Sony details PS3 firmware 2.50 upgrades: DivX VOD support, AV tweaks (Friday 17th of October 2008 09:41:00 AM)
Filed under: Gaming, HDTV, Home Entertainment
Sony didn't want to make a big deal about this
(so humble, that Sony) but the electronic game 3's recent 2.50 firmware update has a few extra
additions aimed plain at home theater buffs. First up is a place ...
(more)Switched On: Net-enabled movies pit a blue ray versus a true way (Thursday 24th of July 2008 08:30:00 PM)
Filed under: Home EntertainmentEach week Ross Rubin contributes Switched On, a column about
technology, multimedia, and digital entertainment.
The oldest of the "three screens" -- idiot
box* - is frequently far from the wisest. Sure, an endless array ...
(more)Pioneer's Blu-ray disc hits 400GB across 16-layers (Monday 07th of July 2008 09:47:00 AM)
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'http://digg.com/tech_news/Pioneer_s_Blu_ray_disc_hits_400GB_across_16_layers';
16-layers --
that's how many layers it takes to the hit the center of a 400GB Blu-ray disc, pops. That's
25GB per layer just like those ...
(more)Dell gets "official" with colorful Studio 15 and Studio 17 laptop lines (Wednesday 25th of June 2008 10:14:00 PM)
Filed under: Laptops
Not like Dell's done an exceptional job keeping this one a secret, but
yes, the Studio 15 and Studio 17 laptops do seem to be more than a figment of someone's
stimulating
how to motivatedaily e-mail with words to inspire and motivate ...
(more)Philips trumpets 5000 / 7000 / Eco series HDTVs (Tuesday 17th of June 2008 08:42:00 PM)
Filed under: Displays, HDTV, Home Entertainment
It's right around the midway point between last
CES and the one to come, and for Philips, that means it's time to dump a few new HDTVs onto the
unsuspecting public. Announced today from atop a New York City ...
(more)Toshiba remains stubborn, looks to DVD upscaling while brushing Blu-ray off (Tuesday 17th of June 2008 09:27:00 PM)
Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment
For the regardful in attendance, you likely noticed that
none of Toshiba's newly announced laptops (yes, even the absurdly potent Qosmio rigs) have
component Blu-ray drives. Like, there's not even an option. When ...
(more)Toshiba knows no shame, plans to release super-resolution DVD player (Friday 30th of May 2008 09:25:00 PM)
Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment
Nothing too notable here -- just that Toshiba is
ostensibly fixing to unveil a brand new DVD player in the age of Blu-ray that will be "capable
of producing high-resolution images from regular DVDs." As you're laughingstock ...
(more)Pioneer introduces Elite BDP-05FD / BDP-51FD Blu-ray players (Wednesday 07th of May 2008 03:00:00 PM)
Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment
While most consumer computer chips companies choose to
unveil new commodities at CES, Pioneer prefers to buck the trend and pick a day that it can
keep all to itself. The other trend Pioneer isn't next with these ...
(more)HD-DVD and the Early Adopter Premium (Sunday 09th of March 2008 05:00:04 AM)
Hodejo1 writes "The early adopter premium is the exception between the cost of buying the
latest crack techno-toy today and the cost of buying an equal or better unit a couple of years
later for much less. That Blu-ray unit you buy today ...
(more)Sony offers Blu-ray trade-in deal for HD DVD owners, in Switzerland (Tuesday 04th of March 2008 09:31:00 PM)
Filed under: Home Entertainmentdigg_url =
'http://digg.com/tech_news/Sony_offers_Blu_ray_trade_in_deal_for_HD_DVD_owners_in_Swit';We've
already seen a couple of Blu-ray exchange programs offered to HD DVD owners looking to jump
ship, but looks like Sony ...
(more)Switched On: Blu-ray had friends in high def places (Tuesday 26th of February 2008 02:03:00 AM)
Filed under: Features, HDTV, Home EntertainmentEach week Ross Rubin contributes Switched On, a
column about technology, multimedia, and digital entertainment.
When Sony be be featured a DVD
drive on its computerized game [tm] 2, it was clear which telecommunications ...
(more)How would you change the outcome of the format war? (Friday 22nd of February 2008 11:30:00 PM)
Filed under: Features, HDTV, Home Entertainment
Look, we're not out to whip the proverbial dead
horse, but after taking a long, critical look at how the format war played out from day one,
it's just too inviting to not take a step back and ponder how ...
(more)Official: HD DVD dead and buried, format war is over (Tuesday 19th of February 2008 07:59:00 AM)
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'http://digg.com/hardware/It_s_official_HD_DVD_is_dead_the_format_war_over';
It's official.
Toshiba just made a explanation saying, " it will no longer develop, manufacture and market HD
DVD players and recorders." ...
(more)HD DVD deathwatch: we're making it official (Friday 15th of February 2008 08:36:00 PM)
Filed under: Features, HDTV, Home Entertainment
digg_url =
'http://digg.com/tech_news/HD_DVD_deathwatch_we_re_making_it_official'; HD DVD fans, we hate to
do this to you, but it's time we called it. HD DVD is now openly on Engadget deathwatch. We
haven't ...
(more)Wal-Mart to officially discontinue HD DVD sales by June (Friday 15th of February 2008 04:39:00 PM)
Filed under: HDTV
digg_url =
'http://digg.com/tech_news/Wal_Mart_to_officially_discontinue_HD_DVD_sales_by_June'; With HD
DVD, things are just going from bad, to really bad, to worse, to
car-crash-you-can't-stop-looking-at. You can file this one under ...
(more)Hands-on with Imagion AG's dynamicHD HD DVD & Blu-ray technology (Saturday 12th of January 2008 03:11:00 PM)
Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment
Tucked away in the HD DVD booth, Imagion AG -- creators
of the first HD DVD with hyperspace connectivity, the first latin HD DVD and the first Blu-ray
Profile 1.1 release -- was showing off its end to end tools ...
(more)Paris Hilton's New Sex Video - Sony's PS3 Blu-Ray Exclusive (Moldova.org) (Saturday 12th of January 2008 04:06:58 PM)
Paris Hilton has teamed up with Sony to release a new intermedia media sex video exclusively on
the PS3 Blu-Ray format. tub-thumping at the Consumer integrated circuitry Show in Las Vegas
yesterday Sony said "We have the technology, we have the distribution ...
(more)Live from the Blu-ray interactivity demo (Monday 07th of January 2008 07:20:00 PM)
Filed under: Features, HDTV, Home Entertainment
Here we are back at the Sony booth for more
coverage, but this time it's Blu-ray's latest mixed media puss* on display. Known by a few
names, BD Live hopes to match HD DVD HDi feature for feature, and then ...
(more)Apple bringing Blu-ray macs to Macworld? (Thursday 03rd of January 2008 04:13:00 PM)
Filed under: Desktops, HDTV, Storage
This one's a bit of a no brainer: Apple's going to have to
ship a next-gen disc drive at some point this decade, and Macworld 2008 is as good a place as
any. Apple also has a friendly history with Sony, ...
(more)Warner to finally go Blu-ray-only at CES? (Friday 07th of December 2007 05:27:00 PM)
Filed under: HDTV, Home EntertainmentAnother day, another format war rumor. Business Week has a
lengthy writeup on the possibility of lone dual-format holdout Warner Brothers switching to
Blu-ray exclusively, and how it could affect the outcome of the ...
(more)Copy Protection Backfires on Blu-ray (Friday 05th of October 2007 07:45:03 AM)
An anonymous reader writes "The first two Blu-ray releases to hit the market encrypted with BD+
(an extra layer of protection designed to stave off hackers) are wreaking havoc on innocent
consumers. As High-Def Digest reports, this week's Blu-ray releases ...
(more)HD VMD Shows Up Late For the Format War (Monday 10th of September 2007 06:30:04 AM)
Fishead writes "As the fight heats up between HD DVD and Blu-ray, and as consumers seem to care
less and less, a new contender has entered the fray. Next month, New Medium Enterprises will be
selling a 1080p player through Amazon and stores such as ...
(more)Consumers urged to pick new DVD format (Saturday 11th of August 2007 05:23:57 AM)
People who own an HD DVD player can forget about regimen "Spider-Man 3" in high delineation
when it goes on sale during the holiday season. The movie from Sony Pictures will only be
available in the Blu-ray DVD format. Likewise, people with Blu-ray players ...
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