 | Arggh... 'Pirates of Penzance' Sailing to Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 5/22/2009 4:00pm) |
| The Gilbert & Sullivan musical will be walking the high-definition plank this July. Releasing July 28, Kultur Video will be bringing 'Pirates of Penzance - Gilbert & Sullivan / Australian Opera' to Blu-ray.... ... (Read Full Article) |
 | HDTV UK inteviews Sky's Brian Sullivan (HD Beat, 7/26/2006 11:03am) |
| Filed under: Industry, Satellite TV HDTV UK had the opportunity to sit down the Sky's Director of Customer Products, Brian Sullivan, to talk about the... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Disney Plotting 'Pirates of the Caribbean' Box Set for Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 8/02/2007 6:00pm) |
| No date yet, but Disney CEO Bob Iger confirmed on Wednesday that the studio is indeed planning a 'Pirates of the Caribbean' Blu-ray box set. Ever since 'Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Pirates Hitting DVD and Blu-ray Dec. 4 (Coming Soon, 7/26/2007 3:37pm) |
| Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment will release Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End on DVD and Blu-ray Disc on December 4. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Frost & Sullivan to Host Analyst Briefing on HDTV in Europe: Satellite Operators' Next Transponder Lease Opportunity on (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 4/26/2005 11:39am) |
| Frost & Sullivan will host two conference calls on Wednesday, April 27, 2005, at 1:00 pm GMT and 1:00 pm EDT to provide industry participants an overview of the recently published study focusing on the European HDTV market. (Read Full Article) |
| Chinese pirates offering cheap AVCHD Blu-ray rips on disguised DVD-Rs (Engadget, 11/17/2008 11:26am) |
| Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment
Just last week we heard that Warner Bros. was ending its home video / DVD business in South Korea due to rampant piracy, and now we've got a report from China suggesting that sophisticated pirates are duping buyers with faux Blu-ray Discs that are actually DVDs. As the story goes, movie pirates in select parts of Asia are ripping bona fide BDs and then burnin ... (Read Full Article) |
| Report: 'Pirates' Blu-ray Sales Top 160k Units (High-Def Digest, 12/13/2007 5:00pm) |
| First week sales for the Blu-ray edition of 'Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End' are shaping up to be a record-breaker for the Blu-ray format. That's according to an article at Video Business, which... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Australian Rental Chains Side with Blu-ray [Sales] (Gizmodo, 12/04/2007 1:48pm) |
| HD DVD takes another blow on the chin today as Australian movie rental chains Video Ezy and Blockbuster have both decided to offer Blu-ray exclusively. Actually owned by the same parent company,... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Crash 'n the Boys Australian rating hints at Wii U Virtual Console release (Joystiq, 5/09/2013 8:59pm) |
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An Australian Classification rating for [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Met HD opera simulcasts move into more cinemas (CBC, 8/09/2007 4:52pm) |
| New York's Metropolitan Opera is expanding its live high-definition simulcasts in cinemas after a successful launch of the experimental program last December. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Disc Sales: 'Pirates' Leads Blu-ray to Decisive Weekly Win Over HD DVD (High-Def Digest, 12/14/2007 10:30pm) |
| Propelled by strong sales of 'Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End,' Blu-ray software sales topped HD DVD by more than a 3:1 margin for the week ending December 9, 2007. As we reported earlier in the... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Disney Sets 'Pirates,' 'Cars' Blu-ray Dates (High-Def Digest, 1/25/2007 12:16am) |
| In what are sure to be three of the biggest-selling titles yet on either next-gen format, Disney has set Spring street dates for the Blu-ray releases of the blockbuster 'Pirates of the Caribbean' films,... ... (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) |
| Critics' choice (Detroit News, 1/26/2007 7:28am) |
| N ew York City's grand old Metropolitan Opera can take a bow. Opera fans in Metro Detroit and across America are cheering the you-are-there realism of the Met's new live, high-definition broadcasts of Saturday afternoon performances. Public response has been so enthusiastic that the Met has already begun re-broadcasting performances, and more theaters are signing on to screen the operas still to ... (Read Full Article) |
| Locations and Tickets Now Available for Metropolitan Opera's Simulcasts Into Movie Theaters (Playbill Arts, 11/21/2006 1:27am) |
| The Metropolitan Opera has announced the final list of cinemas that will carry high-definition simulcasts of six Saturday matinee performances this season. Tickets for the first three presentations are now on sale. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Disney's 'Pirates' DVD Previews 2007 Blu-ray Booty (High-Def Digest, 12/13/2006 11:00pm) |
| Offering a tantalizing preview on its recent DVD release of 'Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest,' Disney appears to have a bountiful 2007 lined up for Blu-ray fans. In a brief teaser that appears... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Chinese pirates crack Blu-ray DRM, sell pirated HD discs (Ars Technica, 11/17/2008 11:15pm) |
| A recent bust in China netted several hundred pirated HD discs ripped from Blu-ray masters. The discs were only 720p, not 1080p, but their mere existence shows that Blu-ray's amped-up DRM schemes, AACS and BD+, won't be enough to stop pirates.Read More... ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Half on broadband by 2009: study (Australian (Australian IT, 5/09/2005 8:25am) |
| HALF of all Australian households will have broadband by 2009, rising from an expected 27 per cent penetration this year, according to a new study. The broadband market entered a \\\"land-grab\\\" phase in the past six to eight months, according to analyst IDC. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Disney's 'Pirates of the Caribbean' Booty to Include Two Discs, BD-Java Features (High-Def Digest, 2/20/2007 10:32pm) |
| In a pair of Blu-ray firsts for Disney, the studio will unleash their premiere two-disc and BD-Java-enhanced titles when it brings the blockbuster 'Pirates of the Caribbean' films to the format this spring.... ... (Read Full Article) |
| The Metropolitan Opera: Live in High Definition Series 2007-08 Season Tickets on Sale Now (Business Wire, 11/12/2007 4:38pm) |
| NEW YORK & CENTENNIAL, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Tickets are now on sale to the general public in the U.S. for the critically-acclaimed The Metropolitan Opera: Live in High Definition ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Sony-published Dare to Fly outed by Australian Classification Board (Joystiq, 5/15/2013 6:00am) |
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A recent ratings submission from the [...] (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) | '23:59' Dated for Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 5/06/2013 6:00pm) |
| A thrilling mystery from director Gilbert Chan will unfold on Blu-ray in June. In an early announcement to retailers, Magnolia will be releasing '23:59' on Blu-ray on June 4. During a routine road [...] (Read Full Article) |
| New York Metropolitan Opera season to be shown in high definition at cinemas across UK (HDTV UK, 9/29/2008 8:36am) |
| Returning for a second season, Cineworld cinemas across the UK will screen special high definition broadcasts from the world-famous New York Metropolitan Opera. Anyone wanting to see a free preview of the season should get their skates on, as screenings are taking place tonight at 37 Cineworld cinemas across the UK (more information) Alternatively. the season kicks off with Salome on 11th October. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Hong Kong pirates selling bootleg Blu-rays on DVDs (AfterDawn, 11/19/2008 12:00am) |
| According to a new Wall Street Journal article, Hong Kong based movie pirates have begun selling bootleg Blu-ray films on standard DVDs, using the AVCHD format to fit a 720p film onto a cheap DVD-5.
Although AVCHD only offers 720p and not the full HD 1080p, most consumers cannot tell the difference, and just see it as an upgrade from standard DVD anyways.
The MPAA warns that because blank DV ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Engadget Podcast 387 - 3.7.14 (Engadget, 3/07/2014 9:28pm) |
| Ben Gilbert is joined by Engadget editor and former Best Buy celeb Chris Velazco, along with our social media guru John Colucci who's managed to drag himself away from Grumpy Cat and 3D-printed Oreos long enough to share his thoughts on SXSW. [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Shark! (Blu-ray Review) (Home Media Magazine, 7/08/2013 4:10am) |
Olive
Drama
$19.95 DVD, $29.95
Blu-ray
Rated ‘PG.’
Stars Burt Reynolds, Arthur Kennedy, Barry Sullivan, Silvia Pinal.
I’ve always been intrigued by the concept of twilight directors [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Non-proprietary Solutions Critical to Success of HD Technology in the Video-Conferencing Market (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 3/06/2007 5:00pm) |
| DUBLIN, Ireland----Research and Markets has announced the addition of Frost & Sullivan's new report: High Definition Technology and its Impact on Videoconferencing to their offering. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | What's big for fall: Women, wealth and the paranormal (Seattle Times, 5/30/2005 7:33am) |
| If networks could fabricate an ideal viewer, it would be roughly this: Female, in her 20s, with an equal taste for soap opera and sports... ... (Read Full Article) |
| With more HD camcorders comes more detail and anxiety (Consumer Reports, 7/13/2009 10:00am) |
| This photo was taken in the late afternoon. Note how the warmer sunlight creates softer, less conspicuous shadows, particularly on the face. This lighting technique can improve your HD video as well. (Click to enlarge.) [ Photo: T. Sullivan ] Sony recently announced two new flash-memory camcorder models for consumers, the HDR-CX500V ($1,100) and HDR-CX520V ($1,300), which will be available in Sept ... (Read Full Article) |
| HD and IPTV boost global set-top box market (Digital Television Group, 2/15/2007 9:55am) |
| The global market for set-top boxes is being fuelled by rising demand for high-definition television (HDTV) services and internet protocol television (IPTV), according to latest analysis by US consultant Frost & Sullivan. ... (Read Full Article) |
| X-Box360: It Doesnt Get Any Better Than This (WebProNews, 5/03/2005 8:41pm) |
| Australian Financial News quote Microsoft master Gates as saying the new Xbox will make gaming more convivial. It\\\'s not a word you hear everyday. Honestly, I\\\'m not familiar with it so I looked it up. Mirriam Webster said it means this: ... (Read Full Article) |
| India's chip design revenues to rise 330 percent (ZDNet India, 2/27/2006 9:20am) |
| Declining margins for overseas product companies. India is fast emerging a popular place for designing cellphones, high-definition TVs, media players and other 'smart' devices for western and Far-Eastern companies, according to the latest survey by global market research firm Frost and Sullivan. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Digital TV drags on (Australian IT, 11/09/2005 2:08am) |
| OF the 87 per cent of Australian households yet to adopt free-to-air digital TV, 17 per cent have not even heard of the technology, the government's media and communications regulator has found. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Digital under review again (Australian (Australian IT, 5/18/2005 10:50pm) |
| ANOTHER review of digital television legislation has been launched by the federal Government despite no decisions being made on the four similar reviews held last year. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Digital under review again (Australian (Australian IT, 5/18/2005 10:42pm) |
| ANOTHER review of digital television legislation has been launched by the federal Government despite no decisions being made on the four similar reviews held last year. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Drift' Dated for Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 7/03/2013 4:00pm) |
| The Australian surf film starring Sam Worthington surfs tp Blu-ray in September! In an early announcement to retailers, Lionsgate has revealed 'Drift' will have a Blu-ray release on September 17. Set [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Warner Releases HD DVD Films (Sci Fi Wire, 3/17/2006 8:27am) |
| Warner Home Video announced that it will launch its first titles on HD DVD, starting April 18, including The Phantom of the Opera , followed in coming weeks with Batman Begins, Constantine and The Matrix , among others. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Dark Shadows' Announced and Detailed for Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 7/30/2012 11:50pm) |
| Tim Burton's reimagining of the classic vampire soap opera will sink its teeth into Blu-ray just in time for Halloween! In an early announcement to retailers, Warner Brothers will be releasing 'Dark [...] (Read Full Article) |
| 2K Games to Publish Sid Meier's Pirates for Xbox (GameInfoWire, 5/02/2005 6:29pm) |
| 2K Games Announces Expanded Partnership with FIRAXIS Games ... (Read Full Article) |
| Hacker Jolts HD DVD Coalition's Campaign Against Pirates (RedNova, 1/02/2007 5:16pm) |
| By John Markoff An anonymous computer programmer may have skewed the competition over standards for high-definition DVD discs by defeating a system that both sides use to protect digital content. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Getting serious about comedy (Sydney Morning Herald, 6/06/2005 1:39pm) |
| Last week The Tribal Mind asked what had gone wrong with Australian comedy, after the poor opening performances of Comedy Inc (Wednesdays on Channel Nine) and Let Loose Live (Sundays on Channel Seven). ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Building Pretty, Tough And Terrifying Things In 3D (Kotaku, 3/29/2013 4:00am) |
| We're looking today at the portfolio of Jon Troy Nickel, an Australian artist who has worked on titles like Section 8, the cancelled Wet 2 and the Rift games.
He's also provided designs [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Microsoft 'Clarifies' 32-bit Vista HD Playback Issue (TechWeb, 8/25/2006 11:32pm) |
| Microsoft tries to clear up a report in an Australian magazine that the 32-bit version of Windows Vista would not have high-definition playback. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Jack Irish: Set 1' Dated for Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 7/10/2013 8:00pm) |
| Two mysteries from the Australian detective series are bound for Blu-ray in October. In an early announcement to retailers, Acorn Media will be releasing 'Jack Irish: Set 1' on Blu-ray on October 1. [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'The Odd Angry Shot' Announced for Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 6/14/2013 4:00pm) |
| The 1979 Australian war classic is aiming for Blu-ray this August. In an early announcement to retailers, Synapse Films has scheduled 'The Odd Angry Shot' for a Blu-ray release on August 13. Harry [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Angry Boys' Announced and Detailed for Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 9/10/2012 8:00pm) |
| The acclaimed Australian comedy series will have its U.S. Blu-ray debut in December. In an early announcement to retailers, HBO has set 'Angry Boys' for a Blu-ray release on December 4. Chris Lilley [...] (Read Full Article) |
| TALKBACK (Kansas City (Kansas City Star, 5/01/2005 7:23am) |
| And? I have been a Theater League subscriber for eight years. According to Mark Edelman, president of Theater League, the performing arts center will provide a first-class venue for the symphony, ballet and opera. I, too, strongly support this. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Met To Expand Simulcasts Globally (Arts Journal, 8/09/2007 12:20pm) |
| "The Metropolitan Opera plans to expand still further its live high-definition simulcasts into movie theaters around the world for the 2007-8 season, potentially tripling the audience for these broadcasts to an estimated one million viewers... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | HDD Cool Stuff: 'The Devil's Carnival: Ringmaster Edition' Limited Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 9/19/2012 8:00pm) |
| The 2012 horror musical from Darren Lynn Bousman ('Repo! The Genetic Opera') is getting a limited edition Blu-ray release this October. TheDevilsCarnival.com is now taking pre-orders for 'The Devil's [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Mental' Blu-ray Announced (High-Def Digest, 4/05/2013 4:00pm) |
| The Australian comedy starring Toni Collette is heading to Blu-ray in June. In an early announcement to retailers, Universal Studios is preparing 'Mental' for Blu-ray on June 4. Toni Collette [...] (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) |
| BBC Worldwide launches new HD services (HDTV News, 10/06/2009 3:30pm) |
| Following the launch of BBC America HD earlier this year, BBC Worldwide is planning to launch a second HD channel for the Australian market.
The company is also expanding in the Middle East and plans to launch an HD channel in the region when regional service providers have put the necessary technical support in place.
It [...] (Read Full Article) |
| 'Black Pearl' Blu-ray Disc Exchange Details Revealed (High-Def Digest, 12/19/2007 7:00pm) |
| Framing issues be gone! Disney has kicked off a disc replacement program for the Blu-ray edition of 'Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl.' As we've previously reported, trouble first... ... (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) | Final game in Guild 01 series rated by Australian Classification board (Joystiq, 1/12/2014 5:00pm) |
| The majority of Level-5's Guild 01 series has been made available on the 3DS eShop, but the last game in the series was absent from the publisher's initial localization announcement. That missing title is Rental Bukiya de Omasse, a game in which [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | In’Tech Industries Inc. Earns Frost & Sullivan’s 2013 Manufacturing Leadership 100 Award (Business Wire, 2/24/2013 7:00pm) |
| RAMSEY, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In’Tech Industries Inc. Earns Frost & Sullivan’s 2013 Manufacturing Leadership 100 Award with Game-Changing Technologies -- 3D Printing, Rapid Prototyping and Additive [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Shantae and the Pirate's Curse waylaid at sea for a few more months (Joystiq, 3/06/2014 3:39pm) |
| Shantae and the Pirate's Curse for Nintendo 3DS has been slightly delayed from its planned Q1 2014 release window, and no wonder! Genies are fickle. Pirates are no better, following fortune and trade winds wherever they may lead. It figures...
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| The Universal Powerline Association to Endorse the Opera Specification and Announce Launch of Digital Home Industry (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 3/17/2005 9:23pm) |
| The UPA has reached agreement on the process for the preparation of the specification for its Digital Home Standard and invites all interested parties to participate in the process. (Read Full Article) |
| DS2 Receives Technology Leadership Award for Its Continued Innovation in the Broadband Over Power Line Markets (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance, 11/15/2005 12:45pm) |
| Frost & Sullivan's recent research service, North American Broadband Over Power Lines Markets, selected Design of Systems on Silicon as the recipient of the 2005 Technology Leadership Award for its long-standing and on-going contributions to the development of cutting-edge technologies and products in the Broadband over Power Line market. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Reality Check for JVC ProHD Camera New Australian-made film shot using the first models of the GY-HD101E HD cameras (Digital Video Editing, 8/08/2005 6:49pm) |
| The first film in the world to be shot with two JVC GY-HD101E ProHD* cameras is now in production. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Rome: Stealing From Saturn (TV Squad, 9/20/2005 1:38am) |
| Filed under: Drama , HDTV , OpEd , HBO So this week with the arrival of Caesar in Rome, we finally get our first real taste of him as a character and we get to see Ciaran Hinds finally show us why he was chosen for this role. Many of you will probably recognize Ciaran from his roles in Phantom of the Opera or The Sum of all Fears . I've thought he was the perfect fit for Caesar since ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Tim Burton’s ‘Dark Shadows’ coming to Blu-ray (HD-Report, 7/31/2012 5:21pm) |
| Dark Shadows, Tim Burton's big screen take on the classic 60's vampire soap opera, will arrive in a Blu-ray/DVD/Ulatrviolet combo pack on October 2 at a suggested list price of $35.99. This campy/creepy comedy stars Johhn Depp as Barnabas Collins, a [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Shooting the U.S. Open of Surfing Snapshot: Two shooters, two broadcast mediums, one event By John Virata (Digital Video Editing, 7/30/2005 4:49am) |
| Technology has changed the way surfing events are broadcast. The first big contest of the 1980s in Huntington Beach, California, The OP Pro, occurred in 1982. Australian Cheyne Horan won the event with a backside 360 degree maneuver on the wave. It wasn't broadcast on live TV. Fast forward 20+ years. ... (Read Full Article) |
| DirecTV offers Voom customers a lifeline (Engadget, 4/25/2005 4:40pm) |
| If you’ve been following the soap opera that’s been going on with Voom , you know its customers are about to lose their HD service at the end of the month. Not about to let that decline in civilization transpire (or a good marketing opportunity go to waste), DirecTV is offering Voom customers a $200 mail-in rebate on their current Voom HD equipment if they go in on a DirectTV HD system before (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) |
| Met's Simulcast Of "Magic Flute" Box-Office Smash (NY1 News, 1/06/2007 5:16pm) |
| The Metropolitan Opera's simulcast series continued Saturday. Its first high-definition movie-theater simulcast is already a box-office smash. The Met says more than 30,000 people in 60 theaters worldwide watched the live simulcast of Mozart's "The Magic Flute" last weekend. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Digital Playground to Release First Blu-ray Title (High-Def Digest, 12/21/2007 12:00am) |
| Previously HD DVD-exclusive adult distributor Digital Playground will go dual-format with the Blu-ray release of 'Pirates' in early January. As we've previously reported, Digital Playground made headlines... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Shantae and the Pirate's Curse' coming to 3DS eShop (Joystiq, 11/07/2012 1:00am) |
| WayForward's half-genie mascot Shantae returns in a new downloadable 3DS game, revealed in the penultimate issue of Nintendo Power. Shantae and the [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 3D Sonic, Altered Beast ratings suggest Sega's 3DS line is due west (Joystiq, 5/30/2013 8:00pm) |
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| 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) |
| Sony to bring official Blu-ray discs to China as pirates peddle crapware (HDTV UK, 11/19/2008 1:16pm) |
| Sony Pictures Home Entertainment will distribute 30 current Blu-ray titles in China, making it the first Hollywood studio to do so, according to Variety magazine. Titles including Hancock, Kung Fu Hustle, the Spider-Man trilogy, Hitch, The Pursuit of Happyness, and Close Encounters of the Third Kind will be available for around 205 yuan (about £18). Initially, Sony will import discs, but it is ho ... (Read Full Article) |
| Sony to bring official Blu-ray discs to China as pirates peddle crapware (HDTV UK, 1/14/2009 9:35am) |
| Sony Pictures Home Entertainment will distribute 30 current Blu-ray titles in China, making it the first Hollywood studio to do so, according to Variety magazine. Titles including Hancock, Kung Fu Hustle, the Spider-Man trilogy, Hitch, The Pursuit of Happyness, and Close Encounters of the Third Kind will be available for around 205 yuan (about £18). Initially, Sony will import discs, but it is ho ... (Read Full Article) |
| Apple adds more HD titles to iTunes store (HD-Report, 11/11/2009 8:46am) |
| Apple’s iTunes has added a bunch of new HD content including Disney hit titles Bolt, Hannah Montana: The Movie, and the Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy. With the HD movie purchase you also get smaller iPhone and iPod versions in standard definition.
Added titles also include HD versions of Wall-E, Hero, Ratatouille, Knowing, Jonas Brothers: [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Steve Coogan's stand up tour to be filmed in high definition (HDTV UK, 1/30/2009 12:43pm) |
| Steve Coogan will begin his first stand up tour for a decade at the Blackpool Opera House tomorrow, and it will all be captured in high definition for a subsequent DVD (and Blu-ray?) release. The "Steve Coogan as Alan Partridge and Other Less Successful Characters" tour will revive the likes of Alan Partridge, Paul Calf, Tommy Saxondale, Duncan Thicket and Tony Ferrino. NEP Visions, the largest ... (Read Full Article) |
| New HD and SD camcorders added to our Ratings (Consumer Reports, 7/29/2009 4:00pm) |
| Sony's HDR-SR12 HD camcorder is just one of the many models you'll find in our latest Ratings of high-definition camcorders. (Click to enlarge.) [ Photo: Consumer Reports ] We've just added more than a dozen new camcorders to our Ratings, including nine high-definition and five standard-definition models. The new batches reveal a number of trends that, for the most part, will benefit consumers: Both HD and SD camcorders are cheaper to buy: About 18 months ago, the cheapest HD camcorder in our Ratings was $590. Now, there are three models available for less than $575. (The cheapest is the Sanyo VPC-CA9, for $375.) Manufacturers are producing more flash-based and hard-disk models and fewer MiniDV and DVD disc models than in the past. However, we still have at least four models of each of these older formats, and they're generally less expensive than the flash and hard-disk models. More optical zoom: SD models have optical zooms as high as 70x. HD models have also increased, with some models including 16x optical zoom lenses. Most models are smaller, lighter and easier to carry. Some can almost slip into a pocket. However, with this reduction in size comes some trade offs, such as the elimination of a viewfinder. This can be a problem when trying to shoot on a bright day, since the sun can wash out the image on your display, making it a challenge to compose your video. One common problem we've found in nearly all HD and SD camcorder models of the past was that they didn't perform well in low light. But our newest batch has some exceptions to this rule, at least among the high-def models. Look to our Ratings to see which HD camcorders excelled in low light. You can check out the latest HD and SD camcorders on our Ratings pages. Also, stay tuned for our upcoming coverage of high-def pocket camcorders, which are smaller still than any of the models in our main Ratings. —Terry Sullivan (Read Full Article) |
| Toshiba introduces first Cell-powered HDTV (AfterDawn, 10/05/2009 10:24pm) |
Toshiba has unveiled their first HDTV to use the extremely powerful PS3 Cell processor today during the CEATEC event in Japan, and the TV packs a serious punch.
Besides the processor, the 55-inch REGZA 55X1 includes LED-backlighting, 240Hz refresh rate, and dynamic contrast ratio of 5,000,000:1. The Cell processor also allows for improved image quality, stronger colors, enhanced brightness balance and a "luminance of 1250cd/m²."
The TV also has a 7-speaker sound bar, and has DLNA support as well as a built in HD web browser created by Opera.
More notably, the HDTV has a 3TB HDD allowing users to record up to 26 hours of 1080p content from 8 channels, at the same time. As pictured below, the Regza can also display 8 channels at the same time, with no delay when switching between stations.
Toshiba also dropped word that they plan to use the Cell processor in an upcoming TV that will upconvert 1080p films to 3840 x 2160.
The TV will leave a dent in your wallet however, and is retailing for 1 million yen in Japan (about $11,000 USD) and Toshiba says it anticipates 1000 sales before release in North America next year.
Pictures, specs via Gizmodo:
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| NEWS: Sony updates PS3 firmware, adds BBC iPlayer (Pocket-lint, 8/18/2009 6:31pm) |
New features inbound 1st September
Sony has confirmed that the PS3 and PS3 Slim will be getting a software update in the coming weeks bringing with it a host of new features including BBC iPlayer support.
Although the BBC's on demand service has been available in a workaround on the console, Sony has convinced the corporation to make things official.
It will be just one of a number of country specific content deals as the company continues to promote the console as more than just a games machine.
The BBC iPlayer will be available on the 1 September with RTVE, ANTENA 3 and La Sexta in Spain, ZDFmediathek in Germany, NOS in the Netherlands NOS, and the Australian Broadcast Corporation (ABC) in Australia.
Alongside TV web access, PlayStation's entertainment offering was strengthened with the announcement of the PlayStation
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