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Singapore first South-East Asian country to get HDTV
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
StarHub, one of Singapore’s pay TV services, has launched two new channels in high-definition – Discovery HD and National Geographic HD, giving subscribers with an HDTV the sharpest picture yet.
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By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
StarHub, one of Singapore’s pay TV services, has launched two new channels in high-definition – Discovery HD and National Geographic HD, giving subscribers with an HDTV the sharpest picture yet.
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Sony says no to blue movies on Blu-ray, so will HD DVD win?
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Reports say Sony wants no blue movies on Blu-ray discs, giving HD DVD ‘a leg up’ on adult content in high def. But the Blu-Ray Disc Association says ‘there is no specific anti-porn’ mandate. What’s going on?
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By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Reports say Sony wants no blue movies on Blu-ray discs, giving HD DVD ‘a leg up’ on adult content in high def. But the Blu-Ray Disc Association says ‘there is no specific anti-porn’ mandate. What’s going on?
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PS3 power yet to be unleashed.
By: Mike Bantick
Sony CEO Howard Stringer believes the power of the PS3 is yet to be realised by the current crop of software.
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By: Mike Bantick
Sony CEO Howard Stringer believes the power of the PS3 is yet to be realised by the current crop of software.
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First cracked HD-DVD movie hits BitTorrent.
By: Mike Bantick
After allegedly having its encryption cracked last month, now comes the first 19.6GB of HD movie goodness to hit the web.
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By: Mike Bantick
After allegedly having its encryption cracked last month, now comes the first 19.6GB of HD movie goodness to hit the web.
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Xbox 360 HD-DVD drive add-on hits 100,000 sales
By: Mike Bantick
Not bad indeed. Will sales figures like this, plus endorsement by the porn industry help HD-DVD win the format war?
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By: Mike Bantick
Not bad indeed. Will sales figures like this, plus endorsement by the porn industry help HD-DVD win the format war?
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Xbox360 number 1 in US: PS3 floundering?
By: Mike Bantick
The 2006 holiday season has been a big one for Microsofts' gaming division in the US, with sales of the curvy white entertainment box clearly outstripping its next-gen counterparts. Should Nintendo, and especially Sony be concerned?
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By: Mike Bantick
The 2006 holiday season has been a big one for Microsofts' gaming division in the US, with sales of the curvy white entertainment box clearly outstripping its next-gen counterparts. Should Nintendo, and especially Sony be concerned?
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The war is over - Blu-ray claims victory over HD DVD
By: Adam Turner
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By: Adam Turner
Only a few months after Blu-ray and HD DVD hit the shelves, the Blu-ray Disc Association has the audacity to declare Blu-ray victorious as "the premiere high definition DVD format of choice".
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1 Million PS3 Shipped causes Playfuls.com to have a tanty
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Playfuls's Dan Nicolae Alexa is outraged that Sony have been telling 'lies' to us all for ages concerning the PS3. But whether they've shipped 1 million units in the US to stores, as opposed to selling them to customers, the PS3's success is assured, just like Vista's, even if it still hasn't shipped in Europe or Australia.
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By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Playfuls's Dan Nicolae Alexa is outraged that Sony have been telling 'lies' to us all for ages concerning the PS3. But whether they've shipped 1 million units in the US to stores, as opposed to selling them to customers, the PS3's success is assured, just like Vista's, even if it still hasn't shipped in Europe or Australia.
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LG Blu-ray/HD DVD combo player is a dud!
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
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By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
If you thought LG’s new ‘Super Multi Blue’ combo next-gen disc player was the answer to format war, think again. This first generation unit is so expensive and crippled that you could buy a Blu-ray player and an HD DVD player and still have change. Hopeless!
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Who really needs a slow hybrid DVD drive for $1200?
By: Angus Kidman
LG attracted a packed house for the official press launch of its Blu-ray/HD DVD hybrid player and drive, the Super Multi Blue, at CES. Yet despite the hype, it's hard to actually imagine too many people buying the product -- it's massively overpriced for its feature set.
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By: Angus Kidman
LG attracted a packed house for the official press launch of its Blu-ray/HD DVD hybrid player and drive, the Super Multi Blue, at CES. Yet despite the hype, it's hard to actually imagine too many people buying the product -- it's massively overpriced for its feature set.
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Sony trash talks plasma as it spruiks HD LCD televisions
By: Adam Turner
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By: Adam Turner
Sony has released yet more research claiming LCD televisions are better than plasma for high definition, whilst conveniently forgetting to mention that it abandoned the plasma market last year.
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Apparently we will buy high-definition DVD, eventually
By: Angus Kidman
Format wars and consumer apathy haven't stopped the Consumer Electronics Association from maintaining bullish predictions for sales of high-definition DVD equipment -- but even it admits sales won't really take off until 2008.
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By: Angus Kidman
Format wars and consumer apathy haven't stopped the Consumer Electronics Association from maintaining bullish predictions for sales of high-definition DVD equipment -- but even it admits sales won't really take off until 2008.
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Hybrid devices don't spell end of the hi-def DVD wars
By: Angus Kidman
Stop getting so excited. Analysts agree that solutions that combine both Blu-ray and HD-DVD technologies will fall far short of ending the 'DVD wars' that have made so many consumers reluctant to invest in high definition equipment.
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By: Angus Kidman
Stop getting so excited. Analysts agree that solutions that combine both Blu-ray and HD-DVD technologies will fall far short of ending the 'DVD wars' that have made so many consumers reluctant to invest in high definition equipment.
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1st-gen HD DVD burner from Toshiba arrives – slowly
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Toshiba’s first HD DVD burner, the SD-H903A, is for desktops, servers and home entertainment PCs has arrived in the same week that LG has launched a Blu-ray burner and HD DVD reader for the same market segment. Are we moving from high-def hell to high-def heaven?
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By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Toshiba’s first HD DVD burner, the SD-H903A, is for desktops, servers and home entertainment PCs has arrived in the same week that LG has launched a Blu-ray burner and HD DVD reader for the same market segment. Are we moving from high-def hell to high-def heaven?
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Hitachi 1TB drive brings back the memories
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
We now know both Seagate and Hitachi plan to bring 1TB drives to market in the first half of 2006, and whichever one actually manages to do it first now that the challenge is out, this 50 year milestone is one that brings back the memories of the fist gigabyte hard drive after years of living in a world of megabytes.
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By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
We now know both Seagate and Hitachi plan to bring 1TB drives to market in the first half of 2006, and whichever one actually manages to do it first now that the challenge is out, this 50 year milestone is one that brings back the memories of the fist gigabyte hard drive after years of living in a world of megabytes.
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Blu-ray/HD DVD combo players and discs won’t end format war anytime soon
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Next week’s CES sees the forced marriage of the Blu-ray and HD DVD standard through a unified player and a new dual format disc, but it won’t be until much later in 2007 that consumers will truly see any benefit. Thank goodness these developments have happened, as they’ll help to end the format war madness. But why did we ever have to go through this ridiculous pain at all?
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By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Next week’s CES sees the forced marriage of the Blu-ray and HD DVD standard through a unified player and a new dual format disc, but it won’t be until much later in 2007 that consumers will truly see any benefit. Thank goodness these developments have happened, as they’ll help to end the format war madness. But why did we ever have to go through this ridiculous pain at all?
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Hi-def unification should benefit consumers and retailers alike
By: Stephen Withers
The competing solutions to the Blu-ray vs HD DVD war slated for unveiling at next week's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas should benefit consumers.
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By: Stephen Withers
The competing solutions to the Blu-ray vs HD DVD war slated for unveiling at next week's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas should benefit consumers.
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Warner Bros to release ‘Total HD’ disc that works in both Blu-ray and HD DVD players
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
The New York Times reports that Warner Bros is set to release a high-def disc that works in both types of next-gen players, potentially solving the problem of which player to buy. But in the short term it ads yet another disc for retailers to stock. Is it the solution?
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By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
The New York Times reports that Warner Bros is set to release a high-def disc that works in both types of next-gen players, potentially solving the problem of which player to buy. But in the short term it ads yet another disc for retailers to stock. Is it the solution?
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