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What's the use of providing the largest and most advanced plasma displays in the world if you don't offer your customers a video signal source to match? Well, looks like Panasonic is keen to provide a complete and comprehensive home-entertainment solution, since, besides the huge widescreen PDPs it has been... |
5 September 2008
13:31 GMT |
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Since this year's CEDIA expo in Denver is in full swing, it's no wonder that the biggest names in the A/V industry are coming out with their latest and most advanced products to date. And that's also the case with Pioneer, which has just unveiled its Elite BDP-09FD flagship Blu-ray Disc player, which i... |
5 September 2008
03:41 GMT |
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Although Sony has announced/launched its fair share of products lately, it would really seem that it is keen on delivering a specific model for just about any tiny niche of the CE market. For this reason, the Japanese company has just "unwrapped" at CEDIA 2008 its BDP-S5000ES Blu-ray player, a multimedia playback pow... |
4 September 2008
15:11 GMT |
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When 2008 started, everyone hoped to see a conclusion of the next-generation DVD format war between Toshiba's HD DVD and Sony's Blu-ray. In the end, Blu-ray has officially won this "battle," with Toshiba admitting defeat and moving on to other segments of the CE market. However, this victory might be relati... |
4 September 2008
14:41 GMT |
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According to a Sony representative, the Blu-ray disc may be considered the final optical disc format that will be developed. The idea is not that there will be no more physical media for content, but the other way around: the new advances in the Blu-ray technology will allow it to keep its crown for quite a long... |
3 September 2008
04:22 GMT |
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A week ago, we were reporting that an upcoming Blu-ray player from Samsung, then dubbed BD-P2550, had appeared on BestBuy's website, which meant that an official announcement from the Korean manufacturer was bound to follow shortly. And it looks like Samsung didn't want to keep us waiting for too long, sinc... |
29 August 2008
14:22 GMT |
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What's the first thing that comes to mind when hearing the name "Yamaha"? Probably a very fast and aggressive Japanese motorcycle, or at least that's the case with yours truly. However, the company is also one of the best-known names on the A/V product market, since it has come up with a very solid lineup ... |
27 August 2008
16:16 GMT |
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Even if we live in the age of high-definition television and the DVD has been around for a very long time, the truth of the matter is that there are still quite a lot of people out there who are not willing to give up on their collection of old VHS tapes just yet. And for this particular (but seemingly, quite popular... |
26 August 2008
15:41 GMT |
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Digg's Kevin Rose, who has been the source of several Apple-related rumors for quite a while, has recently posted a blog entry, as well as a YouTube video, talking about Apple's plans with the iPod line, the iTunes media player and the upcoming version of Leopard, Mac OS X 10.5.6 (aka Snow Leopard), MacRumo... |
25 August 2008
03:38 GMT |
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Sony's victory in the format war against Toshiba's HD DVD format should have marked a whole new era of prosperity for the Japanese consumer electronics giant, since, at least theoretically, its sales of standalone Blu-ray units should have skyrocketed. Nevertheless, it would seem that things aren't exa... |
25 August 2008
03:22 GMT |
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One of the side effects of Blu-ray's victory over HD DVD in the format war has been the fact that the manufacturers of standalone players were relieved of the pressure of coming up with new and improved models at a very fast pace. But even if the rate of launches has somewhat diminished, we keep seeing new Blu-r... |
22 August 2008
15:51 GMT |
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Since Blu-ray has officially won the format war earlier this year and camcorders capable of recording onto optical media are not exactly a great novelty, Hitachi has decided to put two and two together and launched its DZ-BD10HA Blu-ray Disc Hybrid Camcorder, a device capable of recording high-quality videos directly... |
12 August 2008
02:23 GMT |
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Samsung, a worldwide leading consumer electronics manufacturer, has recently announced that it will expand its home theater in a box (HTiB) systems equipped with Blu-ray players. The offer will now include an additional HTiB, which will begin shipping next month. With the new product, Samsung's offer will includ... |
24 July 2008
10:20 GMT |
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It seems that, at long last, Microsoft has made up its mind regarding the addition of a Blu-ray player to the Xbox 360 gaming console. And the final answer, straight from the mouth of Shane Kim, one of the most important Xbox 360 spokesmen for the Redmond based company, is that there's no chance of ever seeing a... |
17 July 2008
18:06 GMT |
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MCE Technologies has introduced the 6X Blu-ray Recordable Drive for Mac Pro and Power Mac. Blu-ray Discs are able to record some 25GB of data on their single-layer version, and 50GB on the dual-layer version, and they are the next-generation in optical disc storage."The MCE Technologies 6X Blu-ray Internal Recordable... |
7 July 2008
11:00 GMT |
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In the world of optical media, the Blu-ray format is undoubtedly the future market standard. The technology is bound to improve and this can only mean one thing: users will be able to acquire higher capacity Blu-ray discs for less the money. Even more, to make matters only better, it seems that this technological imp... |
7 July 2008
04:53 GMT |
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HVDs, or Holographic Versatile Discs, are a type of optical digital data storing devices bearing a striking resemblance to the construction and operation of more common optical storing devices, such as CDs, DVDs and Blu-ray, relying on read/write techniques based on the principles of holography. Similar to typical op... |
3 July 2008
08:58 GMT |
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People over at pioneer decided that it was about time to shake things a little bit and announced the release of no less than four new models, three of which (BDP-LX08, BDP-LX71 and BDP-51FD) are compliant with the BonusView / Profile 1.1 specification, while the fourth (BDP-LX91) actually supports the latest developm... |
26 June 2008
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Although there's no official word yet on the desktop version of the Eee PC, ASUS has decided to release one product that is meant to be the world's smallest mini PC with full HD support. Dubbed ASUS Mini PC Nova Lite PX24, the small sized system comes to offer users an alternative to a powerful home enterta... |
3 June 2008
11:02 GMT |
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Howard Stringer, who is Sony's Chief Executive Officer, has admitted that his company faced a hard time when the PlayStation 3 was launched and that more effort is required to recoup the investment made in the gaming console. As part of a questions and answers session at the D: All Things Digital conference taki... |
30 May 2008
10:13 GMT |
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Back in April we reported that peripheral manufacturer Lite On had an agreement with Microsoft to produce Blu-ray discs for the Xbox 360 consoles. Of course, the giants kept saying that it wasn't true but nobody seemed to actually believe them: since the HD-DVD format was dead, everybody was sure that it was onl... |
15 May 2008
02:21 GMT |
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Advanced Micro Devices claims that Intel and Nvidia cannot currently provide viable HD technologies for Blu-Ray movie playbacks. According to the company, the two chip manufacturers are not ready to deliver integrated graphics solutions able to hardware decode a high-definition stream. AMD also claims that Nvidia an... |
12 May 2008
05:20 GMT |
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As you might have found out from some of our previous articles, PLDS (the joint venture between Lite-On and Royal Philips) has managed to come up with some pretty interesting Blu-ray products lately, in an attempt to establish itself as a household name on the Blu-ray peripherals' market. Furthermore, it has eve... |
9 May 2008
03:27 GMT |
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Since Blu-ray has become the ultimate victor of the next-generation DVD format war, just about every major player on the consumer electronics' market has either prepared or launched something for this particular segment. And one such major name is Panasonic who has finally shed some new light on one of latest of... |
7 May 2008
14:06 GMT |
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The so-called consoles war, pitting the Microsoft Xbox 360 against the Sony PlayStation 3, and the so-called high definition war, pitting the HD-DVD against the Blu-ray, have crossed paths as Microsoft adopted the HD-DVD for its gaming console while Sony made the Blu-ray a centerpiece of the PlayStation experience, h... |
5 May 2008
04:00 GMT |
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Sony and Samsung have independently started shipping new Blu-Ray devices to meet the increasing demand in high-definition video worldwide. The new devices are not only a passport to the high-definition digital world, but also the creation of two major trendsetters in the industry, having been among the key factors th... |
29 April 2008
08:27 GMT |
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The death of Toshiba's HD-DVD high-definition format triggered a series of losses in revenue that are reported to have reached alarming levels. According to Toshiba, the company's profit barely reached a faint 1.25 billion yen, much lower than the expected 26.17 billion yen achieved an year earlier.The com... |
26 April 2008
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Perhaps in order to keep the keen eyes of both consumers and press away from the huge scandal involving its top management, the Korean company Samsung has decided that this is the best time to throw some pretty nifty new products on the market, some of them designed especially to occupy the central position in the us... |
24 April 2008
12:21 GMT |
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Despite the fact that the HD-DVD high-definition standard collapsed, and the new HD movie titles are only available in the Blu-Ray format, Sony's standard seems to have significant adoption issues among consumers.According to a report released by Market analyst ABI Research, the Blu-Ray format has to carry anoth... |
22 April 2008
10:55 GMT |
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Just about everybody around the world has heard about the demise of HD DVD, the next-generation DVD format supported by Toshiba. However, there were certain major studios that were still legally bounded by contract to stick with the dead format, but it seems that those bounds have expired, as Universal seems to be pr... |
17 April 2008
09:51 GMT |
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The format war might be over for Toshiba's HD-DVD, but it seems that the next target on the list of casualties will be the victorious Blu-Ray. Those of you who are already prepared to toss the Blu-Ray movie titles and jump in the new format's bandwagon, are advised to wait a little more, as the new format i... |
17 April 2008
09:19 GMT |
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Those of you claiming that the HD-DVD high-definition standard is dead should think again, because HD-DVD units sell better than ever. The official announcement about it being discontinued has lowered pricing for the devices, and made it available to the mainstream market.Shuttle has released a new home-theater PC in... |
12 April 2008
03:57 GMT |
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NetBlender has announced BD touch, a new technology that will enable iPhone and iPod touch users to control their Blu-ray players. Denny Breitenfeld, the CTO of NetBlender, told gizmodo.com that what they're offering is far more than just a standalone app, but a package containing a professional Blu-Ray authorin... |
10 April 2008
05:56 GMT |
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Now that Sony has remained the only major player on the high-definition players' market, with Blu-ray scoring an overwhelming victory over HD DVD, the Japanese company is free to focus on some additional products, capable of providing various extra-functions beside the basic, playback-related ones. And that'... |
9 April 2008
12:56 GMT |
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Researchers at the University of Technology's Centre for Micro-Photonics are currently developing a new type of optical media that promises to deliver huge storage capacities, ranging to a full petabyte. The disk will be able to host the equivalent of as many as 200,000 DVDs and will revolutionize the storage an... |
5 April 2008
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Ever since Bill Gates had a speech at CES this January, people started to talk about a new Xbox console, but Microsoft insisted and kept saying "No!". Still, things have changed, since the High Definition war got a winner, Toshiba kissed goodbye the HD-DVD format and the Blu-ray Discs danced in jubilation. This meant... |
2 April 2008
02:24 GMT |
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Dell's recently introduced Inspiron 1525 multimedia notebook comes with more than Blu-Ray capabilities out of the box, such as a huge price difference you have to pay if you're not that fortunate to have been born in the US.The system vendor has introduced its multimedia notebook on both US and UK markets, ... |
1 April 2008
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THX, one of Lucasfilm's spin-off companies claimed earlier this week that the Blu-Ray high-definition standard arrived too late on the HD media market. Despite the fact that Sony's format was announced as the victor in the HD standards war, THX claimed that it will soon fall into oblivion because of the new... |
29 March 2008
06:38 GMT |
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Immediately after Toshiba's high-definition HD-DVD standard surrendered and fell into oblivion, a plethora of system integrators and PC vendors started to introduce Blu-Ray drives into their configurations.Dell has been one of the early adopters of the Blu-Ray standard, and has been shipping it with numerous mod... |
28 March 2008
13:12 GMT |
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The recent death of Toshiba's HD-DVD format propelled the rival Blu-Ray high-definition standard as the new industry's king. However, it seems that the Blu-Ray itself will be soon facing the same situation as its former rival.According to THX, one of George Lucas' spin-off companies, the Blu-Ray format... |
27 March 2008
17:36 GMT |
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Optical media specialist Plextor has just announced the introduction of two new optical media drives to its portfolio. The new drives are able to read and write Blu-Ray high-definition discs and even to read the now gone HD-DVD media.Both drives are internal units targeted at desktop PC owners who want to take advant... |
25 March 2008
05:15 GMT |
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Sharp's semiconductor unit is reported to be working on a new Blu-Ray laser diode that will bring 8x reading speeds in the HD industry until 2010. The company also plans to release a 250mW blue laser diode with only 6x speeds in a two-year timeframe.During yesterday's conference in Japan, Sharp showcased it... |
22 March 2008
07:07 GMT |
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Blu-Ray, the next king in the high-definition industry might get some serious issues because of Sony's alleged patent infringement related to Blu-ray disc players and other products. According to the U.S. International Trade Commission, the patent infringement may lead to blocks against importing Blu-ray technol... |
21 March 2008
11:35 GMT |
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After the recent firmware update for the Sony PSP the console manufacturer has released details regarding the soon to be implemented 2.20 firmware update for the PlayStation 3.The main change, as Sony stated, is that the gaming console will receive support for the Blu-ray Disc Profile 2.0's BD Live on-line inter... |
20 March 2008
10:30 GMT |
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Taiwanese PC vendor Asustek has just announced its M50 notebook that comes with Blu-Ray drives and Intel 45-nanometer Penryn processors. The multimedia portable PC pairs a Blu-Ray PC with a set of Altec Lansing integrated speakers and Dolby Home Theater capabilities.The notebook's casing features a smooth, glos... |
20 March 2008
06:36 GMT |
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American Technology Research analyst Shaw Wu sees Apple's "hobby," the Apple TV, as a future multi-billion dollar business. Why? It's simple really. DVR. According to the analyst, the implementation of digital video recording features into the Apple TV could bring over a billion dollars annually."We estimat... |
17 March 2008
06:57 GMT |
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It's time for more news from the console and format wars. The Format War, which infuriated customers everywhere with the dual standards that Toshiba, aka HD-DVD, and Sony, aka Blu-ray, pushed, was won by Sony, after Toshiba had decided to renounce its champion. The Console Wars, that pit Microsoft's Xbox 36... |
17 March 2008
04:51 GMT |
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Philips has just announced that the upcoming BDP7200 Blu-Ray player will no longer be the cheapest device of its kind on the market. Initially planned to hit the market with an estimative price tag of $350, $50 lower than the cheapest BDP-S300 from Sony, the BDP7200 will sell for a final $399.Back in January, the com... |
15 March 2008
06:19 GMT |
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Japanese conglomerate Toshiba expects about $1 billion yearly loss as the result of having shut down its HD DVD business. Toshiba conceded defeat last month after a few months of continual battle against Sony's Blu-Ray high-definition format. The news was broken by Japanese business daily Nikkey, that declined t... |
13 March 2008
07:04 GMT |
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The Blu-ray - Xbox 360 saga is set for yet another twist. First Toshiba put up the white flag in the HD-DVD vs. Blu-ray war and announced the HD-DVD will no longer be developed. Then Stan Glasgow, president of Sony Electronics US, told the Financial Times that Sony was in "advanced talks" with Microsoft and Apple to ... |
13 March 2008
06:13 GMT |
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