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RealPlayer has been updated to a new build that sports several improvements, among which compatibility with Firefox 10, and bug fixes. No new features are available in this release.
Version 15.0.2.72 of RealPlayer takes care of an issue that caused the application to crash when cancelling a conversion process, ... |
8 February 2012
08:43 GMT |
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Until the final installment in “The Twilight Saga” arrives in theaters, there's still footage from “Breaking Dawn Part 1” that we haven't seen. Check out the two clips attached to this blog post. Ahead of the DVD release of “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1,” Summi... |
6 February 2012
08:23 GMT |
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Yet another Samsung device from CES is making the news, one that is more of a hybrid than anything else.
The SMART Hub is reportedly a merger between a Wi-Fi router and an external DVD drive.
Its most basic function is to stream DVD and CD-stored movies to notebooks, ultrabooks, desktops, etc.
One might say that i... |
12 January 2012
08:11 GMT |
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This is one of those things that could have been invented earlier but wasn't, possibly because connectivity hubs in general are just now maturing as a market. What Velocity Micro released alongside its Cruz tablets and projector is the VMUltra Drive. Most simply it can be described as a combination of a DVD ... |
4 January 2012
18:21 GMT |
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DVDs wouldn't be our first choice for data backup, not with external drives and even memory cards with loads more storage space than them, but when a drive that doesn't need the PC to function comes out, you have to give it and its maker their due.
Plextor is the one that created the PlexEasy PC Free DVD b... |
16 December 2011
16:21 GMT |
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Get ready to shape up after Christmas with some help from the most high-profile curvalicious celebrity out there. Kim Kardashian is launching her workout DVD in the UK on December 26, it has been announced. Back in 2009, Kim launched on a venture to lose weight and get in shape. She became a spokesperson for Quicktri... |
29 November 2011
16:01 GMT |
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Think every movie Guy Ritchie made (except the Sherlock Holmes ones) and “Pulp Fiction” and you get an idea of what you're to expect from “Catch .44.” The first trailer for it is now out. Written and directed by Aaron Harvey (“The Evil Woods”) the film looks like a classic (an... |
15 November 2011
10:06 GMT |
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Eli Roth’s “Hostel” (2005) broke the mold for horror torture movies, but the franchise has lost some of its luster throughout years. “Hostel: Part III” comes out straight on DVD in December, and fans of the genre can have a first look at the trailer for it.The concept of the “Hoste... |
18 October 2011
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With the era of optical media now gone, most of us are stuck with an impressive collection of CDs and DVDs that we have no use for, so a designer by the name of Seung-il Kim though it's just about time for us to find a use for these things.His answer to this question is pretty simple: dumbbells.Take all the opti... |
10 October 2011
11:12 GMT |
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There have been multiple occasions where analysts looked into the future of optical media and the latest such occurrence has In-Stat as the one responsible, the prediction being one that isn't too favorable to the DVD.
HDTVs may not be too widespread now, but they will definitely account for more and more of... |
30 September 2011
04:42 GMT |
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id Software, the developer of the upcoming Rage title, has confirmed that the game will ship on three DVDs for the Xbox 360, but has also detailed the special install process that's designed to help owners of the console avoid long load times.Xbox 360 owners have worried a bit in regards to Rage, the new first p... |
27 September 2011
14:21 GMT |
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A brand new report concerning the upcoming Battlefield 3 first person shooter has arrived from Japan, of all places, with a poster saying that the game will ship on two DVDs for the Xbox 360 and just one Blu-ray disc for the PS3.Battlefield 3 is scheduled to arrive this October for the PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360,... |
6 September 2011
17:21 GMT |
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Optical media may have lost its shine because of flash drives and other portable storage devices, but they still have a place as long-term data storage products, thought the new type created by Millenniata outdoes most in terms of endurance.Optical disk drives, whether they are CDs, DVDs or Blu-ray disks, are often ... |
16 August 2011
05:01 GMT |
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Sony may not have gone through its most auspicious first two quarters of 2011, but this doesn't mean it slowed by any degree in its product development and manufacturing efforts, as shown by yet another product.
Sony is one of those companies that are working more than a few angles of the IT industry at the ... |
15 July 2011
02:52 GMT |
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WonderFox DVD Ripper may seem like another video ripping utility, but under the hood it comes equipped with all sorts of cool stuff. You can use it to change the brightness or contrast of the ripped video or to apply effects to make it look like it has undergone massive post-production. DVD ripping is certainly no n... |
2 July 2011
11:35 GMT |
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Video game hardware developer and video game publisher Nintendo has confirmed that it will not be adding DVD and Blu-ray playback abilities to its upcoming Wii U home console, saying that the features were not important enough to justify the extra costs associated with both developing and manufacturing.Satoru Iwata, ... |
16 June 2011
15:21 GMT |
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DVD drives may not even be close to HDDs in terms of sales, even though there are both internal and external solutions, but they haven't really been doing badly for themselves either, with Buffalo deciding to push things forward.Buffalo is one of those companies that has been dealing in various sorts of storage... |
28 April 2011
05:18 GMT |
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There aren't many things that users can look for in a 'common,' internal optical disk drive, and Samsung wants to make sure those things that count are well looked at, as proven by the newest internal DVD writer.Needless to say, when buying an optical disk drive meant to be used externally, several th... |
21 April 2011
03:21 GMT |
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The new Xbox 360 disc format that is currently being tested out by Microsoft might add an extra 1GB of stage over the standard dual-layer DVD now used by the company.
According to a report published by Digital Foundry, Xbox 360 games need to occupy around 6.8GB of space, despite the fact that the actual disc can b... |
31 March 2011
03:05 GMT |
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Tracy Anderson, personal trainer to the stars, has come out with her own workout program that will help any woman get the body she’s always been dreaming of in 90 days. Even more, she’s enjoying the support of good friend and client, A-list actress Gwyneth Paltrow. Fans must know that Gwyneth, who has wor... |
11 March 2011
15:51 GMT |
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She’s often said she wanted to prove critics and fans that she’s more than a pretty face with an awesome body, and that she could do dramas as well. Megan Fox will have to wait some for that, because her latest film, “Passion Play,” is going straight to DVD.
It’s never a good thing wh... |
11 March 2011
03:20 GMT |
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As more and more devices are released these days with HD capabilities, Blu-ray standard spreads around like wildfire. Software designed to unlock content on such discs is a logical consequence of the phenomenon, and Foxreal Blu-ray Ripper can be used to this purpose exactly. At $49 the application may seem a bit exp... |
7 March 2011
10:24 GMT |
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Buffalo is one of the few companies that didn't suddenly go inert over the past week, and it seems that its collection of products has just increased, this time by welcoming a new addition to the optical disk drive line.Buffalo has long been a supplier of storage solutions of various kinds, as was proven quite ... |
4 February 2011
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Recently, Sony has announced that it plans to close one of its just two CD manufacturing plants in the US, leading many to believe that the optical disk faces a slow and agonizing death, as it's replaced by other storage devices and broadband Internet access.
As Cnet reports, Sony let all its 300 employees, t... |
21 January 2011
09:26 GMT |
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It seems that I-O Data has not yet finished its string of new product releases, as the announcements made over the past few days have now been followed by the launch of a new DVD writer. DVD writers may not be overly easy to customize, at least as far as regular, internal ones, with the 5.25-inch from factor, are co... |
20 January 2011
06:13 GMT |
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Blu-ray may be on track to becoming mainstream, but it is still some way off, especially on the portable ODD market, where DVD drives, like the ones just released by Plextor, still reign supreme, so to speak.The market for external and/or portable optical disk drives has now received its latest member.Over the past ... |
17 January 2011
11:02 GMT |
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One would be tempted to think that if we use a technology, then we must understand how it works. This is sadly not true all of the time, as evidenced by the fact that we have been using DVDs for years, without knowing how exactly the storage mechanism functions. A new study finally clears that up. Putting your favo... |
10 January 2011
06:06 GMT |
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It’s common practice for major studios to send out DVD screeners before awards season, especially each November and December, as the Academy Awards are looming in. Summit Entertainment, though, believes this is one of the aspects that make online piracy such a breeze and wants to end the tradition. The Hollywoo... |
10 December 2010
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Former Atomic Kitten Kerry Katona’s weight has always been of interest for the media and the public – so why not capitalize on it with the release of a brand new fitness DVD. The material comes out at the end of December, just in time for the holidays.Katona has publicly struggled with her weight for most... |
24 November 2010
14:41 GMT |
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Plextor may have just recently made a move on the optical disk drive market, but it seems that Blu-ray and 3D playback are not enough for the company, as it has now also delivered a DVD writer known as PX-L890SA.For those interested in a reminder, Plextor just a short time ago brought to market, or said it soon woul... |
11 November 2010
09:28 GMT |
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Although bordering legal barriers, removing DVD protection is what users appeal to when they want to backup their legally owned content in order to save it before the disc degrades beyond recovery. DVDFab Passkey is fit exactly for this job as its purpose is just to scan the disc for the type of protection, and remov... |
10 November 2010
10:49 GMT |
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For those end-users that own systems, mobile or otherwise, that lack a DVD writer, I-O Data will soon begin to sell one such device, namely an external drive unit known as DVR-UN24GE.While Buffalo is busy getting its act ready on the BDXL market, I-O Data decided to take things a bit slower.Granted, said format has ... |
4 November 2010
08:58 GMT |
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With laptops focusing on portability and compactness, they sometimes fail to actually include an optical drive of their own, this being the basis for the external ODD market, a market which Samsung and Logitech have now both addressed.Logitech has reportedly come up with the LDR-PME8U2V, a DVD writer which measures ... |
8 October 2010
05:36 GMT |
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Fans who loved “Avatar” should be thrilled to hear that 20th Century Fox has a major surprise in store for them: the previously announced Extended Collector’s Edition on Blu-ray and DVD has about 45 minutes of deleted scenes and many other surprises. As is usually the case with all productions, much... |
7 October 2010
03:47 GMT |
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A study from the market intelligence firm Centris says that the number of United States households who own a Blu-ray players has more than doubled since the same period ion 2008 in no small part because of the sales numbers posted by the PlayStation 3 home gaming consoles from Sony, which includes a player.The number... |
4 October 2010
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Setting aside Blu-ray for a time, Buffalo has come up with its latest external DVD burner, a device called DVSM-24U2 and which can write both CDs and DVDs, at a variety of speeds depending on the format.Internal optical disk drives don't exactly leave much room for variety, since the front bezel is, more or les... |
29 September 2010
07:47 GMT |
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Though notebooks usually have their own optical drives, there are certain ultrathin laptops or netbooks that lack such a component, or could do with a better one, so Apricorn designed the EZ Writer II, a glossy black DVD writer with USB connectivity, a thickness of 0.84 inches and a weight of only 11.7 oz.The offici... |
25 August 2010
10:31 GMT |
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Not long ago, one of the most well-known faces on MTV’s “Jersey Shore,” Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino, was saying that, for him, the reality show was just a launching pad as he had no plans of remaining a reality star for ever. Music and feature films are apparently his strong suits, b... |
13 July 2010
14:21 GMT |
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Even though Blu-ray is, more or less, the means by which Full HD (1920 x 1080 pixels resolution) videos are propagated, DVDs are still much more widespread. This, of course, makes a DVD writer or DVD player an integral part of any HTPC system or PC. Lite-On, of course, knows this, and naturally wishes to make the be... |
7 July 2010
08:35 GMT |
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Samsung has already made its mark on the world, at least for today, by launching a pair of storage solutions. To be precise, the company unveiled not just a new line of hard disk drives, but also an internal Blu-ray combo that seeks to satisfy both in terms of performance as well as aesthetic value. Nevertheless, Sam... |
15 June 2010
06:20 GMT |
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Although I am a fan of huge DVD collections, I cannot help myself wondering how long it will take for them to become as obsolete as a floppy disk. In fact, not only are floppy disks out of date but the floppies themselves since some companies have even stopped their production. And if it takes some time until their m... |
10 May 2010
12:51 GMT |
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This week is again “Avatar” week, with the movie setting yet another impressive record, this time for sales on Blu-ray Disc, as Nielsen numbers can confirm. While Fox is boasting about the achievement on all available channels, fans are gutted to note that many players don’t actually play the disc b... |
30 April 2010
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Buffalo has been especially active on the storage front lately and, in particular, in the area of portable solutions for consumers. Not only did the company unveil a number of portable hard disk drives, but, quite recently in fact, it showed off a series of external, portable solid state drives (SSDs) operating on th... |
29 April 2010
09:03 GMT |
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Seeing how Blu-ray disks and drives are still quite far from becoming mainstream, DVD burners are still the main optical storage and multimedia playback solution for most consumers, especially those from the entry-level and mid-end segments. Knowing this, as well as consumer preference for portability and compactness... |
13 April 2010
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Until not long ago, it was being said that there wasn’t a production of the same genre more popular than “Twilight,” both in terms of box office performance and the frenzy generated by Twilight-related events. With the release of the “New Moon” DVD, on March 20, a new record was establis... |
24 March 2010
11:08 GMT |
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iPodMeister, a company known to offer brand new iPods and iPhones in exchange for used CDs and DVDs, has announced an initiative to extend its program to include the new Apple iPad. Although requiring double, or even triple the amount of discs in exchange for a unit, compared to what they ask for an iPhone 3GS, the d... |
22 March 2010
07:57 GMT |
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Fluendo has announced the launch of the Fluendo Media Center for Linux, a multi-purpose media player. It bundles the company's DVD player with all of the other codecs it has acquired licenses for in a single package, which should allow Linux users to legally enjoy all the media files they own. Fluendo Media Cent... |
17 March 2010
22:41 GMT |
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Even though it has been years since the Blu-ray disk and drive was invented, DVDs are still the primary means of enjoying multimedia for mainstream users. The reasons for this are multiple, but one of them is on its way to disappearing now that Blu-ray technology is maturing. Prices of Blu-ray disks and drives have b... |
9 March 2010
10:56 GMT |
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Many of this summer’s huge releases have already gone into full promotional mode, some of them as early as approximately one year ahead of the official due date. One sequel that is mysteriously flying under the radar, as MTV News points out in a recent piece, is the third installment of “The Twilight Saga... |
16 February 2010
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Touting them as the “fastest, most chic optical drives around,” ASUS has released the SBC-06D1S-U and SDR-08B1-U slim external optical disk drives. These units are tailored to “[discern] users keen on award-winning design, meticulous craftsmanship, enhanced multimedia capabilities and environmentall... |
12 February 2010
05:19 GMT |
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