 | Rock Band Special Edition PS3 Game Review (I4U, 12/28/2007 3:33pm) |
| Today we are looking at Rock Band Special Edition from EA. This game includes the software, guitar controller, drum controller and mic. Rock Band has versions available for PS3, Xbox 360, PS2 and Wii.Rock Band is at its best when you have one or two other ... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Finally, A PS3 Guitar That'll Work On Both Rock Band And Guitar Hero [Rock Band] (Kotaku, 1/09/2008 4:20am) |
| Bless you, Nyko. Rather than wait for Harmonix and Activision to sort out the whole Rock Band/Guitar Hero/PS3 guitar incompatability fiasco, they've gone ahead and released their own guitar, one that... ... (Read Full Article) |
| I4U Review Round-up: Rock Band PS3, Razer, OPPO (I4U, 12/29/2007 12:00pm) |
| Despite the holidays we have been busy testing new gear and gadgets.
Shane formed a band and tested the new Rock Band Special Edition for Sony PS3. His verdict: "This may be one of the best group games or party games ever made. However, a single... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Activision Roadblocks GHIII Guitar Support for PS3 Rock Band [Say It Ain't So] (Gizmodo, 12/13/2007 1:40am) |
| The magical patch from Harmonix that was going to give Rock Band on the PS3 some sweet compatibility with Guitar Hero III's guitar has been cockblocked by Activision. It was ready to go on Dec. 4,... ... (Read Full Article) |
 | VOOM'S RAVE HD WILL 'ROCK YOU' WITH QUEEN & PAUL RODGERS (Elite TV, 2/14/2006 9:24pm) |
| To kick off the 30th anniversary celebrations of legendary rock band Queen's history-making single 'Bohemian Rhapsody,' its definitive 70's album, 'A Night At The Opera,' and the band's upcoming North American tour (which begins March 3rd) RAVE HD, the first and only music channel dedicated to delivering a larger than life concert experience in crystal clear high-definition, will premiere Q ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'The Rolling Stones: Crossfire Hurricane' Blu-ray Announced (High-Def Digest, 4/19/2013 8:00pm) |
| The legendary English rock band will hit the stage on Blu-ray in May. In an early announcement to retailers, Eagle Rock Entertainment is preparing 'The Rolling Stones: Crossfire Hurricane' for [...] (Read Full Article) |
| U2: Rattle & Hum on Blu-ray Disc (Big Picture Big Sound, 4/25/2008 12:12am) |
| The now legendary Rock band is captured on tour in the United States at the pinnacle of their Joshua Tree success in the 1980s in this classic concert film on Blu-ray Disc. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | WOSU to debut band documentary (The Advocate, 11/21/2006 12:22pm) |
| COLUMBUS -- WOSU-TV will debut a documentary on Ohio State University's marching band Dec. 11. "The Pride of the Buckeyes," is shot in high definition and tells the story of the band, including unique characteristics, preparations and equipment concerns. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | School of Rock Blu-ray Review (Big Picture Big Sound, 8/31/2012 7:17pm) |
| Jack Black and his kiddie cohorts rock this Best Buy Blu-ray [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'School of Rock' Blu-ray Best Buy Exclusive (High-Def Digest, 8/20/2012 8:00pm) |
| The 2003 Jack Black comedy will rock high-definition exclusively at Best Buy at the end of August. According to the retailer's website, Paramount will release 'School of Rock' on Blu-ray at Best Buy [...] (Read Full Article) |
| 'The Rock' Ready to Roll on Blu-ray This January (High-Def Digest, 10/18/2007 4:00pm) |
| Following weeks of rumors, Disney has confirmed a January 2008 Blu-ray arrival for the long-delayed Michael Bay action spectacular 'The Rock.' As we've previously reported, 'The Rock' was originally announced... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Eagle Rock SD Blu-ray Series Dated and Detailed (High-Def Digest, 7/30/2013 10:00pm) |
| Standard definition upconverts of the Rolling Stones, the Bee Gees, the Scorpions, and Pink Floyd will rock out on Blu-ray this summer. In an early announcement to retailers, Eagle Rock Entertainment [...] (Read Full Article) |
| 'Korn: Live at Montreux' Coming to Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 4/22/2008 4:00pm) |
| Eagle Rock has announced the latest addition to their growing line-up of Montreux high-def releases, with the July Blu-ray release of 'Korn: Live at Montreux.' Featuring the final performance by the band's... ... (Read Full Article) |
| 'Dispatch: Zimbabwe' Bound For Blu-ray, HD DVD (High-Def Digest, 12/03/2007 9:00pm) |
| Indie rock band Dispatch is headed to HD DVD and Blu-ray disc this January with the release of their recent reunion concert, 'Dispatch: Zimbabwe - Live at Madison Square Garden.' One of only a handful...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/highdefdigestallnews/~4/194486826" height="1" width="1"/> ... (Read Full Article) |
| Image Announces 'Moody Blues: Lovely to See You' Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 4/15/2008 4:00pm) |
| Putting the Blu in Moody Blues, Image Entertainment has announced a July Blu-ray debut for the band's concert film 'Lovely to See You.' Featuring over 20 classic songs from the venerable rock act and shot... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | WeeWaa: Rock On! Jams Onto App Store (Business Wire, 5/26/2013 8:01am) |
| MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Family-friendly mobile game WeeWaa: Rock On! takes the stage today, releasing on the App Store. Published by UI Entertainment and developed by Zoink! Games. WeeWaa Rock On! is a colorful, 3D [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Band of Outsiders' Comes to Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 2/20/2013 9:00pm) |
| Jean-Luc Godard's 1964 gangster classic will arrive on Blu-ray in May. In an early announcement to retailers, the Criterion Collection is preparing 'Band of Outsiders'' for Blu-ray on May 7. Four [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Let the Music Play: The Story of the Doobie Brothers' Announced for Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 11/15/2012 5:00pm) |
| The documentary on the classic band will hit Blu-ray next week. In an early announcement to retailers, Eagle Rock Entertainment is prepping 'Let the Music Play: The Story of the Doobie Brothers' for [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Beat the Traffic to feature latest version of traffic reporting system (Broadcast Engineering, 8/26/2012 1:48pm) |
| Beat the Traffic 3D 6.3 features a richer set of customized tools, including "fly through" camera views
BE@IBC
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| (Unranked) | 3DS Jam with the Band game coming from Fire Emblem studio (Joystiq, 8/27/2013 7:30pm) |
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Fire Emblem series developer Intelligent Systems is helming a 3DS sequel in the long-dormant Jam with the Band series, Nintendo confirmed via [...] (Read Full Article) |
| HBO Enlists 'Band of Brothers' for Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 4/01/2008 6:00pm) |
| There's no street date yet, but HBO Home Video is reportedly planning to bring the Emmy-winning mini-series 'Band of Brothers' to Blu-ray sometime this year. While reporting on the upcoming standard DVD... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Laptop specialist Rock grudgingly offers Blu-ray support (Tech Digest, 3/04/2008 11:40am) |
| Hardcore power-laptop maker Rock has
decided to dump its HD DVD-exclusive stance and let buyers stick Blu-ray drives
in its range of gaming laptop beasts should they so desire. Rock's CEO Nick
Boardman said "We're disappointed that HD-DVD didn't make it and we value the
support Toshiba has given us. Although Blu-ray has technical advantages... ... (Read Full Article) |
| PS3 beats out Xbox 360 in US January sales, says NPD (AfterDawn, 2/15/2008 7:48pm) |
| According to the NPD Group, year-over-years sales for the US videogame market fell 6 percent to $1.18 billion USD for January 2008.
Software sales for the month increased 11 percent however, to $610.6 million USD, but NPD's Anita Frazier attributed that increase mainly to higher prices, such as the expensive "Guitar Hero" and "Rock Band" bundles that both sold very well.
Hardware sales ... (Read Full Article) |
| Eagle Rock Announces 'ZZ Top: Live in Texas' for Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 4/23/2008 4:00pm) |
| Eagle Rock has set a late-June arrival for their latest Blu-ray music release, 'ZZ Top: Live in Texas.' Taking the legendary blues-rock trio to the Lone Star State, 'Live in Texas' includes a 17-strong... ... (Read Full Article) |
 | SPACEMART Telesat To Purchase ViaSat Ka-Band Consumer Terminals For New Service (SpaceDaily, 5/13/2005 5:15am) |
| Telesat has signed a multi-year agreement to purchase DOCSIS-for-satellite Ka-band consumer terminals (CTs) from ViaSat. Telesat chose ViaSat in March 2004 as the supplier of gateways and terminals for Telesat broadband consumer Ka-band services in Canada on the Anik F2 satellite. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Blu-ray Review: The Pirates! Band of Misfits - 3D (High-Def Digest, 8/20/2012 7:45pm) |
| The rowdy, boisterous buccaneers of 'The Pirates! Band of Misfits' are the most civil and considerate bunch you'll ever meet. This cheerful crew of scalawags is an inexperienced ragtag group who [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | The game where you take Satoru Iwata on vacation arrives next spring, now on 3DS (Joystiq, 8/29/2012 1:00pm) |
| Nintendo's Mii-based game "Friend Collection" arrives in Japan next spring, according to Nintendo head Satoru Iwata. Iwata showed a brief video of the game featuring his own Mii - vacationing and learning how to Hula dance, playing in a rock band [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Trio of 'Live from Montreux' Titles Bound For Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 1/18/2008 7:00pm) |
| Playing catch-up with three titles previously released on HD DVD-only, Eagle Rock has announced a February Blu-ray arrival for three concert films featuring rock legends Deep Purple, Carlos Santana and... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Black Rock' Announced for Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 5/30/2013 8:00pm) |
| Katie Aselton's survival thriller will crash into Blu-ray this July. In an early announcement to retailers, Lionsgate says 'Black Rock' is coming to Blu-ray on July 30. Three young women - Sarah [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Rock of Ages' Blu-ray Announced and Detailed (High-Def Digest, 8/29/2012 4:00pm) |
| The rocking musical starring Tom Cruise is bound for Blu-ray in October. In an early announcement to retailers, Warner Brothers is preparing 'Rock of Ages' for Blu-ray on October 9. The feature film [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Yoshida: PS Vita digital purchases beat PS3 each month (Joystiq, 2/21/2013 11:00pm) |
| Last night's PS4 unveiling event showed Sony is a company committed to digital [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Warner to Rock Blu-ray, HD DVD with 'Purple Rain,' 'Out for Justice' (High-Def Digest, 6/01/2007 7:01am) |
| Warner Home Video has officially announced catalog faves 'Purple Rain' and 'Out for Justice' will both Blu-ray and HD DVD this July. Though a rather bizarre pairing of rock legend Prince and action-meister... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Microtune's New Mobile MicroTuner Multi-Band, Ultra Low-Power Tuner Enables TV on Handheld Devices (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 6/06/2005 5:00am) |
| Signaling the next cutting-edge advance in its silicon TV tuner technology, Microtune, Inc. today introduced a new family of high-performance, ultra low-power, multi-band tuners targeted for mobile handhelds, including cell phones, PDAs and other multimedia convergence devices. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | WSU can print 3D parts from moon rock to help astronauts in a jam (video) (Engadget, 11/29/2012 5:58pm) |
| It was only a matter of time before (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Lady Antebellum: Own the Night World Tour' Blu-ray Announced (High-Def Digest, 10/24/2012 6:00pm) |
| The 2012 concert from the country music superstars will rock Blu-ray in December. In an early announcement to retailers, Eagle Rock is readying 'Lady Antebellum: Own the Night World Tour' for Blu-ray [...] (Read Full Article) |
| From Elvis' Historic Lauderdale Courts Apartment, Visitors Can Find Themselves Walking in Memphis to Rock 'n' Roll Sites (PR Web, 4/15/2005 7:07am) |
| Historic Lauderdale Courts apartment location offers opportunity to walk in teenage Elvis' Memphis. With private stays year round and public tours twice yearly in August and January, Lauderdale Courts lets visitors relive rock 'n' roll history. [PRWEB Apr 15, 2005] (Read Full Article) |
| Warner to Debut Elvis Presley Classics 'Jailhouse Rock,' 'Viva Las Vegas' on Blu-ray and HD DVD (High-Def Digest, 5/17/2007 8:23am) |
| Elvis Presley will make his high-def debut this September, when Warner Home Video brings the classics 'Jailhouse Rock' and 'Viva Las Vegas' to Blu-ray and HD DVD. The first-ever Elvis films to hit the... ... (Read Full Article) |
| For the clearest in picture in high-definition TVs, you can't beat a 1080p (Asheville Citizen-Times, 2/17/2007 1:32pm) |
| If you're like me, seeing is believing. And believe me, after I saw that 70-inch 1080p TV, like Jordache jeans, now nothing gets between me and my 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) |
| Sony: PAL PS3 to Beat 360 By Summer [SmackTalk] (Kotaku, 1/24/2008 5:40pm) |
| While the PS3 may have been late out of the gate, David Reeves, President/CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, claims that the console is quickly gaining momentum in the European market. And... ... (Read Full Article) |
| AT&T’s new HD Homezone (HDBlog.net, 5/24/2006 12:48am) |
| AT&T’s new Hi-Def Homezone box This is an IPTV box to compete with those money-grabbing cable companies! [HD Beat]
Tags: HDTV, AT&T, IPTV ... (Read Full Article) |
| Forrester says Blu-ray will Win, Again (HDBlog.net, 10/13/2006 2:36am) |
| Blu-ray predicted to win format war “Forrester Research is again predicting that Blu-ray Disc will beat out HD DVD in the format war, but only after a long, drawn-out battle.” [Video Business Online]
Tags: HDTV, BD, Blu-ray ... (Read Full Article) |
| Digiweb to offer wireless broadband in Ireland (Digital Media Europe, 11/15/2005 1:02pm) |
| Big Band has deployed its solutions to make data, VoIP and, eventually, IPTV services available throughout most of Ireland. ... (Read Full Article) |
| So how do you get your HDTV signals? (TV Squad, 8/02/2005 10:12pm) |
| Filed under: HDTV , Site Announcements Our friends over at HD Beat have a new poll up. They want to know how you receive your high-def signals: cable? satellite? over the air? a combo? Shoot on over there and give your two cents. Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments Ads by Google ... (Read Full Article) |
| HDTV: Do your worst (TV Squad, 8/10/2005 8:21pm) |
| Filed under: HDTV , Site Announcements At HD Beat, Kevin Tofel has a fun poll going on asking readers to comment on what the worst program was that they've watched, purely because the show was in high definition. As someone who's on week #3 of having HD at the house, I can say that I've tried a variety of programming on our 57" television, some of it really really bad. The absolute wor ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Easter Parade' Announced for Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 10/25/2012 8:00pm) |
| Irving Berlin's 1948 musical heads to Blu-ray in February! In an early announcement to retailers, Warner Brothers is preparing 'Easter Parade' for Blu-ray on February 19. If you can't join 'em, beat [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Kaz Wants Lifetime PS3 Sales To Beat Lifetime PS2 Sales [PS3] (Kotaku, 7/21/2008 7:30am) |
| While the PS3 is outselling the PS2 on a monthly basis, it's still well over 100 million units shy of its older brother in the lifetime sales department. But don't let that stop Sony from dreaming... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Sony PS3 to lead Video Game Console Market in 2011 (I4U, 3/01/2008 6:00pm) |
| Research company iSuppli says that 2008 will be a turning year for the Sony PS3 and I cannot agree more. All is set for a major sales success for the latest Playstation.
iSuppli also forecasts that the Sony PS3 will still need another 3 years to beat ... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Blu-ray beats HD DVD post Warner defection (Punch Jump, 1/17/2008 6:04pm) |
| Sales for Sony Corp.’s Blu-ray disc beat rival format HD DVD following the week of Warner Bros.’ defection from the HD DVD camp in the latest retail data from Nielsen VideoScan. ... (Read Full Article) |
| How-to: get your first HDTV for under a grand (pPlayer.com, 12/04/2005 6:38pm) |
| So you're in the market for your first HDTV set this season, but you need to have funds left over to buy gifts for, you know, other people . Let HD Beat advise you on just how to get that HDTV set for under $1000 . Luckily, it doesn't involve arranging a getaway vehicle -- just a few tried and true tips and tricks on where to look, what to expect, and how to bring home a good quality HDTV ... (Read Full Article) |
| NEC Develops Wireless HDTV Tranceiver (DesignTechnica, 4/06/2005 3:51pm) |
| NEC's compact 60-GHz-band wireless transceiver transmits uncompressed high-definition television (HDTV) Signals. (Read Full Article) |
| How To Buy an HDTV (Luxist, 9/21/2005 6:02pm) |
| Our friends over at HD Beat have a neat little buying guide for choosing your high definition TV. This week’s topic is size. Is bigger always better? Their guide a a rule of thumb for selecting the right size, you multiply the inches from which you will view the TV times six. There are also other factors to consider so head on over there for the full scoop. Read | Permalink | Email this ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | HDD Spotlight Bargain: 'The Pacific' Blu-ray $19.99 at Amazon! (High-Def Digest, 12/06/2012 8:57pm) |
| Save a whopping eighty percent on the follow-up to 'Band of Brothers' on Blu-ray at Amazon! The online retailer is now selling the epic war series 'The Pacific' on Blu-ray for only $19.99 (80% off [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Tyra Banks in HD? Cool. (TV Squad, 8/03/2005 12:09pm) |
| Filed under: HDTV , Site Announcements Todd over at HD Beat has a new poll up: what TV shows would you like to see in HDTV? Sports? Sci-fi shows? Todd himself lists Judge Judy and Cops ! Read Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments Ads by Google ... (Read Full Article) |
| HDTV Buying Guide: Xbox 360 Edition (Joystiq, 11/12/2005 7:23pm) |
| Sister blog HD Beat has put together an HD TV buyer’s guide for the gamer who’s looking to make the step up to the so-called “high-def era.†Some of their points might surprise you. For instance, “you don’t need an HDTV to use the 360. In fact, your TV might be good enough for you; those gamers that have a 27-inch or smaller set will find that HDTV is not that much better in those s ... (Read Full Article) |
| Halford's 'Live Insurrection' Coming to Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 3/20/2008 4:00pm) |
| Metal God Entertainment has announced that it is bringing the ex-Judas Priest frontman's 'Live Insurrection' to Blu-ray as an audio-only release this September. Recorded during stops on the band's acclaimed... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Cops Say NBA Player Beat His Girlfriend With an Xbox 360 (Kotaku, 9/04/2013 11:30pm) |
| DeAndre Liggins, a two-year benchwarmer currently with the NBA's Oklahoma City Thunder, is accused of assaulting his girlfriend by, among other things, dropping an Xbox 360 on her head, [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'History of the Eagles' Announced for Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 3/15/2013 4:00pm) |
| Diehard Eagles fans will have something on Blu-ray to rejoice about in April. Capitol Records has acquired the exclusive DVD/Blu-ray rights to 'History of the Eagles', the iconic band's acclaimed [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Digital Broadcasting .com News for broadcasting professionals (Digital Broadcasting.com, 6/27/2005 7:34pm) |
| Tokyo -- PanAmSat announced that it was joining forces with long-time partner JSAT Corporation to form a joint venture that will launch a new Ku-band satellite to satisfy the growing demand in the U.S. market. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Confirmed: Circuit City's HD DVD Players On Clearance (Format War Central, 1/28/2008 3:48am) |
| We had heard Circuit City was clearancing their stock of HD DVD players, so we went to check for ourselves. We did indeed find all of the third gen HD DVD players on clearance. With the HD-A3 for $100 and the HD-A30 for $149, which are killer prices that even beat Amazon’s. We do wonder [...] ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | New firmware for JVC GY-HM600 HD camera improves performance (Broadcast Engineering, 12/05/2012 3:50pm) |
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The new upgrade, free to all existing owners, improves the camera’s autofocus and signal-to-noise ratio, as well as its flash band compensation.
The GY-HM600 shoots up to Full HD video with a wide-angle 23x [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | The 1980s Are Back To Help You Beat Super Mario 3D World (Kotaku, 3/16/2014 3:00pm) |
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Travel back in time once more to the 1980s, a magical age when video game tips and tricks were delivered by warm, friendly voices over tinny television speakers, and no one called you names [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Fortis.TV - candy-colored HDTVs for Japan (Engadget, 10/13/2005 10:45pm) |
| Is the Fortis.TV from display-maker Eizo Nanao the ugliest HDTV ever made? While our peeps at HD Beat may think so, we’re not too sure — though given the relatively short history of the HD industry, it may just qualify. Regardless, we have to admit that the sets, which come in sizes from 19 inches to 26 inches, don’t exactly make the best use of space. By mounting the candy-colored ... (Read Full Article) |
| NEC Develops 1 Gbps Wireless HDTV Transceiver in 60-GHz-band (Converge! Network Digest, 4/11/2005 5:11am) |
| Earlier this month, NEC announced a wireless transceiver for indoor, short range HDTV transmission, such as between a cable box a wall-mounted display. (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Wolfire's Overgrowth plants itself on Steam Early Access (Joystiq, 12/27/2013 3:00am) |
| Wolfire Games, the indie outfit responsible for the pistol-reloading sim Receiver, is currently working on a 3D beat-em-up called Overgrowth. The game is now available on PC, Mac and Linux through Steam Early Access for $25 - 17% off its $30 ...
(Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | The Expendables 2 Blu-ray Review (Big Picture Big Sound, 11/25/2012 10:38pm) |
| Sylvester Stallone and his band of ruffians wander into a bad Chuck Norris joke. And a bad Terminator joke. And a bad Rambo joke. And a bad John McClane joke. You've [...] (Read Full Article) |
| My Name is Earl...Earl Widescreen. (pPlayer.com, 12/14/2005 9:23pm) |
| At least that's what we think Earl's last name should be based on the high-definition pranks on the show. These funny little bits in "My Name is Earl" are tucked over on the side of the screen, so they require a widescreen HDTV to see. Don't have an HDTV yet? Luckily, HD Beat has you covered. Tune in and find out exactly what this man is doing in the zoom-in and why it's funny. If you ... (Read Full Article) |
| Comcast bows HDTV ads on MNF (AdJab, 9/19/2005 1:28pm) |
| Filed under: Television Sister-site (jeez, we have a lot of sisters) HD Beat 's Matt Burns brought to our attention the news that cable provider Comcast will debut a new TV campaign during tonight's Monday Night Football touting their high-definition cable service. According to the story there will be a ten-second spot before Hank Williams begins asking us if we're ready for some footbal ... (Read Full Article) |
| Winegard Company, Holder Of 60 Patents Over The Years, Awaits Issuance Of Another US Patent For its Best Selling (PR Web, 3/07/2005 5:31pm) |
| The United States Patent Office has approved the Applied Technology for this outdoor High-Band VHF/UHF Digital/Analog/HDTV antenna system and issued a notice of allowance. [PRWEB Mar 7, 2005] (Read Full Article) |
 | *vwd/BUSINESS WIRE: Neuer mobiler Niedrigstrom-Multi-Band-Tuner MicroTuner von Microtune ermöglicht Fernsehen auf (vwd.de, 6/06/2005 6:32am) |
| DIE ÜBERSETZUNG INS DEUTSCHE ERFOLGT OHNE GEWÄHR. VERBINDLICH IST AUSSCHLIESSLICH DIE ORIGINALMELDUNG DES EMITTENTEN. (TRANSLATION INTO GERMAN LANGUAGE IS PROVIDED WITHOUT GUARANTEE. ONLY THE ORIGINAL MESSAGE OF THE ISSUER IS AUTHORITATIVE.) ... (Read Full Article) |
| Xbox AND HDTV: This is Gonna Rock! (WebProNews, 4/28/2005 1:11pm) |
| Everyone knows Microsoft will kick out its new X-Box in May 13, which is just a few days away. It's going to be a hip offering and MTV will broadcast the event. New games will be available with a better graphics, sound, etc. But now Samsung will help them out just a little with its new HDTV offerings. (Read Full Article) |
| PWINSIDER Q & A: WWE IN HDTV. ROCK, HOGAN, GOLDBERG, LESNAR, MOVING MATT AWAY FROM LITA AND MORE (PWinsider, 3/21/2005 2:48pm) |
| You can send us questions for the PWInsider.com Q&A by clicking here. I recently heard that WWE invested in HD cameras. (Read Full Article) |
| ViewSonic's new n2050w 20-inch LCD TV (Engadget, 10/17/2005 12:45pm) |
| So HD Beat has the dealio on the new n2050w 20-inch LCD TV from ViewSonic. It’s got the 1080i hook-up with an HDMI jack, and you can view the sights with a 1000:1 contrast ratio. There’s NTSC support and picture-in-picture, but while the size is desktop friendly, they’re probably not going to land this on our desktop with a native resolution of 1366 x 768, but as far as TVs go you could do ... (Read Full Article) |
| Dell's new W3706MC 37-inch LCD HDTV (Engadget, 10/19/2005 1:15pm) |
| Dell just keeps the good times rolling with their television line . The latest member is the W3706MC 37-inch LCD with a 1366 x 768 resolution and some nice HD inputs. They’re selling it for $2300 at their online store, along with the 50-inch plasma we spied just recently. Only an 800:1 contrast ratio, and our pals at HD Beat haven’t been too impressed with Dell displays in the past, but ... (Read Full Article) |
| How-to: stream HDTV to your Xbox 360 (pPlayer.com, 12/09/2005 8:09pm) |
| So you've got an HDTV-compatible Windows Media Center and an Xbox 360 living in distant corners of the house, sad as lonely singles in adjacent boarding house rooms. But lo, the twain shall meet, and HD Beat 's Kevin Tofel is happy to demonstrate the happy high-def union for you. Check out the 72 MB Quicktime movie of wireless streaming goodness to your new toy. Read ... (Read Full Article) |
| The End User: New chip may let DVD player use both disk types (International Herald Tribune, 11/15/2006 2:43pm) |
| A "universal" chip from a band of engineers in Andover will allow electronics firms to make a single DVD player to handle both types of disk - HD-DVD and Blu-Ray. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Graham Parker and The Rumour: This Is Live' Blu-ray Announced (High-Def Digest, 6/17/2013 8:00pm) |
| The band's 2012 concert from Judd Apatow's 'This Is 40' is coming to Blu-ray in August. In an early announcement to retailers, Shout Factory is working on 'Graham Parker and The Rumour: This Is Live' [...] (Read Full Article) |
| PS3 to beat Wii, Xbox 360 by 2011, says firm (Punch Jump, 2/14/2008 5:08pm) |
| Data research firm iSuppli Corp. on Thurs. said that Sony Corp.’s Playstation 3 will lead in worldwide install base over Nintendo Co.’s Wii and Microsoft Corp.’s Xbox 360 by 2011. ... (Read Full Article) |
| New chip may let DVD player use both disk types (International Herald Tribune, 11/15/2006 5:46pm) |
| A "universal" chip from a band of engineers in Andover will allow electronics firms to make a single DVD player to handle both types of disk - HD-DVD and Blu-Ray. ... (Read Full Article) |
| MB Tech, Inc. Launches the Waveguide Patch Project (PrimeZone via Yahoo! Finance, 9/06/2005 3:48pm) |
| MB Tech Inc. has launched a project to develop a Waveguide Patch for Ka-Band Flat Antenna in cooperation with the Information Communication Department of Dong-Seoul College in South Korea. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Blu-ray Highlights: Week of June 9th, 2013 (High-Def Digest, 6/10/2013 5:00pm) |
| In this week's new Blu-rays, Disney cashes in on one of the most beloved family films of all time with a gaudy 3D prequel, fairy tales get reimagined in ways no one ever wanted, and The Rock [...] (Read Full Article) |
| NEWS: Sony sets 150m sales target for PS3 (Pocket-lint, 7/21/2008 11:33am) |
| Wants to beat the PS2 recordSony Computer Entertainment's CEO Kaz Hirai has said that he wants the PlayStation 3 to exceed the sales of the ever-popular PlayStation 2 console.
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| (Unranked) | 'Not Fade Away' Announced for Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 2/26/2013 11:00pm) |
| David Chase's rock and roll drama will take the stage on Blu-ray this April. In an announcement to retailers, Paramount says 'Not Fade Away' will have a Blu-ray release on April 30. It’s 1964, the [...] (Read Full Article) |
| NeuNeo's $245 HVD2085 1080p DVD player (Engadget, 10/19/2005 2:15pm) |
| Yeah we know the $4k Denon 1080p-capable player is too beaucoup for most of our readers so here’s the NeuNeo HVD2085. Like the Denon, this high def DVD player pumps 1080p over HDMI. Sure, you have to update the firmware yer damn self but for a mere $245 you can afford the risk, eh? [Via HD Beat ] Read | Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments © 2005 Weblogs, ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Experience Montreux 3D' Blu-ray Announced (High-Def Digest, 6/17/2013 11:00pm) |
| The 3D concert flick will bring the celebrated Jazz festival to Blu-ray in June. In an early announcement to retailers, Eagle Rock Entertainment is preparing 'Experience Montreux 3D' for Blu-ray 3D [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'That Thing You Do!' Blu-ray Dated and Detailed (High-Def Digest, 2/21/2013 11:00pm) |
| Tom Hanks' 1996 music themed dramedy will rock Blu-ray in April! In an early announcement to retailers, 20th Century Fox will be bringing 'That Thing You Do!' to Blu-ray on April 2. Written by, [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'An Affair of the Heart' Blu-ray Announced (High-Def Digest, 5/08/2013 8:00pm) |
| The acclaimed Rick Springfield documentary will rock Blu-ray in July. In an early announcement to retailers, Breaking Glass Pictures is working on 'An Affair of the Heart' for a Blu-ray release on [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'The Beatles - Help!' Announced for Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 5/20/2013 8:00pm) |
| The classic Beatles' film will rock Blu-ray in June! In an early announcement to retailers, Universal Music is working on 'The Beatles - Help!' on Blu-ray on June 25. Directed by Richard Lester, who [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Seconds' Dated and Detailed for Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 5/17/2013 4:00pm) |
| The 1966 sci-fi thriller starring Rock Hudson is bound for Blu-ray in August. In an early announcement to retailers, Criterion will be bringing 'Seconds' to Blu-ray on August 13. 'Seconds,' directed [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Metalocalypse: Season IV: Church of the Black Klok Blu-ray Review (Big Picture Big Sound, 10/30/2012 11:44pm) |
| Adult Swim's favorite death metal band is rocking another season, in its original, easier-to-digest [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Paul McCartney: Live Kisses' Blu-ray Announced (High-Def Digest, 9/26/2012 8:00pm) |
| The February 2012 concert directed by Jonas Ã…kerlund will plant some kisses on Blu-ray's bottom this November! In an early announcement to retailers, Eagle Rock Entertainment is prepping 'Paul [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Pioneer?s BDP-HD1 BD player works with Windows Media Connect (HDBlog.net, 2/21/2006 2:20am) |
| Pioneer’s BDP-HD1 Blu-Ray player works with Windows Media Connect [HD Beat]
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| AC/DC to Rock Blu-ray with 'Live at Domington' (High-Def Digest, 9/13/2007 6:05pm) |
| Get your earplugs ready: AC/DC is coming to high-def with Sony BMG's October Blu-ray release of the seminal concert epic 'Live at Domington.' Filmed at the famed Domington Castle by Grammy-winning music... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Santana and McLaughlin: Invitation to Illumination' Blu-ray Dated (High-Def Digest, 7/30/2013 8:00pm) |
| The two celebrated guitarists will reunite in concert on Blu-ray in August. In an early announcement to retailers, Eagle Rock Entertainment is preparing 'Santana and McLaughlin: Invitation to [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Radyne's Xicom Subsidiary Receives $2 Million Order (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance, 9/27/2005 12:15pm) |
| Radyne Corporation announced that its Xicom Technology subsidiary received a new order of over $2.0 million for Tri-band Satellite Amplifiers from a major U.S. Satellite Communications Integrator. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Empire State' Announced for Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 6/21/2013 4:00pm) |
| Dito Montiel's crime drama starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson heads to Blu-ray this September. In an early announcement to retailers, Lionsgate says 'Empire State' is coming to Blu-ray on September [...] (Read Full Article) |
| PanAmSat and JSAT to Expand Satellite Capacity in U.S. To Satisfy Growing High-Definition and IP Television Markets (RedNova, 6/27/2005 2:35pm) |
| TOKYO, June 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- PanAmSat announced today that it was joining forces with long-time partner JSAT Corporation to form a joint venture that will launch a new Ku-band satellite to satisfy the growing demand in the U.S. market. ... (Read Full Article) |
| PanAmSat and JSAT to Expand Satellite Capacity in U.S. to Satisfy Growing High-Definition and IP Television Markets (SpaceRef, 6/27/2005 7:28pm) |
| TOKYO, JAPAN, June 27, 2005 -- PanAmSat (NYSE:PA) announced today that it was joining forces with long-time partner JSAT Corporation to form a joint venture that will launch a new Ku-band satellite to satisfy the growing demand in the U.S. market. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'The Doors: Live at the Bowl '68' Announced for Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 8/21/2012 6:00pm) |
| The historic Doors' concert gets remastered for Blu-ray this October. In an early announcement to retailers, Eagle Rock Entertainment is prepping 'The Doors: Live at the Bowl '68' for a [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Neil Young Planning Multi-Disc Archive Series for Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 5/07/2008 10:00pm) |
| There's no date yet, but Neil Young has unveiled plans to bring his Archives project to Blu-ray beginning this year with a ten disc compilation of his early and rare recordings. The rock legend and Hall... ... (Read Full Article) |
| IBM develops fast wireless chip for content sharing (InfoWorld) (InfoWorld, 2/06/2006 4:57pm) |
| ( InfoWorld ) - Scientists at IBM Corp. have developed a chipset that they claim is capable of allowing wireless devices to operate more than 10 times faster than today's advanced Wi-Fi networks. The chipset, using silicon germanium, is designed to operate in the 60GHz band, an unlicensed portion of the radio spectrum that can be used to transport data-intensive formats such as HDTV (high ... (Read Full Article) |
| Lionsgate Sets 'Repo' Blu-ray Specs, Adds Exclusives (High-Def Digest, 12/05/2008 11:00pm) |
| Lionsgate has confirmed final specs for 'Repo! The Genetic Opera,' which will rock Blu-ray this January with hours of exclusive next-gen content. As previously reported, Lionsgate will debut 'Saw' helmer... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'FCA! 35 Tour: An Evening With Peter Frampton' Announced for Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 10/15/2012 4:00pm) |
| The 2011 concert Blu-ray will hit stores this November. In an early announcement to retailers, Eagle Rock Entertainment is prepping 'FCA! 35 Tour: An Evening With Peter Frampton' for a [...] (Read Full Article) |
| 'Across the Universe' Announced For Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 11/27/2007 11:05pm) |
| The Beatles will make their high-def disc debut this February when Julie Taymor's phantasmagoric rock opera 'Across the Universe' hits Blu-ray. An ambitious pastiche of over a dozen Beatles songs and Taymor's...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/highdefdigestallnews/~4/191458632" height="1" width="1"/> ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Alanis Morissette: Live At Montreux 2012' Blu-ray Announced (High-Def Digest, 3/05/2013 9:00pm) |
| The Canadian singer's 2012 performance from the jazz festival is coming to Blu-ray in April. In an early announcement to retailers, Eagle Rock Entertainment is prepping 'Alanis Morissette: Live At [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Foo Fighters 'Live at Wembley' to Rock Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 10/27/2008 4:00pm) |
| Sony Music has set a mid-November date for the Foo Fighter's Blu-ray debut 'Live at Wembley.' Filmed at the legendary London venue, 'Foo Fighters: Live at Wembley Stadium' features the rockers performing... ... (Read Full Article) |
| PS2 to PS3 Guitar Hero Adapter Rescues Otherwise Non-Functional Guitars [Hardware] (Kotaku, 4/28/2008 6:40pm) |
| Here's some great news...that possibly comes a few months too late. TAC has released an adapter that will make your PS2 Guitar Hero controllers compatible with PS3 versions of Guitar Hero and Rock... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert' Blu-ray Announced (High-Def Digest, 6/27/2013 8:00pm) |
| The epic tribute concert to one of the greatest performers of our time is bound for Blu-ray in September. In an early announcement to retailers, Eagle Rock has slated 'The Freddie Mercury Tribute [...] (Read Full Article) |
| 90,000 HD DVD Players Sold Last Weekend [Format War] (Gizmodo, 11/07/2007 5:05pm) |
| Reducing the price of those HD DVD players to a rock-bottom $99 must be catching on, with 90,000 of its HD DVD sold last weekend. Most of them were those Toshiba HD-A2 players (pictured here) sold by... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Panasonic reveals five new LCD HDTVs at CES (Engadget, 1/06/2008 9:11pm) |
| Filed under: CES, Displays, HDTV
Panasonic's already dished out a few new offerings for fans of PDP, but you better believe it's watching out for the LCD crowd, too. Starting things up is the 26-inch TC-26LX85 and 32-inch TC-32LX85, both of which rock a 720p resolution, 10,000:1 native contrast, a dedicated gaming mode, SD expansion slot, three HDMI connections and VIERA Link. Upping the ante to ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Neil Cowley Trio: Live At Montreux' Announced for Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 3/13/2013 8:00pm) |
| The jazz musicians' summer 2012 performance will make its way to Blu-ray in April. In an early announcement to retailers, Eagle Rock says 'Neil Cowley Trio: Live At Montreux' is coming to [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Disney June Blu-ray Slate in Flux; 'Cars,' Other Hits Likely to See New Street Dates (High-Def Digest, 5/07/2007 9:34am) |
| In a surprise shuffling of its previously-announced June Blu-ray release slate, street date bumps now appear likely for a quartet of highly-anticipated hits including 'Cars,' 'The Rock,' 'Con Air' and... ... (Read Full Article) |
| The Clicker: Small Frequency Networks and OTA HDTV (Engadget, 5/05/2005 8:29pm) |
| Every Thursday Stephen Speicher contributes The Clicker , a weekly column on television and technology: One look at the eye-popping picture and you were hooked. The window-like effect dazzled you. You all but drooled over the rock-solid picture. There’s no snow. There’s no ghosting. The resolution is to die for. You saw the light and its name was High-Definition. There’s only one pro ... (Read Full Article) |
| NEC Develops Compact Millimeter-Wave Transceiver for Uncompressed HDTV Signal Transmission (PhysOrg, 4/01/2005 5:43pm) |
| Technology enables wireless, cable-connection-free high-definition TV setsNEC Corporation today announced the successful development of a highly compact 60-GHz-band (*1) wireless transceiver that transmits uncompressed high-definition television (HDTV) signals (*2), realizing HDTV sets and displays without cable connections. (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Neil Cowley Trio: Live At Montreux' Blu-ray Available Now! (High-Def Digest, 5/06/2013 6:40pm) |
| The jazz musicians' summer 2012 performance is in stores now. Eagle Rock's 'Neil Cowley Trio: Live At Montreux' is now available for purchase on Blu-ray. Making their debut appearance at the Montreux [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Consumers Choose Dell's 50-inch Plasma HDTV in Four-City, Head-to-Head Competition with Panasonic (Business Wire, 3/21/2006 4:00pm) |
| ROUND ROCK, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 21, 2006--When considering picture quality and price(a), consumers chose Dell's (NASDAQ:DELL) W5001C plasma HDTV over ... (Read Full Article) |
| Sony adds new sets to the Bravia TV lineup (Engadget, 9/14/2005 10:55pm) |
| Sony is upgrading their †Best Resolution Audio Visual Integrated Architecture,†or Bravia , line of large-screen displays with eight new models that will drop on October 1 (unfortunately, none will rock 1080p). Six of these new sets are LCD flat-panels with built-in ATSC HD tuners, while the other two are rear-projection. The LCDs will range in size from 32-inches to 46-inches, and in ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Killing Bono' Blu-ray Announced (High-Def Digest, 8/01/2012 10:00pm) |
| The 2010 comedy is in the works for Blu-ray in August. In an announcement to retailers, Arc Entertainment has set 'Killing Bono' for Blu-ray on August 7. 'Killing Bono' is a rock n’ roll comedy [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Amazon: $129 Toshiba HD-A3 with 7 HD DVDs and free shipping (Engadget, 1/18/2008 11:51am) |
| Filed under: HDTV
Guess what? It's yet another rock bottom sale day for Toshiba's HD-A3 HD DVD player. This time it's Amazon serving up the HD-A3 with 7 HD DVD titles and free shipping for just $129. The deal combines the extended 5 HD DVD "perfect offer" with Warner Bros' 300 and Universal's The Bourne Identity HD DVD titles thrown in for kicks. That's two extra discs and $21 less than th ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Peter Gabriel: Live in Athens 1987' Announced for Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 7/16/2013 10:00pm) |
| The classic Peter Gabriel concert will be beautifully remastered for Blu-ray in September! In an early announcement to retailers, Eagle Rock is preparing 'Peter Gabriel: Live in Athens 1987' for [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | ‘G.I. Joe: Retaliation’ Director Pleased With 3D Blu-ray (Home Media Magazine, 7/31/2013 6:16pm) |
| BURBANK, Calif. — It’s rare that veteran actors geek out over working with other veteran actors, but you can’t blame G.I. Joe: Retaliation’s Ray Park. It is “The Rock,” after all.
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| From Elvis' Historic Lauderdale Courts Apartment, Visitors Can Find Themselves Walking in Memphis to Rock 'n' Roll Sites (PR Web via Yahoo! News, 4/15/2005 12:00pm) |
| Memphis, TN (PRWEB) April 15, 2005 -- There is only one place on earth you can stay where Elvis lived. That place is Lauderdale Courts. Second only to Graceland, it is the Memphis home he lived in the longest. (Read Full Article) |
| Alicia Keys bringing story to UPN (TV Squad, 1/12/2006 5:07pm) |
| Filed under: Drama , Talent , UPN UPN has decided to stick with the "celebrity coming of age" approach for a new drama based on the childhood of recording artist Alicia Keys. Heck, it worked for Chris Rock.The series will be based on Keys', who had a white mother and a black father and was raised by her mother in Hell's Kitchen after her parents divorced when she was two. She started ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Anime fighter AquaPazza hits PlayStation 3 on November 19 (Joystiq, 9/11/2013 7:30am) |
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Colorful anime fighter AquaPazza is set to beat its way to PlayStation 3 on November 19. [...] (Read Full Article) |
| MRV Debuts High-Definition Video Transceivers That Enable Any Fiber Optic Network to Transport HD Video (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance, 4/24/2006 5:57pm) |
| MRV COMMUNICATIONS, INC. , a leading provider of products and services for out-of-band networking, WDM and optical transport, metro Ethernet, fiber optic components, 10GE and other service aware networking products, today announced a new family of digital video fiber optic transceivers that allow transport of uncompressed high-definition video over standard fiber optic networks. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Dell and Siemens Healthcare Enable Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center to Meet Growing Demand for 3D Mammography (Business Wire, 11/29/2012 5:00pm) |
| ROUND ROCK, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pomona Valley (Calif.) Hospital Medical Center (PVHMC) has selected Dell and Siemens Healthcare to provide diagnostic image archiving and sharing services to address long-term data storage needs and reduce the [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Westin Rocks Memphis; The Home of the Blues and the Birthplace of Rock 'N Roll Eagerly Awaits The Westin Beale Street (Hospitality Net, 12/13/2005 2:47pm) |
| WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. | Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE: HOT) announces a construction commencement on a $40-million 203-room Westin Beale Street Hotel in Memphis, TN. Located directly across from the FedExForum, home of the Memphis Grizzlies of the NBA and the University of Memphis Tigers basketball team, The Westin Beale Street will be Tennessee's first Westin and the first ... (Read Full Article) |
| Toshiba's first Blu-ray player hits in November (Consumer Reports, 9/03/2009 6:39pm) |
| Toshiba's BDX2000 Blu-ray player. (Click to enlarge) [PHOTO: Courtesy of Toshiba] If you can't beat 'em, join them. That's finally Toshiba's message as the company readies to roll out its first Blu-ray player, the BDX2000, this fall. The player will arrive in November, at a price of $250. The BDX200 is a BD-Live-ready player (you have to add 1GB of flash memory for the BD-Live Internet feature to work), and it includes an SD card slot for playing digital music, photos and video--including high-def AVCHD files—on your TV. The player has a "smoked mirrored" front panel, with a drop-down door that conceals the primary controls. When used with a Toshiba Regza TV, the player and TV can both be controlled from a single remote. From the announcement, it's unclear whether the layer internally decodes the high-resolution lossless audio formats—Dolby TrueHD and DTS HD-Master Audio—internally, or sends it out via bitstream for decoding in a receiver. [Note: We just learned the player decodes these formats internally.] —James K. Willcox (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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| WD intros WD TV Live HD Media Player (AfterDawn, 10/13/2009 6:04pm) |
Western Digital has officially launched its WD TV Live HD Media Player today, offering full HD playback from external drives via your HDTV.
Full specs are very interesting:
Full-HD video playback and navigation - up to 1080p -
This is the real thing; Full-HD 1080p playback. Sit back and enjoy the spectacular picture quality of brilliant high definition video and the crystal-clear sound of digital audio. Use the included remote control to make your entertainment choices using our crisp, animated navigation menus.
Play a wide variety of file formats -
WD TV Live supports a wide variety of the most popular file formats. No need to spend time transcoding.
Play videos, music and photos from the Internet on your big screen TV -
Explore and watch YouTube videos and Flickr pictures on the big screen. Rock out to thousands of radio stations via Live365 and discover new music with Pandora radio.
Access files anywhere on your home network -
Play movies, music, and photos from any PC or drive on your home network. The Ethernet port connects this player to your home network through a wired connection or via popular, supported WiFi adapters (sold separately).
Turn your USB drive into an HD media player -
Play content from most popular USB drives, and digital cameras, camcorders, and portable media players that can be recognized as mass storage devices. Optimized for My Passport portable hard drives.
Collect without limits -
There's no limit to the size of your media collection; just add more USB drives for more space.
Play media seamlessly from multiple USB drives -
Two USB ports on the player let you connect multiple USB storage devices and access them simultaneously. Our media library feature collects the content on all the drives into one list sorted by media type.
Transfer files easily -
Copy, move or delete files stored on a USB drive, a network drive, your camcorder, or a camera to the attached USB drive using the on-screen menus.
Show photos and movies directly from your digital camera or video camera -
Works with digital cameras, digital video cameras, in fact, any digital imaging device that supports Picture Transfer Protocol.
File Copy
Copy files between USB drives
HDMI 1.3, composite video and component video output -
The HDMI port lets you connect to the highest quality HDTV or home theater. Additional composite (RCA), and component outputs ensure compatibility with virtually all television sets.
SPDIF digital output -
The optical audio output sends digital signals to your AV receiver for the best surroundsound experience.
Access media files on your home network -
WD TV Live supports a direct Ethernet connection or a USB attached wireless connection to your home network. Click here to view compatible wireless-ready USB adaptors.
Ultra-compact design -
Fits easily into your entertainment center.
The player retails for $120 USD.
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