 | PVR gives ultimate control (Stuff, 1/15/2006 4:10pm) |
| Despite its acronym, a PVR or personal video recorder is not a replacement for a VCR or a DVD player or recorder. Think of it instead as a replacement for a conventional Sky set-top box, but one which also has the capacity to store about 60 hours of programming on a built-in hard disk drive. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Scan Engine utilizes MEMS-based laser scanning technology. (ThomasNet, 10/27/2005 1:12pm) |
| Intended for supply chain data collection equipment, Model EL10 can operate at 500 scan/sec, with potential to go to 4,000 scan/sec. Micro-mirror and associated drive motor are 1/66th size of mirrors used in traditional laser scanner designs. Miniaturization and solid state properties help minimize equipment failure rates. MEMSs technology allows laser scanners to read sophisticated types of bar ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Panasonic intros 6x speed Blu-ray media (HDTV UK, 6/27/2008 12:33pm) |
| Panasonic has launched its six-times speed write-once Blu-ray media, offering a maximum data transfer speed of 216Mbps - 20% faster than 16x DVD-R discs. The discs have a wide power margin at any writing speeds from 1x to 6x, enabling high-quality recording even if the drive's laser power fluctuates, resulting in greater overall drive compatibility... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Warner Confirms 'T3' Blu-ray Problems; Replacement Program Expected (High-Def Digest, 12/21/2007 7:00pm) |
| Confirming online reports of an encoding defect on its recently-issued Blu-ray release of 'Terminator 3,' Warner has begun taking consumer information in anticipation of a future disc replacement program.... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Next-generation red-laser discs get US boost (Compound Semiconductor (Compound Semiconductor Magazine, 5/12/2005 1:52pm) |
| Taiwan\\\'s red-laser alternative to the Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD formats attracts the interest of a US firm preparing to go global. ... (Read Full Article) |
| New 6X Recording Blu-Ray Lasers to Reduce Size, Save Power [Blu-Ray] (Gizmodo, 2/14/2008 8:25am) |
| Sharp's scientists have
improved their blue-violet laser technology, reducing waste heat
and boosting power and efficiency so that soon your laptop Blu-ray
drive will be able to burn at a rocking 6x... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Startup firm HDI previews 100-inch laser 3D HDTV (Home Theater, 9/20/2009 12:31pm) |
| We’ve seen laser-based HDTVs from Mitsubishi, and Panasonic and Sony, among others, are looking to introduce 3D sets to American consumers next year. But now a California-based startup firm has unveiled a 100-inch laser-based 3D display. The company’s big claim is that the set also runs at 1080Hz, or more than twice as fast as [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | Mitsubishi Says Laser is HDTV's Future (DesignTechnica, 4/07/2006 6:10pm) |
| Consumer electronics company unveils a new laser based HDTV technology which reportedly produces greater picture performance and a slimmer form factor for televisions. ... (Read Full Article) |
| HD DVD Gets Red Laser Format (DVD-Recordable, 9/13/2007 7:32pm) |
| The DVD Forum has approved the introduction of another extension of the HD DVD format, which allows HD DVD Format content to be stored on red-laser recordable discs. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Tech Journal: Laser TVs could trump current technologies (The Heights, 11/20/2006 3:20pm) |
| Just when you thought you had completed all of your television research and had finally grasped the ideas of DLP, LCD, plasma, DMI, HDTV, and 1080i, a whole new technology has emerged that may delay your new big-screen TV purchase. Last week, Mitsubishi unveiled its new laser TV to the public. ... (Read Full Article) |
| TDK Announces Blue Laser Disc Technology to Support 200GB Capacity (Broadcast Newsroom, 8/31/2006 4:30pm) |
| GARDEN CITY, N.Y., BUSINESS WIRE -- TDK, a world leader in digital recording solutions, has reached a landmark in the development of recordable blue laser technology, achieving a groundbreaking capacity of 200GB. Surpassing existing optical media technologies several times over, a 200GB blue laser disc would double the capacity of TDK's existing 100GB Blu-ray prototype. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Xbox One specs include Blu-ray drive, 500 GB hard drive (Joystiq, 5/21/2013 6:10pm) |
|
The Xbox One will include a Blu-ray drive as well as a 500 GB hard drive, Microsoft's Mark Whitten revealed at today's next-gen [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Sony announces new Blu-ray module, should drive down costs (Engadget, 1/25/2008 5:05pm) |
| Filed under: HDTV, Laptops, Peripherals, Portable VideoSony has announced the development of a new Blu-ray reader / writer module that is not only smaller than previous components, but promises to be cheaper as well due to a simplified manufacturing process. The new laser housing is less than three millimeters thick, according to the Japanese manufacturer and co-developer Nichia Corporation, enabl ... (Read Full Article) |
| Sony develops 3mm read/write Blu-ray laser (HDTV UK, 1/25/2008 8:00am) |
| Sony has announced that they've developed a read/write Blu-ray laser which is just 3mm thin, able to write to dual-layer media including that using organic dyes.
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 | BenQ previews Blu-ray DVD burner (Digi Times, 6/06/2005 11:19am) |
| BenQ demonstrated its BW1000 prototype blue-laser DVD burner at the recently concluded Computex 2005 and the company plans to start volume producing the product in the first or second quarter of 2006, depending on how quickly the market for blue-laser products develops. ... (Read Full Article) |
| BenQ previews Blu-ray DVD burner (Digi Times, 6/06/2005 7:34am) |
| BenQ demonstrated its BW1000 prototype blue-laser DVD burner at the recently concluded Computex 2005 and the company plans to start volume producing the product in the first or second quarter of 2006, depending on how quickly the market for blue-laser products develops. ... (Read Full Article) |
| BenQ previews Blu-ray DVD burner (Digi Times, 6/06/2005 11:04am) |
| BenQ demonstrated its BW1000 prototype blue-laser DVD burner at the recently concluded Computex 2005 and the company plans to start volume producing the product in the first or second quarter of 2006, depending on how quickly the market for blue-laser products develops. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Samsung debuts first internal Blu-ray drive (HD-Report, 10/08/2009 10:37pm) |
| Samsung has announced their first internal Blu-ray drive labeled the SH-B083. The SH-B083 COMBO drive will read 25GB or 50GB BDs at 8x, and DVDs at the typical 16x speed. The drive uses Samsung’s dual layer jumping algorithm to access data at 350ms, a speed which Samsung says is faster than any other drive on [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | OptiMedica Granted Fundamental Patent on Laser Cataract Surgery by U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (Business Wire, 2/28/2013 12:00pm) |
| SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--OptiMedica's U.S. patent contains broad claims and describes a 3D image-based femtosecond laser system for performing anterior capsulotomy and lens fragmentation during cataract [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Nero Adds Blu-ray Support To Nero 6 Reloaded (BIOS, 9/02/2005 10:08am) |
| Nero has demonstrated a new version of its flagship CD/DVD recording application, Nero 6 Reloaded. The all-in-one 'CD/DVD/blue laser burning solution', now allows you to record data and video with a blue laser onto Blu-ray media. Nero ShowTime 2 also allows you to ... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Laser scans objects in 3D from half a mile away, scientists just need reason to use it (Engadget, 4/09/2013 8:03pm) |
| 3D scanning at a range of 0.62 miles? It just became [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Sony to Release PC Blu-ray Read Only Drive BDU-X10S (Format War Central, 1/07/2008 3:46am) |
| There was not a lot of new news at the Sony press conference today for BD enthusiasts. One new product that was mentioned is the BDU-X10S, a BD-ROM read only drive capable of turning a HTPC into a Blu-ray player.
The drive features a SATA interface and will ship with Cyberlink PowerDVD BD edition.
The drive [...] ... (Read Full Article) |
| NME to launch high definition red laser players at CeBIT (Addict 3D, 3/07/2006 4:02pm) |
| LONDON, Mar 02,2006 New Medium Enterprises and its strategic partner Beijing E-World Technology (E-World) will announce the commercial launch of their red laser High Definition (HD) standard at CeBIT, March 9-15th. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Lite-on introduces external Blu-ray drive (AfterDawn, 2/25/2008 5:49pm) |
| PLDS, the joint venture between Philips & Lite-On Digital Solutions, has announced the DX-4O1S, a new, faster BD-ROM external drive set to hit stores by April.
The player is only a BD-ROM however and will not having burning capabilities. The drive works via a USB connection making Blu-ray playback very simple. The drive can also read DVD+/-R(W) and CD-R(W) media at high read speeds.
"Due t ... (Read Full Article) |
| NME to Launch 1920/1080 Complete High Definition Solution on USD 150 Red Laser Players at CeBIT (Hall 1 - Stand L81) (ZDNet India, 3/02/2006 1:53pm) |
| New Medium Enterprises (NME)(OTCBB:NMEN) and its strategic partner Beijing E-World Technology (E-World) will announce the commercial launch of their red laser High Definition (HD) standard at CeBIT, March 9-15th. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Samsung releases its first dual function Blu-ray drive (Computerworld, 10/08/2009 9:13pm) |
| Samsung released its first Blu-ray internal drive that can also read and write to CDs and DVDs. The player is slimmer than its previous generation Blu-ray drive, reducing heat and improving disk load efficiency. (Read Full Article) |
| Blu-Ray Cinema(TM) Debuts Blue Laser 1080p Digital Cinema Player at NAB With Sony and Asaca/Shibasoku (Market Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 4/07/2005 10:29pm) |
| Blu-Ray Cinema(TM) has introduced the Blu-Ray Cinema Player, a 1080p digital cinema player that features state-of-the-art Professional Disc blue laser technology and connectivity options for the ultimate in reproduction quality with virtually any display. (Read Full Article) |
| Toshiba develops HD DVD writer drive (InfoWorld, 10/02/2006 2:12pm) |
| ( InfoWorld ) - On Tuesday Toshiba will unveil the first slim-type HD DVD writer drive suitable for use in laptop computers. The SD-L902A drive is the standard 12.7-millimeters high, which means it can fit in the drive bay of most laptop computers. It can read and write HD DVD, DVD, and CD discs, Toshiba said Monday. It will be shown at the Ceatec show, Japan's biggest electronics show, ... (Read Full Article) |
| Fujitsu Unleashes 160GB Laptop Drive (Addict 3D, 9/06/2005 3:50pm) |
| "Fujitsu has matched Seagate's recent feat of a 160GB hard drive for notebook computers, but has skipped the perpendicular recording technology and instead focused on the drive's Serial ATA interface. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | One New PS3 Doesn't Have a Hard Drive [PS3] (Kotaku, 9/19/2012 5:11am) |
|
While (Read Full Article) |
| Sony BDU-X10S Blu-ray Drive (I4U, 1/07/2008 6:00pm) |
| Sony Electronics announced an internal BD-ROM drive dubbed BDU-X10S at the CES 2008.
The new BDU-X10S BD-ROM drive comes with CyberLinkÂ’s PowerDVD BD Edition software for playback of commercial movie titles, recorded Blu-ray Disc home videos, DVD-RO... ... (Read Full Article) |
| CES 2008: Sony intros BDU-X10S: sub-$200 Blu-ray ROM PC drive (HDTV UK, 1/07/2008 8:00am) |
| Sony has introduced its first sub-$200 internal BD-ROM drive, aimed at those upgrading an existing desktop PC into one which can play high definition Blu-ray Discs, while still retaining DVD and CD read functionality.
Presumably, most users will want to add the BDU-X10S in a second drive bay, as this is purely a read-only device, so standard DVD and CD burning functions would be lost if replacing ... (Read Full Article) |
| PC Drive Reaches 500GB (PC World, 3/29/2005 6:59pm) |
| Drive capacity soars to a new high as makers begin to turn to a new recording technology. (Read Full Article) |
| Samsung Announces Its First Internal Blu-ray Disc Combo Drive With BD-R and BD-ROM Read Speed of 8X (Business Wire, 10/07/2009 11:00pm) |
| SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., a worldwide leader in digital consumer electronics and information technology, has launched its first internal Blu-ray disc COMBO, the SH-B083. The Samsung Blu-ray disc (BD) drive is available with large capacities of up to 25GB for a single layer disc and 50GB for a double layer disc for use in PCs. Building upon the company’s ODD leadership, the new Blu-ray drive reads BD-R and BD-ROMs at up to 8x speeds. The COMBO drive a (Read Full Article) |
| GameStop no longer taking HD DVD trades, possibly not taking 360 HD DVD drive either (Engadget, 2/20/2008 2:02am) |
| Filed under: Gaming, HDTV, Home Entertainment
Doesn't look like there's going to be any glory in death for HD DVD -- we've just received confirmation that GameStop is no longer accepting HD DVD movies as trade-ins, and several GameStops have apparently already stopped taking the Xbox 360 HD DVD drive as well. We're also hearing that the 360 HD DVD drive will no longer be accepted at any GameSt ... (Read Full Article) |
| PS3 to drive Blu-ray; 29M players in 2008, says report (Punch Jump, 3/27/2008 3:50pm) |
| New data released this week predicts that Sony Corp.’s Playstation 3 will drive Blu-ray growth until the end of next year. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Xbox360 at a glance (Canoe, 5/13/2005 8:27am) |
| THE GUTS: Custom-designed PowerPC-based CPU with three symmetrical 3.2 GHz cores, 512 MB of 700 MHz RAM, a 500 MHz next-generation ATI graphics processor, standard 12x DVD-ROM drive, detachable 20 GB hard drive. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Bourne Trilogy Free w/ XBOX360 HD DVD Drive Purchase (Format War Central, 12/18/2007 11:02pm) |
| Amazon is having a special deal on the XBOX360 HD DVD Drive. They are including the Amazon exclusive Boure Trilogy HD DVD collection with the purchase of the HD DVD Drive. We’re pretty sure this is a one day only deal so hurry up if you want to get in on this deal.
[Via HighDefDiscNews]
HD DVD ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Ultra High-Definition, Autostereo, Laser Projection Technologies Embraced by Newly Renamed International 3D & Advanced Imaging Society (Business Wire, 8/02/2013 9:00am) |
| LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ultra High-Definition, Autostereo, Laser Projection Technologies Embraced by Newly Renamed International 3D & Advanced Imaging Society; Industry Trade Organization Expands Mission to Future [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Sony launches third-generation internal 8x Blu-ray writer (AfterDawn, 9/23/2008 9:27pm) |
| Sony has announced the launch of its BWU-300S internal desktop Blu-ray drive which will begin Sony's third generation of internal Blu-ray drives.
The company says the drive will burn single and dual layer BD-R or BD-RE at fast 8x speeds, allowing users to fill up each layer (25GB) in 15 minutes. As an added bonus, the drive will ship with a free BD copy of Men In Black.
DVDs can be burnt at ... (Read Full Article) |
| Pioneer Sells Blu-Ray Drive For About $1,000 (ExtremeTech, 5/18/2006 3:46pm) |
| Pioneer Electronics said late Wednesday that it has begun shipping its first Blu-Ray computer drive, which e-tailers have listed for just under $1,000. ... (Read Full Article) |
| 2.5-inch hard disk drive with perpendicular recording technology (Electronic Engineering Times Asia, 6/26/2005 9:13pm) |
| Seagate unveiled its first 2.5-inch drive using perpendicular recording technology, and introduced nine other hard disk drive products for various markets, including storage, automotive and consumer. ... (Read Full Article) |
| 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) |
| (Unranked) | 3D printed meat: It's what's for dinner (CNET Blogs, 8/15/2012 12:00pm) |
| Peter Thiel's philanthropic foundation gives up to $350,000 to a company named Modern Meadow, which plans to use 3D bioprinting to create an "edible prototype" that's a meat replacement.
(Read Full Article) |
| LG TV Contains Seagate Drive (ExtremeTech, 10/06/2005 3:35pm) |
| LG Electronics has released a television with a Seagate hard drive built in. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Xbox One will have a slot-loading Blu-ray drive to go with its 500GB HDD (Engadget, 5/21/2013 5:25pm) |
|
Microsoft has confirmed what many saw as inevitable: the Xbox will have a Blu-ray drive. The company just announced the victor in the (Read Full Article) |
| Pioneer Launches Blu-Ray Disc Drive for $299. (Addict 3D, 5/04/2007 7:16am) |
| As expected, Pioneer Electronics, a leading maker of consumer electronics, on Wednesday unveiled its Blu-ray disc read only memory (BD ROM) optical drive for personal computers, which will go on sale next month and will cost $299 in retail.The Pioneer BDC-2202 drive can playback, read, record and re-write DVDs (12x speed for DVD±R, 6x for DVD±RW, 4x for DVD±R DL) as well as playback, read and . ... (Read Full Article) |
| Xbox 360 HD DVD Drive Officially Price-Chopped to $129.99 [Xbox 360] (Gizmodo, 2/06/2008 5:00pm) |
| Effectively immediately in the US and Canadia, the Xbox 360 HD DVD drive's MSRP is $129.99, dropkicked a whole 50 bucks. Is this blood in the water or something? [Major Nelson] ... (Read Full Article) |
| XBOX360 HD DVD Drive On Sale $129.99 (Format War Central, 12/04/2007 11:38pm) |
| Amazon is selling the XBOX360 HD DVD Drive for $129.99. We think this is a killer deal for all the XBOX360 owning format war fence sitters.
note: post contains affiliate links
HD DVD ... (Read Full Article) |
| HDI concocts 100-inch laser-based 3D HDTV, calls rivaling technology child's play (Engadget, 9/17/2009 1:48pm) |
Look, we've seen an awful lot of HDTVs in our day -- one lap around the average CEDIA show floor makes your local Best Buy look awfully small -- and to this day we've yet to put our peepers on a more stunning set than Mitsubishi's LaserVue HDTV. Sure, it's fat, ugly and expensive, but the image is otherworldly. Before Mitsu can even take the logical next step, a California startup has arisen to introduce what it calls the world's first laser-based 3D HDTV. We're talking 1080p 3D like you've never seen before, with CTO Edmund Sandberg noting that this production is smoother than RealD, Dolby, film and pretty much every other 3D solution. The secret here is in the speed; this set is so fast that the image "no longer needs to flash from one eye to the other," and no flashing should equate to no headaches. Too bad there's no planned release date, but we're still cautiously optimistic for a sneak peek (in addition to the video past the break) at CES 2010.
[Via OLED-Display]Continue reading HDI concocts 100-inch laser-based 3D HDTV, calls rivaling technology child's playFiled under: Displays, HDTV, Home EntertainmentHDI concocts 100-inch laser-based 3D HDTV, calls rivaling technology child's play originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 17 Sep 2009 08:48:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments (Read Full Article) |
| 'Goblet of Fire' Blu-ray Disc Replacement Details (High-Def Digest, 12/20/2007 9:00pm) |
| A week after reports first surfaced of misplaced discs in the Blu-ray edition of its Harry Potter giftset, Warner has kicked off a disc exchange program for affected consumers. Though the studio has yet... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Sony unveils first Blu-ray disc drive burner (CIOL, 8/25/2006 11:40am) |
| MUMBAI: Sony Electronics (S) Pte Ltd today unveiled its first internal Blu-ray Disc (BD) rewritable drive for the computer aftermarket. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Microsoft's HD DVD drive for movies only (Digit Magazine, 5/11/2006 9:37am) |
| Microsoft Tuesday officially announced that it would offer an HD DVD drive as a peripheral to the Xbox 360 by the end of the year. But don't expect to see any Xbox 360 games ship on HD DVD any time soon. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Photos: Hard-drive camcorders (CNET, 5/05/2007 1:07pm) |
| Offering stunning clarity, upcoming hard-drive camcorders from Sony and JVC will tempt many consumers with a taste for high-definition video. ... (Read Full Article) |
| High-Definition Demand Expected To Drive TV Holiday Sales (InformationWeek, 11/09/2006 1:20am) |
| Flat-panel HDTV sales will drive the consumer electronics market as a whole this holiday season, says an analyst for NPD. ... (Read Full Article) |
| PS3 Blu-ray disc drive upgradeable, others not (Punch Jump, 1/16/2008 6:49pm) |
| BBC News on Wed. reported that while Sony Corp.’s Playstation 3 Blu-ray disc drive is upgradeable for future enhancements, most others are not. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Dell Is Seeking More Screen Time (Los Angeles Times via Yahoo! News, 3/12/2005 10:30am) |
| When Neil Ludvigson figured that it was time to trade up from his 6-year-old, 24-inch television, he set his sights on a big-screen, flat-panel, high-definition replacement. (Read Full Article) |
| Toshiba Preps Next-Gen HD DVD Laptop Drive (BIOS, 9/27/2005 12:08pm) |
| Toshiba is first off the blocks with news that it is finalising development on the first laptop to include a next-generation HD DVD drive, despite a looming format war with a rival group led by Sony. The mighty Japanese electronics maker has also won the support of... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Huge hard drive ideal for TV fans (Canada.com, 7/25/2005 12:54pm) |
| Perhaps you were thinking about recording your high-definition television programs and wondering how to do it without running out of space on your hard drive. Plus, you wanted it to feature the Windows XP Media Centre Edition operating system and have no annoying fan noise. Here is your answer. ... (Read Full Article) |
| New Wine in New Bottles: Laser TV HDTVs (HDTV Almanac: Your source for independent HDTV information from an industry expert you can trust., 3/06/2007 2:10pm) |
| Anyone familiar with HDTV issues knows that the rear projection television — RPTV — market defies... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Pioneer's New Blu-ray 'Combo' Drive Meets Strong Demand for HD Movie Playback and Provides DVD and CD Read/Write Compatibility (Business Wire, 1/25/2007 8:00am) |
| MONTE CARLO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pioneer today confirms the availability of its new ‘BDC-202’ Blu-ray Disc Combo Drive. With BD-ROM ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Sony celebrates 80 million PS3s sold, reminds you that it's now seven years old (Engadget, 11/06/2013 7:20am) |
| It's been through a redesign (or two), but the PS3 is still going strong. Sony has announced that sales of its current home console have now topped 80 million, with just over a week to go before its replacement successor forces many to swap out [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Panasonic to unveil thinnest Blu-ray Disc drive at CES (Computerworld, 12/27/2007 2:00pm) |
| Panasonic has developed a Blu-ray Disc drive for laptop computers and plans to unveil it at January's Consumer Electronics Show, the company said today. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Review: Sony BWU-100A Blu-ray Recordable Drive (ExtremeTech, 12/05/2006 3:28pm) |
| Review: Sony's new BWU-100A Blu-ray drive for the PC can burn DVDs and CDs as well as Blu-ray discs. It even ships with software that allows you to play back Blu-ray movies. At a whopping $750, is the price worth the convenience? ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 3D-Printed Replacement Cover Makes Your Mouse Infinitely Adjustable (Gizmodo, 6/06/2013 1:49pm) |
| For those who just can't seem to find a standard mouse that fits comfortably in their hand, Pyott Design has come up with a (Read Full Article) |
| OWC upgrades Blu-ray burner to 8x (AfterDawn, 2/25/2009 6:22am) |
| Just a few months after launching their quad-interface Blu-ray burner, OWC has upgraded the Mercury Pro Blu-ray drive to burn discs at up to 8x, from the previous maximum of 4x.
The rough translation of the speed equals 2GB per minute, meaning you can complete burning a dual-layer BD-50 in just over 25 minutes.
The drive, as is standard, will burn DVDs at up to 16x and CDs at up to 40x. The ... (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) |
| One-third of US HD DVD player sales attributable to Xbox 360's add-on drive (HDTV UK, 12/19/2007 8:00am) |
| According to independent research firm NPD, one-third of the 750,000 HD DVD players sold in the US to date are the HD DVD add-on drive for the Xbox 360.
Given that the HD DVD camp has been quick to slam the Blu-ray camp's inclusion of Sony's PlayStation 3 in player figures, it will be interesting to see how they handle this news.
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| TV to get better (yea!) and (maybe) cheaper (double yea!) (TV Mama, 6/25/2007 8:20pm) |
| Lasers and LED’s will lead the way to new generations of brighter, ... convergence will head for the mainstream. We can’t wait. hdtv, laser, lcd, led, mitsubishi, plasma, samsung ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Microsoft’s New 'Xbox One' Includes Blu-ray Drive (Home Media Magazine, 5/21/2013 5:57pm) |
| Microsoft unveiled its next-generation gaming console May 21, the Xbox One, an “all-in-one home entertainment system” that includes a Blu-ray Disc drive, live TV capability, built-in motion and voice controls and HDMI input and [...] (Read Full Article) |
| SONY VAIO Blu-ray Home Theater PC (Format War Central, 1/07/2008 9:46pm) |
| At the SONY booth they were showing off the VAIO VGX-TP25E/B
Blu-ray equipped HTPC.The unit has a Blu-ray ROM drive and will have
an MSRP of $2999 for the top end model. The HTPC is running an Intel
Core 2 Duo, and features a 500GB hard drive. The wireless keyboard and
remote are included.
Blu-ray ... (Read Full Article) |
| Microsoft announces Xbox 360 Pro with 60GB hard drive (HDTV UK, 7/14/2008 8:55am) |
| Microsoft has announced that it will be launching an Xbox 360 with larger hard drive -- the Xbox 360 Pro -- which will retail at the same price as the current 20GB model. That's $349 in the US, where it... ... (Read Full Article) |
| TVisto Multimedia HDD Enclosure Review (I4U, 10/05/2005 9:40am) |
| Taiwan based MacPower & Tytech Technology Co., Ltd. (site) sent us their new TVisto HDTV Video drive enclosure for review. Quote: "One use is to store all your favorite DVDs on the TVisto hard-drive in ISO format. The DVD movies can be w... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Amazon just released the Cloud Drive Photos app for iOS, meaning iPhone users can finally manage the (Gizmodo, 5/10/2013 6:09pm) |
| Amazon just released the Cloud Drive Photos app for iOS, meaning iPhone users can finally manage their [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Universal Breaks Silence on HD DVD Playback Issues; Announces Disc Replacement Program (High-Def Digest, 5/01/2007 10:09pm) |
| After weeks of persistent complaints from early adopters, Universal has issued a statement regarding playback issues with several of their most recent HD DVD releases. The issues first surfaced in late... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Xbox 360 HD DVD drive cut, awareness remains low (AV zombie, 7/30/2007 8:35am) |
| Xbox 360 HD DVD drive cut, awareness remains low In the US, Microsoft is cutting the cost of the Xbox 360 HDTV disc to 180 dollars. Buyers will also get to pick five free HD DVD discs as part of a generic format promotion. The reduction, which begins on August 1, is expected to herald ... (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) |
| Super Bowl Will Drive More Than 2 Million HDTV Sales, Says CEA (Business Wire, 1/25/2008 3:32pm) |
| ARLINGTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Super Bowl XLII is expected to drive the purchase of approximately 2.4 million high-definition television (HDTV) units, according to the third annual ... (Read Full Article) |
| Panasonic Announces World's Thinnest Internal Blu-ray Drive [Peripherals] (Gizmodo, 12/27/2007 2:16pm) |
| Panasonic has announced their development of the world's thinnest internal Blu-ray drive. At just 9.5 mm tall, it's thin enough for laptops but still packs a performance punch. We're talking 2X... ... (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) |
| Toshiba intros first notebook with rewritable HD DVD drive (HDTV UK, 1/04/2008 8:00am) |
| Toshiba this week announced that it is to launch its first notebook PC with built-in rewritable HD DVD drive.
The Qosmio Series 2 will initially launch in Japan, where arguably they can put it to much more use that us lowly high-definition-catcher-uppers in the West.
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| Toshiba intros first notebook with rewritable HD DVD drive (Tech Digest, 12/21/2007 8:00am) |
| Toshiba this week announced that it is to launch its first notebook PC with built-in rewritable HD DVD drive.
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| Samsung Announces Blu Ray Disc Drive Development Completion (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 1/19/2006 2:00pm) |
| SAN JOSE, Calif.----Jan. 19, 2006--TSST Korea announced today that it has completed the technical development of its Blu Ray Disc Drives. These revolutionary products for the Optical Disc Drive market offer a massive storage capacity up to 25GB at a single layer disc. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Plextor Introduces Two New Blu-ray Internal Drives (I4U, 3/24/2008 2:00pm) |
| Plextor announced new internal Blu-ray drives today with a pair of drives that combine HD DVD and Blu-ray into one device. The PX-B920SA drive can write to BD-R discs at 4x and sues a SATA interface. Plextor says this drive is ideal for OEMs where playback... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Toshiba unveils HD-DVD recorder with 1 TB hard drive space (TG Daily, 6/22/2006 8:02pm) |
| Toshiba announced teh RDD-A1 HD-DVD record with a one Terabyte worth of hard drive space. Up to 130 hours of high-definition video can be stored and up to 230 minutes of that content can be burned to a single HD DVD disc. Unfortunately, the recorder will only be sold in Japan. ... (Read Full Article) |
| HD DVD and Blu-ray Trouble: Not Enough Blue Diodes to Go Around (Gizmodo, 8/30/2006 4:03pm) |
| Things are looking dicey for both HD DVD and Blu-ray, because a key coponentl has suddenly become scarce: blue laser diode yield rates are only 30% according to Nichia, a company responsible for 80%... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | A 3D-Printed SLR Makes Us Wish For 3D-Printed Film, Too (Gizmodo, 7/08/2013 1:18pm) |
| Despite the fact that many camera manufacturers have stopped producing non-digital SLRs, fans of film-based photography should be happy to hear that they'll be able to 3D print a replacement [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Philips/Lite-On Blu-ray Drive to Ship for a Dirt-Cheap $186 [Cheap Blu-ray] (Gizmodo, 11/16/2007 7:10pm) |
| If you want to just play back Blu-ray discs on your PC, this Lite-On branded BD-ROM drive from Philips will do the trick at 4x for $186. Let's get this straight: You can't burn Blu-ray discs with... ... (Read Full Article) |
| PS3 Countdown: Sony Exec on Those Pesky Blue Laser Diodes (High-Def Digest, 11/09/2006 4:02pm) |
| With just over over a week to go before the Blu-ray enabled PlayStation 3 finally hits stores in the U.S. and Japan, the VP in charge of the game console is talking about the rocky road to launch, and... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Toshiba Ships First U.S. Notebook Computer With HD DVD-R Drive For Complete HD Experience (DigitalBroadcastingcom, 8/08/2007 1:47pm) |
| Toshiba's Digital Products Division (DPD), recently announced the availability of the Qosmio G45-AV680, a cutting-edge audio-video notebook computer with Dolby surround sound technology and the first U.S. model to feature an HD DVD-R optical drive and full 1080p playback resolution ... (Read Full Article) |
| SavitMicro's Dueple: HD media player with DVD (Engadget, 6/07/2006 4:02pm) |
| Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment, Storage
We've seen Korean manufacturer SavitMicro a few times before, once with a hub for multi-cam recording and another time with a media-playing drive enclosure, and now they've popped up once again at Computex with yet another device that promises to simplify your digital life. Like their drive enclosure, the new "Dueple," as it's known, also accepts ... (Read Full Article) |
| Xbox 360 still open to Blu-ray add-on should HD-DVD fail (Joystiq, 1/09/2008 10:00am) |
| Filed under: Microsoft Xbox 360, CES
Following Warner's departure from the HD-DVD ship last week, Microsoft is once again fielding questions regarding the future of its Xbox 360 HD-DVD drive add-on. As is consistent with comments made previously by Scott Henson and Peter Moore, the HD-DVD supporter is still open to a Blu-ray drive should Toshiba's high-definition film format meet its demise. Sp ... (Read Full Article) |
| LG N2B1D NAS With 2TB And Blu-ray Drive Unveiled (I4U, 10/06/2009 9:30am) |
| LG unveils what the company calls the world's first NAS with a Blu-ray drive.
The LG N2B1D features 2TB of hard-drive disk space and a Blu-ray drive to backup data on Blu-ray discs.
The new LG NAS is geared towards consumers for home use and promises...
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| PS3 Firmware 2.41 will be released shortly (I4U, 7/08/2008 6:47am) |
| The official Sony Playstation Blog reports that the PS3 firmware 2.41 for the PS3 will be available shortly.
The firmware 2.41 is the replacement for the flawed firmware 2.40 that Sony had to take down last week.
Sony says that for some users firm... ... (Read Full Article) |
| The Toshiba USB 2.0 portable external hard drive (Digi Times, 4/18/2007 9:41am) |
| Toshiba recently introduced a 200GB 2.5-inch USB 2.0 portable external hard drive capable of storing up to 57,000 digital photos, 52,000 MP3 music files, 88 DVD videos or 23 high-definition videos. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Plextor Announces Blu-ray Disc Drive for North American Market (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 8/28/2006 12:01pm) |
| FREMONT, Calif.----Aug. 28, 2006--Plextor® Corp., a leading developer and manufacturer of high-performance digital media equipment, today announced the October 2006 release of the PX-B900A Blu-ray Disc drive, the first Plextor burner to support the next generation of optical data storage technology. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Some PlayStation buyers lose the Blu-ray game (The Economic Times, 12/08/2006 11:05pm) |
| LOS ANGELES: Gamers love Sony’s new PlayStation 3 for its graphic capabilities and firepower, but the advanced Blu-ray DVD drive is annoying some by raising the cost, slowing production and forcing them to buy into a format they’ve not yet aligned with.Sony’s move to put a Blu-ray drive into the PS3 video game console is part of the Japanese giant’s plan in a high-stakes next-generation DV ... (Read Full Article) |
| The rise of blue (ITBusiness.ca, 3/14/2005 10:16pm) |
| Blu-ray Disc is a new technology about to revolutionize the DVD market. However, there's another blue laser format already on the market. Resellers and system builders will have a tough choice (Read Full Article) |
| Love Monkey lives at CBS (TV Squad, 8/10/2005 9:03pm) |
| Filed under: Drama , Comedy , CBS When the new fall shows were announced, I was kinda bummed that Love Monkey didn't make it to CBS' schedule. I was a big fan of the late NBC show Ed , and was hoping to see star Tom Cavanagh in another show. Now it looks like it will happen after all. The network has ordered the show as a midseason replacement, in case one or more of the other shows ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Korean researchers develop high-performance bendable Li-Ion battery (Broadcast Engineering, 8/17/2012 1:37pm) |
| The research team is currently investigating a laser lift-off technology to facilitate the mass production of flexible LIBs and 3D stacking structures to enhance charge density of batteries.
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| Sharp Mebius PC-TX32J AV Center desktop (Engadget, 6/10/2005 3:19pm) |
| Sharp just gave a bump to their existing AV center PCs . The Mebius PC-TX32J comes loaded with Windows XP Home Edition SP2 and features a slightly faster Celeron (2.8 instead of 2.66 GHz) and DVD drive sporting dual-layer support. Unfortunately, they chose not to increase the 250GB drive, restricting most TV recording to the DVD if you really want this to double as a home PC. The LCD TV ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Slickdeals' best in tech for February 20th: 55-inch LG 3D HDTV and Brother HL-2270DW laser printer (Engadget, 2/20/2013 8:50pm) |
| Looking to save some coin on your tech purchases? Of course you are! In this round-up, we'll run down a list of the freshest frugal buys, hand-picked with the help of the folks at (Read Full Article) |
| Pioneer unveils Blu-ray Disc Combo drive in Beijing (Digi Times, 4/18/2007 9:39am) |
| Pioneer on April 17 debuted its BDC-S02 Blu-ray Disc (BD) Combo drive model in Beijing, for immediate launch in China and later in other markets around the world at a recommended retail price of US$299, according to Pioneer's Taiwan subsidiary Pioneer High Fidelity Taiwan. ... (Read Full Article) |
| DirecTV DVR gets second software upgrade in a month (Engadget, 12/26/2005 5:33pm) |
| Filed under: Home Entertainment Apparently TiVo has spoiled us all with its polished, intuitive interface and recording software that actually records when you tell it to, because DirecTV has been receiving numerous complaints about bugs and poor feature implementation in its DirecTV DVR TiVo-replacement. Besides some reports about sporadic recording accuracy, users also seem to be unhappy ... (Read Full Article) |
| Pioneer Electronics Chooses Sonic Solutions to Power World's First Commercially Available Blu-ray Disc Drive (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 5/17/2006 10:30am) |
| NOVATO, Calif.----May 17, 2006--Sonic Solutions® , the leader in digital media software, broke new ground today shipping its Roxio® BD software with the first commercially available Blu-ray Disc drive from Pioneer Electronics. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Test Drive Unlimited ( First Impressions ) (EuroGamer, 11/02/2005 2:56pm) |
| Preview parameters comfortably telegraphed then, let us launch into the "why it's not". Test Drive Unlimited is not just a pretty driving game on the Xbox 360 given lots of publicity because it's a pretty driving game on the Xbox 360. Not here anyway. It's actually ambitious. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | “It's a Hit”….DaVinci 3D Debuts Theatrical 2D/3D Conversion at Eye Doctors Convention (Business Wire, 8/08/2012 1:01pm) |
| CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--"Its a Hit," DaVinci 3D Debuts 2D/3D Theatrical Conversion to Eye Doctors Convention, "They love it."
Natural 3D image quality, non abusive as easy to watch as TV. A seamless replacement for [...] (Read Full Article) |
| EDS 2005 Keynote to Examine Trends That Drive Consumer Electronics and Telecommunications (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 4/18/2005 1:34pm) |
| Trends and innovations that drive two of the most important end markets for electronic components - consumer electronics and telecommunications - will take center stage at the 2005 Electronics Distribution Show keynote presentation, Monday, May 2, at the Paris Hotel in Las Vegas. (Read Full Article) |
| Samsung 50-inch 1080p 3D DLP HDTV: $999 Delivered (HL-T5087S) (Big Picture Big Sound, 3/31/2008 9:27pm) |
| Samsung's 50-inch 1080p DLP HDTV, the HL-T5087S, is now on sale for an amazingly low $999 delivered. It features LED illumination to eliminate the need for bulb replacement plus unique 3D capabilities. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Sony and Microsoft in talks for Xbox 360 Blu-ray drive (AfterDawn, 3/07/2008 9:29pm) |
| According to the Financial Times, Sony is currently in talks with Microsoft about a having the company offer an internal Blu-ray drive model of the Xbox 360 console.
Microsoft had backed the rival HD DVD until the format's demise last month.
The word of the negotiations come from Stan Glasgow, the president of Sony America. Sony has not confirmed the negotiations as of yet however.
Addin ... (Read Full Article) |
| Sony launches VAIO TT Blu-ray notebook and new customisation service in UK (Tech Digest, 10/21/2008 11:43am) |
| Sony has announced that its VAIO TT Blu-ray notebook, which it claims is the lightest portable PC containing a high-def optical drive, is now available in the UK. It sports a modest 11.1-inch widescreen LED-backlit display offering 1,366 x 768 resolution, Intel Core 2 Duo SU9300 processor, Mobile Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 4500MHD, 4GB of RAM, 160GB hard drive, plus WWAN technology offering ... (Read Full Article) |
| US Based Anthem Films to Release HD Titles on HD VMD Format (Addict 3D, 5/08/2007 7:16pm) |
| New Medium Enterprises (NME) has a high definition format to battle Blu-ray and HD DVD called HD VMD. HD VMD is a proprietary format owned by NME that is based on established red laser technology. ... (Read Full Article) |
| VMD High Definition Disc Format Debuts (DesignTechnica, 5/03/2005 12:35am) |
| New Medium Enterprises has shown off its first High-Definition movie on Its Red Laser 20GB and 40GB Versatile MultiLayer Disc -VMD-. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Denon DVD-A1UD high-end universal Blu-ray player (Tech Digest, 12/05/2008 5:32pm) |
| Okay, I'll have to admit I asked for this a bit. In my last post about Denon Blu-ray players I demanded to know what Denon would describe as 'high-end', after their 'entry-level' player cost £600. Well, this is it. It's the catchily-named DVD-A1UD, and it'll play back Blu-ray discs, Super Audio CD (SACD), DVD-Audio, DVD-Video and plain old CDs. The DVD-A1UD is the replacement for the Denon ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | NASA 3D-printing parts for its next rocket headed for Mars (CNET Blogs, 11/09/2012 7:09pm) |
| A process called selective laser melting, similar to 3D printing, is being used to create parts for NASA's new Space Launch System. (Read Full Article) |
| Sony's latest VAIO notebook is world's lightest with Blu-ray (HDTV UK, 9/24/2008 1:07pm) |
| Sony has unveiled its VAIO TT notebook, claiming that it's the world's lightest notebook PC to contain a Blu-ray drive. Constructed with a carbon-fibre chassis, it weighs just 2.87lbs and is under an inch thick. That doesn't mean it skimps on features, though, with the Blu-ray drive happy to play back full 1080p high definition content on the 11.1-inch 16:9 widescreen LCD with XBRITE-DuraView t ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Oxford University researchers create new 3D printed 'soft material' that could replace human tissue (Engadget, 4/05/2013 9:18pm) |
| Water and fat -- those are the two primary building blocks (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | New $4.6 Million Movie Theater & Retail Complex Going to Lender-Owned Auction (Business Wire, 7/27/2012 6:01pm) |
| ALVARADO, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The new, $4.6 million Reel Grill Cinema & Tavern in Alvarado, Tex. is being auctioned Tuesday, August 14 at 11 a.m. by Maas Companies. Includes 4 digital theaters (one 3-D) and lasertron laser [...] (Read Full Article) |
| HDTV - Subscriber Losses Drive Charter Stock to 52-Week Low (Broad Help, 11/09/2007 2:45pm) |
| HDTV - Subscriber Losses Drive Charter Stock to 52-Week Low By admin on November 9, ... - In addition, Charter is adding HDTV and VOD content, increased its high-speed Internet speeds to 16 Megabits ... up speed. Copyright © 2007 Reed Business Topics: HDTV | No Comments » ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 3D scanning with the Smithsonian's laser cowboys (video) (Engadget, 6/08/2013 6:00pm) |
|
"We're not scanning every object in the collection," [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Record up to 12 HDTV programs at once with the Seagate Showcase (TV Squad, 5/19/2008 6:29pm) |
| Filed under: HDTV, PVR Wire, Hardware
Sure, your TiVo HD can record 2 HDTV programs at the same time. But slap the upcoming Seagate Showcase external hard drive on your PVR or home theater PC and you can record up 12 at once. You know, if you've got 12 CableCARD or ATSC TV tuners.
The Seagate Showcase is basically a fancy new hard drive enclosure with a snazzy new Seagate Pipeline HD Series ha ... (Read Full Article) |
| DVD Insider: Optical Storage Update (Digital Video Editing, 6/27/2005 7:34pm) |
| DVD Insider: Optical Storage Update Blue laser fight rages on -- who wins? (6/27/05) We have actually been keeping score on which Hollywood studio and which content owner "signed up" for the HD- (HD- DVD ) and Blu-ray Disc (BD) camps. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Hack Turns PS3 Blu-ray Into Star Trek Phaser (Sony HDNA Stories We Digg - powered by Digg Technology, 11/20/2007 7:53pm) |
| The argument over what the PS3’s Blu-ray laser is better for, watching movies or playing games, has been rendered moot by this hack which uses it to make a super sweet Star Trek (original series, that is) phaser. ... (Read Full Article) |
| NEWS: Panasonic Blu-ray recorders hit the shops (Pocket-lint, 6/26/2009 8:24am) |
| DMR-BS850, DMR-BS750, and DMR-XS350 arrive
Panasonic's DMR-BS850, DMR-BS750, and DMR-XS350 Blu-ray recorders, which the company teased earlier this year, have hit the shops.
As previously reported on Pocket-lint, the DMR-BS850, packs a 500GB hard disc drive, a Blu-ray disc writer and twin Freesat tuners. The DMR-BS750, has the same spec, but with a 250GB hard drive.
If you're n ... (Read Full Article) |
| Corel Digital Media Software Now Bundled with Pioneer's New Blu-ray Disc Combo Drive (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 7/11/2007 12:59pm) |
| OTTAWA----Corel Corporation , a leading developer of graphics, productivity and digital media software, today announced that Pioneer Electronics Inc. is bundling its next-generation Blu-ray Disc combo drive, the BDC-2202, with selected titles from Corel's digital media software lineup. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Sanyo has said it's doing something to make Blu-ray lasers better (Tech Digest, 10/09/2008 10:20am) |
| To this end, Sanyo is promising to boost the capacity of Blu-ray discs to 100GB and maximise write-speed of burners to around 12x. It's all thanks to clever and more powerful new blue laser diode technology, which allows up to four data layers - each packing in 25GB of deleted scenes and staggeringly dull interviews with the leading man - to be stuck into a single Blu-ray disc at TWELVE TIMES wri ... (Read Full Article) |
| LG Hybrid Disc Player Not Licensed for HD DVD Logo (BetaNews, 1/22/2007 5:13pm) |
| A spokesperson for LG Electronics confirmed to BetaNews this morning that its BH100 hybrid blue-laser disc player, which the company purported at CES two weeks ago would play both Blu-ray and HD DVD movies, cannot play back content from HD DVD's HDi interactive layer. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Hitachi announces DZ-BD10HA tri-format Blu-ray camcorder (HDTV UK, 1/28/2009 11:26am) |
| Hitachi has announced its new DZ-BD10HA high definition camcorder, able to record directly to Blu-ray disc, internal 30GB hard drive, or SDHC. It features a seven megapixel CMOS image sensor offering full 1080p high definition recording, a dubbing feature which allows footage to be transferred directly from the hard drive or memory card to the Blu-ray disc, face detection, and image stabilisation. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Lasers, optics and photonics resources and news (OPTICS.ORG, 7/12/2005 3:23pm) |
| Sharp invents a super-resolution optical disc that can hold 100GB of data. Sharp has developed a blue-laser storage technology that is capable of holding twice as much data per layer (50GB versus 25GB) than the Blu-Ray disc format which is now entering the market. ... (Read Full Article) |
| In brief: Nakamura, Philips, fiber-optic market (Compound Semiconductor Magazine, 6/16/2006 4:03pm) |
| Shuji Nakamura scoops one million euros; Philips launches its Blu-ray Disc player, featuring a blue laser of the type that Nakamura helped to develop; and a new report suggests that the market for active optical telecom components is set for a sharp upturn. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Smaller Blu-ray laser could reduce PS3 production costs (Joystiq, 1/26/2008 11:00am) |
| Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3
It really does seem like we can't throw a stick without hitting a new PS3 SKU or news of a price drop -- a recent advancement in Blu-ray technology could signal the creation of yet another PS3 model or lowered price for the system some time in the near future, should Sony decide to incorporate it into their home console. Sony and LED manufacturer Nichia recently j ... (Read Full Article) |
| Telenor Contracts With Orbital to Build THOR II-R Commercial Communications Satellite (RedNova, 9/20/2005 5:29pm) |
| Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE:ORB): -- Contract Provides Replacement Satellite for THOR II, Which Will Be Retired From Service in 2008 -- -- Telenor Contract Is Orbital's Third Firm Order for Smaller-Sized GEO Communications Satellites in 2005 and First European Sale -- Telenor ASA (OBX:Tel //Nasdaq:TELN) and Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE:ORB) announced today that they have signed a ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Listen to Radiohead's Idioteque On a Laser-Printed Wooden Record (Gizmodo, 5/12/2013 12:00am) |
| We've seen 3D-printed records before, and while they don't sound great, they're [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Lasers, optics and photonics resources and news (OPTICS.ORG, 5/12/2005 11:23am) |
| Taiwan’s FVD disc technology attracts the interest of a US firm and prepares to go global. Taiwan’s new red-laser data storage format, Forward Versatile Disc (FVD), has received a boost with the news that a US firm plans to develop miniature optical drives that use the technology. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Samsung Announces Internal Blu-ray Combo Drive with 8x BD-R Burning (I4U, 10/08/2009 3:00pm) |
| Samsung has announced the pending launch of its first Blu-ray combo drive that can burn BD-R media at 8x speed. The drive is called the SH-B083 and it can burn to 25GB and 50GB Blu-ray media.
In addition to burning BD-r and reading BD-Rom discs, the dri...
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| New Microsoft Hardware Products (Addict 3D, 4/04/2006 6:45am) |
| * Wireless Notebook Optical Mouse 3000: An upgraded version of the best-selling Wireless Notebook Optical Mouse, this mouse features enhanced with High Definition technology for smooth and precise tracking over any surface (even airplane tray tables), as well as a smaller receiver for traveling convenience. ($29.95) * Wireless Laser Mouse 5000: From the fashionably inclined businessman to your ... (Read Full Article) |
| HP to debut Blu-ray HD DVD combo drive (CNET News.com - Media 2.0, 5/07/2007 2:51pm) |
| Blog: HP is the first to offer dual-format Blu-ray/HD DVD drives. ... (Read Full Article) |
| SpatiaLight Enters into Laser Diode Based Micro-Projector Development Agreement with SI InfoComm and SCRAM Technologies (Broadcast Newsroom, 1/17/2007 10:54pm) |
| NOVATO, Calif., Jan. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SpatiaLight, Inc. (Nasdaq: HDTV ), a leading developer and manufacturer of ultra high-resolution Liquid Crystal on Silicon (LCoS) microdisplays, announced today that it has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with SI InfoComm, Inc. and SCRAM Technologies, Inc. for the design and development of a new class of projection display, ... ... (Read Full Article) |
| HDTV sales drive programming boom (Rocky Mountain News, 11/29/2006 7:17am) |
| It's beginning to look a lot like a high-definition Christmas. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Will New Technology for Next Generation Hardware Drive Innovations in Gameplay? (GameInfoWire, 4/01/2005 4:02am) |
| DFC Intelligence Game Industry Brief (Read Full Article) |
| Samsung to launch second dual-format blue-laser disc player in 4Q07 (Digi Times, 7/11/2007 4:38am) |
| Samsung Electronics, at an IFA (Internationale Funhausstellung in German) conference held in Hamburg, Germany last week, announced it will launch the Duo HD (high-definition) BD-UP5000, the world's second dual-format disc player model supporting both HD DVD and BD (Blu-ray Disc) next to the LG Electronics BH100. The device will be initially introduced in the European market at a tentative price . ... (Read Full Article) |
| Verizon: "We've Got to Fix It" (BusinessWeek Online via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Finance, 9/28/2005 12:39pm) |
| CEO Ivan Seidenberg talks about healing relations with unhappy investors -- and his drive to become a major TV provider ... (Read Full Article) |
| Best Buy discounts Blu-ray all-in-one PC (Punch Jump, 5/04/2008 4:55pm) |
| Best Buy Co. Inc. on Sunday began offering a discounted all-in-one PC from Sony Corp. that includes a built-in Blu-ray disc drive. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (No Title) (, 4/11/2006 3:23pm) |
| Just after Toshiba's unveiling of the first computer with a built-in HD DVD drive, TDK has come out swinging, announcing it is now shipping blank Blu-Ray discs to retailers. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Mitsubishi Announces Super-Charged Blu-ray Disc Recorders....For Japan (About.com, 8/22/2009 10:00am) |
| Here we go again! Another announcement by a large Asian consumer electronics manufacturer that it is introducing a new line of Blu-ray Disc recorders, but, unfortunately, they will probably never see the light-of-day in the U.S.
What makes Mitsubishi's announcement even more frustrating is that these units are a home theater fan's dream: One unit combines Blu-ray Disc recording with a 1 Terabyte Hard Drive, a second unit offers a 500GB hard drive, while the third houses not only a Blu-ray Disc recorder and a 320 GB hard drive, but also includes a VHS deck. Of course, all these units can record in all the standard DVD recording format as well, and it also appears that they all have USB and SD Card slots for accessing additional digital content. For details, check out the brief report from Akihabara News as well as the Official Announcement and Product Specifications from Mitsubishi (in Japanese with some technical terms in English).
To add more insult to injury, Mitsubishi has also announced a line of LCD TVs with built-in Blu-ray Disc/Hard Drive combos (See report from Tech-On!.
Blu-ray Disc recorders have been available in Japan for about two years, and not as much as a word about U.S. availability. What happened to the U.S. as the primary market for the latest in consumer electronics technology - especially when it comes to video recording? For some perspective, read my article: The Case of the Disappearing DVD Recorder.
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| 'Monday Night Football' Winner: Wal-Mart's Scott? (Forbes, 9/11/2006 10:11pm) |
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| 360 HD-DVD Drive Down To $30 [Hd-dvd] (Kotaku, 4/29/2008 12:00pm) |
| Web clearance joint OverStock Dealz are, *ahem*, overstocked with 360 HD-DVD drives. You're no doubt aware why. So they're offloading them for the ridiculous price of $30 a pop. I only post this... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Entertainment center can go where you go (Chicago Tribune, 9/04/2005 10:50am) |
| Let's play electronic God for a minute. We'll take an everyday MP3 player, pump up the hard drive, install a larger viewing screen and add two speakers and a docking pod. ... (Read Full Article) |
| LG Elec to join HD DVD camp as well as Blu-ray (Reuters.co.uk, 3/08/2006 3:24pm) |
| HANOVER, Germany (Reuters) - LG Electronics, one of the world's biggest optical drive makers, will support HD DVD as well as Blu-ray in the emerging war over the next DVD standard, it said on Wednesday. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Best Buy burns new Sony All-in-One Blu-ray PC (Punch Jump, 7/06/2008 4:28pm) |
| Best Buy Co. Inc. stores this week began selling a new all-in-one PC from Sony Corp. that includes a Blu-ray disc drive. ... (Read Full Article) |
| HD DVD for the Xbox 360 (CNET News.com - Digital Life, 8/08/2006 4:39pm) |
| Microsoft demonstrate the company's HD DVD drive built for the Xbox 360. ... (Read Full Article) |
| The 3G diary in 2006 (Electronic Engineering Times Asia, 12/14/2005 9:07pm) |
| Not so long ago, pundits called 3G wireless the vision of the new century. This was a unique blend of technology conquest and pervasive market drive that was borne out of the GSM triumph. ... (Read Full Article) |
| LG unveils 42" HDTV with 160GB hard drive (MobileMag, 12/08/2005 12:23am) |
| The only thing better than a big TV, is a big HD compatible TV. The newest offering from LG is better than both of those things. The only thing I don’t like about it is the name. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Archos Takes DVD On Road; A Better Tube TV (Hartford Courant, 9/09/2005 7:23am) |
| Let's play electronic God for a minute. We'll take an everyday MP3 player, pump up the hard drive, install a larger viewing screen and add two speakers and a docking pod. ... (Read Full Article) |
| NEWS: ViewSonic launches Blu-ray home theatre PC (Pocket-lint, 7/23/2009 4:39pm) |
pc mini VOT550 looks awfully familiar
The last of a slew of ViewSonic launches is the pc mini VOT550, although, again as with the previous two mini computers, this one comes in two different models with its more basic sibling going under the name of VOT530.
The VOT550 comes with Windows Media Centre and is intended as a home entertainment or home theatre PC and as such, ViewSonic has equipped the top of the line model with a Blu-ray drive. We're not sure how big of a selling point this is, especially as this is a rebadged system from AOpen that we've seen sold under several other brand names in the past.
In terms of features, the VOT550 has a mobile Intel Core 2 Duo processor, 4GB of memory, a 320GB hard drive, 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi, eSATA and a DVI port. A dongle is supplied that turns the DVI port into an HDMI port which allows for easy connectivity to your HD TV.
The VOT530 shuns the Blu-ray drive in favour for a DVD super-multi drive and both models feature slot-in type drive, similar to those in a car CD player. Price wise the VOT530 is going to set you back £494, while the Blu-ray equipped VOT550 ups the price to £678, making both fairly poor value for money compared to the other mini PCs that ViewSonic has just launched.
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Today has seen several reports that Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has confirmed a Blu-ray drive accessory for the Xbox 360. The purported revelation came from a Gizmodo interview, during which Ballmer said that 360 owners wanting a Blu-ray player could purchase "Blu-ray drives as accessories."
Clearing the air, Microsoft's Larry Hryb (a.k.a. Major Nelson) has gone on the record saying that the company has "no plans" for a 360 Blu-ray drive, adding that Ballmer was actually referring to Blu-ray drives for PCs. Hryb reiterates -- as did Ballmer -- that the main push for the Xbox 360 will be streaming media, noting specifically that the upcoming Dashboard update will bring instant 1080p streaming, a feature of the Zune Video Marketplace.
Now, say it with us (one more time): Blu-ray isn't coming to the Xbox 360.PSA: Microsoft not planning Blu-ray drive for 360 originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:55:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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| LG's $15k, 71-inch plasma & friends coming to CES Filed under: CES, HDTVLG is already bringing 1080p content and a hybrid Blu-ray / HD DVD drive... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Gefen High Definition Personal Video Recorder (HD PVR) (Big Picture Big Sound, 7/03/2008 8:45pm) |
| Gefen has released a new hard-drive-based digital recorder that allows you to record high definition material over HDMI from virtually any source: cable box, satellite receiver, even Blu-ray Disc. Is it the next killer component?
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| Company Profile for Key Digital Systems (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 2/03/2006 3:10pm) |
| ------Key Digital® is at the forefront of the video industry for Home Theater Retailers, Custom Installers, System Integrators, Broadcasters, Manufacturers, and Consumers. We provide total video system solutions because we know and help drive the technology, the industry, the business, and all the latest up-and-coming standards. ... (Read Full Article) |
| DIRECTV Continues to Expand Local HD Programming; Names 14 New HD Markets; Local HD to be Available to Customers in 50 Markets, Representing More Than 65 Percent of U.S. Television Homes (Business Wire, 5/02/2006 6:10pm) |
| EL SEGUNDO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 2, 2006--Continuing its drive to lead the industry in the delivery of HDTV to consumers, DIRECTV named 14 more markets where it ... (Read Full Article) |
| Bonolabs Adds Film-to-HDV Service (Broadcast Newsroom, 8/25/2005 7:02pm) |
| Bonolabs has added a film-to-HDV option to their tapeless high definition telecine services. This can be used to integrate clips that originated on film into HDV productions, and hi def telecine transfers can be received on a mini Firewire/USB drive with 1080i or 720p files encoded and ready-to-edit. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Crave Ep. 127: Robot battles human for golf supremacy (CNET Blogs, 7/04/2013 5:00pm) |
| This week on Crave, a robot named Jeff challenges golf pro Rory McIlroy to a game of golf on the driving range. We look at 3D-printed casts meant to counter itchiness, and researchers drive cockroaches with electrical signals in hopes of using the [...] (Read Full Article) |
| New HD network player can read DVD .iso & .ifo (Digg.com, 2/24/2006 8:54am) |
| The 7-inch-tall cylinder-shaped network player has the unusual ability to store disk images of DVDs in .iso or .ifo format on its hard drive and then play them back as if the original DVD were still installed. It can also play back 1080i video (that?s HDTV, people) ... (Read Full Article) |
| Economy and DVD Sales Slip drove Warner to Blu-ray (I4U, 1/08/2008 5:50am) |
| By Kenneth Li
LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Fears of a deteriorating U.S. economy and falling DVD
industry sales helped drive Warner Bros's decision to back Sony's Blu-ray next
generation DVD format exclusively, a top executive told Reuters on Monday.... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Philips dual-layer Blu-ray PC drive (HDBlog.net, 6/09/2006 12:34pm) |
| It took a while for dual layer DVD burners to come to market. But things seem to be moving much faster in the world of blue lasers. Philips has recently announced a Blu-ray burner for PC’s that can burn to both BD layers, giving 50GB of disc storage. That’s more than half the HDD space [...] ... (Read Full Article) |
| Acer Aspire 9800 to be Second Laptop to Eventually Have an HD DVD Drive (Gizmodo, 4/07/2006 1:38pm) |
| Acer took its place in line behind Toshiba to say they will release an HD DVD-packing laptop, its Aspire 9800, which will probably look kinda like that Aspire 9500 pictured at right. This is going to... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Microsoft's Shane Kim: 'Still enjoyment to be had' from 360 HD DVD drive (Joystiq, 4/17/2008 7:00pm) |
| Filed under: Culture, Retro, Microsoft Xbox 360
Owners of the Xbox 360 HD DVD add-on shouldn't go trading them in for $50 just yet. According to Microsoft Game Studios Corporate Vice President "there is still enjoyment to be had" from that defunct piece of entertainment technology.As part of a Q&A with GameDaily, Kim talked up the features of the outdated add-on, including a library of ove ... (Read Full Article) |
| Aleratec launches three-drive LightScribe Blu-ray Disc duplicator (Engadget, 2/12/2008 5:19pm) |
| Filed under: HDTV, Storage
Blu-ray duplication systems have been on the block for a good while now, but apparently, Aleratec's flavor does something that none of the other cool kids can even dream of: it supports LightScribe. The 1:3 Copy Cruiser Blu LS houses a trio of LightScribe-enabled SATA Blu-ray burners that can toast BD-Rs at 6x as well as vanilla DVDs and CDs at much higher speeds. You ... (Read Full Article) |
| LG announces BE06LU10 external Blu-ray rewriter and HD DVD-ROM drive (Tech Digest, 3/26/2008 12:47pm) |
| LG's mobile phone department may be going from
strength to strength, but with their recent announcement
that they won't be giving up on the HD DVD format, the situation on that
side of the company will be going through some tough times in the coming
months. The Korean giant is putting its money where its mouth is, with the
release of the BE06LU10, an external Blu-ray rewriter and HD DVD-ROM ... (Read Full Article) |
| First Review: LG BH100 Hybrid Blu-Ray/HD-DVD Player (Format War Still On) (Digg.com, 1/24/2007 8:02pm) |
| This is the first high definition disc player that is compatible with both Blu-ray and HD-DVD discs. But don't waive the white flag in the format war quite yet. The quality isn't videophile grade, and the HD-DVD compatiblity is missing key elements. Read on for the full review, full gallery, screenshots, and how it stacks up to the Xbox DVD Drive. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Best Buy Details Insignia Blu-ray HDTV Combos (High-Def Digest, 9/25/2009 5:00pm) |
| Retail giant Best Buy has released details on their upcoming Insignia brand Blu-ray player HDTV combos. At $599.99, they run a scant $100 more than the equivalent drive free model. Insignia isn’t the... (Read Full Article) |
| North American HD DVD Sales hit 1 million: Toshiba (I4U, 1/07/2008 7:48am) |
| LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Japan's Toshiba Corp said on Sunday sales of HD DVD
players in North America, including other brands' HD DVD drive sales, totalled 1
million units last year, driven by demand for Internet-delivered content.
... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Pioneer shows off 8x speed internal Blu-ray writer (HDTV UK, 1/10/2009 1:43pm) |
| The speed of Blu-ray drives continues to increase with news that Pioneer is to launch its BDR-S03J internal Blu-ray drive capable of burning write-once discs at up to 8x speed, Unfortunately, rewritable discs are a tad more complicated to burn and can only be written at 2x speed... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Fujitsu to Launch PCs Compatible With Blu-Ray Disc, HD-DVD in June (RedNova, 4/11/2006 11:23pm) |
| Tokyo, April 11 (Jiji Press)--Fujitsu Ltd. said Tuesday it will launch a desktop personal computer with a recordable disk drive compatible with the next-generation Blu-ray Disc format in Japan in late June. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Sony: Blu-ray will always be part of PS3 (Joystiq, 3/12/2009 4:03pm) |
| Last month, Janco analyst Mike Hickey predicted a PS3 price drop, driven by a new, cheaper model without a Blu-ray drive. In a statement to Silicon Alley Insider, Sony's Kim Nguyen took on the new hardware rumor, basically killing it for anyone who believes Sony PR: "That would pretty much destroy the PS3's backbone, our games were built on Blu-ray." Nguyen then said the fairly clear, "Quote ... (Read Full Article) |
| Neterion Launches a 10 Gigabit Ethernet Evaluation Program for Data Centers (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 6/27/2005 12:00pm) |
| Today Neterion Inc., the industry leader in the 10 Gigabit Ethernet adapter market, announced that it is launching an evaluation program to allow IT managers to "test drive" its Xframe technology at their own locations. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Addonics offers peace with external HD DVD / Blu-ray drive (Engadget, 12/14/2007 8:05am) |
| Filed under: HDTV, Storage
Combo drives made specifically with computers in mind aren't unheard of or anything, but they're still a long ways from being a dime a dozen, so we figured it was worth the time to check out Addonics' latest. This peace maker plays back HD DVD, Blu-ray, DVD and CD, but it will only burn to the latter two; also, it's available with eSATA or eSATA / USB 2.0 interfaces ... (Read Full Article) |
| DIRECTV to Offer High-Definition Local Channels in Providence, Rhode Island This Fall; DIRECTV Continues to Expand Local HD Programming; Names 14 New HD Markets (Business Wire, 5/03/2006 12:51am) |
| EL SEGUNDO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 2, 2006--Continuing its drive to lead the industry in the delivery of HDTV to consumers, DIRECTV today announced that Providence, ... (Read Full Article) |
| Dell to offer Inspiron 1525 notebook with Blu-ray option (HDTV UK, 3/31/2008 9:33am) |
| Dell has announced that its Inspiron 1525 notebooks will now come with an
option to add an internal Blu-ray drive, Stateside at least, and be available
for under $900. There's no mention on Dell UK's product
page of such an option, but hopefully this will be added soon... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Sony exec targets 2007 for Cell processor expansion (Electronics Supply and Manufacturing, 4/13/2005 3:37pm) |
| BORDEAUX, France — Promising to "redefine the consumer experience," Fujio Nishida, executive vice president of Sony Corp., said new Cell processors for its third-generation PlayStation video game console will also drive Sony's home server and HDTV products in 2007. (Read Full Article) |
| Report: Apple ready to release new iMacs with Blu-ray (CNET News, 9/24/2009 8:08pm) |
| Apple may be ready to introduce a new iMac with an updated design and a Blu-ray optical drive. (Read Full Article) |
| DVRs will drive DVD adoption despite consumer confusion - report (Tom's Hardware Guide, 7/25/2005 6:12pm) |
| New York (NY) - Cable and satellite TV providers that pair digital video recorders (DVRs) with their services will boost DVR penetration to 47 percent of US households by 2010, and significantly boost consumer adoption of DTV, states a Jupiter Research report. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Shuttle Readies Stunning Media Centre (BIOS, 10/17/2005 10:39am) |
| Kiss your tape, CD, DVD, and even your receiver components goodbye. Shuttle's new media centre has a built-in TV-tuner, FM tuner, DVD drive, and 8-in-1 card reader to make enjoying media easier. Shuttle has today expanded its XPC product range with a new system ... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Blu-ray notebooks expected to have a big year in 2010 (CrunchGear, 9/29/2009 12:32pm) |
| Right now it's somewhat of a chore getting a Blu-ray-equipped notebook. That might change in 2010 though according to a report at Digitime. The report suggests something most of us already know that once the price drops on the slim Blu-ray drive - which will happen in the second half of 2010 - we will start seeing the option become standard. (Read Full Article) |
| Tiny new USB drive holds 2 GB (Contra Costa Times, 7/31/2006 10:11am) |
| USB drives are getting smaller but offering bigger capacity all the time. Now Sony is introducing the latest version of its Micro Vault line, the Tiny USB. Roughly one-half by one inch but wafer thin, the Micro Vault Tiny can hold up to 2 GB of data, which means about 500 MP3 songs or high-definition images, or up to five hours of MPEG video. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Blu-Ray and Xbox 360? It's possible, says Moore (Joystiq, 1/10/2006 10:05pm) |
| Filed under: PlayStation 3 , Xbox 360 With the announcement of an external HD-DVD drive for the Xbox 360, Microsoft looked to clearly choose sides in the format war. However, all is not black-and-white in the business, according to Peter Moore. In an interview with Japanese website ITmedia , Moore noted that, if the format war concluded with Blu-Ray as the clear winner, Microsoft ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | DTR-HD500 Freeview HD recorder on the way from TVonics (HDTV UK, 9/10/2010 4:11pm) |
| TVonics are today launching their first Freeview HD recorder, the DTR-HD500. With a 500GB hard-drive, the recorder squeezes in plenty of top-spec features at a reasonably affordable £279.99. These include: Trailer bookings - record a programme during its trailer.... (Read Full Article) |
| Report: High-Def Sales to Be Driven by Game Consoles, Not Formats (High-Def Digest, 10/12/2006 9:48pm) |
| Game consoles, not consumer interest in HD DVD or Blu-ray, will drive sales of the next-gen high-def market, says a new report by a leading industry research firm. According to new report "Interpreting... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Telewest plans DVR, HDTV launch for early 2006 (Digital Spy, 11/11/2005 6:21pm) |
| Telewest is to become the first operator to launch HDTV into the UK. The company has outlined plans for 'TV Drive', a new DVR product that will be available to all Telewest subscribers within the first quarter of 2006 and a "selected" number of customers next month. ... (Read Full Article) |
| TiVo Series3 and HD FINALLY get TiVoToGo, MRV, eSATA drive, other new features (Engadget, 10/23/2007 1:30pm) |
| Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment
TiVo let on that November was going to be the month that both TiVoToGo and Multi-Room Viewing became a reality, and now with only a week to go it's finally here. But that's not all TiVo's taken the occasion to announce: in addition to being able to stream shows between your TiVos (MRV) and copy programming from a TiVo to your PC (TiVoToGo), TiVo has also an ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 320GB PS3 and a year of Plus for $250 today on Amazon (Joystiq, 12/18/2012 3:30pm) |
| Amazon's Deal of the Day offers you a PS3 with instant access to way too many games, and a hard drive to put said overabundance of games onto. The [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Sony Opens 20th Sony Style Retail Store (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance, 9/28/2005 2:20pm) |
| With purchasing power among women rapidly increasing, a new Sony Style® retail store is opening at the fashion oriented Roosevelt Field shopping mall in Garden City, N.Y., encouraging consumers -- especially women -- to test-drive a variety of electronic devices. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Inteset Offers Blu-ray on Its Media Server Extender Devices (eHomeUpgrade, 3/12/2008 12:27am) |
| Inteset, LLC is now offering Blu-ray movie playback capabilities on its Vana VA6420-Si Advanced Extender product. The extender unit will play back Blu-ray content at a full 1080p resolution over DVI and HDMI interfaces. The Blu-ray drive will also be available in Inteset’s Vana VA6420-Sx Single Room solution.
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| (Unranked) | From Sony: Limited-Edition White PS3 Bundle Hits January 27th in North America With 1 Year of PS Plus (High-Def Digest, 1/18/2013 5:30pm) |
| Comes with a 500GB hard drive and a MSRP of $299.99. After producing a series of white PS3s for every territory other than North America, Sony finally relents with the latest PS3 bundle. The bundle [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Dish to enable external HDD use with its DVRs, use Ethernet to 'phone home' (Engadget, 8/09/2007 3:06pm) |
| Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment, StorageDish Network users (and the ones that are about to be), commence rejoicing. According to MultiChannel, the satellite television provider is readying its "USB External Storage" solution, which will dole out a software update that allows users of the ViP622 HD DVR to attach their own USB hard drive for storing content. Notably, this wonderful luxury wi ... (Read Full Article) |
| Agere releasing multimedia storage chip (Geek.com, 5/26/2005 3:13pm) |
| Finally a storage server I need at home... Agere recently set forth plans to launch a multimedia storage chip for consumer electronic devices. Any Geeks out there who have set up a HTPC (home theater PC) know that capturing a few hours of HDTV can really eat up hard drive space. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Digital Terrestrial TV Set Tops Ready for Blast Off (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 7/06/2005 12:01pm) |
| The worldwide retail value of all Digital Terrestrial TV Set Top Boxes will "blast off" during 2006, and power drive up to more than $10 billion during 2009, reports In-Stat . In a surprising twist, Australia currently leads the world for consumption of High Definition TV Digital Terrestrial Set Top boxes, with North America running in second place. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | The Xbox 360 has a New Design; It's Available Today (Kotaku, 6/10/2013 4:46pm) |
| The Xbox 360 has a new "smaller sleeker and quieter than ever" console design, available beginning today, said Microsoft. Specific features, such as hard drive size, were not [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Amazon discount code for Kindle Fire HD 8.9″ tablet (HD-Report, 12/10/2012 5:27pm) |
| Today only, Amazon is offering a deal on the Kindle Fire HD 8.9″ tablet. Use the promotional code FIREHD89 upon checkout to get $50 off either hard drive configuration. The normally priced 16GB model sells for $299 and the 32GB sells for $369. [...] (Read Full Article) |
| JVC unveils home cinema projector with 15,000:1 contrast (Digi Times, 11/30/2006 9:38am) |
| JVC Professional has expanded its D-ILA (direct drive image light amplifier) home theater projector line-up with the introduction of the high-definition (HD) DLA-RS1 projector, featuring its newly developed 0.7-inch full HD D-ILA device that achieves a native 15,000:1 contrast ratio without the need for dynamic iris or other artificial means of contrast enhancement, according to the company. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Shuttle introduces XPC G5 6801M Mini-PC media centre with Blu-ray (and HD DVD) playback (Tech Digest, 4/11/2008 7:08am) |
| Shuttle has introduced the XPC G5 6801M
Mini-PC, an AMD-powered media centre offered with LG's GGC-H20L drive
for playback of Blu-ray and (if you have any) HD DVD discs via the built-in
HDMI connection... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Samsung Introduces World’s First 3D V-NAND Based SSD, for Enterprise Applications (Business Wire, 8/16/2013 10:00pm) |
| SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., the world leader in advanced memory technology, today introduced the first solid state drive (SSD) based on its industry-leading 3D V-NAND technology. Samsung announced its new [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | AVCHD - Home Theater Term of the Week (About.com, 10/31/2012 10:00am) |
| AVCHD (Advanced Video Codec High Definition) is a high definition (HD) digital video camera recording format recording 1080i and 720p signals onto MiniDVD discs, MiniDV tape, Hard Drive, and digital ... (Read Full Article) |
| Sony to Deliver Digital Copy Direct from Blu-ray Disc (Home Media Magazine, 9/29/2009 12:57am) |
| Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Sept. 28 said going forward it would incorporate directly on a Blu-ray Disc the digital copy of a new-release movie playable on the PlayStation Portable (PSP). The digital file can be transferred from the disc to a PSP using the Blu-ray drive in a PlayStation 3. (Read Full Article) |
| HOF Racing pegs T. Labonte, Raines to drive (Nascar, 11/04/2005 2:18am) |
| JUSTIN, Texas -- Hall of Fame Racing, headed by former Dallas Cowboys quarterbacks Troy Aikman and Roger Staubach, announced Thursday at Texas Motor Speedway that Terry Labonte and Tony Raines will share driving duties for its No. 96 DLP HDTV Chevrolet in the Nextel Cup Series beginning with the 2006 Daytona 500. ... (Read Full Article) |
| NXE creating HDMI headaches for UK Xbox 360 owners? (Engadget, 11/21/2008 11:33pm) |
| The path to Netflix-enhanced glory hasn't been entirely trouble free for everyone, this time it's posters on AVForum noticing a distinct lack of audio on Xbox 360s connected to their HDTV by HDMI. So far suggested solutions for the afflicted include plugging in the hard drive while the system is on, or waiting several minutes before switching the monitor to HDMI, and repeating them every time th ... (Read Full Article) |
| Xbox 3260 Elite launches on August 24 (Personal Computer World, 7/11/2007 10:47am) |
| Microsoft has confirmed that the next generation of the Xbox 360 console, the Elite, will arrive in the UK on August 24. The new console will be the first to arrive in black, with wireless black controllers, a massive 120GB hard disk drive and a HDMI port for outputting full high definition video to HDTVs. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Classic Kung Fu Hits Blu-ray with 'Sister Street Fighter' Double Feature (High-Def Digest, 11/16/2007 5:00pm) |
| Move over, Bruce Lee: the distaff martial arts heroine Sister Street Fighter is coming to high-def this January in a Blu-ray double feature containing two of her biggest drive-in hits. One of the most...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/highdefdigestallnews/~4/185780516" height="1" width="1"/> ... (Read Full Article) |
| Sony underestimated 80GB PS3 demand (Joystiq, 4/03/2008 1:45pm) |
| Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Business
Sony America VP of marketing, Scott Steinberg, admits in an extensive interview with GameDaily that the company underestimated the demand for the 80GB PS3. He says the $100 extra for the 80GB model at $499 didn't seem "that big of a deal" to certain consumers. Beyond the price and obvious drive space difference, the 80GB enjoys backwards compatibility ... (Read Full Article) |
| Future MacBook Pros may come with in-built Blu-ray drive (Tech Digest, 3/03/2008 3:48pm) |
| Those rumourmongers over at AppleInsider suggest that built-in Blu-ray drives
could soon be a reality for Apple's MacBook Pro notebook computers. An
"insider" reckons that Apple are in talks with Sony to provide the hardware. If
reports are true, quality issues were to blame for delaying a Blu-ray launch
with the latest
line of MacBook Pros. We've been waiting a long time for Apple to tak ... (Read Full Article) |
| 1-Terabyte-Drive PCs Coming from Dell (PC World via Yahoo! News, 3/17/2007 12:00am) |
| Dell is the first computer system supplier to ship 1 terabyte (1,000 gigabytes) hard drives targeted at users needing to store large amounts of digital media. The higher capacity is particularly needed for storing video content, such as high-definition video. This will affect consumers first but then business, particularly media-related businesses and applications. It is a reversal of normal ... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | PlayStation 4's Blu-ray drive is 3x as fast as PS3's, PSN friends list cap raised, and other tidbits from Sony's GDC panel (Engadget, 3/28/2013 12:29am) |
| The PlayStation 4's new [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Toshiba Vardia RD-A301 HD-DVD HDD Recorder (I4U, 10/31/2007 4:29pm) |
| Toshiba announces the Vardia RD-A301 HD-DVD recorder with 300GB Hard-drive. Toshiba highlights that the Vardia RD-A301 can record HD video to standard DVD discs. The new DVR, HD DVD Vardia RD-A301, integrates HD Transcoder, which achieves longer ... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Buffalo MediaStation Blu-ray / HD DVD enters U.S. Q1 2008 (Engadget, 1/07/2008 4:54pm) |
| Filed under: CES, HDTV, Home Entertainment
Buffalo's external Blu-ray burning / HD DVD reading combo drive -- sequel to the BHC-6316U2 -- is coming to the U.S., now branded the Buffalo MediaStation Blu-ray HD DVD (BRHC-6316U2). Based on Hitachi's 6x burning / 4x reading GGW-H20N, its hitting American USB ports in the first quarter of this year with an MSRP of $649. Unlike the previous version's ... (Read Full Article) |
| LGE to launch PDP TV with built-in DVR at CeBIT (Digi Times, 3/07/2006 4:52am) |
| LG Electronics (LG) will launch a 42-inch PDP (plasma display panel) TV with built-in digital video recorder (DVR) at CeBIT 2006 in Hannover, Germany. The HD-ready TV incorporates an 80GB hard disc drive (HDD) and has the capability of storing up to 40 hours of digital standard-definition programming. Features include a brightness of 1500 cd/m2 and support for the high definition multimedia ... (Read Full Article) |
| Sony launches BWU-300S 8X Blu-ray disc writer (HDTV UK, 10/07/2008 2:00pm) |
| Just when you thought a Blu-ray writer with 6x write speed was impressive, Sony comes along with its internal BWU-300S Blu-ray drive that is theoretically capable of writing Blu-ray discs at up to eight times speed. I say theoretical, because the fastest media currently available only officially supports 6x burning. However, should the disc media cope with such blazing fast speeds (and Sony's tes ... (Read Full Article) |
| LSI Logic Integrates Digital Set-Top Functions Into DVD Recorder Processors for European Free-to-Air Market (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance, 9/05/2005 12:00pm) |
| Introducing their first single-chip DVD recorder system processors to support digital TV reception for DVD and Hard Disk Drive /DVD combo recorders, LSI Logic Corporation , a leader in innovative digital media processing technologies for the Digital Home, today announced its third-generation DoMiNo® 8623 and 8673 products. ... (Read Full Article) |
| PQI mPack 600, HDTV portable media player (Engadget, 10/21/2005 8:15pm) |
| Power Quotient International is a Taiwanese firm who will be releasing the “mPack P600†on November 12th in Japan. We’ve addressed the mPack 600 in the past — it’s a portable media player that features and integrated 20GB hard drive and 1.8-inch LCD. It can play MP3, WMA, AC3, M4A, WAV, and Ogg Vorbis audio files, and MPEG-1/2/4, DivX, XviD, and AVI video files. So why bring it up agai ... (Read Full Article) |
| Flat Panel Mania, Everything MP3 and Simple Surround Sound to Drive Consumer Electronics Holiday Sales (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance, 10/20/2005 8:55am) |
| Easy-to-install surround sound systems, flat panel TVs, compact audio systems and MP3 players will likely be in great demand this holiday season, according to the Audio/Video experts at Cambridge SoundWorks. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Philips Electronics Selects Lsi Logic For Full-Featured DVD Recorders (LinuxElectrons, 3/19/2005 4:58pm) |
| MILPITAS , Calif. LSI Logic (NYSE:LSI) will announce on Monday that Philips Electronics (NYSE:PHG) is utilizing LSI Logic DoMiNo® DVD recorder system processors for its line of recorders, including the single-drive DVD+RW recorder and VCR/DVD+RW recorder combo. (Read Full Article) |
| Mvisto DivX/ISO pocket media player reviewed (Engadget, 4/20/2005 4:35am) |
| I4U News has a review of the Mvisto DivX/ISO pocket media player, a screen-less device from MacPower & Tytech Technology. The device seems to be as straightforward as you could ask for — it’s basically just a 2.5-inch hard drive enclosure with the added benefit of Embedded Linux (v2.4 ucLinux) so you can manage the media on the Mvisto on your TV (it also comes with a remote). And it looks like (Read Full Article) |
| Western Digital adds networking capability to WD TV Live HD Media Player (Home Theater, 10/13/2009 11:24pm) |
| It was nearly a year ago when storage giant Western Digital rolled out its WD TV HD Media Player, which consisted of mostly a tiny box with a USB port and HDMI and composite-video output and a remote control. The idea was to attach your external hard drive to the device, then send your media [...] (Read Full Article) |
| JVC Victor announces three new 120Hz 1080p LCDs (Engadget, 5/24/2007 6:13pm) |
| Filed under: Displays, HDTVJVC is adding to the Victor line of LCDs with three new models, all of which include Clear Motion Drive 120Hz technology for the Full HD 1080p displays, and 10-bit panels for increased color reproduction capability. The LH805 series will also sport two HDMI 1.3 ports, JVC's 32-bit Genessa image processing chipset, and DLNA compatibility for home networking. The 47-inch ... (Read Full Article) |
| Fujitsu Chooses Sonic to Power Burning Capabilities in World's First Blu-ray Disc Equipped Desktop Personal Computer; Sonic's Roxio Software Included in Fujitsu's DESKPOWER TX95S/D With Blu-ray Disc Drive (Business Wire, 6/16/2006 10:30am) |
| NOVATO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 16, 2006--Sonic Solutions(R) (NASDAQ:SNIC), the leader in digital media software, announced today that its Roxio(R) Blu-ray Disc (BD) ... (Read Full Article) |
| Panasonic Blu-ray: Final Standards, not Lower Prices (TOYS and GADGETs | News | Reviews | Videos, 11/02/2007 6:33pm) |
| Panasonic Blu-ray: Final Standards, not Lower Prices [ Panasonic BD-30-5] It won't be the cheapest, but it'll have the most new features--including the Final Standard Profile--says Panasonic, introducing the $500 DMP-30 Blu-Ray player. Much of the rest of the high-def video crowd is headed downmarket. On Thursday Sony said it would drive Sony ... (Read Full Article) |
| LSI Logic Introduces HDTV DVD Recorder Processors in Advance of FCC Digital Tuner Mandate (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance, 12/05/2005 1:00pm) |
| Addressing the FCC mandate to drive the analog-to-digital television transition, LSI Logic Corporation , a leader in innovative digital media processing technologies for the Digital Home, today introduced the DoMiNo® 8633 and 8683 ATSC-compliant HDTV DVD recorder system processors. ... (Read Full Article) |
| 500gb High Definition Media Server for under $500 (Digg.com, 9/23/2006 2:07pm) |
| The recently announced Playengine IAMM NTD36HD media server retails for about $320. Just add a 500gb hard drive for about $180, and you've got a massive 1/2 terabyte high definition media server for under $500. The server has a wide variety of video and audio outputs and supports playback at resolutions up to 1920 x 1080, and 5.1 audio ... (Read Full Article) |
| CES 2009: Pioneer unveils new Blu-ray and upconverting DVD players, new AV receivers (HDTV UK, 3/12/2009 10:18am) |
| Pioneer has been showing off its latest range of Blu-ray players, upconverting DVD player, and AV receivers. First up is a new collection of advanced Blu-ray players, all capable of handling BD Live for advanced disc features. The BDP-120 and BDP-320 are aimed at consumers who want a simple high definition disc player right out of the box and come with 1GB of memory (either via a flash drive or in ... (Read Full Article) |
| CES 2009: Pioneer unveils new Blu-ray and upconverting DVD players, new AV receivers (Tech Digest, 1/09/2009 3:23pm) |
| Pioneer has been showing off its latest range of Blu-ray players, upconverting DVD player, and AV receivers. First up is a new collection of advanced Blu-ray players, all capable of handling BD Live for advanced disc features. The BDP-120 and BDP-320 are aimed at consumers who want a simple high definition disc player right out of the box and come with 1GB of memory (either via a flash drive or in ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Starplex Cinemas Announces The Hobbit in 3D to Be Presented in High Frame Rate (Business Wire, 12/08/2012 9:00pm) |
| CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Starplex Cinemas announces The Hobbit presented in 3D High Frame Rate screened in the new IDX auditorium. The theater is located at 5218 Silverberry Drive and can be reached at (214) 692-6494 or [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Off-brand Blu-ray players to sell for $150 this year (AfterDawn, 2/05/2009 4:53am) |
| According to a new DigiTimes report , the prices of white box (off-brand), entry-level Blu-ray players will drop to $150 USD during 2009, setting the stage for name brands such as Sony, Samsung and Panasonic to drop their prices, at least for entry-level players.
The report also adds that Lite-On IT, one of the world's largest optical drive makers, will enter into the Blu-ray standalone market ... (Read Full Article) |
| Toshiba planning HD-DVD notebook for April (InfoWorld, 3/07/2006 5:34pm) |
| ( InfoWorld ) - Toshiba is planning to launch its first laptop computer with an HD-DVD drive in Europe in April, the company said Tuesday. The Qosmio G30 laptop will also be available in Japan and North America at about the same time, said Oscar Koenders, general manager of marketing at Toshiba Europe's PC division. It will cost around the same as Toshiba's current Qosmio G20 notebook, ... (Read Full Article) |
| Motorola Brings Ultra-Broadband and IP Video Service Delivery Together to Drive Rich Personalized Consumer Experiences (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance, 3/20/2006 3:00pm) |
| Driving more personalized communications experiences for consumers, Motorola today unveiled converged technology solutions at TelecomNEXT that are able to seamlessly deliver data rich services, such as high-definition video, on-demand services, and unified cellular-landline voice communications. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Blu-ray Players to be Highest Volume Internet-enabled Electronic Devices by 2012 (I4U, 2/27/2008 3:35pm) |
| A new report from MultiMedia Intelligence says that Blu0ray players will be the highest volume consumer devices that are Internet-enabled by 2012. The end of the format war that resulted in Blu-ray being the new HD format standard is expected to drive this... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Amazon offering $50 credit to HD DVD adopters (Joystiq, 4/09/2008 10:00pm) |
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Amazon is joining the ranks of a few other retailers in offering a consolation prize to those who purchased an HD DVD player. Engadget HD has a letter from Amazon stating that customers who purchased an HD DVD player (including the Xbox 360 drive) prior to Feb. 23, 2008 are entitled to a $50 store credit. If you purchased an HD DVD player from Amazon b ... (Read Full Article) |
| LodgeNet Media Management System Helping Hampton Inn & Suites Drive Summer Marketing Campaign Into Hampton Guest Rooms (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance, 6/21/2005 11:34am) |
| LodgeNet Entertainment Corporation , the world's largest provider of interactive television and broadband solutions to hotels, is using its LodgeNet Media Management System to help Hampton Inn® and Hampton Inn & Suites® generate national in-room exposure for the Hampton Playland Sweepstakes, running now through August 12. ... (Read Full Article) |
| STMicroelectronics Introduces Very High Speed Video Amplifiers to Address HDTV, Professional Video and Medical Imaging (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance, 3/09/2006 3:23pm) |
| STMicroelectronics , a world leader in analog ICs, today announced the introduction of two new 300MHz amplifiers designed to drive very high-definition signals on 75-ohm video lines in high-end industrial and medical imaging systems, and in HDTV-enabled set-top boxes and DVD players. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Grande Communications Chooses Entrisphere to Drive Profitable Triple Play FTTH Network (PR Newswire via Yahoo! (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance, 5/02/2005 1:00pm) |
| Entrisphere and Grande Communications today announced that Grande is deploying Entrisphere\\\'s BLM 1500 Broadband Loop Multiplexer and BLM T100 Single Family Unit Optical Network Terminal to deliver profitable triple play services to Grande customers via fiber-to-the-home . ... (Read Full Article) |
| Eagle Broadband Announces Restructuring to Accelerate Revenue Growth (Business Wire via Yahoo! (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 5/13/2005 1:18pm) |
| Eagle Broadband , a leading provider of broadband, Internet protocol and communications technology and services, today announced the company has implemented a comprehensive corporate restructuring designed to reduce costs, focus company resources to drive top-line growth and position the company to be a leaner, more responsive competitor in the broadband, IP and communications markets. ... (Read Full Article) |
| NEWS: WD TV Live HD media player launches (Pocket-lint, 10/13/2009 1:25pm) |
Networked drive offers 1080p support
Western Digital has announced the launch of the WD TV Live HD media player, a revamp of a previous product this time round with networking capabilities as well as support for Full HD 1080p resolution.
WD says the new drive makes it easy to play HD videos stored on USB and network drives, from PCs and Macs, as well as stream content from websites on big screen HDTVs.
Boasting a "more responsive" interface than the previous WD TV HD media player, the Ethernet- and Wi-Fi-enabled new player comes complete with remote control, boasts internet radio, two USB ports, one HDMI port and SPDIF digital output.
The WD TV Live Media Player is available now on the high street, online, and at www.shopwd.co.uk for ?119.99.
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| Interface Controller drives HD flat panel displays. (ThomasNet, 6/06/2005 1:46pm) |
| Model SVH-1920 provides full-screen buffering, multi-panel support, and range of inputs including ARGB, DVI, and Video with upgrade path for HD-SDI connection. Board can drive TFT LCDs at resolutions from VGA to WUXGA, with full screen image expansion. Featuring High-Quality Advanced Scaling, with support for non-linear scaling modes, unit includes dual-channel TTL and dual LVDS transmitters for ... (Read Full Article) |
| "Hitman" first Blu-ray disc to feature "Digital Copy" version for mobile viewing (HDTV UK, 1/25/2008 8:00am) |
| Twentieth Century Fox has announced that it will launch its first Blu-ray film to include the "Digital Copy" feature recently touted by Apple.
Alongside the high definition version of "Hitman", viewable on any equipment with a Blu-ray drive, they will also include a standard definition version of the film on DVD which can be watched on a standard PC or a video iPod.
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| Sony NEC Optiarc: Blue-ray Disc drive prices to drop 50% by 2008 (Digi Times, 11/17/2006 5:24am) |
| By 2008, prices for Blu-ray Disc (BD) drives will drop 50% from current levels amid aggressive development by various related brands and makers, according to Shuji Minami, general manager, product business group of Sony NEC Optiarc. Minami also said the maker is not ruling out seeking new partners in Taiwan or placing more orders with existing Taiwan-based partners. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Tangerine Global Launches Five New HDTV Channels For Five-star Hospitality Industry (Hospitality Net, 6/25/2007 7:16pm) |
| Marina Del Rey, CA | Tangerine Global, the leader in high-definition television (HDTV) programming for the five-star hospitality marketplace, has announced a launch of five new HDTV channels. The channels offer the very best HD programming that appeals to the specific tastes of savvy travelers the world over. The five channels— Tangerine Green, Tangerine Alive, Tangerine Palate, Tangerine Drive, ... (Read Full Article) |
| Sony Delivers New Touch-Screen HD PC/TV (HDTV Magazine, 10/08/2009 1:36pm) |
Sony today unveiled its new touch-enabled, multi-media machine -- the VAIO® L Touch HD PC/TV.
With the VAIO L Series' multi-touch screen, easy access to your PC, HDTV, DVR -- your entire entertainment hub -- is readily at your fingertips.
Equipped with a 24-inch (diagonal) WUXGA (1920x1080) widescreen panel, the unit displays high-definition content in Full HD resolution.
Select models feature a Blu-ray Disc(TM) optical drive so you can enjoy high-definition movies. A rewritable BD drive...
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| National Semiconductor Samples First Dual 10-bit Color Transmit and Receive Chipset (PhysOrg, 4/19/2005 5:49pm) |
| Industry`s First Chipset Designed to Drive Full HDTV with Greater Than One Billion ColorsNational Semiconductor Corporation today introduced the industry`s most efficient interface for driving full high-definition televisions with greater than one billion colors. The DS90C3201 transmitter and DS90C3202 receiver is a transmit and receive chipset with a dual 10-bit LVDS (low voltage differential (Read Full Article) |
| Sony reveals new touch-enabled VAIO L series PC/HDTV (HD-Report, 10/08/2009 5:21pm) |
| Sony’s new VAIO L Series multi-media PC comes touch-enabled, allowing you to navigate your PC and control your HDTV or DVR. Optional features include a Blu-ray Disc player or player/recorder, NTSC/ATSC TV Tuner, and up to 1TB (7200rpm) hard disk drive.
The multi-media PC, which Sony is also marketing as a 24-inch HDTV, is built with [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Canon to launch HF11 and HF21 high definition camcorders in Japan (HDTV UK, 7/24/2008 9:00am) |
| Canon has announced that it will launch two new high definition camcorders to the Japanese market in late August, both priced the same but one featuring 32GB of flash memory and the other a 120GB hard drive. The lighter HF11 features the large 32GB memory store, giving up to 12 hours of HD footage when shooting in AVCHD, and nearly three hours in full 1080p quality. An additional SD card can doubl ... (Read Full Article) |
| Consumer Electronics Industry Leader Philips Electronics Selects LSI Logic for Full-Featured DVD Recorders (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance, 3/21/2005 1:00pm) |
| A leader in innovative digital media processing technologies for the Digital Home, LSI Logic Corporation today announced that Philips Electronics , a leader in consumer electronics, is utilizing LSI Logic DoMiNo® DVD recorder system processors for its line of recorders, including the single-drive DVD+RW recorder and VCR/DVD+RW recorder combo. (Read Full Article) |
| Blueado Announces the Very First Mini HDTV Media Center (PR Web, 6/06/2006 7:22am) |
| Blueado redefines what a mini media center should by introducing the worlds first mini media center with TV tuners, a 400 GB Hard Drive, and 2 gigabytes of memory standard. The Blueado HDTV Mini Media Center is the ideal home theater Media Center for anyone looking to add a sense of style and sophistication to their home theater. (PRWEB Jun 6, 2006) Trackback URI: ... (Read Full Article) |
| Disney Disappointed With Blu-ray Disc Movie Sales (About.com, 10/19/2009 12:26pm) |
| Although Blu-ray Disc player and Disc sales have been on a steady upward pace since the end of the Blu-ray/HD-DVD format war, growth has not been as robust as the previous DVD growth timeline.
Of course, the current state of the economy doesn't help as many have postponed consumer electronics-related purchases. However, the other wrinkle is that Blu-ray Disc releases of new films have actually done very well, but sales of classic and older films that were previously released on DVD aren't. That is to be expected; since all Blu-ray Disc players can also play DVDs, many consumers don't see the need to replace their existing DVD collections.
This is where Disney comes in. Apparently, recent Blu-ray editions of previously DVD released classic films that may already be in many consumer's collections aren't doing as well as expected. However, what Disney may be failing to also see is that their Blu-ray Disc releases carry much higher price tags than releases from some of the other studios, which further limits their purchase and replacement appeal. For more details and additional perspective, plus an interesting peek into the current state of the movie industry, check out the report from Business Week.
Related Story: A more optimistic view on Blu-ray Disc sales, including a positive opinion from a different Disney source - Blu-ray Disc Sales Way Up in 2009 (TV Predictions)Disney Disappointed With Blu-ray Disc Movie Sales originally appeared on About.com Home Theater on Monday, October 19th, 2009 at 12:26:39.Permalink | Comment | Email this (Read Full Article) |
| Advanced Powerline Technologies, Inc., Today Announces Component Supplier Secured for its LCD High Definition Digital (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 9/08/2005 1:54pm) |
| Advanced Powerline Technologies, Inc., announced today that it has secured its Component Supplier for its LCD High Definition Digital Televisions . After the representative from NEXGEN Mediatech, Inc. completed a tour of the factory located at ONE APT DRIVE, Woodward, Oklahoma, and other support facilities around the area, Advanced Powerline Technologies, Inc., Chairman and CEO Jack Lin secured ... (Read Full Article) |
| New LG High Definition Plasma TV Has Built-In Seagate Hard Drive (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance, 10/05/2005 11:59am) |
| As hard drives continue to enable rapid consumer adoption of richer entertainment recording and storage capabilities, Seagate Technology announced today that leading consumer electronics manufacturer LG Electronics has integrated Seagate hard drives into the world's first plasma integrated High-Definition televisions with a built-in high-definition digital video recorder . ... (Read Full Article) |
| Addonics Unveils Unique Portable Blu-ray and DVD/RRW Drives With Built-in eSATA and USB Interface (Business Wire, 8/26/2009 12:01pm) |
| SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Addonics Technologies (www.addonics.com) today announced the Pocket Blu-ray/DVDRW and the Pocket DVD-RRW drive. They are believed to be the first portable optical drives with built-in eSATA and USB interface. The Pocket Blu-ray/DVDRW is a portable Blu-ray player, DVD player and burner that comes with the extremely fast eSATA and the ubiquitous USB 2.0 interface. With the Blu-ray player, you can turn a notebook or desktop computer into a high definition cinema a (Read Full Article) |
| Sharp AQUOS LC-37GP1U 37″ Gaming LCD HDTV $1389.97 Shipped Free at OneCall.com (Deals, Coupons, News and Reviews on Toys, Gadgets, Electronics, Computers : Toy Tracker, 11/21/2007 4:01am) |
| [IMG Sharp AQUOS LC-37GP1U 37in LCD HDTV]OneCall.com curently has the Sharp AQUOS LC-37GP1U 37″ Gaming LCD HDTV on sale for a low $1389.97 with Free Shipping after using Coupon Code: HOLIDAY07 (Enter code at checkout to see discount, Expires 11/24/07). Full HD 1080p (1920 x 1080) Resolution Built-in ATSC / QAM / NTSC Tuners Vyper Drive game mode eliminates perceptible lag between game console a ... (Read Full Article) |
| KODAK Theatre HD Player Gets YouTube in HD, a Video Portal, and RSS News Feed Support (eHomeUpgrade, 8/04/2009 4:23am) |
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Back at CES earlier this year the KODAK Threatre HD Player was getting some rave reviews for its easy setup and ability to smoothly playback high quality media content from a PC, external USB hard drive, or flash card on an HDTV — plus, the nifty RF gyroscopic remote sealed the deal for many enthusiasts. [...] (Read Full Article) |
| NEWS: Seagate FreeAgent Theater+ HD media player launches (Pocket-lint, 9/17/2009 1:06pm) |
Along with FreeAgent DockStar network adapter
Seagate has announced the launch of the new FreeAgent Theater+ HD media player, described as the "next generation home theatre solution designed to instantly and easily connect your digital media library to your home entertainment system".
The player has a docking system that offers a quick and easy way to connect Seagate external hard drives to televisions or home entertainment centres.
With what's said to be an easy to navigate interface and supplied remote control, movies, videos, music and images can then be viewed on a large-screen TV with support for 1080p HD video, DTS 2.0 + Digital Out, and Dolby Digital technology.
There's also two additional USB ports for connecting other USB storage devices and an Ethernet port for network connectivity.
The Seagate FreeAgent Theater+ HD media player is available now for $149.99 (?90 as a direct translation), with a wireless adapter due to be available in October as a separate accessory through Seagate.com for $69.99 (?42).
In addition, Seagate has also announced the FreeAgent DockStar network adapter, that will connect a FreeAgent Go portable hard drive to a network, giving access to its content from anywhere in or outside of the home (with the Pogoplug service), as well as allowing for file sharing.
"In a matter of minutes a drive can become accessible through any Internet connected computer, as well as through an innovative iPhone application", says Seagate.
The FreeAgent DockStar network adapter is available now for $99.99 (?60). The Pogoplug service for remote access and sharing, is free for a year, then $29.99 per year afterwards.
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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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| Does the Samsung Instinct HD really shoot HD video? (Consumer Reports, 10/08/2009 7:02pm) |
| The Samsung Instinct HD. [PHOTO courtesy of Samsung] The Samsung Instinct HD, available from Sprint for $250 with a two-year contract after a $100 mail-in rebate, is the first cell phone we've seen that claims to make high-definition video recordings. It also boasts a 5-megapixel still camera with flash. That camera is a step up from the flashless, 2-megapixel camera found on previous Instincts, also from Sprint, including the S30 version now in our Ratings, available to subscribers. We’re evaluating the Instinct HD now, and will post full test results on it to our Ratings later this month. Meantime, our initial results on its imaging are promising, albeit with a few quibbles. The new Instinct’s camera is easy to access, thanks to a dedicated camera button, conveniently located on the lower right side of the phone. Pushing the button activates the camera’s still mode. Tapping a camera icon on the upper left of the largish (1.78 x 2.66 in.) display switches the camera to video mode. Tapping again summons controls for auto-focus, exposure, and other camera functions. The Instinct HD claims it can record video resolution of 1280 x 720p, which is a true HD format—although, as we often point out, HD format alone does not assure images of pristine, high-definition quality. To assess quality, we shot a series of videos on the Instinct and hooked it up to a 50-inch Panasonic plasma television using the optional ($30) HDMI cable. Our findings: Color was good in the MPEG4 videos, though they lacked fine detail and texture. They blurred even more when we panned the camera to the left or right. In short, they couldn’t rival the image quality you’d enjoy from full-sized HD camcorders in our Ratings, available to subscribers. But such camcorders are much bigger and pricier than the Instinct HD, and do nothing except shoot video and stills. The high-def video quality of the Instinct was comparable to what you’d get from a standard-definition pocket camcorder, such as the Flip. And that's still way ahead of the video we've seen any other camera phone. A few details and quibbles: The HDMI cable has a proprietary connector that works only with the Samsung HD, so you may have trouble finding a replacement if it's lost while you're on vacation. You can't use the cable for showing stills on your TV. If your TV has an SD memory-card slot, you can play photos and videos off of the phone's 4GB microSD memory card (the phone comes with an SD memory card adaptor). Unfortunately, accessing the card is a pain. You have to open the phone's back cover and remove the battery, which shuts off the phone. And the still-image performance of the Instinct? Pictures were sharp and well-defined, with good color overall on the TV screen, though shots taken in low light still looked dark—even with the flash. Camera controls were fairly responsive for a phone, with an acceptable next-shot delay. Our photo engineers are currently giving the Instinct HD's... (Read Full Article) |
| Pioneer BDR-205 Blu-ray Drive for PCs Unveiled (I4U, 10/01/2009 1:00pm) |
| The first Blu-ray burner for desktop computers that I got my hands on a few years back was well over $1000. Today you can buy a computer with a Blu-ray player for about the same amount. Pioneer has unveiled a new Blu-ray burner for desktop computers called...
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| Sony VAIO L Touch HD PC/TV Unveiled (I4U, 10/08/2009 6:33am) |
| Have you always wanted to touch your TV? Now you can Sony unveiled the new touch-enabled multi-media TV VAIO L Touch HD PC/TV.
Features of Sony VAIO L Touch HD PC/TV can include (depending on choices) 24-inch full HD screen, Blu-ray drive/burner, ATSC T...
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| Blu-ray Gets Big Boost From Sony, Best Buy, and Apple (About.com, 9/28/2009 10:00am) |
| For those that are still Blu-ray doubters, the trend is against you. Blu-ray has not only been on a continuous growth pattern despite the current lackluster economy, but may experience substantially increased growth as a result of four new developments.
First: The large number of Blu-ray Disc players introduced at the recent CEDIA EXPO from both mainstream and niche-brand manufacturers.
Second: Sony has revealed that its new Playstation 3 Slim (which has a built-in Blu-ray Disc player) has sold more than 1 million units since it was released on September 1st.
Third: Apple is finally jumping on the Blu-ray bandwagon with an announcement that it will be including a Blu-ray Disc drive in its upcoming series of iMacs.
Fourth: Best Buy has announced that it will be marketing a new line of its Insignia-brand LCD TVs that will include built-in Blu-ray Disc players; just in time for the 2009 Christmas and Winter Holiday Season.
For more details on these developments, check out the reports from Channel Web, CNET, and High Def Digest. (Read Full Article) |
| News From CEDIA 2009: JVC Announces First Blu-ray Disc Recorders For U.S., Sort Of... (About.com, 9/10/2009 11:00pm) |
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In an anncouncement that created some brief excitement at CEDIA, JVC introduced the first Blu-ray Disc recorders available in the U.S. market at a press conference early Thursday morning. However, the excitement was very short-lived when the actual details were revealed.
The new JVC Blu-ray disc recorders cannot, I repeat, cannot record high definition television programming, either from over-the-air (there is no built-in tuner or RF input), cable, or satellite; there are no HDMI or Component video inputs for recording hi-def video, only standard definition composite and S-Video.
However, each recorder comes equipped with a either a 250GB or 500GB hard drive and can record either standard or hi-def content from SD Cards and digital camcorders via USB or Firewire interface. The target market for these recorders is not the mainstream consumer, but video editors and related professionals.
The SR-HD1250 is priced at $1,995 and the SR-HD1500 is priced at $2,550. Both units will be sold through JVC's professional division. For more details, check out the Official Announcement from JVC. Photos (c) Robert Silva - Licensed to About.com - Click on photos for larger view. (Read Full Article) |
| New Sony AV Receivers Drive Multi-Room High-Definition Throughout the Home (HDTV Magazine, 9/10/2009 5:16am) |
Sony today introduced two new "Elevated Standard" (ES) audio/video receivers, including its first to offer control over an IP network, the STR-DA5500ES.
Both the STR-DA5500ES and new STR-DA3500ES are designed as easy-to-use solutions for expanding high-definition entertainment to multiple rooms of the home.
The new STR-DA5500ES model features...
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| New Blu-ray player Ratings: Lower prices, more features (Consumer Reports, 10/09/2009 4:03pm) |
| In our largest test of Blu-ray players so far, we found that satisfying picture quality has become almost a given, while features and price vary considerably. You can pay as little as $160 for a recommended model or as much as $500, depending on the capabilities, bells and whistles you’re willing to pay for. Portability commands top dollar. The first portable Blu-ray player we’ve tested, the Panasonic DMP-B15, is priced at $700. Our latest Blu-ray player Ratings (available to subscribers) include 27 models that have a few features in common. All have BonusView, a picture-in-picture feature that lets you view additional content in a smaller window while a movie is playing, and all can upconvert standard DVDs to quasi-HD resolutions. Only a handful of the players, mostly priced at $300 and up, have BD-Live, a feature that allows the player to access directors’ commentaries, deleted scenes, games, and more from the movie studio’s servers. Other models are BD-Live-ready. These players, all priced at $200 and up, have the required Ethernet connection, but need additional memory (typically a 1GB USB flash drive, which costs $10 to $15) for the BD-Live feature to work. Another feature showing up on some of the higher-priced models is the ability to stream movies from online services such as Netflix and Amazon Video On Demand, or receive music streams from Internet radio stations such as Pandora. And more players now have USB ports or SD card slots, so you can play digital photos, music and even videos on your TV. One model, a Panasonic, has a built-in VHS player, a space-saving option for those who still watch tapes. Again, you’re not likely to find these features on the lowest-priced players. We expect prices to drop over the next several months, especially during November’s Black Friday shopping period. Rumors suggest we’ll see the first $100 model. So keep checking back here for updates. —James K. Willcox (Read Full Article) |
| NEWS: Blu-ray not coming to Xbox 360... yet (Pocket-lint, 10/23/2009 8:30am) |
Ballmer got it wrong
Kids, Steve Ballmer is lying to you. Yesterday we brought you the news, straight out of the man's mouth, that the Xbox 360 would be getting Blu-ray accessories. Today, Microsoft's PR team has swung into action to try and say they don't exist without explicitly saying "Ballmer was talking out of his arse".
Instead, a Microsoft spokesperson said: "Steve was referring to Blu-ray accessories for the PC.?As we have said in the past, we have no plans to introduce a Blu-ray drive for the Xbox 360. In fact, the future of home entertainment starts this fall when Xbox 360 becomes the first and only console to offer instant-on 1080p streaming HD movies".
Given that Ballmer was responding to a question about the Xbox and said "You'll be able to get Blu-ray drives as accessories", we doubt that accessories for the PC had anything to do with what he was saying. More likely Microsoft is trying to firefight some of the damage that Ballmer caused with the casual statement.
We wouldn't be surprised at all if Blu-ray accessories arrived for the console, particularly if Blu-ray movies begin to sell in reasonable numbers at some point. Microsoft just isn't ready to announce that yet.
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| California to ban energy-hungry HDTVs? (AfterDawn, 9/19/2009 4:04am) |
According to the LATimes, the California Energy Commission is actively considering banning sales of "energy-hungry" HDTVs, setting a new efficiency standard that will help offset the massive energy use in the state.
If the proposal goes through, sales of all non energy-efficient models will be banned by 2011 and even more strict standards will occur in 2013.
The public has a 45-day period to comment on the proposal, beginning Monday, and approval goes to vote in November. If approved, California's electricity consumption will drop enough to save $8.1 billion USD in 10 years.
If approved, the Consumer Electronics Association says about 25 percent of all HDTVs available will have to be removed from store shelves. The group also notes that any would-be customer could simply drive over a state and buy a non-restricted TV if they choose to however.Permalink | Comments
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| NEWS: Toshiba Qosmio X500 Blu-ray laptop announced (Pocket-lint, 9/23/2009 3:12pm) |
18.4-inch multimedia monster
Toshiba has announced the launch of the Qosmio X500 boasting a "sleek, glossy black chassis, backlit keyboard and LED-feathertouch controls".
Powered by Intel's latest Quad Core processors and the latest nVIDIA GeForce graphics, the Qosmio X500 claims to deliver "a realistic gameplay experience with intense visuals, vibrant environments and dynamic character effects".
With an 18.4-inch TruBrite Full HD LCD screen with 16:9 aspect ratio at a resolution of 1920x1080 pixels, Harman Kardon stereo speakers, a rewritable Blu-ray drive, the X500 appears, on paper at least, to be an entertainment powerhouse.
It also gets Toshiba's Resolution+ upscaling technology, that sees standard definition DVDs and video files upconverted to "near high definition" quality.
Other features include an "HD" webcam, a multi-touch touch pad, fingerprint reader, face recognition, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.1, eight touch-sensitive multimedia buttons, up to 4GB RAM, 1TB HDD, three USB ports all of which offer "Sleep-and-Charge" tech, REGZA-Link HDMI-CEC and a 5-in-1 card reader.
The Qosmio X500 will be available in the UK from late October - no pricing revealed, but it's gonna be steep.
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| LG Blu-ray player adds VUDU support (AfterDawn, 9/10/2009 5:46pm) |
LG has announced that their BD390 Blu-ray player will now support VUDU video streaming, following a firmware update.
VUDU offers over 2200 movies and TV shows in SD or 1080p HD and 5.1-channel audio.
The player now supports Netflix, VUDU, CinemaNow and YouTube.
The BD390 has been applauded for fast loading times, 1GB of onboard memory, as well as its ability to play DivX video files off a USB drive.
The BD player retails for $379.99 USD from most retailers.
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| Sony's big plans for OLED HDTVs may slip to next year (Engadget, 8/17/2009 11:04pm) |
Hope you weren't too attached to the idea of "medium to large" sized OLED HDTVs coming from Sony this year, according to the Wall Street Journal's sources, the company's slipping share of TV sales mean profitability takes precedence over sweet, super slim new displays. Surprised by its inability to sell truckloads of $2,500 11-inch versions CEO Howard Stringer decided to put the project on the back burner, apparently more focused on things like competing in Wal-Mart and implementing cheaper LED technology for its LCDs. With LG also on a timetable that puts us a year or more away from seeing one of these on store shelves in decent sizes, things are up to Samsung to bring it home -- we're waiting.Filed under: HDTVSony's big plans for OLED HDTVs may slip to next year originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 17 Aug 2009 18:04:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments (Read Full Article) |
| Create disc with all Windows Updates - Save YouTube HD videos (AfterDawn, 9/13/2009 10:27pm) |
We've been working on updating some of our stone-age guides (yes, we get the complaints ;-) ) and adding a few new ones as well, for anyone who is interested. Decided just to mention a couple here that were written as a result of recommendation. The first one uses a freeware utility to download Windows Updates for any Windows OS after 2000 (not 7 just yet), make an ISO and burn to disc.
The disc (or alternatively USB) will provide an automated install then on a Windows machine. It's a very useful program if computer repairs are part of your business. It also can download all updates for Microsoft Office 2000, XP, 2003 or 2007 and automate the installation.
Read: Create DVD with all Windows & Office Updates
The second is just an update to a simple guide for saving YouTube videos to your hard drive. I had been asked about saving YouTube HD videos and remembered a simple JavaScript bookmark I had set just to do that, so I added it as a second page to the guide. I looked for the original source but found it has been scattered pretty far across the Internet, so I couldn't find it anymore (so kudos, whoever you are).
Read: How to save YouTube videos (incl. HD) to HDD
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| Microsoft denies Blu-ray on Xbox 360 (AfterDawn, 10/25/2009 9:18pm) |
Earlier this week we reported that Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer made comments that implied that the company would be bringing Blu-ray accessories to the Xbox 360.
At the time, the notoriously tongue-tied Ballmer had said: "Well I don't know if we need to put Blu-ray in there -- you'll be able to get Blu-ray drives as accessories."
The company has since released a statement denying the rumor and adding that Ballmer was speaking instead of PC accessories.
"During an interview yesterday, Steve Ballmer was asked about Blu-Ray and the Xbox 360. I wanted to clear something up. Steve was referring to Blu-Ray accessories for the PC. As we have said in the past, we have no plans to introduce a Blu-Ray drive for the Xbox 360. In fact, the future of home entertainment starts very soon when Xbox 360 becomes the first and only console to offer instant-on 1080p streaming HD movies. With a library of thousands of TV shows and movies to choose from, Xbox 360 owners can instantly watch the movies they want, when they want, in the highest form of high definition," says the post on MajorNelson.
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| NEWS: Philips BDP7500s and 9500 Blu-ray players get colourful (Pocket-lint, 9/03/2009 10:47am) |
New players with all the usual bells and whistles
Philips has announced two new Blu-ray players at IFA in Berlin as it continues to push ahead with the format that has trebled in popularity in the last year.
The new BDP7500 will be housed in an "real" aluminum (we not sure what fake aluminum is) and offer full HD 1080p at 24 fps for cinema-like images.
The players will also get DivX Ultra for enhanced playback of DivX media files, DVD video upscaling to 1080p via HDMI for near-HD images, and Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD MA for HD 7.1 surround sound. BD-Live (Profile 2.0), and USB drive connectivity complete the package.
A rather niche technology also included is subtitle shift allowing you to change the location of the subtitles on screen.
The players themselves will come with touch sensitive controls and for the design conscious three different colours; blue, red and black.
No word on pricing, but expect the devices to hit the UK early next year.
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| New Ratings: Blu-ray players now on CRO (Consumer Reports, 8/05/2009 3:30pm) |
| We’ve just posted our latest high-def Blu-ray Ratings (available to subscribers), and we’re happy to report that almost all the models tested can provide excellent HD and DVD picture quality. In fact, all the models in our Ratings offered excellent high-definition performance, though we did see some differences in how well players handled upconverted film-based programs from standard DVDs. In addition to models from familiar brands, such as LG, Panasonic, Samsung, and Sony (whose products we’ve previously reviewed), our latest Ratings include the first Blu-ray players from JVC, Sherwood, and Oppo (pictured), a smaller company whose upconverting DVD players earned strong word-of-mouth among the A/V enthusiast community. Check our Ratings to see how well these newcomers did compared to second- and third-generation models from other brands. With satisfying HD picture quality now almost a given, it’s primarily features that differentiate one player from another. For example, while almost all the new models in our Ratings are BD-Live (or BD-Live-ready) players—meaning they can connect to the Internet to access extra content, such as outtakes, additional directors', or actors' commentaries, or even video games, from a movie studio’s servers—some older models lack this feature. All the players in our test have BonusView, a picture-in-picture feature that lets you view additional content in a smaller window while the movie is playing. We’re also seeing more Internet-connected players that can now directly access instantly streaming movies from services such as Netflix or Amazon Video on Demand, or music from streaming Internet radio services such as Pandora. Some models offer wireless access to a home network so you don’t need to have a wired Ethernet jack near the player. Although we have seen Blu-ray prices fall since our last test, the addition of these new features has tempered the types of price drops we initially envisioned. As a result, you can still expect to pay $350 to $500 for a top-rated, BD-Live model from a major brand. A less expensive option is to choose a “BD-Live-ready†model; prices typically start at about $250. These players come with an Ethernet connection, but require you to purchase additional memory (typically a 1GB USB flash drive, which costs $10 to $15) to activate the BD-Live feature. But if you can live without BD-Live, you can save money by choosing one of the BonusView-only players, which typically sell for $200 or less. But we do anticipate prices dropping this fall, even on full-featured models from major brands, as manufacturing efficiencies come into play and brands compete for market share. We’ll be tracking Blu-ray prices over the next several months, especially during November’s Black Friday shopping period, when rumors suggest we’ll see the first $100 model. So keep checking back here for updates. Also, we recently changed our Blu-ray testing protocol, adding scores for Blu-ray disc load times and remote control operations. With so many players offering excellent picture quality, we’ll continue to adapt our Ratings to include new features or attributes that will help buyers differentiate among the choices.—James... (Read Full Article) |
| Mitsubishi unveils REAL line of Blu-ray burning, super upconverting LCDs (Engadget, 8/20/2009 3:52pm) |
Providing some competition for Sharp's DX series, Mitsubishi has taken the wraps off of its REAL Series LCD HDTVs, including a set with built-in hard drives and Blu-ray recorders, plus a few more that lack the recording, but throw in super resolution upconversion that claims to make even the worst SD look better than ever. Even if that's just hype, we hope it fares better than the company's ill-fated 120Hz processing. The 37- (1080p) and 32-inch (720p) BHR300 models feature their disc drives in the stand, rather than back-mounted approach of the AQUOS, plus 320GB HDDs, SDHC slot, plus i.LINK and USB connectors that let owners edit video from a camcorder on the TV before saving to disc or hard drive. The MZW300 models are all 1080p, in 40-, 42- and 52-inch sizes, with Diamond Engine Pro IV HD super resolution tech, the latest and most power efficient Diamond panel with 20,000:1 contrast ratio, built in 5.1 Dolby Digital decoder, virtual surround speakers and a talking program guide feature. These hit shelves in Japan in late October ranging in price from ¥350,000 ($3,705) for the LCD-52MZW300 to ¥200,000 ($2,117) for the LCD-32BHR300.Filed under: Displays, HDTV, Home EntertainmentMitsubishi unveils REAL line of Blu-ray burning, super upconverting LCDs originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 20 Aug 2009 10:52:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments (Read Full Article) |
| In the CR Test Labs: New LCD, plasma HDTVs (Consumer Reports, 8/04/2009 2:55pm) |
| The latest batch of televisions in the CR TV lab includes the new 46-inch Sony Bravia LCD. While many of us are gearing up for summer vacations, CR’s TV engineers are still hard at work testing more LCD and plasma TVs. Among this latest group are models with full-array LED backlights, and several 240Hz sets that take aim at reducing motion blur. We’re also looking at some new Toshiba models that will be the first to include Dolby Volume, a volume-leveling technology that attempts to minimize differences in loudness when you switch channels or when commercials come on. Here are the models currently being tested in our TV labs: LCD TVs Hitachi L26D103: This 26-inch 720p (1366x768) set is a TV/DVD combo with an integrated standard DVD player, headphone jack, and a built-in sleep timer. Hitachi L32A403: This 32-inch 720p (1366x768) set from Hitachi has four HDMI inputs, and comes with a swivel stand. JVC LT-46J300: This 46-inch 1080p LCD from JVC has the company’s TeleDock integrated iPod dock. LG 55LH90: This 55-inch 1080p LCD TV from LG is a high-featured model that has full-array LED backlights with local dimming, and the company’s TruMotion 240Hz technology, which combines a 120Hz refresh rate with a scanning backlight. It’s also a THX-certified set. Oddly for a higher-priced set, it doesn’t include access to LG’s NetCast Internet service. Magnavox 42MF439B/F7: Earlier this year Philips handed over the manufacturing and marketing of its Philips- and Magnavox-brand TVs in the U.S. to Funai, which also controls the Sylvania brand. This Magnavox, among the first TVs we've seen as part of the deal, is a lower-priced 42-inch 1080p LCD model that can play back digital photos and music stored on a USB flash drive. Philips 32PFL3504D: This 32-inch 720p (1366x768) set, available at mass merchants, warehouse clubs, regional dealers, and online retailers, is fairly low-priced for a major brand and includes a set-up assistant that uses an onscreen wizard to personalize settings. RCA L46FHD37R: A lower-cost 46-inch 1080p LCD, sold at Best Buy, Costco, Sam’s Clubs, and other retailers, that include a light sensor that automatically adjusts contrast to room light conditions. Samsung LN52B750: This 52-inch 1080p LCD from Samsung has new Touch of Color cosmetics (charcoal gray) and the company's Auto Motion Plus 240Hz technology that actually quadruples the TV’s frame rate. It also includes the company’s [email protected] Internet service, which uses Yahoo widgets to access online content, which will soon include instant movies from Blockbuster. Also comes with some preloaded content, such as recipes and games. It can wirelessly connect to a home network via an optional USB wireless dongle. Sharp Aquos LC-52E77UN: This 52-inch 1080p LCD from Sharp features a new design, 120Hz technology and has five HDMI inputs, the most we’ve seen. Sharp Aquos LC-C4067UN: This value-priced Aquos is a 40-inch 1080p LCD sold via the warehouse clubs. Sony Bravia KDL-46Z5100: This pricey 46-inch Sony LCD has Sony’s Motionflow 240Hz technology, which actually quadruples the TVs frame rate, plus the Bravia’s widget-based... (Read Full Article) |
| Sony announces new PS3 Slim, coming first week of Sept. (Update: now with pics!) (Joystiq, 8/18/2009 7:20pm) |
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We know, we're as shocked as you are! Sony has used the GamesCom stage in Cologne to announce the oh-so-tiny PS3 Slim. The good news is that the system sports both a slimmer form factor (33 percent smaller, 36 percent lighter and 34 percent less power use) a 120GB hard drive and the tidy price tag of $299. It boasts all the same features as the current PS3, which means still no backwards compatibility with your PS2 games.
If you've been holding off on buying a chunkier PS3 until the inevitable release of its slimmer little brother, your wait will finally end in September.
Gallery: PlayStation 3 SlimSony announces new PS3 Slim, coming first week of Sept. (Update: now with pics!) originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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