 5/28/2008 11:30am) |
| Filed under: PC, Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360, First Person Shooters
During the month of Halloween, you PlayStation 3 owners will finally have the opportunity to wield blunt instruments and bludgeon a pack of masked weirdos. Especially if they're between you and a PS3 copy of BioShock, which has been slated for release in October. Having wrenched free from its Xbox 360 and Windows excl ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| Week recap: PS3 rebound; Xbox 360 Blu-ray; Wii sales (Punch Jump, 3/16/2008 3:56pm) |
| Sales for Sony Corp.’s Playstation 3 rebounded in Japan after a five-week fall. The PS3 ranked as the No. 4 best-selling hardware for the week. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Week recap: PS3 MGS4; Xbox 360 HD DVD; Wii outsells (Punch Jump, 3/02/2008 5:02pm) |
| Sales for Sony Corp.’s Playstation 3 fell for the fourth consecutive week in Japan. The PS3 ranked No. 4 in overall hardware sales for the week. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Week recap: PS3 outsold; Xbox 360 No. 4; Wii Fit (Punch Jump, 4/20/2008 4:41pm) |
| Sales for Sony Corp.’s Playstation 3 fell below 9,000 units in the latest Japan sales figures. The PS3 ranked No. 4 in overall hardware sales for the week. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Why we need consolidation of HDTV technologies (CNET Blogs, 12/20/2007 6:44pm) |
| digg_url = 'http://digg.com/hardware/Why_we_need_consolidation_of_HDTV_technologies';
Sorry, but we don't really need you, plasma.(Credit: CNET Networks)
In what could be the final blow to rear-projection HDTVs, Sony has announced that it will abandon its production of those sets and focus all of its efforts on "what people really want"--LCDs.
Of course, the news doesn't quite en ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Nintendo sells 300,000 more Wii U consoles, but over two million more 3DS handhelds (Engadget, 10/30/2013 7:10am) |
| Nintendo's just released its financial results for the last three months, and while hardware sales have increased substantially, it still made a loss. Wii U sales have rebounded significantly. Following price cuts mid-year, it's added 300,000 more [...] (Read Full Article) |
| 'Spider-Man 3' Blu-ray to Receive Unique Cross-Platform Promo Campaign (High-Def Digest, 9/18/2007 8:17pm) |
| In what Sony is billing as the home entertainment industry’s most integrated hardware-software campaign to date, the Blu-ray release of 'Spider-Man 3' will see unprecedented promotion this holiday season.... ... (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) |
| SIGGRAPH IMPRESSIONS (Post Magazine, 10/24/2005 2:39am) |
| Amidst the requisite software iteration updates, SIGGRAPH 2005 in LA indicated the first significant step in overhauling stymieing software and hardware architecture. A concerted effort to revolutionize artists tools and introduce new paradigms is underway. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | A Most Unusual Pokemon Peripheral for the 3DS (Kotaku, 7/29/2013 11:30am) |
| This is Pokemon Tretta Lab for Nintendo 3DS. The app is a free download, but the hardware costs 3,800 yen (around $38). (Read Full Article) |
| Xbox 360 sales fall further in Japan (Punch Jump, 3/27/2009 3:37pm) |
| Sales for Microsoft Corp.’s Xbox 360 fell further in the latest hardware retail data from Japan. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | PS4 and launch day PS3 compared side-by-side (Joystiq, 7/26/2013 8:00pm) |
At E3, we got our first glimpse of the PS4 hardware, but we never got to see it next to the original launch PS3. Finally, Access PlayStation answers our burning questions: Which system is taller? Which system is fatter? Which one sounds like [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | The game where you take Satoru Iwata on vacation arrives next spring, now on 3DS (Joystiq, 8/29/2012 1:00pm) |
| Nintendo's Mii-based game "Friend Collection" arrives in Japan next spring, according to Nintendo head Satoru Iwata. Iwata showed a brief video of the game featuring his own Mii - vacationing and learning how to Hula dance, playing in a rock band [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Sony 'opening up' PS3 in-game advertising platform (Joystiq, 2/26/2008 7:55pm) |
| Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Business
Competition ahoy! Even though CEO Sir Howard "young people don't like advertising very much" Stringer is skeptical of in-game advertising, that hasn't stopped Sony from pursuing that path with some determination. After appointing Darlene Kindler to head up their in-game advertising efforts last October, AdAge is reporting that Sony will be "opening u ... (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) |
| Xbox 360 life span may exceed five years, says Microsoft (News Blog, 11/07/2007 6:05pm) |
| Microsoft Corp. this week said that it sees potential for the Xbox 360 video game console to exceed a typical five-year hardware lifespan. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Please, Nintendo, Make A 3DS That Looks Like This (Kotaku, 7/31/2013 3:00am) |
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Nintendo's made some killer hardware over the years, but my favourite of the lot is probably the Game Boy Micro they (Read Full Article) |
| Blu-ray Backers Respond to Toshiba Announcement (High-Def Digest, 2/20/2008 12:29am) |
| Sony and the Blu-ray Disc Association praised Toshiba's move to cease production and development of HD DVD hardware. "We in the Blu-ray Disc Association are very happy that this long format war is officially... ... (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) |
| CES 2006: All about television (TV Squad, 1/09/2006 6:37pm) |
| Filed under: HDTV , DVR , Video , Cable/Satellite , Web While we didn't attend the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) this year, I've done my fair share of reading about it. If I had to pick one theme that seemed to pop up several times a day, it'd be television. Not just television as in new TV hardware and gear, but also in how content will reach the masses. A few highlights: ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | More retailers to sell $99 Xbox 360 with contract (AfterDawn, 10/25/2012 3:51am) |
Microsoft will sell the Xbox 360 with a two-year subscription to Live Gold for $99, the cheapest the hardware has ever been available for.
The company recently [...] (Read Full Article) |
| CES 2008: Blu-ray studios claim 85% share of HD hardware market, predict two million player sales in 2008 (Tech Digest, 1/07/2008 8:00am) |
| This evening's Blu-ray press conference at CES was a predictably cheery affair, although thankfully without too many digs at HD DVD, and more focus on the state of the market, and plans for 2008.]]>
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| Smarter, cheaper technology predicted for 2006 (San Diego Daily Transcript via Yahoo! News, 12/19/2005 7:53pm) |
| Phil Baker says 2006 should be an exciting year in technology with new services and hardware coming in the hot areas of computing, entertainment and communications. We'll be able to buy technology with amazing functionality at prices unimaginably low a few years ago. ... (Read Full Article) |
| VIZIO Announces High Performance XVT HDTV Line Up with 240Hz SPS(TM), TruLED(TM) and Smart Dimming(TM) Technology, VIZIO Internet Apps (VIA), and Slim Line(TM) 120Hz LCD HDTV Models (HDTV Magazine, 6/24/2009 4:31am) |
| VIZIO has unveiled details for its Fall 2009 Extreme VIZIO Technology, (XVT) series lineup, with 8 new models ranging in sizes from 32" to 55". The comprehensive range includes cutting-edge technologies like 240Hz scenes per second, TruLED(TM) with Smart Dimming(TM) backlight technology, VIZIO Internet Apps (VIA(TM)) feature and high-style Slim Line(TM) profile 120Hz LCD HDTVs. All of VIZIO's 2 ... (Read Full Article) |
| Hans Mahr To Join Management Board of Premiere AG (PrimeZone via Yahoo! (PrimeZone via Yahoo! Finance, 5/23/2005 12:47pm) |
| Hans Mahr, 56, is leaving the RTL Group to join Premiere AG. The Supervisory Board of Premiere AG today appointed Mahr as Head of the Sports and New Business Division. Mahr will take over the newly established division on 1 September. ... (Read Full Article) |
| No clear winner for high-def DVD (The Wichita Eagle) (The Wichita Eagle, 2/08/2006 5:25pm) |
| Once you've grown accustomed to high-definition TV, it's hard to watch lower-quality programs, even on DVD. At least that's the hope of hardware and software manufacturers introducing two new, high-definition video-disc formats this year. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (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) |
| Stream Media From Your Mac to Your PS3 with Nullriver's MediaLink (eHomeUpgrade, 1/16/2008 8:00am) |
| Mac users who don't want to tie themselves completely into the Apple hardware camp now have another way of getting their Mac based content to their televisions. If you own a PS3, then MediaLink from Nullriver is the solution you need (via MacApper). If Nullriver's name rings a bell, it's because they're the same company that released the hugely popular Connect360 - which connects the Xbox 360 ... (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) | Renesas Electronics Announces R-Car H2, Offering Highest CPU and Graphics Performance for the Automotive Infotainment Market (Business Wire, 3/28/2013 5:00pm) |
| SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Powerful media hardware accelerators enable features like 4 x HD 1080p video en/decoding including Blu-Ray support at 60 frames per second, image/voice recognition and high-resolution 3D [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | GameStop discounting used Xbox 360 and PS3 systems (Joystiq, 10/10/2013 8:30am) |
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Ahead of next-gen console launches this November, GameStop is cutting the prices of its used PS3 and Xbox 360 hardware from October 11 to October 24. During the promotion, customers can pick up the original Xbox 360 for $99.99 (previously $129.99) [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Total PS3 sales overtake the Xbox 360 in Europe (AfterDawn, 5/07/2008 2:03pm) |
| Sony's PlayStation 3 has hit a milestone in Europe by finally passing the Xbox 360 in total console sales despite the lowest priced PS3 costing nearly twice as much as the entry level version of the Microsoft console (£299 compared to £159) and a 16 month head start for the Xbox 360.
Games consultant Nick Parker credits the console's eventual success to Sony's strategy of giving it more of ... (Read Full Article) |
| Hargray Communications Deploys Coaxsys' TVnet for IPTV Distribution (Market Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 6/15/2005 1:13pm) |
| Coaxsys Incorporated, makers of the #1 deployed IPTV network, today announced its relationship with Hargray Communications, the 22nd largest telco in the U.S. Hargray, with nearly 100,000 customers surrounding Hilton Head, South Carolina, will be using Coaxsys' TVnet to instantly deploy high-speed IP networks in customers' homes without having to rewire with Cat-5 cable. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Sharp develops technology for cheaper Blu-ray recorders (TG Daily, 2/15/2007 7:01pm) |
| With Blu-ray Disc hardware notoriously more expensive than the competing HD DVD players, Sharp has developed a new technology to bring down the cost of BD recorders. The new model will drop in price from current units that topple the $1500 mark. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Blu-ray 'Managed Copy' to start in December, lacking hardware support (AfterDawn, 11/08/2009 5:20am) |
| Due to its byline stipulations, beginning in December all Blu-ray titles will come with the option to make one "managed copy" (a legal backup).
However, for all [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Hands-on with Sixense's MakeVR, a motion controlled 3D modeling suite bound for Kickstarter (video) (Engadget, 1/29/2014 2:00pm) |
| The last time we saw Sixense's Stem motion controller, it was little more than a collection of prototypes. The company showed us a gaggle of plexiglass boxes containing reference hardware and a 3D printed shell representing the final product's [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Week recap: PS3 streak, Xbox 360 climb, Wii Black Friday (Punch Jump, 11/25/2007 5:51pm) |
| Sales for Sony Corp.’s Playstation 3 outsold Nintendo Co.’s Wii for a second straight week in Japan retail sales. The PS3 ranked No. 3 in overall hardware sales. ... (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) |
| Microsoft to Lock Down Longhorn? (Addict 3D, 3/20/2005 5:27am) |
| Microsoft to Lock Down Longhorn? "For people who've been obsessed with issues surrounding the broadcast flag on HDTV content, things are about to get even more difficult. Heise Online is reporting that the next version of Windows will have extra-strength DRM capabilities tied into PC hardware. (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Live from the Engadget CES Stage: Sculpteo CEO Clément Moreau (Engadget, 1/09/2014 11:30pm) |
| It's set up in among a slew of hardware devices in CES' 3D printing area, but Sculpteo takes a different approach to the space, with made-to-order, cloud-based printing. This year, the French company revealed a batch-printing service, so you can [...] (Read Full Article) |
| X2 and DAVETV Form Partnership to Develop IPTV and Interactive Television (ITV) Products (Market Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 8/17/2005 5:34pm) |
| X2 Corporation, a global manufacturer of digital lifestyle products, today announces a strategic partnership with DAVETV, a global IPTV digital entertainment distribution network. The companies will work together to collaborate in building and developing new IPTV and ITV platforms for consumers and the OEM marketplace. The new alliance expects to propel both companies to the head of the ITV ... (Read Full Article) |
| TV Armor protects your HDTV from tragic accidents (DVICE, 9/30/2009 3:37pm) |
| HDTVs are fragile, especially if you play the Nintendo Wii. One sweaty palm and overeager pitch, and you've got some shattered dreams on your hands. If you're really paranoid about protecting your precious purchase, maybe you should take some extreme measures.
TV armor is designed for klutzy worrywarts such as yourself. It's a durable acrylic shield that fits over your screen, allowing you to see the screen through it while protecting it from flying debris. Finally, you can play Wii Tennis with relative peace of mind!
TV Armor via Technabob (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Rumor: Microsoft also developing 3D virtual reality devices (Joystiq, 3/18/2014 8:00pm) |
| Microsoft may unveil its own 3D virtual reality device in the future, providing that sources close to The Wall Street Journal are accurate. "People familiar with the project" reportedly confirmed that the hardware manufacturer developed [...] (Read Full Article) |
| What you need to know before buying an HDTV (Chicago Tribune, 3/30/2007 10:31am) |
| Anyone who thinks consumers understand high-definition television should consider a recent survey by Leichtman Research Group. It concluded that close to one-half of the 24 million households with HDTVs don't actually watch high-definition programs because they haven't obtained the necessary hardware from their cable, phone or satellite operators. ... (Read Full Article) |
| A perfect PS3 storm: Blu-ray hotness and Xbox supply issues (Ars Technica, 2/15/2008 5:30pm) |
| Sony's PlayStation 3 finally beats out the Xbox 360 in hardware sales. Sony might have Blu-ray to thank, while Microsoft could have supply issues to blame. Read More... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Xbox 360 last in Japan game hardware sales (Punch Jump, 1/18/2008 5:53pm) |
| Microsoft Corp.’s Xbox 360 ranked last in overall video game sales in Japan as the console fails to attract buyers in the region. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Philips shows off 3D 21:9 HDTV (AfterDawn, 9/08/2009 2:55am) |
Philips has announced during the recent IFA event that they will be the latest company to go 3D, adding the third dimension to their Philips Cinema 21:9 HDTV.
"The technology is ready, but the content is not there yet," said Philips Consumer Lifestyle CEO Andrea Ragnetti. "It has to be based on what consumers really want and currently it is not clear if consumers actually want to wear glasses to watch TV or want it without."
A different spokesperson did add that "3D TV is the ultimate dream for consumers", and Philips decision follows that of Sony and Panasonic.
One glaring difference however, is that Philips is said to be favoring strereoscopic glasses, instead of active shutter glasses like its rival brands.
The TV is still in prototype but will be available when the content is there.Permalink | Comments
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| (Unranked) | Report: Amazon is developing smartphone with 3D display (AfterDawn, 5/09/2013 11:38pm) |
| According to the WSJ, Amazon is actively developing a smartphone with a 3D display to expand their hardware [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Planar dives head first into high-end home theater market by acquiring Runco (Engadget, 5/23/2007 10:14pm) |
| Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment
Joining the growing array of recent acquisitions is Planar and Runco International, as just today Planar has written a check for $36.7 million to take on the assets of privately-held Runco International, Inc. Planar, while not a household name in the home theater biz, managed to hold its own amongst competitors in the HT market, and while the majority of its p ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Kickstarter Tech Project of the Week: Buccaneer 3D Printer (eCoustics, 6/07/2013 8:00pm) |
| Project Name: The Buccaneer – The 3D Printer that Everyone can use! Category: Hardware Goal: $100,000 – met in 10 minutes! Currently Funded: $709,266 Deadline for pledging: June 29, 2013 We’ve certainly had some fun fooling around [...] (Read Full Article) |
| E3: video game hardware, software on display (Investors.com, 5/16/2005 4:18am) |
| SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- The annual video game industry conference that takes place in Los Angeles this week will focus heavily on next-generation console announcements from Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo, while new software releases battle for the spotlight. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Sony opens pre-orders for wireless personal 3D viewer (Joystiq, 10/08/2013 1:00am) |
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Sony is preparing to launch a new personal head-mounted display, the Sony HMZ-T3W. This wireless visor is up for pre-order at Sony Stores and [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | MakerBot unveils the extra-large Replicator Z18 3D printer (Engadget, 1/07/2014 12:34am) |
| As for hardware reveal number three at today's MakerBot press conference at CES: This one's a biggie -- quite literally. The new MakerBot Replicator Z18 is a beast of a printer. The printer can do prints up to 12 x 12 x 18 inches. That's 2,592 [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Greg Robinson's Top 5 Blu-ray Discs of 2012 (Big Picture Big Sound, 12/17/2012 5:32pm) |
| Resident hardware and software critic Greg Robinson tackles his own mission impossible: choosing just five Must-Own titles from the Blu-ray offerings of [...] (Read Full Article) |
| PS2 to PS3 Guitar Hero Adapter Rescues Otherwise Non-Functional Guitars [Hardware] (Kotaku, 4/28/2008 6:40pm) |
| Here's some great news...that possibly comes a few months too late. TAC has released an adapter that will make your PS2 Guitar Hero controllers compatible with PS3 versions of Guitar Hero and Rock... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | This Week on Blu-ray: Life of Pi, Roger Rabbit, Rise of the Guardians, and more! (Big Picture Big Sound, 3/12/2013 7:22pm) |
| Ang Lee's grand adventure, an animated pack of superheroes, and Roger Rabbit; get a peek at this week's new and notable [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Preview 9 HD channels on DIRECTV free (HD-Report, 12/05/2012 4:50pm) |
| DIRECTV started their free preview of the HD Extra Pack today, which includes 9 premium HD channels such as Sony Movie Channel HD, MGM HD, and Universal HD (See all high-definition channels below). The free HD channel preview starts today, Dec. 5 [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Quicklink to feature iPhone HD PRO app at IBC2012 (Broadcast Engineering, 8/16/2012 7:18pm) |
| Using the iPhone’s inbuilt hardware encoder chip, the app encodes native HD resolution, with an encoding time of only one frame.
read [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Amazon Joins HD DVD Reimbursement Club (Format War Central, 4/10/2008 9:33pm) |
| In a rather surprising — albeit unoriginal — move from Amazon, the internet sales giant began sending out emails yesterday, notifying their HD DVD hardware customers of their entitlement to a $50 e-certificate to ease their format woes.
As they put it, new technologies don’t always work out exactly as planned — something we know [...] ... (Read Full Article) |
| HDTV poll: What brand do you own? (TV Squad, 2/06/2006 8:00am) |
| Filed under: HDTV, Site AnnouncementsDo you own an HDTV? Head on over to our sister blog HDBeat an ... (Read Full Article) |
| DirecTV's HR21 pro gets official (Engadget, 9/07/2007 5:15pm) |
| Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment
DirecTV's new hardware rollout has been in the making for some time and now the latest addition to the lineup has been officially unveiled at CEDIA. The HR21-200 was leaked last week, and we've seen prototypes at other shows, but now the prosumer DVR will finally go into production around the end of October and offers some nice features for custom installers ... (Read Full Article) |
| Panasonic to launch a Freesat-enabled Blu-ray recorder in UK (HDTV UK, 3/30/2009 12:02pm) |
| Things are seriously starting to ramp up in the UK and hopefully it won't be long before the sort of hardware available in Japan comes over here. Take Panasonic's announcement that it's to launch a Freesat+ PVR with built-in Blu-ray recorder. That's a pretty meaty piece of kit, ensuring that most of your home entertainment needs are met in just one box. According to various reports coming out ... (Read Full Article) |
| Panasonic to launch a Freesat-enabled Blu-ray recorder in UK (HDTV UK, 2/26/2009 10:52am) |
| Things are seriously starting to ramp up in the UK and hopefully it won't be long before the sort of hardware available in Japan comes over here. Take Panasonic's announcement that it's to launch a Freesat+ PVR with built-in Blu-ray recorder. That's a pretty meaty piece of kit, ensuring that most of your home entertainment needs are met in just one box. According to various reports coming out ... (Read Full Article) |
| So it begins: Toshiba's HD-A3 falls to $99 at Circuit City, comes with 7 free HD DVDs (Engadget, 2/20/2008 2:26pm) |
| Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment
It's not like there has been any shortage of deals on HD DVD hardware over the past few months or anything, but now that Toshiba (and almost everyone else on the planet) has officially yanked support for the format, prices are beginning to plummet en masse. First on the docket is the HD-A3 at Circuit City, which now sits at just $99.99 and comes with seven fr ... (Read Full Article) |
| Toshiba pushes HD DVD successes in Europe, announces price cuts (HDTV UK, 1/18/2008 8:00am) |
| Toshiba's new HD DVD marketing campaign has extended into Europe, with the format's creator singing its praises and showing off its achievements.
According to Tosh, based on independent research, HD DVD hardware had a 60% share of the European market at the end of last year, with the number of players doubling in the fourth quarter of 2007.
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| (Unranked) | Sony plans to support PS3 through 2015 at least (Joystiq, 9/25/2012 4:00am) |
| Sony isn't abandoning the PS3 any time soon, PlayStation VP of hardware marketing John Koller tells (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | May NPD: 3DS steals top console spot (Joystiq, 6/18/2013 12:40am) |
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The Nintendo 3DS finally edged out the Xbox 360 in May 2013 as the best selling console across hardware and portables, according to the NPD's [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 12GB PS3: Best Buy, in the U.S., is now listing a 12GB configuration for the PlayStation 3. (Kotaku, 8/18/2013 9:00pm) |
| 12GB PS3: Best Buy, in the U.S., is now listing a 12GB configuration [...] (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) | Cube 3 3D printer brings user-friendly hardware, higher resolutions for under a grand (Engadget, 1/06/2014 1:49pm) |
| Like clockwork, 3D Systems is offering up a refresh to its entry level Cube line. The third iteration of the Cube line, introduced almost exactly a year after its predecessor, features a new, semi-enclosed body, speedier printing and resolutions of [...] (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) |
| Paramount Hosts Blu-ray Support Web Site (Format War Central, 6/11/2008 2:17am) |
| Now that Paramount is back in the Blu-ray business, it seems that they intend to do it right.
Today Paramount launched a support website, promoting their Blu-ray Disc releases, as well as other news about Blu-ray Disc, including hardware news.
The video content does not seem quite ready - it will be interesting to see they add [...] ... (Read Full Article) |
| (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) |
| 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) |
| Samsung dramatically increases Blu-ray sales target, confident of format (HDTV UK, 4/28/2008 10:23am) |
| Samsung has announced that it has revised its Blu-ray hardware sales target, from 400bn Korean won (£ 0.2bn) this year to one trillion Korean won (£ 0.5bn) by 2010. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Join the Engadget HD Podcast live on Ustream at 8:45PM ET (Engadget, 3/05/2014 1:15am) |
| It's Tuesday, which means it's time for the Engadget HD Podcast and we hope you'll join us for the live recording at 8:45PM. Tonight there is new hardware to discuss from Harmony, some HDMI-CEC enabled action from Dish and Roku's new [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Nvidia Announces GeForce 7800 (Gamasutra, 6/22/2005 11:03pm) |
| Graphics hardware giant Nvidia, which is also providing the RSX graphics chipset for the PlayStation 3 console, has released its latest PC video card chipset, the GeForce 7800 GTX GPU. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Sony: Blu-ray will always be part of PS3 (Joystiq, 3/12/2009 4:03pm) |
| Last month, Janco analyst Mike Hickey predicted a PS3 price drop, driven by a new, cheaper model without a Blu-ray drive. In a statement to Silicon Alley Insider, Sony's Kim Nguyen took on the new hardware rumor, basically killing it for anyone who believes Sony PR: "That would pretty much destroy the PS3's backbone, our games were built on Blu-ray." Nguyen then said the fairly clear, "Quote ... (Read Full Article) |
| Sony PS3 Console to utilize 65nm RSX Chips this Fall (I4U, 6/27/2008 6:00am) |
| Sony's Kaz Hirai let out some details about the state of the cost cutting of the Sony PS3 hardware.
Sony is shipping PS3 consoles with a 65nm Cell CPU since last holiday shopping season. The original Cell was still using 90nm technology.
This Fall ... ... (Read Full Article) |
| SonyNEC Optiarc projects sub-$100 Blu-ray optical drives by year's end (Engadget, 6/06/2008 7:50am) |
| Filed under: HDTV, StorageIf you'll recall, SonyNEC Optiarc was the same company that suggested BD prices would be halved by 2008 from what they were in late 2006, and while stickers are still relatively high on standalone decks, the prediction actually wasn't too far off. A new report from Tom's Hardware notes that the aforementioned outfit is expecting Blu-ray combo drives "to reach the $100 ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 3DS firmware update adds save transfers, streamlines 'download later' (Joystiq, 3/26/2013 6:00pm) |
| The next time you open up the 3DS eShop, you'll be prompted to update your system hardware, to version 5.0.0-11U. While not a drastic [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Xbox 360 sales flat in Japan holiday retail (Punch Jump, 12/07/2007 5:09pm) |
| Sales for Microsoft Corp.’s Xbox 360 hardware were flat in the latest Japan retail figures released this week. ... (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) |
| Best Buy drops Blu-ray player to $99 (Punch Jump, 10/26/2009 3:39pm) |
| Best Buy Co. Inc stores this month discounted a house brand Blu-ray player to under $100 in a new high-definition hardware sale.
This week, the Insignia Blu-ray Disc Player to $99.99 after $50 instant savings.
In addition, it discounted all regular priced Blu-ray discs by 30 percent this week.
Meanwhile, retailer Amazon.com this month began holding a new [...] (Read Full Article) |
| CEDIA: Pioneer Unveils New Elite Blu-ray Player for October (High-Def Digest, 9/06/2007 6:00pm) |
| The parade of next-gen hardware announcements from CEDIA continues with news of a new Blu-ray player from Pioneer. Dubbed the Elite BDP-95FD, this third Blu-ray player from Pioneer picks up where the BDP-94HD... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Google's Portable Native client lets one app run on any hardware in Chrome (Engadget, 11/12/2013 11:14pm) |
| Since 2011, Google's Native Client has been enabling developers to write applications like photo editors, CAD modelers and 3D games in C or C++ and run them inside the Chrome browser. Initially, Native Client only functioned on x86 machines, and [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Hans Mahr To Join Management Board of Premiere AG (pzone via Yahoo! Australia & NZ (pzone via Yahoo! Australia & NZ Finance, 5/23/2005 12:47pm) |
| -- As of 1 September, Mahr will head the Management Board\\\'s new Sports and New Business division -- Reorganization of Management Board to strengthen programming and new business divisions -- Friedrich-Carl Wachs to leave company MUNICH, Germany, May 23, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- Hans Mahr, 56, is leaving the RTL Group to join Premiere AG. The Supervisory Board of Premiere AG today appointed Mahr as ... (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) |
| (Unranked) | Nintendo Direct news roundup: Yoshi 3DS XL in UK, new Ace Attorney (Joystiq, 2/14/2014 11:30pm) |
| During its UK Nintendo Direct presentation yesterday, Nintendo revealed a Yoshi 3DS XL system – just the hardware, no Yoshi game included – heading to Europe on March 14, Tiny Cartridge points out.
Earlier this month, we caught [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Room for one more: Gigabyte to offer third dual-GPU graphics card (Tom's Hardware (Tom\'s Hardware Guide, 5/20/2005 7:42pm) |
| Chicago (IL) - Gigabyte appears to be on a roll these days with yet another dual-GPU graphics card knocking on our doors. The most recent model will be the flagship model of the 3D1 series and come with two GeForce 6800 GT graphics chips. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Japan Is Getting a Special Luigi 3DS XL (Kotaku, 4/17/2013 2:10pm) |
| To mark Luigi's anniversary, Nintendo is releasing a special Luigi emblazoned 3DS XL in Japan. The hardware comes bundled with a digital version of (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) |
| PS3 beats out Xbox 360 in US January sales, says NPD (AfterDawn, 2/15/2008 7:48pm) |
| According to the NPD Group, year-over-years sales for the US videogame market fell 6 percent to $1.18 billion USD for January 2008.
Software sales for the month increased 11 percent however, to $610.6 million USD, but NPD's Anita Frazier attributed that increase mainly to higher prices, such as the expensive "Guitar Hero" and "Rock Band" bundles that both sold very well.
Hardware sales ... (Read Full Article) |
| Xbox 360 sales up 40% in UK after price cut (Joystiq, 3/18/2008 8:40am) |
| Filed under: Microsoft Xbox 360, Business
Over the weekend the Xbox 360 saw an impressive 40% sales spike in the UK following a European price cut. The spike comes just as Sony prepares for another PS3 retail offering with the GT5: Prologue Bundle. According to Chart-Track, despite the Xbox 360 hardware boost, the software sales did not see an increase, but the company dismissed that because of t ... (Read Full Article) |
| Motorola shows industry's first nano emissive flat screen prototype (Tom's Hardware (Tom\'s Hardware Guide, 5/09/2005 4:41pm) |
| Schaumburg (IL) - Motorola announced the first prototype of a nano emissive display that is based on carbon nanotubes - a technology that is believed to lead the way to larger flat panel displays that are not only cheaper than today\\\'s devices but also offer a higher image quality. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Engadget's back to school guide 2013: HDTV (Engadget, 8/19/2013 4:00pm) |
| Welcome to Engadget's back to school guide! Today we're talking HDTV. Head to the back to school hub [...] (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) |
| Gefen debuts new HDMI booster cables (MacNN, 11/15/2006 6:42pm) |
| Gefen today debuted a new line of HDMI Super Booster Cables designed to deliver the clearest high-definition video resolutions with no additional sender and receiver hardware required. The cables -- which are available in lengths of 50, 75, 100, 125 and 150 feet -- are comprised of copper components and terminated on the receiving end with Gefen HD... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Mighty No. 9 adds Vita and 3DS to stretch goals (Joystiq, 9/28/2013 12:00am) |
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Mighty No. 9 will head to 3DS and PlayStation Vita if its (Read Full Article) |
| Wii HD expected in 2011, says exec (Punch Jump, 9/23/2009 3:35pm) |
| Square Enix Holdings Co. CEO Yoichi Wada told The Financial Times this week that he expects a new version of Nintendo Co.’s Wii hardware to be released in 2011.
Yoichi said that he expects a Wii HD include functionality more like Microsoft Corp.’s Xbox 360 and Sony Corp.’s Playstation 3 and a possible new controller for [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Forget Blu-ray... Hi Def streaming is where it's at (the INQUIRER, 7/02/2008 8:54am) |
| Nick Farrell the Inquirer, Wednesday 2 July 2008. 09:42:00 Physical media a waste of wonga MAKER OF EXPLODING BATTERIES, Sony may have woken up to the fact it has wasted billions getting stand-alone Blu-ray players into the shops. According to thestandard.com, Sony might have wasted a fortune investing in hardware which uses physical media when it should have been splashing out on streaming techno ... (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) |
| NEC's new LaVie T with HD tuner and SoundVu (Engadget, 10/25/2005 1:15pm) |
| NEC rolled out their new LaVie T laptop which features hardware-based MPEG-2 real-time encoding/decoding, HD teevee tuner, video recording, SoundVu (the screen is the speaker) technology, dual-layer DVD±R, 160GB HDD, 512MB RAM, and the 1.73 GHz Pentium M 740. What we don’t get though, is why they opted for the 15-inch 1280 x 800 (WXGA) screen when they already pump 2048 x 1536 pixels ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Nintendo: 3DS software sales up 52% year-on-year in US (Joystiq, 5/17/2013 2:00am) |
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Nintendo's 3DS is holding on strong to its place in the hardware charts, backed up by some successful software - and by "some" we mean "2.1 [...] (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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Toshiba Qosmio X500 Blu-ray laptop announced originally appeared on Pocket-lint on Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:12:57 +0100 (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Skype update for iOS brings two-way HD video chat to newer Apple devices (Engadget, 1/16/2014 6:08pm) |
| Did you get a new iPad or iPhone this holiday? If so, Skype has a treat in store for you -- it just updated its iPad and iPhone apps to support two-way HD video chat on all A7-equipped devices. Not that Skype is leaving older hardware without an [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Blu-ray may gain hold in China, as 11 companies are granted licences (HDTV UK, 6/02/2008 10:30am) |
| The Blu-ray Disc Association has granted eleven licences to Chinese companies to manufacture Blu-ray hardware for the Chinese market. These "Format and Logo Licence Agreements", as the name would suggest, allow companies to manufacture Blu-ray equipment to standard specifications, and to use the Blu-ray logo on these products... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Dear makers: You have 3 days left to submit your project for a chance to win $20,000! (Engadget, 2/06/2013 3:00pm) |
If you have a sweet pre-crowdfunding hardware project and haven't entered our Insert Coin: New [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Future MacBook Pros may come with in-built Blu-ray drive (Tech Digest, 3/03/2008 3:48pm) |
| Those rumourmongers over at AppleInsider suggest that built-in Blu-ray drives
could soon be a reality for Apple's MacBook Pro notebook computers. An
"insider" reckons that Apple are in talks with Sony to provide the hardware. If
reports are true, quality issues were to blame for delaying a Blu-ray launch
with the latest
line of MacBook Pros. We've been waiting a long time for Apple to tak ... (Read Full Article) |
| XAVi announces DS2 200Mbps Powerline HD lineup (Engadget, 6/07/2006 1:21pm) |
| Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment, NetworkingXAVi of Taiwan just announced their new product lineup exploiting the DS2 200Mbps Powerline HD chipsets shows as a reference design to the right. Just like Netgear's hardware, XAVi promises the ability to stream high-definition video to any room of the house via your existing electrical wiring -- something promised by first generation HomePlug devi ... (Read Full Article) |
| HTPC makers add Blu-Ray ripping/management software (TV Squad, 3/14/2008 7:01pm) |
| Filed under: HDTV, PVR Wire, Hardware, Software
High end home theater PC makers Niveus and VidaBox are treading into shady waters by adding features that either enable or compliment ripping HD-DVD and Blu-Ray discs. Now, in theory there's nothing wrong with using software that can rip video from a disc, if it's a disc you own the rights to, like say your wedding video. But generally speaking, re ... (Read Full Article) |
| Blu-ray backed PS3 to offer video download service (Punch Jump, 4/22/2008 3:50pm) |
| Sony Corp. will offer a new video download service for the Blu-ray backed Playstation 3 video game hardware according to the L.A. Times. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Head-up displays: limiting immersion? (Joystiq, 2/06/2006 8:00am) |
| Filed under: Gamecube, Mac, PC, PlayStation 2, PlaySta ... (Read Full Article) |
| Toshiba shows a video of a demo of Cell decoding 48 MPEG-2 video streams at once (Ars (Ars Technica, 5/03/2005 12:06am) |
| At a mid-April technology conference, Toshiba showed a video of what they claim is a Cell processor decoding 48 video streams at once. Why they didn\\\'t demonstrate some actual hardware doing this in a live demo is unknown. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Microsoft Posts 22% Fewer Xbox 360 Sales During Black Friday (Home Media Magazine, 11/28/2012 12:51am) |
| Microsoft’s Xbox 360 video game system may be the reigning hardware leader, but it sold 22% fewer units (750,000) during the Black Friday week (ended Nov. 23) than it did during the same period in 2011 with 960,000 units sold.
Last [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Microsoft announces Netflix video deal, avatars and community channel for Xbox 360 (Tech Digest, 7/15/2008 9:35am) |
| Last night Microsoft kicked off proceedings at this year's E3 video games conference. News of hardware price cuts and the launch of a new model preceded the event, but Microsoft still had a few surprises to share, including a new deal that will make Netflix movies and TV shows accessible directly from Xbox 360 consoles. ... (Read Full Article) |
| New Microsoft Hardware Products (Addict 3D, 4/04/2006 6:45am) |
| * Wireless Notebook Optical Mouse 3000: An upgraded version of the best-selling Wireless Notebook Optical Mouse, this mouse features enhanced with High Definition technology for smooth and precise tracking over any surface (even airplane tray tables), as well as a smaller receiver for traveling convenience. ($29.95) * Wireless Laser Mouse 5000: From the fashionably inclined businessman to your ... (Read Full Article) |
| Sony adds PSP copy to Blu-ray discs (AfterDawn, 10/03/2009 9:33pm) |
Sony America has announced that beginning with the upcoming Blu-rays "Godzilla" and "The Ugly Truth," a new feature will allow PSP owners to directly transfer digital copies right from their PS3 instead of from their computers from a separate DVD disc.
“Blu-ray is already known as the best way to watch movies at home, and now SPHE & SCEA are also making it the most convenient way to watch movies on the go,” Sony VP of new business development Rich Marty added, via VB.
Added director of hardware marketing John Koller: The new feature will allow “users to easily take the best in movie and entertainment content on-the-go—all of which is only possible on the PSP and PS3 platforms.”Permalink | Comments
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| Wii HD in 2010, PS3 nabs No. 2, Xbox 360 third, says analyst (Punch Jump, 6/30/2009 8:35pm) |
| A report by Wedbush Morgan Securities predicts that Nintendo Co. will upgrade the Wii in 2010, Sony Corp.’s Playstation 3 will move up to No. 2 in sales, and that Microsoft Corp.’s Xbox 360 will fall to third place.
In the report, analyst Michael Pachter predicts that the Wii hardware will maintain its No. 1 position [...] ... (Read Full Article) |
| Netblender to blend iPod/iPhone with Blu-ray? (AfterDawn, 4/10/2008 4:47am) |
| Netblender will soon offer the ability to owners of an iPhone or an iPod touch that will allow the handheld devices to integrate with Blu-ray hardware. This new technology that will link Blu-ray equipment and content to the popular Apple devices, BD Touch, will allow users to perform certain tasks such as using an iPod or an iPhone as a remote control for Blu-ray equipment.
"The sophisticated ... (Read Full Article) |
| $135,000 Blu-ray Disc Player Revealed (About.com, 9/10/2009 1:00pm) |
| Although the race has been on by most manufacturers to make Blu-ray Disc players more affordable, some manufacturers, such as Denon, Lexicon, and Marantz have actually been bucking this trend by introducing very high-priced units. Now comes word that high-end manufacturer Goldmund is taking Blu-ray Disc player pricing to the absolute extreme by offering 50 "lucky" consumers the chance to by a Blu-ray Disc player (EIDOS REFERENCE BLUE) priced at $135,000! For all the details, plus some great photos, check out the report from Ultimate AV as well as Goldmund's Official Product Page and User Manual for the EIDOS REFERENCE BLUE. (Read Full Article) |
| Xbox 360 and PS3 price cuts coming this fall (AfterDawn, 6/28/2009 3:51am) |
| According to a "mole" speaking to Arstechnica, both Sony and Microsoft will introduce new hardware packages this fall, in addition to price cuts.
This is all considered rumor for the time being, but the "mole" has broken a lot of stories in the past that have eventually been absolutely correct so keep that in mind.
From Sony's end, across the board price cuts are coming as well as the i ... (Read Full Article) |
| NEWS: ATI launches Radeon HD 5700 graphics series (Pocket-lint, 10/13/2009 4:01am) |
Complete with DirectX 11 capabilities
ATI has just released a new series of graphics cards - the Radeon HD 5700s. Two cards initially make up the range, there's the Radeon HD 5750 and the meatier Radeon HD 5770. Both come with DirectX 11 capabilities and a host of other features that PC tweakers might be interested in.
The company says that this Radeon release is "all about future-proofing your graphics card". It reckons that this generation of cards can cope on high settings with every game currently out and in the near future, too. Plenty of DirectX 11 games are due out before Christmas, including DiRT2, Stalker: Call of Pripyat, and Battleforge that already has a patch that converts it to DX 11.
DirectX 11 brings tessellation, shader model 5, Directcompute 11, HDR texture compression and better multi-threading performance. The cards also support HDMI 1.3, have stream technology support, and come with three outputs so you can play with three monitors at?3 x 2560 x 1600 in what ATI is calling an "Eyefinity" setup.
The 5770 has 1.36 teraFLOPs of computing power and low-ish power consumption of 108W under load and 18W when idle. It comes with 1GB of GDDR5 memory and will cost $159. There's no UK pricing yet.
The 5750, on the other hand has 1.008 teraFLOPs of computing power and will take up 86W of power under load and 16W when idle. That'll come with the option of 1GB or 512MB of memory, with the former costing $129 and the latter costing more like $110. We'd be surprised if UK prices were lower, even at a 1 to 1 conversion rate.
Still, they're not exceptionally high either, meaning that if you're considering an upgrade then it might be worth asking for one of these in your stocking this Christmas.
Related links:
News - AMD and ATI announce merger
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ATI launches Radeon HD 5700 graphics series originally appeared on Pocket-lint on Tue, 13 Oct 2009 05:01:00 +0100 (Read Full Article) |
| ATI Leads High-Definition Video Transition On PCs (PhysOrg, 5/26/2005 5:57pm) |
| ATI Technologies Inc. solidifies its PC video and display leadership with the first public demonstration of high-definition H.264 video playback with hardware acceleration on the PC platform. H.264 is the video compression standard that will be used in the next generation high-definition video players such as Blu-ray and HD-DVD. The ATI H.264 video demonstration with ATI\\\'s next generation Radeo ... (Read Full Article) |
| NEWS: Seagate FreeAgent Theater+ HD media player launches (Pocket-lint, 9/17/2009 1:06pm) |
Along with FreeAgent DockStar network adapter
Seagate has announced the launch of the new FreeAgent Theater+ HD media player, described as the "next generation home theatre solution designed to instantly and easily connect your digital media library to your home entertainment system".
The player has a docking system that offers a quick and easy way to connect Seagate external hard drives to televisions or home entertainment centres.
With what's said to be an easy to navigate interface and supplied remote control, movies, videos, music and images can then be viewed on a large-screen TV with support for 1080p HD video, DTS 2.0 + Digital Out, and Dolby Digital technology.
There's also two additional USB ports for connecting other USB storage devices and an Ethernet port for network connectivity.
The Seagate FreeAgent Theater+ HD media player is available now for $149.99 (?90 as a direct translation), with a wireless adapter due to be available in October as a separate accessory through Seagate.com for $69.99 (?42).
In addition, Seagate has also announced the FreeAgent DockStar network adapter, that will connect a FreeAgent Go portable hard drive to a network, giving access to its content from anywhere in or outside of the home (with the Pogoplug service), as well as allowing for file sharing.
"In a matter of minutes a drive can become accessible through any Internet connected computer, as well as through an innovative iPhone application", says Seagate.
The FreeAgent DockStar network adapter is available now for $99.99 (?60). The Pogoplug service for remote access and sharing, is free for a year, then $29.99 per year afterwards.
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Seagate FreeAgent Theater+ HD media player launches originally appeared on Pocket-lint on Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:06:03 +0100 (Read Full Article) |
| Sony will release FIFA 2010 World Cup on 3D Blu-ray (AfterDawn, 12/07/2009 2:01am) |
| Sony has announced it will be producing the 2010 FIFA World Cup in 3D for (Read Full Article) |
| Pixelworks and AMIMON Fuse Video Performance and WHDI Technology (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 1/08/2007 1:01pm) |
| LAS VEGAS----Pixelworks, Inc. , a leading provider of system-on-chip ICs for the advanced display industry, and AMIMON Inc., an emerging leader in semiconductor technology for wireless transmission of high-definition video, today announced that they are cooperating to provide joint reference designs that combine Pixelworks® video and image processing hardware and software and AMIMON's Wireless . ... (Read Full Article) |
| LG BH200 HD DVD/BD Combo Player Reviewed By Sound&Vision (Format War Central, 12/21/2007 12:08pm) |
| The guys from Sound&Vision Mag have released their review of LG’s BH200 Super Blu combo player. The player supports the full HD DVD specifications, unlike its predecessor the BH100. The player’s hardware also supports Blu-ray Profile 1.1, but will need it enabled via a firmware update. It will be very interesting to compare the BH200 [...] ... (Read Full Article) |
| TVIA Debuts HDTV LCD-TV And PTV Turnkey Reference Design Kits (Asia Pulse via Yahoo! Australia & NZ News, 7/28/2005 1:48am) |
| (Full text of a statement. Contact details below.) SANTA CLARA, Calif., July 27 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/-- Tvia's complete HDTV LCD-TV and PTV Reference design kits based on Tvia's TrueView 5600 and 5700 chipsets, include hardware, software applications, OSD, EU/NTSC tuner, bill of material, PCB layout, schematics, and total documentation, allowing TV manufacturers to go directly to Pre-Production ... (Read Full Article) |
| TechnoConcepts Announces Second Agreement with China Electronics Corporation for Development of Telecommunications (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 9/15/2005 1:00pm) |
| TechnoConcepts, Inc. , developers of a patented technology that converts radio frequency signals directly into digital (RF/D) and vice versa through proprietary digital signal processing software which replaces conventional analog hardware front-end signal processing circuitry currently in use, today announced its has signed an agreement with China Electronics Corporation to collaborate on the ... (Read Full Article) |
| Elgato release Macbook Air-friendly HDTV tuner (TV Squad, 7/08/2008 6:28pm) |
| Filed under: HDTV, PVR Wire, Hardware
So you want one of those newfangled TV tuner dongles that will let you watch HDTV on your laptop, but you've got a Macbook Air with a funny USB port that makes it tough to plug in most standard USB devices? No problem. Elgato's new EyeTV DTT Deluxe tuner sports a new ultra-thin design and fits into the low profile Macbook Air USB port.The EyeTV DTT Deluxe is ... (Read Full Article) |
| (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) |
| JVC $200 XV-BP11 Blu-ray Player In Time For Black Friday (I4U, 10/28/2009 4:30pm) |
| JVC today released their first budget Blu-ray player, the XV-BP11. This player is a back-to-basics type of machine. It only recognizes Blu-ray Profile 1.1 and measures only 1.5” thick at its fattest point. The XV-BP11 has the standard, front-mounted USB d...
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| How to enable 1080i HDTV on an Scientific Atlanta 8300 box (TV Squad, 12/19/2007 6:56pm) |
| Filed under: HDTV, PVR Wire, Hardware
The Scientific Atlanta 8300 cable box is capable of pumping out a variety of standard and high definition resolutions, ranging from 480i all the way up to 1080i. But if you got your set top box from Time Warner Cable or Comcast, odds are you only see 480p and 720p options.The folks over at NewTeeVee have posted a simple guide for enabling 1080i or 480i/480p Wi ... (Read Full Article) |
| Record up to 12 HDTV programs at once with the Seagate Showcase (TV Squad, 5/19/2008 6:29pm) |
| Filed under: HDTV, PVR Wire, Hardware
Sure, your TiVo HD can record 2 HDTV programs at the same time. But slap the upcoming Seagate Showcase external hard drive on your PVR or home theater PC and you can record up 12 at once. You know, if you've got 12 CableCARD or ATSC TV tuners.
The Seagate Showcase is basically a fancy new hard drive enclosure with a snazzy new Seagate Pipeline HD Series ha ... (Read Full Article) |
| PS3 named best 'media center' by European org. (Joystiq, 9/11/2007 3:23pm) |
| Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3The good news for Sony: The PlayStation 3 has won another prestigious award for hardware design. The bad news: It has little to nothing to do with it's capabilities as a video game system.The European Imaging and Sound Association's convergence panel has named the PS3 the best European media center for 2007/2008. The award description cites the systems audio/video/ ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Fire Emblem: Awakening 3DS bundle coming to North America (Joystiq, 1/11/2013 10:15pm) |
| Fire Emblem: Awakening will be available in a lovely hardware bundle in the US and Canada, alongside its standard and eShop releases. The 3DS [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Memorex intros MVBD-2510 Blu-ray player at under US$270 (HDTV UK, 10/10/2008 12:52pm) |
| Memorex, a brand name I associate more with consumer electronics consumables than hardware, has announced the US availability of its standalone MVBD-2510 Blu-ray player. The player features full 1080p playback at 24p and 60p, BonusView 1.1, audio decoding and playback of Dolby TrueHD, Dolby Digital Plus and DTS-HD High Resolution Audio, Master Audio bitstream output, and 7.1 channel audio output.. ... (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) |
| Samsung Electronics and Discovery Communications Join Forces to Promote High-Definition Television (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 9/01/2005 4:36pm) |
| Samsung Electronics, a leader in digital televisions, and Discovery Communications, the leading global real-world media and entertainment company, today announced the first-ever worldwide partnership between a hardware manufacturer and a global content company to accelerate the adoption of high-definition television technology and content. ... (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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| MS memo: Xbox 360 to have 'biggest year in video game history,' XBL surpasses 10m users (Joystiq, 1/07/2008 6:15pm) |
| Filed under: Microsoft Xbox 360, CES, BusinessMercury News writer and Microsoft guru Dean Takahashi has published a memo penned by Microsoft games chief Don Mattrick, who expects that "Xbox 360 is on track to register the biggest year in video game history."According to Mattrick North American hardware, software and accessory sales for Xbox 360 exceeded $3.5 billion, reportedly $1 billion more t ... (Read Full Article) |
| Dell Inspiron Zino HD destined for home theaters (DVICE, 8/13/2009 8:14pm) |
Check out this Dell Inspiron Zino HD, a tiny PC destined for your home theater. Shipping this Fall, there's scarce information about this hotshot, but the company says there are desktop parts inside, unlike the favorably reviewed Studio Hybrid that's so small it uses laptop parts to save space.
Why is Dell talking about "desktop parts" when the Intel Atom processor and NVIDIA Ion graphics processor have proven to us to be such a highly capable duo in the home theater? Perhaps you'll be able to opt for either desktop chips or the smaller Atom/Ion processors that are usually deployed in netbooks.
Dell is being coy about pricing and the exact release date of this home theater powerhouse. For real information you can see, take a look at the gallery below to see the ports in the back of the Zino HD, revealing HDMI, eSATA, and plenty of USB ports, all welcome sights for those of us who crave a PC in the home theater.
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| 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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| 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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| LG Blu-ray player adds VUDU support (AfterDawn, 9/10/2009 5:46pm) |
LG has announced that their BD390 Blu-ray player will now support VUDU video streaming, following a firmware update.
VUDU offers over 2200 movies and TV shows in SD or 1080p HD and 5.1-channel audio.
The player now supports Netflix, VUDU, CinemaNow and YouTube.
The BD390 has been applauded for fast loading times, 1GB of onboard memory, as well as its ability to play DivX video files off a USB drive.
The BD player retails for $379.99 USD from most retailers.
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| NEWS: Denon DBP-1610 Blu-ray player announced (Pocket-lint, 9/23/2009 2:43pm) |
"Price-conscious"
Denon has announced the launch of a "price-conscious" Blu-ray player, the new DBP-160.
The DBP-1610 boasts 1080/24p video output and supports Deep Color as well as x.v.Color and offers 1080p scaling for normal content.
With an Ethernet port for internet access for BD-Live and firmware updates, there's full support of Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio.
Offering Divx playback as well as AVCHD playback from DVDs and SD cards, as you'd expect, the new machine plays nice with Denon's A/V product line.
Denon's idea of price-conscious may not be the same as most, however, the DBP-160 will go on sale next month for a penny under ?400.
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| Microsoft denies Blu-ray on Xbox 360 (AfterDawn, 10/25/2009 9:18pm) |
Earlier this week we reported that Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer made comments that implied that the company would be bringing Blu-ray accessories to the Xbox 360.
At the time, the notoriously tongue-tied Ballmer had 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."
The company has since released a statement denying the rumor and adding that Ballmer was speaking instead of PC accessories.
"During an interview yesterday, Steve Ballmer was asked about Blu-Ray and the Xbox 360. I wanted to clear something up. 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 very soon when Xbox 360 becomes the first and only console to offer instant-on 1080p streaming HD movies. With a library of thousands of TV shows and movies to choose from, Xbox 360 owners can instantly watch the movies they want, when they want, in the highest form of high definition," says the post on MajorNelson.
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| Netflix CEO Hastings speaks about YouTube, iPhone, Xbox 360 (AfterDawn, 9/23/2009 4:09am) |
During an interview with Reuters, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings spoke out about the future of the physical DVD, as well as Netflix's plans for the iPhone, Xbox 360, PS3, Wii and possible competition from YouTube
The interview in its entirety:
Reuters: What will Netflix subscribers gain from the improvements in the recommendation system?
Hastings: ItÂ’s doubling the quality of our movie recommendation and that helps our subscribers get more enjoyment from movies. Because more often they love the movie they watch. More often the movies recommended will will turn out to be movies that you love. If you watch a couple of movies and donÂ’t like many, you start to watch (sports and other programming). If every movie is incredible, you start to watch more.
Reuters: Netflix video streams on MicrosoftÂ’s Xbox Live system. What about the PS3 and Wii?
Hastings: Eventually we want to be on all the game consoles, all the Blu-ray players, all the Internet TVs. So we are working in parallel with all of those efforts. Currently our Xbox deal is exclusive and we havenÂ’t characterized it more than that.
Reuters: Any plans to work in partnership with Apple and the iPhone?
Hastings: itÂ’s something thatÂ’s likely to come over time. But nothing in the short term. (With) movie watching, we are not focused on mobile yet, but (instead) on the TV, on Blu-ray and on the video game consoles. We will get to mobile eventually, including the iPhone.
Reuters: What of YoutubeÂ’s potential movie service?
Hastings: I think there will be a lot of competition in this market: Hulu, Apple, Amazon, Youtube, Blockbuster. Internet video is a huge opportunity. And there will be a lot of people engaged, and that is going to be great for the consumer. All of us are going to innovate and compete with each other and provide more and more value to the consumer.
Reuters: How far along are we on the transition to all digital video watching?
Hastings: There will be people doing DVD-by-mail in 15 or 20 years, so I think DVD will last a long time. Our best guess is that DVD will peak for us in 5 or so years. But it is continuing to grow. And the streaming is exploding. So we are getting nice growth in the DVD side and huge growth on the streaming side.
Reuters: What do you make of BlockbusterÂ’s store closing plan?
Hastings: Blockbuster and Redbox really compete on doing the inexpensive new releases, and we are much more the streaming and the catalog. Their closings donÂ’t really benefit us. It will benefit Redbox more than it does us.
Reuters: Have you been approached about an acquisition or partnership?
Hastings: We donÂ’t comment and any acquisition prospects.Permalink | Comments
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| Sony Delivers New Touch-Screen HD PC/TV (HDTV Magazine, 10/08/2009 1:36pm) |
Sony today unveiled its new touch-enabled, multi-media machine -- the VAIO® L Touch HD PC/TV.
With the VAIO L Series' multi-touch screen, easy access to your PC, HDTV, DVR -- your entire entertainment hub -- is readily at your fingertips.
Equipped with a 24-inch (diagonal) WUXGA (1920x1080) widescreen panel, the unit displays high-definition content in Full HD resolution.
Select models feature a Blu-ray Disc(TM) optical drive so you can enjoy high-definition movies. A rewritable BD drive...
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| Rumor: Apple entering the HDTV market in 2011 (AfterDawn, 8/22/2009 3:02am) |
According to a new Piper Jaffray note this week, analyst Gene Munster says he expects Apple to eventually get into the HDTV market providing a full home entertainment system alongside the Apple TV media device.
Additionally, Munster says that a new, updated Apple TV is coming before Christmas, including DVR and a monthly sub to iTunes TV shows.
"We believe Apple is exploring a subscription-based offering for its TV content in iTunes," says Munster, via The Street. "Apple could leverage its deep library of content with many network and cable channel content owners to provide unlimited access to a sub-library of its TV shows for a standard monthly fee."
Adds Apple COO Tim Cook of the Apple TV:
"It is clear that the movie rental business has really helped Apple TV and there are more and more customers that want to try it," he says, noting that sales were up 300 percent year-on-year. "We're going to continue to invest in it, because we fundamentally believe there is something there for us in the future."
As for the HDTV, Munster expects a 2011 debut, and the completion of a full Apple home entertainment center.
"The device would push Apple further into the digital living room with interactive TV, music, movie, and gaming features," he added. "Such a device would command a premium among a competitive field of budget TVs."Permalink | Comments
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| New Panasonic LUMIX, 18x Optical Superzoom Digital Camera Features High Definition Video Recording (HDTV Magazine, 7/28/2009 1:47am) |
Today, Panasonic announced the new LUMIX DMC-FZ35, a digital camera featuring AVCHD Lite, High Definition (HD) video recording capability, combined with a powerful 27mm wide-angle, 18x optical zoom LEICA DC lens. A successor to the popular FZ28, the FZ35 packs enhanced creative features combined with the power to shoot HD videos, including motion zoom capabilities to take full advantage of the 18x zoom. The operational layout of the FZ35 includes a dedicated video record button, making it a true hybrid -- a single model that performs seamlessly at capturing both still and motion images -- while still providing smooth and easy operation in either mode.
For users looking for increased creativity while shooting both video and still images, the LUMIX FZ35 delivers. New manual controls and creative options, include...
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| Toshiba unveils Blu-ray player, price, specs (AfterDawn, 9/05/2009 2:32am) |
Via a press release today, Toshiba has put the final nail in HD DVD's coffin, unveiling their first Blu-ray player, the BDX2000.
The full specs read as follows:
* BD-Live(TM) (Profile 2.0)
* 1080p/ 24 fps Full HD Video Output
* AVCHD Playback
* Toshiba REGZA-LINK(R) (HDMI-CEC)
* Support for enhanced audio formats from Dolby(R) True HD and DTS-HD Master Audio | Essential(TM) Playback
* Bonus View
* SD Card Slot
* ENERGY STAR(R) Certified
"Toshiba is a technology leader in high definition products," says Jodi Sally, Vice President of Marketing, Digital A/V Group. "From listening to our consumers we know they demand access to full high definition content. With the introduction of our BDX2000 we are offering consumers what they want with a breath-taking HD viewing experience to meet the needs of today's home theater."
The REGZA-LINK, much like how Sony does with Bravia TVs, allows for users to connect a Regza HDTV to the Blu-ray player via HDMI, and then control both from one single remote controller. It's unclear what formats the player can read off the SD cards, but standard MP3, WMA, JPEG and AVI should not be a problem.
The player will hit stores in November and have $249.99 MSRP.
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| Blu-ray reportedly trailing CBHD in China, the second theater of the format war begins (Engadget, 7/25/2009 11:03pm) |
Just because Toshiba has given up on HD DVD and moved on, doesn't mean the format war is totally over for red. According to a report by a Japanese TV station, its successor, China Blue HD is actually leading Blu-ray in marketshare in that country. Of course, based on the article found by our friends at FormatWarCentral, all we have to go on is a machine translated description of a video in a language we don't speak describing the apparent initial success of the government backed format in a socialist republic. If you need more evidence than that to declare the format war officially restarted, you're probably a communist, but before we drag you in front of the Un-American activities committee check out the video for a peek at the slick new CBHD cases that The Onion will surely be shipping its videos in very soon.
[Via FormatWarCentral]Filed under: HDTV, Home EntertainmentBlu-ray reportedly trailing CBHD in China, the second theater of the format war begins originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 25 Jul 2009 18:03:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments (Read Full Article) |
| Sony network Blu-ray player spied at CES (Engadget, 9/13/2009 1:11am) |
Why wait 'til October to get a peek at Sony's BRAVIA Internet features come to Blu-ray on the BDP-N460? Check them out right now in the following gallery, we got a good look at the future on the CEDIA show floor, though whether Sony delivering all new hardware or everyone else's strategy of upgrading existing players for Netflix, Amazon and other forms of streaming is the path to follow remains to be seen. The BDP-N460 should hit for about $250 starting next month.
Filed under: HDTV, Home EntertainmentSony network Blu-ray player spied at CES originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 12 Sep 2009 20:11:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink | Email this | Comments (Read Full Article) |
| Create disc with all Windows Updates - Save YouTube HD videos (AfterDawn, 9/13/2009 10:27pm) |
We've been working on updating some of our stone-age guides (yes, we get the complaints ;-) ) and adding a few new ones as well, for anyone who is interested. Decided just to mention a couple here that were written as a result of recommendation. The first one uses a freeware utility to download Windows Updates for any Windows OS after 2000 (not 7 just yet), make an ISO and burn to disc.
The disc (or alternatively USB) will provide an automated install then on a Windows machine. It's a very useful program if computer repairs are part of your business. It also can download all updates for Microsoft Office 2000, XP, 2003 or 2007 and automate the installation.
Read: Create DVD with all Windows & Office Updates
The second is just an update to a simple guide for saving YouTube videos to your hard drive. I had been asked about saving YouTube HD videos and remembered a simple JavaScript bookmark I had set just to do that, so I added it as a second page to the guide. I looked for the original source but found it has been scattered pretty far across the Internet, so I couldn't find it anymore (so kudos, whoever you are).
Read: How to save YouTube videos (incl. HD) to HDD
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| NEWS: LG adds VUDU to broadband HDTVs (Pocket-lint, 7/30/2009 11:06am) |
Streaming movie service
LG has announced that it's adding movie streaming capability to its HDTV range in a deal with VUDU - a company that provides on-demand video over the web.
A library of over 2,000 high-definition movies will be available, as will some TV shows. The company says that there's no monthly fees and no additional hardware, and that you'll get full 1080p resolution and 5.1 surround sound.
To get the package, you'll need a LG's NetCast Entertainment Access, and a TV with an ethernet port. The compatible TVs range from 42-inch to 60-inch and also have content from Netflix, Yahoo Widgets, and YouTube. Existing LG Broadband TV owners should get the VUDU service next month, the company says.
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| Mitsubishi shows off 155-inch OLED HDTV (AfterDawn, 10/10/2009 5:32pm) |
Mitsubishi has unveiled a 155-inch OLED TV this week at the CEATEC 2009 event in Japan, showcasing one of the largest displays ever for OLED.
Mainichi Japan says the "OLED display consists of 720 10-centimeter-square OLED blocks that can be rearranged to change the dimensions of the display using Mitsubishi's Aurora Vision LED screens at baseball stadiums."
The screen is also about three times brighter than any current LCD TV. Lifespan is about 200,000 hours.
Being that the OLED blocks are so small means Mitsubishi can create a TV of any size, ranging from the now standard 15-inch TVs to infinity.
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| WD intros WD TV Live HD Media Player (AfterDawn, 10/13/2009 6:04pm) |
Western Digital has officially launched its WD TV Live HD Media Player today, offering full HD playback from external drives via your HDTV.
Full specs are very interesting:
Full-HD video playback and navigation - up to 1080p -
This is the real thing; Full-HD 1080p playback. Sit back and enjoy the spectacular picture quality of brilliant high definition video and the crystal-clear sound of digital audio. Use the included remote control to make your entertainment choices using our crisp, animated navigation menus.
Play a wide variety of file formats -
WD TV Live supports a wide variety of the most popular file formats. No need to spend time transcoding.
Play videos, music and photos from the Internet on your big screen TV -
Explore and watch YouTube videos and Flickr pictures on the big screen. Rock out to thousands of radio stations via Live365 and discover new music with Pandora radio.
Access files anywhere on your home network -
Play movies, music, and photos from any PC or drive on your home network. The Ethernet port connects this player to your home network through a wired connection or via popular, supported WiFi adapters (sold separately).
Turn your USB drive into an HD media player -
Play content from most popular USB drives, and digital cameras, camcorders, and portable media players that can be recognized as mass storage devices. Optimized for My Passport portable hard drives.
Collect without limits -
There's no limit to the size of your media collection; just add more USB drives for more space.
Play media seamlessly from multiple USB drives -
Two USB ports on the player let you connect multiple USB storage devices and access them simultaneously. Our media library feature collects the content on all the drives into one list sorted by media type.
Transfer files easily -
Copy, move or delete files stored on a USB drive, a network drive, your camcorder, or a camera to the attached USB drive using the on-screen menus.
Show photos and movies directly from your digital camera or video camera -
Works with digital cameras, digital video cameras, in fact, any digital imaging device that supports Picture Transfer Protocol.
File Copy
Copy files between USB drives
HDMI 1.3, composite video and component video output -
The HDMI port lets you connect to the highest quality HDTV or home theater. Additional composite (RCA), and component outputs ensure compatibility with virtually all television sets.
SPDIF digital output -
The optical audio output sends digital signals to your AV receiver for the best surroundsound experience.
Access media files on your home network -
WD TV Live supports a direct Ethernet connection or a USB attached wireless connection to your home network. Click here to view compatible wireless-ready USB adaptors.
Ultra-compact design -
Fits easily into your entertainment center.
The player retails for $120 USD.
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| LG has first THX-Certified LCD HDTV (AfterDawn, 7/29/2009 5:21am) |
LG has announced that their LH90 model has become the first THX Display certified LCD HDTV.
According to HighDefDigest "the 240hz capable LH90 features LED backlighting with local dimming for precise picture control and a 2,000,000:1 contrast ratio ensuring a ridiculously good picture."
Says Peter Reiner, LG VP of marketing: “LG's advanced LED Backlight technology precisely controls the brightness of specific areas of the screen, providing crisper, clearer pictures while using less energy than traditional LCD models.”
The HDTV also has THX Movie Mode, which allows owners auto-adjustments for black levels, colors and signal.
With its impressive specs, the TV is pricey. $1900 USD will get you a 42-inch model and $3200 will get you a 55-inch version.Permalink | Comments
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| NEWS: Nikon introduces the D300s with HD video (Pocket-lint, 7/30/2009 4:00am) |
Update to their popular model
Adding to the already popular D300 DSLR is the D300s, which brings HD movie capture to the party in a previous-anticipated move by Nikon.
With an effective 12.3-megapixels, the D300s offers 7fps continuous shooting (8 with battery pack) driven by the EXPEED image processor, and a 51-point focusing system.
The new video mode benefits from autofocus whilst shooting, but doesn't stretch to Full HD, instead offering a maximum resolution of 1280 x 720 at 24fps. Lower resolution options are also available.
Boosting the video option, you'll be able to attach an external mic thanks to a 3.5mm audio input. Video capture is sadly limited to 5 minutes in 720p, but can be extended to 20 minutes at lower resolutions.
Dual memory card slots have been added, giving you Compact Flash and Secure Digital, with flexible set-up options allowing you to shoot JPEGs to one and RAW to the other, or stills on one and video on the other.
Live View mode can be activated on the 3-inch 920k-dot display, whilst viewing your movies will be a breeze to view thanks to the on-board HDMI slot.
Available from 28 August, the Nikon D300s will set you back £1499.99, body only.
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| Samsung rolls out Amazon, Blockbuster video store access across HDTVs, HTIBs and Blu-ray players everywhere (Engadget, 10/14/2009 9:42pm) |
Just as promised, the (still SD only) Blockbuster OnDemand service is now available on a slew of Samsung hardware via firmware update, while the Internet@TV lineup (LCD and Plasma HDTVs Series 650 and above and LED HDTVs Series 7000) has a brand new toy with the Amazon VOD Yahoo! widget (which does support HD.) Both services offer a slew of rental and/or purchase options for the digital delivery fanatic, though we still hunger for the audio and quality of VUDU plus the all you can eat goodness of Netflix Watch Instantly, of the millions of TVs out there, there's surely someone willing to sift through those menus for the ease of viewing Ghosts of Girlfriends Past without resorting to cable VOD -- or getting up from the couch. The "convenience" goes both ways, since they'll also be able to pick up compatible Samsung blu-ray players at Blockbuster stores, right next to the TiVo section -- check for exact model #s supported in the PR after the break.Continue reading Samsung rolls out Amazon, Blockbuster video store access across HDTVs, HTIBs and Blu-ray players everywhereFiled under: Displays, HDTV, Home EntertainmentSamsung rolls out Amazon, Blockbuster video store access across HDTVs, HTIBs and Blu-ray players everywhere originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:42:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink | Email this | Comments (Read Full Article) |
| Sonic brings HD streaming to CinemaNow (AfterDawn, 8/03/2009 12:42am) |
Sonic Solutions has announced that they will finally be bringing HD streaming to its Roxio CinemaNow online video service, using a new technology dubbed Sonic CineVision Adaptive HD which the company promises will make films look Blu-ray-esque in 1080p full HD.
Sonic's competitors, such as iTunes, Amazon, VUDU, and Sony have all had HD streaming or downloads for some time now.
CineVision Adaptive HD will also be available "as part of the company’s CineVision Master Encoding system" says TWICE, "enabling others to maximize the quality of streaming video content."
The CineVision Master Encoding system is used in current Blu-ray production, so the company says the streaming quality will be second to none.
Adds CinemaNow executive VP of strategy Mark Ely: “Consumers not only want instant access to new Hollywood hit movies on their connected TVs and Blu-ray players, they want it in HD.”Permalink | Comments
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| iTunes 9 to bring Blu-ray support, iPhone App management? (AfterDawn, 8/09/2009 5:44am) |
According to sources speaking to BoyGeniusReport, the upcoming iTunes 9.0 software update will include Blu-ray support and iPhone App management, along with social networking integration.
Blu-ray support would be a welcome addition, and the App management would allow users to connect their iPhone or iPod Touch and visually manage the apps.
Social networking integration would allow easy access to Twitter, Facebook and Last.fm.
For now, this is rumor and Apple has not confirmed or denied any of the details or a release date for iTunes 9.
App management, via TechCrunch:
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| NPD says Blu-ray going mainstream next year (AfterDawn, 9/26/2009 6:33pm) |
According to a new NPD analysis, Blu-ray will finally break into the mainstream in 2010, especially as prices continue to drop.
The company researched consumers using Blu-ray set-top boxes (not including the PS3) in February 2008 and in August of this year, and the figures clearly showed that BD is out of the "early adopter" phase and into the "dreamers" phase which is the group that wants the new technology but are "deterred by price."
Regardless, NPD says falling prices, strong holiday sales, and a slowing uptrending economy will finally push Blu-ray from "niche" technology to "mainstream."
In the 2008 study, over 64 percent of users were early adopters, which only account for 20 percent of the entire market. By August however, the number had been reduced to 38 percent, and replaced by "dreamers" and "sensibles," a group full of middle aged families who like the technology but waited some time before investing. Those two groups account for over 40 percent of the entire market.
“In the last year, we have made great strides toward becoming mainstream, but we’re not quite there yet,” ntoes NPD analyst Russ Crupnick, via VB. “But going into the holiday season, we are seeing a combination of fairly reasonable price points on hardware and a lot of content. By February, after the holidays, it’s going to quickly look more and more mainstream. We are on that path.”
There are however still a decent amount of "late adopters" who do not care for the technology or are neutral. Neutral consumers are at 17 percent while "anti-tech" (users that frankly hate Blu-ray) are at 7 percent.Permalink | Comments
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| PS3 buyers using console for gaming over Blu-ray, says NPD (AfterDawn, 10/19/2009 12:35am) |
Despite Sony's marketing team deciding to change the focus of the PS3 more to the console's movie downloading and Blu-ray capabilities, it appears consumers are still purchasing the system mainly for gaming.
Last August, the NPD Group released a study that showed that about 37 percent of PS3 owners had never once watched a Blu-ray film on their system. The second edition of the study was released recently, and the number hardly changed, moving down to 34 percent.
NPD did note however that the number of PS3 owners watching Blu-ray was higher then PS2 owners watching DVDs at the same point in the console's life cycle.
“It’s at a fairly high level, where it took years for PS2 owners to use [that console] for DVD,” NPD analyst Russ Crupnick added, via VB. “Most PS3 people think of it as a gaming device, but there is a reasonable level of awareness and intended use for Blu-ray.”
The new study gave the following figures to the question of why PS3 owners had purchased the console:
58 percent - Mostly to play games
34 percent - For games and movie, equally
8 percent - Mostly movies
NPD also noted that PS3 owners who have had their machines for a couple of years of more tend to buy more Blu-rays over standard definition DVDs and vice versa for newer owners.
“Newer owners are somewhat more oriented to DVD than Blu-ray,” Crupnick says. “The later you get into an adoption cycle, the more you’re not getting the super aficionado. These are people who are tougher to convince about the benefits of Blu-ray and who are sensitive to price.”Permalink | Comments
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| Toshiba introduces first Cell-powered HDTV (AfterDawn, 10/05/2009 10:24pm) |
Toshiba has unveiled their first HDTV to use the extremely powerful PS3 Cell processor today during the CEATEC event in Japan, and the TV packs a serious punch.
Besides the processor, the 55-inch REGZA 55X1 includes LED-backlighting, 240Hz refresh rate, and dynamic contrast ratio of 5,000,000:1. The Cell processor also allows for improved image quality, stronger colors, enhanced brightness balance and a "luminance of 1250cd/m²."
The TV also has a 7-speaker sound bar, and has DLNA support as well as a built in HD web browser created by Opera.
More notably, the HDTV has a 3TB HDD allowing users to record up to 26 hours of 1080p content from 8 channels, at the same time. As pictured below, the Regza can also display 8 channels at the same time, with no delay when switching between stations.
Toshiba also dropped word that they plan to use the Cell processor in an upcoming TV that will upconvert 1080p films to 3840 x 2160.
The TV will leave a dent in your wallet however, and is retailing for 1 million yen in Japan (about $11,000 USD) and Toshiba says it anticipates 1000 sales before release in North America next year.
Pictures, specs via Gizmodo:
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| 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.
[Via IndustryGamers]NPD predicts PS3 sales to increase by 40-60% post price drop originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 21 Aug 2009 16:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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| Disney to release 12 more 'Diamond' Blu-ray titles (AfterDawn, 9/13/2009 9:42pm) |
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment has announced they will be expanding their Blu-ray 'Diamond Collection', adding 12 new titles including The Lion King, Bambi, Cinderella, The Little Mermaid, Peter Pan, Lady and the Tramp, The Jungle Book, 101 Dalmatians and Pinocchio.
The 'Diamond' collection is considered the studio's high-end BD line, just like the 'Platinum' collection was for standard DVD.
The releases will be staggered, two per calender year, with Fantasia and Beauty and the Beast set for 2010. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs will be the first Diamond available, hitting shelves on October 6th. Just like the Platinum collection before it, each Diamond title will include a plethora of new bonus features and will only be available in limited quantities for a limited period.
One of the bonus features for Snow WHite, as explained by VideoBusiness is "‘Magic Mirror,’ which the studio touts as its first use of artificial intelligence in a film. The Blu-ray-exclusive technology recognizes viewing patterns and suggests where viewers should go next in the film for an overall personal experience."
“Walt Disney’s gift of telling captivating and engaging stories was matched only by his passion for presenting them in the most spectacular way,” adds Dick Cook, chairman of The Walt Disney Studios. “We are proud to continue his pursuit of excellence with ‘The Diamond Collection,’ which brings the films that are the foundation of our company to audiences of all ages across the globe.”
Bob Chapek, president of Disney’s DVD division, also noted: “We believe that the collection offers consumers the opportunity to enjoy these timeless classics like never before and underlines Disney’s commitment to continue to bring the best quality product and immersive experiences into the home.”Permalink | Comments
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| Microsoft lifts Xbox 360 minimum 720p, anti-aliasing mandate for devs (Joystiq, 9/02/2009 11:45pm) |
In a column published today on Develop, Black Rock Studio (Pure, Split/Second) technical director David Jeffrries revealed that Microsoft has removed an item from its TCRs (Technical Certification Requirements) that stated all Xbox 360 games must run at a minimum of 1280x720 (720p) resolution if the system is in HD mode. According to Jeffries, this was done earlier this year so that developers could be "free to make the trade-off between resolution and image quality as we see fit."
TCRs are technical "rules" that all games developed for a given platform must adhere to in order to be certified for release. Of course, some games that have skirted this specific TCR have still been allowed on the system; the most notable being Microsoft's own Halo 3, which runs at 1152x640 (progressive).
Joystiq has confirmed with a trusted source familiar with Microsoft's TCRs that Jeffries' claim is legit. Not only that, but, as of March 2009, Xbox 360 developers are no longer required to utilize full-screen anti-aliasing in their games. The elimination of both requirements is especially noteworthy since the console maker had touted that all 360 games would run at a minimum of 720p with at least 2x FSAA since before the hardware launched.
As Jeffries points out in his column, 1280x720 isn't necessarily the "starting point" for HD on many displays and that it's not nearly as crucial as anti-aliasing. It's not clear if the back-tracking on Microsoft's part was due to pressure from the development community or not, but we can probably all agree that, as long as a game looks great, it doesn't really matter how its creators got there. Does it?Microsoft lifts Xbox 360 minimum 720p, anti-aliasing mandate for devs originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 02 Sep 2009 18:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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