 | Initial D Set for PS3 (IGN, 2/29/2008 3:07pm) |
| Initial D: Extreme Stage (PS3)Sega goes extreme! ... (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) |
 | Ten-million initial target for Xbox 360 (Ferrago, 6/23/2005 12:23am) |
| Peter Moore talks-up chances ... (Read Full Article) |
 | TechBrief: Telenet gains in IPO (International Herald Tribune, 10/10/2005 11:03pm) |
| Telenet Group Holding and its owners said Monday they had raised about 985 million in an initial public offering after selling shares at the low end of the target. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Fils-Aime: Just one game purchase makes Wii U profitable (AfterDawn, 11/24/2012 5:22am) |
| Though Nintendo understandably had to take a major loss on 3DS handhelds after the initial response to the console's release was unexpectedly tepid, their decision to do the same with the Wii U, prior to launch, has generated quite a bit of concern. [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Blu-ray Review: Avatar - Limited 3D Edition (High-Def Digest, 11/05/2012 8:08pm) |
| Joshua Zyber nailed this escapist fantasy on all angles in the barebones initial release coverage, while detailing the various ins and outs of the extended cuts the second time around. Neither review [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | Blu-ray and HD-DVD Sales Growing Faster Than Standard DVD (About.com, 1/29/2008 5:00pm) |
| If you compare the number of Blu-ray and HD-DVD players, as well as disc titles sold since the formats became available to consumers, with the initial sales of DVD players... ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Set-tops run MPEG-4 in hospitality suites (EE Times, 7/04/2005 3:21pm) |
| Colorado Springs, Colo. — Amino Communications LLC is expanding shipments of its IP-based digital set-top boxes, moving out from its initial base in incumbent phone companies to score wins at hospitality accounts. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Warner Announces Two New 'Best of Blu-ray' Disc Bundles (High-Def Digest, 9/11/2007 8:00pm) |
| 'Alexander,' 'Troy,' and 'Happy Feet' are among the top hits to be included in Warner Home Video's next wave of 'Best of Blu-ray' bundles, due November 6. As with Warner's initial three "Best of Blu-ray"... ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Universal Unleashes 'Tremors' on HD DVD (High-Def Digest, 8/28/2007 9:07pm) |
| Universal Studios Home Video has announced it will unearth the cult classic 'Tremors' on HD DVD this November. Though only a minor hit at the box office during its initial 1990 theatrical run, 'Tremors'... ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Sky names first HD channels for 2006 [2005-08-22] (T3, 1/11/2006 4:59pm) |
| The HDTV revolution gets real with Sky's announcement of its initial Hi-Def channel line-up. [ more ] Wakamaru: The custard coloured butler bot [2005-08-22] No, Pac-Man hasn't just sprouted arms. This is Wakamaru, Mitsubishi's helpful new home robot. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Sky names first HD channels for 2006 [2005-08-22] (T3, 1/27/2006 4:06pm) |
| The HDTV revolution gets real with Sky's announcement of its initial Hi-Def channel line-up. [ more ] Wakamaru: The custard coloured butler bot [2005-08-22] No, Pac-Man hasn't just sprouted arms. This is Wakamaru, Mitsubishi's helpful new home robot. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Discovery joins Sky's HDTV lineup (Digital Spy, 1/17/2006 10:38am) |
| A new 24-hour network from Discovery has been confirmed as the final addition to Sky's initial HDTV lineup. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | First Easy Xbox 360 Question [Alone In The Dark Contest] (Kotaku, 7/07/2008 6:00pm) |
| In case you missed our initial post, we are giving away a modded Xbox 360 this week. All you have to First question. Here's contest: Everyday at 12 noon Kotaku Time, we will ask one question for a... ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Samsung delays Blu-ray Disc player (Addict 3D, 4/04/2006 5:59am) |
| In breaking news out of Japan today (April 3, 2006), Samsung is rescheduling its initial U.S. Blu-Ray player launch from May 23 to June 25 in order to complete compatibility testing with several Blu-Ray test discs that will become available in late April from product manufacturers and content providers. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Hands-on with 2.20 PS3 running BD-Live (Engadget, 3/25/2008 9:09am) |
| Filed under: HDTV
Now that the 2.20 update for the PS3 is out, our well-heeled brethren at Engadget HD had a chance to take BD-Live for a spin. As significant as this initial salvo into the Blu-ray 2.0 spec is, we'll have to wait just a few more weeks for the first BD-Live releases before the impact of this update is known. Till then, head on over to Engadget HD for their first look. Read | Perma ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Weinstein / Genius Blu-ray Titles on the Way (Format War Central, 6/27/2008 12:22am) |
| Following initial reports a couple of days ago that Weinstein / Genius had The Mist and 1408 scheduled for Blu-ray release in August and September at DVD Planet, we see a sources today reporting that Weinstein has indeed joined the ranks of Blu-ray studios.
Weinstein will be releasing the Frank Darabont / Steven King movie The [...] ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Final game in Guild 01 series rated by Australian Classification board (Joystiq, 1/12/2014 5:00pm) |
| The majority of Level-5's Guild 01 series has been made available on the 3DS eShop, but the last game in the series was absent from the publisher's initial localization announcement. That missing title is Rental Bukiya de Omasse, a game in which [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | Surprise! Japanese Get First Toshiba HD DVD Player (I4U, 3/31/2006 2:37pm) |
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The Toshiba HD-XA1 HD DVD player is in stores in Japan and it comes even with HD DVD movies.
Initial shipments of the Toshiba HD-AX1, until April 27, will bundle two complimentary HD DVD movie discs, "Resident Evil" and a Japanese film, &q... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 3net to Launch First 4K TV Series (Home Media Magazine, 11/14/2012 6:16pm) |
| 3net Studios, the nascent Sony Corp., Discovery Channel, Imax joint venture production arm of 3D channel 3net, Nov. 14 announced its initial slate of original 3D and 4K TV series and specials.
3net Studios’ lineup includes [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Leap Motion Controller Launch Delayed Until July 22 (eCoustics, 4/26/2013 1:19am) |
| Leap Motion today announced that it will delay initial shipments of its 3D motion controller from May until July 22. In a note to customers, CEO Michael Buckwald said Leap decided to push back the rollout to have more time to test the device. [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | Shaw Communications Inc. Announces Third Quarter Results and Initial Digital Phone Growth (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 7/07/2005 9:30pm) |
| Shaw Communications Inc. announced net income of $43.3 million or $0.16 per share for the quarter ended May 31, 2005 compared to net income of $24.8 million or $0.06 per share for the comparable period in 2004. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Samsung's BD-UP5000 HD DVD / Blu-ray combo player gets previewed (Engadget, 9/16/2007 7:03am) |
| Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment
The folks over at HDGuru managed to spend a few quality minutes with Samsung's forthcoming hybrid player, and initial impressions look to be pretty positive. Granted, their BD-UP5000 was a pre-production sample, but they were mighty impressed with the BD-Java / HDi support, HDMI 1.3 functionality, and the Reon scaler chip within. During limited time with the ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Coretronic to set up China subsidiary focusing on optical components (Digi Times, 5/24/2006 9:32am) |
| Coretronic announced on May 23 that it plans to set up a wholly-owned subsidiary in Suzhou, China with an initial capital of US$13.26 million. The new company will mainly target high-definition (HD) LCD TVs, monitors, optical instruments and components for LCD backlight module production, according to the company. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | France in Space #303 (SpaceRef, 8/04/2005 7:22pm) |
| The initial operations of the European Geostationnary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS) have begun with the transfer of the responsibility for providing signal and data from the European Space Agency (ESA) to the operator, the European Satellite Services Provider (ESSP). The EGNOS programme completed on June 16 the "Operational Readiness Review" milestone (cf France in Space No 299 article 2). ... (Read Full Article) |
 | 2K Games Now Shipping BioShock for the PS3 (I4U, 10/21/2008 4:15pm) |
| All the bugs in the initial Pc version of the game aside, BioShock was a fantastic game with a great story line on the PC. 2K Games has announced that the PS3 version of BioShock is now shipping. The PS3 version of the game contains new content that augmen... ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Boyden Leverages LifeSize(TM) High Definition Video Communications to Efficiently Evaluate Job Candidates Around the (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 7/18/2006 12:01pm) |
| AUSTIN, Texas----July 18, 2006--LifeSize, the high definition video communications company, today announced that LifeSize Room is being leveraged by Boyden, an international executive search firm, to conduct candidate interviews as part of the initial employment evaluation process. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | SpatiaLight Delivers Production 1080p LCoS Sets to Taiwanese Customer ThinTek (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance, 12/20/2005 2:00pm) |
| SpatiaLight, Inc. , a leading manufacturer of state of the art liquid crystal on silicon microdisplays, announced today that it recently delivered an initial production lot of its 1080p LCoS Sets its customer ThinTek Optronics Corp. for immediate assembly of optical engines to be used in rear projection televisions. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Stanford Hotels Launches Revolutionary In-Room Technology | Hilton Washington Dulles Selected as Initial Site for (Hospitality Net, 4/13/2006 2:10pm) |
| DULLES, Va., Stanford Hotels Corp. has launched GuestLink(TM), a first-of-its-kind in-room service that lets guests easily connect all of their electronic gadgets and devices to a 42-inch HDTV flat screen. This state-of-the-art technology is the most revolutionary in-room development to occur in five decades, according to Clyde Guinn, senior vice president operations for San Francisco-based ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Blu-ray reportedly trailing CBHD in China, the second theater of the format war begins (Engadget, 7/25/2009 11:03pm) |
Just because Toshiba has given up on HD DVD and moved on, doesn't mean the format war is totally over for red. According to a report by a Japanese TV station, its successor, China Blue HD is actually leading Blu-ray in marketshare in that country. Of course, based on the article found by our friends at FormatWarCentral, all we have to go on is a machine translated description of a video in a language we don't speak describing the apparent initial success of the government backed format in a socialist republic. If you need more evidence than that to declare the format war officially restarted, you're probably a communist, but before we drag you in front of the Un-American activities committee check out the video for a peek at the slick new CBHD cases that The Onion will surely be shipping its videos in very soon.
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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) |