Toshiba Loses 95% Profit, Launches Blu-Ray Player
	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 company estimates that it lost about $461 million in discontinuing the HD-DVD business, such as dealing with lefto ... [read more >>]
	26 April 2008, 01:59GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

IBM Pitches at New 3 Mbps HD Encoding Technology
	US-based conglomerate IBM plans to unveil a revolutionary encoding technology, that would make it possible to stream HD media at up to 3Mbps speeds across the web. The new technology has been developed in collaboration with the software firm Broadcast International. According to a joint statement prepared by the two partners, the encoding technology will be premiered at the upcoming National Association of Broadcasters confere ... [read more >>]
	14 April 2008, 16:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Asustek Unveils Geforce 8300-Based Motherboard With HDMI Ports
	Taiwanese motherboard manufacturer Asustek has just unveiled its new M3N-H/HDMI model, with Nvidia's Geforce 8300 integrated graphics. This is the first board on the market to come with the new GeForce 8300 graphics core, that delivers superior 3D performance as compared to the older Geforce 8200 graphics core. According to the first evaluations, the extra performance comes at a price: the graphics core is reportedly runn ... [read more >>]
	29 March 2008, 08:46GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Lucasfilm's THX Takes Back Blu-Ray Death Allegations
	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 ... [read more >>]
	29 March 2008, 06:38GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Asustek Unveils Splendid HD1 Video Enhancement Card
	Asustek has just announced its new ASUS Splendid HD1 video enhancement card graphics solution, that is allegedly able to deliver improved graphics performance for high-definition multimedia applications, with sharper, more vividly colored visual outputs. The enhancement card comes bundled with Asustek's Splendid technology and is alleged to enhance lower resolution inputs by recovering image clarity, as well as to unleash ... [read more >>]
	24 March 2008, 17:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Red One to Be Available for Purchase on August 31st
	Any serious movie maker or just dreaming of becoming the next Peter Jackson should definitely take a look at the Red-One camera. It's like nothing you've seen before. Perhaps the best definition is the one provided on the site: "The idea behind the RED camera system is simple. Design and build a high performance digital cine camera with the quality of 35mm film and convenience of pure digital. ... [read more >>]
	28 August 2007, 09:38GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Panasonic: Our Plasma Panels are Immortal, Outlive their Owners
	Quite obviously, Panasonic is very proud of its plasma panels and is trying to do just about anything in its power in order to better promote them. And the latest marketing gimmick the company has come up with is their claim that, on average, the devices in the 1080p Plasma HDTV line can play 100,000 hours before they reach half brightness. Thus, according to the company's statement, Panasonic 1080p Plasma HDTVs could o ... [read more >>]
	09 August 2007, 10:36GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

TDK Intros Recordable “Mini-Me” Version of Blu-ray Discs
	As the market for the Blu-ray discs evolved and diversified, the range of possible uses for this format has also increased, as it seems that they'll now be used also in high-end video devices (namely, high-definition camcorders). And in order to meet the possible market demand, the people over at TDK (now an Imation brand) have launched, under the "TDK Life on Record" brand, a new, 8-cm flavor of Blu-ray. Avai ... [read more >>]
	03 August 2007, 11:21GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Affordable High-Definition with JVC's New GZ-HD3
	JVC has just announced a new HDD camcorder that combines the HD capabilities of the GZ-HD7 with the slim factor of the GZ-MG series. The new GZ-HD3 uses three 16:9 progressive scan CCDs, each dedicated to one of the three primary colors – red, green, blue, to capture 1440x1080 high definition material. If you find the resolution insufficient for your needs… well, just fork out more money and get the 1920x1080i capable GZ-HD7. [IMG=2 ... [read more >>]
	19 July 2007, 06:15GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

IPTV Is a Menace for Triple-Play Services
	When the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) first thought out the uses for the networking system they were devising for military, I think they didn't realize to what extent their idea could be taken to in such a short period of time. Many of the original designers of the large network we now call the Internet, have lived out to see their ideas get carried out and watch the progress this technology has taken ov ... [read more >>]
	06 April 2007, 07:03GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia