 | BBC and ITV showing Euro 2008 games in high definition on freesat (HDTV UK, 6/04/2008 11:14pm) |
| Quite a scoop for freesat as both the BBC and ITV will be showing matches from Euro 2008 in high definition on the platform. Of course, it's possible to see all the games the BBC has rights to in high def on Virgin Media and Sky, but ITV has announced that its first HD programmes will be matches on the opening few days of the tournament, including Portugal versus Turkey on Saturday... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Ireland sees tenfold increase in Blu-ray sales (HDTV UK, 5/01/2008 11:41am) |
| More scintillating Blu-ray sales figures, with news that Ireland is one of the fastest growing markets in Europe for the Blu-ray format. Sony announced that it aims to capture 20% of Ireland's Home Vision electronic sales this year, and proved its intentions by cutting the price of the BDP-S300 Blu-ray player from €499 to €399... ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Strategy Analytics: 44% of Euro homes HD by 2012 (Broadband TV News, 4/18/2007 9:54am) |
| Strategy Analytics: 44% of Euro homes HD by 2012 Posted in Newsline, HDTV by Julian Clover on April... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Rumor: Xbox 360 to get 50 Euro price cut March 14 (Joystiq, 3/05/2008 9:30am) |
| Filed under: Microsoft Xbox 360
Possible good news for our European friends this morning, as Tech Radar is reporting that Xbox 360s will be getting an across-the-board 50 Euro price cut on every SKU on March 14. Their information, while not confirmed by Microsoft, reportedly comes from "numerous well-placed games industry sources," and has been corroborated with European retailers.That would br ... (Read Full Article) |
| CES 2008: Blu-ray studios claim 85% share of HD hardware market, predict two million player sales in 2008 (Tech Digest, 1/07/2008 8:00am) |
| This evening's Blu-ray press conference at CES was a predictably cheery affair, although thankfully without too many digs at HD DVD, and more focus on the state of the market, and plans for 2008.]]>
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| ITV tests high definition service (HDTV UK, 5/16/2008 10:20am) |
| Wednesday saw ITV transmit its first twelve hours of high definition TV, though the content was not (officially) publicly accessible via freesat, where the service will initially launch in the coming few weeks. Content included coverage of the UEFA Cup... ... (Read Full Article) |
| CES 2008: PS3, Blu-ray in 45% U.S households by 2011 (Punch Jump, 1/09/2008 5:52pm) |
| Sony Corp. this week published a new advert at the 2008 Consumer Electronics Show that claims a 45 percent adoption rate of Blu-ray in the U.S. by 2011. ... (Read Full Article) |
| AVN 2008: No more Porn on HD DVD? (I4U, 1/11/2008 9:01am) |
| What a difference a year makes. At the AVN 2007, we ran a story titled No Porn on Blu-ray?. Today, Prominent adult movie producer Digital Playground says that they plan to stop releasing porn on HD DVD probably by the end of 2008.
The statement was ma... ... (Read Full Article) |
| CES 2008: Video: Xbox 360 with Mediaroom demo (Punch Jump, 1/08/2008 6:03pm) |
| Microsoft Corp. this week demonstrated an Xbox 360 with new Mediaroom IPTV software at the 2008 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, NV. ... (Read Full Article) |
| CES 2008: Vizio VP605F 60'' 1080p and VP504F 1080p HDTVs with HQV (I4U, 1/06/2008 1:54pm) |
| VIZIO introduces 7 new Plasma TVs including full 1080p HD HDTVs with Silicon Optix HQV Processing at the CES 2008.
Vizio's offerings in 2008 will include the feature rich VP504F-50" Full High Definition, 1080p Plasma Display featuring Silicon Opt... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Fox Plans Profile 1.1 'Sunshine' Blu-ray For Q1 2008 (High-Def Digest, 10/30/2007 11:00pm) |
| Fox Home Entertainment revealed Monday that it will issue its first Profile 1.1 title in early 2008, a feature-packed Blu-ray release of 'Sunshine.' Although the studio has yet to set an official street... ... (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) |
| Sony projects 50% Blu-ray market share in 2008 (Punch Jump, 4/08/2008 3:59pm) |
| Sony Corp. this week said that it expects sales of its high-definition Blu-ray disc format to capture 50 percent market share in 2008, according to the DigiTimes. ... (Read Full Article) |
| CES 2008: Xbox 360 on back burner at trade show (Punch Jump, 1/07/2008 8:01pm) |
| Microsoft Corp.’s Xbox 360 was largely placed on the black burner as the company focused on other products at the 2008 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, NV. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Micronas Semiconductor Holding AG / Fusions/reprises / Micronas to acquire WISchip International, a leader in video (n-tv, 10/26/2005 3:56pm) |
| Communiqué Adhoc transmis par euro adhoc. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Blu-ray disc sales jump in Q4 2008 (AfterDawn, 1/10/2009 3:02am) |
| The past year has been very eventful for Blu-ray. Many new Blu-ray products have been shown at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas this year, where just a year ago Blu-ray jumped ahead of its former rival HD DVD. "It turned out to be a phenomenal year for Blu-ray," said Tom Adams of Adams Media Research. In the fourth quarter of 2008, which is only too important for te ... (Read Full Article) |
| Blu-ray Disc Player Sales Strong in 2008 (About.com, 1/07/2009 6:00am) |
| The results are in, and despite the downturn in the economy, sales of Blu-ray Disc players were strong in 2008, resulting in the total number of both standalone Blu-ray Disc... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Blu-ray Disc content market almost tripled in US in 2008 (Computerworld, 1/12/2009 5:00am) |
| Sales and rentals of Blu-ray Disc content almost tripled in 2008 despite an overall downturn in the U.S. home entertainment market, an industry association reported at last week's Consumer Electronics Show. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Daewoo shows 120Hz HDTVs, Blu-ray, PMPs at CES 2008 (I4U, 1/07/2008 2:31pm) |
| Daewoo announces to show HDTVs, Blu-ray, DID, DDS and PMP devices at the CES 2008.
The Daewoo HDTV line will include 120Hz full HD in 46, 42 and 37 inches.
Daewoo also enters the HD movie player market with their own Blu-ray players.... ... (Read Full Article) |
| CES 2008: Xbox 360 with Mediaroom IPTV rocks trade show (Punch Jump, 1/07/2008 8:09pm) |
| Microsoft Corp. on Mon. debuted an Xbox 360 console with Mediaroom IPTV software at the 2008 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, NV. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Return to Forever Returns: Live at Montreux 2008 on Blu-ray Disc (Big Picture Big Sound, 5/06/2009 8:44am) |
| These giants of Jazz Fusion got together again for the first time in 25-years for a brilliant live performance captured during a stop on their 2008 tour at the Montreux Jazz festival and presented here in a solid 1080i transfer on Blu-ray Disc.
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| VHS lives: JVC announces VHS/DVD/Blu-ray recorder for Japan (CrunchGear, 10/30/2009 8:21am) |
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It seems VHS will never die, and this is generally welcome, as a lot of good movies aren't still available on optical discs. In summer 2008, Panasonic released a VHS/Blu-ray combo, followed by Sharp's Aquos BD-HDV22 that was pretty much the same thing. And today, over one year later, JVC anounced the DR-BH250 [JP], which is a VHS recorder, Blu-Ray Recorder and 250GB HDD rolled into one. (Read Full Article) |
 | Clint, Sergio & a Saucy Side of Spaghetti (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance, 7/28/2005 9:10pm) |
| Encore Westerns celebrates the Euro-Western explosion of the '60s and '70s with "Blood, Bullets & Spaghetti," double features beginning Monday, August 8th through Friday, August 12th at 8:00 p.m. . ... (Read Full Article) |
| LittleBigPlanet for the Sony PS3 delayed until Fall 2008? (I4U, 12/22/2007 7:00pm) |
| That the highly anticipated LittleBigPlanet game for the Sony PS3 is too late for Christmas is already bad. Now rumors even put the revolutionary jump and run game release to fall 2008.
Sony announced Little Big Planet in March at the GDC 2007. See th... ... (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) |
| Warner Delays Invasion HD DVD by Three Weeks (Format War Central, 1/11/2008 4:22am) |
| As mentioned in their statement regarding HD DVD and Blu-ray, Warner appear to have moved the release of the HD DVD of Invasion (February 19, 2008) to three weeks after the Blu-ray release (January 29, 2008). I thought it was interesting that Warner announced that they would do this and can only imagine it is [...] ... (Read Full Article) |
| SHORT PIPELINE ALERT! Warner commits exclusively to Blu-ray for 2008 (HDTV UK, 1/04/2008 8:00am) |
| In a "shock" announcement, Warner Brothers Entertainment has officially announced that it will be releasing future high definition titles exclusively on Blu-ray from May 2008.
Yes, folks, you read that right. Despite recent protestations from Warner executives to the contrary, it seems that "consumer demand" has won. Obviously Warner's pipeline (where all the plans are kept) is very, very, s ... (Read Full Article) |
| Blu-ray Reaches 9 Million Sold, 3 Million in 2008 (Format War Central, 3/25/2008 9:39pm) |
| Scott Hettrick is reporting on his Hollywood in Hi-def Blog that Blu-ray has reached 9 Million units sold since inception according to HMR research.
Perhaps even more iinteresting is that 3 Million of those were sold in this year, putting the format on pace to easily hit at least 15 million units for 2008.
The average weekly [...] ... (Read Full Article) |
| Paramount Home Entertainment Announces HD DVD Slate for First Quarter of 2008 (Business Wire, 1/17/2008 2:00pm) |
| HOLLYWOOD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Paramount Home Entertainment (PHE) today announced its upcoming slate of releases on HD DVD for the first quarter of 2008. A compelling array of ... (Read Full Article) |
| HD DVD Websites Note the End of the Format (Format War Central, 3/28/2008 6:51pm) |
| The HD DVD Promotion Group was dissolved today according to the official website. The following message is now shown there:
HD DVD Managing MembersMarch 28, 2008
The HD DVD Promotion Group was dissolved as of March 28, 2008, and the website was closed accordingly.
Please access to DVD Forum for HD DVD formats, andDVD Format/Logo Licensing Corporation [...] ... (Read Full Article) |
| Warner dumps HD DVD and goes Blu-ray exclusive! Format war over? Blu-ray triumphant? (Tech Digest, 1/04/2008 8:00am) |
| Uh-oh. Set the internet to RED ALERT - the nasty HD DVD and Blu-ray war might just be about to end, thanks to Hollywood heavyweight Warner deciding to go Blu-ray exclusive in 2008.
In a press release over on its official portal, Warner Bros. has kicked all HD DVD owners to the kerb - and announced it's going Blu-ray exclusive from May of 2008.
The world-ending press release starts like this: ... (Read Full Article) |
| Digital TV switchover date: December 31, 2008 (Engadget, 5/27/2005 3:26pm) |
| So last we heard, some high-tech honchos had gotten together to press Congress on the issue of the official digital TV switchover date . That legislation is now drafted, and sets a December 31, 2008 date by which broadcasters who’re still hogging those analog airwaves have got to give it up. One of the issues still unresolved is what to do about the nagging problem of the 20+ million American ... (Read Full Article) |
| German Retailer takes your old HD-DVD Player when you buy a Sony Blu-ray Player (I4U, 1/29/2008 2:00pm) |
| The HD DVD camp does not have it easy these days. Saturn, one of the largest consumer electronics chains in Germany now offers a 150 Euro rebate (~$221) when you bring your old HD DVD player and buy a new Sony Blu-ray player.
So for instance if you bu... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Samsung Enters 2008 as HDTV Market Share Leader Two Years Running (Business Wire, 1/06/2008 10:00pm) |
| LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Samsung Electronics enters 2008 as the global and US market leader in HDTV. Moreover, strong sales across its HDTV line catapulted it to the number one position ... (Read Full Article) |
| CES 2008: More Samsung HDTVs heading to UK (Tech Digest, 1/07/2008 8:00am) |
| The last thing we really need is another foot long list of HDTV specs so I'll keep this brief. Most of Samsung's latest HDTV range is heading to the UK. The main theme this year is 1080p - 2008 is being geared up to be the year of Full HD and Samsung is aiming to get reduce the price difference between 1080p and 720p sets down to just a £100 leap. ]]>
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| 'Sleeping Beauty,' 'Finding Nemo' Headline Disney's 2008 Blu-ray Plans (High-Def Digest, 1/05/2008 11:34pm) |
| Disney has issued a sneak peek at their Blu-ray plans for 2008, including the first confirmation of the highly-anticipated high-def debuts of 'Sleeping Beauty,' 'Finding Nemo' and 'National Treasure.'... ... (Read Full Article) |
| CES: 'Sleeping Beauty,' 'Finding Nemo' Headline Disney's 2008 Blu-ray Plans (High-Def Digest, 1/05/2008 11:34pm) |
| Disney is previewing its Blu-ray plans for 2008 in a pre-CES annoucement, including official confirmation of the highly-anticipated high-def debuts of 'Sleeping Beauty,' 'Finding Nemo' and 'National Treasure.'... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Warner to Bring 'Amadeus,' 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' to Blu-ray, HD DVD in 2008 (High-Def Digest, 5/03/2007 10:26pm) |
| Already plotting out its 2008 next-gen release schedule, Warner Home Entertainment today revealed plans to bring the Oscar-winning classics 'Amadeus' and 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' to Blu-ray and... ... (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) |
| CES 2008: Microsoft and BT partner to bring high-def services to Xbox 360 [updated] (HDTV UK, 1/07/2008 8:00am) |
| Microsoft and British Telecom have announced a partnership which will allow UK Xbox 360 owners to download gaming and entertainment content to their consoles via the BT Vision service.
Anyone who is a broadband customer with BT will be able to enjoy a selection of high definition content delivered directly to the Xbox 360.
The service will be available from mid-2008. It's not surprising that th ... (Read Full Article) |
| Medical Coaches Building High-Definition Television Trailer for 2008 Olympics in China (ThomasNet, 10/23/2007 1:07pm) |
| Medical Coaches Building High-Definition Television Trailer For 2008 Olympics In China Medical Coaches, of Oneonta, New York, will be represented at the 2008 Summer Olympics. They are designing and building a sophisticated High-Definition Television (HD TV) trailer for the Guangdong Television company in the Guangdong province of China. They are the fourth largest TV station in the country and ... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Warner Talks More About Reasons for Choosing Blu-ray Disc (Format War Central, 1/09/2008 6:23am) |
| Rueters is reporting that Warner Bros
Entertainment Group President Kevin Tsujihara has spoken out more regarding Warner’s shock news that they would only support Blu-ray in the second half of 2008.
A 2007 decline in DVD sales, which account for half of
Hollywood’s profits, and anticipated further declines in 2008
sped Warner’s decision making process.
Tsujihara said the [ ... (Read Full Article) |
| Volvo Ocean Race 2008-2009 Chooses FleetBroadband: HDTV and Rich Multimedia Now a Reality for Global Yacht Race (Business Wire, 3/10/2008 4:30pm) |
| LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Organizers of the Volvo Ocean Race 2008-2009 have chosen FleetBroadband to provide essential voice and data connectivity and send high-definition television (HDTV) ... (Read Full Article) |
| Blu-ray discs sold hit 9 million milestone (AfterDawn, 3/27/2008 8:18pm) |
| Citing strong sales of 'No Country for Old Men,', the Blu-ray camp has now topped 9 million discs sold since its launch.
BD sales for the first 11 weeks of 2008 is about 3 million units, adding to the 6 million that the format had sold since its inception in Q2 2006. The sales are clearly stronger than past years and analysts predict 16 million sold total for 2008.
For the week ended March ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | EOS imaging Reports First quarter 2013 Revenues of €1.9m (Business Wire, 4/26/2013 4:00pm) |
| PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--EOS imaging (NYSE Euronext, FR0011191766 – EOSI), the pioneer in orthopaedic 2D/3D imaging, today announced its revenue results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2013.    €m   Q1 2013   Q1 2012 Sales of [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | EOS imaging Reports 2012 Revenue Grows 35% to €9.41 million (Business Wire, 1/24/2013 6:00pm) |
| PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--EOS imaging (NYSE Euronext, FR0011191766 – EOSI), the pioneer in 2D/3D orthopedic medical imaging, announced today its consolidated revenue for the full year and last quarter of 2012. 2012: Steady revenue growth     [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Hitachi shows 1.5 inch ultra thin Plasma HDTV at CES 2008 (I4U, 1/05/2008 6:55am) |
| Hitachi will debut an ultra-thin Plasma HDTV along side with their already introduced ultra-thin LCD HDTVs at the CES 2008.
Hitachi is among the first vendors to demonstrate an Ultra Thin plasma display. For various technical reasons, the challenges i... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Sony NEC Optiarc: Blue-ray Disc drive prices to drop 50% by 2008 (Digi Times, 11/17/2006 5:24am) |
| By 2008, prices for Blu-ray Disc (BD) drives will drop 50% from current levels amid aggressive development by various related brands and makers, according to Shuji Minami, general manager, product business group of Sony NEC Optiarc. Minami also said the maker is not ruling out seeking new partners in Taiwan or placing more orders with existing Taiwan-based partners. ... (Read Full Article) |
| euro adhoc: Micronas Semiconductor Holding AG / Fusions/reprises / Micronas to acquire WISchip International, a leader (Presseportal, 10/26/2005 4:04pm) |
| 26.10.2005 Combination of Micronas and WISchip technologies enables a broad range of HDTV solutions Zurich, Switzerland, October 26, 2005 - Micronas Semiconductor Holding AG (SWX Swiss Exchange: ... ... (Read Full Article) |
| HDTV shortage may force Euro viewers into pubs (Engadget, 3/21/2006 12:50pm) |
| Filed under: HDTVWhile we've had the
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| (Unranked) | Wii U Direct tomorrow covers summer, autumn details around E3 (Joystiq, 5/16/2013 4:00pm) |
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Nintendo of America tell us it's got a Direct for tomorrow that's focused on summer Wii U and 3DS games. The company's Euro division also has a Wii U-focused Direct [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Call of Duty: Ghosts upgrade from PS3 to PS4 costs $10 (Joystiq, 8/21/2013 9:44am) |
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Players that own Call of Duty: Ghosts on PS3 will be able to purchase the PS4 version for $10, €10 or £10 for a limited time, [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Microsoft optimistic as Xbox 360 has record Euro month; Sony claims overall lead (Joystiq, 12/04/2008 7:26pm) |
| Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360, Business
Speaking at the Reuters Media Summit in New York this week, Shane Kim confessed that Microsoft's Magic 8-Ball is as broken as everyone else's magic crystals, bird baths, mirrors and good old wild guesses have been during these volatile times. The VP was optimistic about the games industry in general, though, suggesting that consumers ... (Read Full Article) |
| Blu-ray New Releases for Tuesday December 9th, 2008 (Format War Central, 12/09/2008 1:01pm) |
| The following are the Blu-ray new releases for Tuesday, December 9th, 2008.
 The Dark Knight
Warner Home Video
Retail: $35.99
Amazon:Â $23.99
The Dark Knight: Limited Edition with Batpod
Warner Home Video
Retail: $64.98
Amazon: $46.99
A Battle of Wits
101 Distribution
Retail: $64.49
Amazon: $48.49
Am: Sonar
Qualiton
Retail: $19.98
Amazon: $17.99
American Pie
101 Distribution
Re ... (Read Full Article) |
| Free HD episodes on iTunes (TV Squad, 9/11/2008 5:04pm) |
| Filed under: Battlestar Galactica, HDTV, The Office, Psych, Eureka, Heroes, Reality-Free, In Plain SightIf you were wondering just what that extra dollar buys you when you upgrade to HD in the iTunes store, you can get a free look. Our pals over at TUAW made note of a number of shows that have free episodes available, in HD. The files are large, with the HD versions clocking in at right around 1.5GB, so it will take a bit to download. Something that isn't helped by the fact that iTunes downloads the SD version as well.
I've been taking a look at them and I grabbed screenshots from Heroes, Life, and Battlestar Galactica to give you an idea of the difference in the picture. It's fairly dramatic. Those captures, and the full list of free episodes, with the iTunes links, are after the jump.
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| 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) |
| 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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| Activision Bets Against PS3 In US [Console Wars] (Kotaku, 2/08/2008 6:50pm) |
| Remember earlier this week when EA pretty much bet on the PS3 whomping the Xbox 360's ass in 2008 (and not in the cool, we're still friends, kinky way)? Well apparently not every publisher is betting... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Who has the most HDTV? (Technorati, 11/07/2007 4:32pm) |
| Verizon joins the race to claim which operator has the most HDTV saying it will have 150 channels by end 2008. Directv and Comcast have been out all Fall claiming they have more HD than any one else ... (Read Full Article) |
| BDA: 10 Million Blu-ray Players In 2008 (High-Def Digest, 1/08/2008 9:50pm) |
| The Blu-ray camp says that by this time next year, the format's installed base could be nearly three times its current size. That was the headline out of last night's Blu-ray Disc Association press conference... ... (Read Full Article) |
| PS3 to drive Blu-ray; 29M players in 2008, says report (Punch Jump, 3/27/2008 3:50pm) |
| New data released this week predicts that Sony Corp.’s Playstation 3 will drive Blu-ray growth until the end of next year. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Panasonic HD Equipment To Cover Beijing 2008 Olympics (DVD-Recordable, 4/25/2006 10:46am) |
| The Games of the XXIX Olympiad mark the first time in the history of Olympic television broadcasting that the entire production will be done in high definition. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Fox Prepping New 'AvP' Blu-ray with BD-Live, PIP (High-Def Digest, 3/10/2008 11:00pm) |
| There's no street date yet, but Fox says it is readying a Blu-ray re-issue of 'Alien vs. Predator' for the second half of 2008 that will include all-new PIP and BD-Live bonus features. When asked to comment... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Pioneer's 2008 Blu-ray Player Line Leaked [Blu-Ray] (Gizmodo, 4/16/2008 5:40pm) |
| A source tells us that in May, Pioneer will announce two new Blu-ray players, including the Elite BDP-05FD you see above. Surprisingly, they won't be Profile 2.0, just 1.1 (so PIP but no Ethernet),... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Clearing the Picture (RedNova, 12/05/2005 10:21pm) |
| The two houses of the U.S. Congress remain divided by just four months on a firm "drop dead" date for analog TV. But it's fairly certain that by April 7, 2009 (if not Dec. 31, 2008), your old-line TV set will no longer be able to tune in over-the-air TV channels. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Blu-ray 2008: The Studio Report Card (High-Def Digest, 10/09/2008 12:25am) |
| High-Def Digest's own Kenneth S. Brown has just written an article for Sound & Vision Magazine, in which he holds the studios accountable for their performance in the Blu-ray arena. Regular readers are... ... (Read Full Article) |
| HDTV Prices Up 10% (Home Media Magazine, 3/04/2009 11:13pm) |
| The average selling price of an HDTV went up in February, for the first time since May 2008, according to data from Retrevo CE Index, which tracks more than 4,000 consumer electronics products across 40 categories. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Fastmac's Mac-Specific Blu-ray External Drive Is Slim and $99 [Macworld 2008] (Gizmodo, 1/07/2009 12:17am) |
| The boys at Crunchgear spotted an intriguing portable Mac-intended "Blu-ray SuperDrive" from Fastmac—and while it's not swathed in unibody aluminum, it looks like a pretty good get for $99. Updated:... ... (Read Full Article) |
| DTV by 2008? (Wired News, 10/28/2005 10:22am) |
| The House Energy and Commerce Committee voted yesterday to bump up the digital TV deadline by a year. Plus: Vodaphone U.K. is now selling mobile phones from vending machines. From the Wired News blog Gear Factor. ... (Read Full Article) |
| HBO Taps Thomson for HD Expansion (Broadcasting and Cable, 8/01/2007 9:20pm) |
| As it aims to offer all 26 of its networks in high-definition by mid-2008, the premium cable channel is buying more than $5 million in new HD playout and production equiption from Thomson Grass Valley ... (Read Full Article) |
| Onkyo to Release Blu-ray Player in 2008 (CE Pro, 7/01/2008 8:51pm) |
| The Blu-ray player is designed to work with company's HD A/V receivers. Onkyo, however, is keeping quiet on the details. ... (Read Full Article) |
| CES 2008: Blu-ray press conference liveblog (Tech Digest, 1/07/2008 8:00am) |
| It's safe to say this one could be somewhat triumphant. With rival format HD DVD having seen its CES press conference cancelled, the Blu-ray people could spend the next hour crowing.]]>
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| CES 2008: Xbox 360 may defect to Blu-ray disc (Punch Jump, 1/10/2008 5:46pm) |
| Microsoft Corp. this week said that it may provide a Blu-ray disc playback option for the Xbox 360 should consumer demand warrant it. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Poor early-2008 sales alarming for remainder of HD DVD camp (Ars Technica, 1/21/2008 8:43pm) |
| More bad news for the those still backing HD DVD: Nielsen reports that HD DVD failed to crack the top 10 list of HD titles as the format suffered one of its worst weeks of sales ever.Read More... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Studios Preview CES Blu-ray, HD DVD Title Announcements (High-Def Digest, 1/03/2008 7:00pm) |
| CES is still a few days away, but several studios are providing a sneak peek at some major 2008 Blu-ray and HD DVD titles expected to be officially unveiled at the annual confab. Among the studios previewing... ... (Read Full Article) |
| NASCAR 2008: First Shots! (IGN Complete, 3/23/2007 9:59pm) |
| NASCAR 08 (PS3)Beautiful high-definition in-game screenhots from EA's upcoming game. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Study: After holidays and Super Bowl, HDTV prices climbed (CEA SmartBrief, 3/09/2009 5:00am) |
| The average price of an HDTV had been falling since May 2008, but not so in February, when price tags jumped 10%, according t -More- ]]> ... (Read Full Article) |
| New Firmware Update Now Available For Toshiba HD-DVD Player Owners (About.com, 9/29/2008 8:00am) |
| Yes, the above headline is correct. Even though the HD-DVD format was officially discontinued earlier this year (2008), there are still HD-DVD player owners out there (including myself). As a... ... (Read Full Article) |
| CES 2008: Funai to launch first sub-$300 Blu-ray player to North American market (HDTV UK, 1/09/2008 8:00am) |
| Hot on the heels of Sony'sfirst sub-$200 internal Blu-ray Disc drive comes news from Funai of a sub-$300 standalone Blu-ray player.
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| Warner Bros. Goes Blu-ray Only, Format War Lingers On [Hd Era] (Kotaku, 1/04/2008 10:40pm) |
| In another "win" for "consumers" Warner Bros. Entertainment announced today that it would be going exclusively Blu-ray for hi-definition movie releases as of May 2008. This point in the W column for... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Warner Previews 2008/2009 Blu-ray Slate (High-Def Digest, 2/06/2008 11:00pm) |
| Warner Bros. has unveiled plans to celebrate its 85th birthday in grand style, promising Blu-ray release of such beloved titles as 'Gone with the Wind,' 'The Wizard of Oz' and films from the Batman and... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Contest: Win 'Patton' (Remastered) on Blu-ray! (High-Def Digest, 11/06/2012 2:15am) |
| Back in 2008, the Oscar-winning epic 'Patton' was released to Blu-ray with a problematic video transfer that left many fans upset. This week, 20th Century Fox finally rectifies that mistake with a [...] (Read Full Article) |
| CES: 'Ice Age,' 'I, Robot' Highlight Fox Q1 Blu-ray Wave (High-Def Digest, 1/04/2008 11:22pm) |
| In a pre-CES announcement, Fox has unveiled their complete line-up of Blu-ray catalog titles for Q1 2008, including new dates for the long-delayed high-def debuts of as 'Ice Age' and 'I, Robot.' Unveiled... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Blu-ray Disc Association to push format at IFA 2008 (HDTV UK, 7/18/2008 10:34am) |
| Unrivalled by HD DVD this year, the Blu-ray Disc Association has announced that it is to hold a press conference at the IFA Consumer Electronics Fair in Berlin this August... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Sony Steps Up For Nascar HD - 7/20/2005 10:07:00 AM - Broadcasting & Cable - CA626964 (Broadcasting and Cable, 7/20/2005 3:46pm) |
| According to Street & Smith’s Sports Business Journal, the deal runs through 2006, with 2007 and 2008 being option years. The deal is estimated to be in the low-to-mid seven figures for each year. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Blu-ray booming in the US, as movie disc sales triple in first quarter (HDTV UK, 5/01/2008 11:18am) |
| Research from Home Media Magazine suggests that US sales of Blu-ray movies have jumped 351% in the first three months of 2008, fuelled by increased awareness of the format, and Toshiba's decision to pull HD DVD... ... (Read Full Article) |
| 'Ice Age,' 'I, Robot' Highlight Fox Q1 Blu-ray Wave (High-Def Digest, 1/04/2008 11:22pm) |
| Fox has unveiled their complete line-up of Blu-ray catalog titles for Q1 2008, including new dates for the long-delayed high-def debuts of as 'Ice Age' and 'I, Robot.' Unveiled today via press release... ... (Read Full Article) |
| HDGuru finds the new 'King of HDTVs' (DVICE, 7/27/2009 5:14pm) |
| Football season is coming up, and we don't want to be caught short with a second-rate HDTV. Trusted HDGuru Gary Merson says the Panasonic TC-P54V10, a 54-inch plasma 1080p set, is "the new king of HDTVs." In his eyes-on review, he lauds the THX-anointed plasma panel's excellent image brightness, low energy consumption, deep black levels, judder-free film reproduction, and impressive "pop."
Judging from his impeccable credibility in the past, if the HDGuru says this $2300 HDTV as the world's best, it probably is. He even says this is comparable or better in nearly every criteria than the revered (and unfortunately, discontinued) Pioneer Kuro plasma HDTVs. We want. Our advice? Wait until next month for the release of Panasonic's 65-inch version of this new "King of HDTVs."
Via HDGuru (Read Full Article) |
| 'The Rock' Ready to Roll on Blu-ray This January (High-Def Digest, 10/18/2007 4:00pm) |
| Following weeks of rumors, Disney has confirmed a January 2008 Blu-ray arrival for the long-delayed Michael Bay action spectacular 'The Rock.' As we've previously reported, 'The Rock' was originally announced... ... (Read Full Article) |
| CES: Fox Touts BD-Live, Previews 'Alien vs. Predator: Requiem' Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 1/08/2008 2:22am) |
| With an eye toward merging the Blu-ray format's BD-Live capabilities with social networking, Fox touted the message "The Future is Blu, the Future is BD-Live" today at CES 2008. Taking part in... ... (Read Full Article) |
| CES: Samsung Bows New Dual-Format Blu-ray/HD DVD Player (High-Def Digest, 1/07/2008 2:24am) |
| Updating its recently-released BD-UP5000, Samsung says it will introduce the new BD-UP5500 Duo HD player in the second half of 2008. Like its predecessor, the BD-UP5500 will support both Blu-ray and HD... ... (Read Full Article) |
| CES 2008: 87% of owners watch Blu-ray movies on PS3 (Punch Jump, 1/08/2008 5:57pm) |
| Sony Corp. this week said that 87 percent of Playstation 3 owners watch Blu-ray disc format movies on their PS3. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Strategy Analytics: As Format War Ends, 29 Million Blu-ray Homes Expected This Year (Business Wire, 3/26/2008 2:38pm) |
| LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Blu-ray Disc victory in its recent format war with HD-DVD will propel this technology into 29.4 million homes worldwide by the end of 2008, according to the ... (Read Full Article) |
| CES: Sony Highlights Blu-ray BD-Live Interactivity (High-Def Digest, 1/07/2008 11:22pm) |
| Sony Pictures Home Entertainment today kicked off its CES assault by highlighting a slew of planned BD-Live interactive features coming to Blu-ray in 2008. During a Blu-ray interactivity demo currently... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Gartner: Blu-ray to Win Format War (High-Def Digest, 1/29/2008 11:00pm) |
| Calling Warner's decision to back Blu-ray exclusively "fatal" for the HD DVD format, leading tech research firm Gartner, Inc. is predicting an end to the format war by late 2008. The comments from Gartner... ... (Read Full Article) |
| HD-DVD confirmed dead (the INQUIRER, 2/18/2008 11:26am) |
| Nick Booth the Inquirer,
Monday 18 February 2008. 10:19:00
Hip hip, Blu-ray!
FOLLOWING REPORTS that it is set to dump HD DVD, Toshiba has pretty much
confirmed its tactical retreat from the HD-DVD battleground. The Blu-ray camp,
led by Sony, may finally get this market their own way. Company sources at
Toshiba said it is mulling three main options.... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Tell Us The Best PS3 Game Of 2006. And 2007. And 2008... (Kotaku, 2/25/2014 10:30pm) |
| Persona 5 just got announced for 2015. That means that there
will be at least one game that's a strong contender for getting people to turn
on their PS3s next year. If new games keep coming [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Sony Announces 'The Class' for Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 5/22/2009 9:40pm) |
| The 2008 Cannes Film Festival winner will hit Blu-ray this summer. Releasing August 11, Sony will be bring the French film 'The Class' ('Entres les murs') to Blu-ray. There's no word on tech specs or extras... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Premiere sees 500,000 HDTV subscribers by 2008 (Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News, 8/31/2005 2:40pm) |
| BERLIN, Aug 31 (Reuters) - Germany's only pay-TV broadcaster, Premiere , is launching three digital high definition television (HDTV) channels in November and aims to win 500,000 subscribers for the new service in three years. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Sony PS3 to lead Video Game Console Market in 2011 (I4U, 3/01/2008 6:00pm) |
| Research company iSuppli says that 2008 will be a turning year for the Sony PS3 and I cannot agree more. All is set for a major sales success for the latest Playstation.
iSuppli also forecasts that the Sony PS3 will still need another 3 years to beat ... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Global flat panel TV sales to touch 77 Million units by 2008 (AME Info, 2/18/2006 5:31am) |
| Companies will showcase the latest products relating to High-Definition TV at the 12th Middle East International Cable, Satellite, Broadcast and Communication Exhibition (CABSAT2006), according to organiser Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC). ... (Read Full Article) |
| Warner Plans Ten Blu-ray "Book" Releases for 2008 (High-Def Digest, 3/11/2008 11:00pm) |
| Adding a collectible spin to high-def packaging, Warner has revealed plans to release ten Blu-ray titles in "book"-like editions in the coming year. Home Media Magazine is reporting that with... ... (Read Full Article) |
| HBO Goes Moto for Hi-Def Compression (Digital Video Editing, 8/09/2007 6:40pm) |
| (Broadcasting & Cable) _ Premium-cable programmer HBO said it will use advanced compression technology from Motorola to support the transition of all 26 of its HBO and Cinemax networks to high-definition transmission http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6451493.html -- a process scheduled to be completed by mid-2008. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Renegade Kid's lost Crash Bandicoot DS prototype revealed (Joystiq, 1/11/2013 9:15pm) |
Prolific DS/3DS developer Renegade Kid made a demo for a Crash Bandicoot DS game years ago. The test for Crash Landed was done in 2008 or 2009 for publisher Activision, according to (Read Full Article) |
| Another nail hangs over HD-DVD's coffin (the INQUIRER, 1/08/2008 8:00am) |
| Dean Pullen the Inquirer, Tuesday 8 January 2008. 09:24:00
Paramount poised to jump ship
A REPORT in the Financial Times declares that Paramount has a clause in its HD-DVD exclusivity contract allowing the company to bail from HD-DVD if Warner defected to Blu-ray, and that Paramount is 'poised' to do so....]]>]]> ... (Read Full Article) |
| The End is Here…? Warner to Become Blu-ray Exclusive (Format War Central, 1/04/2008 9:07pm) |
| The news is out. EngadgetHD is reporting, Video Business is reporting, and Deadline Hollywood Daily is reporting… Warner will be Blu-ray exclusive after May 2008. The move is said to be in response to consumer demand, though rumor has it as a very expensive investment from the BDA.
All I can say is what I [...] ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Sloan 2 Will Map The Universe, The Milky Way And Dark Energy (PhysOrg, 7/12/2005 8:29am) |
| Dr. Richard Kron, director of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, announced a new undertaking that will complete the largest survey of the universe. This survey will add new partners and undertake new research missions, and will run through summer 2008. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Blu-Ray sales tank for good reasons (the INQUIRER, 5/05/2008 7:00am) |
| Charlie Demerjian the Inquirer, Monday 5 May 2008. 09:16:00 DRM, Price and BD-J BLU-RAY PLAYER SALES are sucking wind as well they should. According to Cnet, sales of the DRM infected format players are dropping like rocks. The not so bright people out there had expected sales to skyrocket once the format war was done, but it didn't.... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Europe gets PlayTV for PS3 instead of Movie Downloads (I4U, 7/20/2008 3:00pm) |
| Sony launched at the E3 2008 a video download store on the Playstation network that is only available in the United States. Sony will start rolling out PlayTV in Europe starting September 10th. With PlayTV you can record TV programming yourself on the PS3 ... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Sempre Fabul: Final Fantasy IV Now Available on iOS (High-Def Digest, 12/21/2012 5:30pm) |
| The 3D Nintendo DS version from 2008 the basis for the latest re-release. The Super Nintendo classic, originally released as 'Final Fantasy II' in the West has been released for iOS devices at a [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Toshiba 'to lose $1 billion' on HD DVD (the INQUIRER, 3/13/2008 2:37pm) |
| Egan Orion the Inquirer,
Thursday 13 March 2008. 05:39:00
What's a few bucks between friends?
THE NIKKEI is reporting today that Toshiba expects to lose about ¥100
billion as a result of having lost the HD DVD versus Blu-Ray DVD format war to
Sony. That translates to approximately US $1 billion.... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Sony's HDTV Strategy: Out with RPTV, In with OLED and LCD (Big Picture Big Sound, 1/09/2008 12:49pm) |
| At CES in Las Vegas this week, Sony announced their HDTV plans for 2008. They will discontinue their rear projection line and concentrate their efforts on enhancing their existing LCD flat panel technology while bringing to market the first stand-alone OLED televisions. ... (Read Full Article) |
| 'Crimson Tide' to Surface on Blu-ray this February (High-Def Digest, 11/13/2007 9:23pm) |
| After a delay of nine months, Disney has confirmed a February 2008 Blu-ray arrival for the Denzel Washington/Gene Hackman submarine thriller, 'Crimson Tide.' First announced for Blu-ray release at CES...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/highdefdigestallnews/~4/184242806" height="1" width="1"/> ... (Read Full Article) |
| HD-DVD movies gain value (the INQUIRER, 3/12/2008 11:23am) |
| Andrew Thomas the Inquirer,
Wednesday 12 March 2008. 10:32:00
Can you beelieve it?
PUNTERS are making a beeline to eBay where HD-DVD movies are being auctioned
at over inflated prices because they are 'collectors items'. The fairly dire
Bee Movie was recently auctioned for $400 and while it is possible to argue
that the disks are going to be collector's items, particularly when... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Warner Blu-rayand HD DVD Titles For Europe to Mid 2008 (Format War Central, 1/22/2008 7:14pm) |
| We read (as best we can) on areadvd.de some of the planned Warner releases in Europe between now and June.
For both formats we see Golden Compass, I am Legend, and the Dirty Harry series. This could be of interest to US HD DVD buyers since Golden Compass will probably not be released on HD DVD [...] ... (Read Full Article) |
| 'Girls Gone Wild: Baby Bash' Announced For Blu-ray, HD DVD (High-Def Digest, 12/12/2007 5:00pm) |
| Love 'em or hate 'em, the video vixens of Girls Gone Wild are headed back to next-gen disc, with Mantra Films announcing 'Baby Bash: Live and Uncensored' for Blu-ray and HD DVD release in early 2008. The... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Warner to Back Blu-Ray Disc Exclusively Over HD-DVD (Big Picture Big Sound, 1/05/2008 12:23am) |
| In what may be a crushing blow for Toshiba's HD-DVD format, Warner has announced that it will exclusively support Blu-ray Disc over the rival format as soon as May, 2008. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Eternal Sonata On PS3: More Than Just A Port [Eternal Sonata] (Kotaku, 6/26/2008 12:20pm) |
| Eternal Sonata's due on the PS3 (at least in Japan) in September 2008. It was released on the 360 (at least in Japan) in June 2007. Time enough for tri-Crescendo to make the wait a little more... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Sony BDU-X10S Blu-ray Drive (I4U, 1/07/2008 6:00pm) |
| Sony Electronics announced an internal BD-ROM drive dubbed BDU-X10S at the CES 2008.
The new BDU-X10S BD-ROM drive comes with CyberLinkÂ’s PowerDVD BD Edition software for playback of commercial movie titles, recorded Blu-ray Disc home videos, DVD-RO... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | James Bond HD channel launching in the UK (HD-Report, 8/07/2012 4:52pm) |
| Sky will launch a dedicated James Bond HD channel for the entire month of October, the UK’s Pocket-Lint reports. The channel will broadcast all 22 of the past Bond films from Dr No (1962) to Quantum of Solace (2008), as well as the [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Beijing Olympics to witness first-ever HDTV broadcast (Deccan Herald, 11/07/2006 6:24am) |
| For the first time in the history of the Olympic movement, the 2008 Beijing Olympics will witness the use of state-of-the-art High Definition Television broadcast, which will allow viewers to experience top quality pictures of the world's premier sporting event. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Report: 53% of U.S. Homes Own an HDTV (Home Media Magazine, 8/10/2009 10:05pm) |
| Aggressive marketing and special offers by consumer electronics manufacturers and retailers has contributed to 53% of U.S. households owning a high-definition television. That’s an 18% boost from 2008 when 35% of households reported owning an HDTV (23% in 2007), according to a new report. (Read Full Article) |
| Channel starts dumping HD-DVD recorders (the INQUIRER, 2/20/2008 12:07pm) |
| INQUIRER staff the
Inquirer, Wednesday 20 February 2008. 09:45:00
Hey suckers, thanks for nothing
SHOPS ARE starting to heavily discount HD-DVD recorders in an attempt to
reduce their stock mountains. Don't expect Toshiba to refund you the difference
between the new prices and the old prices though - that would be a sacrifice
too great for the firm to make.... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Xbox 360 to have over 1,000 titles by Summer 2008, says MS rep (Joystiq, 3/15/2008 4:30pm) |
| Filed under: Microsoft Xbox 360If there's one thing we appreciate about a home console, it's prolificacy -- and for quite some time now, the PS2 has claimed top honors in that respect. Sony's last-gen system currently holds the console record for having the most games (with more than 1600 titles), which we never expected to be toppled in this day and age, where console generations seem to pass ... (Read Full Article) |
| Splended to Bring Soderberg's Traffic to Blu-ray in Germany, EMS Brings Monster (Format War Central, 4/02/2008 6:36pm) |
| We see that Splendid Entertainment will be releasing Traffic on Blu-ray in Germany on May 30th 2008. Steven Soderbergh won an Oscar for Best Director and Benicio Del Toro won Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his performance in this film.
This release is interesting on a number of levels. Firstly Traffic is a Universal [...] ... (Read Full Article) |
| Chinese firms get Blu-ray authorisation (the INQUIRER, 5/23/2008 11:04am) |
| Stewart Meagher the Inquirer, Friday 23 May 2008. 11:44:00 Cheaper drives to go ELEVEN CHINESE companies have been given the official blessing of the Blu-ray Disk Association (BDA) to begin the manufacture of BD disks, drives and players starting next year according to China Tech News. The manufacturers - including TCL, Malata and Desay - have in some cases moved to the BD... ... (Read Full Article) |
| HD-DVD's death prompts more console hot air (the INQUIRER, 2/21/2008 10:00am) |
| Dean Pullen the Inquirer,
Thursday 21 February 2008. 09:30:00
Console round-up Top Wii titles dated
NOW THAT HD-DVD has officially died, Microsoft, Sony and analysts have all
chipped in on what it means for the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360. PS3/PSP Thanks
to a reader who has pointed out, after Monday's round-up, that Sony's PS3
PlayTV is already listed, with price, hereon HMV.com.... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Autodesk 123D Creatures lets you create monsters on your iPad (Engadget, 2/14/2013 1:28pm) |
| Love Spore's robust creature creator tool? Got an iPad? Autodesk has something for [...] (Read Full Article) |
| PS3 promises: in-game XMB, video store, and PSN cards in '08 (Joystiq, 4/17/2008 10:00am) |
| Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3
Peter Dille - Senior Vice President for PlayStation Network ... oh, and marketing - wants you to relax. He knows a lot of us (all of us?) are frustrated at how slowly things seem to be moving on the Sony front, so he's got a message of Hope: 2008 is your year, PS3 owners. Not only are there a couple of big games coming your way, but some of those long overdue feat ... (Read Full Article) |
| Loewe could integrate Blu-ray drives into future HDTVs (HDTV UK, 11/28/2008 11:32am) |
| ElectricPig has scored an exclusive interview with Loewe's CEO, Frieder Löhrer, who suggests that the upmarket TV manufacturer may well add integrated Blu-ray drives to their LCD TVs in the future. "Its a technique that we forsee not for the year 2008, but I would assume for early 2010," he said. He also spoke about the possibility of building OLED-based TVs, saying that the company was watchi ... (Read Full Article) |
| PS3 to get trophies (the INQUIRER, 6/02/2008 10:32am) |
| Dean Pullen the Inquirer, Monday 2 June 2008. 10:49:00 Console round-up XBLA restrictions eased SONY'S PSP is still topping sales figures in Japan. According to Gamesindustry.biz the PSP shifted 64,449 units over the past week ending May 25th, with the Wii at second place with 49,047 units sold. The Nintendo DS sold 37,404 units, and the PS3 only managed a meagre 9,071 units.... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Samsung Debuts the First 3D Ready Flat-Panel HDTV with Its 2008 Entry-Level Plasma HDTV Line-up (Business Wire, 1/06/2008 10:00pm) |
| LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Samsung Electronics, the leader in HDTV design and technological innovation, will unveil its groundbreaking new line-up of plasma HDTVs ... (Read Full Article) |
| Netflix defects to Blu-ray (the INQUIRER, 2/12/2008 8:00am) |
| Nick Farrell the Inquirer, Tuesday 12 February 2008. 08:09:00
More nails hammered into HD-DVD's coffin
ONLINE movie rental outfit Netflix has nailed its colours to Blu-ray's mast and decided to abandon the HD-DVD format. In a press release Netflix said the move follows four major movie studios in selecting the Sony technology over one pushed by Toshiba....]]>]]> ... (Read Full Article) |
| Blu-ray outselling DVD, in Japan (AfterDawn, 7/02/2008 7:45pm) |
| According to sales data from Amazon Japan, it appears that in the region, sales of Blu-ray discs are finally outselling their standard definition counterparts, at least for a couple of genres.
Nikkei has reported that for the first six months of 2008, Sony Pictures’ Resident Evil Trilogy Boxset on Blu-ray was the best selling movie product for the whole site, “significantly outperforming” th ... (Read Full Article) |
| PS3 uses five times more energy than a fridge (the INQUIRER, 6/04/2008 8:19am) |
| Nick Farrell the Inquirer, Wednesday 4 June 2008. 08:53:00 That's just not cool AUSSIE CONSUMER GROUP Choice, claims that consoles such as Sony's Playstation 3 chew up five times more energy than a fridge. Apparently a fridge will go through $50 worth of electricity a year while a PS3 will cost $250 a year even if it is not used.... ... (Read Full Article) |
| SonyNEC Optiarc projects sub-$100 Blu-ray optical drives by year's end (Engadget, 6/06/2008 7:50am) |
| Filed under: HDTV, StorageIf you'll recall, SonyNEC Optiarc was the same company that suggested BD prices would be halved by 2008 from what they were in late 2006, and while stickers are still relatively high on standalone decks, the prediction actually wasn't too far off. A new report from Tom's Hardware notes that the aforementioned outfit is expecting Blu-ray combo drives "to reach the $100 ... (Read Full Article) |
| HD DVD sales plummet (the INQUIRER, 1/28/2008 8:00am) |
| Egan Orion the Inquirer, Monday 28 January 2008. 15:21:00
Warner's dump flecked, bloody
IN THE WEEK after the Warner film studio announced on January 4th that it would no longer release movies in HD DVD format, consumer retail sales of HD DVD discs plummeted, according to market analysis company NPD Group as reported by the New York Times....]]>]]> ... (Read Full Article) |
| Blu-ray shipments finally increase in Japan (the INQUIRER, 7/22/2008 9:39am) |
| Emma Hughes the Inquirer, Tuesday 22 July 2008. 10:25:00 Sony sigh of relief SHIPMENTS of Blu-ray players and recorders in Japan have increased to a six-figure level with 122,000 in June alone. This is a dramatic increase compared to May when it was only 82,000 units. It is expected that these figures will continue to rise in coming months, as Japanese workers receive... ... (Read Full Article) |
| High definition disc war over by end of 2008, Gartner claims (HDTV UK, 1/28/2008 8:00am) |
| According to an analyst at the Gartner market research firm, the high definition disc war will be over by the end of the year, with Blu-ray becoming the high definition format to supersede DVD.
However, they said that Toshiba's strategy of cutting player prices is only prolonging the inevitable.
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| Hitachi eyes No. 1 share of global market for HDTV ready plasma TVs (Kyodo via Yahoo! Asia News, 12/20/2005 12:10pm) |
| _ Hitachi Ltd. on Tuesday unveiled a business strategy for flat-screen television sets, with an eye to capturing the biggest share of the global market for high-definition plasma TVs in fiscal 2008. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Blu-ray player sales are falling (AfterDawn, 4/30/2008 10:29pm) |
| Despite Blu-ray's victory over rival format HD DVD, it seems Blu-ray player sales are falling or seeing little to no growth in various markets.
The latest figures, according to the NPD Group, show that Blu-ray standalone players sales (excluding the PlayStation 3 and Blu-ray PC drives) have mostly decreased since the beginning of 2008, or seen no growth. Sales dropped 40 percent in the US from ... (Read Full Article) |
| Blu-ray revenue on the rise but what does it really mean? (AfterDawn, 7/21/2008 5:58pm) |
| Half way through 2008 the home video market has made studio executives happy. Although spending hasn't grown from last year's levels it also haven't fallen, which many in the industry considered a strong possibility.
Blu-ray in particular has seen a spending increase of around 300% from the first half of last year. It has amounted to more than $200 million in revenue so far this year.
“I ... (Read Full Article) |
| Blu-ray Player Sales Expected to Outpace DVD in 2008 (Format War Central, 5/23/2008 6:59pm) |
| Video Business is reporting that high-end consumer electronics retailers expect set-top Blu-ray players to begin outselling DVD players by August, as a wave of new models eases current supply problems.
Since the format war ended in February, demand for BD players by early adopters has been higher than that for standard DVD at Ultimate Electronics, Crutchfield [...] ... (Read Full Article) |
| 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) |
| DivX support finds its way into HP, LG HDTVs (Engadget, 4/23/2008 5:46pm) |
| Filed under: Displays, HDTV, Home EntertainmentThere's no other way to say it, DivX is on a roll in 2008 (that small Stage6 stumble is already a fading memory). If support from Blu-ray players and videogame consoles wasn't enough, DivX Certification has snaked its long arm directly into HDTVs, with "over 80 models" from HP and LG slapping on a sticker indicating users can simply plug a USB dri ... (Read Full Article) |
| CES 2008: Sharp rolls out latest AQUOS HDTV ranges (Tech Digest, 1/06/2008 8:00am) |
| As is traditional with every major electronics manufacturer at this time of year, Sharp has announced a glut of HDTVs. And like every year, they're steadily getting bigger and bigger, with LCD now looking like it might be turning the tide in its favour at against rival Plasma technology at even larger sizes.
Sharp's flagship model that's coming out in the next couple of weeks in the US, is th ... (Read Full Article) |
| Notebook makers rethinking Blu-ray (the INQUIRER, 9/23/2008 3:34pm) |
| Paul Taylor the Inquirer, Tuesday 23 September 2008. 16:09:00 Remove icing from the cake BLU-RAY DRIVES, introduced by many notebook manufacturers as a high-end feature in top-of-the-range notebooks, are being selectively sidelined as manufacturers rethink strategies and adjust sales targets to the worrisome economic climate. According to a report on Dodgytimes, Asus has cancelled the feature on a ... (Read Full Article) |
| Xbox 360 to get US price drop (the INQUIRER, 6/30/2008 7:58am) |
| Dean Pullen the Inquirer, Monday 30 June 2008. 08:43:00 Console round-up Playstation trophy screens leaked USUALLY THE SUMMER presents us with a quiet period of console and gaming-related news, but this season seems to be more busy than most. Xbox 360 It seems that earlier rumours of an Xbox 360 price drop at E3 are ringing true.... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Sony builds new PS3 controller (the INQUIRER, 6/16/2008 8:52am) |
| Nick Farrell the Inquirer, Monday 16 June 2008. 09:27:00 Feels the movement and breaks EXPLODING BATTERY MAKER Sony has designed a new PS3 controller that is designed to break. The new controller, which is supposed to be the answer to the Wii, is designed to 'break apart' into two individual units that have remote-like motion-sensing functionality.... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Philips hopes for 3D HD in 2008 (Engadget, 2/06/2006 8:00am) |
| Filed under: HDTVWe'd be happy for more 2D high-def, but 3D is on the radar
for Philips according to top brass, Rudy Provoost. While Philips overhauls their product line they've de ... (Read Full Article) |
| Charter to Add Eight New High Definition Channels in Metro St. Louis (Business Wire, 4/16/2008 1:46pm) |
| ST. LOUIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Charter Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: CHTR) announced today it plans to add eight new channels in high definition (HD) on May 15, 2008 in St. Louis. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Vizio moves to second place in HDTV sales (AfterDawn, 2/22/2009 9:26pm) |
| Vizio has announced that they have surpassed Sony as the second-biggest seller of HDTVs in the United States, as of the 4Q 2008.
According to figures from iSuppli, Vizio accounted for over 14 percent of LCD and Plasma shipments, up 3.11 percent from the Q3. Sony fell 0.42 percent to 13.5 and Samsung remained the leader at 20.2 percent despite a small drop of 0.62 percent from the Q3.
Panason ... (Read Full Article) |
| LG Blu-Ray writer burns 4x media at 6x speeds (the INQUIRER, 5/15/2008 11:29am) |
| Rob Kerr the Inquirer, Thursday 15 May 2008. 12:09:00 First INQpressions LG GGW H20L Product: LG GGW H20L Website: Lge.com/GGWH20L System Requirements: Intel Pentium D 3.2GHz or Higher, Windows Vista (x86, x64), Windows XP with SP2, RAM 1GB, HDD 30GB or more, 60GB for Blu-ray Disc Authoring, Serial ATA Price: $399.99, £152.94 - research price, Ebuyer UK A FEW MONTHS back Toshiba officially p ... (Read Full Article) |
| PS3 beats out Xbox 360 in US January sales, says NPD (AfterDawn, 2/15/2008 7:48pm) |
| According to the NPD Group, year-over-years sales for the US videogame market fell 6 percent to $1.18 billion USD for January 2008.
Software sales for the month increased 11 percent however, to $610.6 million USD, but NPD's Anita Frazier attributed that increase mainly to higher prices, such as the expensive "Guitar Hero" and "Rock Band" bundles that both sold very well.
Hardware sales ... (Read Full Article) |
| CES 2008: Microsoft will switch to Blu-ray if consumer chooses the format (HDTV UK, 1/09/2008 8:00am) |
| Do you remember how Microsoft doesn't like Blu-ray?
"We firmly stand behind the HD DVD format as the best choice for consumers. Current reports indicating that Microsoft has a back-up plan, which includes Blu-ray support are incorrect. We're fully committed to HD DVD and have absolutely no plans to support other optical formats."
Admittedly, that was back in May 2007 and a lot has changed si ... (Read Full Article) |
| Only Sony signed up to offer PS3 movies, so far (the INQUIRER, 6/27/2008 10:08am) |
| INQUIRER Newsdesk the Inquirer, Friday 27 June 2008. 10:46:00 Critical moss SONY MAY HAVE plans to feed movies to its PS3 console, but so far the only studio signed up to participlate in the Vole-busting scheme is Sony itself. A hack from Hollywood in-house mag Variety has been sniffing about and claims on his bog that the the numerous film-making outfits... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Disney's Direct-to-Video 'Tinkerbell' Bound For Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 11/09/2007 5:00pm) |
| In an unusually early announcement, Disney has confirmed an October 2008 Blu-ray debut for its direct-to-video sequel, 'Tinkerbell.' According to the studio, the long-delayed sequel to the Disney classic...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/highdefdigestallnews/~4/182190518" height="1" width="1"/> ... (Read Full Article) |
| CES 2008: Syntax-Brillian Showcases 120Hz and 1080p LCD HDTVs (I4U, 1/03/2008 1:58pm) |
| Syntax-Brillian will be exhibiting new Olevia LCD HDTVs featuring 120Hz Motion Estimation/Motion Compensation (ME/MC) technology with full-HD 1080p resolution, new industrial designs and firmware upgradeability via USB.
"The new features and enha... ... (Read Full Article) |
| LG BH200 Hybrid Blu-ray and HD DVD Player ships (I4U, 12/10/2007 4:35pm) |
| LG Electronics announces that their new hybrid HD player BH200 is shipping.
The LG Super Blu Player features the BD Standard Profile, and is also ready for BD Profile 1.1 when Blu-ray discs with the new profile become available in 2008. The LG BH200 s... ... (Read Full Article) |
| 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) |
| CES 2008: Blu-ray press conference upbeat, sales numbers a bit low? (HDTV UK, 1/08/2008 8:00am) |
| One side of the disc debate definitely not cancelling their press conference is the Blu-ray Disc Association.
Stuart liveblogged the event so if you want the nitty-gritty, head over there.
Here's the main points:
In 2007, Blu-ray sold 64% of total HD discs, compared to 36% HD DVD (Home Media Research figures).
Globally, Blu-ray took 66% disc sales, and 65% of hardware (including PS3).
1/2 mil ... (Read Full Article) |
| Sony stock jumps on Blu-ray win, Tretton calls 2008 PS3's 'breakthrough' year (Joystiq, 2/20/2008 12:30pm) |
| Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Business
Now that the HD movie format war is officially for-sure over, Sony is ready to reap the benefits. Sony's US shares rose up to 5 percent yesterday (closing up 3.4% at $46.30) on the news that Toshiba was ready to put HD DVD on an ice float. Sony Computer Entertainment America CEO Jack Tretton took the opportunity to say that with Blu-ray winning the forma ... (Read Full Article) |
| Samsung unveils Black Friday 2008 HDTV Deals (I4U, 11/23/2008 11:00am) |
| Usually only retailers make news about great deals for consumer electronics for Black Friday. Samsung puts their own marketing muscle behind special deals with a selection of their HDTV line-up.
Samsung highlights 5 HDTVs that will be available at retaile...]]> ... (Read Full Article) |
| Belkin kills the FlyWire -- does wireless HD / HDMI even have a chance? (Engadget, 7/16/2009 9:44pm) |
| We sort of saw the writing on the wall, but now Belkin has went and made it official: the FlyWire is dead. Originally showcased at CES 2008 and at practically every AV-related trade show since, the wireless HD-enabling FlyWire was seen as the poster child for wireless HD / HDMI by many, and the death of this product certainly doesn't bode well for the technology as a whole. It's true that AMIMON ... (Read Full Article) |
| Panasonic @ CES: New VIERA Plasma HDTVs from 42 to 150 inches (Big Picture Big Sound, 1/15/2008 4:50pm) |
| At CES in Las Vegas last week, Panasonic wowed the crowd with the world's largest flat panel HDTV, a plasma model 150 inches corner to corner with four times the resolution of Full HD 1080p (4096x2160 pixels). Also on display were eleven new VIERA plasma models coming in 2008. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Panasonic shows tru2way HDTV and DVRs (I4U, 5/17/2008 12:00pm) |
| Panasonic will show tru2way enabled PCH2180 HD-DVR Set-Top, VIERA Plasma HDTV sets, TZ-LC100 Portable Digital Video Recorder and more at the Cable Show 2008.
tru2way (formerly OpenCable) is the next-generation interactive digital cable television stan... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Nintendo Set to Reveal New 'Super Smash Bros.' June 11 (High-Def Digest, 6/06/2013 5:30pm) |
| First footage of new Wii U and 3DS installment coming next week. The fourth installment of the 'Smash Bros.' series, and first since 2008's 'Super Smash Bros. Brawl' for the Nintendo Wii is on its [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Samsung Low End Plasmas: Series 4, 5 are 3D Ready HDTVs [Ces 2008] (Gizmodo, 1/06/2008 10:01pm) |
| The Skinny: Samsung has just announced their low end, Series 4 and 5 HDTVs. The entry level plasmas will both be flat panel, 3D ready HDTVs, which Samsung are toting as the world's first. Both will... ... (Read Full Article) |
| French plan high-definition for digital terrestrial television (Interactive TV, 5/21/2007 1:42am) |
| The French are planning to provide high-definition channels on digital terrestrial television from as early as 2008. They have concluded that it will... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Buffalo MediaStation Blu-ray / HD DVD enters U.S. Q1 2008 (Engadget, 1/07/2008 4:54pm) |
| Filed under: CES, HDTV, Home Entertainment
Buffalo's external Blu-ray burning / HD DVD reading combo drive -- sequel to the BHC-6316U2 -- is coming to the U.S., now branded the Buffalo MediaStation Blu-ray HD DVD (BRHC-6316U2). Based on Hitachi's 6x burning / 4x reading GGW-H20N, its hitting American USB ports in the first quarter of this year with an MSRP of $649. Unlike the previous version's ... (Read Full Article) |
| Panasonic Expands Leadership in Solid-State High Definition Production with Six New Additions To P2 HD Line-up (Business Wire, 4/13/2008 11:00pm) |
| LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--At NAB 2008, Panasonic Broadcast reinforced its leadership in solid-state high definition video production with another doubling of card memory capacity, and new ... (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) |
| CES 2008: Sony Pictures president happy with Warner's Blu-ray decision, gives marketing lesson, extols format (HDTV UK, 1/09/2008 8:00am) |
| The Worldwide President of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, David Bishop, has said how pleased he is that Warner Brothers has decided to move exclusively to the Blu-ray Disc format.
He claimed that 'In the US, at least 30 per cent of consumers were confused by the format war and are sitting on the fence." Only 30%?
Now, though, the war is over and retailers and consumers can both have confide ... (Read Full Article) |
| CES 2008: PS3 in-game XMB promised this year (Joystiq, 1/09/2008 6:30pm) |
| Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, CES
What good's a trade show without vague promises? Paul Purdy, repping Sony at CES, has done his part, "confirming" that an in-game XMB update for PlayStation 3 is due in the new year, reports TGR. When pressed for details, Purdy backpedaled and reaffirmed that Sony's CES presence was focused on hardware - hardware that, for the moment, lacks consistent mult ... (Read Full Article) |
| Blu-ray Recorders Outsell DVD Recorders in Japan (Format War Central, 12/10/2008 3:01pm) |
| Blu-ray Disc Recorders have exceeded 50% market share for DVD Recorders in terms of units sold in the first week of November 2008, according to the latest GfK Retail and Technology Japan numbers.
A year ago Blu-ray Disc Recorders held for a market share of only 10%.
It is also interesting to note that Blu-ray Disc Recorders are replacing DVD Recorders one and a half times faster than DVD Recorde ... (Read Full Article) |
| HD Sets to Comprise Majority Of Total Set Unit Sales for First Time in 2006, Says Kagan Research (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 2/13/2006 8:11pm) |
| MONTEREY, Calif.----Feb. 13, 2006--A new study from Kagan Research, THE STATE OF HIGH DEFINITION TELEVISION 2006, forecasts nearly 20 mil. HD sets will be sold to US consumers in 2006, and estimates 104 mil. cumulative HD sets will be sold to consumers by 2008, resulting in 78 mil. ... (Read Full Article) |
| CES 2008: Blu-ray Disc Association wants swift end to format war, make it easier for consumers (HDTV UK, 1/09/2008 8:00am) |
| Hardly surprising that the Blu-ray Disc Association is now calling for a swift end to the high definition disc format war.
Apparently, "there has been a palpable feeling of relief amongst the crowds attending CES in Las Vegas. This relief is down to a feeling that the supposed format war between Blu-ray Disc and rival HD DVD is close to coming to a conclusion."
Hmm, did anyone ask Toshiba if t ... (Read Full Article) |
| Phoenix Entertainment Group To Release Blu-ray Titles (Format War Central, 3/10/2008 5:26pm) |
| Phoenix Entertainment Group and their horror niche label Under the Bed Films are planning to release Blu-ray Disc titles.
On the Pheonix Entertainment Group website we see that they plan to release Paintball The Movie: Court Jesters on DVD and Blu-Ray on May 6, 2008.
Also of note, Under the Bed Films title Naked Beneath the Water [...] ... (Read Full Article) |
| Toshiba demos ‘Blu-ray Killer' (Format War Central, 6/17/2008 9:10pm) |
| Patch up your cuts and get ready for round two, at a press conference Toshiba will be unveiling it’s new upscaling technology which many have dubbed the ”Blu-ray Killer” and “The New Format War” in August of 2008. Toshiba stated the new technology will “fill in the gaps”, and “add resolution” to your already existing DVD collection [...] ... (Read Full Article) |
| New Toshiba Regza ZF LCD HDTV features PS3 Cell Chip (I4U, 7/14/2008 10:00am) |
| At the IFA 2008 Toshiba will introduce the first LCD HDTV containing the power of the CELL CPU known from the Sony PS3.
The Cell chip in the Toshiba Regza ZF-series is used for Resolution+. Toshiba's Resolution+ creates upscaled images from SD source... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Disney announces 2008 Blu-ray line-up, with greater interactive features promised (HDTV UK, 1/09/2008 8:00am) |
| Walt Disney Studios will release titles which fully utilise the advanced interactive and online functions now offered by Blu-ray, according to their President, Bob Chapek.
'This year you will see Disney releasing more and more titles that fully utilise this tremendous technology. This will be the year when we start to fully exploit the promise that Blu-ray offers. Timeless classics such as Sleep ... (Read Full Article) |
| CW Network: 78 Percent Primetime In HD (Broadcast Flag | Keeping track of the FCC, MPAA and the broadcast industry's desire for DRM., 7/26/2007 1:04pm) |
| CW Network: 78 Percent Primetime In HD: "Washington, D.C. (July 25, 2007) -- The CW Network says 78 percent of its primetime lineup will be in High-Definition by January 2008. The network's new season will begin this fall, but its HD lineup will be complete when Friday Night Smackdown, the wrestling program, goes high-def in January. read more. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Amazon offering $50 credit to HD DVD adopters (Joystiq, 4/09/2008 10:00pm) |
| Filed under: Microsoft Xbox 360, Peripherals
Amazon is joining the ranks of a few other retailers in offering a consolation prize to those who purchased an HD DVD player. Engadget HD has a letter from Amazon stating that customers who purchased an HD DVD player (including the Xbox 360 drive) prior to Feb. 23, 2008 are entitled to a $50 store credit. If you purchased an HD DVD player from Amazon b ... (Read Full Article) |
| Microsoft, HP add Media Center Extender functionality to MediaSmart LCD HDTVs (Engadget, 9/27/2007 12:09pm) |
| Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment, Networking
Just in case Linksys and D-Link's introductions weren't enough to satisfy, Microsoft is now announcing yet another partner in its refreshed Extenders for Windows Media Center effort. Beginning in "early 2008," owners of HP's current 42- and 47-inch MediaSmart LCD HDTVs will be able to utilize all of the features of the Media Center Extender pl ... (Read Full Article) |
| CES 2008: Philips unveils BDP7200 Blu-ray player with BonusView compliance (HDTV UK, 1/09/2008 8:00am) |
| Philips has shown off its latest Blu-ray player boasting additional interactive functionality. The BDP7200 incorporates BonusView (which seems to be Philips' name for BD-J functionality) and is supposed to "optimise the complete HD experience".
The full 1080p player includes standard DVD upscaling, multi-channel audio decoding, digital audio outs, HDMI, Deep Colour, 24p processing, and the ful ... (Read Full Article) |
| Wall-E Blu-ray price cut to $14.99 (Punch Jump, 4/06/2009 7:54pm) |
| Retailer Amazon.com on Mon. price cut Disney’s Wall-E Blu-ray disc to under $15 in a new high-definition sale.
On Mon., the Wall-E Blu-ray disc held a sale price of $14.99, 58 percent off the MSRP.
The title was released in Nov. 2008.
Amazon this month began holding a new 50 percent off Blu-ray disc sale in a new [...] ... (Read Full Article) |
| Hauppauge Demonstrates New Affordable High Definition Video Recorder for PCs (eHomeUpgrade, 1/11/2008 8:00am) |
| Hauppauge Digital, Inc., the world's leading developer and manufacturer of analog and digital TV receiver products for personal computers, demonstrated at CES 2008 for the first time their ‘HD PVR’, a USB personal video recorder which can record high definition TV video into H.264 in real time. More...]]> ... (Read Full Article) |
| Studio Heads Target $1 Billion for Blu-ray (Format War Central, 6/17/2008 7:56pm) |
| A report over at Home Media Magazine indicates that studio bosses are aiming for $1 Billion revenue for Blu-ray Disc for 2008.
That is the magic number for Blu-ray Disc sales according to a majority of the home entertainment studio presidents at ‘transFORMATions’ - the seventh annual Home Entertainment Summit.
Seven studio home entertainment presidents - from [...] ... (Read Full Article) |
| NEWS: Xbox 360 sees record Christmas sales in Europe (Pocket-lint, 1/05/2009 4:35pm) |
| Eight million consoles sold to dateEuropean sales data has shown that Xbox 360 had its strongest Christmas to date in 2008, with sales in Europe almost double those of Christmas 2007.
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| SAMSUNG Raises the Home Entertainment Technology Bar with Latest Blu-ray/DVD Players (eHomeUpgrade, 1/28/2008 8:00am) |
| Samsung Electronics, a market leader and award-winning innovator in consumer electronics, has once again raised the bar for digital viewing technology with its 2008 line of DVD and Blu-ray players. Leading this year’s models are the BD-P1500 fourth-generation Blu-ray player and the DVD-F1080 Ultra Compact High-Definition 1080p Upconversion DVD Player. Featuring the latest in high-definition ... (Read Full Article) |
| PS3 named best 'media center' by European org. (Joystiq, 9/11/2007 3:23pm) |
| Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3The good news for Sony: The PlayStation 3 has won another prestigious award for hardware design. The bad news: It has little to nothing to do with it's capabilities as a video game system.The European Imaging and Sound Association's convergence panel has named the PS3 the best European media center for 2007/2008. The award description cites the systems audio/video/ ... (Read Full Article) |
| CES 2008: Twentieth Century Fox calls for focus on Blu-ray features, announces six new titles (HDTV UK, 1/09/2008 8:00am) |
| A senior exec at Twentieth Century Fox has called for a greater emphasis and focus on developing new interactive features for the Blu-ray Disc format.
'Moving forward, we must not lose our focus
on developing features in the Blu-ray Disc format,' said Danny Kaye, Executive VP, Global Research & Technology Strategy at Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment. 'Fox has been aggressive in develo ... (Read Full Article) |
| Limited edition Metal Gear Solid 4 PS3 heads to Japan's Outer Haven (Engadget, 3/21/2008 11:20am) |
| Filed under: Gaming, HDTV
On June 12th, 2008 there'll be no place to hide from the release of the gunmetal MGS4 PS3. Well no place except every single country other than japan where the ¥51,800 (about $520) limited edition console will exclusively launch. That wad of Yen nabs the limited edition 40GB console with a Metal Gear Solid 4 Guns of the Patriots software bundle and like-colored DualShock ... (Read Full Article) |
| PS3 sales to fall short of target, says analyst (Punch Jump, 1/23/2008 8:29pm) |
| A financial analyst told Bloomberg.com this week that sales for Sony Corp.’s Playstation may fall short of a target of 11 million units by fiscal Mar. 2008.
“It’s an industry consensus that PS3 sales will fall short of the target,” said Mitsuhiro Osawa, a Tokyo-based analyst at Mizuho Investors Securities Co.
Sony in Dec. said it was [...] ... (Read Full Article) |
| Samsung adds MediaLive to HDTVs (AfterDawn, 7/23/2008 10:32pm) |
| Samsung announced today the launch of its MediaLive add-on which eliminates the need for a set-top media hub while giving users direct access to movies from Vongo and MovieLink and other content.
To use MediaLive you must have a Samsung HDTV from 2008 or later with CEC automation support. Besides the direct movies from MovieLink and Vongo, users get access to content from Fox Sports and Showti ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Paper-Based 3D Printer Now Adds a Splash of Color (Gizmodo, 11/27/2012 5:00pm) |
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| Telenor Contracts With Orbital to Build THOR II-R Commercial Communications Satellite (RedNova, 9/20/2005 5:29pm) |
| Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE:ORB): -- Contract Provides Replacement Satellite for THOR II, Which Will Be Retired From Service in 2008 -- -- Telenor Contract Is Orbital's Third Firm Order for Smaller-Sized GEO Communications Satellites in 2005 and First European Sale -- Telenor ASA (OBX:Tel //Nasdaq:TELN) and Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE:ORB) announced today that they have signed a ... (Read Full Article) |
| CES 2008: Panasonic unveils SC-BT100 Blu-ray enabled wireless Home Theatre In a Box system (HDTV UK, 1/09/2008 8:00am) |
| Panasonic has shown off its latest Home Theatre in a Box (HTIB) system, now integrating a Blu-ray player. The SC-BT100 looks to be a 5.1-channel system offering two wireless rear speakers. However, it can also be upgraded to a full 7.1-channel wireless surround system, with the optional purchase of two side speakers and a transceiver.
The Blu-ray Disc player features Final Profile for picture-in- ... (Read Full Article) |
| CBHD Overtakes Blu-ray In China (About.com, 8/18/2009 10:00am) |
| While HD-DVD lost to Blu-ray Disc in the West for high definition dominance back in February 2008, it looks like the Chinese-modified version of HD-DVD, known as CBHD (China Blue High Definition) is outselling Blu-ray in China by a margin of 3 to 1. For more details and perspective on this interesting developement, check out the report from Ars Technica. (Read Full Article) |
| Sony's big plans for OLED HDTVs may slip to next year (Engadget, 8/17/2009 11:04pm) |
Hope you weren't too attached to the idea of "medium to large" sized OLED HDTVs coming from Sony this year, according to the Wall Street Journal's sources, the company's slipping share of TV sales mean profitability takes precedence over sweet, super slim new displays. Surprised by its inability to sell truckloads of $2,500 11-inch versions CEO Howard Stringer decided to put the project on the back burner, apparently more focused on things like competing in Wal-Mart and implementing cheaper LED technology for its LCDs. With LG also on a timetable that puts us a year or more away from seeing one of these on store shelves in decent sizes, things are up to Samsung to bring it home -- we're waiting.Filed under: HDTVSony's big plans for OLED HDTVs may slip to next year originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 17 Aug 2009 18:04:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments (Read Full Article) |
| HDTVs Now in Over 50% of American Homes (I4U, 8/05/2009 1:00pm) |
| A new report from Cable & Telecommunications Association for Marketing shows that there has been strong growth in HDTV ownership. According got the report in 2009 over 53% of US homes now report owning an HDTV. That number is up 18% since 2008.
The ...
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| NPD says Blu-ray going mainstream next year (AfterDawn, 9/26/2009 6:33pm) |
According to a new NPD analysis, Blu-ray will finally break into the mainstream in 2010, especially as prices continue to drop.
The company researched consumers using Blu-ray set-top boxes (not including the PS3) in February 2008 and in August of this year, and the figures clearly showed that BD is out of the "early adopter" phase and into the "dreamers" phase which is the group that wants the new technology but are "deterred by price."
Regardless, NPD says falling prices, strong holiday sales, and a slowing uptrending economy will finally push Blu-ray from "niche" technology to "mainstream."
In the 2008 study, over 64 percent of users were early adopters, which only account for 20 percent of the entire market. By August however, the number had been reduced to 38 percent, and replaced by "dreamers" and "sensibles," a group full of middle aged families who like the technology but waited some time before investing. Those two groups account for over 40 percent of the entire market.
“In the last year, we have made great strides toward becoming mainstream, but we’re not quite there yet,” ntoes NPD analyst Russ Crupnick, via VB. “But going into the holiday season, we are seeing a combination of fairly reasonable price points on hardware and a lot of content. By February, after the holidays, it’s going to quickly look more and more mainstream. We are on that path.”
There are however still a decent amount of "late adopters" who do not care for the technology or are neutral. Neutral consumers are at 17 percent while "anti-tech" (users that frankly hate Blu-ray) are at 7 percent.Permalink | Comments
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| 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) |
| Flip MinoHD improved with 8GB, bigger viewscreen (DVICE, 10/14/2009 6:37pm) |
| Now that Apple's put a camcorder on board its iPod Nano, what do you think Flip video is going to do? The company's released its next generation Flip MinoHD pocket camcorder, that's what. The $230 shooter expands its capacity to 8GB versus its 4GB predecessor, giving you two hours of sweet 720p video. Making it easier to use is a bigger 2-inch LCD (up from 1.5 inches), and in addition to that signature USB plug that flips out, there's also an HDMI connection.
We're fond of this Flip MinoHD's updated rounded-off look and brushed-aluminum front, and if you don't like its silver color, you can specify your own custom case on the Flip website. Now all the Flip designers need to do is add image stabilization to this 720p camcorder, and it might actually be worth its $230 price.
Flip, via CrunchGear (Read Full Article) |
| LG teases us with 15-inch OLED HDTV (DVICE, 8/31/2009 4:59pm) |
Watching the development of super-thin OLED video displays is a lot like watching a baby grow up. The early pictures show a little, cute, and sometimes clever toddler, showing great promise. Soon the kid starts getting more sophisticated, like this 15-inch OLED HDTV from LG that goes on sale in Korea this November, and the rest of the world next year.
Of course, we're assuming you'll pay a pretty penny for this attractive, ultra-sharp bauble, probably in the neighborhood of Sony's $2500 11-inch XEL-1 OLED display that rolled out a couple of years ago. So LG is next. And then there were two.
Bigger OLED screens can't be that far off, but wait, now we find out LG's 30-inch OLED display has been delayed until 2012, and Sony is putting off its next OLED screen, too. What's the holdup? Entirely new manufacturing techniques must be developed. One day soon, though, these fantastic displays will be cheap.
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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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| Blu-ray reportedly trailing CBHD in China, the second theater of the format war begins (Engadget, 7/25/2009 11:03pm) |
Just because Toshiba has given up on HD DVD and moved on, doesn't mean the format war is totally over for red. According to a report by a Japanese TV station, its successor, China Blue HD is actually leading Blu-ray in marketshare in that country. Of course, based on the article found by our friends at FormatWarCentral, all we have to go on is a machine translated description of a video in a language we don't speak describing the apparent initial success of the government backed format in a socialist republic. If you need more evidence than that to declare the format war officially restarted, you're probably a communist, but before we drag you in front of the Un-American activities committee check out the video for a peek at the slick new CBHD cases that The Onion will surely be shipping its videos in very soon.
[Via FormatWarCentral]Filed under: HDTV, Home EntertainmentBlu-ray reportedly trailing CBHD in China, the second theater of the format war begins originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 25 Jul 2009 18:03:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments (Read Full Article) |
| Best Buy bringing value priced all-in-one 32-inch LCD & Blu-ray HDTV to stores "soon" (Engadget, 9/23/2009 11:09pm) |
It's not that surprising to learn Best Buy will be among those delivering a 1080p LCD with Blu-ray disc player packed in under its Insignia store brand, as we've been expecting rebadged units from overseas to hit the value market for some time. Marked "coming soon" at $599, it's easily a few hundred less than a comparable model from Sharp, but buyers will have to live without some of the newer line items like 120Hz motion processing and a contrast ratio higher than 20,000:1. Though we don't expect a lot in terms of load times, audio support or other features (no specs on the Blu-ray player noted) we're sure a bedroom or dorm room somewhere will find a spot for the NS-LBD32X. Your move, Wal-mart.
[Thanks, Zach]Filed under: Displays, HDTV, Home EntertainmentBest Buy bringing value priced all-in-one 32-inch LCD & Blu-ray HDTV to stores "soon" originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:09:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments (Read Full Article) |
| Sony's Blu-ray MegaChanger hits the streets next month with new ES standalone (Engadget, 7/23/2009 8:00pm) |
When we first got our hands-on the 400 disc MegaChanger pictured above we'd hoped it would be out a little earlier; but never the less the wait is almost over as Sony officially announced plans to release the BDP-CX7000ES in August, for the hard to swallow price of $1,900 -- about $400 less than rumored. The good news is that it does just about everything we can think of, like handle any Blu-ray Disc, DVD or CD with ease, and of course works with the latest codecs delivered via bitstream or LPCM. Now if you just have to have a Blu-ray changer, but wish it was half the price, you can wait a few more months for the BDP-CX960 for $800. You will however have to be willing to forgo things like RS-232 and IR-in, as well as the ES badge. Also shipping in August with the ES MegaChanger is the BDP-S1000ES. This standalone Blu-ray player is at the top of line and for $700 you get just about every feature and spec Blu-ray has to offer, as well as built-in WiFi and a DLNA client. The full details of all three are in the release after the jump.
Continue reading Sony's Blu-ray MegaChanger hits the streets next month with new ES standaloneFiled under: HDTV, Home EntertainmentSony's Blu-ray MegaChanger hits the streets next month with new ES standalone originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 23 Jul 2009 15:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink | Email this | Comments (Read Full Article) |
| Eyes-on Panasonic's Full HD 3D plasma and Blu-ray combo (Engadget, 9/03/2009 11:17am) |
We just got a real eyeful of 3D, courtesy of Panasonic's upcoming 1080p plasma and Blu-ray 3D setup. The system uses synced shutters, and was easily some of the best "consumer" 3D we've seen -- almost on par with a theater experience, other than the fact that the screen was a whole lot smaller, at 103-inches. Unfortunately, while Panasonic is heavily touting 3D at IFA this year, just as Sony did at its own presser, there isn't much hard news to show for it. The plasma and Blu-ray combo was actually announced a full year ago, and the only word we have on release at the moment is "next year." Obviously, readily available 3D content plays a big part in this, and we get the impression that Avatar is syncing up nicely to be available on some sort of 3D home video format by the time it's ready for a disc release -- we've certainly seen enough teaser clips and trailers of it by now, anyway. To be honest, the 3D setup was seamless enough in our demo room that sometimes it hardly felt 3D. Avatar was especially "shallow" on the 3D scale (no pictures were allowed of the presentation, not that they would help), and we've yet to see anything mindblowing on that end. If anything, Panasonic's presentation was more an opportunity to be "blown away" by the company's awesome PowerPoint skills, if anything, so feel free to follow along in the gallery below.
Gallery: Eyes-on Panasonic's Full HD 3D plasma and Blu-ray comboFiled under: HDTV, Home EntertainmentEyes-on Panasonic's Full HD 3D plasma and Blu-ray combo originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 03 Sep 2009 06:17:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink | Email this | Comments (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) |
| Movie studios again demand HDTV disabling powers from FCC (Ars Technica, 9/02/2009 11:22am) |
Hollywood's bid to force a yet-to-be-agreed-upon number of households to buy new home theater gear is back in business. The Motion Picture Association of America has once again asked the Federal Communications Commission for the right to selectively control output streams to the TV entertainment systems of consumers. "The pro-consumer purpose" (!) request "is to enable movie studios to offer millions of Americans in-home access to high-value, high definition video content," three MPAA biggies explained during a meeting they held with seven FCC Media Bureau staffers last Thursday.
Consumer groups, electronics makers, pro-consumer bloggers, and consumers, it should be noted, think this idea is a very stinky dog. So did former FCC Chair Kevin Martin. But that does not seem to dissuade the MPAA, whose principals just can't seem to let the issue go. What's interesting about the group's latest filing, however, is that it effectively concedes that the output changes it wants could, in fact, hobble some home video systems.
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