 | 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) |
 | Hackers Break HD DVD Copy Protection (Data Storage Today, 1/17/2007 8:08pm) |
| There's a new twist in the ongoing battle between the next-generation, high-definition DVD standards: Hackers have cracked the antipiracy software on several movies published in the HD DVD format. Perhaps ironically, hackers chose to break the copy-protection system in Universal's "Serenity," a 2005 science fiction film about a renegade crew of space outlaws. An informal, global alliance of ... (Read Full Article) |
| Two years of battle between HD DVD and Blu-ray: a retrospective (Engadget, 2/20/2008 4:48pm) |
| Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment
It's been a long, hard journey to get to this point, but at long last, the format war between HD DVD and Blu-ray is over. Sure, we've got a somewhat clearer view of how things will pan out going forward, but we figured it prudent to take a step back and really scope out how we got to this point. If you're interested in taking a walk through the past two yea ... (Read Full Article) |
| 'Vantage Point' Coming to Blu-ray this July (High-Def Digest, 4/29/2008 8:00pm) |
| Sony Pictures has announced an early July Blu-ray release for the hit thriller 'Vantage Point,' which will hit high-def with an exclusive "GPS Tracker" feature. Starring Dennis Quaid, Forest... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Lynx A 3D point-and-shoot camera/tablet does motion capture and 3D modeling, we go hands-on (Engadget, 4/18/2013 4:58am) |
| Earlier this year, a group of enterprising students from the University of Texas [...] (Read Full Article) |
| HDTV - OPINION: No high-def tipping point (Broad Help, 11/12/2007 9:45am) |
| HDTV - OPINION: No high-def tipping point By admin on November 12, 2007 OPINION: ... the results of a survey conducted by Best Buy, which found widespread consumer confusion about HDTV ... of Topics: HDTV | No Comments » ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | HDTVs under $500 (HD-Report, 12/29/2012 10:22pm) |
| Looking for a second HDTV that won't break your [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Sky HD orders break the 90,000 barrier (vnunet.com via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News, 7/31/2006 10:31am) |
| High-definition popularity surpasses expectations ... (Read Full Article) |
| Best Bets (San Jose Mercury News, 4/03/2006 12:17pm) |
| 8 p.m. Prison Break Ch. 2, Ch. 35 -- Flashbacks show how Lincoln, Sucre, T-Bag, C-Note and Dr. Sara ended up in prison and what drove Michael to plan his brother's escape. (N) (CC) (TV-14-DLSV) (HDTV) ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Warner Bros. queue up three new HD DVD titles - HD Beat (HDBlog.net, 5/24/2006 12:44pm) |
| Firewall, Constantine, and The Perfect Storm are all coming to HD DVD on June 6th. The latter two will retail for the not so paltry sum of $28.99 each. But Firewall will break the bank at $39.99, because it’s a hybrid HD DVD / DVD disc.
Is it just me, or is [...] ... (Read Full Article) |
| So many television choices, let's break it all down (Missoulian, 11/25/2005 5:54am) |
| Remember the days when there were just two kinds of TV - color and black-and-white? Then there was antenna and cable. Then came projection TVs, and flat screens, and plasma screens, and LCDs, and DLPs and satellite. ... (Read Full Article) |
| New Blu-Ray Player Lets You Record TV On Your PSP [PSP] (Kotaku, 4/09/2008 11:30am) |
| Still waiting on that promised ability to transfer Blu-Ray's from a PS3 to a PSP. In the meantime, I'm going to point out something you're never going to buy, and a situation you'll most likely never... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'A Man Escaped' on Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 12/26/2012 5:00pm) |
| The 1956 French prison break thriller comes to Blu-ray at the end of March. In an early announcement to retailers, Criterion will release 'A Man Escaped' on Blu-ray on March 26. With the simplest of [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | SonyStyle.com plugs in more personalization changes (InternetRetailer.com, 9/07/2005 5:57pm) |
| To break through the data overload that often hits shoppers when they click on an online consumer electronics site, SonyStyle.com is being upgraded and expanded with several new self-guided sales and product information tools. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | BBC ditches 3D after Doctor Who special (CNET Blogs, 7/05/2013 11:41am) |
| UK broadcaster the BBC is taking a three-year break from making 3D shows, with the 50th anniversary special of Doctor Who set to be the last 3D event for the foreseeable future. (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Search Amazon Pre-Orders for Blu-ray Deals (HD-Report, 8/03/2012 1:57pm) |
| We’ve seen what happened to the price of Star Trek: The Next Generation Season One after the pre-order period ended. It changed from a $59 super deal to $78 after release date. So, if you’re looking for a break on Blu-ray Discs sometimes [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | VIEW / Blame the economy, the product, the theaters -- we're just not going to movies the way we used to (San Francisco Chronicle, 7/13/2005 10:38am) |
| The movie box office situation is getting serious. For 19 of the past 20 weeks, box office numbers have been down compared with last year's. There's a possible break this week with the success of "Fantastic Four," leading to the inevitable speculation that... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Entertainment Weekly's EW.com | (Entertainment Weekly, 7/11/2005 4:40pm) |
| Let's think of this week's videogame tournament and foreign-commercial shoot as a small break from the fast pace of Hollywood — a TV version of Lost in Translation , if you will. No cameos by big stars playing themselves (sadly, not every episode can feature a foul-mouthed, stoned Bob Saget). ... (Read Full Article) |
| Next generation of HDTVs (News 14 Carolina, 6/05/2006 10:01pm) |
| (NEW YORK) - Sorry, but it's just the way technology works. High-definition televisions are on the cutting edge, right? Well, I hate to break it to you but developers are already working on the next big thing to replace it. The Japanese at it again, this time with Ultra High-Definition TV. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Next-Gen DVD War Averted? (InformationWeek, 11/06/2006 1:20am) |
| The emergence of HD/BD universal players in 2007 is likely to make the irreconcilable HD DVD vs. Blu-ray next-generation high definition-capable DVD format battle a moot point. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Father Of Old DVD Mourns New DVD Divorce (Investor's Business Daily via Yahoo! News, 9/27/2005 11:00pm) |
| An industry standards war over a new consumer electronics product -- unlike anything since the Betamax-VHS VCR battle more than 30 years ago -- nears a tipping point. ... (Read Full Article) |
| NPD Confirms Huge Blu-ray Share Jump (Format War Central, 1/23/2008 7:26pm) |
| Twice is reporting confirmation from NPD directly relating to the leaked figures showing that Blu-ray made huge gains in market share for the second week of January.
The correct break down according to the Twice article is 90% for Blu-ray, 7% for HD DVD and the remainder for Blu-ray/HD DVD combo players.
It is also interesting to [...] ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Bad news! (Kotaku, 5/10/2013 9:40am) |
| Bad news! If you were looking forward to the June release of Devil Survivor 2's 3DS port, which is known as Devil Survivor 2: Break Record, you going to wait until this fall in Japan. The game has been delayed, reports (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Stiq Figures, January 6 - 12: Nintendo wishlist edition (Joystiq, 1/20/2014 4:30am) |
| Welcome to Stiq Figures, where the sales data is after the break and the posts don't matter.
I think we've all seen the news by now - despite the 3DS being the best selling gaming device of 2013 and some genuinely great new games, Nintendo [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Your TV Is HD, and Now Your Camera Can Be, Too (New York Times, 4/03/2006 7:51am) |
| The L85 from Samsung, a retro-styled point-and-shoot model, is the first still camera to tap into the high-definition craze. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Your TV Is HD, and Now Your Camera Can Be, Too (New York Times, 3/16/2006 12:58am) |
| The L85 from Samsung, a retro-styled point-and-shoot model, is the first still camera to tap into the high-definition craze. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Blu-ray Disc Association Ponders 4K Blu-rays (High-Def Digest, 1/30/2013 8:00pm) |
| Though packing 4K content onto a Blu-ray disc should be possible, there's a lot to think about before going forward. At this point, the 4K revolution seems inevitable. The industry is pushing for it [...] (Read Full Article) |
| The ABCs of HDTV (Miami Herald, 3/11/2007 8:18am) |
| At this point in your life, there are probably three or four things that you already know about HDTV. ... (Read Full Article) |
| 20 Lawmakers Want to Kill Your Television (Slashdot, 10/11/2005 3:10pm) |
| Macki writes "As previously mentioned, the Broadcast Flag is back before congress. There are 20 law makers currently supporting the bill. The insane thing about it is the fact that no one supports the bill except a handful of entertainment companies. Probably not even the employees of the entertainment companies. It's bad enough they want to break our televisions, but the way that they are ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Shocker: Samsung introducing new HDTV at CES, albeit with 'unprecedented new shape' (Engadget, 12/31/2012 6:53pm) |
| How do you break the silence on one of the slowest news days of the year? Well, if you're Samsung, [...] (Read Full Article) |
| HDTV: It's all in the timing (Dallas Morning News, 4/02/2005 6:47pm) |
| About one-tenth of U.S. households had a television capable of displaying a high-definition picture by the end of 2004 – in theory, the critical mass that could mark a turning point in the technology's adoption. (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'The Bling Ring' Dated for Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 7/19/2013 4:00pm) |
| The latest film from Sofia Coppola will break into Blu-ray this September. In an early announcement to retailers, Lionsgate is readying 'The Bling Ring' for Blu-ray on September 17. The film is about [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Hackers break HD-DVD copy protection (Infomatics, 1/17/2007 1:16pm) |
| The first pirated HD-DVD movies have surfaced on file-sharing websites, according to new reports. BitTorrent is an open source peer-to-peer file sharing system that allows users to share large files by transferring them in small pieces to and from multiple machines. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'V/H/S' Blu-ray Announced (High-Def Digest, 11/01/2012 10:00pm) |
| The spooky found-footage horror film will play on Blu-ray in December. In an early announcement to retailers, Magnolia is working on 'V/H/S' for Blu-ray on December 4. V/H/S is a point of view, [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Must See HDTV (December 25th - 30th) (Engadget, 12/25/2012 10:52pm) |
| Even though most of us are enjoying a holiday break and our favorite TV shows are too, there's still a [...] (Read Full Article) |
| 'Heroes: Season One' Coming to HD DVD This August (High-Def Digest, 5/15/2007 9:31pm) |
| Get ready to "Save the cheerleader, save the world" in high-def late this summer, when Universal Studios Home Entertainment unleashes 'Heroes: Season One' on HD DVD. The break-out superhero series... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Must See HDTV (December 17th - 23rd) (Engadget, 12/17/2012 11:11pm) |
| Nearly every show still on is preparing for a winter or season break, but there's still plenty of [...] (Read Full Article) |
| HDTV sales keep rising, but content is scarce (NorthJersey.com, 4/30/2005 9:53pm) |
| By the end of 2004, about one-tenth of U.S. households had a television capable of displaying a high-definition picture -the critical mass that could mark a turning point in the technology\\\'s adoption. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Must See HDTV (December 10th - 16th) (Engadget, 12/10/2012 10:32pm) |
| It's that time of year, when our favorite TV shows go one winter break. There's a sudden flood of fall [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Engadget HD Podcast 387 - 2.27.14 (Engadget, 2/27/2014 9:44pm) |
| The HD news heap has reached a toppling point, so Ben and Richard get to work sifting through all the insanity from the past week. One of the major talking points is the streaming bottleneck of Netflix's content on various service providers. [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Sony Announces $1,000 Blu-ray Player (BetaNews, 3/16/2006 10:13pm) |
| Sony introduced its first Blu-ray products on Thursday, offering the cheapest solutions so far to employ the technology. However, the price point still remains at about $1,000 or more, twice the cost of entry-level HD DVD players. ... (Read Full Article) |
| HD-DVD claims the brand advantage (PC Advisor, 8/16/2005 12:27pm) |
| Never underestimate the power of a name. That's the single greatest point I took from a recent study offered up in support of HD-DVD, one of two competing formats in the race for a next-generation disc format with the capacity required for high-definition content. ... (Read Full Article) |
| More Blu-ray titles discounted to $14.95 (Punch Jump, 3/11/2008 3:52pm) |
| Amazon.com on Tues. is offering more Blu-ray titles at a $14.95 price point after introducing discounted product earlier this week. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Must See HDTV (January 21st - 27th) (Engadget, 1/22/2013 12:10am) |
| We'll take a break from football -- true addicts can give the Pro Bowl and Senior Bowl a look -- for [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Taking Care of Business That's Never Finished (New York (New York Times, 5/16/2005 5:05am) |
| Despite the title of Michael Connelly\\\'s new book, the writers of serial novels like \\\"The Closers\\\" are not devoted to closure. The whole point of a series is durability: its main character has to last. The same colleagues must come back, the same villains must lurk. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Is Toshiba's Superbowl ad for HD DVD a final desperate act? (HDTV UK, 1/28/2008 8:00am) |
| Reports suggest that Toshiba will be taking out a 30-second ad during the Super Bowl on 3rd February. It will cost the company close to three million dollars, and is expected to highlight their freshly price cut HD DVD players.
Toshiba's Jodi Sally told Home Media Magazine that the commercial wasn't a make-or-break promotion for the disc format. "It has always been our strategy to reach HDTV o ... (Read Full Article) |
| Sony brings BRAVIA Engine 3, AppliCast on-screen widgets to HDTV lineup (Engadget, 2/17/2009 1:02am) |
| Far be it for us to judge the decisions of a huge corporation and its ad campaign, but Sony announcing a new line of BRAVIA HDTVs while the vast majority of the consumer electronics industry is intently focused on cellphones in Barcelona seems a bit peculiar. For those who need a break from MWC 2009 shenanigans, we've got 19 new hi-def havens here, spanning 6 different models: WE5, W5500, E5500, ... (Read Full Article) |
| 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) |
| The Year of Living DRMishly (Wired News, 1/24/2006 8:39am) |
| All signs point to 2006 as the year consumers become intimately familiar with "digital rights management," as Microsoft, Apple and Google all push their own copy protection schemes. Can revolution be far behind? By Ryan Singel. ... (Read Full Article) |
| High-def TV sets begin to sell, but programming runs behind (Billings Gazette, 4/26/2005 6:49am) |
| About one-tenth of U.S. households had a television capable of displaying a high-definition picture by the end of 2004 - in theory, the critical mass that could mark a turning point in the technology's adoption. (Read Full Article) |
| High-def TV sets begin to sell, but programming runs behind (CRM Knowledge Base, 4/20/2005 3:01pm) |
| About one-tenth of U.S. households had a television capable of displaying a high-definition picture by the end of 2004 - in theory, the critical mass that could mark a turning point in the technology's adoption. (Read Full Article) |
| The Year of Living DRMishly (Wired News, 1/24/2006 8:35am) |
| All signs point to 2006 as the year consumers become intimately familiar with "digital rights management," as Microsoft, Apple and Google all push their own copy protection schemes. Can revolution be far behind? By Ryan Singel. ... (Read Full Article) |
| AccuWeather to launch weather channels (TV Squad, 9/10/2005 8:21pm) |
| Filed under: ABC , Industry , Programming It's time for The Weather Channel to break out the brass knuckles, cause a new boy in town wants to take over. AccuWeather will be launching channels in several major markets through the ABC network. From what I can tell, AccuWeather will be offering pretty much the same thing as The Weather Channel, the channel it plans to compete with. It'll be ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Insert Coin semifinalist: Moedls brings 3D scanning to your phone (Engadget, 2/22/2013 1:00pm) |
| 3D scanners are kinda old hat at this point. But, while we've seen more than our fair share of Kinect hacks, we haven't come across [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Opposable Thumbs: DVD now, HD-DVD later. Gee, thanks Microsoft (Ars Technica, 7/31/2005 4:21pm) |
| In other Xbox 360 news, with the partnership with Toshiba it looks as if the system will in fact have HD-DVD drives. The bad news? Instead of postponing the launch the first few batches will just have regular DVD drives, with the HD-DVD models arriving at some unknown point later. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Cornell 3D prints a working speaker -- coils, magnets and all (Engadget, 12/16/2013 7:42pm) |
| From the sound if it, it's not a very good speaker. But then, that's not quite the point. What's particularly cool there is that a team of Cornell researchers created the whole thing using 3D printers -- the plastic shell and conductive and [...] (Read Full Article) |
| CEDIA 2007 roundup (Engadget, 9/08/2007 5:30pm) |
| Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment
CEDIA 2007 was bigger, louder and more pixelated than ever, and as always, we were live from the Mile High city to bring you (just about) everything the show had to offer. In case you blinked along the way, here's a rundown of our coverage, and don't forget to check out the rest after the break:
CEDIA 2007: the pre-game show
Hands-ons
Hands-on wi ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | PS3, PS2 Evolution videos bring us to this week's PlayStation 2013 event (Joystiq, 2/18/2013 2:00pm) |
Sony rounded off its Evolution retrospective series with videos focusing on the PS2 (above) and PS3 (below the break), in addition to the first [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Moto muddies the Razr HD waters (CNET Blogs, 9/10/2012 11:29pm) |
| Seriously, Moto, what's the point of two Razr HDs? Considering the already crowded smartphone market, why not just give one long-lasting version with the Razr HD Maxx?
(Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | ‘Tron/Tron Legacy – 3D’ on sale at Amazon today (HD-Report, 9/30/2012 5:04pm) |
| Amazon’s Gold Box Deal of the Day today is a sweet treat for fans of lightcycles. If you can break away from the NFL for a few moments, you can score Disney’s Tron/Tron Legacy – Â 3D combo pack for $37.49 (53% off the regular [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Join the Engadget HD Podcast live on Ustream at 8:30PM ET (Engadget, 11/06/2013 1:20am) |
| It's Tuesday and time for the Engadget HD Podcast. We hope you'll join us live when the Engadget HD podcast starts recording at 8:30PM. If you'll be joining us, go ahead and get ready by reviewing the list of topics after the break -- then you'll be [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Join the Engadget HD Podcast live on Ustream at 8:30PM ET (Engadget, 10/22/2013 11:54pm) |
| It's Tuesday and time for the Engadget HD Podcast. We hope you'll join us live when the Engadget HD podcast starts recording at 8:30PM. If you'll be joining us, go ahead and get ready by reviewing the list of topics after the break -- then you'll be [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Micronas Introduces World's Highest Integrated Audio/Video Solution for LCD-TVs (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance, 4/04/2005 11:08am) |
| Optimized for LCD-TV applications, Micronas , a leading supplier of innovative application-specific IC system solutions for consumer electronics, today announced a break-through in full-featured LCD-TV solutions; a single-chip TV solution with dedicated features such as 3D comb filter, component input for HDTV signals, and LVDS outputs. (Read Full Article) |
| Denon’s Budget Concious Blu-ray Player (High-Def Digest, 9/25/2009 8:00pm) |
| With the announcement of the DBP-1610, Denon has reached their lowest price point yet. The most economical of Denon’s Blu-ray players, the new addition will retail for $499. While certainly scaled down... (Read Full Article) |
| CES showfloor HDTV spyshot roundup (Engadget, 1/08/2009 6:52am) |
| We've been busy shutterbugs while wandering around the CES showfloor, and here's a rundown of some new TVs that drifted in front of our lens. Take a stroll with us past the break and see what we picked up.
Continue reading CES showfloor HDTV spyshot roundupFiled under: CES, HDTVCES showfloor HDTV spyshot roundup originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 08 Jan 2009 01:52:00 EST. Please see our ... (Read Full Article) |
| New Macs and HDTVs (HDBlog.net, 3/08/2006 1:56pm) |
| Joshua, a Mac owning friend of mine, made sure to point out this article to me.
Have you ever tried to hook up your PC to an HDTV? Have you tried to get a nice, high resolution image? It’s a lot of fuss and muss, and it ain’t pretty!
The newer Macs [...] ... (Read Full Article) |
| 4 Affordable 42-Inch Plasmas (AskMen, 12/13/2005 6:01am) |
| The price of flat has officially fallen and the $2,000 price point is downright magical to some people. A 42-inch high-resolution plasma TV -- no EDTVs here -- can go a long way toward making your TV-watching experience something special. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Xbox 360 Black Friday deals (Joystiq, 11/16/2012 8:15pm) |
Microsoft has posted its Black Friday (November 23) deals like a confetti bomb. Ok, let's break this down:
Walmart has the glossy white 4GB Xbox 360 with [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Joss Whedon the Fanboy: Sunday NY Times in 60 Seconds (Cinematical, 9/25/2005 4:35pm) |
| Filed under: Sunday NYT in 60 Seconds "I am - and always will be - the biggest fanboy. I write from a fanboy place." On the eve of the Serenity premiere, creator Joss Whedon explains how he got Universal to help him turn a cancelled TV series into a $45 million sci-fi epic. Another Canadian tax break miracle : Arjun Sablok's Neal n' Nikki is the first singing/dancing Bollywood ... (Read Full Article) |
| Cox to carry Richmond NBC affiliate in HD (Daily Press, 6/23/2006 4:55pm) |
| Cox Communications will start carrying an NBC channel in high-definition in parts of the Peninsula and mid-Peninsula on Thursday. The channel will be available in Williamsburg and West Point and James City, York, New Kent and King and Queen counties. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Planes, Trains and Automobiles Blu-ray Review (Big Picture Big Sound, 11/07/2012 8:58pm) |
| If you're going to release the same Blu-ray two years in a row, here's a good idea: Have a point. It makes it so much more interesting for the [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Minecraft hits 7 million sales on Xbox 360 (AfterDawn, 6/30/2013 7:50am) |
| Versions of the mega-popular Minecraft have reached over 7 million sales for the Xbox 360 console, according to the developer.Mojang announced on Twitter that the Xbox 360 version of the game had reached 7 million sales, but did not break down the [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Wal-Mart offering $100 gift card with PS3 purchase (Joystiq, 5/30/2008 8:00pm) |
| Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Business
We've received documentation from one of our reliable sources that the $100 gift card Walmart.com is currently offering with the purchase of a PS3 isn't the whole story. According to images shown us (one of which we've placed after the break) from the "Wal-Mart Wire," between June 1-7 Wal-Mart stores will give a $100 gift card to customers who purcha ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Early OUYA Performance Staked by 3DMark (High-Def Digest, 4/15/2013 6:30pm) |
| Does the $100 price point justify the system's performance? With the OUYA in the hands of developers and backers, the system has come much further than most other attempts at merging a home console [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Daily Roundup: flexible 3D-printed material, Lenovo ThinkPad Yoga review and more! (Engadget, 1/28/2014 2:02am) |
| You might say the day is never really done in consumer technology news. Your workday, however, hopefully draws to a close at some point. This is the Daily Roundup on Engadget, a quick peek back at the top headlines for the past 24 hours -- all [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | BenQ to Ship W1070 1080p 3D Projector for $999 (Electronic House, 12/11/2012 2:00pm) |
| The W1070 is the company’s first 1080p 3D projector at this price point.
(Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Daily Roundup: Dell Venue 8 Pro tablet review, 3D printed speakers, Windows Phone 8.1 and more! (Engadget, 12/17/2013 2:19am) |
| You might say the day is never really done in consumer technology news. Your workday, however, hopefully draws to a close at some point. This is the Daily Roundup on Engadget, a quick peek back at the top headlines for the past 24 hours -- all [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Warner to lower prices of Blu-ray titles in US (HDTV UK, 7/14/2008 9:36am) |
| Warner Home Video has announced that it's to cut the price of a number of its Blu-ray titles, through a "point-of-sale rebate program" which will allow retailers to order catalogue titles for as low as $11 each. It means the potential for savings for the consumer are great, even after mark-up... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Fuel3D brings point-and-shoot 3D scanning prototype to Kickstarter (Engadget, 7/31/2013 4:19pm) |
|
As a seemingly endless (Read Full Article) |
| Samsung Announces Series 8 LCD HDTVs (I4U, 7/24/2008 12:56pm) |
| This week Samsung announced a new Series 8 LCD HDTV line. Series 8 TVs feature SamsungÂ’s take on functional art with an attractive design. The TVs in the series are only 1.9-inch wide at the thickest point. All of the models can support up to full 1080p r... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Every Point of a Tennis Match, Visualized in 3D (Gizmodo, 5/29/2013 2:08pm) |
| Here’s something cool. A studio called JWT Spain made a 3D app that tracks the trajectories of every ball hit in a tennis [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Call of Duty: Ghosts multiplayer demo hits Xbox One, Xbox 360 this weekend (Joystiq, 3/03/2014 11:30pm) |
| In a first for the series, Activision will host a free multiplayer weekend for Call of Duty: Ghosts on the Xbox One and Xbox 360 starting March 7.
The downloadable demo offers up the Strikezone, Warhawk, and Prison Break maps across a selection [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | The Best Action Blu-rays of 2012 (High-Def Digest, 1/03/2013 9:35pm) |
| With the New Year dawning and the memory of 2012 growing more distant by the second, we'd like to take a look back at some of the best action Blu-rays released in 2012. Around the mid-point of the [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | If You Like Disappointment, You'll Love Disney Infinity 3DS (Kotaku, 8/22/2013 6:30pm) |
| Released alongside its console cousins at the exact same $74.99 price point, Disney Infinity for the 3DS is a [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Sony's new notebooks go beyond hotspots with WWAN (PhysOrg, 5/12/2005 1:22pm) |
| Sony\\\'s new wireless notebooks break the boundaries of wired connections and hotspots. The ultra-portable VAIO T-Series is the first widely available notebook PC with integrated high-speed wireless wide area network (WWAN) technology, giving you the ability to access high-speed wireless data services in such places as your living room, a park or on the road. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Fry’s Selling 3D Blu-ray Player for $49.99 (Home Media Magazine, 11/16/2012 5:54pm) |
| Fry’s Electronics is now selling an unnamed 3D Blu-ray Disc player with Wi-Fi and embedded Netflix and YouTube apps for $49.99.
The regional consumer electronics chain included the price point in its Nov. 16 “Pre-Black [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Casino Royale (MI6, 4/10/2007 8:36pm) |
| Sony, a clear backer of the Blu-ray Disc, has released a special report on the next-generation format’s current lead over HD DVD. Although the source of the report leads to immediately brings up the issue of obvious bias, the numbers cited come from reputable retail point-of-sake statistics source Nielsen VideoScan. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Blu-Ray and H DVD Past Prime? (HDBlog.net, 3/10/2006 1:22pm) |
| Martin Lynch at the Inquirer has an article about how HD DVD and Blu-ray are obsolete before they even hit the market. His main point:
Storage has moved on. High-density discs are no longer the revolution they once were. Hard disk-based storage has passed it by. Even Flash-based storage is growing rapidly in capacity terms. People [...] ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Someone Finally Invented 3D-Printed Inkjet Printer Cartridges (Gizmodo, 7/26/2013 8:20pm) |
| At some point, the world of 3D printing had to fold back onto itself, leaving us all slack-jawed and wondering when 3D printers will start printing things for printers themselves? That moment [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Goal-hungry Habs host Panthers on TSN (TSN, 10/16/2007 3:04pm) |
| In a search for more offence, the Montreal Canadiens will be doing some line juggling when they host the Florida Panthers on the NHL on TSN tonight. (TSN and TSN High Definition at 7:30pm et/4:30pm pt). All signs point to struggling forward Guillaume Latendresse watching the game from the press box, but it's not bothering the sophomore player. "They want to help me and that's what I like here, ... (Read Full Article) |
| Mitsubishi launches first in-car Blu-ray player (AfterDawn, 2/17/2009 2:17am) |
| Mitsubishi has announced that it has developed the world's first in-car Blu-ray player.
At 50 x 178 x 180mm, the company says the player is only 1/3 the volume of its home standalone BD player.
The player will support BD-ROM, BD-R and BD-RE and the company plans to commercialize it at some point in 2009.
Tech-On adds that "there are two main factors that contributed to the small size. F ... (Read Full Article) |
| Video: Hands-on with Panasonic's Viera CAST network HDTVs (Engadget, 1/07/2008 8:25pm) |
| Filed under: CES, HDTVPanasonic's new Viera CAST HDTVs are just an Ethernet cable away from displaying YouTube and all your Picasa photos, and Mahalo Daily's Veronica Belmont got a chance to play with one on the CES show floor -- check out the video after the break!Continue reading Video: Hands-on with Panasonic's Viera CAST network HDTVs Permalink | Email this | Comments]]> ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Best Buy Selling $39.99 Toshiba Blu-ray Player on Black Friday (Home Media Magazine, 11/15/2012 8:19am) |
| Best Buy Co. will offer a Toshiba Blu-ray Disc for $39.99 on Black Friday – a price point that nearly identical to Walmart, which said it would offer a LG Blu-ray player Thanksgiving evening for $38.99. Best Buy is opening store doors [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Wiimote-like controller coming for Xbox 360? (AfterDawn, 4/08/2008 6:48pm) |
| According to "sources" cited by MTV News, Microsoft has been developing a Wiimote-like controller for the Xbox 360 for 9 months and plans to release it at some point this year.
The new 360 controller will be similarly shaped to the Wiimote and will have "a speaker, microphone, four LED lights, A/B/X/Y face buttons, an analogue stick and an underside trigger."
Gameplay would be like "Ha ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Walking Dead Season 2 Episode 2 gets dates on Xbox 360, iOS (Joystiq, 3/04/2014 11:00am) |
| There's no point trying to hide on Xbox 360 and iOS, Clem, because A House Divided is also headed their way this week. After originally leaving the platforms in release date limbo, Telltale revealed the second episode of The Walking Dead Season [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Sony chief defends $599 PlayStation 3 as "more than a toy" (TG Daily, 5/30/2006 4:33pm) |
| It's not that Sony's choice of price for its forthcoming PlayStation 3 console wouldn't meet with some criticism; the question was, how much? Last week, in a major Japanese game magazine, the Computer Entertainment division's CEO, Ken Kutaragi, defended what many are now seeing as a $599 price point, for a system that delivers the full high-definition experience gamers now expect. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Live from the Blu-ray interactivity demo (Engadget, 1/07/2008 7:20pm) |
| Filed under: Features, HDTV, Home Entertainment
Here we are back at the Sony booth for more coverage, but this time its Blu-ray latest interactive features on display. Known by a few names, BD Live hopes to match HD DVD HDi feature for feature. At this point we're still waiting to get in, but it shouldn't be long now.11:28am - We're finally in, but waiting for the show to start, seems to be a l ... (Read Full Article) |
| REVIEW: Logik LBD1000 Blu-ray player (Pocket-lint, 3/19/2009 4:00pm) |
| Blu-ray on a budget?When budget makers start making their way into a new technology, you can be sure that it has reached something of a tipping point, as more options start appearing outside the normal established brands. Logik falls distinctly into this category, offering a well-specced player at a price that cuts under it's rivals - on the high street at least. But do you have to make sacrifice ... (Read Full Article) |
| AMD Aims Geode at 'Desktop-Style' Devices (E-Commerce Times, 5/23/2005 5:05pm) |
| Touting a one-watt, \\\"desktop-style\\\" experience from its new Geode processor, AMD said the chip\\\'s support for Windows XP and XP Embedded would enable the next generation of x86-based HDTV, point-of-sale kiosks, tablet computers and new devices that compact desktop computing into smaller, low-power form factors. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Intel admits that GN40 chipset is no match for Blu-ray (Engadget, 3/10/2009 8:02pm) |
| We know, we're just being greedy at this point, but hey -- did you honestly expect anything less? We knew Intel's new Atom N280 processor, when paired with the equally fresh GN40 chipset, could deliver silky smooth 720p video playback. What we didn't know, however, was how well it could handle 1080p material. According to Fudzilla, an Intel product manager has stated that the GN40 is "designed ... (Read Full Article) |
| Warner dramatically lowers pricing on Blu-ray titles (AfterDawn, 7/13/2008 5:02am) |
| Warner Home Video has announced the launch of aggressive pricing cuts on its Blu-ray catalog beginning in the Q4 of this year.
Starting September, Warner will begin offering a "point-of-sale rebate program" meaning retailers will be able to order a number of catalog tiles for as low as $11 USD.
Even with expected retail mark-up, the new prices will sure to be a steep discount from their c ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 3DS Light Blue, Gloss Pink models announced for Japan (Joystiq, 2/27/2013 1:00pm) |
| Boys and girls in Japan can look forward to new Light Blue (above) and Gloss Pink (below the break) variants of the 3DS, which are sure to do no [...] (Read Full Article) |
| 80GB Sony PS3 with $100 Gift Card this Saturday at Wal-mart (I4U, 11/06/2008 5:00pm) |
| Sony said to not cut the price for the Sony PS3 console this holidays. Sony upped the HDD to 80GB for the PS3 and kept the $399.99 price point that it had before. You have to rely on retailers to make you a deal on the new 80GB Sony PS3.
Wal-mart had in... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | $30 Price Point Justifies Digital-Only Phoenix Wright 5 (Kotaku, 8/28/2013 8:30pm) |
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Much rabble has been roused about Phoenix Wright: Dual Destinies, the fifth Phoenix Wright game and the first in the series to be digital-only. When it comes out this fall for 3DS, it will be [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Intel unveils RealSense hardware and software line, including 3D camera module (Engadget, 1/06/2014 8:55pm) |
| The takeaway at today's Intel press event? At this early stage (you know, before the event actually starts), all signs point to the RealSense product line - a number of hardware and software products that "make interaction with technology simple, [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Look Past the Living Room: How to Sustain HDTV Sales (TechNewsWorld.com, 3/01/2007 12:09pm) |
| Ask a sales associate at a big-box retailer which section of the store has the most traffic this year, and more than likely he will point to the rows lined with big HDTV screens. Yes, those slim, shining flat-panel HDTV sets are irresistible. Even the bulkier digital-light processing and rear-projection TVs are on the Slim-Fast diet this year and appear trimmer and slenderer than their ... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Report: Apple HDTV will include 'iRing' wearable motion controller, 'mini iTV' tablet (AfterDawn, 4/04/2013 1:50am) |
| According to Apple analyst Brian White of Topeka Capital, Apple's oft-rumored HDTV will come with a ring-shaped motion controller, allowing users to control their TV with the wave or point of a finger.In his client note, the analyst claims Apple [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Shore Medical Center Lowers Radiation Dose with Toshiba CT System (Business Wire, 11/10/2012 8:00am) |
| TUSTIN, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--To image all patients, from pediatric to bariatric, with the lowest possible radiation dose, Shore Medical Center in Somers Point, N.J., installed the Aquilionâ„¢ PRIME 160 with AIDR 3D from Toshiba America Medical [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Denon introduces 'affordable' Blu-ray player (AfterDawn, 5/21/2008 10:04pm) |
| Denon has announced the availability of a new Blu-ray player in North America, dubbed the DVD-1800BD which for Denon products, is at an "affordable" price point.
The company, known for outstanding quality in their DVD and Bu-ray players added that despite the price, audio and visual quality will not be compromised.
Set with a retail price of $749 USD, the player is Profile 1.1 compliant bu ... (Read Full Article) |
| Philips Announces the BDP7200 Final Standard Profile Blu-ray Player (Format War Central, 1/06/2008 10:55pm) |
| Philips has also announced a new Blu-ray player, the Final Standard Profile capable BDP7200. While audio capabilities are have not been revealed, the player will support 1080p 24 fps over HDMI.
The player is targeted for April release at a $349 price point.
Via EngadgetHD ... (Read Full Article) |
| Blu-ray victory to spur Java development, says James Gosling (HDTV UK, 3/10/2008 11:14am) |
| James Gosling, widely accepted
as the "father of Java", has said that Blu-ray's victory should spur further
use of the Java programming language to bring greater interactivity to discs.
Raising the slightly embarrassing point that Profile 2.0 Blu-ray players are
still extremely scarce, Gosling told ZDNet Australia, "There's actually this
Profile 2.0 spec for Blu-ray, which almost all of ... (Read Full Article) |
| ComponexX Introduces Inexpensive Solution for Combining High Speed Internet and TV at a Single Point and Distributing (PR Web via Yahoo! News, 7/05/2005 4:18pm) |
| Sunrise, FL (PRWEB) July 5, 2005 -- At Satellite Expo 2005, professional installers got their first look at ComponexX's new technology and system that provides any apartment in a residential building with high speed internet access using their existing TV coax cable. Eddie Diaz, President of ComponexX said, "TV and Ethernet use signals on different frequencies, so they can be combined and ... (Read Full Article) |
| ComponexX Introduces Inexpensive Solution for Combining High Speed Internet and TV at a Single Point and Distributing (PR Web via Yahoo! News, 7/05/2005 10:22pm) |
| Sunrise, FL (PRWEB) July 5, 2005 -- At Satellite Expo 2005, professional installers got their first look at ComponexX's new technology and system that provides any apartment in a residential building with high speed internet access using their existing TV coax cable. Eddie Diaz, President of ComponexX said, "TV and Ethernet use signals on different frequencies, so they can be combined and ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 3DS StreetPass relay points upgraded, content distribution events planned (Joystiq, 10/01/2013 4:09pm) |
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Nintendo's 3DS StreetPass relay point functionality will soon be improved, allowing players to access data at Nintendo [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Philips BDP7200 Blu-ray Player $199 at Costco (Format War Central, 11/12/2008 10:08pm) |
| Back in August we reported that the Philips BDP7200 had landed at Costco for $349.99. Now 3 months later, the price has fallen to the magic $199.99 mark! This is a much better player than the Insignia, Magnavox, ect. players that are at the same price point.
If this player is at $199.99 now, lets hope for a $149.99 Back Friday Deal.
Related posts:Philips BDP7200 Blu-ray Player Lands At Cos ... (Read Full Article) |
| New Xilinx MicroBlaze Soft Processor Increases Clock Frequency By 25 Percent (PhysOrg, 5/17/2005 5:39pm) |
| Xilinx, Inc. today announced immediate availability of the performance-optimized 4.00 version of its MicroBlaze soft processor. The 32-bit RISC core now operates at frequencies up to 200 MHz in Virtex-4 FPGAs delivering an impressive 25 percent increase in core performance compared to previous versions. In addition, a new floating point unit (FPU) option enables embedded developers to accelerate ... (Read Full Article) |
| NPD predicts PS3 sales to increase by 40-60% post price drop (Joystiq, 8/21/2009 9:30pm) |
The NPD Group, famed tabulator of video game hardware and software sales, says it sees the new $299 price point of PlayStation 3 contributing to a significant sales boost for the system. "We would expect to see in the range of a 40% to 60% unit sales increase when September sales are reported," NPD analyst Anita Frazier told InformationWeek. We'll see how accurate of an estimate that was when the September NPD data hits mid-October.
Frazier added, "The $299 price point is important to getting to a point where the next segment of price-conscious consumers can jump into the market and it most certainly will re-energize sales of the platform." So, basically, a cheaper PS3 will sell better because people are more likely to take the plunge at a cheaper price. We know that analysts get paid to offer their opinions, but this just ... gave us an idea!
"It's our opinion that a $99 price point for PS3 would increase sales by 90 to 100 percent." -- Joystiq
Small, unmarked bills only, please.
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| (Unranked) | Lone Survivor finds friends on PS3 and Vita this summer (Joystiq, 3/13/2013 10:15pm) |
Lone Survivor is making a break for PS3 and Vita this [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | GOG's holiday sale discounts 475 games until Jan. 3 (Joystiq, 12/14/2012 10:00pm) |
| At some point the GOG holiday sale became unfair, an awfully cheap proposition that no [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon delayed to 'first half of 2013' (Joystiq, 8/13/2012 1:30pm) |
| Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon apparently won't be spooking Nintendo 3DS owners until some point in the 'first half of 2013," says Nintendo. The game was originally (Read Full Article) |
| Telecast's POV Modules Complete Unique Camera System Trust Automation integrates POV modules in news studio camera (Digital Video Editing, 7/26/2005 10:34pm) |
| Telecast Fiber Systems today announced that Trust Automation, a motion control and systems engineering company based in San Luis Obispo, Calif., is integrating two Telecast POV (point of view) fiber optic video/data links in a state-of-the-art camera shuttle system for TVN24, a major TV newscast studio in Poland. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Sony: PS3 Manufacturing Costs Down 70 Percent [PS3] (Kotaku, 7/31/2009 10:30am) |
Over time, parts get cheaper and companies get better at the manufacturing process. Case in point: the PLAYSTATION 3.
In an investor call, Sony corporate CEO Nobuyuki Oneda revealed that PS3...
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| (Unranked) | Flip UltraHD launched in the UK (HDTV UK, 8/09/2010 1:45pm) |
| Flip Video has announced its second generation Flip UltraHD is now available to buy in the UK. Like the Flip MinoHD, the UltraHD records in 720p video but there's two hours worth of storage (8GB). It has a bigger 2-inch LCD screen with 960 x 240 resolution and more advanced video compression engine. With point and shoot simplicity, there's really not much more to say about the UltraHD, except that it comes in black or white casing and is available for around £159.99. That's no bad thing, though. If you want something simple, elegant and high-def, with a little more oomph than the MinoHD, check out the UltraHD... (Read Full Article) |
| JVC $200 XV-BP11 Blu-ray Player In Time For Black Friday (I4U, 10/28/2009 4:30pm) |
| JVC today released their first budget Blu-ray player, the XV-BP11. This player is a back-to-basics type of machine. It only recognizes Blu-ray Profile 1.1 and measures only 1.5” thick at its fattest point. The XV-BP11 has the standard, front-mounted USB d...
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| Tip of the Week: Be on the lookout for new HD channels (Consumer Reports, 7/23/2009 1:17pm) |
| [ Photo courtesy of Sanja Gjenero ] If you’re like me, you’re thrilled when a new high-def channel is added to your lineup. TV providers have been beefing up their HD offerings regularly over the last year or two, and many now offer dozens of stations. I get about 60 channels in HD, and if I subscribed to the premium channels, I’d get many more. My cable provider, Cablevision, recently added HD versions of USA and FX, so I can watch shows like Psych, Burn Notice, and Damages in all their high-def splendor. Sometimes I’ve stumbled across these new offerings by accident, while idly surfing with the channel up/down button on the remote. Though the discovery gladdens my heart, I can’t help but wonder how long I’ve been missing out, unknowingly settling for their standard-def counterparts. Cablevision does announce new HD offerings, but it’s usually in small type down the side of my monthly service bill, or in an occasional pamphlet listing the full channel line-up. But when I’m rushing to pay my bills, I don’t always read the fine print or flyers. Now, I make a point of doing so. I also check the onscreen program guide to see if any new channels have materialized in the high-def tier. And there's always the Web: Like most companies, Cablevision provides a full lineup of channels for my area on its Web site. If you’re not regularly searching out new HD options, I recommend you start doing so. You might be happily surprised by what you find. – Eileen McCooey (Read Full Article) |
| NEWS: Blu-ray not coming to Xbox 360... yet (Pocket-lint, 10/23/2009 8:30am) |
Ballmer got it wrong
Kids, Steve Ballmer is lying to you. Yesterday we brought you the news, straight out of the man's mouth, that the Xbox 360 would be getting Blu-ray accessories. Today, Microsoft's PR team has swung into action to try and say they don't exist without explicitly saying "Ballmer was talking out of his arse".
Instead, a Microsoft spokesperson said: "Steve was referring to Blu-ray accessories for the PC.?As we have said in the past, we have no plans to introduce a Blu-ray drive for the Xbox 360. In fact, the future of home entertainment starts this fall when Xbox 360 becomes the first and only console to offer instant-on 1080p streaming HD movies".
Given that Ballmer was responding to a question about the Xbox and said "You'll be able to get Blu-ray drives as accessories", we doubt that accessories for the PC had anything to do with what he was saying. More likely Microsoft is trying to firefight some of the damage that Ballmer caused with the casual statement.
We wouldn't be surprised at all if Blu-ray accessories arrived for the console, particularly if Blu-ray movies begin to sell in reasonable numbers at some point. Microsoft just isn't ready to announce that yet.
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| Samsung rolls out Amazon, Blockbuster video store access across HDTVs, HTIBs and Blu-ray players everywhere (Engadget, 10/14/2009 9:42pm) |
Just as promised, the (still SD only) Blockbuster OnDemand service is now available on a slew of Samsung hardware via firmware update, while the Internet@TV lineup (LCD and Plasma HDTVs Series 650 and above and LED HDTVs Series 7000) has a brand new toy with the Amazon VOD Yahoo! widget (which does support HD.) Both services offer a slew of rental and/or purchase options for the digital delivery fanatic, though we still hunger for the audio and quality of VUDU plus the all you can eat goodness of Netflix Watch Instantly, of the millions of TVs out there, there's surely someone willing to sift through those menus for the ease of viewing Ghosts of Girlfriends Past without resorting to cable VOD -- or getting up from the couch. The "convenience" goes both ways, since they'll also be able to pick up compatible Samsung blu-ray players at Blockbuster stores, right next to the TiVo section -- check for exact model #s supported in the PR after the break.Continue reading Samsung rolls out Amazon, Blockbuster video store access across HDTVs, HTIBs and Blu-ray players everywhereFiled under: Displays, HDTV, Home EntertainmentSamsung rolls out Amazon, Blockbuster video store access across HDTVs, HTIBs and Blu-ray players everywhere originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:42:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink | Email this | Comments (Read Full Article) |
| Zune HD specs fill in the blanks on video format support, battery life and more (Engadget, 8/13/2009 8:28pm) |
Now that everything Zune HD is official and available for pre-order, Microsoft has seen fit to loose official specs, putting to rest -- at least until we can do a full hands on -- questions about what to expect from the OLED touchscreen packing device. From dimensions (52.7 mm x 102.1 mm x 8.9 mm, 2.6 oz) to battery life (24 hours for music with wireless off, up to 4 hours of video) and charge time (3 hours, 2 hours to 90%.) While the offical site (incorrectly) currently lists max video res at barely-better-than-DVD 720 x 480, we contacted Microsoft and received the official specs on video support, and if for some reason you needed to hear it again: the Tegra chip is a beast. Ready for HDTV playback when it's plugged into the AV dock, the Zune software supports up to 1280 x 720, 30 frames per second at a max 14 Mbps bitrate for WMV HD and h.264 sources. Confirmed still a bummer? No wireless video streaming from the Zune Video Marketplace, though the specs do indicate that purchases and rentals will work across all three screens, PC, Zune and Xbox 360. Check the corrected specs after the break, now all that's left is getting some alone time with one.Continue reading Zune HD specs fill in the blanks on video format support, battery life and moreFiled under: Handhelds, HDTV, Home EntertainmentZune HD specs fill in the blanks on video format support, battery life and more originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 13 Aug 2009 15:28:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments (Read Full Article) |
| HDI concocts 100-inch laser-based 3D HDTV, calls rivaling technology child's play (Engadget, 9/17/2009 1:48pm) |
Look, we've seen an awful lot of HDTVs in our day -- one lap around the average CEDIA show floor makes your local Best Buy look awfully small -- and to this day we've yet to put our peepers on a more stunning set than Mitsubishi's LaserVue HDTV. Sure, it's fat, ugly and expensive, but the image is otherworldly. Before Mitsu can even take the logical next step, a California startup has arisen to introduce what it calls the world's first laser-based 3D HDTV. We're talking 1080p 3D like you've never seen before, with CTO Edmund Sandberg noting that this production is smoother than RealD, Dolby, film and pretty much every other 3D solution. The secret here is in the speed; this set is so fast that the image "no longer needs to flash from one eye to the other," and no flashing should equate to no headaches. Too bad there's no planned release date, but we're still cautiously optimistic for a sneak peek (in addition to the video past the break) at CES 2010.
[Via OLED-Display]Continue reading HDI concocts 100-inch laser-based 3D HDTV, calls rivaling technology child's playFiled under: Displays, HDTV, Home EntertainmentHDI concocts 100-inch laser-based 3D HDTV, calls rivaling technology child's play originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 17 Sep 2009 08:48:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments (Read Full Article) |
| NEWS: ViewSonic launches Blu-ray home theatre PC (Pocket-lint, 7/23/2009 4:39pm) |
pc mini VOT550 looks awfully familiar
The last of a slew of ViewSonic launches is the pc mini VOT550, although, again as with the previous two mini computers, this one comes in two different models with its more basic sibling going under the name of VOT530.
The VOT550 comes with Windows Media Centre and is intended as a home entertainment or home theatre PC and as such, ViewSonic has equipped the top of the line model with a Blu-ray drive. We're not sure how big of a selling point this is, especially as this is a rebadged system from AOpen that we've seen sold under several other brand names in the past.
In terms of features, the VOT550 has a mobile Intel Core 2 Duo processor, 4GB of memory, a 320GB hard drive, 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi, eSATA and a DVI port. A dongle is supplied that turns the DVI port into an HDMI port which allows for easy connectivity to your HD TV.
The VOT530 shuns the Blu-ray drive in favour for a DVD super-multi drive and both models feature slot-in type drive, similar to those in a car CD player. Price wise the VOT530 is going to set you back £494, while the Blu-ray equipped VOT550 ups the price to £678, making both fairly poor value for money compared to the other mini PCs that ViewSonic has just launched.
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ViewSonic launches Blu-ray home theatre PC originally appeared on Pocket-lint on Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:39:36 +0100 (Read Full Article) |
| 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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| JVC's ultraslim 32-inch LT-32WX50 HDTV landing in November for $3,000 (Engadget, 9/10/2009 5:23pm) |
Hey, remember that ultra skinny, LED-backlit HDTV that JVC showed off at CEDIA UK earlier this year? The seven millimeter-thin LT-32WX50? Yeah, that very panel is making a second debut here in Atlanta, but it has somehow managed to slim down to 6.4 millimeters (at its thinnest point) and get a November ship date in the US. Weighing just 12.5 pounds, the 32-inch set packs a 4,000:1 contrast ratio, edged-light LED backlight system, a super wide color gamut (100 percent of sRGB and 90 percent of Adobe RGB), a 1080p native resolution, two HDMI sockets, VGA input and an RS-232c control port. The pain? Just under $3,000, or in other words, a small fortune.
Gallery: JVC's ultraslim 32-inch LT-32WX50 HDTVFiled under: Displays, HDTVJVC's ultraslim 32-inch LT-32WX50 HDTV landing in November for $3,000 originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 10 Sep 2009 12:23:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments (Read Full Article) |
| Does the Samsung Instinct HD really shoot HD video? (Consumer Reports, 10/08/2009 7:02pm) |
| The Samsung Instinct HD. [PHOTO courtesy of Samsung] The Samsung Instinct HD, available from Sprint for $250 with a two-year contract after a $100 mail-in rebate, is the first cell phone we've seen that claims to make high-definition video recordings. It also boasts a 5-megapixel still camera with flash. That camera is a step up from the flashless, 2-megapixel camera found on previous Instincts, also from Sprint, including the S30 version now in our Ratings, available to subscribers. We’re evaluating the Instinct HD now, and will post full test results on it to our Ratings later this month. Meantime, our initial results on its imaging are promising, albeit with a few quibbles. The new Instinct’s camera is easy to access, thanks to a dedicated camera button, conveniently located on the lower right side of the phone. Pushing the button activates the camera’s still mode. Tapping a camera icon on the upper left of the largish (1.78 x 2.66 in.) display switches the camera to video mode. Tapping again summons controls for auto-focus, exposure, and other camera functions. The Instinct HD claims it can record video resolution of 1280 x 720p, which is a true HD format—although, as we often point out, HD format alone does not assure images of pristine, high-definition quality. To assess quality, we shot a series of videos on the Instinct and hooked it up to a 50-inch Panasonic plasma television using the optional ($30) HDMI cable. Our findings: Color was good in the MPEG4 videos, though they lacked fine detail and texture. They blurred even more when we panned the camera to the left or right. In short, they couldn’t rival the image quality you’d enjoy from full-sized HD camcorders in our Ratings, available to subscribers. But such camcorders are much bigger and pricier than the Instinct HD, and do nothing except shoot video and stills. The high-def video quality of the Instinct was comparable to what you’d get from a standard-definition pocket camcorder, such as the Flip. And that's still way ahead of the video we've seen any other camera phone. A few details and quibbles: The HDMI cable has a proprietary connector that works only with the Samsung HD, so you may have trouble finding a replacement if it's lost while you're on vacation. You can't use the cable for showing stills on your TV. If your TV has an SD memory-card slot, you can play photos and videos off of the phone's 4GB microSD memory card (the phone comes with an SD memory card adaptor). Unfortunately, accessing the card is a pain. You have to open the phone's back cover and remove the battery, which shuts off the phone. And the still-image performance of the Instinct? Pictures were sharp and well-defined, with good color overall on the TV screen, though shots taken in low light still looked dark—even with the flash. Camera controls were fairly responsive for a phone, with an acceptable next-shot delay. Our photo engineers are currently giving the Instinct HD's... (Read Full Article) |
| NEWS: Nikon introduces the D300s with HD video (Pocket-lint, 7/30/2009 4:00am) |
Update to their popular model
Adding to the already popular D300 DSLR is the D300s, which brings HD movie capture to the party in a previous-anticipated move by Nikon.
With an effective 12.3-megapixels, the D300s offers 7fps continuous shooting (8 with battery pack) driven by the EXPEED image processor, and a 51-point focusing system.
The new video mode benefits from autofocus whilst shooting, but doesn't stretch to Full HD, instead offering a maximum resolution of 1280 x 720 at 24fps. Lower resolution options are also available.
Boosting the video option, you'll be able to attach an external mic thanks to a 3.5mm audio input. Video capture is sadly limited to 5 minutes in 720p, but can be extended to 20 minutes at lower resolutions.
Dual memory card slots have been added, giving you Compact Flash and Secure Digital, with flexible set-up options allowing you to shoot JPEGs to one and RAW to the other, or stills on one and video on the other.
Live View mode can be activated on the 3-inch 920k-dot display, whilst viewing your movies will be a breeze to view thanks to the on-board HDMI slot.
Available from 28 August, the Nikon D300s will set you back £1499.99, body only.
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| PS3 buyers using console for gaming over Blu-ray, says NPD (AfterDawn, 10/19/2009 12:35am) |
Despite Sony's marketing team deciding to change the focus of the PS3 more to the console's movie downloading and Blu-ray capabilities, it appears consumers are still purchasing the system mainly for gaming.
Last August, the NPD Group released a study that showed that about 37 percent of PS3 owners had never once watched a Blu-ray film on their system. The second edition of the study was released recently, and the number hardly changed, moving down to 34 percent.
NPD did note however that the number of PS3 owners watching Blu-ray was higher then PS2 owners watching DVDs at the same point in the console's life cycle.
“It’s at a fairly high level, where it took years for PS2 owners to use [that console] for DVD,” NPD analyst Russ Crupnick added, via VB. “Most PS3 people think of it as a gaming device, but there is a reasonable level of awareness and intended use for Blu-ray.”
The new study gave the following figures to the question of why PS3 owners had purchased the console:
58 percent - Mostly to play games
34 percent - For games and movie, equally
8 percent - Mostly movies
NPD also noted that PS3 owners who have had their machines for a couple of years of more tend to buy more Blu-rays over standard definition DVDs and vice versa for newer owners.
“Newer owners are somewhat more oriented to DVD than Blu-ray,” Crupnick says. “The later you get into an adoption cycle, the more you’re not getting the super aficionado. These are people who are tougher to convince about the benefits of Blu-ray and who are sensitive to price.”Permalink | Comments
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| Microsoft lifts Xbox 360 minimum 720p, anti-aliasing mandate for devs (Joystiq, 9/02/2009 11:45pm) |
In a column published today on Develop, Black Rock Studio (Pure, Split/Second) technical director David Jeffrries revealed that Microsoft has removed an item from its TCRs (Technical Certification Requirements) that stated all Xbox 360 games must run at a minimum of 1280x720 (720p) resolution if the system is in HD mode. According to Jeffries, this was done earlier this year so that developers could be "free to make the trade-off between resolution and image quality as we see fit."
TCRs are technical "rules" that all games developed for a given platform must adhere to in order to be certified for release. Of course, some games that have skirted this specific TCR have still been allowed on the system; the most notable being Microsoft's own Halo 3, which runs at 1152x640 (progressive).
Joystiq has confirmed with a trusted source familiar with Microsoft's TCRs that Jeffries' claim is legit. Not only that, but, as of March 2009, Xbox 360 developers are no longer required to utilize full-screen anti-aliasing in their games. The elimination of both requirements is especially noteworthy since the console maker had touted that all 360 games would run at a minimum of 720p with at least 2x FSAA since before the hardware launched.
As Jeffries points out in his column, 1280x720 isn't necessarily the "starting point" for HD on many displays and that it's not nearly as crucial as anti-aliasing. It's not clear if the back-tracking on Microsoft's part was due to pressure from the development community or not, but we can probably all agree that, as long as a game looks great, it doesn't really matter how its creators got there. Does it?Microsoft lifts Xbox 360 minimum 720p, anti-aliasing mandate for devs originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 02 Sep 2009 18:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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