 | Halo gets 360 upgrades (GamesPaper, 11/10/2005 10:08pm) |
| Halo developer Bungie have confirmed that Halo and Halo 2 will be backwards compatible on the Xbox 360 console when it launches in a few weeks time, and that both games will also support HDTV offering higher resolution graphics. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Halo to be enhanced by Xbox 360 (Addict 3D, 10/25/2005 5:35pm) |
| BUNGIE, developer of Xbox hit Halo, has hinted that both Halo and Halo 2 will have an enhanced appearance on the Xbox 360. Bungie's weekly update writer says he is "Counting the days" until the release of Microsoft's next generation console. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Halo 4 Xbox 360 Limited Edition Console Bundle is $50 Off (I4U, 11/04/2012 8:12am) |
Halo 4 will be finally released on Tuesday November 6. For real Halo 4 fans the new limited edition Halo 4 Xbox 360 console is a must.The Xbox 360 Limited Edition Halo 4 Console features a 320GB [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | Halo 3 bought by 52% of US Xbox 360 owners (Joystiq, 12/17/2007 7:28pm) |
| Filed under: Microsoft Xbox 360, First Person Shooters, Business
Doing some simple math, GameDaily estimates that 52% of Xbox 360 owners in the US purchased a copy of Halo 3. With 4.1 million Halo 3 copies sold in the US through November and 7.9 million Xbox 360s purchased to date, it appears like a simple enough conclusion.NPD's analyst Anita Frazier says the power of Halo 3 is evident in the f ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Halo series spinoff Spartan Assault to end Windows exclusivity for Xbox One and Xbox 360 (Engadget, 10/29/2013 9:16pm) |
| Once again proving the Halo adage "Spartans Never Die," the twin-stick top-down shooter Halo: Spartan Assault lives on with ports to Xbox One and Xbox 360. Both will arrive "this December," having first launched on Window 8 and Window Phone devices [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn DVD/Blu-ray bundle coming to Europe (Joystiq, 3/11/2013 4:45pm) |
| A region two Blu-ray / DVD combo of the Halo 4 miniseries (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Star Wars: The Clone Wars - The Complete Season Five' & 'Star Wars: The Clone Wars - The Complete Series' Announced for Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 7/30/2013 4:00pm) |
| The final season and a complete series set are bound for Blu-ray in October! In an early announcement to retailers, LucasFilm says 'Star Wars: The Clone Wars - The Complete Season Five' is coming to [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn' Dated for Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 10/01/2012 8:00pm) |
| The live-action, video game based web series will assault Blu-ray this December. In an early announcement to retailers, 343 Industries and Anderson Merchandisers will be releasing 'Halo 4: Forward [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | If the Xbox launch game Halo was, according to Microsoft, "Combat Evolved" and the XBox 360 launch g (Kotaku, 6/04/2013 1:46pm) |
| If the Xbox launch game Halo was, according to Microsoft, "Combat Evolved" and the XBox 360 launch game Geometry Wars 2 was "Retro Evolved" and this Xbox-only (Read Full Article) |
| Warner Announces 'Clone Wars' For Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 9/26/2008 8:00pm) |
| Announcing the first 'Star Wars' film for high-def, Warner will bring the animated adventure 'The Clone Wars' to Blu-ray in mid-November. Meant to be a big-screen lead-in for the upcoming television series... ... (Read Full Article) |
| 'Dragon Wars' to do Battle on Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 11/05/2007 11:24pm) |
| Sony has announced that the South Korean sensation 'Dragon Wars' will roar on Blu-ray day-and-date with the DVD this January Though a critical and commercial flop stateside, 'Dragon Wars' was a huge box...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/highdefdigestallnews/~4/180202095" height="1" width="1"/> ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Star Wars 3D Continues with Episodes II and III (Business Wire, 8/30/2012 1:01pm) |
| SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Lucasfilm Ltd. and Twentieth Century Fox have announced the official release dates for the 3D theatrical launch of Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones and Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith. Attendees [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Microsoft to recruit for Halo 3 Tournament on Xbox 360 (Punch Jump, 12/10/2007 5:50pm) |
| Microsoft Corp. and the U.S. Army on Mon. announced a new Halo 3 Championship Tournament to allow U.S. players to compete in the nationwide battle on the Xbox Live online network for Xbox 360. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Star Wars Trilogies 50% off Blu-ray (HD-Report, 4/28/2013 2:57pm) |
| If you haven’t picked up the Star Wars trilogies on Blu-ray yet now is the perfect time. Amazon is offering both Star Wars: The Original Trilogy and Star Wars: The Prequel Trilogy for 50% off the [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | PSA: Halo 3 deployed on Xbox Live Games with Gold, available now (Joystiq, 10/16/2013 3:30pm) |
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Halo 3 is available now on Xbox [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Lucasfilm postpones Star Wars Episode II and III 3D, focusing on Abrams-directed Episode VII (Engadget, 1/28/2013 9:29pm) |
| While Lucasfilm originally planned to bring Star Wars Episode II and III (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | HDD Spotlight Bargain: 'Star Wars: Original and Prequel Trilogies' on Blu-ray $32.99 Each at Amazon (High-Def Digest, 5/01/2013 7:42pm) |
| Pick your favorite 3-film set on Blu-ray and save over fifty percent at Amazon! The online retailer is now selling 'Star Wars: The Original Trilogy (Episodes IV-VI' and 'Star Wars: The Prequel [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Halo: Spartan Assault drops tomorrow on Xbox 360 (Joystiq, 1/30/2014 4:35pm) |
| 343 Industries and Vanguard Entertainment's twin-stick shooter spinoff Halo: Spartan Assault will launch as a downloadable game for the Xbox 360 tomorrow, following up on previous releases for the Xbox One, Windows 8, and Windows Phone.
Played [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Star Wars Pinball being loaded into the 3DS chute (Joystiq, 7/23/2013 7:00pm) |
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Zen Studios is working to port Star Wars Pinball over to the 3DS, the development studio [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | OUT-OF-THIS-WORLD HDTV IN MAY: ALIEN PLANET, SCIENCE OF STAR WARS (TVPredictions.com, 4/27/2005 6:43pm) |
| Discovery HD Theater Presents Alien Planet, First Simulcast and Science of Star Wars, a look at Star Wars-like gear in today's world. Silver Spring, MD -- From television s infancy, producers have used their imaginations and special effects to conjure up all types of out-of-this-world experiences. (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Expect double the 'Star Wars' 3D in late 2013 (CNET News, 8/27/2012 8:16pm) |
| Start shinin' your sabers. A massive force of "Star Wars" is headed to the silver screen in [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Havok’s AI Technology Powering Halo: Spartan Assault on Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 (Business Wire, 8/04/2013 1:00pm) |
| SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Havok™, a leading provider of 3D interactive game development technology, announces today that Microsoft and 343 Industries have integrated Havok’s AI technology into Halo: Spartan Assault on Windows Phone 8 and [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Xbox 360 holiday bundles feature Kinect titles, Halo 4, Tomb Raider (Joystiq, 10/12/2013 4:00am) |
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Microsoft has announced three new bundles for the holiday season featuring its soon-to-be-replaced home console, the Xbox 360. Two [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | With new 'Star Wars' on tap, Lucasfilm bails on Episodes II and III in 3D (CNET News, 1/28/2013 11:10pm) |
| Lucasfilm said today that it is going to focus its efforts on making the next "Star Wars" rather than releasing the remaining prequels in [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Star Wars Pinball flips out on the 3DS eShop Sep. 19 (Joystiq, 9/13/2013 3:30am) |
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Star Wars Pinball is coming to the 3DS eShop on September 19. The game will cost $6.99 [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Super Joystiq Podcast 024: Halo 4, Assassin's Creed 3, Disney buys Lucasfilm (Joystiq, 11/02/2012 10:00pm) |
| Filed under: Podcasts This week's (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Star Wars: Attack of the Clones & Revenge of the Sith to hit theaters back-to-back (HD-Report, 8/28/2012 4:35pm) |
| Lucasfilm officially announced the release of both Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones and Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith to 3D theaters successively on September 20, October 11, [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Star Wars 1313 coming to PS3 in 2013, says PlayStation Germany (Joystiq, 1/17/2013 1:15pm) |
| A PlayStation Germany post on Facebook says Star Wars 1313 is coming to PS3. The (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | New on Blu-ray, 3D, DVD & UltraViolet this week (HD-Report, 10/23/2012 5:48pm) |
| Here’s what’s new on Blu-ray, DVD and UltraViolet this week. Star Wars: The Clone Wars – Season Four is now available on Blu-ray and DVD. The three-disc set (four-disc DVD) from Warner Home Video includes all 22 episodes of the [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | PlayStation Germany Lists Seemingly Next-Gen Star Wars 1313 For PS3 (Kotaku, 1/17/2013 2:30pm) |
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| (Unranked) | Not content to simply create a fake 16-bit game to base their real 3D Guild Wars 2 April Fools' surp (Kotaku, 4/19/2013 10:24pm) |
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Not content to simply create a fake 16-bit game to base their real 3D Guild Wars 2 April Fools' [...] (Read Full Article) |
| HD DVD/Blu-ray Sunday Ad Wars Pt. XIII (Format War Central, 11/26/2007 9:44pm) |
| In this edition of "Sunday Ad Wars", we have a newcomer Fred Meyer offering the Sony BDP-S300 for $399. Fred Meyer also has a "buy 2 get 1 free" deal on selected Sony Blu-ray movies. Circuit City has the Toshiba HD-A30 for $399 w/ 10 free HD DVDs (2 in box, 3 instantly, 5 by [...] ... (Read Full Article) |
| HD DVD/Blu-ray Sunday Ad Wars Pt. VIII (Format War Central, 9/10/2007 9:20pm) |
| In this edition of “Sunday Ad Wars“, our blue shirt wearing friends at Best Buy offer the Toshiba HD-A2 for $299.00 including 2 free HD DVD movies of your choice. This is in addition to the 5 free movies you get from toshiba. Best Buy is also offering a free $10 gift card when you [...] ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | The Moneysaver: Star Wars/Trek Blu-rays, Last Day for $20 Tomb Raider (Kotaku, 4/29/2013 6:15pm) |
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Videogames and movies. It's the best of both worlds.
Today is the day to finally pick up all those Star Wars and Star Trek blu-rays you want on your shelf but have never pulled the [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Star Wars Saga Coming to Cinemax HD (Coming Soon, 11/07/2006 7:15pm) |
| Jedis, Wookies, Sith and droids are coming to Comcast Digital Cable with ON DEMAND like never before. Beginning this month, all six "Star Wars" films will be available in high-definition (HD) clarity any time customers want to watch them with Cinemax HD On Demand, nine days before the movies air on the Cinemax HD cable channel. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Chinese movie pirates selling fake Blu-rays of stolen films (HDTV UK, 1/16/2009 2:55pm) |
| Duped twice. That's what you'd be if you'd bought any of the fake Blu-ray discs emanating from China, a huge batch of which were seized by officers from the International Federation Against Copyright Theft - Greater China. Not only had the pirates ripped off Chinese and Japanese titles including Kung Fu Panda, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Wall·E and The Women, but they had tried to pass lower qu ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Lucasfilm Kills 3D Star Wars Re-Releases After Realizing It's Horrible and Everyone Hates It (Gizmodo, 1/28/2013 9:22pm) |
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 | Here's a tidbit from the report (XBOX365, 5/21/2005 8:21pm) |
| CNN/Money are scaring the heck out of the video console world with their slightly outrageous predition that the price of next-gen gaming is set to hit $1,710. They are observing the hardware price to be $399 and each game to be $59.99 - $10 more than normal A+ titles such as Halo, NBA 2K6 and Doom. So how do they jump to $1,710? ... (Read Full Article) |
| Free Xbox 360 & Halo 3 with Samsung DLP TVs @ BB (PopDeal | The latest tech deals, 9/17/2007 1:46am) |
| Rating: 0 Posted By: byronmhome Views: 8 Replies: 0 Free Xbox 360 & ... 3 With Samsung DLP HDTV read more ... (Read Full Article) |
| Some HDTVs May Not Play HD Discs (PC World, 10/05/2005 12:07pm) |
| Format wars take a new turn when it comes to copy protection. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Format Wars, Episode II: The DVD (Los Angeles Times via Yahoo! News, 6/26/2005 9:30am) |
| Movie buffs, brace yourselves for another round of Betamax versus VHS. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Bungie's Destiny to arrive on PS3 and PS4 (CNET Blogs, 2/21/2013 1:21am) |
| The makers of the Halo successor unveil the news at Sony's PlayStation 4 event. [Read more] (Read Full Article) |
| DVD Wars: Last Hope for Peace? (BusinessWeek Online via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Finance, 10/21/2005 12:21pm) |
| HP has offered an olive branch that could yet result in a truce between the two factions fighting over tech specs for next-generation disks ... (Read Full Article) |
| DVD Wars: Last Hope for Peace? (BusinessWeek, 10/21/2005 4:14am) |
| HP has offered an olive branch that could yet result in a truce between the two factions fighting over tech specs for next-generation disks ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | HP creating glasses-free 3D tech for smartphones, tablets (CNET News, 3/21/2013 4:28am) |
| Remember the hologram of Princess Leia in "Star Wars?" That's what this new 3D technology is supposed to look [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Bungie reaffirms faithfulness to Xbox 360 (Joystiq, 12/07/2007 4:55pm) |
| Filed under: Microsoft Xbox 360, Business
While still asserting its independence by moving out of the house, Halo creator Bungie has again told the world that it's still happy with Microsoft and does its best to call at least once a day (*regularity of phone calls unconfirmed). In an chat with EuroGamer, writing lead Frank O'Connor said, "We have no plans to work on any other platforms beyond ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | XBox Finally Gets Blu-ray Drive with Microsoft's XBox One (Big Picture Big Sound, 5/23/2013 1:57am) |
| The console will also include access to Skype, a Steven Spielberg-produced Halo series, live TV, and [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Battle of the digital decade: Blue ray vs. HD DVD (Denver Post, 9/26/2006 12:00am) |
| For anyone who endured the VHS vs. Betamax wars two decades ago, the brave new world of high-definition video is starting to feel like déjà vu all over again. ... (Read Full Article) |
| HDTV Wars (Light Reading, 8/23/2007 3:01pm) |
| When it comes to competition among cable operators, telcos, and direct broadcast satellite (DBS), how important has high-definition television become, both in terms of quantity and quality? ... (Read Full Article) |
| 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) |
| (Unranked) | Star Wars Episode II and III Come to Theaters in 3D September and October 2013 (High-Def Digest, 8/27/2012 5:00pm) |
| And of course, there’s nothing yet regarding the original three movies. The 3D theatrical release of ‘Attack of the Clones’ and ‘Revenge of the Sith’ has finally been announced. We’ll be [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Blu-ray Review: Gamer - 3D (High-Def Digest, 5/01/2013 4:00pm) |
| Some years from this exact moment... 'Star Wars!'...OK, not really. As much as it pains me to say, I'm not as much a gamer as I was in my youth. I grew up with a console at my side, from the Atari, [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Why so blue? (Digit Magazine, 10/14/2005 3:04pm) |
| For more than a year now, the impending blue-laser disc format wars have been looming. But what’s the benefit to consumers for rushing the technology to market? ... (Read Full Article) |
| Next-gen DVD format war looking inevitable (Ars (Ars Technica, 5/18/2005 2:25am) |
| I won\\\'t recap the sad history of the Sony vs. Toshiba, Blu-Ray vs. HD-DVD Wars of DVD Succession, because I\\\'ve covered it elsewhere. After Toshiba fired back at Blu-Ray with a HD-DVD capacity increase, it became pretty clear that they were deadly serious about fighting to the finish. ... (Read Full Article) |
| SCEA Boss Understandably Chuffed Over Blu-Ray Triumph [Sony] (Kotaku, 2/20/2008 1:20pm) |
| While consumer-level stakeholders on the Blu-Ray side of the great format wars of 06-08 (ie the pawns) are happy enough, imagine how the Sony top brass are feeling right now. They're so excited they... ... (Read Full Article) |
| New Sony COO bullish on Blu-ray (Electronics Supply and Manufacturing, 5/10/2006 8:06pm) |
| NEW YORK — Although acknowledging the optical disk wars are not over, Sony Electronics Inc.’s new president and chief operating officer Stan Glasgow is hedging that the Blu-ray Disc format will emerge as the winner. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | DIRECTV adds 8 new HD channels to lineup (HD-Report, 2/04/2013 9:22pm) |
| Remember the HD channel wars? It’s been a couple years now since television service providers would shoot press releases at each other claiming they have the most HD channels. The last real egregious announcement came [...] (Read Full Article) |
| EXCELLENT editorial regarding Hi-Def Gaming and the REAL next-gen players (Digg.com, 3/09/2006 8:01pm) |
| A great, insightful article that analyzes the move into high definition, why its significantly different from past advancements in gaming, why it will have a major impact on the next-generation wars. Interesting and well written. ... (Read Full Article) |
| 'Metropolis' Coming to Blu-ray in 2009 (High-Def Digest, 6/23/2008 10:00pm) |
| There's no date yet, but Kino International says it is planning to bring the Fritz Lang classic 'Metropolis' to Blu-ray in early 2009. Oft-cited as an inspiration for everything from 'Star Wars' to 'Blade... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Ask the expert: DVD format wars (Financial Times, 4/06/2006 1:56pm) |
| Next-generation DVD or high-definition video discs promise to bring home cinema to your living room. But the prospect has been threatened by the failure of the technology’s leading developers – Sony and Toshiba – to agree on a common standard last year. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Real reason high-def DVDS aren't selling (USA Today, 9/15/2006 11:46am) |
| The AP has a story today saying the two competing high-def DVD formats -- Blu-ray and HD DVD -- have debuted to a big yawn. The story blames the format wars for confusing consumers, but there's probably a more profound... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 3D Print a Stormtrooper With Your Face On It (eCoustics, 5/18/2013 7:25pm) |
| 3D printers can make just about anything (even guns), but now they can also make your Star Wars fantasies come true. Disney’s “D-Tech Me” experience is returning this weekend, which will allow park visitors to 3D print a [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Blu-Ray Goes Universal (WebProNews, 8/17/2005 1:03am) |
| Universal Music Group announced they had signed on to the Blu-Ray DVD format developed by Sony in the latest round of DVD Wars. This marks a major victory in the cosmic conflict between Japanese electronics goliaths Sony and Toshiba. ... (Read Full Article) |
| HD-DVD Losing its Arsenal in Japan [Format Wars] (Gizmodo, 1/21/2008 4:59am) |
| The HD-DVD troopers are surely fighting the losing battle, as new research from Japan details a surge in Blu-Ray recorder ownership. The study surveyed buying trends from 2,300 electronic stores... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Blu-Ray or HD DVD or both? (Digital WebCast, 7/16/2006 3:19am) |
| With the Blu-Ray/HD DVD wars beginning to heat up as players become available to consumers, those in the professional space who will be publishing to these formats have to determine which format will best suit their business needs. Will it it Blur Ray, HD DVD or both? DMN gets some of answers from Dave Sudden, chief technology officer at Rimage, a provider of optical media publishing solutions. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Good Game: The Battle For High-Def Dominance (University of Connecticut Daily Campus, 9/14/2007 7:37am) |
| Though it is much less serious than the wars you read about in the news, there is a war going on and rather than Iraq or Afghanistan, the battlefield is your living room. As High Definition television sets are being bought more readily, the general public needs high-def content to justify their purchase. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Disney turns you into a 3D-printed Stormtrooper (CNET Blogs, 5/09/2013 11:09pm) |
| Suit up, Stormtrooper! Disney's "Star Wars" Weekends offer attendees the option to become a miniature 3D-printed solider. (Read Full Article) |
| Xeon CEO Says the Environment will be Better thanks to Blu-ray (I4U, 3/10/2008 4:07pm) |
| According to Lou Panico, CEO of Xenon Corp the Blu-ray win in the format wars could help the economy and the environment. Bet you didnÂ’t think a HD movie format could do those things did you? Xenon is a manufacturer of equipment for making the Blu-ray dis... ... (Read Full Article) |
| HD DVD Camp Touts Sales Data, Attach Rates (High-Def Digest, 10/12/2006 8:46pm) |
| In a press release sent out early this morning to coincide with today's Digital Life Expo in New York, the North American HD DVD Promotional Group issued the latest salvo in the high-def format wars: sales... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Toshiba s HD-DVD delayed launch may trigger disk format wars next year (EARTHtimes.org, 9/05/2005 1:13pm) |
| Toshiba seeking to optimize may delay the US launch of its HD-DVD to next year, while possibly staying on course with its plans for its home market, Japan. ... (Read Full Article) |
| PS3 to put 'focus' on Blu-ray (Digit Magazine, 11/09/2006 9:43am) |
| The coming launch of Sony's PlayStation 3 game console will put more focus on the Blu-ray disc format, but don't expect a resolution to "the format wars" over high-definition video discs, said Peter Chernin, the president and chief operating officer of News Corp. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Blu-ray Review: Robot Chicken: DC Comics Special (High-Def Digest, 7/08/2013 3:10pm) |
| I confess to not being a follower of 'Robot Chicken.' Other than the clips that were part of the Blu-ray release of Star Wars: The Complete Saga, I haven't seen a minute of 'Robot Chicken' material. [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Sharp quality of new technology snags moviegoers (Florida Today, 5/24/2005 1:26pm) |
| Complete FLORIDA TODAY coverage delivered to your door. Subscribe now. Bruce Somich walked up to the CinemaWorld box office in West Melbourne. It was 11:30 a.m. He had been standing for a half hour to pick up tickets to \\\"Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith,\\\" but only to special screenings. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Format Wars May Be Over, but High-Definition DVD Still Faces Challenges, According to ABI Research (Business Wire, 4/22/2008 1:14pm) |
| NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aided by the major motion picture studios, Sony’s Blu-ray format has emerged as the undisputed technology for high-definition DVD ... (Read Full Article) |
| Wii Dominates April, PS3 & Xbox 360 In Dead Heat On GTA IV Sales [Console Wars] (Kotaku, 5/15/2008 10:40pm) |
| Nintendo had an amazing April, pushing over 700,000 Wiis in the United States. That's a massive difference from its "current gen high definition console" competition, as the Xbox 360 and PlayStation... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Amazon price cuts HD DVD Player to $132.98 (Punch Jump, 1/14/2008 6:36pm) |
| Amazon.com on Mon. price cut Toshiba Corp.’s entry-level HD DVD Player to $132.98 in the latest round of high-definition price wars. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Microsoft gets serious about games / Software giant drops bombshells at E3 show (San Francisco Chronicle, 5/10/2006 1:39am) |
| LOS ANGELES -- Microsoft went on the offensive Tuesday in the video game console wars, unveiling a slew of announcements including a new external HD DVD player for its Xbox 360 platform and an initiative to open up its Xbox Live online gaming and... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Sharp quality of new technology snags moviegoers (Florida (Florida Today, 5/20/2005 5:13am) |
| Complete FLORIDA TODAY coverage delivered to your door. Subscribe now. Bruce Somich walked up to the CinemaWorld box office in West Melbourne. It was 11:30 a.m. He had been standing for a half hour to pick up tickets to \\\"Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith,\\\" but only to special screenings. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Toshiba slashing HD DVD prices, but will it work? (Tech Digest, 1/15/2008 8:00am) |
| The fightback has begun in the HD wars, with HD DVD backer Toshiba slashing prices on its players to try and compete with its Blu-ray rivals. In the US, its cheapest HD DVD player will now cost $149 - half its previous official price - while even its high-end player has seen a big cut to $299.]]>
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| (Unranked) | 3D Systems buys company behind Star Wars, Hobbit and Harry Potter models (Engadget, 1/03/2014 6:02pm) |
| Listen, as excited as I was to be turned into a Star Trek character, my heart has always belonged in a galaxy far, far away. So, naturally, I'm a bit excited by this morning's news that the latest company to be vacuumed up by 3D Systems is a [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Microsoft: We've Sold 28 Million Xbox 360s [Numbers Game] (Kotaku, 1/06/2009 2:20am) |
| The Redmond giant and relative newcomer to the console wars revealed that it has sold over 28 million Xbox 360s since launch. Yes, that's much more than the originals Xbox's lifetime sales.
In... ... (Read Full Article) |
| DVD Wars to be decided by porn industry (Detroit Free Press, 1/26/2007 5:02pm) |
| The DVD format war between Blu-Ray and HD-DVD is far from settled but you may be surprised to know the deciding vote will probably come from the porn industry .Makers of XXX-rated videos - they prefer that we call their business the "adult entertainment" industry - are as divided as Hollywood movie studios on which of the two formats should be the standard. Both formats result in stunning, high ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Barnes & Noble's new Nook HD and HD+ tablets: exclusive video (Consumer Reports, 9/26/2012 6:01am) |
| Let the tablet price wars begin. On the heels of Amazon's launch of its Kindle Fire HD tablets, Barnes & Noble has unveiled its own high-def models. And the new Nook HD and Nook HD+ offer pricing not yet seen... (Read Full Article) |
| High-definition DVD invites format wars (USATODAY.com via Yahoo! News, 1/10/2006 11:58am) |
| Move over DVD. A more-buffed movie disc is on the way. Actually, two new high definition disc formats, HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc, are looking to supplant DVD. As the new discs and players arrive this spring, consumers will be left to choose sides in this looming format war. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Ubisoft discounts 3DS, Wii U eShop games by up to 50 percent (Joystiq, 3/25/2014 9:00pm) |
| Ubisoft has launched a catalog-spanning sale on its Nintendo 3DS and Wii U eShop content, dropping the prices of featured games like ZombiU and Ghost Recon Shadow Wars by up to 50 percent.
Starting this week, eShop customers can pick up the [...] (Read Full Article) |
| $199 Family PS3 Bundle to win Amazon Customers Vote (I4U, 11/25/2008 6:00am) |
| LittleBigPlanet and Pirates of the Caribbean Trilogy on Blu-ray are more popular than Star Wars and Bond.
The voting of the first Amazon Customers Vote deal is ending tomorrow and the $199 Family PS3 Bundle is in the lead with 44%.
So if you have voted... ... (Read Full Article) |
| ABI Research Foresees a Speedy End to High-Definition DVD Player Format Wars (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 1/23/2007 2:19pm) |
| NEW YORK----When LG Electronics launched its Super Multi Blue Player at the recent CES exhibition, it signaled an exit strategy from the "war of the high-definition DVD formats." By creating a player that will accommodate both HD-DVD and Blu-ray discs, the Korean manufacturer may have created a precedent that the rest of the industry will have to follow. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | HDD Spotlight Bargain: 'Laugh It Up, Fuzzball: The Family Guy Trilogy' Blu-ray $17.49 at Amazon (High-Def Digest, 4/29/2013 7:02pm) |
| Seth MacFarlane's 'Star Wars' spoof trilogy on Blu-ray is over fifty percent off this week at Amazon! The online retailer is now selling 'Laugh It Up, Fuzzball: The Family Guy Trilogy' on Blu-ray for [...] (Read Full Article) |
| REVIEW: LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures - Xbox 360 (Pocket-lint, 7/25/2008 2:00pm) |
| Whip-cracking fun?If you'd like a swift verdict, then this one is for you. If LEGO Star Wars is one of your most fondly adored games, then LEGO Indiana Jones is going to blow your socks off.
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| State of the art: Blu-ray on the Mac (Computerworld, 9/23/2009 3:54pm) |
| It may have beaten out HD-DVD in the bloody battle to be the high definition optical drive standard, but in the roughly year and a half since the format wars ended, Blu-ray DVD has yet to gain any real traction in the desktop computer realm. Indeed, Apple has done its best to downplay the relevance of any kind of optical drive in this new world of streaming media--the MacBook Air ships without an internal optical drive, its DVD Studio Pro application has been almost totally ignored in the last two Final Cut Studio releases, and the company provides no way of playing movies released on Blu-ray on Macs running OS X. (Read Full Article) |
| George Wendt walks into a bar (TV Squad, 1/12/2006 5:37pm) |
| Filed under: Comedy , Cable A&E is developing a sketch comedy show with actor George Wendt, most famous for playing the pudgy guy in the movie House . The show, titled A Guy Walks Into a Bar , will feature Wendt and actor George Gray ( Junkyard Wars , Weakest Link ) telling jokes in a bar as the jokes themselves are acted out as sketches. Despite the network, this show sounds neither ... (Read Full Article) |
| 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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