 | 'Jack Ryan' HD DVD Set Gets a New Date (High-Def Digest, 1/25/2008 7:00pm) |
| After a delay of several months, Paramount has set a March re-launch for 'The Jack Ryan Collection' on HD DVD. As previously reported, the 'Jack Ryan' set was due to hit HD DVD late last October, only... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Private' Dated for Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 12/04/2012 5:00pm) |
| Tinto Brass' 2003 erotic comedy is scheduled for a May Blu-ray release. In an early announcement to retailers, Cult Epics has set 'Private' for Blu-ray on May 21. In this entertaining erotic comedy, [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | Fabless Semiconductor Association Presents Silicon Optix with Award for Outstanding Financial Performance by a Private (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 12/13/2005 3:10pm) |
| SAN JOSE, Calif.----Dec. 13, 2005--The Fabless Semiconductor Association , a worldwide industry organization representing over 150 public fabless companies and over 1,240 private fabless companies, awarded Silicon Optix Inc. with the 2005 "Outstanding Financial Performance by a Private Company" award at the FSA's eleventh annual 2005 Awards Dinner Celebration on December 8, 2005, at the Santa ... (Read Full Article) |
 | SpatiaLight to Raise $3.4 Million in Private Placement as Important Step in Strengthening of Balance Sheet (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance, 1/12/2006 9:15pm) |
| SpatiaLight, Inc. , a leading manufacturer of state-of-the-art liquid crystal on silicon microdisplays, announced today that it has entered into an agreement to issue and sell 1,300,000 of its common shares in a private placement to three institutional investors, led by a large Boston, MA, based investment advisor. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Von Ryan's Express' Blu-ray Announced (High-Def Digest, 9/18/2012 4:00pm) |
| Mark Robson's 1965 World War II drama will escape on Blu-ray this November. In an early announcement to retailers, 20th Century Fox is preparing 'Von Ryan's Express' for Blu-ray on November 6. This [...] (Read Full Article) |
| MDU Communications Deploys Next Generation Multi-Family Property Network for Successful Service Conversion from Private (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 9/29/2005 3:48pm) |
| MDU Communications International, Inc. , a leading end-to-end provider of DIRECTV digital satellite television programming, high-speed Internet and other premium communication and information services to the residential multi-dwelling unit market, has increased its effort to convert many of its bulk private cable properties to either bulk DIRECTV Total Choice or the specially designed for the ... (Read Full Article) |
| Paramount Cancels HD DVD Titles (Format War Central, 2/28/2008 7:32pm) |
| We read in the forums that Paramount is telling retailers that the HD DVD titles The Jack Ryan Collection, Sweeney Todd and The Kite Runner have been canceled.
Word is expected on Bee Movie and There Will be Blood soon.
I guess those who managed to acquire The Jack Ryan Collection before it was recalled have somewhat [...] ... (Read Full Article) |
| 'Jack Ryan' Special Edition HD DVD Not So Special? (High-Def Digest, 10/16/2007 6:00pm) |
| In what may end up being the biggest packaging blunder yet for a high-def title, Paramount's 'Jack Ryan Collection' HD DVD appears to have shipped to retail in a deluxe "Special Collectors Edition"... ... (Read Full Article) |
| NASCAR driver Ryan Newman to Host Charity Dinner (Arizona Reporter, 10/28/2005 9:16pm) |
| Where: Scottsdale, AZ -- NASCAR Nextel Cup driver of the #12 Alltel Dodge Ryan Newman will be holding a fundraising dinner and auction presented by Alltel in Scottsdale, Ariz. on Friday, November 11, 2005 to benefit his charitable foundation. ... (Read Full Article) |
| 'Jack Ryan Collection,' 'Kite Runner' Lead Paramount's Q1 HD DVD Plans (High-Def Digest, 1/18/2008 5:00pm) |
| Paramount has issued a new press release outlining its Q1 HD DVD release plans, including official confirmation of the high-def return of 'The Jack Ryan Collection' and a debut for 'The Kite Runner.' Originally... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Tuesday, July 18, 2006 (TVPredictions.com, 7/18/2006 1:00pm) |
| Best Buy to Sell $1,500 Plasma HDTV The 42-inch set will be sold under the company's private label. By Phillip Swann ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Ofcom Annual Lecture (ADSLguide, 7/20/2005 12:22pm) |
| Your email address will be kept private at all times. We will not send you any unsolicited mail. For more information, please read our privacy policy. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Video Networks rolls out MPEG-4 AVC video codec (ADSLguide, 8/30/2005 7:22am) |
| Your email address will be kept private at all times. We will not send you any unsolicited mail. For more information, please read our privacy policy. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Mitsubishi Latest Blu-Ray Records HD Content on DVD [Blu-Ray] (Gizmodo, 3/18/2008 9:49am) |
| The lastest Mitsubishi Blu-ray recorders released in Japan are the first to offer recording of high definition video in plain DVD discs using the AVC codec, good for saving HD TV episodes, and your... ... (Read Full Article) |
 | TV or not TV ... gas-price search (Kane County Chronicle, 5/29/2005 6:49am) |
| Start saving those pennies for digital TV when your old sets go dark. House Republicans plan to pull the plug on analog broadcasts on Jan. 1, 2009, but don't foresee rebates to ease the cost of the changeover for the 85 percent of Americans who haven't yet switched. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Gamers rave about release of high-def Xbox system (Post-Tribune, 11/22/2005 10:40am) |
| Darrell Hacker remembers saving his money and asking permission to buy a Sega Genesis video game system. It was the early 1990s, and he was in grade school. The system cost $190. ... (Read Full Article) |
| New DVD's (New York Times) (New York Times, 2/06/2006 10:33pm) |
| Watching Warner Home Video's new edition of David Lean's "Ryan's Daughter" is almost enough to make you believe that high-definition DVD has arrived ahead of schedule. ... (Read Full Article) |
| British Broadband Satellite Prepped (ISPreview, 5/16/2006 2:56pm) |
| The £75m (110m euros) satellite, to be built by EADS-Astrium, will receive a third of its funding through the European Space Agency (Esa). Private financing will pay for the rest of the project, which Avanti says will also be capable of delivering hundreds of high-definition TV channels. ... (Read Full Article) |
| HomeChoice launches first channel to use MPEG-4 encoding (ADSLguide, 4/20/2005 11:50am) |
| Your email address will be kept private at all times. We will not send you any unsolicited mail. For more information, please read our privacy policy. HomeChoice has announced that the children's animation channel Toonami is to be added to its platform. (Read Full Article) |
| New DISH Network Campaign Promises 'Better TV for All' (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 8/16/2005 12:00pm) |
| EchoStar Communications Corporation and its DISH Network satellite TV service today unveiled a dynamic, nationwide branding and advertising campaign with a money-saving offer for new customers. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Sony PS3 Firmware 2.53 coming (I4U, 11/26/2008 6:00am) |
| Sony is prepping yet another interesting Sony PS3 firmware update. The Sony PS3 Firmware 2.53 is bringing full screen support for Flash videos amongst many tiny tweaks.
The improvements of firmware 2.53 include also a new power saving option. You can ... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Big screens, small budgets (The Charlotte Observer, 3/07/2005 12:41pm) |
| The private screening room, once reserved for movie moguls and millionaires, is coming to more homes thanks to the emergence of low-cost projectors. Two years ago, projectors optimized for home theater could easily cost $10,000, but office projectors had begun to fall sharply in price. (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Bound (Blu-ray Review) (Home Media Magazine, 8/16/2012 11:17pm) |
Olive
Drama
$19.95 DVD, $29.95 Blu-ray
Rated ‘R’ for strong sexuality, violence and language. Unrated version also included.
Stars Jennifer Tilly, Gina Gershon, Joe Pantoliano, John P. Ryan, Christopher [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Widescreen HDTV sports slim design, fits in cabinet (Palm Springs and Coachella Valley Local News and Guides, 3/14/2005 12:18pm) |
| With the help of a space-saving cathode-ray panel design, Samsung has created a high-definition television set with a 30-inch widescreen that is just 16 inches deep and costs about $1,200. The TXR3079WH model delivers vivid images with a 5000-1 contrast ratio and 800 candelas of brightness. (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Sisvel Technology Will Show Live the 3DZ Tile Format at International CES 2013 (Business Wire, 1/11/2013 12:00am) |
| LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sisvel Technology will demonstrate how the 3DZ Tile Format revolutionizes 3D broadcasting, saving bandwidth and costs for broadcasters-- while providing a glasses-free experience for [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Flat panel TVs getting too big? (Electronics NEWS - about-electronics.eu, 8/30/2006 1:18am) |
| Flat panel TVs getting too big? Filed under: TV & HDTV | by: ryan | China Post: Ahead of... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Toshiba bails on SED TV (Electronics NEWS - about-electronics.eu, 1/12/2007 11:49am) |
| Toshiba bails on SED TV Filed under: TV & HDTV | by: ryan | Hits: 4 DigiTimes: Canon will... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Samsung TX-T3093WH CRT HDTV (Cybertheater.com, 3/27/2007 10:00am) |
| Samsung Electronics brings out their space-saving SlimFit TX-T3093WH CRT HDTV models. TXT-3093 is a 30-inch wide SlimFit HDTV with built-in speakers... ... (Read Full Article) |
| The Year of Living DRMishly (Wired News, 1/24/2006 8:39am) |
| All signs point to 2006 as the year consumers become intimately familiar with "digital rights management," as Microsoft, Apple and Google all push their own copy protection schemes. Can revolution be far behind? By Ryan Singel. ... (Read Full Article) |
| The Year of Living DRMishly (Wired News, 1/24/2006 8:35am) |
| All signs point to 2006 as the year consumers become intimately familiar with "digital rights management," as Microsoft, Apple and Google all push their own copy protection schemes. Can revolution be far behind? By Ryan Singel. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Leading TV manufacturers aim to reduce LCD TV power consumption (Electronics NEWS - about-electronics.eu, 9/18/2007 6:01am) |
| Leading TV manufacturers aim to reduce LCD TV power consumption Filed under: TV & HDTV | by: ... from LCD TVs. Environmental concerns have never been higher on the agenda. Although the latest LCD ... . energy saving methods hitachi lcd tv LED sharp Sony Post a comment ... (Read Full Article) |
| Samsung Promotes Green HDTVs (HDTV News, 8/28/2009 5:40am) |
| Did you know that getting new TVs can help save the environment? Well, Samsung executives seem to believe so in promoting new energy-saving technology. This technology allows next-generation HDTVs, notebooks, and mobile devices to consume less power, therefore cutting electric bills down.
Scott Birnbaum, vice president of Samsung’s LCD business, said that this technology is already [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Withdrawal of Cablevision MBO Spotlights Cable Values Says Kagan Research (RedNova, 11/07/2005 10:32pm) |
| The Dolan family's 10/25 withdrawal of its plans to take Cablevision private, combined with a recent drop in cable MSO share prices, has again given center stage to the resiliency of cable values in the face of new and existing competition. ... (Read Full Article) |
| LG to shut plasma plant (Electronics NEWS - about-electronics.eu, 5/21/2007 8:01am) |
| LG to shut plasma plant Filed under: TV & HDTV, Corporate | by: ryan | Hits: 81 Reuters: South Korea’s LG Electronics said on Friday it would halt... ... (Read Full Article) |
| LG launches 1080p ad campaign (Electronics NEWS - about-electronics.eu, 5/04/2007 7:55am) |
| LG launches 1080p ad campaign Filed under: TV & HDTV, Corporate | by: ryan | Hits: 18 TWICE: LG has kicked off its new global integrated marketing... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Plasma sales down 10%, but not with specialists (Electronics NEWS - about-electronics.eu, 2/07/2007 11:30am) |
| Plasma sales down 10%, but not with specialists Filed under: TV & HDTV | by: ryan | Hits: 10 SmartHouseNews: Shipments of 40-inch LCD panels... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Sony Announces Pricing on the 84-inch XBR-84X900 4K TV (Big Picture Big Sound, 9/06/2012 7:46am) |
| Better start saving! Sony's big, beautiful 4K 3D TV is coming soon and it won't be [...] (Read Full Article) |
| CES: the Flat Screen TV lowdown (Electronics NEWS - about-electronics.eu, 1/09/2007 1:49pm) |
| CES: the Flat Screen TV lowdown Filed under: TV & HDTV | by: ryan | Hits: 8 Some clear trends... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Panasonic launches Viera range of Plasma TVs (India Infoline, 11/23/2005 9:04am) |
| Panasonic India Private Limited, a Matsushita Electric Industrial (MEI) company, the leading manufacturer of electronic and electrical products for consumer, business and industrial use, on Wednesday launched its VIERA range of plasma televisions in India. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Pacific Mechanical Supply Saves $15,000 Annually with PHD Virtual Backup to Ensure Quick Restores and Reliable Backup of Critical Systems (Business Wire, 3/23/2013 11:00am) |
| PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pacific Mechanical Supply (PacMech) has selected PHD Virtual Backup with CloudHook for its daily virtual backup and protection saving $15,000 [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Arianespace Scores Dual Mission Success (Bernama, 10/14/2005 12:57pm) |
| KOUROU (FRENCH GUIANA), Oct 14 (Bernama) -- Arianespace, launcher of Malaysia's Measat-1 and Measat-2 successfully placed two satellites into geostationary transfer orbit, the Syracuse 3A communications satellite for the French Ministry of Defense and the Galaxy 15 high-definition TV satellite for the private American satellite-communication (Satcom) operator PanAmSat on Oct 13-14. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Nike launches its first 3D-printed football cleat, Ryan Fitzpatrick will be pleased (Engadget, 2/25/2013 1:54pm) |
| While we're still giddy at the idea of printing our own (Read Full Article) |
| Report: Motorola Looking to Sell Automotive Unit (E-Commerce Times, 9/16/2005 3:28pm) |
| Cell-phone maker Motorola has hired J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. to pursue the possible sale of its 5,000-employee automotive products unit, a published report said yesterday. According to the report, the unit is likely to generate strong interest from private-equity buyers who may pay US$1 billion to $2 billion for it. ... (Read Full Article) |
| How plasma TVs are made: slideshow (Electronics NEWS - about-electronics.eu, 1/22/2007 11:51am) |
| How plasma TVs are made: slideshow Filed under: TV & HDTV | by: ryan | Hits: 3 Gizmodo:... ... (Read Full Article) |
| LCD profits to be hurt by plasma (Electronics NEWS - about-electronics.eu, 1/24/2007 9:57am) |
| LCD profits to be hurt by plasma Filed under: TV & HDTV, Corporate | by: ryan | Hits: 9 TV... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Life's Good at LG's Yacht Party (Engadget, 8/03/2005 4:04pm) |
| So last night LG decided it’d be a hoot to sail me, Ryan, and a bunch of journalists around in a yacht called the Lady Windridge to show off their new Fall lineup of cellphones, TVs, home electronics, and, uh, refrigerators (which must have been a bitch to get onto the boat). Kicking it in a yacht with lots of gadgets sounds more glam than it really was, so fortunately we were able to stay ... (Read Full Article) |
| Unicast vs. Multicast The Challenge for Cablecos (Converge! Network Digest, 10/05/2005 1:54am) |
| Optical Entertainment Network (OEN), a private investor-backed company based in Texas, announced plans to deploy FTTH to 1,600,000 households in Houston, the 10th largest television market in the U.S. The company, which has partnered with leading European and North American vendors plans to launch its United States service offering in December 2005 and begin European operations in Q2 of 2006. ... (Read Full Article) |
| LED/LCD vs. Plasma HDTV: A Side by Side Comparison (Big Picture Big Sound, 9/14/2009 6:00am) |
| At CEDIA Expo in Atlanta last week, Panasonic used a private suite to highlight the differences between LED-lit LCD and plasma HDTV technologies. (Read Full Article) |
| Syscan Imaging to Present at ValueRich Small Cap Expo in New York City on September 14th and 15th (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 9/06/2005 1:47pm) |
| Syscan Imaging Inc. , an IP-driven original equipment manufacturer and private label manufacturer of mobile image-scanning systems and image-display technology solutions will participate in the ValueRich Small Cap Financial Expo. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Interactive Television Networks, Inc. Closes $4 million Convertible Debt Placement (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance, 10/28/2005 12:56am) |
| Interactive Television Networks, Inc. announced that the Company has completed a $4 million convertible debenture private placement to an undisclosed investor, an institutional investor. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Mid-week HDTV news: Plasmas are hot sellers (again); Vizio remains tops in LCDs; Sony delays next OLED set (Home Theater, 8/20/2009 2:14am) |
| The economic downturn no doubt helped push some manufacturers (like Pioneer) out of the plasma market, but the recession may now be saving plasmas from the brink of obsolescence. According to a new report from Quixel Research, plasma HDTVs have zoomed to a huge gain in 2Q of 2009, with 42 percent more units sold [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Panasonic plasma TV lives forever (almost) (Electronics NEWS - about-electronics.eu, 8/08/2007 9:03am) |
| Panasonic plasma TV lives forever (almost) Filed under: TV & HDTV | by: ryan | Hits: 17 Smarthouse: Panasonic has now become the first company to extended the life of its consumer 1080p ... (Read Full Article) |
| Samsung 52-Inch 1080p LCD HDTV: $2447 (Technorati, 11/12/2007 8:32pm) |
| Samsung 52-Inch 1080p LCD HDTV: $2447 by Lcd hdtv Amazon.com is now selling a Samsung 52-inch 1080p LCD HDTV for $2447 -- more than $1000 off the suggested list. The flat-panel set, model ... to 1, ... Holiday Buying Guide 2007: Top 7 LCD HDTV's Of '07 A very reasonable price of $2000, saving you $100 ... (Read Full Article) |
| Sky to show Academy Awards live in HD (Electronics NEWS - about-electronics.eu, 1/24/2007 10:31am) |
| Sky to show Academy Awards live in HD Filed under: TV & HDTV | by: ryan | Hits: 16 AVZombie:Â Sky... ... (Read Full Article) |
| HD DVD Makes Announcements - New Blu-ray Market Share Record? (Format War Central, 1/17/2008 5:16am) |
| This article at Hollywood Reporter seems to have good news for both camps.
It starts with a list of new HD DVD title announcements including Into the Wild, Things We Lost in the Fire and Bee Movie from Paramount/DreamWorks, and later The Kite Runner and The Jack Ryan Collection.
Universal announced American Gangster.
The good news for Blu-ray [...] ... (Read Full Article) |
| Avigilon Introduces 16 Megapixel High Definition Rapid Deployment Kit (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance, 9/10/2007 1:00pm) |
| Avigilon, the leading provider of high definition surveillance systems, today introduced its High Definition Rapid Deployment Kit. Delivering unsurpassed imaging performance in a mobile package, the Avigilon RDK is designed to meet the temporary surveillance requirements of law enforcement, federal agents, private investigators and transit authorities who need to monitor special events. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Plasma screen sales to peak in 2008? (Electronics NEWS - about-electronics.eu, 8/14/2007 9:04am) |
| Plasma screen sales to peak in 2008? Filed under: TV & HDTV | by: ryan | Hits: 19 EETimes: Plasma display makers, facing intense competition from liquid crystal displays (LCDs), will likely ... (Read Full Article) |
| Ultra-HD: the future of High Definition TV (Electronics NEWS - about-electronics.eu, 9/12/2006 12:28am) |
| Ultra-HD: the future of High Definition TV Filed under: TV & HDTV | by: ryan | Hits: 1 BBC... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Sharp predicts LCD will oust plasma in US (Electronics NEWS - about-electronics.eu, 8/02/2007 9:09am) |
| Sharp predicts LCD will oust plasma in US Filed under: TV & HDTV | by: ryan | Hits: 69 HDTV News: Sharp has predicted that full high-definition LCD (liquid-crystal display) TVs will take hold of the majority of the US market, leaving no room for plasma TVs. LCD technology ... (Read Full Article) |
| Sony introduces iPod dock for Bravia LCD range (Electronics NEWS - about-electronics.eu, 4/04/2007 10:04am) |
| Sony introduces iPod dock for Bravia LCD range Filed under: TV & HDTV, Portable Music Players | by: ryan | Hits: 89 EngadgetHD: These days, it... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Sony heading back into plasma TV market? (Electronics NEWS - about-electronics.eu, 1/17/2007 11:20am) |
| Sony heading back into plasma TV market? Filed under: TV & HDTV, Corporate | by: ryan | Hits: 10... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Matsushita wary of Panasonic plasma success (Electronics NEWS - about-electronics.eu, 2/05/2007 4:19pm) |
| Matsushita wary of Panasonic plasma success Filed under: TV & HDTV, Corporate | by: ryan | Hits: 379 BusinessWeek: The company behind Panasonic is... ... (Read Full Article) |
| From Elvis' Historic Lauderdale Courts Apartment, Visitors Can Find Themselves Walking in Memphis to Rock 'n' Roll Sites (PR Web, 4/15/2005 7:07am) |
| Historic Lauderdale Courts apartment location offers opportunity to walk in teenage Elvis' Memphis. With private stays year round and public tours twice yearly in August and January, Lauderdale Courts lets visitors relive rock 'n' roll history. [PRWEB Apr 15, 2005] (Read Full Article) |
| Falling plasma prices drag Samsung into loss (Electronics NEWS - about-electronics.eu, 1/17/2007 11:12am) |
| Falling plasma prices drag Samsung into loss Filed under: TV & HDTV, Corporate | by: ryan | Hits: 13 PC Magazine: Samsung, the world’s... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Destiny artists offer colorful commentary on E3 demo video (Joystiq, 7/09/2013 8:15pm) |
Bungie artists Mike Zak, Mark Peterson and Ryan Ellis describe the (Read Full Article) |
| Samsung to Deliver Keynote Talk at 2nd Annual San Francisco Display Technology & Supply Chain Investment Conference (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance, 9/19/2005 6:14pm) |
| The U.S. Display Consortium , a private/public partnership chartered with developing the electronic display industry supply chain, today announced that Joe Virginia, vice president of sales and marketing for Samsung Electronics' LCD Business, Americas Region, will deliver the keynote address at the upcoming San Francisco Display Technology & Supply Chain Investment Conference on September 22, ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Stick It To The Man hits PS3, Vita this year with writing by Ryan North (Joystiq, 6/04/2013 8:00pm) |
Stick It To The Man is a grungy, jazzy [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Create disc with all Windows Updates - Save YouTube HD videos (AfterDawn, 9/13/2009 10:27pm) |
We've been working on updating some of our stone-age guides (yes, we get the complaints ;-) ) and adding a few new ones as well, for anyone who is interested. Decided just to mention a couple here that were written as a result of recommendation. The first one uses a freeware utility to download Windows Updates for any Windows OS after 2000 (not 7 just yet), make an ISO and burn to disc.
The disc (or alternatively USB) will provide an automated install then on a Windows machine. It's a very useful program if computer repairs are part of your business. It also can download all updates for Microsoft Office 2000, XP, 2003 or 2007 and automate the installation.
Read: Create DVD with all Windows & Office Updates
The second is just an update to a simple guide for saving YouTube videos to your hard drive. I had been asked about saving YouTube HD videos and remembered a simple JavaScript bookmark I had set just to do that, so I added it as a second page to the guide. I looked for the original source but found it has been scattered pretty far across the Internet, so I couldn't find it anymore (so kudos, whoever you are).
Read: How to save YouTube videos (incl. HD) to HDD
Hopefully they will be useful to any of you.Permalink | Comments
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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) |
| Motorola Unveils New All-Digital, High-Definition Set-Top for Cable Operators (HDTV Magazine, 10/28/2009 3:00pm) |
Expanding on Motorola, Inc.'s industry-leading set-top portfolio, Motorola's Home & Networks Mobility business today introduced the addition of the DCX700 all-digital, high-definition (HD) set-top to the DCX product line. This new low-profile design will help cable operators' successful migration to an all-digital network while accelerating the delivery of personal media experiences and multi-room-DVR (MR-DVR) capabilities.
The Motorola DCX700's small, streamlined profile allows for a space-saving wall-mounted installation. It is a cost-effective set-top with a single 1 GHz tuner that supports both MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 AVC services. The all-digital DCX700 also includes...
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| Mitsubishi unveils REAL line of Blu-ray burning, super upconverting LCDs (Engadget, 8/20/2009 3:52pm) |
Providing some competition for Sharp's DX series, Mitsubishi has taken the wraps off of its REAL Series LCD HDTVs, including a set with built-in hard drives and Blu-ray recorders, plus a few more that lack the recording, but throw in super resolution upconversion that claims to make even the worst SD look better than ever. Even if that's just hype, we hope it fares better than the company's ill-fated 120Hz processing. The 37- (1080p) and 32-inch (720p) BHR300 models feature their disc drives in the stand, rather than back-mounted approach of the AQUOS, plus 320GB HDDs, SDHC slot, plus i.LINK and USB connectors that let owners edit video from a camcorder on the TV before saving to disc or hard drive. The MZW300 models are all 1080p, in 40-, 42- and 52-inch sizes, with Diamond Engine Pro IV HD super resolution tech, the latest and most power efficient Diamond panel with 20,000:1 contrast ratio, built in 5.1 Dolby Digital decoder, virtual surround speakers and a talking program guide feature. These hit shelves in Japan in late October ranging in price from ¥350,000 ($3,705) for the LCD-52MZW300 to ¥200,000 ($2,117) for the LCD-32BHR300.Filed under: Displays, HDTV, Home EntertainmentMitsubishi unveils REAL line of Blu-ray burning, super upconverting LCDs originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 20 Aug 2009 10:52:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments (Read Full Article) |
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