| (Unranked) | FAVI's $50 Streaming Stick adds apps, streaming services to any HDTV with Android 4.1 Jelly Bean (Engadget, 9/28/2012 8:52am) |
| Why get a Smart TV when you can [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Archos TV Connect Turns Any HDTV into Android-Powered Smart TV (CE Pro, 1/15/2013 4:01pm) |
| Archos plans to release its TV Connect at CES 2013, which uses Android 4.1 Jelly Bean to turn any HDTV into a Smart [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | iPad mini imagined in 3D (I4U, 8/16/2012 9:24am) |
Besides the iPhone 5, the Apple iPad mini could be unveiled on September 12. The iPad mini is rumored to have a 7.85-inch display. The details are still very sparse. If Apple is pricing the iPad [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | Blueado Announces the Very First Mini HDTV Media Center (PR Web, 6/06/2006 7:22am) |
| Blueado redefines what a mini media center should by introducing the worlds first mini media center with TV tuners, a 400 GB Hard Drive, and 2 gigabytes of memory standard. The Blueado HDTV Mini Media Center is the ideal home theater Media Center for anyone looking to add a sense of style and sophistication to their home theater. (PRWEB Jun 6, 2006) Trackback URI: ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Big HD screens, quad-core smartphones reign at CES 2013 (CNET Blogs, 1/11/2013 11:54pm) |
| What will you see in phones this year? Quad-core, HD galore, and multiplied megapixels define the new high-end. (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | iPad Mini to bury 9.7-inch iPad in 2013: DisplaySearch (CNET Blogs, 2/28/2013 6:37pm) |
| 2013 may be the year of the iPad Mini and smaller tablets in general. [Read more] (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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| (Unranked) | Scientists Have 3D-Printed Mini Human Livers for the First Time Ever (Gizmodo, 4/23/2013 5:40pm) |
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| (Unranked) | This One-Piece 3D Printed Mini Crossbow Is Adorably Dangerous (Gizmodo, 3/12/2013 4:00pm) |
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 | Telecast's Rattler HD/SDI Mini Transceiver Debuts at IBC (Broadcast Newsroom, 9/09/2005 4:26pm) |
| The new Rattler mini HD/SDI fiber optic transmitter and receiver modules from Telecast Fiber Systems will be displayed for a European audience for the first time at IBC2005 in Amsterdam, the company announced today. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Telecast Announces Rattler HD/SDI Mini Transceiver (Broadcast Newsroom, 5/24/2005 8:47pm) |
| The new Rattler mini HD/SDI transceiver from Telecast Fiber Systems, displayed for the first time at NAB2005, has already won two prestigious awards for its ability to lower cost and complexity in fixed and remote broadcast applications, the company announced today. ... (Read Full Article) |
| HBO to Release 'John Adams' on Blu-ray this June (High-Def Digest, 3/05/2009 11:00pm) |
| HBO has is bringing the Emmy-winning mini-series 'John Adams' to Blu-ray as a three-disc set this June. Starring Paul Giamatti and Laura Linney in one of the most acclaimed mini-series of all time, HBO... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Wonderful 101' and 'Pikmin 3' Top List of Exclusive Wii U Releases For 2013 (High-Def Digest, 7/18/2013 8:30pm) |
| Today's Nintendo Direct Mini dotted with release information. During today's Nintendo Direct Mini and amid information relating to the new Nintendo 3DS Screenshare and Streepass options and titles, [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Wonderful 101' and 'Pikmen 3' Top List of Exclusive Wii U Releases For 2013 (High-Def Digest, 7/18/2013 8:30pm) |
| Today's Nintendo Direct Mini dotted with release information. During today's Nintendo Direct Mini and amid information relating to the new Nintendo 3DS Screenshare and Streepass options and titles, [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Mvix Minx HD Home-Theater (eHomeUpgrade, 9/02/2009 6:01pm) |
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Interesting… MvixUSA has jumped into the mini HTPC space and is announcing the availability of Mvix Minx (MX-3250HD) HD Home-Theater. Unlike the current crop of Intel Atom + NVIDIA ION products grabbing the headlines, Mvix Minx leverages AMD’s Dual Core 3250e processor and ATI 3200HD graphics (full 1080p decoding & DirectX 10 ready) built on [...] (Read Full Article) |
| HDTV Television - Blueado Announces the Very First Mini HDTV Media Center (Tel TV, 6/16/2006 4:01am) |
| Blueado Announces the Very First Mini HDTV Media Center … Blueado Announces the Very First Mini HDTV Media Center 2006-06-14 Home About Submit Press... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Shuttle introduces XPC G5 6801M Mini-PC media centre with Blu-ray (and HD DVD) playback (Tech Digest, 4/11/2008 7:08am) |
| Shuttle has introduced the XPC G5 6801M
Mini-PC, an AMD-powered media centre offered with LG's GGC-H20L drive
for playback of Blu-ray and (if you have any) HD DVD discs via the built-in
HDMI connection... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Create a 3D cardboard avatar mini-me for 12 bucks (CNET Blogs, 10/02/2012 10:15pm) |
| A 3D cardboard avatar will cost you less than a ticket to see the next 3D "Avatar" movie. [Read [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Report: The Next Xbox Will Have a Quad-Core Processor, 8GB Ram, Blu-Ray, Kinect 2.0 and More (Gizmodo, 11/20/2012 4:45am) |
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| SONY VAIO Blu-ray Home Theater PC (Format War Central, 1/07/2008 9:46pm) |
| At the SONY booth they were showing off the VAIO VGX-TP25E/B
Blu-ray equipped HTPC.The unit has a Blu-ray ROM drive and will have
an MSRP of $2999 for the top end model. The HTPC is running an Intel
Core 2 Duo, and features a 500GB hard drive. The wireless keyboard and
remote are included.
Blu-ray ... (Read Full Article) |
| 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) |
| (Unranked) | On your mark, get set, benchmark! 3DMark Android Edition now on Google Play (Engadget, 4/03/2013 1:28am) |
| Android just gained another go-to for (Read Full Article) |
| (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) |
| Verbatim launches "Mini" Blu-ray disks (Pocket-lint via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News, 8/03/2007 6:44am) |
| For use with Hitachi's Blu-ray camcorders ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Nintendo's free-to-play game lets you haggle for bargains (Joystiq, 2/13/2014 10:15pm) |
| Nintendo announced a 3DS mini-game collection by the name of Rusty's Real Deal Baseball during today's Nintendo Direct livestream. The game is free to download, and offers one demo game by default. The rest are cartridges that players purchase [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Universal Unveils Specs, Cover Art For 'Mr. Bean's Holiday' HD DVD (High-Def Digest, 10/23/2007 8:31pm) |
| Everyone's favorite British prankster will enjoy host of extras and the Dolby TrueHD treatment when 'Mr. Bean's Holiday' hits HD DVD this November. As we first reported late last month, Universal is planning... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Netflix brings HD video and AirPlay streaming to iPhone, iPad (Engadget, 10/03/2013 5:17am) |
| Netflix brought 1080p streaming to Android 4.3 this summer, and now iPhone / iPad users can experience HD streams as well, provided they've updated to iOS 7. Another new feature in the latest update is support for AirPlay streaming (if you prefer [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | The Bible now available on Blu-ray & DVD (HD-Report, 4/02/2013 12:48pm) |
| History’s 10-hour mini-series The Bible: The Epic Miniseries is now available on Blu-ray Disc and DVD. The Blu-ray set from 20th Century Fox contains 4 discs in total with over 550 minutes of content. Along [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Mini-Review: WinBook LC32 32" Wide-Screen LCD TV (Geek.com, 7/26/2005 5:43pm) |
| The price of LCD TVs continues to drop, and leading that charge is WinBook. WinBooknot only has the cheapest 27" LCD TV that I have found (only US$899), but has recently started shipping a 32" one, too. ... (Read Full Article) |
| IGP chipset delivers 2D/3D graphics (Electronic Engineering Times Asia, 12/22/2005 9:05pm) |
| VIA Technologies announced the VIA CN700 IGP chipset, which is designed for low-power digital media apps, including mini PCs, fanless embedded commercial systems and home entertainment centers. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Toshiba 2nd Gen Ultra HD TVs on view at CES (HD-Report, 1/08/2013 11:23pm) |
| Toshiba is displaying several of their second generation Ultra HD TVs at CES this week. The new L9300 series are powered by Toshiba’s CEVO 4K Quad+Dual Core Processor and support 3D as well as advanced [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Intel Mini-PC Pandora Makes Its Debut (SAP Info, 6/02/2005 8:21am) |
| Intel, which first showed its tiny concept entertainment PC three months ago, demonstrated a prototype code-named Pandora at the Computex Taipei 2005 show. ... (Read Full Article) |
| HBO Enlists 'Band of Brothers' for Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 4/01/2008 6:00pm) |
| There's no street date yet, but HBO Home Video is reportedly planning to bring the Emmy-winning mini-series 'Band of Brothers' to Blu-ray sometime this year. While reporting on the upcoming standard DVD... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | MakerBot announces Replicator Mini 3D printer: one-touch printing for $1,375 (Engadget, 1/07/2014 12:18am) |
| When MakerBot CEO Bre Pettis hit the CES stage today, he was joined by three tall, somewhat ominous black boxes (along with, strangely, acoustic versions of Goo Goo Dolls and Stone Temple Pilots hits). After reminiscing about just how far the [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Choosing an HDV Camera (Digital Video Editing, 12/12/2006 3:06pm) |
| The HDV (high definition video) format is certainly a new technology, only 3 years old and already in the second generation of cameras (the Sony HVR-V1U and HDR-FX7, and the JVC GY-HD100 come to mind), but it was widely adopted much faster than even the perennial mini-dv format, which is still actively used. As such, accessories, non-linear support and more came fairly quickly. But there are ... ... (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) |
| (Unranked) | Palm Top Theater turns your iPhone into a mini-3D display (Engadget, 3/10/2013 1:00pm) |
| "Pepper's ghost" isn't the sort of phrase you hear very often at a show like (Read Full Article) |
 | VIA announces CN700 chipset for VIA C7 processor (Digi Times, 12/09/2005 11:13am) |
| VIA Technologies recently announced the release of its CN700 integrated graphics chipset (IGC), for its C7 series processors for use in applications such as mini PCs, fanless embedded commercial systems, and home entertainment centers, with availability in the first quarter of next year. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Turn your Mac Mini into an HD PVR using this. (Digg.com, 3/30/2006 9:09am) |
| Using state of the art technology, TVMini HD and your Mac let you watch and record free-to-air or free cable Digital TV in outstanding digital quality. Don't let TVMini HD's small size fool you--it supports full HDTV resolutions of up to 1080i! ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Disney Magical World trailer is shining, shimmering, splendid (Joystiq, 2/12/2014 4:00pm) |
| If you think Disney costumes would improve Animal Crossing: New Leaf, or any game for that matter, then Magical World may be for you. The upcoming 3DS game isn't just about playing dress-up, though; it also has mini-games like fishing, [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Hitachi's DZ-BD9H straight-to-Blu-ray 1080p camcorder (Tech Digest, 1/25/2008 8:00am) |
| What with the HD format war of ultimate tedium all but over, it's time to sigh heavily and start buying things that have got Blu-ray drives in them. You might as well. We'll all have to eventually.
Like this thing - the Hitachi DZ-BD9H high-definition camcorder. It takes mini 8cm Blu-ray discs (current UK RRP £14 each), which can store around an hour of footage...]]>
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| The new Macmini is the perfect HDTV HTPC (Digg.com, 2/28/2006 12:07pm) |
| The new Macmini is everything I hoped it would be. Here is why it is perfect as a HTPC. It has more than enough power, support HDTV outputs and SPDIF outputs. Not to mention a remote! ... (Read Full Article) |
| Bonolabs Adds Film-to-HDV Service (Broadcast Newsroom, 8/25/2005 7:02pm) |
| Bonolabs has added a film-to-HDV option to their tapeless high definition telecine services. This can be used to integrate clips that originated on film into HDV productions, and hi def telecine transfers can be received on a mini Firewire/USB drive with 1080i or 720p files encoded and ready-to-edit. ... (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
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| (Unranked) | 'Pixar Short Films Collection: Volume 2' Blu-ray Announced (High-Def Digest, 8/29/2012 6:00pm) |
| The next batch of animated mini-movies is on the way to Blu-ray in November. In an early announcement to retailers, Disney/Buena Vista is preparing 'Pixar Short Films Collection: Volume 2' for [...] (Read Full Article) |
| VIDEO: Horizon Semi rolls out single chip native 1080/60p HD decoder for STBs (Embedded Systems Programming Magazine, 10/31/2007 12:45am) |
| Horizon Semiconductors , a leading provider of highly integrated silicon solutions that enable secure video and audio compression & transmission for the consumer electronics and home entertainment markets, has announced the immediate availability of industry's first single chip multi-standard native 1080/60p high definition decoders for triple-play/quad-play Cable, Satellite and IPTV Set-Top ... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Things Don't Look Good For Sean Bean In The New Silent Hill: Revelation 3D Trailer [Video] (Kotaku, 7/27/2012 8:00pm) |
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| (Unranked) | Panasonic's Wireless 3D Miracast Streaming Viera Connect Media Player Now Available (High-Def Digest, 4/10/2013 7:00pm) |
| Panasonic is also offering a more basic 2D Media Player. Among Panasonic's 2013 model are two new Media Player models. Both models offer Miracast Smartphone and tablet Android streaming capability, [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | OMG HD Zombies shuffling toward Steam on February 13 (Joystiq, 2/09/2014 4:30pm) |
| OMG HD Zombies, an expansion of a PSP Mini, is slowly chomping its way up the platform chain - after shuffling to Vitas last year, the chain-reaction zombie killer is headed for Steam's PC users on February 13.
HD Zombies is stingy with bullets, [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Mario Party Coming to 3DS This Winter (Kotaku, 4/17/2013 2:11pm) |
| The multiplayer competition of Nintendo’s virtual board game gets a new evolution with Mario Party. The 3DS game features multiple game boards and 11 new mini-games. Look for it this [...] (Read Full Article) |
| NEC ValueStar lineup combines PC with HDTV (Engadget, 12/19/2005 2:40pm) |
| Starting in January 2006, NEC will begin selling a new line of all-in-one devices under the ValueStar moniker (we’re pretty sure they stole that name of a mini-van). Combining an HDTV with a Windows Media Center-powered PC, the Valuestar models will use their built-in hard-drives for recording functions, and claim to speed-boot into TV-only mode in just 2 seconds. Price for these models ... (Read Full Article) |
| Understanding the Main Challenges Facing the Television (TV) Sector: TV 2.0 Development Scenario (Broadcast Newsroom, 3/06/2007 10:23am) |
| SONY HVRA1U 1/3" Professional HDV Camcorder with 3Million Pixel CMOS Imager, DVCAM and Mini DV Recor... (Rated by 38 users) The Sony HVR-A1U is the entry level HDV camcorder that records high definition video as well as DVCAM and DV standard-definition video. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Mini-ITX SBC adopts Intel 915GM chipset. (ThomasNet, 11/09/2005 2:12pm) |
| Based on Mobile Intel® 915GM Express chipset and Intel® ICH6M, EMB-9680 accommodates up to 2 GB of DDR system memory and is validated with 533 MHz Intel Pentium® M and Celeron® M processors with 2 MB L2 cache. I/O connectivity is provided via two 10/100 Mbps Ethernet with optional Giga LAN, 8 USB 2.0, 5 serial ports, and 16-bit DIO pins. Along with 32-bit, 3D graphics engine, motherboard suppo ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Report: Apple HDTV will include 'iRing' wearable motion controller, 'mini iTV' tablet (AfterDawn, 4/04/2013 1:50am) |
| According to Apple analyst Brian White of Topeka Capital, Apple's oft-rumored HDTV will come with a ring-shaped motion controller, allowing users to control their TV with the wave or point of a finger.In his client note, the analyst claims Apple [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Blu-ray Disc Association CES Press Event Rehashed (Format War Central, 1/14/2009 12:48pm) |
| Compared with last year, the Blu-ray Disc Association’s press event was pretty much a normal CES affair. Andy Parsons laid out Blu-ray’s 2008 performance, and talked about the format’s bright future.
One thing that was missing from this years event, was the complete lack of speakers from any of the Hollywood studios. Replacing the studio heads, 3 analysts sat on a mini panel discussi ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Japan Display joins the Quad HD phone screen party with two new LCDs (Engadget, 10/25/2013 6:39pm) |
| LG clearly doesn't have a monopoly on Quad HD smartphone screens -- Japan Display has unveiled two low-temperature polysilicon (LTPS) LCDs that offer the extra-sharp 2,560 x 1,440 resolution. The headlining 5.4-inch panel is ever so slightly denser [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 3DS tool to transfer save data from cartridge to SD out in Japan in March (Joystiq, 1/26/2013 1:45am) |
Nintendo is planning a March release for a downloadable tool allowing transfer of save data from a cartridge-based 3DS game to a downloaded version of the same game. The news comes from a special mini Nintendo Direct released only on the [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Armored Core: Verdict Day decides on Xbox 360 and PS3 this fall (Joystiq, 2/23/2013 1:45am) |
| Armored Core: Verdict Day, the latest entry in From Software's military mech series, will be released in North America on Xbox 360 and [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Elgato Releases EyeConnect - UPnP AV Media Streaming Software for the Mac (PrimeZone via Yahoo! (PrimeZone via Yahoo! Finance, 5/10/2005 5:31pm) |
| Elgato Systems, creators of the award-winning digital TV recorder EyeTV for the Mac, today officially released EyeConnect, the Macintosh market\\\'s first fully integrated media streaming software based on Universal Plug and Play Audio/Video (UPnP AV). ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Nook becomes a more tempting tablet (CNET Blogs, 5/03/2013 8:36pm) |
| The Nook gets access to all Android apps and media on Google Play, Acer gets creative with laptop design, and Staples is first national retailer to sell a 3D printer. (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | New Nintendo eShop releases: Mario and Donkey Kong, Xevious, Solomon's Key (Joystiq, 5/09/2013 2:30pm) |
Mario and Donkey Kong: Minis on the Move highlights the new eShop releases this week. The 3DS puzzler has players guiding poor little mini Marios away from hazards [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | AXIS COMMUNICATIONS: Axis introduces attractively priced outdoor, day/night fixed mini domes with HDTV performance (Business Wire, 5/05/2013 7:00am) |
| LUND, Sweden--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Two new AXIS M30-VE Network Cameras address the market’s need for small, affordably priced fixed domes with HDTV performance, day/night functionality and easy installation in indoor and outdoor environments. The [...] (Read Full Article) |
| HD-Video Core Supported By Image Enhancement IPs Launched (Digital Broadcasting.com, 12/01/2005 12:49pm) |
| Tokyo, Japan - Imagination Technologies, a leader in system-on-chip intellectual property (SoC IP), announces the immediate availability of the PowerVR MSVDX HD-video core. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Sony BDP-S5100 Blu-ray Disc Player - Product of the Week (About.com, 6/21/2013 10:00am) |
| The BDP-S5100 is a great example of how Blu-ray Disc players have morphed into a total content access entertainment device.
Although the core of the BDP-S5100 is its ability to play Blu-ray discs (both 2D and 3D - including 2D-to-3D [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Elgato Releases EyeConnect - UPnP AV Media Streaming Software for the Mac (RedNova, 5/10/2005 8:04pm) |
| The Networked Living Room Becomes a Reality MUNCHEN, Germany and SAN FRANCISCO -- May 10, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- Elgato Systems, creators of the award-winning digital TV recorder EyeTV for the Mac, today officially released EyeConnect, the Macintosh market\\\'s first fully integrated media streaming software based on Universal Plug and Play(TM) Audio/Video (UPnP(TM) AV). ... (Read Full Article) |
| HD-Video Core Supported By Image Enhancement IPs Launched (DigitalBroadcastingcom, 1/13/2006 2:08pm) |
| PowerVR MSVDX is a multi-standard high definition video decoder core enabling HD-DVD / Blu-ray decode and HD-Broadcast reception with maximised video-quality... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | How Does the Motorola Droid RAZR HD Compare to the Best Android Phones? [Android] (Gizmodo, 9/05/2012 7:13pm) |
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 | Net Insight Introduces New Video-Centric Next Gen SONET/SDH Platform For Triple Play, Metro and Core (RedNova, 6/01/2005 3:37pm) |
| Net Insight (STO:NET I B), a leading provider of video, voice and data networking equipment, today introduced the Nimbra(TM) 600 series of next generation multi-service switches that can deliver as much as 1 terabit per second switching capacity per rack. ... (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) |
| (Unranked) | 3DMark for Android gaming ropes in tech giants (CNET News, 8/03/2012 1:09pm) |
| Acer, Intel, Qualcomm, and SingTel-Optus have joined a program to benchmark 3D gaming standards on Android [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Component Video Cables are bundled in banana peel design. (ThomasNet, 5/04/2005 2:00pm) |
| Brilliance Hi-Res Component Video Cables feature 75-ohm impedance, color coding, and clearly visible print legends. Banana peel design incorporates individual coax cables affixed to center spline, eliminating need for outer jacket. Offered in 25 AWG size, Series 1281 and Series 1282 bundled cables are comprised of Mini RG-59 coaxes, while 20 AWG Series 1283 bundled cables are comprised of RG-59 ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | There's a PlayStation 3 Surprise in the New iOS and Android Netflix Apps [Remote Control] (Kotaku, 9/27/2012 12:30pm) |
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| Elgato Releases EyeConnect - UPnP AV Media Streaming Software for the Mac (pzone via Yahoo! Australia & NZ (pzone via Yahoo! Australia & NZ Finance, 5/10/2005 5:31pm) |
| MUNCHEN, Germany and SAN FRANCISCO -- May 10, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- Elgato Systems, creators of the award-winning digital TV recorder EyeTV for the Mac, today officially released EyeConnect, the Macintosh market\\\'s first fully integrated media streaming software based on Universal Plug and Play(TM) Audio/Video (UPnP(TM) AV). EyeConnect enables digital music, video, or photo content, including EyeT ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Get CNET on Xbox 360 and Samsung TVs (HD-Report, 12/11/2012 11:38pm) |
| In app (and broadcast) news today, CNET has announced it’s tech programming is now available on Microsoft’s Xbox 360, and will soon be offered on Samsung Smart TVs. The Android and iOS apps from CNET let users watch and control streaming [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Triple Play, IPTV & VoD – The Route To Market For UK ISPs (Digital WebCast, 10/26/2005 5:25pm) |
| There are more than 300 ISPs of varying sizes in the UK, from VISP resellers to tier 1 backbone carriers – most resell BT Wholesale’s core DSL product, basing their service costs on the deals they can offer on BT Central backhaul, network bandwidth and external connectivity arrangements. They share a common destiny in that it is not longer acceptable that their networks are “best effortâ€â€ ... (Read Full Article) |
| Dead-Finger Tech: Panasonic HD front projector (Storage Bits, 7/30/2009 6:43am) |
I like my toys. Dual monitors on a quad-core, 12 GB Mac Pro. Blackmagic Intensity Pro HDMI capture card. 4 TB of local disk, including my favorite, a 300 GB WD 10k Velociraptor system disk. Logitech Trackman Wheel and a Microsoft Natural Keyboard Elite.
Canon HV20 and Kodak Zi6 HD camcorders. Final Cut Studio and Shake. [...]
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| (Unranked) | The 3D remake of Final Fantasy IV is now available on Google Play for Android devices. (Kotaku, 6/03/2013 5:12pm) |
| The 3D remake of Final Fantasy IV is (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Mobile Games Pick Up Steam at Expensive of Handhelds (eCoustics, 5/18/2013 1:22am) |
| The sale of games for handhelds like the Nintendo 3DS and the Sony PlayStation Vita are tanking as consumers instead opt for mobile games from the App Store and Google Play, according to new data from IDC. Consumer spending on iOS and Android games [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | QuadStick controller opens up PS3, PC and Android titles to quadriplegic gamers (video) (Engadget, 2/05/2014 6:33am) |
| Playing PS3 games could soon get a little more inclusive. QuadStick, a suitably complex mouth-based controller that offers quadriplegics the ability to play console games, has launched its fundraising campaign on Kickstarter. The controller [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Digeo(TM) and Integra5 Work Together to Expand Availability of Advanced Telephony and Messaging Services to Cable (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance, 9/21/2005 2:00pm) |
| Digeo, Inc., a leading provider of media center software and services, and Integra5 Communications, the pioneer in converged quad-play messaging and communications technology, today announced completion of interoperability between the Moxi Media Center and Integra5's UniTV converged services platform. ... (Read Full Article) |
| VIA Launches AMD64 K8M890 IGP PCI Express Chipset (LinuxElectrons, 10/21/2005 1:48pm) |
| Taipei , Taiwan – VIA has announced a new AMD based chipset, the VIA K8M890 core logic chipset featuring the new S3 Graphics DeltaChrome™ Integrated Graphics Processor core designed to meet the requirements of the upcoming Microsoft® Windows® Vista™ operating system and rising high definition video standards. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Panasonic reveals 3D-capable streaming media player (HD-Report, 1/08/2013 4:26pm) |
| Panasonic has revealed two new streaming players at CES 2013, one of which is capable of supporting 3D content. The DMP-MST60 integrates Panasonic’s IPTV platform, VIERA Connect, built-in WiFi, and web browser. The second streaming [...] (Read Full Article) |
| VIA launches integrated K8M890 chipset with DirectX9 support (Digi Times, 10/21/2005 11:08am) |
| VIA Technologies today announced its VIA K8M890 core logic chipset featuring the new S3 Graphics DeltaChrome Integrated Graphics Processor (IGP) core designed to meet the requirements of the upcoming Microsoft Windows Vista operating system and rising high definition video standards. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | This $50 Stick Turns Any HDTV Into an Android-Powered Smart TV [TV] (Gizmodo, 9/28/2012 8:37am) |
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| Building The Ultimate Home Theater PC (Tom's Hardware Guide, 10/03/2005 11:11am) |
| Wishful Thinking? Requirements: The all-round HTPC should not look any different from a DVD player. Can you find the PC among the DVD players in this picture? ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Goldeneye (Blu-ray Review) (Home Media Magazine, 11/05/2012 7:13am) |
MGM
Action
$19.99 Blu-ray (Walmart Exclusive)
Rated 'PG-13' for a number of sequences of action/violence, and for some sexuality.
Stars Pierce Brosnan, Sean Bean, Izabella Scorupco, Famke Janssen, Joe Don [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Chrome beta for Android exposes WebGL, brings more 3D to the mobile web (Engadget, 1/25/2013 2:20pm) |
| Did you hop on the new Chrome (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Atheer bringing 3D augmented reality and gesture control to Android (CNET Blogs, 5/30/2013 5:12pm) |
| Atheer hopes to integrate its augmented reality and gestural control platform into existing mobile operating systems, such as Android, iOS, and Xbox. (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | LG Starts Streaming 3D Disney Movies to Smart TVs (Big Picture Big Sound, 10/06/2012 6:36am) |
| LG is streaming new 3D options and offering a promotional coupon so new users can test out some of the [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Iwata: Gamers need dedicated handhelds, have a desire for 'rich and deep' experiences (Joystiq, 8/22/2012 3:30am) |
| The argument for the 3DS has been precarious at the outset, price not withstanding. With the rise of the iPhone and Android devices, people are [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | LG's Ultra HD Streaming Blasts 4K Video From Phone to TV (Gizmodo, 2/25/2013 11:53am) |
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| Microsoft holding back mainstream HD adoption? (Joystiq, 8/19/2005 7:37pm) |
| Will Microsoft hold back the mainstream adoption of High Definition by not bundling HD cables with the Xbox 360 Core? That’s the question that Kevin C. Tofel is asking at fellow WIN blog HDBeat . With the news that the Xbox 360 Core will feature no connectivity other than composite AV cables (one step up from a standard aerial cable) HDBeat takes a critical look at what this decision will do to ... (Read Full Article) |
| New Xilinx MicroBlaze Soft Processor Increases Clock Frequency By 25 Percent (PhysOrg, 5/17/2005 5:39pm) |
| Xilinx, Inc. today announced immediate availability of the performance-optimized 4.00 version of its MicroBlaze soft processor. The 32-bit RISC core now operates at frequencies up to 200 MHz in Virtex-4 FPGAs delivering an impressive 25 percent increase in core performance compared to previous versions. In addition, a new floating point unit (FPU) option enables embedded developers to accelerate ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Dreaming Of A Wii U That Can Also Play 3DS Games (Kotaku, 1/29/2013 4:00am) |
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Nintendo actually [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Nielsen: PS3 sees biggest year-over-year growth in streaming (and other such tidbits) (Joystiq, 3/15/2013 3:45am) |
| In 2012, PlayStation 3 owners spent 23 percent of their time with the console streaming video-on-demand services like [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Roku Adds VUDU Channel for Enhanced HD TV and Movie Streaming (Big Picture Big Sound, 9/20/2012 6:43pm) |
| The streaming platform has added subscription-free, on-demand access to HD movies and TV [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Streaming Netflix? You are likely using a PS3 to do so (AfterDawn, 12/05/2012 3:53am) |
| Netflix and Sony jointly announced today that the PS3 is the most popular device for streaming Netflix [...] (Read Full Article) |
| HD Netflix streaming coming to Samsung's BD-P2500 / BD-P2550 Blu-ray players (Engadget, 11/26/2008 7:56pm) |
| Around this time last month, we learned that Netflix streaming would be making its way onto Samsung's BD-P2500 / BD-P2550 Blu-ray players. Today, Sammy has dropped another related bombshell: HD Netflix streaming is just around the bend. Beginning the first week of December (which isn't vague at all), owners of the aforementioned decks will be able to suck down a simple firmware update to enable ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Amazon Kindle Fire HD Now Available in More Than 170 Countries (eCoustics, 5/24/2013 12:37am) |
| The Amazon Kindle Fire HD and Appstore for Android are going global. Amazon announced on Thursday that it is selling its Android-based Kindle Fire HD in more than 170 countries and territories around the world, recently adding such markets as [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Layton 7 announced by Level-5 for iOS, Android and 3DS (Joystiq, 8/27/2013 1:30am) |
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A new spinoff from the Professor Layton series is on the way to handheld platforms, Level-5 announced during its Vision 2013 [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Ico and God of War PS3 collections patched for Remote Play on Vita (Joystiq, 9/05/2012 2:30pm) |
| The Remote Play patch for the God of War and Ico/Shadow of the Colossus collections is now live in the US and Europe. Sony announced [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Sharp BD-HP52U Blu-ray Player to Offer Netflix Streaming and BD-Live (Big Picture Big Sound, 9/14/2009 9:16pm) |
| Sharp Electronics, a company that has been slightly behind the curve with Blu-ray features, steps up to the plate with a fully web-enabled Blu-ray Player featuring BD-Live and Netflix instant streaming. (Read Full Article) |
| Coming up next on HDTV (Dallas Morning News, 4/02/2005 8:25pm) |
| Consumers don't, of course, use TVs just for live TV. They record and play back shows they don't want to miss. They rent and buy movies and use TVs to watch them. And some use TVs to play video games. (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | General Dynamics locks down Android, demos ultra-secure LG Optimus 3D Max (Engadget, 2/25/2013 9:00am) |
| General Dynamics doesn't exactly make the [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Netflix Streaming on PS3: Coming Soon [NetFlix] (Gizmodo, 10/26/2009 4:24am) |
| Uh, holy crap? As prayed/predicated, Netflix streaming will be available "later this year" on the PS3. Like the Xbox 360, it'll be free with the $8.99-a-month plan. Unlike the 360, you'll enable... (Read Full Article) |
| Quad High-Definition LCD Unveiled (PC World, 10/19/2005 3:24pm) |
| Asian firm's monster set measures 56 inches and four times the resolution of today's HDTV. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Blockbuster OnDemand To Be Incorporated in New Samsung Blu-ray Disc Players (About.com, 7/18/2009 10:00am) |
| Taking advantage of built-in internet connectivity on most Blu-ray Disc players, online movie streaming services such as Netflix, You Tube, and Cinema Now are quickly becoming common features. Now, Samsung has announced that it has reached an agreement with Blockbuster to provide access to the Blockbuster OnDemand movie streaming on its compatible Blu-ray Disc Players.
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| (Unranked) | Netflix adds 3D, for some ISPs (AfterDawn, 1/09/2013 7:07pm) |
| Netflix has added 3D movies to its streaming catalog, but only if your ISP uses Netflix's own Open Connect CDN.Additionally, the company (Read Full Article) |
| Sceptre's X37SV-Naga Widescreen HDTV - HotHardware.com Evaluation (Digg.com, 4/05/2006 6:07am) |
| This product's AUO Super MVA panel allows for full 24-bit color replication, a wide viewing angle, and 8ms response times with a native resolution of 1920x1080. Not only can you use it as an HDTV, but also as a PC/HTPC monitor using its VGA or DVI inputs. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Netflix streaming most dominant on HDTVs, more than double PC and tablets (Engadget, 1/22/2013 8:39pm) |
| As it turns out, the general public -- even us heathens who've (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Samsung launches HomeSync 1TB Android Media Box for your HDTV (Big Picture Big Sound, 2/26/2013 6:16pm) |
| Just in case you didn't already have a media box connected to your HDTV, Samsung now has you covered with its brand new HomeSync 1TB [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Netflix Offering 3D Streaming (Home Media Magazine, 1/08/2013 7:24pm) |
| Netflix Jan. 8 said streaming subscribers have access for the first time to a limited number of 3D titles through its Open Connect content delivery network (CDN).
The titles, which require a 3D-compatible television and appropriate [...] (Read Full Article) |
| HD DVD and Blu-ray Learn to Play Together (Consumer Electronics News | GracesoftValues, 2/15/2007 6:28pm) |
| HD DVD and Blu-ray Learn to Play Together Dual-format players and discs could open the door for mass... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Acer, Intel, Qualcomm and SingTel-Optus Join Futuremark to Develop 3DMark for Android (Business Wire, 8/06/2012 9:01am) |
| HELSINKI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Futuremark announces Acer, Intel, Qualcomm and SingTel-Optus join its Benchmark Development Program to create a new 3DMark gaming benchmark for Android-based tablets and [...] (Read Full Article) |
| LG debuts WIDEBOOK 16:9 HD media laptops; LED backlit, Intel Core 2 Duo (The Toybox, 9/17/2009 3:10pm) |
LG on Thursday unveiled its new WIDEBOOK notebook lineup of five models that feature 16:9 HD LED-backlit displays and Intel Core 2 Duo processors for home entertainment.
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| (Unranked) | 1979 Revolution shakes down to PC, Mac and Android (Joystiq, 11/20/2013 10:00pm) |
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1979 Revolution, Ink Stories' 3D adventure game that places players in the [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | DVDs, Blu-ray disc rentals still surpass streaming (CNET News, 8/08/2012 3:11pm) |
| DVDs and Blu-ray discs have grabbed 62 percent of all movie rentals, while streaming and video-on-demand accounted for the remaining 38 percent, says NPD [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Vudu Makes LG BD390 the Ultimate Video Streaming Blu-ray Player [Blu-Ray] (Gizmodo, 9/09/2009 7:00pm) |
| If you want a Blu-ray player that's not a PS3, buy LG's BD390. The first with built-in Wi-Fi, now it's got Vudu 1080p streaming (like LG's TVs) in addition to Netflix, CinemaNow and other features... (Read Full Article) |
| Sony TRIMASTER quad-HD LCD multiplies the resolution, and the price, of any home HDTV (Engadget, 10/06/2009 6:03pm) |
Can't wait until December for Toshiba's CELL REGZA LCD? Sony is bringing its own 56-inch 3,840x2160 quad-HD display to market November 1 in Japan. Priced at 6,825,000 ($76,583) including taxes this is clearly for pros only, hence the TRIMASTER name referring to the three elements combined within -- exact color, accurate picture and reliability -- thanks to a RGB LED backlit panel built with incredible picture reproduction and exact calibration (with included software via a connected PC) in mind. While it's cheaper than JVC's $175k 4K projector, unless you're mastering the next Pixar flick, viewing high res satellite imagery or can't live without four HD feeds on one screen even the most well heeled amongst may be better served scouring bargain bins for a used Westinghouse D56QX1 for now.
[Via AV Watch]Filed under: Displays, HDTVSony TRIMASTER quad-HD LCD multiplies the resolution, and the price, of any home HDTV originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:03:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Hisense XT880 Ultra HD TV Features 3D, Android Ice Cream Sandwich (CE Pro, 11/28/2012 5:01pm) |
| Hisense's XT880 Ultra HD TV features 3D technology, Smart TV features and Android's Ice Cream Sandwich operating [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | The Last of Us will debut 'play while it downloads' feature on the PS3 (Engadget, 5/18/2013 3:27pm) |
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| (Unranked) | DTS is Ready to Bring DTS-HD Layered Audio to the Next Generation of Streaming Formats (High-Def Digest, 4/09/2013 5:00pm) |
| Adaptive bit-rate audio will be rationalized into a single efficient encode. DTS has introduced its adaptive solution to the varied needs of media streaming. DTS-HD Layered Audio has several goals, [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Yes! A Real Play-Doh 3D Printer Sounds Like the Best Fun Factory Ever (Gizmodo, 6/06/2013 4:43pm) |
| 3D-printing useful widgets and dohickeys is great and all, but sometimes you just want to mess around. And what could be better for that than good, old-fashioned Play-Doh? What was once (Read Full Article) |
| Power play keeping NHL off Adelphia (The Buffalo News, 10/01/2005 1:04pm) |
| OLN will stand for Opportunity Lost Network if a power play between its owner and Adelphia prevents NHL fans in Buffalo from getting its new national package of games. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Can I Play a Blu-ray Disc on a DVD Player? - Question of the Week (About.com, 4/28/2013 10:00am) |
| Blu-ray and DVD are both disc-based video formats, but can you play a Blu-ray Disc ... (Read Full Article) |
| O'Reilly Builds a MythTV Box (Slashdot, 6/28/2005 10:59pm) |
| enrico_suave writes "While the Broadcast Flag battle continues, it's still legal to put together your own HDTV PC HTPC/PVR. O'Reilly has posted part 1 in a series of articles describing the ins and outs of Building a MythTV Box" From the article: "For now, the good news is that it is still legal to put together your own home-theater PC. Parts are now cheap enough that it is no longer ridiculo ... (Read Full Article) |
| Niveus K2 - HTPC for the "cost is no object" market (Engadget, 9/02/2005 2:23pm) |
| We like companies that are honest about how they market their products, so we’ve got to give Niveus Media some props for coming right out and saying that their K2 home theater PC, which was first unveiled at CES earlier this year, is targeted at the “cost is no object†segment of the market. The K2 (all of Niveus’ products are named after mountains) boasts a P4 at 3.6Ghz, 2GB of RAM, a 1TB ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | PS3 gets pay-per-view streaming with Live Events Viewer app (Engadget, 8/14/2013 3:14am) |
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| Streaming Video Featured on Sharp’s Aquos Blu-ray Player (High-Def Digest, 9/15/2009 9:00pm) |
| Retailing at $379, Sharp’s BD-HP52U features Deep Color, BD-Live, and a streaming video service yet to be announced. There’s a bit of mystery around the details of Sharp’s BD-HP52U. The latest Blu-ray... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Fox Puts New Spin on Movie Streaming with Prometheus in Digital HD 3 Weeks Before DVD/Blu-ray (Big Picture Big Sound, 9/19/2012 8:21pm) |
| The studio is breaking new ground by offering a high definition digital download version of the blockbuster film three weeks before its release [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Watch This Awesome Chalk Animation Play Snake in 3D (Gizmodo, 2/23/2013 2:11pm) |
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| (Unranked) | PS3 Is Most Popular Netflix Streaming Device (eCoustics, 12/05/2012 12:59am) |
| Netflix and Sony announced today that the PlayStation 3 is now the most popular Netflix streaming device. “PS3 is our largest TV-connected platform in terms of Netflix viewing, and this year, at times, even surpassed the PC in hours of Netflix [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Netflix previews family profiles, shows off Super HD and 3D streaming at CES 2013 (Engadget, 1/10/2013 1:41am) |
| The current leader in subscription video streaming is (Read Full Article) |
| Asus revs 'fastest R520' graphics card (The Register, 11/30/2005 4:18pm) |
| Radeon X1800 XT core hits 700MHz ... (Read Full Article) |
| How-To: Scale video for better HDTV viewing (Digg.com, 2/14/2006 5:11pm) |
| Today we'll show you how to make a DIY video scaler to get the most out of your HDTV. Videophiles have been using dedicated video scalers to improve the picture quality on high end displays for years. We'll use free software and an inexpensive tuner card in our HTPC to scale and de-interlace regular television to look great on your HDTV ... (Read Full Article) |
| Sony to Release PC Blu-ray Read Only Drive BDU-X10S (Format War Central, 1/07/2008 3:46am) |
| There was not a lot of new news at the Sony press conference today for BD enthusiasts. One new product that was mentioned is the BDU-X10S, a BD-ROM read only drive capable of turning a HTPC into a Blu-ray player.
The drive features a SATA interface and will ship with Cyberlink PowerDVD BD edition.
The drive [...] ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Netflix: PlayStation 3 Top Streaming Platform for SVOD Content (Home Media Magazine, 12/04/2012 5:54pm) |
| Netflix Dec. 4 said Sony’s PlayStation 3 video game console is now the primary development platform for the subscription video-on-demand pioneer and is its most popular device for streaming movies and TV shows.
Netflix launched its [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Vudu 1080p Streaming Movies Come to Connected Mitsubishi TVs [HDTVs] (Gizmodo, 9/03/2009 1:00pm) |
| Like LG before them, Mitsubishi is embracing the HD streaming video awesomeness of Vudu with two new HDTVs: A 46-incher at $2800 and one at 52 inches for $3300.
Both 1080p HDTVs include wired and... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Avengers...Assemble! And Play With Your Fancy Custom Xbox 360s. (Kotaku, 3/01/2013 4:00am) |
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| 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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| 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) |
| Skin creams, even churches begin to use the term (Quad-City Times) (Quad-City Times, 2/07/2006 6:11am) |
| SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — The term “high-definition†was almost a curse five years ago, when politicians, broadcasters and TV makers were reluctant to hoist massive changes upon the nation’s television landscape. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Arecont Vision Introduces the World's First Eight Megapixel 360 Degree SurroundVideo(R) IP Camera System (Business Wire, 5/09/2006 2:00pm) |
| BIRMINGHAM, U.K.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 9, 2006-- New Quad-Sensor Camera Enables High Definition Panoramic Video at 22 Frames Per Second Per Channel ... (Read Full Article) |
| Agere releasing multimedia storage chip (Geek.com, 5/26/2005 3:13pm) |
| Finally a storage server I need at home... Agere recently set forth plans to launch a multimedia storage chip for consumer electronic devices. Any Geeks out there who have set up a HTPC (home theater PC) know that capturing a few hours of HDTV can really eat up hard drive space. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Panasonic Debuts a Pair of Streaming Media Players (Big Picture Big Sound, 4/09/2013 7:31pm) |
| The top-of-the-line DMP-MST60 includes VIERA Connect, Miracast mirroring, and 3D [...] (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) |
| Allied Telesyn Deploys the Industry's First End-To-End IP Triple Play Network with GEPON Fiber-To-The-Home (FTTH) (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 1/24/2006 8:01am) |
| SAN JOSE, Calif.----Jan. 24, 2006--Allied Telesyn, a global provider of secure Ethernet/IP access solutions and an industry leader in the deployment of IP Triple Play networks over DSL and Fiber-to-the-home access infrastructures, today announced the industry's first commercial deployment of a GEPON FTTH solution for integrated IP Triple Play services. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Nintendo Cross Play: 'Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate' Supports Cross Platform Play (High-Def Digest, 2/14/2013 6:30pm) |
| Game saves can be transferred digitally between Wii U and 3DS versions of the game. In today's Nintendo Direct presentation, a feature that is normally touted by Sony in its PlayStation platforms was [...] (Read Full Article) |
| The Revolution Will Not Be HD (Slashdot, 6/11/2005 7:02pm) |
| Gamecube Advanced has the news that the Revolution will not support HD signals. From the article: "Nintendo doesn't plan for the system to be HD compatible as with that comes a higher price for both the consumer and also the developer creating the game. Will it make the game better to play? With the technology being built into the Revolution, we believe the games will look brilliant and play ... (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) |
| Samsung BD-P1600 Netflix streaming Blu-ray player pops up at retail (Engadget, 3/02/2009 7:35pm) |
| Samsung's new value priced Blu-ray player managed to fly under our radar at CES in favor of its better equipped brethren but that hasn't stopped Dave Zatz and others from stumbling into them at retail lately, like this one sitting on a Best Buy shelf. By making BD-Live required 1GB storage and WiFi dongle aftermarket accessories, you can grab a slim, Netflix streaming, fast Blu-ray loading box f ... (Read Full Article) |
| New HD network player can read DVD .iso & .ifo (Digg.com, 2/24/2006 8:54am) |
| The 7-inch-tall cylinder-shaped network player has the unusual ability to store disk images of DVDs in .iso or .ifo format on its hard drive and then play them back as if the original DVD were still installed. It can also play back 1080i video (that?s HDTV, people) ... (Read Full Article) |
| VidaBox Media Servers Now Provide HD DVD & Blu-ray Storage and Streaming Capabilities (eHomeUpgrade, 3/06/2008 5:24pm) |
| VidaBox LLC is proud to announce new HD DVD & Blu-ray storage and streaming abilities on their line of premium media center systems. Unencrypted titles can be copied onto a VidaBox server, and then streamed to VidaBox extenders. These capabilities will be debuted in Demo Alley Room 240A at the Electronic House Expo (EHX), running [...]]]> ... (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) |
| (Unranked) | Sega considering more free-to-play games for 3DS beyond Initial D (Joystiq, 12/29/2013 8:30pm) |
| Sega's first free-to-play title for the 3DS, Initial D: Perfect Drift Online, is scheduled for release in Japan this winter. Players will be able to purchase points to speed up the unlocking process, but the game's content can be earned for free [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Haier Debuts Eye Control TV, Roku Streaming, ‘Smart Living’ System at CES (CE Pro, 1/18/2013 5:00pm) |
| Haier debuts Roku streaming, Ultra HD TV, glasses-free 3D TV, eye control TV, and 'Smart Living with Cloud' technology revolving around its flat-panel TVs and [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Let the Music Play: The Story of the Doobie Brothers' Announced for Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 11/15/2012 5:00pm) |
| The documentary on the classic band will hit Blu-ray next week. In an early announcement to retailers, Eagle Rock Entertainment is prepping 'Let the Music Play: The Story of the Doobie Brothers' for [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Solving the 3D platforming problem in Jumping Flash (Joystiq, 12/05/2012 10:00pm) |
| This is Making Time, a column about the games we've always wanted to play, and the games we've always wanted to play again. (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Toshiba Adds Tons of Streaming Options to 2013 Blu-ray Players (Big Picture Big Sound, 1/08/2013 12:59am) |
| The new Media Box line includes the BDX2400, the BDX3400, the BDX5400 and the [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Many Processors in One (Ziff Davis via Yahoo! News, 3/23/2005 10:00pm) |
| Dual-core processors and 64-bit CPUs are grabbing headlines, but make way for the multiprocessor chip. (Read Full Article) |
| Thomson Launches Integrated Triple Play Gateway at CeBIT 2005 (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 3/10/2005 9:47am) |
| Thomson today launches its integrated Triple Play platform, the SpeedTouch 985, enabling telecoms operators to offer their subscribers the ultimate package of bundled services . (Read Full Article) |
| Columbia Pictures flicks -- mostly -- back on for Xbox 360 Netflix streaming (Engadget, 11/26/2008 3:29am) |
| We never got a satisfactory answer for why they disappeared in the first place, but it seems the majority of the Columbia Pictures' movies on Netflix Instant Watch lists suddenly switched to "not available on Xbox 360" are once again open for streaming to all devices. The Karate Kid series, Ghostbusters, Groundhog Day and others now stream to Microsoft's box, however Columbia Pictures movies t ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Epix now available on PlayStation 3 (AfterDawn, 4/03/2013 1:05am) |
| Sony has announced today that the Epix streaming service is now available to PlayStation 3 users in the [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Microsoft improves Silverlight and HD video delivery (HD-Report, 9/09/2009 8:37am) |
| Yesterday Microsoft announced plans to “raise the bar” for streaming HD video online by releasing IIS Media Services 3.0 incorporating Live Smooth Streaming for high-definition (720p) video, and easing the use of their Silverlight browser plug-in.
Microsoft will preview its latest Silverlight developments at the International Broadcasting Conference (IBC) from Sept. 11-15. Improvements set for Silverlight [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Dish Network eying deal with Microsoft for HTPC TV cards (Engadget, 2/06/2007 3:13pm) |
| Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment, Media PCsWe figured they'd come around, and sure enough, it looks like Dish Network is now the one in talks with Microsoft to bring satellite programming to the media PC. After DirecTV began this same journey, finally inked a deal with Gates and Co., and actually started playing nice with Viiv-enabled PCs, Dish Network couldn't just stand around hoping that ... (Read Full Article) |
| Metalink To Demonstrate Streaming HDTV Over Wireless Home Networks (HDTV News, 5/21/2006 8:07pm) |
| Metalink To Demonstrate Streaming HDTV Over Wireless Home Networks Yahoo! News (press release) - May 10, 2006 The demonstrations will feature the... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Everybody come and play Wii U, 3DS XL at the mall (Joystiq, 11/14/2012 8:00pm) |
Nintendo is going to the mall, everybody! The Nintendo 2012 "Holiday Mall Experience" will take place at 26 malls across the States between [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Sony reveals free-to-play LittleBigPlanet Hub for PlayStation 3 (Joystiq, 8/20/2013 6:36pm) |
At Gamescom today, Sony announced the upcoming PlayStation 3 release of LittleBigPlanet Hub, a free-to-play service that collects many key aspects of the custom content-driven LittleBigPlanet series.
Promising a "continuous supply of [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Visual Unity Launches 4K Gateway For Real-Time Low-Latency Video Streaming (Broadcast Engineering, 8/28/2012 5:27am) |
| At IBC 2012 (Hall 3 Stand B60), leading broadcast and multiscreen systems integration company Visual Unity will launch 4K Gateway, a portable device for real-time low-latency video streaming up to 3D 4K.
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| Quad Full High Definition Display: 3840x2160 of Ultra-HD Goodness (Gizmodo) (Gizmodo, 2/24/2006 4:44pm) |
| HDTV not sharp enough for you? The world's third-largest LCD flat-panel supplier, Chi Mei Optoelectronics of Taiwan, developed a 56-inch flat panel display capable of resolution that's four times... ... (Read Full Article) |
| How-To: Build a practical HTPC (Engadget, 2/06/2006 8:00am) |
| Filed under: Features, HDTV, Home Entertainment, Media PCs (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Steel Diver is Nintendo's first free-to-play game (Joystiq, 6/18/2013 10:00pm) |
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Nintendo is working on a free-to-play version of Steel Diver, the 3DS launch title that served [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Sony BDP-N460 Blu-ray Player to Include Netflix, YouTube Streaming (Big Picture Big Sound, 9/10/2009 3:58am) |
| At CEDIA Expo in Atlanta today, Sony unveiled its first Blu-ray player to offer streaming of internet content. (Read Full Article) |
| OWC upgrades Blu-ray burner to 8x (AfterDawn, 2/25/2009 6:22am) |
| Just a few months after launching their quad-interface Blu-ray burner, OWC has upgraded the Mercury Pro Blu-ray drive to burn discs at up to 8x, from the previous maximum of 4x.
The rough translation of the speed equals 2GB per minute, meaning you can complete burning a dual-layer BD-50 in just over 25 minutes.
The drive, as is standard, will burn DVDs at up to 16x and CDs at up to 40x. The ... (Read Full Article) |
| ABI Research Finds Cable Companies Looking to IP to Enable ''Triple Play'' (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 4/07/2005 1:43pm) |
| The large cable operators - especially in North America - are migrating. Faced with a mounting threat from telcos offering the iconic "triple play" of voice, data and video services, cable television operators like Time Warner in the US and NTL in the UK are moving to install "next generation network architecture" based on IP technologies. (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Intel details 4th-gen Core's HD 5000, Iris and Iris Pro graphics: up to 3X faster, 3-display collage mode (Engadget, 5/02/2013 3:00am) |
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| (Unranked) | Razer doesn't make PS3 peripherals because its CEO doesn't play it (Joystiq, 7/07/2013 8:00pm) |
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Those looking to buy gaming accessories from third-party manufacturer Razer have three platforms they can shop for: PC, [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Panasonic DMP-BDT220 Wifi Streaming 3D Blu-ray Player: Net $87 After $25 Amazon Credit (Big Picture Big Sound, 9/21/2012 9:27pm) |
| Amazon is offering a little something back with the purchase of Panasonic's 3D-capable [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | PSA: Dragon's Crown cross-play update now on PS3, PS Vita (Joystiq, 10/16/2013 2:00am) |
The cross-play update for Dragon's Crown is live. If you purchased Dragon's Crown on [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Intersil Releases World's First Quad Component Video Multiplexing Amplifier (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 4/20/2005 1:03pm) |
| Intersil Corporation , a world leader in the design and manufacture of high performance analog solutions, today announced two new highly integrated solutions for switching high-resolution RGB or HDTV signals. (Read Full Article) |
| Sony Pictures celebrates NXE eve by...blocking Xbox 360 Netflix movie streaming (Engadget, 11/19/2008 3:14am) |
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Just hours before the Xbox 360's newest dashboard update hits tomorrow morning (10:00 a.m. GMT), our friends at Joystiq noticed the list of movies available for Netflix Watch Instantly streaming has suddenly dropped. The culprit? Sony Pictures Home Entertainment subsidiary Columbia Pictures, flicking previously available titles like Superbad, Bad Boys ... (Read Full Article) |
| Polycom Announces First Recording, Streaming and Archiving Solution for High Definition Multimedia Conferences (SYS-CON Media, 5/22/2006 4:11pm) |
| to employees, customers, partners, and suppliers anywhere in the world with a simple and easy-to-use solution. Polycom RSS 2000 is the only solution on the market today that supports recording, archiving, streaming and H323 playback of high definition video content, and is an integrated part of the end-to-end Polycom video communications product portfolio. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Even An Olympic Gymnast Should Probably Not Play With a 3DS While Standing On Her Hands [Nintendo] (Kotaku, 9/18/2012 2:00pm) |
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| (Unranked) | Mirror of Fate HD listed for PS3, 360 at Play-Asia (Joystiq, 8/16/2013 4:00pm) |
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| WD TV HD Media Player Hacked and Put to Good Use (eHomeUpgrade, 8/04/2009 6:11pm) |
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I’ve been hearing the quiet rumblings of people hacking their WD TV HD Media Player and making it do all sorts of wild things done with an HTPC. So, I decided to do some investigating. It turns out you can now add a USB Ethernet adapter (compatibility list) for LAN connectivity to the device and [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Free-to-play shooter Warface goes beta on Xbox 360 today (Joystiq, 2/05/2014 9:30pm) |
| Crytek's Warface: Xbox 360 Edition enters its public beta phase today. The free-to-play shooter is powered by the company's own Cryengine technology, the same engine used in games such as Crysis 3 and Ryse: Son of Rome. Players can register for [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Itiva Appoints Internet Media Veteran as President (Market Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 2/13/2006 1:05pm) |
| Itiva Digital Media, developers of high definition video streaming technologies, has appointed Michel Billard to the post of President. Billard, whose director-level experience includes nearly 15 years at Hewlett-Packard, will lead the company's efforts in making Itiva's Quantum Streaming(TM) platform the industry standard for high quality Internet Video delivery. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Tekken Revolution' is PS3 exclusive, free to play, launching this Tuesday (Joystiq, 6/08/2013 8:00pm) |
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Tekken Revolution was revealed earlier today by a trailer tucked away 19 minutes inside of a video segment on (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | The PlayStation 3 will get the free-to-play Tekken Revolution on June 11, according to GameSpot (at (Kotaku, 6/08/2013 7:00pm) |
| The PlayStation 3 will get the free-to-play Tekken Revolution on June 11, according to (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Nintendo finally starts testing free-to-play titles in eShop, will let gamers haggle for DLC (Engadget, 2/14/2014 2:27am) |
| At E3 last year, Nintendo gave itself until March to launch a free-to-play title in the Nintendo eShop. That same week, Shigeru Miyamoto revealed that the gratis game would be based on Steel Diver, a 3DS launch title. Today, Nintendo [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Terayon Restructures to Pure-Play Digital Video Company (SYS-CON Media, 1/27/2006 1:31am) |
| Terayon Communication Systems, Inc. , a leading provider of video localization-on-demand solutions, today announced a restructuring to focus the company's strategy solely on its digital video applications and reduce its overall cost structure as a pure-play video business. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Monster quad-HD LCD from Westinghouse to demo at CES (Engadget, 1/05/2007 5:51pm) |
| Filed under: Displays, HDTVContinuing to roll with the 1080p bandwagon, Westinghouse has announced plans to show off the new year's product line of 1080p-capable LCD sets at CES, with a 52-incher as the flagship model. Also to be displayed is a 56-inch LCD with 3840 x 2160 resolution -- a full four times high-definition -- that is most likely intended for medical imaging or videoconferencing use. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Sony's 'Play Days' sale discounts PS3 accessories, Move bundles (Joystiq, 12/16/2012 3:30am) |
Starting tomorrow, PlayStation 3 accessories (and even two actual games) will be discounted by up to 60 percent at (Read Full Article) |
| InfoValue Computing and Advance Media Technologies Partner to Provide Integrated Video Solutions (PR Web via Yahoo! News, 6/07/2005 12:00pm) |
| Elmsford, NY (PRWEB) June 7, 2005 -- InfoValue Computing Inc. ("InfoValue"), experts in providing innovative, high-performance video streaming platforms and solutions, today announced that Advanced Media Technologies (AMT) and InfoValue will partner to integrate InfoValue QuickVideo â„¢ streaming software into AMT"s IPTV solutions. This partnership will focus on addressing growing customer ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | If I Ever Play Mass Effect On PS3, It Will Have To Be On This Gorgeous Custom Mod (Kotaku, 10/19/2012 4:00pm) |
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| Terayon Restructures to Pure-Play Digital Video Company (FinanzNachrichten, 1/26/2006 9:45pm) |
| SANTA CLARA, Calif., Jan. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Terayon Communication Systems, ( Nachrichten ) Inc. , a leading provider of video localization-on-demand solutions, today announced a restructuring to focus the company's strategy solely on its digital video applications and reduce its overall cost structure as a pure-play video business. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Snell & Wilcox Kahuna Production Switcher Featured at NAB Set to play leading role at NAB-HD Model TV Station (Digital Video Editing, 4/12/2005 8:45pm) |
| The new Snell & Wilcox SD/HD Kahuna production switcher is set to play a leading role at NAB-HD, a fully-functional, multi-vendor NAB2005 demonstration of what local broadcast stations can achieve with digital technology. (Read Full Article) |
| Comtrend selects Espial(R) Escape(TM) to power new IPTV set-top box (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance, 7/20/2005 10:43pm) |
| China Broadband Triple Play & IPTV Conference, Beijing, China - Espial®, a leading provider of client IPTV applications and middleware, today announced that Comtrend Corporation, a global manufacturer of telecommunications solutions, has selected Espial Escape for its new IPTV Triple Play box. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Hisense to Debut 4K UHD 3D Android TV (Electronic House, 11/13/2012 6:03pm) |
| The XT880 has a 2160p image, facial recognition, gesture control, and more.
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| (Unranked) | Telenav Scout app getting 3D landmarks, traffic improvements (CNET Blogs, 4/15/2013 5:30pm) |
| Telenav gives us an early peek at future updates to its mobile navigation app for Android and iPhone. (Read Full Article) |
| Pioneer 400GB Blu-ray discs will play on PS3 (AfterDawn, 12/04/2008 3:21am) |
| The manufacturer Pioneer has confirmed that its upcoming 16-layer Blu-ray discs will play back on most current standalone Blu-ray players including the Sony PlayStation 3.
The discs boast an impressive 400GB capacity and are finally headed into production by 2010 after being introduced earlier this year by Pioneer.
Current Blu-ray discs consist of either single layer 25GB discs or 50GB dual- ... (Read Full Article) |
| Samsung Starts Streaming Blockbuster & Amazon to HDTVs & Blu-ray Players (Big Picture Big Sound, 10/15/2009 11:30pm) |
| Starting today, additional on-demand services will be available on select Samsung HDTVs, Blu-ray players and home theater systems. (Read Full Article) |
| Microsoft's Xbox 360 poised to be gaming gold mine (The Des Moines Register, 11/22/2005 10:07am) |
| When Microsoft's Xbox 360 goes on sale today, hard-core gamers and early adopters will all but ensure long lines and sellouts for the latest, greatest system. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Research and Markets: Global Triple Play: Extensive Analysis of the IP, Broadband and Digital TV Markets (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance, 3/24/2005 3:00pm) |
| Research and Markets has announced the addition of 2005 Global Triple Play: IP, Broadband and Digital TV report to their offering. (Read Full Article) |
| Xbox hopes for 360 success (USATODAY.com via Yahoo! News, 11/16/2005 11:49am) |
| When Microsoft's Xbox 360 goes on sale Tuesday, hard-core gamers and early adopters will all but ensure midnight sales, long lines and sellouts. But for the rest of us, the key question remains: Will 360's advances represent a whole new game or just a hop up to the next level? The answer is yet to come. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Sony PS3 gamers most likely to play on HD display (HDTV UK, 12/24/2007 8:00am) |
| According to statistics from Nielsen, more PlayStation 3 owners play games on a high definition display than do Xbox 360 or Wii owners.
71% of PS3 owners said they used a high definition display for gaming (32% on LCD, 17% on plasma, 9% on rear projection, 6% on front projection, 5% on HD Tube, 2% on HD DLP), compared to 66% of Xbox 360 owners and 65% of Wii owners. So, not huge differences.
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| Grande Communications Chooses Entrisphere to Drive Profitable Triple Play FTTH Network (PR Newswire via Yahoo! (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance, 5/02/2005 1:00pm) |
| Entrisphere and Grande Communications today announced that Grande is deploying Entrisphere\\\'s BLM 1500 Broadband Loop Multiplexer and BLM T100 Single Family Unit Optical Network Terminal to deliver profitable triple play services to Grande customers via fiber-to-the-home . ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Gadgetwise Blog: Cute Androids From a 3-D Printer (New York Times, 10/11/2012 10:39am) |
| 3D Systems is using its 3-D printer technology to let people create their own variations on the popular Android green robot character and to print them out as [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Microsoft: No cross-platform play between Xbox One and Xbox 360 (Joystiq, 5/22/2013 5:00pm) |
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Don't expect any cross-platform play between Xbox 360 and Xbox One. That's what [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 3Dmark for Android separates performance champs from chumps (CNET Blogs, 4/02/2013 10:00am) |
| With its latest version of 3DMark, Futuremark attempts to create a benchmark that allows for cross-platform comparisons between all tablets, smartphones, and PCs. (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Samsung, Android unfazed by Apple lawsuits (USATODAY, 11/14/2012 6:02am) |
Despite litigation, Samsung and Google continue to gain market share in mobile.
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| Hard-core high-definition: 1080p HDTVs (San Francisco Chronicle, 12/19/2005 3:59pm) |
| These rear-projection 1080p HDTVs promise to deliver all the detail in today's highest-res broadcast format, 1080i. You'll get a screen large enough to enjoy HD at half the price of a similar size plasma. ... (Read Full Article) |
| ASUS Ships Fastest R520 Graphics Card (BIOS, 11/30/2005 8:25am) |
| ASUSTeK Computer (Asus) claims it has set a new benchmark for out-of-the-box X1800XT clock speeds with the launch of the EAX1800XT Top. With the core clock speed set to 700MHz and memory running at a blistering 1.6GHz (800MHz DDR3), it looks set to be one of the fa... ... (Read Full Article) |
| CMO's QFHD 56-inch LCD display (Engadget, 9/29/2005 11:37am) |
| Hi-def schmi-def. Chi Mei Optoelectronics just upped the ante with their 56-inch quad full high-definition (QFHD) display, rocking a 3840x2160 resolution—8.29 million pixels for those of you keeping track. The LCD display, which they claim is the highest resolution 56-incher around, is powered by 24.8 million transistors pushing 1.4GB a second of high resolution goodness. We’ll leave it up to ... (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) |
| 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) |
| Hitachi Shrinks Blu-Ray Camcorder, Adds More Megapixels: New DZ-BD10H [Camcorder] (Gizmodo, 7/24/2008 8:25am) |
| Back in January, Hitachi released the BD9H Blu-ray camcorder, and it's taken just six months for the next generation to come along. The DZ-BD10H takes the same core design, but squeezes it into a... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Blu-ray Disc(TM) Gets in Front of Target Market with Launch of High-Definition TV Advertising (Business Wire, 11/20/2006 3:35pm) |
| AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A core group of Blu-ray Disc supporters including Twentieth Century Fox, Panasonic, Philips, Pioneer, Sony and Warner Bros., working with Austin-based ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Sonic: Lost World features competitive multiplayer, off-screen play on Wii U (Joystiq, 5/30/2013 7:00am) |
Sonic: Lost World will have a few platform-specific distinctions on Wii [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Dell Gets Serious With Fun and Games (TechNewsWorld.com, 9/29/2005 9:28pm) |
| In terms of CPU, Reynolds said the dual-core Intel processors in Dell's latest high-end machines are more capable than the PowerPC and Cell processors of the next-gen Microsoft Xbox and Sony PlayStation 3, although there is some uncertainty as to the exact capabilities of the PS3's new Cell processor. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | World of Tanks is coming free-to-play to Xbox 360 later this summer. (Kotaku, 6/15/2013 6:00pm) |
| World of Tanks is coming free-to-play to Xbox 360 later this summer. If you want to get in on the beta preceding it, developer Wargaming.net (Read Full Article) |
| Hard-core high-definition: 1080p HDTVs (San Francisco Chronicle, 12/19/2005 11:43am) |
| These rear-projection 1080p HDTVs promise to deliver all the detail in today's highest-res broadcast format, 1080i. You'll get a screen large enough to enjoy HD at half the price of a similar size plasma. In other words, these sets are in the sweet spot if... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Rumor: Uncharted 3 multiplayer going free-to-play (Joystiq, 2/25/2013 7:15am) |
| It seems the competitive world of Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception is expanding [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Sony Responds To Microsofts TV Show Announcements (XBOX365, 11/07/2006 3:31pm) |
| In response to Microsoft's recent announcement for offering High-Definition Television Shows and Movies available for download via the Xbox Live service, Sony has released a statement that downplays the importance of it due to their belief that Microsoft is leaving out Xbox 360 core users. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Helldivers coming to PS4, PS3 and Vita with Cross-Play (Joystiq, 8/21/2013 9:30pm) |
Helldivers, the next title from Magicka developer Arrowhead Game Studios, [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Microsoft Technology Brings HD DVD to the Mainstream (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance, 1/08/2007 8:01am) |
| Today at the 2007 International Consumer Electronics Show , Microsoft Corp. showcased the growing momentum behind HD DVD through its contribution of core technologies. Microsoft helped deliver the highest-quality video with the VC-1 codec, advanced interactivity with HDi, and a streamlined and affordable platform for player manufacturers through the use of Microsoft® Windows® CE 6.0. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Voodoo Unleashes Fastest Gaming Notebook: ENVY u:909 (Digg.com, 3/12/2006 7:15am) |
| "Delivering new levels of visual realism at extremely high-definition resolutions, The new ENVY U909 features SLI technology that enables two NVIDIA GeForce® Go 7800 GTX graphics processing units GPUs) to be used in notebooks based on the NVIDIA nForce®4 SLI core-logic solution." ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | RCA will launch budget Android Ultra HD TVs, Roku Ready 1080p versions and even curved LCDs (Engadget, 1/07/2014 4:10am) |
| As predicted, CES 2014 is featuring a flood of Ultra HD televisions, and they're not all from the big names. RCA is at Digital Experience showing off a 65-inch version of its new series with 3,840 x 2,160 res screens. Manufactured by On [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Broadcom's Chipsets Power DIRECTV's Set-Top Box Roadmap (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance, 1/09/2007 1:30pm) |
| 2007 International CES -- Broadcom Corporation , a global leader in semiconductors for wired and wireless communications, today announced that its semiconductor solutions for the satellite set-top box market are being used as the core technology in many DIRECTV high definition television and basic standard definition set-top boxes. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Broadcast Internationl Delivers HDTV at 3 Mbps (I4U, 1/17/2008 5:28pm) |
| Broadcast International says that video encoders built on its CodecSys Video Compression Software and multi-core processors with change the video world. BI says that it can deliver HDTV broadcasts on 90% of PCs and 300 million mobile devices at 3 Mbps or l... ... (Read Full Article) |
| SureWest Adds TNT in HD to Its Launch of HDTV Over IP (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance, 12/13/2005 3:46pm) |
| Leading independent telecommunications holding company SureWest Communications today announced that Turner Network Television has been added as a core programmer in its anticipated high-definition television service rollout, which is set to launch this year offering 17 HDTV channels. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 Remix Makes Kingdom Hearts Look Better and Play Better Than Ever Before (Kotaku, 3/22/2013 11:00am) |
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| (Unranked) | Bits Blog: Nokia Lets You 3-D Print Your Own Phone Case (New York Times, 1/18/2013 6:07pm) |
| Bored of your iPhone or Android phone? Nokia is turning its Lumia phones into a bit of an arts-and-crafts project. You can print your own cases for them on a 3-D [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Dragon's Crown gets Vita, PS3 cross-play in Japan (Joystiq, 10/09/2013 4:30pm) |
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Japanese Vita and PS3 players can now buddy up in Dragon's Crown, after Vanillaware added [...] (Read Full Article) |
| HP launching Blu-ray equipped Pavilion laptops (HDTV UK, 4/01/2008 8:30am) |
| Hewlett Packard has announced that the imminent European availability of
updated Pavilion notebook PCs with Blu-ray drives, replacing the now defunct HD
DVD drives. The Pavilion dv2800, dv6700, and dv9800 modes, sporting 14.1, 15.4,
and 17-inch displays, come with either an Intel Core 2 Duo or AMD Turion 64 X2
processor, integrated graphics or NVIDIA GeForce 8400M or 8600M, and Blu-ray
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| VUDU's 1080p movie streaming goes live on LG Netcast HDTVs (Engadget, 9/02/2009 10:22am) |
You knew good and well it was coming, and come it has. Starting today, those fortunate enough to own an LG Broadband HDTV in the LH50 LCD series and PS80 plasma range can tap into VUDU's growing library of on-demand 1080p films. If you're still skeptical, we'll invite you to surf over to your set's Netcast interface; from there, you can either update your software to gain VUDU access or begin viewing right away (depending on when you purchased your tele). Oh, and if you're thinking of just lallygagging around while the rest of the world takes advantage, you should know that your first HD or HDX movie rental is gratis for a limited time, so there's some pretty obvious motivation to hop on it. Anyone given it a go? Impressed / unimpressed?Filed under: HDTV, Home EntertainmentVUDU's 1080p movie streaming goes live on LG Netcast HDTVs originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 02 Sep 2009 05:22:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | No cross-platform play for Smash Bros on 3DS and Wii U (Joystiq, 6/13/2013 11:30pm) |
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The Wii U and 3DS versions of the new Super Smash Bros. will not feature [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Motorola Atrix HD offers premium features for a bargain price (Consumer Reports, 8/09/2012 4:30pm) |
| The Motorola Atrix HD smart phone has a brilliant high-definition 4.5-inch display, a fast 1.5GHz dual-core processor, a high-speed 4G LTE data connection, and other desirable features found on similarly equipped phones that cost upwards of $300: The Atrix HD... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Final Fantasy 14 PS3 players will be able to play PS4 beta for free (Joystiq, 9/09/2013 8:04am) |
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| NEWS: Toshiba Qosmio X500 Blu-ray laptop announced (Pocket-lint, 9/23/2009 3:12pm) |
18.4-inch multimedia monster
Toshiba has announced the launch of the Qosmio X500 boasting a "sleek, glossy black chassis, backlit keyboard and LED-feathertouch controls".
Powered by Intel's latest Quad Core processors and the latest nVIDIA GeForce graphics, the Qosmio X500 claims to deliver "a realistic gameplay experience with intense visuals, vibrant environments and dynamic character effects".
With an 18.4-inch TruBrite Full HD LCD screen with 16:9 aspect ratio at a resolution of 1920x1080 pixels, Harman Kardon stereo speakers, a rewritable Blu-ray drive, the X500 appears, on paper at least, to be an entertainment powerhouse.
It also gets Toshiba's Resolution+ upscaling technology, that sees standard definition DVDs and video files upconverted to "near high definition" quality.
Other features include an "HD" webcam, a multi-touch touch pad, fingerprint reader, face recognition, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.1, eight touch-sensitive multimedia buttons, up to 4GB RAM, 1TB HDD, three USB ports all of which offer "Sleep-and-Charge" tech, REGZA-Link HDMI-CEC and a 5-in-1 card reader.
The Qosmio X500 will be available in the UK from late October - no pricing revealed, but it's gonna be steep.
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| (Unranked) | This $200 Brute Force Bot Will Bust Your Phone's Pin in Hours (Gizmodo, 7/24/2013 2:05pm) |
| Your Android phone is not safe. This 3D-printed robot systematically tries all of the possible lock screen PINs for your phone until it gets in. With your standard four-digit number, your [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Does Blu-ray have a future in a streaming world? (NAB SmartBrief, 1/05/2009 6:00am) |
| While the Blu-ray format scored some impressive successes in 2008, including one-day sales of 600,000 units of "The Dark Kni -More- ]]> ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Free-to-play Steel Diver launches today on 3DS eShop (Joystiq, 2/13/2014 10:15pm) |
| Steel Diver will surface on the 3DS eShop today, Nintendo announced during its Nintendo Direct presentation. It should be available right after today's Nintendo Direct.
The new Steel Diver is a first-person, free-to-play take on Nintendo's [...] (Read Full Article) |
| InterVideo to Demo High-definition Playback Using Intel Clear Video Technology; High-Definition Software Player for New Intel Graphics Core with HD Acceleration (Business Wire, 6/06/2006 9:00pm) |
| TAIPEI, Taiwan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 6, 2006--InterVideo(R), Inc. (NASDAQ:IVII), a leading provider of multimedia technologies, announced today that its high-definition ... (Read Full Article) |
| HD-DVD vs. BluRay: A Practical “Real World†Comparison (VanillaHD - Just Plain High Definition |, 11/13/2007 12:02am) |
| HD-DVD vs. BluRay: A Practical “Real World†Comparison HDDVD or BluRay. Ever since the release of the next generation media players, there has been a heated debate going on between both parties. Those HD DVD hard core supporters, and the Blu Ray fan club. They argue about image quality, player availability, publishing houses that support thier ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | EVE Online's free-to-play PlayStation 3 persistent-world multiplayer shooter counterpart, DUST 514, (Kotaku, 4/27/2013 7:24pm) |
| EVE Online's free-to-play PlayStation 3 persistent-world multiplayer shooter counterpart, DUST 514, is officially launching on — wait for it — May 14. Clever, CCP.
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| (Unranked) | Which Games Are Optimized For the Nvidia Shield? (eCoustics, 8/01/2013 12:00pm) |
| The Nvidia Shield, an impressive Android device gaming device, has just a handful of games available in its library. But while its overall selection is limited compared to other systems like the Nintendo 3DS XL or the Sony PlayStation Vita, its [...] (Read Full Article) |
| NTL hits copper trail to ADSL2+ (The Register, 3/22/2005 11:59am) |
| UK twisted pair play (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Unboxing the Nvidia Shield (eCoustics, 7/31/2013 3:43pm) |
| Nvidia has a new handheld game system, which started shipping today. It’s Android-based. It’s Tegra 4-equipped. It’s the beefiest handheld I’ve seen in years and it could be more powerful than the Nintendo 3DS and Sony [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Sony's Vaio TX3 lineup launched (Engadget, 6/12/2006 1:01pm) |
| Filed under: HDTV, Laptops
Sony just revealed the details on their TX3 lineup of ultraportable, wide-screen Vaios. The TX72 finally brings these hotties into Core Duo Solo land by dropping the 1.2GHz U1400 CPU into that fine chassis. The TX72 also features a OneSeg digital TV tuner with iEPG programming guide for scheduling Japanese TeeVee recordings to that 80GB disk. Other than that, she still s ... (Read Full Article) |
| Toshiba is planning a PS3-based HDTV (AfterDawn, 5/09/2008 6:40pm) |
| Toshiba has announced that is planning to launch two new commercial products that will be based on PlayStation 3 technology.
The Japanese news site Tech-On! reports that an upcoming Toshiba HDTV will use the PS3's core Cell processor to enable some high-end features not normally seen on consumer television sets. One of these features is "real-time upscaling of SD signals into HD resolution ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | HBO Go is coming... to PS3 and PS4 (Engadget, 1/17/2014 1:52am) |
| HBO Go is en route to PlayStation. While there isn't a release window for the premium service's streaming app, Sony's VP of business development assures it'll be "soon" for the PS3, with the PS4 version to follow. However, we do know that as with [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Some HDTVs May Not Play HD Discs (PC World, 10/05/2005 12:07pm) |
| Format wars take a new turn when it comes to copy protection. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | What Is Available to Play on a Blu-ray Disc Player? - Question of the Week (About.com, 3/31/2013 10:00am) |
| OK, so you want to get in on the Blu-ray action, but you want to know what type of content, and how much of it, is actually available if you ... (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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| India's Ittiam rolls multiformat high-definition video decoder engine (EETimes, 10/31/2006 4:16pm) |
| Ittiam Systems' Trinity multiformat high-definition video decoder (MFVDEC) soft IP core for high-definition DVD and set-top ASIC solutions is said to maximize the number of functions available per die size. A demonstration chip is expected in a few months. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | LG Launches 3-D Game Apps for Its Cinema 3-D Smart TV Platform (I4U, 7/30/2012 5:30pm) |
LG has announced four game apps previously only available for Android or iOS devices are now available for its Cinema 3-D Smart TV line in full 3-D. This will be the first time the apps have been...
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| (Unranked) | Shin Megami Tensei 4 chooses 3DS this summer (Joystiq, 4/02/2013 8:05am) |
| Atlus' Megami Tensei meta-series (or MegaTen) will receive its first core entry in almost ten years with Shin Megami Tensei 4, an upcoming 3DS RPG slated [...] (Read Full Article) |
| LG: No go on combo of Blu-ray, HD DVD (ZDNet India, 9/22/2006 11:58am) |
| The dream of many gadget kooks these days--a box that can play both Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD movies--may come some day, but it doesn't appear likely in the near future. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (No Title) (, 1/08/2007 12:36pm) |
| LG might bring about peace in our time as the electronics company unveiled a new DVD player that can play both Blu-ray and HD DVD content. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Netflix, Best Buy deal brings Watch Instantly streaming to even cheaper Blu-ray players (Engadget, 10/21/2009 2:26am) |
Though they've been floating around retail channels for a few weeks, Best Buy and Netflix have finally made official a partnership bringing streaming to the latest Insignia Blu-ray players. The NS-BRDVD3 runs $179, while the NS-WBRDVD edition tosses in WiFi for $20 more, while they won't stream out of the box, a firmware update just made available should add all the . These two keep the (we'll be nice and call it plain) styling of earlier models, and likely live up to the family reputation of "basic Blu-ray playback at a bargain" reported on the second generation of players. Of course, the BD-P1600 offers more features and a nicer reputation at about the same price, but Reward Zone members may want to think twice, with AVS Forum posters mentioning the NS-BRDVD3 can be had for just $99.99 through the 24th. Decisions, decisions.
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| (Unranked) | Machinarium creator's Samorost 3 debuts in 2015 (Joystiq, 10/30/2013 12:30am) |
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Amanita Design has been silent on Samorost 3 since (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Report: Amazon working on phone with 3-D screen (USATODAY, 5/10/2013 10:01am) |
| Company reportedly working on two smartphones, streaming audio [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Review: LG BD300 Blu-ray Player (Electronic House, 2/04/2009 6:35pm) |
| With Netflix streaming to go along with high-def Blu-ray playing, LG’s BD300 serves up some instant gratification. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Sony launches VAIO TT Blu-ray notebook and new customisation service in UK (Tech Digest, 10/21/2008 11:43am) |
| Sony has announced that its VAIO TT Blu-ray notebook, which it claims is the lightest portable PC containing a high-def optical drive, is now available in the UK. It sports a modest 11.1-inch widescreen LED-backlit display offering 1,366 x 768 resolution, Intel Core 2 Duo SU9300 processor, Mobile Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 4500MHD, 4GB of RAM, 160GB hard drive, plus WWAN technology offering ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Netflix Introduces Super HD and 3D Streaming with Certain ISPs (High-Def Digest, 1/09/2013 10:00pm) |
| So far, only Cablevision and Google Fiber have been announced in the US. International streams are compatible already. After releasing a new tier of HD that many found disappointing, the folks at [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Moore's Law Meets HDTV (Forbes, 7/01/2005 6:13pm) |
| Liquid crystal on silicon could dominate the next generation of display technology. Here's how to play it. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Hollywood demands 64-bit PCs for new DVDs (ElectricNews.Net, 8/25/2006 11:01am) |
| Windows Vista will not play HD-DVD or Blu-ray Disc media out of the box on 32-bit systems, Microsoft has admitted. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Home network topics to watch in 2007 (Digg.com, 1/03/2007 9:02pm) |
| Streaming HDTV is going to become more feasible, as is a more unified media network, thanks to better wireless connectivity. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Sharp AQUOS LC-60LE600U 60-inch LED/LCD TV - Product of the Week (About.com, 11/23/2012 4:00am) |
| If you are looking for a large screen LCD TV, but don't need, or want, a lot of frills, such as internet streaming and/or 3D, then check out the Sharp ... (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!
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| (Unranked) | Amazon Kindle Fire HD puts the iPad on Notice (I4U, 9/07/2012 6:51am) |
Amazon surprised at yesterday's media event with the introduction of a high-end tablet that takes on the Apple iPad and Android tablets. Amazon created with the Kindle Fire HD 8.9-inch a tablet [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Most Monitors Won't Play New HD Video (PC World, 10/04/2005 11:05am) |
| Vista's content protection will block or blur high-def movies on today's displays. ... (Read Full Article) |
| PS3 Internal Memory Cards for Backwards Compatibility Hands-on (IGN Complete, 11/10/2006 7:23pm) |
| We play and save PSone and PS2 titles on Sony's next-gen console. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Leaked HTC phone could flaunt 1080p HD display (CNET Blogs, 9/04/2012 2:23pm) |
| This rumored flagship Verizon Android may offer a true HD display.
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| William Blair & Company Initiates Coverage of Dolby Laboratories, Inc. With Outperform Rating (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance, 3/29/2005 5:13pm) |
| William Blair & Company today announced that it initiated research coverage of Dolby Laboratories, Inc. , a leader in premier audio technology for more than 40 years, with an Outperform rating and company profile of Core Growth. (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Yabazam Puts More 3D on Samsung Smart TVs (Electronic House, 3/05/2013 3:01pm) |
| The streaming subscription service has started rolling out on select HDTVs.
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| (Unranked) | Google TV: Vizio Co-Star & Sony Internet Player compared (HD-Report, 9/06/2012 1:57pm) |
| Have you tried Google TV yet? This week guest writer Justin Ruiz compares two new set top boxes: the Sony Internet Player and the Vizio Co-Star. With support for full 1080p HD video, 3D content, and built-in WiFi, both STBs also run on Android 3.2, [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Final Fantasy IV headed to iOS on December 20, Android version to follow in 2013 (Engadget, 12/09/2012 5:40am) |
| That Nintendo DS re-make of Final Fantasy IV may add 3D [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Consumer Alert: Not All Blu-ray Players Play All Blu-ray Disc Features (About.com, 2/09/2008 10:00am) |
| Although Blu-ray definitely has the upper hand against HD-DVD, it is interesting to note that in one aspect of the format war, Blu-ray has a decided disadvantage. While HD-DVD has... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (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) | Netflix brings 3D, 'Super HD' video to some customers (CNET Blogs, 1/08/2013 9:52pm) |
| The video streaming service adds a limited number of 3D movies to its library. The hitch? You can only access them if you've got an ISP that uses its Open Connect network. (Read Full Article) |
| 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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| (Unranked) | Engadget HD Podcast 387 - 2.27.14 (Engadget, 2/27/2014 9:44pm) |
| The HD news heap has reached a toppling point, so Ben and Richard get to work sifting through all the insanity from the past week. One of the major talking points is the streaming bottleneck of Netflix's content on various service providers. [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Silicon Image Announces HDMI IP Core Design Wins With Pixelworks and Sunplus (SYS-CON Media) (SYS-CON Media, 2/23/2006 4:25pm) |
| Silicon Image, Inc. , a leader in the secure distribution, presentation and storage of high-definition content, today announced that Pixelworks Inc. and Sunplus Technology Co. have licensed High-Definition Multimedia Interface(TM) (HDMI(TM)) intellectual property (IP) cores from Silicon Image for integration in their advanced integrated circuits (ICs). Pixelworks has incorporated the Silicon ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | LCD and LED/LCD TVs - 2012 Holiday Gift Special (About.com, 11/12/2012 6:00am) |
| LCD TVs make a great gift for the holidays. With prices continuing downward, screen sizes increasing, and a growing number with internet streaming and 3D capabilities, there is an LCD ... (Read Full Article) |
| Is Netflix Coming to PS3 and Wii? [NetFlix] (Gizmodo, 3/21/2009 3:30pm) |
| Sony's officially denied it in the past, but a survey is being conducted to sniff out the public's interest in streaming movies and TV shows to their console of choice.
Apparently the service on PS3... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Pair of DSPs tune in to high-definition audio (EETimes, 1/03/2007 5:15am) |
| Promising performance, cost and board space advantages, Freescale Semiconductor Inc. this week will launch a pair of dual-core 90-nanometer digital signal processors that support multiple high-definition audio standards, including DTS-HD, Dolby Digital+ and Dolby TrueHD. The Symphony DSP56720 and DSP56721 represent the first offerings in a new Freescale family of 24-bit audio processors targeting ... (Read Full Article) |
| 1st quarter 2005: Premiere increases revenue by 10.3 percent and achieves a positive EBITDA of EUR 22.7 million (tiscali.finanzen, 5/19/2005 6:43am) |
| - EBITDA increases from minus EUR 1.8 Million to EUR 22.7 million - EBITDA of EUR 32 million before one-off costs for IPO - Total revenue grows by 10.3 percent to EUR 247.4 million - Revenue in core business with program subscriptions rises 18.2 percent - Number of subscribers climbs to 3.3 million - an increase of 11.6 percent year on year - Balance sheet substantially improved: net debt ... (Read Full Article) |
| Entertainment center can go where you go (Chicago Tribune, 9/04/2005 10:50am) |
| Let's play electronic God for a minute. We'll take an everyday MP3 player, pump up the hard drive, install a larger viewing screen and add two speakers and a docking pod. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Titanic,' 'Raiders' usher in Blu-ray Disc blitz (USATODAY, 8/23/2012 11:33pm) |
Some cherished movies are finally making it to Blu-ray, including Lawrence of Arabia. But discs may have no future as streaming takes hold.
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| 1st Quarter 2005: Premiere Increases Revenue by 10.3 Percent and Achieves a Positive EBITDA of EUR 22.7 Million (pzone via Yahoo! Australia & NZ (pzone via Yahoo! Australia & NZ Finance, 5/19/2005 7:22am) |
| -- EBITDA increases from minus EUR 1.8 Million to EUR 22.7 million -- EBITDA of EUR 32 million before one-off costs for IPO -- Total revenue grows by 10.3 percent to EUR 247.4 million -- Revenue in core business with program subscriptions rises 18.2 percent -- Number of subscribers climbs to 3.3 million -- an increase of 11.6 percent year on year -- Balance sheet substantially improved: net debt ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | TWC TV App to Play on Xbox 360 This Summer (Broadcasting & Cable, 6/28/2013 5:32pm) |
| Time Warner Cable will launch its TWC TV app on the popular Xbox 360 console "later [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Google's Project Tango is a smartphone with sensors to map the world around you (Engadget, 2/20/2014 7:25pm) |
| Google's just announced Project Tango, a 5-inch Android smartphone prototype equipped with Kinect-like 3D sensors and other components to track motion and map your surroundings. Unlike other 3D-sensing devices including Kinect, Project Tango [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | PlayStation 3 is 'largest TV-connected platform' for Netflix (CNET Blogs, 12/04/2012 11:18pm) |
| Do you enjoy Netflix at home? Chances are good you're watching the streaming video service through a PlayStation 3. (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Samsung UN46EH5000 46-inch LED/LCD TV - Product of the Week (About.com, 12/07/2012 6:00am) |
| If you are looking an LCD TV that provides solid performance without a lot of frills (that means no 3D or internet streaming capability), then check out the Samsung UN46EH5000. ... (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) |
| NBA Live 06 Review [Xbox 360] (GameSpot, 11/22/2005 11:01pm) |
| First impressions count for a lot, and NBA Live 06 certainly delivers in that regard. However, while the game looks next-gen at times, it doesn't play like it. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | PlayStation 4 can stream PS3 games, reports say (AfterDawn, 2/17/2013 12:50am) |
| Sony will provide backwards compatibility with PlayStation 3 (PS3) games by supporting streaming them to the console, according to the Wall Street Journal.Last July, (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Atlona LinkCast Wireless HD Streamer Shipping Now (High-Def Digest, 8/07/2012 5:00pm) |
| The LinkCast is capable of handling up to five streaming sources, assuming you buy the extenders. Wireless HD is something that a lot of folks are looking forward to in their own home theaters and [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Connect360 Mac Streaming Coming for PS3 [Software] (Gizmodo, 12/07/2007 9:40pm) |
| According to the developers at NullRiver, they'll be porting their Connect360 software to the PS3, allowing you to stream music and video directly from your Mac to your Sony console. The recent... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | LG Demonstrates Wireless 4k Ultra HD Streaming From Phone to TV (High-Def Digest, 2/25/2013 6:00pm) |
| The source stream was 1080p, but LG may be onto something. In a convergence of several prevalent tech trends, LG has been demonstrating its wireless Ultra HD transmission technology at the Mobile [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Archos Takes DVD On Road; A Better Tube TV (Hartford Courant, 9/09/2005 7:23am) |
| Let's play electronic God for a minute. We'll take an everyday MP3 player, pump up the hard drive, install a larger viewing screen and add two speakers and a docking pod. ... (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) |
| Blu-ray, HD DVD battle may be long play (Los Angeles Daily News, 1/12/2007 3:02pm) |
| LAS VEGAS - In a city built on wagering, the smart money is staying on the sidelines when it comes to the battle between two high-definition DVD formats. ... (Read Full Article) |
| HD Gaming Beginning to Take Hold (TechNewsWorld.com, 5/10/2006 12:14pm) |
| The battle for market supremacy between Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Sony's PlayStation 3 has entered the next phase, one where high definition features will play a key role in determining the winner. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Deal: Insignia NS-BRDVD3 Blu-ray Player - $99 (Electronic House, 10/29/2009 3:04pm) |
| Best Buy has its in-house Insignia brand Blu-ray player for $99, which also gives you its recently added Netflix streaming capability.
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| (Unranked) | 'V/H/S' Blu-ray Announced (High-Def Digest, 11/01/2012 10:00pm) |
| The spooky found-footage horror film will play on Blu-ray in December. In an early announcement to retailers, Magnolia is working on 'V/H/S' for Blu-ray on December 4. V/H/S is a point of view, [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Hulu Plus available on 3DS (Joystiq, 10/17/2013 4:00pm) |
Hulu Plus, the unlimited instant TV streaming service, is available now on 3DS. Keeping pricing consistent, the service charges $7.99 a month.
General reminder [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 3D-printed prosthetics turned into musical instruments (CNET News, 7/22/2013 4:41pm) |
| A three-year project out of McGill University results in a collection of 3D-printed prosthetic pieces that play music as the wearer [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Hollywood Discards Downscaling (DVD-Recordable, 3/28/2006 3:16pm) |
| It seems that Sony's decision to allow the majority of Blu-ray content to play at the highest resolution possible on a consumer's HDTV is gaining support from major Hollywood studios. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Warner: HD DVD Plans Unchanged (High-Def Digest, 2/20/2008 11:30pm) |
| You may have a hard time finding an HD DVD player to play them on, but Warner says it will continue to issue HD DVD discs through the end of May. Though the studio declined comment on Toshiba's announcement... ... (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) |
| (Unranked) | Havok™ Releases Project Anarchy, Completely Free End-to-End Mobile 3D Game Engine (Business Wire, 6/28/2013 9:01pm) |
| SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Havok has publicly launched Project Anarchy, a free end-to-end mobile 3D game production engine. Games developed using Project Anarchy technology can be deployed for free on iOS, Android and [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Growing Storage Requirements as HDTV Recording Arrives (Converge! Network Digest, 7/21/2005 1:54am) |
| The arrival of Triple Play, fully-converged residential services implies a quantum leap in the volume of digital media entering our homes. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | NPD: PlayStation 3 Users Like to Watch Movie Discs (Home Media Magazine, 6/06/2013 3:53pm) |
| Sony PlayStation 3 owners like to watch movies on DVD and Blu-ray Disc over YouTube videos and Netflix streaming, according to new data from The NPD Group.
In its 2013 gaming survey — conducted online Feb. 15 to March 4 to 8,800 [...] (Read Full Article) |
| This Panasonic Blu-ray Player Is Portable [Ces 2009] (Gizmodo, 1/07/2009 11:41pm) |
| Panasonic has introduced a portable Blu-ray player with BD Live and Viera Cast internet video streaming. We'll get you more details soon. ... (Read Full Article) |
| PS3 SingStar Vol. 2 Announced [Singstar] (Kotaku, 4/16/2008 5:30am) |
| Sony have gotten around to announcing that second PS3 SingStar game we've known about since March. It's what you'd expect: 30 new songs, a new "Harmoney Duet" mode and the addition of PSP remote play... ... (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) |
| (Unranked) | Nintendo Direct...[Update: It's over now] [Blip] (Kotaku, 8/29/2012 11:01am) |
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Nintendo's latest "Nintendo Direct" showcase is streaming live right now. Japanese-only, focused on 3DS and Wii. Watch it. (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Netflix teases 4K streaming straight to UHD TVs, expect details at CES next month (Engadget, 12/19/2013 4:56am) |
| Netflix has been talking up its ability to stream Ultra HD resolution video (demonstrated at the last CES with a local video feed, as seen above), and CPO Neil Hunt reiterated those "next year" promises to Stuff.tv. Specifically, he indicated the [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Boxee TV adds DLNA, 3D streaming support (AfterDawn, 3/28/2013 5:26am) |
| If you have a Boxee TV device, a new firmware update is headed your way with a plethora of additions.The new update will bring (Read Full Article) |
| Dedicated portable TV by Pixela (MobileMag, 12/16/2005 9:53pm) |
| Mobile TV and streaming video are the hottest things these days since sliced bread, but even so, it’s interesting that Pixela has decided to release a dedicated portable TV when many new cell phones are beginning to add that capability. ... (Read Full Article) |
| New DVDs spark copy-protection confusion (ZDNet Australia, 2/16/2006 9:24pm) |
| When the first high-definition DVDs finally hit shelves this autumn, a mad scramble may ensue -- not for the discs themselves, but to figure out what computers and devices are actually able to play them in their full glory. ... (Read Full Article) |
| New DVDs already sparking copy-protection confusion (Digg.com, 2/16/2006 9:40am) |
| "When the first high-definition DVDs finally hit shelves this spring, a mad scramble may ensue--not for the discs themselves, but to figure out what computers and devices are actually able to play them in their full glory." ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 3D-printed 'magic arms' give little girl new reach (CNET Blogs, 8/06/2012 11:18pm) |
| Customized 3D-printed appendages let Emma Lavelle, and other kids with limited upper-body movement, play alongside their friends with new freedom.
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| (Unranked) | Flixter (with UltraViolet) now available for Xbox 360 (HD-Report, 4/17/2013 4:01am) |
| Online streaming movie service Flixster is now available for Xbox 360, letting console owners purchase or rent from thousands of available film titles. Xbox LIVE members can download the free app from the LIVE Marketplace [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Battle rages for HD movie supremacy (Boston Globe, 10/30/2007 9:49am) |
| Greg Kushmerek of Jamaica Plain likes high-definition television so much, he custom-built a computer just to record HD versions of his favorite shows and play them back in his home theater. ... (Read Full Article) |
| New DVDs already sparking copy-protection confusion (CNET, 2/16/2006 12:22pm) |
| Consumer confusion over what computers will need to play the new high-definition DVDs is already beginning. ... (Read Full Article) |
| New DVDs already sparking copy-protection confusion (ZDNet, 2/16/2006 12:15pm) |
| Consumer confusion over what computers will need to play the new high-definition DVDs is already beginning. ... (Read Full Article) |
| D-backs make the move to high-definition TV (BizJournals, 5/23/2005 4:48pm) |
| Now that the Arizona Diamondbacks have sharpened up the kind of play they offer on the field, they\\\'ll soon be available in high-definition television (HDTV). ... (Read Full Article) |
| Review: Intervideo WinDVD 8 Gold software DVD player (Personal Computer World, 1/02/2007 3:29pm) |
| Pros: Good audio and video quality; plenty of settings to play with Cons: Expensive; HD DVD and Blu-ray support require additional purchase Overall: It looks like we’ll have to wait until version 9 for the full HD makeover. ... (Read Full Article) |
| LG's BD390 Blu-ray player: Now with Vudu, Rotten Tomatoes (Consumer Reports, 10/15/2009 3:41pm) |
| LG’s BD390 Blu-ray player, now equipped with Vudu’s streaming movie service and Rotten Tomatoes ratings.(Click to enlarge.) [PHOTO: Courtesy of Vudu] Vudu, the movie-streaming service whose high-def HDX video format we recently evaluated on an LG plasma TV, is now available on the company’s BD390 Blu-ray player, one of the top-rated players in our latest Blu-ray player Ratings (available to subscribers). But don’t be alarmed if you boot up the player and see shiny red vegetables, er, fruit, all over the screen—Vudu is now incorporating ratings from the Rotten Tomatoes website in its list of movies available for sale or rent.You can sort selections in your Vudu movie lists by the ratings score (which includes the site's beloved Tomatometer and fresh/rotten tomato icons), and see summary reviews from some of the top movie critics from around the country. And Vudu has redesigned its movie page to deliver the extra content more interactively. If you own, or are about to buy, a BD390 Blu-ray player, it should receive a free Vudu-enabling firmware update automatically the next time it connects to LG’s NetCast online service. The player can connect to the Internet either using a wired Ethernet connection, or wirelessly via the player’s built-in Wi-Fi connection). Vudu is also available on 42- and 47-inch LH50 LCD TVs and 50- and 60-inch PS80 plasma models. —James K. Willcox (Read Full Article) |
| PS3 to Hook Up With Your Cellphone [Sony] (Gizmodo, 12/17/2007 1:00am) |
| The Remote Play functionality on the PS3/PSP is great, but Sony intends to extensively develop the feature set for broader external connectivity. Sony's CEO, Sir Howard Stringer, appeared in Tokyo... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | April Fools' gadgets: You'll wish some of these were real (CNET Blogs, 4/01/2013 5:51pm) |
| From a Play-Doh 3D printer to speakers for hamsters, tech companies pull out the tall tales in honor of April Fools' 2013. (Read Full Article) |
| Microsoft continues anti-Blu-ray message (HDTV UK, 9/24/2008 12:51pm) |
| In Microsoft's latest attack on Blu-ray, its SVP of Interactive Entertainment, Don Mattrick, has reiterated the company's commitment to high definition streaming and downloads rather than physical discs. "I think that what people want is digital high-def content, I think that's what our box provides, and we've announced several movie partners - and one in particular, Netflix, for the streamin ... (Read Full Article) |
| J. River Fills Gaps in Microsoft Device and Service Integration (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 7/19/2005 9:00am) |
| J. River MEDIA CENTER 11 software was released today with support for devices not supported by Microsoft (TiVo, iPod, PSP), and a highly customizable interface for hosting digital download, subscription and streaming services. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Vividas puts high-definition in the picture (Digital WebCast, 6/22/2006 7:00pm) |
| Vividas, one of the world’s leading developers and providers of full-screen video streaming technology, today announces the addition of high-definition output to its landmark Vivcast Encoding Suite. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Sony TVs embrace internet (CIOL, 1/12/2007 1:18pm) |
| LAS VEGAS: Japan's Sony Corp. said on Sunday it would enable most of its new televisions, including high-definition flat screens, to play video from the Internet. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Streaming HD broadband Olympics (telecomasia.net, 8/15/2005 9:00am) |
| The 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing won't just be about sport. It'll be about broadband. That's the word from China NetCom president Zhang Chunjiang, who says that broadband will feature heavily in the 2008 Games, more so than previous events. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 3D Systems shows off a $500 3D scanner that clips onto your iPad (Engadget, 1/08/2014 12:00am) |
| As excited as we were to play around with the Sense 3D scanner, the first-generation consumer scanner had some shortcomings. Near the top of the list was the fact that it only worked with Windows. While the operating system has a plenty large [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | The 5 Best Blu-ray Players (eCoustics, 7/02/2013 8:01am) |
| If you want the best movie content and picture quality on your HDTV, you need a Blu-ray player. Not only do they play Blu-ray discs, which offer movies in full 1080p video, but they can support 3D video, stream content from the Web, and serve as a [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Panasonic Adds Amazon Video On Demand Access To Blu-ray Disc Players (About.com, 8/10/2009 10:00am) |
| Blu-ray Disc players are quickly turning into all-purpose media players as more models are incorporating access to internet audio/video streaming capability. In the latest example of this trend, Panasonic has announced that if you own their DMP-BD60, BD-80, B15 Blu-ray Disc player or DMP-BD70V Blu-ray Disc/VCR combo, you can now access Amazon Video On Demand, provided you are connected to the internet via the player's ethernet port. If you haven't purchased a Blu-ray Disc player yet, this may be a feature to consider in your decision, if you are also a fan of audio/video content streaming. For more details, check out the Official Panasonic Announcement. Also, check out my review of the Panasonic DMP-BD60 Blu-ray Disc Player, which was written and posted before access to Amazon Video On Demand was made available. (Read Full Article) |
| Mvix Takes HD Video Wireless (DesignTechnica, 11/29/2006 6:48pm) |
| The new Mvix Wireless HD Media Center offers wireless streaming and storage of high-definition video. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Diablo 3 on PS3 and PS4 will allow offline play (Joystiq, 2/25/2013 10:00pm) |
Diablo 3 will not require a constant internet connection for local multiplayer on the PS3 or PS4, Blizzard production director John Hight has confirmed. "You can have four people on [...] (Read Full Article) |
| New Ratings: Blu-ray players now on CRO (Consumer Reports, 8/05/2009 3:30pm) |
| We’ve just posted our latest high-def Blu-ray Ratings (available to subscribers), and we’re happy to report that almost all the models tested can provide excellent HD and DVD picture quality. In fact, all the models in our Ratings offered excellent high-definition performance, though we did see some differences in how well players handled upconverted film-based programs from standard DVDs. In addition to models from familiar brands, such as LG, Panasonic, Samsung, and Sony (whose products we’ve previously reviewed), our latest Ratings include the first Blu-ray players from JVC, Sherwood, and Oppo (pictured), a smaller company whose upconverting DVD players earned strong word-of-mouth among the A/V enthusiast community. Check our Ratings to see how well these newcomers did compared to second- and third-generation models from other brands. With satisfying HD picture quality now almost a given, it’s primarily features that differentiate one player from another. For example, while almost all the new models in our Ratings are BD-Live (or BD-Live-ready) players—meaning they can connect to the Internet to access extra content, such as outtakes, additional directors', or actors' commentaries, or even video games, from a movie studio’s servers—some older models lack this feature. All the players in our test have BonusView, a picture-in-picture feature that lets you view additional content in a smaller window while the movie is playing. We’re also seeing more Internet-connected players that can now directly access instantly streaming movies from services such as Netflix or Amazon Video on Demand, or music from streaming Internet radio services such as Pandora. Some models offer wireless access to a home network so you don’t need to have a wired Ethernet jack near the player. Although we have seen Blu-ray prices fall since our last test, the addition of these new features has tempered the types of price drops we initially envisioned. As a result, you can still expect to pay $350 to $500 for a top-rated, BD-Live model from a major brand. A less expensive option is to choose a “BD-Live-ready†model; prices typically start at about $250. These players come with an Ethernet connection, but require you to purchase additional memory (typically a 1GB USB flash drive, which costs $10 to $15) to activate the BD-Live feature. But if you can live without BD-Live, you can save money by choosing one of the BonusView-only players, which typically sell for $200 or less. But we do anticipate prices dropping this fall, even on full-featured models from major brands, as manufacturing efficiencies come into play and brands compete for market share. We’ll be tracking Blu-ray prices over the next several months, especially during November’s Black Friday shopping period, when rumors suggest we’ll see the first $100 model. So keep checking back here for updates. Also, we recently changed our Blu-ray testing protocol, adding scores for Blu-ray disc load times and remote control operations. With so many players offering excellent picture quality, we’ll continue to adapt our Ratings to include new features or attributes that will help buyers differentiate among the choices.—James... (Read Full Article) |
| Telecom firm wants to talk television (The Malibu Times, 8/10/2005 9:04pm) |
| Major cable companies are offering broadband Internet access to their TV customers and have started to package voice calling into their plans, creating a "triple play" of services that have caused customer erosion among telecommunications providers. ... (Read Full Article) |
| PorTel (Portel.de, 5/29/2005 7:41am) |
| Genf, 27.05.05 – The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) today finalized work on new technical specifications that will allow telecoms operators around the world to offer a 'super' triple play of video, Internet and voice services at speeds up to ten times faster than standard ADSL. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Telecom firm wants to talk television (The Malibu Times, 8/11/2005 8:49pm) |
| Major cable companies are offering broadband Internet access to their TV customers and have started to package voice calling into their plans, creating a "triple play" of services that have caused customer erosion among telecommunications providers. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Blu-ray Player Sales Up 600 Per Cent, According to UK Online Retailer [Blu-Ray] (Gizmodo, 2/21/2008 12:26pm) |
| Stuart Rowe, COO of play.com is claiming that sales of Blu-ray players have increased seven-fold since Toshiba announced it was cutting and running from its HD-DVD format. The UK-based web retailer... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Monster offers multi-room audio with streamcast bluetooth module for clarity hd model one (CE Pro, 9/11/2012 8:03pm) |
| Now Available in Silver, Bronze and Automotive-Grade Red and Yellow Gloss Finishes with White and Black coming this fall; Easily Add Wireless Audio Streaming Throughout the Home with new StreamCast™ HD Transmitter and Receiver [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | VIDEO: Twitch App comes to Xbox 360 (AfterDawn, 5/14/2013 9:59pm) |
| An app for Twitch is now available for the Xbox 360 console, allowing you to watch live streaming of gameplay.Around 800,000 people use Twitch to stream gameplay with 34 million viewers looking on online at Twitch.TV. Now an app for viewing has been [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Best Buy Streaming ‘Dark Knight’ Doc Early With Blu-ray Purchase (Home Media Magazine, 11/26/2012 7:19am) |
| Best Buy Co. Nov. 25 began offering exclusive online access to documentary “The Dark Knight Reborn,” with the $29.99 pre-order of The Dark Knight Rises Blu-ray Combo Steel/Book in stores or on the Web.
The 35-minute doc – [...] (Read Full Article) |
| PS3 has high-def DVD, some kinks (Detroit Free Press, 11/15/2006 2:48pm) |
| Considering standing in line for a Sony PlayStation 3 Thursday night? Weigh these first: It's the only console to ship with a high-definition DVD drive, which can play high-def movie DVDs and game discs that store more information than a traditional DVD. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Avoiding triple trouble (European Communications, 6/27/2005 11:23am) |
| Triple play convergence is now being driven by market forces, rather than the heavy hands of technical departments and marketing speak. Voice, video and data convergence is finally happening. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Panasonic’s Blu-ray Home Theater in a Box (High-Def Digest, 9/10/2009 10:45pm) |
| Blu-ray player, sound system and media streaming in one. Announced yesterday and shipping this month, Panasonic offers up their newest home theater in a box -the SC-BTX70. Entering into an increasingly... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Google opens education-only Play store (Engadget, 11/13/2013 2:31pm) |
| Granted, they missed the back-to-school season by a couple of months, but now appears to be the time to launch educational initiatives. Yesterday, MakerBot offered up some pomp and circumstance for its Academy offering, working to make 3D printing [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Live from the Engadget CES Stage: 3D Systems CEO Avi Reichental (Engadget, 1/07/2014 11:30pm) |
| The company that helped invent rapid prototyping has been in the 3D printing game for nearly three decades. In recent years, 3D Systems has been making an aggressive play at the consumer market with products like the Cube, CubeX and Sense as one of [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (No Title) (, 8/11/2006 6:22am) |
| LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Call it the "Mission: Impossible III" triple play. In an industry first, Paramount Home Entertainment is expected to announce Friday (August 11) that it will release the $133.4 million (70.5 million pound) summer movie hit on DVD, HD-DVD and Blu-ray Disc all on the same day, October 30. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Apple TV early review roundup (Engadget, 3/22/2007 8:36pm) |
| Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment
It's still a bit early yet for all the reviews to hit the internets, but peeps fortunate enough to have snagged an Apple TV early -- namely the WSJ, PC Mag, and The NY Times -- have already passed judgment. What do they think? Well, no one was without their niggles regarding the unit: Walt seemed bummed about the lack of photo streaming, Pogue chides Apple fo ... (Read Full Article) |
| miNetwork Launches Streaming Video Channels -- miWebTV (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 7/20/2005 2:00pm) |
| miNetwork Group Inc. is pleased to announce that it has acquired the first five channels of Canvid 200 Channel Internet Broadcasting Network, to be launched globally, using the same proprietary audio and video codec that is currently used by the corporation, to deliver video conferencing . ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Get a 47-inch Vizio 3D HDTV with Wi-Fi for $598 (CNET Blogs, 9/06/2012 1:56pm) |
| This loaded TV comes with 3D glasses, a keyboard-equipped remote, streaming apps, and more.
[Read [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Yakuza 1 and 2 HD to paint the Wii U red in Japan (Joystiq, 5/20/2013 3:30pm) |
The first Yakuza entry for a non-Sony console is Yakuza 1 and 2 HD. Nintendo announced the Wii U port in last week's Nintendo Direct. Going by this vid, the gangster classics are compatible with off-TV play. The HD combo roughs up Wii U in [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Epix Headed to PlayStation 3 Today (eCoustics, 4/02/2013 7:49pm) |
| Premium TV network Epix today is making good on a promise to bring streaming to the PlayStation 3. The network is launching its app on the console, giving users high-definition access to its library of more than 3,000 titles, including new releases [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Telecom Bides Time on `Triple Play' Services (RedNova, 3/17/2005 9:05pm) |
| Telecom will soon be able to offer urban customers pay-TV, video- on-demand and much faster broadband internet connections over its copper phone lines -- thanks to the arrival of the next generation of ADSL technology, ADSL2+. But it appears in no rush. (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Dolby 3D Will Enhance 3D Viewing Across the Board After Striking an Agreement with James Cameron's 3D Production House (High-Def Digest, 4/10/2013 5:00pm) |
| Dolby 3D encode brings full resolution to 3D glasses devices and glasses free 3D streaming to any device regardless of the display technology. Dolby Laboratories, Philips and the Cameron |Pace Group [...] (Read Full Article) |
| New Sony Blu-ray player adds online streaming services (AfterDawn, 9/10/2009 8:48pm) |
Sony's latest Blu-ray player, the BDP-N460, will add for the first time, streaming video and audio, from Netflix, YouTube and Slacker.
The company does note however that regardless of what TV you have attached the wireless will work better with a Linksys WET610N Ethernet-to-Wi-Fi bridge.
The player has oboard decoding of Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio, is BD-Live compliant, and will output HDMI Deep Color. The player can read photos and MP3s off USB drives and will upscale DVDs and AVCHD videos.
The BDP-N460 will begin shipping in October, with a price tag of $250 USD, the same price as other BD players with similar specs, and $50 cheaper than the PS3.
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| Control4 Brings High-Definition Distributed Streaming Video to Whole-Home Automation Market (Business Wire, 9/06/2007 1:40pm) |
| DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Control4, the leader in affordable IP-based control and entertainment systems, today announced that it will distribute the Sony High-Definition (HD) Video ... (Read Full Article) |
| ADB unveils HDTV set-top box offering PVR, IPTV capabilities (Digital Media Europe, 3/25/2005 3:04pm) |
| ADB’s platform is based on a processor from STMicroelectronics and offers TV viewers a single platform for the reception of both standard definition and high definition TV reception through cable, satellite or terrestrial broadcast in addition to internet protocol television audio-video streaming. (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Puzzle & Dragons coming to 3DS in Japan (Joystiq, 4/13/2013 4:00am) |
| Mobile puzzle hit Puzzle & Dragons, in which players build [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Netflix Adds People Search to Xbox 360 (I4U, 8/24/2012 4:15pm) |
If you're a fan of Netflix streaming using your Xbox 360 game console, you will be glad to hear that Netflix is finally giving you the People Search the PS3 users have had for a long time. You [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | LG and Disney team up for 3D offer via Smart TVs (HD-Report, 10/10/2012 1:06am) |
| Parents, Disney fans, and those in the market for a new TV, this one’s for you. LG and Disney are teaming up to offer streaming 3D content through LG’s  Smart TV platform, and if you buy a select new model through December [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Redbox Instant streaming beta coming to Xbox 360 (HD-Report, 2/06/2013 2:43am) |
| Look out Netflix. Xbox 360 owners will soon be able to stream video from Redbox Instant by Verizon. Existing Redbox customers will be getting an email within the “coming days” with a unique code to [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Cable Analysts Long to Be Ignored (Light Reading, 4/06/2005 10:05pm) |
| SAN FRANCISCO National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA) Conference -- Wall Street remains unconvinced that the RBOCs will win the race to provide a quadruple play of voice, video, data, and wireless services to U.S. households, according to a panel here Tuesday. (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) |
| LG To Launch First Dual-Format HD Disc Player (CRN, 1/05/2007 3:18pm) |
| LG Electronics plans to launch the first DVD player that can play both Blu-ray and HD DVD discs, making it possible for consumers to buy high-definition movies without worrying about the recording format. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | King of the Hill, In Eye-Popping 3D (Kotaku, 8/19/2013 4:00pm) |
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If this was a video game I'd play this game in a second, I’ll tell you what. (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Netflix SuperHD, 3D streaming options pop up on Comcast, Verizon and other ISPs (Engadget, 8/08/2013 1:40am) |
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Ever since Netflix introduced its (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Play World of Tanks: Xbox 360 Edition for free this weekend (Joystiq, 3/28/2014 11:30pm) |
| If you've ever wanted to cruise around in a tank but lack the funding and proper military clearance to hop inside one of the metal beasts, this weekend may be your golden opportunity thanks to the Xbox 360 incarnation of Wargaming's online hit [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Centillium Aims to Propel DSL Access to the Next Level for Rapid Deployment of Next-Generation Triple Play Services (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 9/07/2005 12:00pm) |
| Centillium Communications, Inc. , a leading provider of broadband access solutions, has once again raised the performance bar with the planned introduction of its innovative eXtremeVDSL2 technology. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Nine Minutes With One Of The PS3's Most Interesting New Games (Kotaku, 7/16/2013 5:00pm) |
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This is Puppeteer, out for the PS3 on September 10 (September 11 in Europe). It's really neat. Watch me play it alongside creative director Gavin Moore. (Read Full Article) |
| SBC, Microsoft Defend Lightspeed (Light Reading, 6/04/2005 12:23pm) |
| SBC Communications Inc. (NYSE: SBC - message board) is close to announcing delays to the commercial rollout of its fiber-based triple-play offering, stemming from difficulties in trialing its IPTV service, Light Reading has learned from sources close to the situation. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | PlayStation Now streams PlayStation games to PS4, Vita, PS3, tablets and smartphones (Engadget, 1/07/2014 5:47pm) |
| Sony has just announced Playstation Now, a new service for PS4, Vita, PS3, tablets and smartphones based on its acquisition of streaming outfit Gaikai. It represents a new subscription model for users, and will kick off with a limited beta starting [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Addonics Announces Optical Solution that Bridges Blu-ray and HD DVD Formats (Business Wire, 12/13/2007 2:00pm) |
| SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Addonics Technologies today announced its Zebra Blu-ray / HD DVD Player an optical storage solution that allows your PC to play Blu-ray and HD DVD movies ... (Read Full Article) |
| Sony to Play 'Catch and Release' on Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 3/21/2007 7:00pm) |
| Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has announced a May 8 Blu-ray arrival for the romantic comedy 'Catch and Release,' day-and-date with the standard-def DVD version. Starring Jennifer Garner and Timothy... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Finding Mario's co-op sweet spot with Super Mario 3D World (Joystiq, 10/09/2013 6:00pm) |
While I'm a Mario fan, I was utterly baffled by the appeal of the four-player co-op play introduced in New Super Mario Bros. Wii.
People tell me: "It's chaotic and fun!" But all I ever experienced was that little jerk Luigi [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Monday, May 23, 2005 (Daily (Daily Breeze, 5/23/2005 9:12am) |
| • There\\\'s the single-disc player, which is for people who mainly want to watch prerecorded movies. Most cost between $80 and $110. • The multidisc player can cost a little more (typically, $110 to $150) but lets you play movies and long stretches of music from different CDs. ... (Read Full Article) |
| The Secret to Ethernet Success: Older Technologies Must Play Nicely with New Ones (Converge! Network Digest, 8/01/2005 6:25am) |
| The HomePlug Powerline Alliance is seeking industry input for a a new advanced command and control specification, known as HPCC (HomePlug Command & Control). ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Epix Films, Concerts Headed to PlayStation 3, Vita (eCoustics, 1/03/2013 11:30pm) |
| If all the video-streaming options on your PlayStation console or handheld have been looking a little stale lately, then we have good news. The premium entertainment network Epix will be available on the PlayStation 3 console and PlayStation Vita [...] (Read Full Article) |
| 11 New Blu-ray Players at CEDIA Expo 2009 (CE Pro, 9/14/2009 3:02pm) |
| There's a slew of new Blu-ray players here at CEDIA Expo 2009, including Toshiba's BDX2000 and a handful that support digital streaming. We round up 11 Blu-ray players introduced in Atlanta. (Read Full Article) |
| Netflix Considering Offering Movie Streaming Through the Xbox 360 (eHomeUpgrade, 3/26/2008 9:11pm) |
| In a move to gauge interest, Netflix is reportedly surveying subscribers (again) on how they’d feel about getting movies streamed directly to their TV via the Xbox 360 game console. Netflix spokesman, Steve Swasey, tells Reuters that nothing has been set in stone, but that the company is exploring ways of getting movies to consumers [...] ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Monster Hunter 4 trailer is a cavalcade of characters (Joystiq, 8/08/2013 7:30pm) |
Outside of the usual gamut of monsters to stalk and slay in Monster Hunter 4, the upcoming 3DS game will also play host to a plethora of personalities. (Read Full Article) |
| AnyDVD HD now copies Blu-ray discs, too (TG Daily, 3/06/2007 8:09pm) |
| Slysoft claims to have bypassed virtually any copy protection technology that is integrated in the high-definition disc formats HD DVD and Blu-ray. Following the previously announced HD DVD ripper, the software now also supports Blu-ray discs and allows you to play both formats on computers without HDCP chips. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Monster ClarityHD Model One Speaker Offers Multiroom Audio (CE Pro, 9/26/2012 6:03pm) |
| Monster's ClarityHD Model One High Definition Speaker now offers wireless capability via the Streamcast HD Transmitter and Receiver Kit, streaming HD music to 12 rooms in a home at a distance of up to 100 [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | The MAG II is a gun-shaped motion controller for PS3 and PC (Joystiq, 11/03/2012 11:00pm) |
| Armchair soldiers who prefer to play FPS games while standing in the middle of their living room and/or in front of their [...] (Read Full Article) |
| 18% Of Consumers Bought HDTV For HD Gaming [Gamer HDTV] (Kotaku, 4/24/2008 5:40pm) |
| We already know that over 65% of PS3 and Xbox 360 gamers play on an HDTV. But we didn't know that 18% of HDTV watchers played Xbox 360 or PS3.
That stat was compiled over HDTV sales from only the... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | U-571 HD rental just .99 today (HD-Report, 2/11/2013 9:44pm) |
| Once in a while we report on a good streaming deal. Well, today you can get U-571 in HD from Vudu for .99 cents. The rental fee is good for all three Vudu formats: SD, [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Xbox 360 doesn't play around (Florida Today, 11/19/2005 4:13pm) |
| "Kameo: Elements of Power" (Microsoft; for ages 13 and older; $49.99; www.kameo.com ) Created by renowned U.K. developer Rare, "Kameo" is a fantasy action-adventure that stars a pointy-eared female elf who vows to rescue her family from an evil troll king. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Wii U and Nintendo 3DS Kick off 2013 with New One-of-a-Kind Experiences (Business Wire, 1/20/2013 12:00pm) |
| REDMOND, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Every video game offers a different experience. But only on Nintendo systems do these experiences transform into moments of shared joy and fun. It’s the parent who pulls a game off the TV to play on the Wii U™ [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Google Chromecast Teardown; New Nexus 7 Launches Early; Disney Using 3D Printing (eCoustics, 7/29/2013 1:50pm) |
| Didn’t have time to check out the tech headlines over the weekend? Here’s what you missed. The teardown experts at iFixit got their tools on Google’s new $35 media-streaming Chromecast dongle. They broke out their special plastic [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Toshiba Cuts HD-DVD Player Prices Up to 50% - Smart Move or Delaying the Inevitable? (eHomeUpgrade, 1/16/2008 8:00am) |
| Much has been made of the HD-DVD versus Blu-Ray war in the past few weeks, with Blu-Ray being all but declared the winner - due mostly to the decision by Warner to go exclusively into the Blu-Ray camp. But, as in any war of this sort, Blu-Ray can't quite declare victory yet as CNET is reporting serious price drops on Toshiba's HD-DVD players that may prolong this war even more. The baseline play ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 3D Printed Exoskeleton Lets Little Girl Lift Arms, Play (Business Wire, 8/04/2012 7:01pm) |
| MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--(NASDAQ: SSYS) Stratasys released a video and case study today demonstrating how 3D printing helped 4-year old Emma Lavelle overcome the limitations of a congenital disorder, allowing her to use her arms for the first [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Westinghouse Digital Introduces Roku-Ready HDTV (Home Media Magazine, 6/20/2013 1:16am) |
| Consumer electronics company Westinghouse Digital will debut a new, Roku-enabled 50-inch LED HDTV June 26, along with a full line-up of LED 4K Ultra HD sets.
The LED HDTV allows users to plug in a Roku Streaming Stick, the flash [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Air Force Buys 300 PlayStation 3 for Research [War Games] (Gizmodo, 3/05/2008 10:16am) |
| The image associated with this post is best viewed using a browser.The Air Force has bought 300 PlayStation 3 for "research." Whether "research" means "let's play a massive Call of Duty 4 game" or... ... (Read Full Article) |
| CNBC's Innovative HD Play'? (Digital Video Editing, 9/18/2007 12:43am) |
| Financial news network CNBC will launch a high-definition service this fall in an innovative fashion: by grabbing its existing 4:3 picture, shifting it to the left, and filling the widescreen frame with a bevy of 3D graphics displaying the latest market metrics. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Twitch app now broadcasting on Xbox 360 (Joystiq, 5/14/2013 4:30pm) |
It's not enough just to play games anymore. Nowadays, you have to watch them too. That just got a little easier on the Xbox 360, thanks to a new (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Curse of Chucky' and 'Chucky: The Complete Collection' Announced for Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 7/10/2013 10:00pm) |
| Every 'Child's Play' movie, including the all-new 'Curse of Chucky,' heads to Blu-ray this Halloween season! In an early announcement to retailers, Universal Studios says 'Curse of Chucky' will have [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Take a Look at BioShock Infinite’s First Combat-Focused DLC (Kotaku, 7/30/2013 5:00pm) |
| It’s been four months since I played BioShock Infinite so, yes, I forgot how to play it. But, the game’s new Clash in the Clouds DLC [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Philips Wireless HDTV Link (High-Def Digest, 10/23/2009 8:00pm) |
| The latest in wireless streaming, capable of sending 1080p signals up to 75 feet, the Philips Wireless HDTV Link has officially launched. Wireless HDMI is a much beloved idea, though the practical application... (Read Full Article) |
| Amazon VOD Coming to All 2009 Panasonic Blu-ray Players [Panasonic] (Gizmodo, 8/04/2009 3:39pm) |
| If you own any 2009 model of Panasonic VIERA CAST Blu-ray players, keep a lookout for a free update coming today. It brings Amazon Video on Demand streaming that will make your Blu-ray collection... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Netflix Just for Kids Comes to Xbox 360 Console (I4U, 8/09/2012 4:13pm) |
Netflix has announced something that Xbox 360 owners with kids who like to watch streaming content via Netflix will appreciate. The Xbox 360 app for Netflix has been updated with the Just for [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | This week on gdgt: 3D televisions, Sonos Play:1 and the state of Nintendo (Engadget, 11/01/2013 5:43pm) |
| Each week, our friends at gdgt go through the latest gadgets and score them to help you decide which ones to buy. Here are some of their most recent picks and discussions. Want more? Visit gdgt anytime to catch up on the latest, and subscribe to [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Disney director says Blu-ray "wins by a mile" over film (HDTV UK, 6/11/2008 11:11am) |
| Director of Disney's "Step Up 2 The Streets". Jon M Chu, believes that Blu-ray offers far more detail and better picture than the original film.€ Chu said that the Blu-ray disc version was "beautiful", adding that the colours "pop" and it's possible to do more in dark scenes. "On the Blu-ray, just consistently you know what you're getting and you can play in those shadows. You can s ... (Read Full Article) |
| Sony's claim for living room supremacy: PS3 video downloads (Ars Technica, 6/26/2008 3:11pm) |
| Sony has confirmed that its long-awaited video service will be launching this summer, with its genesis on the PlayStation 3. With Sony's massive library and the ability to play Blu-ray discs, the PS3's hold on your entertainment center just got a bit stronger.Read More... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Vevo outfits Samsung Smart TVs with native app, HD music videos and more in tow (Engadget, 10/09/2013 4:28pm) |
| Perusing music selections in video form with Vevo is about to get easier for owners of Samsung Smart TVs. The streaming content provider has announced an app that brings HD music videos, live performances and other original programming to those [...] (Read Full Article) |
| NEWS: Blu-ray survey shows discs preferred over downloads (Pocket-lint, 12/01/2008 1:14pm) |
| Physical format still in demand in the face of digital growth Two-thirds of consumers think that Blu-ray offers a better experience than streaming or downloading films, a new survey has revealed.
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Read Blu-ray survey shows discs preferred over downloads on Pocket-lint now]]> ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Rumor: Redbox offers PS4, Xbox One, and Wii U rentals in April (Joystiq, 3/24/2014 2:30pm) |
| For those happy few hanging out in front of a Walgreens who also want to play Super Mario 3D World, but just for a little while, good news: Rumors suggest Redbox will rent Wii U, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One games in April.
NeoGAF user Exile20 [...] (Read Full Article) |
| New ITU standard delivers 10x ADSL speeds (European Communications, 6/01/2005 9:38am) |
| The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has finalized work on new technical specifications that will allow telecoms operators around the world to offer a 'super' triple play of video, Internet and voice services at speeds up to ten times faster than standard ADSL. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Triple Play Innovator ZyXEL Communications Showcases Leading VoIP Products at SUPERCOMM 2005 (PR Web, 6/06/2005 3:50pm) |
| ZyXEL VoIP, ADSL and VDSL solutions ideally suited to address growing demand for value-added services for telco users. [PRWEB Jun 6, 2005] ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | $25 Google Glass hack uses 3D printed webcam mount to let you play Mario with your eyes (Engadget, 11/14/2013 4:31pm) |
| We're not entirely sure Google would give the thumbs up to everything detailed in the below video by University of Maryland PhD student, Brandyn White. But hey, any video about Google Glass that includes the phrase "you can even use a banana" will [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | PSA: World of Tanks out now on Xbox 360 (Joystiq, 2/13/2014 9:00pm) |
| Wargaming's free-to-play tactical multiplayer combat game World of Tanks is now up for grabs for Xbox Live Gold subscribers on the Xbox 360, with a seven-day timed trial available for XBL Silver members.
Previously released for PC platforms, [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | You Can Only Play This Cool Smash Bros. Stage On The 3DS (Kotaku, 3/18/2014 5:00pm) |
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When it comes to the teases Nintendo's been doling out for the upcoming Smash Bros. games, the Wii U's been getting most of the love. There've only been a few scant glimpses of the 3DS [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'The Odd Couple' Blu-ray Announced (High-Def Digest, 3/26/2013 10:00pm) |
| The classic comedy based on the play by Neil Simon will hit Blu-ray in June. In an early announcement to retailers, Warner Brothers is preparing 'The Odd Couple' for Blu-ray on June 4. Neil Simon has [...] (Read Full Article) |
| News PS3 Gives Blu-ray Big Boost Friday's launch puts 400,000 more players in U.S. homes. By Phillip Swann (TVPredictions.com, 11/20/2006 12:47pm) |
| Washington, D.C. (November 20, 2006) -- Blu-ray HDTV DVD players are now in nearly 500,000 U.S. homes. Thanks to Friday's launch of the Play Station 3, of course. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Play Ball: MLB 2K13 Announced for the Xbox 360 and PS3 (High-Def Digest, 1/09/2013 5:30pm) |
| Presumed end of the series not yet to occur. The Take-Two=owned 2K Sports has announced that 'Major League Baseball 2K13' will be released on March 5 for the Xbox 360 and PS3. 2K Sports [...] (Read Full Article) |
| HDTV DVD Dual-Format Player: $749 (TVPredictions.com, 10/22/2007 3:06pm) |
| Amazon.com is now selling a LG HDTV DVD Dual Format Player for $749 -- more than $300 off the suggested list price. The set-top, model BH100, will play both Blu-ray and HD DVD discs at 1080p resolution. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Review: Sony BWU-100A Blu-ray Recordable Drive (ExtremeTech, 12/05/2006 3:28pm) |
| Review: Sony's new BWU-100A Blu-ray drive for the PC can burn DVDs and CDs as well as Blu-ray discs. It even ships with software that allows you to play back Blu-ray movies. At a whopping $750, is the price worth the convenience? ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Panasonic confirms pricing on new Blu-ray player lineup (HD-Report, 4/09/2013 4:58pm) |
| At the same time Panasonic officially announced pricing and availability of their first lineup of streaming media players, the company also released pricing on their 2013 lineup of Blu-ray players. Two of the BD players, [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Revamped Amedia Aims for Access (Light Reading, 9/02/2005 4:13pm) |
| Can a New Jersey-based company with loads of old Lucent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: LU - message board) brass be the next hot access play? Well, that's the idea behind Amedia Networks Inc. (OTC: AANI - message board). ... (Read Full Article) |
| How-to: stream HDTV to your Xbox 360 (pPlayer.com, 12/09/2005 8:09pm) |
| So you've got an HDTV-compatible Windows Media Center and an Xbox 360 living in distant corners of the house, sad as lonely singles in adjacent boarding house rooms. But lo, the twain shall meet, and HD Beat 's Kevin Tofel is happy to demonstrate the happy high-def union for you. Check out the 72 MB Quicktime movie of wireless streaming goodness to your new toy. Read ... (Read Full Article) |
| Sherwood Unveils Streaming A/V Receiver & Blu-ray Player (Big Picture Big Sound, 9/11/2009 8:56am) |
| The company has added four new home theater receivers and a Blu-ray player to its high-end A/V lineup. (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Amazon updates Lovefilm Instant with PS3 HD streaming, improved search (Engadget, 5/01/2013 9:23am) |
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Amazon has started rolling [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Netflix comes to Sony's Bravia TVs; PS3 befuddled (Joystiq, 7/09/2009 9:15pm) |
| Netflix announced today a partnership with Sony to bring its movie streaming service to ... the Bravia brand of TVs?! Starting this fall, owners of internet-enabled Bravia televisions will be able to -- blah, blah, blah. Seriously, the Bravia! Clearly there's something up here and we're thinking it has more than a little something to do with a concept gamers are well versed in: the timed exclusi ... (Read Full Article) |
| A World First at the IFA: Live 3D TV Without Glasses (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance, 9/01/2005 3:04pm) |
| Visitors at this year's IFA in Berlin will for the first time ever be able to experience live content streamed in a glasses-free, three-dimensional television format. Newsight GmbH has together with companies Grundig and 3D Image Processing succeeded in capturing live video and streaming it through an autostereoscopic 3D display system in real time whereas prior 3D content had been limited to ... (Read Full Article) |
| NETGEAR Introduces Digital Entertainer Live, Compact All-in-One Set-top Box for Playing Home Media and Streaming Internet Video on HDTVs (HDTV Magazine, 9/08/2009 5:14pm) |
NETGEAR launched the newest Internet-connected set-top box in its popular "Digital Entertainer" product family. The new Digital Entertainer Live (EVA2000) is an easy-to-use and affordable Internet set-top box that enables viewers to play their digital media collections, YouTube videos and a wide range of other Internet content on big-screen TVs. Rather than having to watch downloaded movies and online videos on small computer screens, families can now enjoy media collections stored on USB storage devices, computers and network storage directly on their HDTVs, from the comfort of their couch.
In addition to personal media collections and YouTube, consumers can now...
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| (Unranked) | Fantasy Zone next up in Sega's 3D Classics series for 3DS (Joystiq, 3/13/2014 7:00am) |
| The next Sega 3D Classic from port studio M2 is 3D Fantasy Zone: Opa-Opa Bros, due out in Japan on March 19. After beating the game, a new mode lets you play as the brother, Upa-Upa, and allows you to buy power-ups during the game.
[Image: [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Iceland Telecom launches IPTV, to upgrade DSL network (Digital Media (Digital Media Europe, 5/12/2005 12:07pm) |
| Alcatel is to upgrade Iceland Telecom\\\'s DSL network with an IP-based broadband access platform, which enables the deployment of 100 per cent triple play services. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | LG BP530 3D Smart Blu-ray Disc Player - Product of the Week (About.com, 7/26/2013 8:00am) |
| If you are looking for a Blu-ray Disc player that offers a lot for not much money, check out the LG BP530.
With a suggested price of $129.99, this player packs it in with 2D and 3D Blu-ray disc playback, as well as being able to play DVDs (with [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Report: CBS testing high-definition video (CNET Blogs, 3/28/2008 2:20am) |
| CBS has begun testing high-definition streaming video.
Buried in the labs section of the network's Web site is a gallery of short HD clips from shows such as Jericho, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and Dexter.
TechCrunch was first to report the story and said the clips are available in ...]]> ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | In A Perfect World, This Is The Only Game I'd Ever Play (Kotaku, 9/10/2013 6:30am) |
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It would be a mobile game. A 2D "port" of the Persona 4 experience. Side-scrolling, but with all the dialogue, characters and battles from the 3D version in place. And that sweet [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Scorpius Forge: Discover, Explore, Experience (Business Wire, 8/12/2012 3:01pm) |
| BLAUSTEIN, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The startup Scorpius Forge in Blaustein near Ulm, Germany, uses apps to combine the fun of play with learning. This company has developed a 3D world specially configured for smartphones and [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Xbox 360 Family Timer to set play time for kids (News Blog, 11/07/2007 5:52pm) |
| Microsoft Corp. on Wed. announced a new family feature for the Xbox 360 video game console called the Xbox 360 Family Timer. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | This Game Brings New Meaning to the Word “Fan Service” (Kotaku, 5/07/2013 9:00am) |
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In the past, the Senran Kagura series of games have been brawlers exclusive to the 3DS. But the newest iteration on the PlayStation Vita makes the game play more like Dissidia: Final Fantasy [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Blu-ray Group Touts Interactivity (allthingsHiDef, 1/08/2008 11:17pm) |
| Sony hosted a press event at its booth today during the Consumer Electronics Show touting new interactive features being incorporated into the Blu-ray Disc format. BD Live features will allow consumers to play games, hear live commentary and even create their own avatars to insert into a film, among other networking activities. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Eagle Broadband to Demo HD MPEG-4 H.264 Set-Top Box (Digital WebCast, 11/09/2005 6:42pm) |
| Eagle Broadband, Inc. announced that the company's MediaPro IP5000 set-top boxes now include an MPEG -4 H.264 option which allows telcos and other DSL-based broadband providers to more efficiently deliver the most advanced IPTV experience to their subscribers, including dual tuning, dual streaming Personal Video Recording (PVR) functionality in standard and high-definition formats. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Eagle Broadband to Demo HD MPEG-4 H.264 Set-Top Box (Broadcast Newsroom, 11/09/2005 6:34pm) |
| Eagle Broadband, Inc. announced that the company's MediaPro IP5000 set-top boxes now include an MPEG -4 H.264 option which allows telcos and other DSL-based broadband providers to more efficiently deliver the most advanced IPTV experience to their subscribers, including dual tuning, dual streaming Personal Video Recording (PVR) functionality in standard and high-definition formats. ... (Read Full Article) |
| High-definition camcorders face limitations (Canada.com, 2/21/2007 9:54pm) |
| Canon's HV20 HD, $1,750, top left, and Sony's SR1-HD consumer high-definition camcorders and the Sony Vaio Digital Studio Notebook Computer, $3,999, can't store or play back the original images as easily as many consumers might think. ... (Read Full Article) |
| New ITU Standard Delivers 10x ADSL Speeds (ITU, 5/27/2005 3:02pm) |
| Geneva, 27 May, 2005 — The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) today finalized work on new technical specifications that will allow telecoms operators around the world to offer a ‘super’ triple play of video, Internet and voice services at speeds up to ten times faster than standard ADSL. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Did You Ever Adjust Your HDTV Settings? [Question Of The Day] (Gizmodo, 8/18/2009 9:00pm) |
| I'm curious to know—when you bought your HDTV, did you just plug and play or did you fine tune the settings?
Do You Ever Adjust Your HDTV Settings?(polls) (Read Full Article) |
| Engadget HD reviews VUDU's high-definition side (Engadget, 2/12/2008 6:00pm) |
| Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment
Yeah, the critics have already had their shot at the VUDU, but now that the latest software update has towed in support for HD streaming, Engadget HD figured it prudent to dedicate a review specifically to the high-definition capabilities of the movie set-top-box. Eager to see if it's worthy of being connected to your HDTV? Come on over, the water's fine. Re ... (Read Full Article) |
| Search Engines Don't Understand You (WebProNews, 10/07/2005 1:58pm) |
| Heh, while I was stuck in traffic on the way home tonight my brother called. We had one of our usual heated conversations -- this time about search engines (he had read my post about PLAYing with search and thought I was nuts for wanting search engines to display stock quotes for terms like PETS, PLAY, etc). ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | PBS brings Masterpiece, Austin City Limits, more to Xbox 360 (Joystiq, 10/23/2013 2:00am) |
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Joining the stable of streaming video options on the Xbox 360 is a new PBS app, which offers on-demand access to full episodes of fan-favorite shows like Nova, the [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Video Demo: Xbox 360 ‘Instant On’ Zune HD Movie Streaming (eHomeUpgrade, 10/21/2009 10:29pm) |
| Attached below is a video by Dan Rayburn at The Business of Online Video demonstrating the Zune add-in currently available through Xbox LIVE Preview. The add-in, as you’ll see, gives you the option to download or stream a movie from the service in SD or HD and has the ability to detect your connection speed [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Universal Announces 'Brokeback Mountain' for Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 1/16/2009 9:00pm) |
| Universal Studios has announced an early-March Blu-ray debut for the Oscar-winning 'Brokeback Mountain.' Originally released on HD DVD in early 2007, Universal will play catch up with the highly-acclaimed... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Qello brings concerts, music films to PS3, soon to PS4 and Vita (Joystiq, 11/27/2013 2:00am) |
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Joining the streaming entertainment options on the PlayStation 3 is Qello, a relatively new service that is best described as "Netflix, [...] (Read Full Article) |
| New Chinese Involvement Could Trigger HD DVD Price Plunge (BetaNews, 9/07/2007 8:32pm) |
| If ever there were a time for either Blu-ray or HD DVD manufacturers to play a trump card, now may be the time, and this could be the one: A consortium of Chinese university engineers and government officials, in cooperation with a Chinese video standards group that includes globally recognized manufacturers, plus the DVD Forum, have come to an agreement on a standard specification for a ... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Microsoft Updates Media Center (TechNewsWorld.com, 10/14/2005 3:02pm) |
| A highlight of yesterday's Media Center update is software to sync the systems to the Xbox 360 consoles going on sale Nov. 22. The systems were designed to work together, so users can play video, music and photo content stored on their PC through a separate TV connected to the Xbox. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Asia Netcom to provide IPv6 at 2005 World Expo (Electronic Engineering Times Asia, 9/19/2005 9:06pm) |
| Asia Netcom, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Chinese incumbent telecommunications service provider, China Netcom, will play a vital part in an experiment to demonstrate the ability of the next-generation Internet to enable high-quality video communications worldwide. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Samsung Redefines the Way Consumers Use HDTVs with the Introduction of Its New Series 6 and 7 LCD HDTV (Business Wire, 1/06/2008 10:00pm) |
| LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Samsung Electronics, the market leader in HDTV design and innovation, is redefining the role HDTVs play in the home with its forward-looking LCD HDTV Series 6 and ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | FutureVideo introduces V-Station HD multitrack DVR (Broadcast Engineering, 12/03/2012 7:52pm) |
| The V-Station HD lets producers simultaneously record, synchronize, play back and edit four camera feeds from a turnkey system.
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| (Unranked) | VIZIO Starts Selling 80-inch 3D Razor LED Smart TV for Under $4K (Big Picture Big Sound, 6/13/2013 7:45pm) |
| The M801d has a 1080p image, VIZIO Internet Apps Plus web streaming, and 3D [...] (Read Full Article) |
| VUDU Meets Blu-ray on LG's BD390 Blu-ray Disc Player (Big Picture Big Sound, 9/09/2009 11:00pm) |
| The streaming service is spreading instant entertainment to another device, via the NetCast Entertainment Access service. (Read Full Article) |
| Sony's Blu-ray player with built-in Wi-Fi, no interesting Internet services available this week (Home Theater, 9/07/2009 11:52pm) |
| If you’re looking for a cheaper alternative to buying an Internet-ready HDTV, and don’t need all of the widgets the sets will be rolling out, a networked Blu-ray player could be a viable option. Most importantly, these units are offering the same Netflix and Amazon On Demand video-streaming services as on the TVs, so you [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Stringer: PS3 is 'out of the woods' (Joystiq, 1/28/2008 8:02am) |
| Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Business
If a PS3 falls in a forest and no one is around to play it, does it still make a sound? It's a vexing philosophical conundrum to be sure, but thankfully one that's easily resolved simply by paying attention to Sir Howard Stringer. Speaking to Reuters, the Sony CEO provided assurances that PlayStation 3 sales are improving, thus surrounding the system wi ... (Read Full Article) |
| Switching, Multiplexing & QoS in Metro Networks: How Do They Affect Services? (Converge! Network Digest, 12/13/2005 2:52am) |
| TI Unveils Blueprint for Next-Gen Residential Gateways Texas Instruments unveiled its UR8 architecture -- its eighth generation of DSL silicon and the foundation for a full family of next residential gateway designed for Triple Play. Key features include an open platform, integrated voice capabilities and advanced multimedia processing over all DSL standards. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Buffalo LinkTheater PC-P3LWG/DVD HD Media Player (I4U, 5/03/2005 8:07am) |
| The Buffalo LinkTheater PC-P3LWG/DVD Wi-Fi enabled DVD and Media Player is apparently one of the bestselling media streaming devices in Japan. It is also available in the USA. The PC-P3LWG/DVD seems to have it all: Integrated Wi-fi (802.11g), HDTV r... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (No Title) (, 11/15/2006 1:15am) |
| Tom Sanders in California, vnunet.com , Wednesday 15 November 2006 at 00:00:00 About 200 PS2 games won't play on next generation gaming console Playstation 3 stumbles over backward compatibility Sony's new Playstation 3 gaming console is having trouble with playing about 200 older game titles that were designed for the PS2, Sony has... > Read the full article ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Hacker Ports Xbox 360 Game to PC, Calls It 'Justice' (Kotaku, 6/05/2013 1:20pm) |
| Some Russian hacker, unilaterally deciding that PC gamers have the inalienable right to play the 2011 Xbox 360 game (Read Full Article) |
| Snell & Wilcox Kahuna Production Switcher Featured at NAB (Broadcast Newsroom, 4/12/2005 8:43pm) |
| The new Snell & Wilcox SD/HD Kahuna production switcher is set to play a leading role at NAB-HD, a fully-functional, multi-vendor NAB2005 demonstration of what local broadcast stations can achieve with digital technology. (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | This Is Not the Lego: The Hobbit Trailer You Were Expecting (Kotaku, 3/06/2014 3:40pm) |
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Go ahead and guess how this trailer for the PS4/PS3/WiiU/XboxOne/Xbox360/PC/Vita/3DS Spring 2014 game is going to play out. You'll probably guess wrong. Well-played Lego marketing people. [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Metalink plans wireless chipset with 240 Mbps throughput (Engadget, 6/29/2005 1:38pm) |
| Chipset developer Metalink has announced what the company says is an 802.11n-compliant chipset that can acheive speeds of 240 Mbps (of course, since 802.11n technically isn’t a standard yet, it’s not really compliant) . Metalink is marketing the chipset to the home-video industry, including makers of HDTV sets and DVRs. With any luck, we’ll see some real streaming video equipment based on ... (Read Full Article) |
| HD DVD / Blu-ray Special Feature: 9. High street retailers (HDTV UK, 1/07/2008 8:00am) |
| Who are they?
In the UK, the high street record and video stores will play a fairly prominent role in deciding how high definition discs fare.
If they follow the lead of many US stores, Blu-ray could do quite well. That is, if they decide to push the HD formats at all. Shelf space is at a premium, and DVDs still account for a huge proportion of the market.
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| InfoValue Joins HTNG in Support of Next Generation Technologies for the Hotel Industry (PR Web, 6/16/2005 7:12am) |
| InfoValue Computing Inc. experts in broadband IP video streaming, today announced it had joined Hotel Next Generation Technology (HTNG) in support of facilitating the development of next-generation, customer-centric technologies to better meet the needs of the global hotel community. [PRWEB Jun 16, 2005] ... (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) |
| Sony CEO expects expansion in PS3 connectivity, PSN (Joystiq, 12/16/2007 4:45pm) |
| Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3Last month, an update to the PS3 firmware allowed the PSP Remote Play function to reach across the boundless expanse that we call "the internet" -- but the PS3's connective capabilities aren't going to stop there, according to a recent statement from Sir Howard Stringer, Sony's CEO and resident knight. During a speech in Tokyo, Sir Stringer announced the company ... (Read Full Article) |
| Toshiba 15LV506 HDTV Review (I4U, 2/12/2009 12:00am) |
| Our review partner Digital Trends published a review of the Toshiba 15LV506 HDTV.
Quote from the review: "Cutting up carrots and slicing potatoes in the kitchen does not have to be dull, mind-numbing work. In fact, these days, you can play Xbox 360... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Philips/Lite-On Blu-ray Drive to Ship for a Dirt-Cheap $186 [Cheap Blu-ray] (Gizmodo, 11/16/2007 7:10pm) |
| If you want to just play back Blu-ray discs on your PC, this Lite-On branded BD-ROM drive from Philips will do the trick at 4x for $186. Let's get this straight: You can't burn Blu-ray discs with... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Ben Stiller to remake boring British series (TV Squad, 6/07/2005 9:05pm) |
| Filed under: TV on the Bigscreen The Persuaders always confused me as a kid. It seemed to have all the elements that I would love in a TV show (two rich guys travel the world, getting into adventures, meeting beautiful women - Roger Moore and Tony Curtis starred), but the show was such a crushing bore. Now Ben Stiller is going to remake the show into a big screen flick. He will play the ... (Read Full Article) |
| High-Definition JVC GR-HD1 HD Camcorder (Luxist, 6/24/2005 5:31pm) |
| See your babies drool in high-definition with the world’s first cosumer HD camcorder, the JVC GR-HD1 . Available for $3,500, this handheld camera lets you record, edit, play, and store home movies directly to the cameras built-in memory card for easy digital editing. Once you have a finished product, you can transfer the movie to a DVD or standard VHS tape. Although you can watch your videos ... (Read Full Article) |
| Cars: Mater-National PS3 Video Game Review (I4U, 11/26/2007 6:48pm) |
| <img src=" - shane" align="right" width="200"><p>Today we are looking at a game for the PS3 console that carries an “E” rating from the ESRB. Titles with an “E” rating are increasingly scarce on the store shelves these days making it hard for parents to find games their kids can play on the PS3.Cars:...</p><div class="feedflare">
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| CES 2008: Sony intros BDU-X10S: sub-$200 Blu-ray ROM PC drive (HDTV UK, 1/07/2008 8:00am) |
| Sony has introduced its first sub-$200 internal BD-ROM drive, aimed at those upgrading an existing desktop PC into one which can play high definition Blu-ray Discs, while still retaining DVD and CD read functionality.
Presumably, most users will want to add the BDU-X10S in a second drive bay, as this is purely a read-only device, so standard DVD and CD burning functions would be lost if replacing ... (Read Full Article) |
| LG gets official with Netflix-enabled Broadband HDTVs (Engadget, 1/05/2009 12:01pm) |
| Yup, it's official. LG will be showcasing the world's first Netflix-enabled HDTVs at CES this week. The so-called Broadband HDTVs will arrive in plasma and LCD flavors, though exact screen sizes and model names have yet to be disclosed. They'll arrive with Netflix streaming software baked right in, meaning that no external set-top-box will be required to suck down Watch Instantly material. Best ... (Read Full Article) |
| First multi-region Blu-ray players appearing (Engadget, 12/31/2007 5:23am) |
| Filed under: HDTV, Home EntertainmentWe're not quite ready to believe these things function as advertised just yet, but it seems that multi-region Blu-ray players are beginning to pop up on a few overseas websites. We're seeing a region hacked Samsung BD-P1400 and Sony BDP-S300 / BDP-S500, each of which are reportedly modified to play nice with BD regions A / B as well as DVD regions 1 / 2. Asid ... (Read Full Article) |
| Ubisoft reps: Haze is staying on PS3 (Joystiq, 3/17/2008 2:15pm) |
| Filed under: PC, Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360, First Person Shooters
Ubisoft reps confirmed at the Play.com Live event to Ripten in a "resolute fashion," and with an "as far as [we] know" to our own man on the scene, that Haze will remain a PS3 exclusive and won't come out for Xbox 360. Publisher Ubisoft and developer Free Radical must have gotten something nice out of the exclusiv ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | World of Tanks Xbox 360 Edition out this summer (Joystiq, 6/10/2013 5:49pm) |
World of Tanks Xbox 360 Edition is coming to the Xbox 360 this summer, Wargaming's Victor Kisly announced at Microsoft's E3 press conference. It will be free-to-play for Gold members.
"We have delivered a global hit on the PC, and are [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Sony Begins Taking Pre-Orders for 4K Ultra HD Media Player (Big Picture Big Sound, 7/02/2013 4:36pm) |
| The FMP-X1 will include 10 Ultra HD movies and access to a 4K streaming service launching this [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Report: GTA5 PSN version stutters compared with PS3 retail copy (Joystiq, 9/19/2013 8:00pm) |
Digital Foundry finds noticeable streaming issues with the PSN digital edition of Grand Theft Auto 5, as [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Inteset Offers Blu-ray on Its Media Server Extender Devices (eHomeUpgrade, 3/12/2008 12:27am) |
| Inteset, LLC is now offering Blu-ray movie playback capabilities on its Vana VA6420-Si Advanced Extender product. The extender unit will play back Blu-ray content at a full 1080p resolution over DVI and HDMI interfaces. The Blu-ray drive will also be available in Inteset’s Vana VA6420-Sx Single Room solution.
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| Nick Jr. Energizes Preschoolers All Summer Long With LazyTown (PR Newswire via Yahoo! (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance, 5/10/2005 4:01pm) |
| Nick Jr. kicks off its summer schedule on Memorial Day , with a six-episode marathon of the groundbreaking comic/action series LazyTown and the debut of \\\"Power Play Summer,\\\" the network\\\'s new summer packaging hosted by LazyTown\\\'s enthusiastic, pink-haired heroine Stephanie . ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Redbox Instant Video Is Coming Soon to the Xbox 360 (Gizmodo, 2/05/2013 7:49pm) |
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| Iomega Unveils ScreenPlay Director HD Media Player (Big Picture Big Sound, 11/27/2009 7:54am) |
| Iomega raises the curtain on its hefty HD streaming media player that lets you bring content from your PC to your [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Haier L47A18 1080p LCD unveiled (Engadget, 5/14/2007 11:44pm) |
| Filed under: Displays, HDTVChinese manufacturer Haier has released the L47A18-AK 47-inch 1080p LCD, with detachable bottom-mounted speakers and a pair of HDMI ins. The set also includes two integrated USB ports, card readers that can play back, among other formats, MP3, JPG, and DiVX, and a printer jack -- for making take-home copies of yesterday's photos with Mom, of course. No word on a release ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Warner Bringing ‘Wizard of Oz,’ ‘House of Wax’ to 3D Blu-ray (Home Media Magazine, 6/05/2013 12:00am) |
| Warner Home Video will mark the upcoming 75th anniversary of 1939’s The Wizard of Oz this fall with a re-release of the classic film in 3D.
The film will play in 3D on Imax screens for one week beginning Sept. 20, followed Oct. 1 by [...] (Read Full Article) |
| LG Electronics plans to release high-def players that play both HD formats (Digg.com, 3/15/2006 9:06pm) |
| A spokesperson for LG Electronics in North America confirmed to Reuters today that his company had sent a memo to its retailers, urging them to prepare for the release this fall of a high-definition video disc player capable of playing both HD DVD and Blu-ray formats. LG sells components in the US and Canada, including under the Zenith brand. ... (Read Full Article) |
| New router meets need for speed (The Cincinnati Enquirer, 5/20/2006 9:36am) |
| Belkin's new N1 Wireless Router, with speeds up to 300 Mbps, the allows family members to stream high-definition video, listen to digital music, play online games, transfer images, surf the Web and receive Internet phone calls at the same time. Designed to work with the proposed 802.11n standard, the router's display shows the status of the network. It costs $150. There's also a notebook card f ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Epix app hits PS3 in Q1, PS Vita in the spring (Joystiq, 1/04/2013 7:30am) |
| Epix subscribers will be able to access the streaming service on PS3 sometime before the end [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Xbox 360 Netflix service adds some Sony films (AfterDawn, 11/28/2008 7:32pm) |
| Last week we reported that Netflix had failed to get a licensing deal completed in time with Sony Pictures and therefore a number of Sony films were showing up as "not available on Xbox" when users tried to access them through their Xbox 360 Netflix streaming service.
It appears the licensing issues have been solved for the most part however, as most of the films are back and available for ... (Read Full Article) |
| 'American Idols Live!' Extends Tour for Katrina Victims (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance, 9/06/2005 7:51pm) |
| 19 Entertainment President Simon Fuller and AEG announced that the American Idols Live! tour will play an additional night in Syracuse, NY on Sunday, September 11 to aid victims of Hurricane Katrina. ... (Read Full Article) |
| BSkyB Purchases Harris Automation System for New HD Services (PR Newswire via Yahoo! (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance, 5/04/2005 2:14pm) |
| Harris Corporation today announced that British Sky Broadcasting has purchased the Harris D-Series Ingest and Play-to-Air Automation System for its forthcoming High-Definition Television services, with Harris also providing full turnkey systems integration for the new HD playout platform. ... (Read Full Article) |
| State of the art: Blu-ray on the Mac (Computerworld, 9/23/2009 3:54pm) |
| It may have beaten out HD-DVD in the bloody battle to be the high definition optical drive standard, but in the roughly year and a half since the format wars ended, Blu-ray DVD has yet to gain any real traction in the desktop computer realm. Indeed, Apple has done its best to downplay the relevance of any kind of optical drive in this new world of streaming media--the MacBook Air ships without an internal optical drive, its DVD Studio Pro application has been almost totally ignored in the last two Final Cut Studio releases, and the company provides no way of playing movies released on Blu-ray on Macs running OS X. (Read Full Article) |
| Assuring VoIP Quality for Triple Play: It’s a Whole New Ballgame (Converge! Network Digest, 5/31/2005 7:04am) |
| Alcatel introduced a GPON solution for its ISAM access family, offering full compliance to the new ITU standard (G.984.x) with 2.4 Gbps of downstream bandwidth and of 1.2 Gbps upstream bandwidth. In comparison, BPON supports 622 Mbps of downstream bandwidth and 155 Mbps upstream. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Super Mario 3D World, Hands-On (Kotaku, 6/11/2013 8:03pm) |
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In the video above, watch Jason Schreier, Kirk Hamilton and Giant Bomb's Patrick Klepek play five minutes of Nintendo's Super Mario 3D World at E3.
Patrick is clearly jazzed about [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Video of the Day: How to make a PS3 controller phone mount (DVICE, 7/31/2012 3:00pm) |
| Reddit user Y_U_NO_Kill has found a great way to play your PS3 away from home. Watch his video below to learn more. [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Dual Shock Controllers on Xbox 360: XCM Cross Fire Adapter (Product Reviews Net, 3/16/2009 6:20pm) |
| Have you ever wanted to play your Xbox 360 using a PS3 Dual Shock pad? Well now you can thanks to this handy XCM Cross Fire Adaptor Converter.
As reported from Gizmodo, you even get a little bonus feature and the adaptor will allow you to assign custom turbo settings for every button on [...] ... (Read Full Article) |
| Apple makes Blu-Ray iPod movie play (Macworld UK, 4/27/2006 10:46am) |
| Apple is asking movie studios to include iPod-ready versions of their films on future Blu-Ray disc releases. CNN claims Apple - who signed up to support the Blu-Ray standard in March 2005 - is using its membership of the standards-setting body and its CEO Steve Jobs' Hollywood clout to convince studios to make such a move. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Sky HD Services to benefit from tapeless ingest and playout (Digital (Digital Broadcasting.com, 5/13/2005 2:04pm) |
| Basingstoke, UK — Harris Corporation today announced that British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB) has purchased the Harris D-Series Ingest and Play-to-Air Automation System for its forthcoming High-Definition Television (HDTV) services, with Harris also providing full turnkey systems integration for the new HD playout platform. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Buffalo PC-P3LWG/DVD HD streamer/DVD player reviewed (Engadget, 5/03/2005 12:35pm) |
| If you’re looking for a box that will play just about any media file that you throw at it and stream high-definition media from your PC to the TV, you could do worse than the Buffalo PC-P3LWG/DVD . At least that’s the conclusion of Tom’s Networking’s review of the DVD player/media streamer. Of course, it’s far from perfect; it can’t upscale DVDs to HD, there’s no HDMI output and its ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | The Fix For Disney Infinity PlayStation 3 Problems Is In (Kotaku, 8/21/2013 3:34am) |
| After two days of PlayStation 3 players being unable to play Disney Infinity properly without the [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Bubsy 3D tribute is this week's best weird 15 minutes (Joystiq, 11/13/2013 6:30pm) |
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The abstract, retro-inspired minds of Arcane Kids crafted a suitably bizarre, beautifully bad tribute to Bubsy 3D this week, and you can play it [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Hancock streaming home to BRAVIA HDTVs ahead of Blu-ray release for $9.99 (Engadget, 10/14/2008 3:24pm) |
| Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment
Tired of watching Amazon Video on Demand, Dailymotion and YouTube videos on your BRAVIA Internet Video Link? Coming through on its promise to send Hancock to Sony HDTV owners first, Sony Pictures is offering the flick (in 720p or 480p, depending on bandwidth) for $9.99 starting October 28 through November 10, and even throwing in a free Blu-ray copy after it' ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | HDTV Deal: Low Prices/Free Shipping on Select Panasonic Plasma and LED TVs (Big Picture Big Sound, 8/28/2012 6:51am) |
| Amazon is slashing prices on 15 different HDTVs, with features that include 3D support, streaming media, and [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Sony to Release Internet Ready Television (WebProNews, 1/08/2007 2:30pm) |
| Sony has unveiled a new TV feature called "Bravia Internet Video Link" that will allow most of its new televisions to access free Internet video content. Online content, including high-definition feeds, will be available from providers such as AOL, Yahoo, Grouper, Sony Pictures Entertainment and Sony BMG Music. Sony's new televisions will feature the ability to receive streaming broadband vide ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Nvidia Grid pushes gaming to the cloud (CNET Blogs, 1/07/2013 4:55am) |
| An integrated cloud computing device launches at CES 2013 makes it possible to play 3D games in the cloud. [Read more] (Read Full Article) |
| John Travolta is...J.R. Ewing? (TV Squad, 7/21/2005 7:35pm) |
| Filed under: Talent , TV on the Bigscreen Peter over at Cinematical has the story about the rumor going around that John Travolta will play the role made famous by Larry Hagman, J.R. Ewing, in a big screen version of Dallas . Eh. Sounds like a terrible decision to me. I won't buy Travolta as a cowboy, even a city-fied cowboy. Let's hope that this whole rumor is a dream, and we'll all ... (Read Full Article) |
| Asia Netcom to Provide IPv6 Tokyo-Beijing Connection for Internet Collaboration Demonstration at the 2005 World Expo (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance, 9/16/2005 6:10am) |
| Asia Netcom, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Chinese incumbent telecommunications service provider, China Netcom , will play a vital part in an experiment to demonstrate the ability of the next-generation Internet to enable high-quality video communications worldwide. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Sony offering free PlayStation 3 with HDTV purchase (Engadget, 12/29/2007 2:28am) |
| Filed under: Gaming, HDTV
That's right, babies. We've seen Sony play this hand in other parts of our great big world, and now the S-gang is bringing this sweet bacon on home... er, to the States. According to a promotion we've caught wind of, if you get yourself approved for the Sony Visa, then promptly purchase a Sony HDTV at the Sony Rewards store (out of a pool of models from the BRAVIA and ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Gaikai site updated with images from Uncharted, LittleBigPlanet, other big PS3 games (Joystiq, 10/11/2012 3:45pm) |
| Gaikai's website has been updated with hints of big PS3 games on the streaming service. The background of gaikai.com now features stills [...] (Read Full Article) |
| New Sony Blu-ray Player Integrates Streaming Internet Video for Ultimate Home Entertainment Experience (HDTV Magazine, 9/10/2009 5:14am) |
Offering the best of full HD 1080p and streaming Internet video, Sony today introduced the BDP-N460 networked Blu-ray Disc(TM) player.
Beside playing Blu-ray Discs and DVDs, the device instantly streams one of the largest collections of premium and free on-demand entertainment from the BRAVIA(TM) Internet Video platform including thousands of movies, TV programs, and music from...
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| VIZIO Steps Up Their Game with High Performance LCD and Plasma HDTVs (Big Picture Big Sound, 7/22/2008 11:43pm) |
| The upstart california flat panel maker, known for their affordable high value HDTVs, is making a play for the higher end market with their new XVT line of high performance plasma and LCD flat panel televisions.
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| EWAN Global IPTV Subscribers Soon to be Able to Buy Digital Media Center Set-Top Box Direct From Company and Install on (PrimeZone via Yahoo! Finance, 4/05/2006 1:30pm) |
| EWAN 1, Inc. announces publication of its new website, www.eWAN1.com, confirming the launch of their Global Internet television service at the IPTV show, "IPTV & Beyond," April 19, 2006, at the Marriott Del Mar, San Diego, CA, and detailing the advantages of its proprietary and exclusive DMC Triple Play set-top box, which offers high definition quality TV reception on an ordinary TV set. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | I Can't Play the New Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Until You Pick My Pocket Monster Persona (Kotaku, 4/03/2013 6:00pm) |
| I love roguelikes. I love Pokemon. I should have been playing Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity on my 3DS a week ago, but here I am, staring at the character select screen. Which damn [...] (Read Full Article) |
| LG BH100 Wins CNET's Best in Show 2007 (I4U, 1/11/2007 4:15pm) |
| The LG BH100 HD DVD and Blu-ray multi format player wins the CNET Best in Show award at the CES 2007.
I totally agree with this choice. No other company was able to announce a player that can play Blu-ray and HD DVD discs. This player solves the nex... ... (Read Full Article) |
| RCN Signs Deal With Showtime Networks for Premium Television Services; RCN Continues to Offer Showtime, The Movie (RedNova, 8/12/2005 10:01pm) |
| RCN Corporation (NASDAQ: RCNI), a leading provider of triple play cable, high-speed internet and phone services, today announced the execution of an affiliation agreement with Showtime Networks Inc. for its premium television services. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Life and world of politics turning ever more visual (The Maui News, 4/04/2006 9:50pm) |
| Change surrounds us. We watch music on iPods. Our newspapers flash with color. Kids play video games. Cars talk, bark and beep. Icons and voice instructions guide our eyes and hands on computers. DVDs tell us how to golf, pitch, bat and dance. Digital signs rule the highways and the world beats a path to our doorstep via high-speed Internet and HDTV. ... (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) |
| (Unranked) | Super Smash Bros. trophies will differ between 3DS, Wii U versions (Joystiq, 1/07/2014 1:30am) |
| Super Smash Bros. series director Masahiro Sakurai announced via Miiverse that the upcoming Nintendo 3DS and Wii U versions of Super Smash Bros. will each feature unique unlockable trophies, giving players an incentive to play the game both at home [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Denon DVD-A1UD high-end universal Blu-ray player (Tech Digest, 12/05/2008 5:32pm) |
| Okay, I'll have to admit I asked for this a bit. In my last post about Denon Blu-ray players I demanded to know what Denon would describe as 'high-end', after their 'entry-level' player cost £600. Well, this is it. It's the catchily-named DVD-A1UD, and it'll play back Blu-ray discs, Super Audio CD (SACD), DVD-Audio, DVD-Video and plain old CDs. The DVD-A1UD is the replacement for the Denon ... (Read Full Article) |
| Motorized Projection Screen installs in minutes. (ThomasNet, 4/21/2005 2:01pm) |
| Available in NTSC, HDTV, and widescreen formats with various viewing surfaces, Salara features extruded elliptical case and unobtrusive, motorized screen. Plug-and-play functionality facilitates installation, requiring user to hang screen and plug it in to standard ac outlet via included 10 ft power cord. Screen can be controlled by wireless wall switch or remote control. (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | World of Tanks to blast Xbox 360 on February 12 (Joystiq, 2/04/2014 3:40pm) |
| The Xbox 360 version of World of Tanks will launch February 12, Wargaming announced. The game will retain its free-to-play-with-premium-purchases structure, but will require an Xbox Live Gold membership. Those with a free Xbox Live account will [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Watch Someone Try to Play Pokémon Gold/Silver on the Oculus Rift (Kotaku, 2/25/2014 4:00pm) |
| Remember Pokémon 3D—the first-person perspective Pokémon Gold/Silver? Well, it's been made [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Panasonic to Launch the World's First Blu-ray Disc Recorders Capable of Playing Back BD-Video Discs (Japan Corporate News, 9/20/2006 4:57am) |
| Osaka, Japan, Sept 20, 2006 - (JCN Newswire) - Panasonic, the leading brand for which Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. is known, unveiled the world's first Blu-ray Disc (BD) recorders that can play back BD-Video discs. ... (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) |
| Akamai Unveils the Akamai HD Network (HDTV Magazine, 9/30/2009 4:12am) |
Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM), the leader in powering video, dynamic transactions and enterprise applications online, today announced the Akamai HD Network, its next generation video delivery offering and the first platform to deliver HD video online to viewers using Adobe Flash technology, Microsoft Silverlight, and to the iPhone, at broadcast-level audience scale. The Akamai HD Network is the only solution that supports live and on-demand HD streaming with a highly-personalized and interactive online experience that matches and complements HD television.
As a first-of-its-kind streaming platform, the Akamai HD Network is designed...
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| (Unranked) | Black Friday Deals: VIZIO 58-inch XVT3D580CM 3D CinemaWide HDTV: $999.99 shipped (Big Picture Big Sound, 11/23/2012 7:06pm) |
| TigerDirect is slashing 60 percent off this HDTV, which includes the ultrawide 21:9 aspect ratio, 3D, web streaming, [...] (Read Full Article) |
| PQI mPack 600, HDTV portable media player (Engadget, 10/21/2005 8:15pm) |
| Power Quotient International is a Taiwanese firm who will be releasing the “mPack P600†on November 12th in Japan. We’ve addressed the mPack 600 in the past — it’s a portable media player that features and integrated 20GB hard drive and 1.8-inch LCD. It can play MP3, WMA, AC3, M4A, WAV, and Ogg Vorbis audio files, and MPEG-1/2/4, DivX, XviD, and AVI video files. So why bring it up agai ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | How the PS3-PS4 upgrade program works for retail, digital games (Joystiq, 9/20/2013 12:30am) |
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To play the digital PS4 version of an eligible, retail PS3 game, players must redeem a code on the PlayStation Store and then insert the [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Buy a 3DS XL and Luigi's Mansion or Pokemon Mystery Dungeon, get a free game (Joystiq, 2/14/2013 4:15pm) |
| If you were thinking of buying a 3DS XL to play either Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon or Pokemon Mystery Dungeon, Nintendo is offering you a [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD comes to PSN August 28, PC afterward (Joystiq, 8/13/2012 10:30pm) |
| Tired of replaying old Tony Hawk PlayStation games on your PS3? You'll be able to play a kinda new version soon. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Daewoo Electronics and Metalink Collaborate to Provide Wireless High-Definition Video Streaming (SYS-CON Media, 8/07/2006 4:21pm) |
| Metalink Ltd. , a provider of high-performance wireless and wireline broadband communication silicon solutions, today announced that it is collaborating with Daewoo Electronics to incorporate Metalink's WLANPlus chipset into Daewoo's next-generation set-top box (STB). The new set-top box, which delivers wireless multiple high-definition video streams based on Metalink's 802.11n-draft compliant ... (Read Full Article) |
| Video/Data Wall Processor is designed for 24/7 operation. (ThomasNet, 5/05/2005 1:35pm) |
| Suited for mission critical operations, MediaWall(TM) 2000 accepts up to 6 graphic and 6 video inputs and displays them simultaneously on up to 4 screens. It supports inputs up to 1920 x 1200 and HDTV with full resolution and real-time performance without dropped frames. Packaged in 2U steel rack enclosure, plug-and-play unit features secure, embedded OS; network-independent operation; and ... (Read Full Article) |
| Dovetail and RIOTTT Take Indie Music Festival Online (Elite TV, 3/01/2007 7:35pm) |
| This week Dovetail (www.dovetail.tv ), the online destination for independent programming distributed in high-quality HD/DVD formats, announced its partnership with indie music and culture site RIOTTT (www.riottt.com ), making performances from its "Captured: Online Music Festival" available for streaming views on RIOTTT and high-definition downloads on Dovetail. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Telecom Carriers Need to Offer `Triple-Play' to Quell Challenge From Multiple Service Operators (RedNova, 5/10/2005 2:11pm) |
| Carriers in the North American telecommunication service markets have been revising their strategies to hold off competition from multiple service operators (MSOs) that offer exclusive telecom voice services such as voice over Internet protocol (VoIP). ... (Read Full Article) |
| Syntaxs Olevia LCD TV Selected to Display Interactive Content on New Carls Jr. & Hardees Websites (PR (PR Web, 5/19/2005 7:13am) |
| CKE Restaurants has selected Syntaxs 42-inch Olevia LCD HDTV to display dynamic interactive content on their newly launched carlsjr.com and hardees.com websites. Streaming across the virtual Olevia LCD HDTV is the new too hot for TV extended version of Paris Hiltons Carls Jr. commercial. [PRWEB May 19, 2005] ... (Read Full Article) |
| Telecom Carriers Need to Offer `Triple-Play' to Quell Challenge from Multiple Service Operators (Business Wire via Yahoo! (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 5/10/2005 11:50am) |
| Carriers in the North American telecommunication service markets have been revising their strategies to hold off competition from multiple service operators that offer exclusive telecom voice services such as voice over Internet protocol . ... (Read Full Article) |
| Industria Concludes EUR 50 Million Contract with Magnet Networks for Launch of Ireland's First ADSL2+ Network (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 11/22/2005 12:26pm) |
| DUBLIN, Ireland----Nov. 22, 2005--In a deal worth more than EUR 50 million, broadband solutions provider and systems integrator Industria has been selected to roll out Ireland's first ADSL2+ network for triple-play digital service operator Magnet Networks. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Triple Play Innovator ZyXEL Communications Showcases Leading VoIP Products at SUPERCOMM 2005 (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 6/06/2005 1:01pm) |
| ZyXEL Communications, a leading provider of secure broadband networking and Internet connectivity and routing products, will demonstrate its comprehensive line of high-speed, secure products this week at the SUPERCOMM 2005 trade show. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Microsoft Releases WinXP Media Center Update for Xbox 360 (Gamasutra, 10/14/2005 11:00pm) |
| Microsoft's Media Center edition of Windows XP, available as its own software or bundled with Media Center-branded PCs, has long been compatible with the Xbox through the Xbox Media Center Extender peripheral, and a new software update for Media Center XP has enabled the Xbox 360 to become even more so, allowing extensive media streaming transfer from PC to Microsoft's next-gen console. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | A Darker Look At The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds (Kotaku, 8/07/2013 2:47pm) |
| The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds is set in the same world as its predecessor, A Link to the Past, but it's way in the future, and the Link you'll play on the 3DS this October is [...] (Read Full Article) |
| KVM Switch enables sharing of music and video files. (ThomasNet, 4/04/2006 1:29pm) |
| Model GCS634U 4-port MiniView USB Keyboard, Video, Mouse Switch can support 4 computers and connects to High Definition Television with Video Graphics Array input. It comes equipped with 2 built-in cables for Plug-n-Play use, and 2 additional ports and detachable cables. Device incorporates USB Sniffing Technology that allows multiple computers to be booted simultaneously, and VSE Technology that ... (Read Full Article) |
| HDTV2DVD build 0.4 has been released - back up that HD-TV content! (Addict 3D, 11/05/2005 12:50pm) |
| The creators of SVCD2VCD have released a new version of HDTV2DVD. This is a new freeware tool to simply convert your HDTV material to DVD. HDTV captures are MPEG-2 Transport Streams at either 1280 x 720p or 1920 x 1080i resolution yet DVD is typically MPEG-2 Program Streams at 720 x 480 (for NTSC). This means that to play HD material on a "normal" DVD player you have to convert the source. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Largest In-Service FTTP Network in the U.S. Connects 10,000th Customer Site (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 10/03/2005 1:00pm) |
| Wave7 Optics Inc., a leading supplier of fiber-to-the-home and -premises broadband network equipment for residential and business services, and Jackson Energy Authority of Jackson, Tennessee today announced the 10,000th connection in JEA's rapidly growing FTTP network, which provides triple-play services under the "EPlus Broadband" brand name. ... (Read Full Article) |
| 100GB 1920p-capable high definition discs on their way (HDTV UK, 1/16/2009 2:55pm) |
| It's enough to make you cry. If physical disc formats really do have some shelf life, then Royal Digital Media's new optical disc format may have some worth, but if it's at the expense of Blu-ray, it's going to play havoc with the consumer. Technical part first: Royal Digital Media has developed a 100GB-capacity disc which can handle four hours' worth of 1920p HD video -- "the next generatio ... (Read Full Article) |
| Ruckus Wireless to Conduct One of the First Public Demonstrations of Digital TV, IPTV and HDTV Over Standard Wi-Fi at (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance, 12/21/2005 2:00pm) |
| As consumer electronics and computer networks collide, Ruckus Wireless, an innovator in next-generation smart Wi-Fi technology, today announced plans to conduct one of the first public demonstrations of streaming high definition, digital TV and multicast IPTV over standard Wi-Fi technology at the upcoming Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada from January 5-8, 2006. ... (Read Full Article) |
| President of C-COR's Solutions Group to Speak on SuperComm Panel Addressing Status and Future Direction of Cable (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 6/06/2005 12:11pm) |
| Michael J. Pohl, President of C-COR Solutions, has been invited to speak at SuperComm as part of a panel on "Cable: The Triple Play Pacesetter." The panel session, chaired by Michael Schwartz, Senior Vice President of CableLabs, is scheduled on June 9, 2005, from 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM CT. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Sony's latest VAIO notebook is world's lightest with Blu-ray (HDTV UK, 9/24/2008 1:07pm) |
| Sony has unveiled its VAIO TT notebook, claiming that it's the world's lightest notebook PC to contain a Blu-ray drive. Constructed with a carbon-fibre chassis, it weighs just 2.87lbs and is under an inch thick. That doesn't mean it skimps on features, though, with the Blu-ray drive happy to play back full 1080p high definition content on the 11.1-inch 16:9 widescreen LCD with XBRITE-DuraView t ... (Read Full Article) |
| VIZIO Assaults High End with New 1080p Plasma and LCD HDTV Models (Big Picture Big Sound, 1/22/2008 11:00am) |
| Upstart HDTV vendor VIZIO is known by many as the affordable choice in LCD and plasma flat panel televisions. Now they're making a play for the high-end display market with a new 50-inch Full HD 1080p plasma HDTV that features Silicon Optix Reon HQV video processing. But even packed with features and performance, the price is still on the low end for a 50-inch set. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Voom HD Networks Targets Growing Gaming Audience With New 'Game Play HD' Hi Def Channel (Elite TV, 3/21/2006 8:28pm) |
| VOOM HD Networks, provider of the largest and most diverse suite of high-definition channels nationwide, partners up with leading game industry companies to offer fresh and exclusive content on Gameplay HD, the first high-definition channel dedicated solely to the fast-growing world of video gaming. ... (Read Full Article) |
| LG Electronics launches high definition DVD (The Hindu, 5/08/2007 7:38pm) |
| BANGALORE: LG Electronics India launched its latest DVD, super multi blue player, a dual format high definition disc player. This DVD can play the next generation disc formats too. "We have developed the super multi blue player to end the ... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | AT&T ditches U-verse on Xbox 360 on December 31 (Joystiq, 11/27/2013 1:30am) |
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| TV News: Alba Gets 'HDTV Honey' Honor, Bonaduce Attempts Suicide on Reality TV Show, and More (Hollywood.com, 10/07/2005 9:33pm) |
| Alba Gets 'HDTV Honey' Honor, Beating 'Horrible' Hatcher Bonaduce Attempts Suicide on Reality TV Show Split Murray and Bush to Play Lovers Alexis Arquette to Televise Sex Change Decision ... (Read Full Article) |
| INTERNET TELEPHONY(R) Magazine's 2005 'Product of the Year' Award Goes to Texas Instruments Digital Media Processor (SYS-CON Media) (Yahoo! News (Error), 2/25/2006 9:09pm) |
| allowing customers to integrate triple-play products on a single DSP, deploy innovative, digital media based products that offer real-time video over IP, as well as having the performance to handle both standard definition and high definition (HD) support. In essence, the DM642 provides the foundation required to bring HD video and audio to the videoconferencing market and allows original ... (Read Full Article) |
| 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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| Armstrong Deploys Terayon DM 6400 Network CherryPicker for All-Digital Network Transition (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance, 7/19/2005 12:00pm) |
| Terayon Communication Systems, Inc. , a leading provider of digital networking applications and home access solutions, today announced that Armstrong has deployed the Terayon DM 6400 Network CherryPicker platform to play a key role in Armstrong's evolution to an all-digital network for the delivery of advanced broadband video, data and voice services to its subscribers. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Video: Hands-on with Panasonic's Viera CAST network HDTVs (Engadget, 1/07/2008 8:25pm) |
| Filed under: CES, HDTVPanasonic's new Viera CAST HDTVs are just an Ethernet cable away from displaying YouTube and all your Picasa photos, and Mahalo Daily's Veronica Belmont got a chance to play with one on the CES show floor -- check out the video after the break!Continue reading Video: Hands-on with Panasonic's Viera CAST network HDTVs Permalink | Email this | Comments]]> ... (Read Full Article) |
| Riverstone Networks Showcases Convergence at the Network Edge at Supercomm 2005 (RedNova, 6/06/2005 4:00pm) |
| MEF Interoperability Event, Cooperative Triple Play and IPTV Demos Underscore MPLS-Based Ethernet as Infrastructure for Converged Residential and Business Services Riverstone Networks (Pink Sheets:RSTN), a pioneer in carrier Ethernet solutions, will be showcasing multi-vendor interoperability, reliability, scalability and quality of service (QoS) attributes of its MPLS-based Ethernet Edge Routers ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Crytek's Warface coming to Xbox 360 in 2014 (Joystiq, 8/28/2013 10:00pm) |
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| Imagine Communications To Showcase HD Adaptive Streaming and Scalable Video Solutions During SCTE Cable–Tec Expo 2009 (Business Wire, 10/26/2009 4:00pm) |
| SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Imagine Communications, a leading innovator in advanced digital video solutions, today announced it will demonstrate the Imagine ICE® Video Platform suite of solutions for HD on-demand over IP networks and Internet Video at SCTE Cable-TEC Expo in booth # 4108. Additionally, Imagine CEO Jamie Howard is a participating speaker at the annual NAMIC Conference, Wednesday, October 28th. The panel, titled, “My Content Anywhere,” will be held at the Grand Hya (Read Full Article) |
| SANYO Unveils World’s First Lineup of Full HD / Full Frame Rate CCTV Cameras (Business Wire, 9/21/2009 9:00pm) |
| ANAHEIM, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SANYO North America Corporation (SANYO) today announces its 2009 line-up of nine new HD surveillance cameras that offer up to 4MP MJPEG and Full High Definition (HD) video for critical security monitoring. The world’s first complete lineup of Full HD 1080p and full frame rate compatible network cameras with multi-streaming H.264 and MJPEG codecs includes four different form factors: Box, Dome, Zoom, and PTZ. These state-of-the-art security cameras will be (Read Full Article) |
| Samsung Instinct HD Review (I4U, 10/06/2009 6:00pm) |
| The Samsung Instinct HD launched two weeks ago on Sprint. Our review partner Digital Trends tested the Instinct HD and published this review: "In the last couple of weeks, Sprint announced that it would start selling the HTC Hero Android phone on Octo...
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| HDI concocts 100-inch laser-based 3D HDTV, calls rivaling technology child's play (Engadget, 9/17/2009 1:48pm) |
Look, we've seen an awful lot of HDTVs in our day -- one lap around the average CEDIA show floor makes your local Best Buy look awfully small -- and to this day we've yet to put our peepers on a more stunning set than Mitsubishi's LaserVue HDTV. Sure, it's fat, ugly and expensive, but the image is otherworldly. Before Mitsu can even take the logical next step, a California startup has arisen to introduce what it calls the world's first laser-based 3D HDTV. We're talking 1080p 3D like you've never seen before, with CTO Edmund Sandberg noting that this production is smoother than RealD, Dolby, film and pretty much every other 3D solution. The secret here is in the speed; this set is so fast that the image "no longer needs to flash from one eye to the other," and no flashing should equate to no headaches. Too bad there's no planned release date, but we're still cautiously optimistic for a sneak peek (in addition to the video past the break) at CES 2010.
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| Sharp announces new Blu-ray player and iPod docks (The Toybox, 9/10/2009 6:24pm) |
Sharp announced two new items today at the CEDIA show. The first is a new Blu-ray player, the BD-HP52U, which will be able to connect to the Web. Sharp also is planning on partnering with a service provider to offer streaming video content. The service provider is still unnamed, but we’re supposed to hear something [...]
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| Verizon Expands Free HDTV Offer for FiOS (MultiChannel News) (Technorati, 11/20/2007 8:32pm) |
| Verizon Expands Free HDTV Offer for FiOS (MultiChannel News) by Lcd hdtv Verizon is expanding its offer of a free Sharp Aquos 19-inch LCD HDTV to new FiOS triple-play subscribers in at least five more states, after kicking off the signup incentive program last month in the New York metro area. HDTV: More 'Black Friday' Deals From Best Buy The retailer will offer discounts on several high-def ... (Read Full Article) |
| Triple Play Innovator ZyXEL Communications Showcases Leading VoIP Products at SUPERCOMM 2005 (PR Web via Yahoo! News, 6/06/2005 4:13pm) |
| Chicago, IL (PRWEB) June 6, 2005 -- ZyXEL Communications, a leading provider of secure broadband networking and Internet connectivity and routing products, will demonstrate its comprehensive line of high-speed, secure products this week at the SUPERCOMM 2005 trade show. ZyXEL's award-winning suite of VoIP, ADSL and VDSL solutions deliver quality voice, video and data integration to address the ... (Read Full Article) |
| 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?
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| VUDU comes to LG broadband HDTVs (AfterDawn, 9/02/2009 2:23pm) |
Owners of LG HDTVs with NetCast Entertainment Access now have access to another source of online video. LG announced an automatic update which adds the Vudu video rental (and purchase) service to LCD models .42LH50, 47LH50 and 55LH50 and plasma models 50PS80 and 60PS80.
If you have one of these TVs (and it is connected to the internet) you should see a VUDU option in the Netcast Interface. LG broadband HDTVs were announced at this year's CES and began selling in June with support for Netflix's Watch Instantly streaming video service already available.
Unlike Netflix, which packages streaming video with online DVD rentals, VUDU uses a pay as you go model. They also give you access to more new movies on the same day they are released on DVD and give you the option to purchase them.Permalink | Comments
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| 2 new Best Buy Insignia Blu-ray players get Netflix streaming (Consumer Reports, 10/22/2009 6:59pm) |
| The ability to stream instant movies from a Blu-ray player, once relegated to higher-end models, is moving to the masses with two new Insignia-brand Netflix enabled Blu-ray players from Best Buy. The two models with Netflix access are the Insignia NS-WBRDVD player, sale priced at $200, and the $180 NS-BRDVD3. Both are currently available at stores and on BestBuy.com. The key differentiating feature is that the higher-priced model has built-in Wi-Fi, so you can wirelessly access a home network to connect to the Internet. In addition, the step-up model can decode both Dolby TrueHD [PDF] and DTS-HD Master Audio internally; the entry-level model only decodes Dolby TrueHD internally, though each can output both formats as bitstream if you have an A/V receiver that can decode them. —James K. Willcox (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Retro City Rampage's life of crime starts Oct. 9 on PS3, Vita, and PC (Joystiq, 10/05/2012 4:35am) |
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| (Unranked) | Super Mario 3D World review: Just Peachy (Joystiq, 11/19/2013 6:00pm) |
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| Zune HD specs fill in the blanks on video format support, battery life and more (Engadget, 8/13/2009 8:28pm) |
Now that everything Zune HD is official and available for pre-order, Microsoft has seen fit to loose official specs, putting to rest -- at least until we can do a full hands on -- questions about what to expect from the OLED touchscreen packing device. From dimensions (52.7 mm x 102.1 mm x 8.9 mm, 2.6 oz) to battery life (24 hours for music with wireless off, up to 4 hours of video) and charge time (3 hours, 2 hours to 90%.) While the offical site (incorrectly) currently lists max video res at barely-better-than-DVD 720 x 480, we contacted Microsoft and received the official specs on video support, and if for some reason you needed to hear it again: the Tegra chip is a beast. Ready for HDTV playback when it's plugged into the AV dock, the Zune software supports up to 1280 x 720, 30 frames per second at a max 14 Mbps bitrate for WMV HD and h.264 sources. Confirmed still a bummer? No wireless video streaming from the Zune Video Marketplace, though the specs do indicate that purchases and rentals will work across all three screens, PC, Zune and Xbox 360. Check the corrected specs after the break, now all that's left is getting some alone time with one.Continue reading Zune HD specs fill in the blanks on video format support, battery life and moreFiled under: Handhelds, HDTV, Home EntertainmentZune HD specs fill in the blanks on video format support, battery life and more originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 13 Aug 2009 15:28:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments (Read Full Article) |
| 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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| Sky News to go high definition in Spring 2010 (HDTV UK, 9/26/2009 7:58am) |
| Sky has announced that its award-winning news service, Sky News, will begin broadcasting in high definition early next year. Sky News HD is scheduled for a Spring 2010 launch, following studio and production facility upgrades in the UK and overseas. It will be the UK's first dedicated news channel to broadcast in HD. The commitment to launch Sky News HD follows the channel's successful first ever HD broadcast and HD online streaming of Barack Obama's Inauguration in January 2009 - and, from launch, Sky News will bring spectacular HD pictures to viewers from around the globe as experienced HD cameramen work alongside the channels' world class UK and foreign correspondents... (Read Full Article) |
| Samsung and Amazon Team Up for On Demand Video for HDTVs (I4U, 10/15/2009 4:00pm) |
| Samsung and Amazon video have announced that they have teamed up to offer streaming video to select Samsung HDTV sets. The offering will be made available to some TV owners as a downloadable widget offering access to 50,000 movie titles form leading movie ...
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| Moxi HD DVR Goes Multiroom with New Mate (Electronic House, 8/11/2009 1:02pm) |
| Fans of Digeo’s Moxi HD DVR will be able to tap into their recorded programs and streaming web videos in secondary rooms with the $399 Moxi Mate.
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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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| PSA: Microsoft not planning Blu-ray drive for 360 (Joystiq, 10/22/2009 11:55pm) |
Today has seen several reports that Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has confirmed a Blu-ray drive accessory for the Xbox 360. The purported revelation came from a Gizmodo interview, during which Ballmer said that 360 owners wanting a Blu-ray player could purchase "Blu-ray drives as accessories."
Clearing the air, Microsoft's Larry Hryb (a.k.a. Major Nelson) has gone on the record saying that the company has "no plans" for a 360 Blu-ray drive, adding that Ballmer was actually referring to Blu-ray drives for PCs. Hryb reiterates -- as did Ballmer -- that the main push for the Xbox 360 will be streaming media, noting specifically that the upcoming Dashboard update will bring instant 1080p streaming, a feature of the Zune Video Marketplace.
Now, say it with us (one more time): Blu-ray isn't coming to the Xbox 360.PSA: Microsoft not planning Blu-ray drive for 360 originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:55:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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| New Insignia NS-BRDVD3 And NS-WBRDVD Blu-ray Player Stream Netflix (I4U, 10/23/2009 9:54am) |
| Best Buy and Netflix announced this week that the new Insignia Advanced Series Blu-ray Player NS-WBRDVD and the Insignia Connected Blu-ray Player NS-BRDVD3 (photo) are streaming Netflix movie rentals.
Both new Insignia Blu-ray player are Internet ready,...
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| Toshiba BDX2000 Blu-ray Player Unveiled at IFA 2009 (I4U, 9/05/2009 7:52am) |
| Toshiba unveiled their first Blu-ray player at the IFA 2009. After the company's defeat in the HD format war, it took a while until the company decided to join the winning Blu-ray camp.
The Toshiba BDX2000 supports BD-Live (Profile 2.0) needed to play B...
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| NEWS: LG adds VUDU to BD390 networked Blu-ray player (Pocket-lint, 9/10/2009 11:54am) |
Through free firmware update
LG has announced that the high-def streaming movie service from VUDU will be available through its BD390 wireless, networked Blu-ray player.
With the VUDU service, currently available on some LG HDTVs, consumers can instantly buy or rent from a library of movies and TV titles.
The VUDU service will be available later this month through a free automatic upgrade, and joins Netflix, Roxio CinemaNow and YouTube content already available.
The BD390 with NetCast Entertainment Access is available now in the US for around $399.
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| 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) |
| NEWS: Amazon on demand comes to Panasonic Blu-ray players (Pocket-lint, 8/04/2009 6:37pm) |
Yet another player that doesn't just let you play Blu-ray
Owners of any of the 2009 Panasonic Blu-ray players launched earlier in the year will now be able to get more than just Blu-ray on their TV following a deal between the TV maker and Amazon.
According to Panasonic Current owners of Panasonic's 2009 Blu-ray Disc players will automatically received a free software update on Tuesday in the US to be able to access Amazon's Video On Demand service.
The players, which were launched in April, will be able to access some 45,000 titles, a 1000 of which are in HD, to download directly to the player to watch from Amazon's on demand service.
Models to get the software update include the DMP-BD60, BD70V, BD80 and the company's portable Blu-ray Disc player, the B15.
In addition to Amazon Video On Demand, VIERA CAST will continue to provide access to YouTube, Picasa Web Albums, Bloomberg News and weather information says Panasonic.
It is not certain whether or not UK customers will be getting a similar update.
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| VUDU's Streaming Movie Service Transforms HDTVs into Movie-On-Demand Video Stores (HDTV Magazine, 7/29/2009 3:12pm) |
VUDU Inc., a leading provider of on-demand Internet entertainment services today announced its second-generation service platform specifically optimized for Internet capable smart TVs.
The new VUDU service delivers a compelling environment for consumers to discover and watch high definition 1080p movies on-demand. The company is also announcing that industry leader LG Electronics will ship new HDTVs that include...
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| NEWS: Blu-ray not coming to Xbox 360... yet (Pocket-lint, 10/23/2009 8:30am) |
Ballmer got it wrong
Kids, Steve Ballmer is lying to you. Yesterday we brought you the news, straight out of the man's mouth, that the Xbox 360 would be getting Blu-ray accessories. Today, Microsoft's PR team has swung into action to try and say they don't exist without explicitly saying "Ballmer was talking out of his arse".
Instead, a Microsoft spokesperson said: "Steve was referring to Blu-ray accessories for the PC.?As we have said in the past, we have no plans to introduce a Blu-ray drive for the Xbox 360. In fact, the future of home entertainment starts this fall when Xbox 360 becomes the first and only console to offer instant-on 1080p streaming HD movies".
Given that Ballmer was responding to a question about the Xbox and said "You'll be able to get Blu-ray drives as accessories", we doubt that accessories for the PC had anything to do with what he was saying. More likely Microsoft is trying to firefight some of the damage that Ballmer caused with the casual statement.
We wouldn't be surprised at all if Blu-ray accessories arrived for the console, particularly if Blu-ray movies begin to sell in reasonable numbers at some point. Microsoft just isn't ready to announce that yet.
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| VUDU 1080p Movie Streaming Goes Live on LG Broadband HDTVs (HDTV Magazine, 9/01/2009 5:03pm) |
The VUDU HD entertainment service is now available on LG Electronics broadband HDTVs, the companies announced today. The VUDU service is available on LG's LH50 1080p LCD series and PS80 1080p plasma series with "NetCast Entertainment Access."**
Starting today, all...
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| SANYO Unveils World's First Lineup of Full HD / Full Frame Rate CCTV Cameras (HDTV Magazine, 9/22/2009 1:44am) |
SANYO North America Corporation (SANYO) today announces its 2009 line-up of nine new HD surveillance cameras that offer up to 4MP MJPEG and Full High Definition (HD) video for critical security monitoring. The world's first complete lineup of Full HD 1080p and full frame rate compatible network cameras with multi-streaming H.264 and MJPEG codecs includes four different form factors: Box, Dome, Zoom, and PTZ. These state-of-the-art security cameras will be shown at ASIS 2009 in Booth #2939 Sept. 21-Sept. 24 in Anaheim, CA.
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| LG Electronics Adds VUDU HD Movie Service to Wireless 'NetCast' Network Blu-ray Disc Player (HDTV Magazine, 9/10/2009 5:04am) |
LG Electronics today announced the addition of the high-definition streaming movie service from VUDU, Inc. to the LG Wireless Network Blu-ray Player (model BD390). With VUDU, consumers can instantly buy or rent from an extensive library of movies and TV titles, including an industry-leading catalog of more than 2,200 high-definition (HD) movies. The BD390 with VUDU will be demonstrated here this week at the Custom Electronic Design & Installation Association (CEDIA) EXPO 2009 (Booth #2623).
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| New Blu-ray player Ratings: Lower prices, more features (Consumer Reports, 10/09/2009 4:03pm) |
| In our largest test of Blu-ray players so far, we found that satisfying picture quality has become almost a given, while features and price vary considerably. You can pay as little as $160 for a recommended model or as much as $500, depending on the capabilities, bells and whistles you’re willing to pay for. Portability commands top dollar. The first portable Blu-ray player we’ve tested, the Panasonic DMP-B15, is priced at $700. Our latest Blu-ray player Ratings (available to subscribers) include 27 models that have a few features in common. All have BonusView, a picture-in-picture feature that lets you view additional content in a smaller window while a movie is playing, and all can upconvert standard DVDs to quasi-HD resolutions. Only a handful of the players, mostly priced at $300 and up, have BD-Live, a feature that allows the player to access directors’ commentaries, deleted scenes, games, and more from the movie studio’s servers. Other models are BD-Live-ready. These players, all priced at $200 and up, have the required Ethernet connection, but need additional memory (typically a 1GB USB flash drive, which costs $10 to $15) for the BD-Live feature to work. Another feature showing up on some of the higher-priced models is the ability to stream movies from online services such as Netflix and Amazon Video On Demand, or receive music streams from Internet radio stations such as Pandora. And more players now have USB ports or SD card slots, so you can play digital photos, music and even videos on your TV. One model, a Panasonic, has a built-in VHS player, a space-saving option for those who still watch tapes. Again, you’re not likely to find these features on the lowest-priced players. We expect prices to drop over the next several months, especially during November’s Black Friday shopping period. Rumors suggest we’ll see the first $100 model. So keep checking back here for updates. —James K. Willcox (Read Full Article) |
| Sony Organizes Your Entertainment Collection With New 400-Disc Blu-ray Disc/DVD MegaChanger (HDTV Magazine, 7/24/2009 12:44am) |
Looking to help consumers simplify and manage their living room entertainment experience, Sony today announced the new BDP-CX960 and the "Elevated Standard" (ES) BDP-CX7000ES 400-disc Blu-ray Disc(TM) MegaChangers.
The company also announced the BDP-S1000ES single disc ES player expanding Sony's Blu-ray Disc line to 13 models offering a broad set of performance and features.
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| Microsoft: 'We have no plans for Blu-Ray on Xbox 360' (Engadget, 10/23/2009 6:49am) |
| A recent Gizmodo sit down with Steve Ballmer led with a headline exclaiming a Blu-ray add-on for Xbox was coming. See, when Ballmer was asked about making the Xbox a home theater companion of choice and where Blu-ray might fit in, the Windows 7 wild man said, "Well I don't know if we need to put Blu-ray in there -- you'll be able to get Blu-ray drives as accessories." He then added that on-demand is the future of movies, not physical media. Now our bud Major Nelson, Director of Programming for Xbox Live, has stepped up to lay the conflation to rest. The Major says that Ballmer was referring to Blu-ray accessories for the PC and reiterated Microsoft's focus of bringing instant-on 1080p streaming movies to the Xbox 360. So... that should end speculation of Blu-ray on Xbox right? Not if history serves, nope.Filed under: Gaming, HDTV, Home EntertainmentMicrosoft: 'We have no plans for Blu-Ray on Xbox 360' originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 23 Oct 2009 01:49:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments (Read Full Article) |
| 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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| 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.
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| Disney Disappointed With Blu-ray Disc Movie Sales (About.com, 10/19/2009 12:26pm) |
| Although Blu-ray Disc player and Disc sales have been on a steady upward pace since the end of the Blu-ray/HD-DVD format war, growth has not been as robust as the previous DVD growth timeline.
Of course, the current state of the economy doesn't help as many have postponed consumer electronics-related purchases. However, the other wrinkle is that Blu-ray Disc releases of new films have actually done very well, but sales of classic and older films that were previously released on DVD aren't. That is to be expected; since all Blu-ray Disc players can also play DVDs, many consumers don't see the need to replace their existing DVD collections.
This is where Disney comes in. Apparently, recent Blu-ray editions of previously DVD released classic films that may already be in many consumer's collections aren't doing as well as expected. However, what Disney may be failing to also see is that their Blu-ray Disc releases carry much higher price tags than releases from some of the other studios, which further limits their purchase and replacement appeal. For more details and additional perspective, plus an interesting peek into the current state of the movie industry, check out the report from Business Week.
Related Story: A more optimistic view on Blu-ray Disc sales, including a positive opinion from a different Disney source - Blu-ray Disc Sales Way Up in 2009 (TV Predictions)Disney Disappointed With Blu-ray Disc Movie Sales originally appeared on About.com Home Theater on Monday, October 19th, 2009 at 12:26:39.Permalink | Comment | Email this (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.
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| Does the Samsung Instinct HD really shoot HD video? (Consumer Reports, 10/08/2009 7:02pm) |
| The Samsung Instinct HD. [PHOTO courtesy of Samsung] The Samsung Instinct HD, available from Sprint for $250 with a two-year contract after a $100 mail-in rebate, is the first cell phone we've seen that claims to make high-definition video recordings. It also boasts a 5-megapixel still camera with flash. That camera is a step up from the flashless, 2-megapixel camera found on previous Instincts, also from Sprint, including the S30 version now in our Ratings, available to subscribers. We’re evaluating the Instinct HD now, and will post full test results on it to our Ratings later this month. Meantime, our initial results on its imaging are promising, albeit with a few quibbles. The new Instinct’s camera is easy to access, thanks to a dedicated camera button, conveniently located on the lower right side of the phone. Pushing the button activates the camera’s still mode. Tapping a camera icon on the upper left of the largish (1.78 x 2.66 in.) display switches the camera to video mode. Tapping again summons controls for auto-focus, exposure, and other camera functions. The Instinct HD claims it can record video resolution of 1280 x 720p, which is a true HD format—although, as we often point out, HD format alone does not assure images of pristine, high-definition quality. To assess quality, we shot a series of videos on the Instinct and hooked it up to a 50-inch Panasonic plasma television using the optional ($30) HDMI cable. Our findings: Color was good in the MPEG4 videos, though they lacked fine detail and texture. They blurred even more when we panned the camera to the left or right. In short, they couldn’t rival the image quality you’d enjoy from full-sized HD camcorders in our Ratings, available to subscribers. But such camcorders are much bigger and pricier than the Instinct HD, and do nothing except shoot video and stills. The high-def video quality of the Instinct was comparable to what you’d get from a standard-definition pocket camcorder, such as the Flip. And that's still way ahead of the video we've seen any other camera phone. A few details and quibbles: The HDMI cable has a proprietary connector that works only with the Samsung HD, so you may have trouble finding a replacement if it's lost while you're on vacation. You can't use the cable for showing stills on your TV. If your TV has an SD memory-card slot, you can play photos and videos off of the phone's 4GB microSD memory card (the phone comes with an SD memory card adaptor). Unfortunately, accessing the card is a pain. You have to open the phone's back cover and remove the battery, which shuts off the phone. And the still-image performance of the Instinct? Pictures were sharp and well-defined, with good color overall on the TV screen, though shots taken in low light still looked dark—even with the flash. Camera controls were fairly responsive for a phone, with an acceptable next-shot delay. Our photo engineers are currently giving the Instinct HD's... (Read Full Article) |
| Panasonic in-dash HD nav system & Blu-ray player ready to ship, are you ready for the price? (Engadget, 8/20/2009 2:01pm) |
Don't think you can sell the kids short anymore, keeping the Blu-ray copy at home and taking DVD rips on the road, now that Panasonic is ready to deliver its in-dash Blu-ray player and 7-inch HD screen packing nav unit in September. We got a good peek at these back in April and the specs haven't changed, with the Profile 1.1 Bonus View compatible CY-BB1000D taking care of Blu-ray duties and featuring the same UniPhier guts as the company's line of living room Blu-ray players. The CN-HX3000D is a WXGA 1280x720p 7-inch LED backlit widescreen display ready to play back media via standard HDMI, iPod connector, SD card or its digital TV tuner, powered by Windows Automotive with navigation duties assisted by Google Maps and Yahoo! Japan. The CY-BB1000D is ¥99,750 ($1,057) and the CN-HX3000D is ¥365,400 ($3,872), and both arrive September 10 in Japan. We'll let you decide if around 5 grand is a good price for the in car HD experience (might want to look at custom mounting a DMP-B15, $800 and you can take it with you.)
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| PS3 buyers using console for gaming over Blu-ray, says NPD (AfterDawn, 10/19/2009 12:35am) |
Despite Sony's marketing team deciding to change the focus of the PS3 more to the console's movie downloading and Blu-ray capabilities, it appears consumers are still purchasing the system mainly for gaming.
Last August, the NPD Group released a study that showed that about 37 percent of PS3 owners had never once watched a Blu-ray film on their system. The second edition of the study was released recently, and the number hardly changed, moving down to 34 percent.
NPD did note however that the number of PS3 owners watching Blu-ray was higher then PS2 owners watching DVDs at the same point in the console's life cycle.
“It’s at a fairly high level, where it took years for PS2 owners to use [that console] for DVD,” NPD analyst Russ Crupnick added, via VB. “Most PS3 people think of it as a gaming device, but there is a reasonable level of awareness and intended use for Blu-ray.”
The new study gave the following figures to the question of why PS3 owners had purchased the console:
58 percent - Mostly to play games
34 percent - For games and movie, equally
8 percent - Mostly movies
NPD also noted that PS3 owners who have had their machines for a couple of years of more tend to buy more Blu-rays over standard definition DVDs and vice versa for newer owners.
“Newer owners are somewhat more oriented to DVD than Blu-ray,” Crupnick says. “The later you get into an adoption cycle, the more you’re not getting the super aficionado. These are people who are tougher to convince about the benefits of Blu-ray and who are sensitive to price.”Permalink | Comments
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| In the CR Test Labs: New LCD, plasma HDTVs (Consumer Reports, 8/04/2009 2:55pm) |
| The latest batch of televisions in the CR TV lab includes the new 46-inch Sony Bravia LCD. While many of us are gearing up for summer vacations, CR’s TV engineers are still hard at work testing more LCD and plasma TVs. Among this latest group are models with full-array LED backlights, and several 240Hz sets that take aim at reducing motion blur. We’re also looking at some new Toshiba models that will be the first to include Dolby Volume, a volume-leveling technology that attempts to minimize differences in loudness when you switch channels or when commercials come on. Here are the models currently being tested in our TV labs: LCD TVs Hitachi L26D103: This 26-inch 720p (1366x768) set is a TV/DVD combo with an integrated standard DVD player, headphone jack, and a built-in sleep timer. Hitachi L32A403: This 32-inch 720p (1366x768) set from Hitachi has four HDMI inputs, and comes with a swivel stand. JVC LT-46J300: This 46-inch 1080p LCD from JVC has the company’s TeleDock integrated iPod dock. LG 55LH90: This 55-inch 1080p LCD TV from LG is a high-featured model that has full-array LED backlights with local dimming, and the company’s TruMotion 240Hz technology, which combines a 120Hz refresh rate with a scanning backlight. It’s also a THX-certified set. Oddly for a higher-priced set, it doesn’t include access to LG’s NetCast Internet service. Magnavox 42MF439B/F7: Earlier this year Philips handed over the manufacturing and marketing of its Philips- and Magnavox-brand TVs in the U.S. to Funai, which also controls the Sylvania brand. This Magnavox, among the first TVs we've seen as part of the deal, is a lower-priced 42-inch 1080p LCD model that can play back digital photos and music stored on a USB flash drive. Philips 32PFL3504D: This 32-inch 720p (1366x768) set, available at mass merchants, warehouse clubs, regional dealers, and online retailers, is fairly low-priced for a major brand and includes a set-up assistant that uses an onscreen wizard to personalize settings. RCA L46FHD37R: A lower-cost 46-inch 1080p LCD, sold at Best Buy, Costco, Sam’s Clubs, and other retailers, that include a light sensor that automatically adjusts contrast to room light conditions. Samsung LN52B750: This 52-inch 1080p LCD from Samsung has new Touch of Color cosmetics (charcoal gray) and the company's Auto Motion Plus 240Hz technology that actually quadruples the TV’s frame rate. It also includes the company’s [email protected] Internet service, which uses Yahoo widgets to access online content, which will soon include instant movies from Blockbuster. Also comes with some preloaded content, such as recipes and games. It can wirelessly connect to a home network via an optional USB wireless dongle. Sharp Aquos LC-52E77UN: This 52-inch 1080p LCD from Sharp features a new design, 120Hz technology and has five HDMI inputs, the most we’ve seen. Sharp Aquos LC-C4067UN: This value-priced Aquos is a 40-inch 1080p LCD sold via the warehouse clubs. Sony Bravia KDL-46Z5100: This pricey 46-inch Sony LCD has Sony’s Motionflow 240Hz technology, which actually quadruples the TVs frame rate, plus the Bravia’s widget-based... (Read Full Article) |
| Rumor: Apple entering the HDTV market in 2011 (AfterDawn, 8/22/2009 3:02am) |
According to a new Piper Jaffray note this week, analyst Gene Munster says he expects Apple to eventually get into the HDTV market providing a full home entertainment system alongside the Apple TV media device.
Additionally, Munster says that a new, updated Apple TV is coming before Christmas, including DVR and a monthly sub to iTunes TV shows.
"We believe Apple is exploring a subscription-based offering for its TV content in iTunes," says Munster, via The Street. "Apple could leverage its deep library of content with many network and cable channel content owners to provide unlimited access to a sub-library of its TV shows for a standard monthly fee."
Adds Apple COO Tim Cook of the Apple TV:
"It is clear that the movie rental business has really helped Apple TV and there are more and more customers that want to try it," he says, noting that sales were up 300 percent year-on-year. "We're going to continue to invest in it, because we fundamentally believe there is something there for us in the future."
As for the HDTV, Munster expects a 2011 debut, and the completion of a full Apple home entertainment center.
"The device would push Apple further into the digital living room with interactive TV, music, movie, and gaming features," he added. "Such a device would command a premium among a competitive field of budget TVs."Permalink | Comments
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