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PS3 will upscale DVD in the future?
Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Radioactive IT

Category: Gaming and Entertainment tech blog

2007-03-04 18:35:44
It already has a Blu-ray drive, now Sony gives the scoop on a possible improvement to viewing your current collection of DVDs on PlayStation 3.


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Your next Christmas present: $299 Blu-ray player
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news

Category: Hardware

2007-03-04 15:54:38
Sony Electronics president Stan Glasgow's widely reported comment that 2007 will see substantial drops in Blu-ray player prices came as no surprise, but the suggestion that the company could go as low as $US299 has raised some eyebrows.


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Can a 51Gb HD DVD beat Blu-ray at 50Gb?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology Lifestyle

Category: New Products

2007-03-04 04:03:50
Despite reports that Toshiba’s new 51Gb HD DVD has been submitted for approval, this hasn’t yet happened – but even if it was, will it make any difference?


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Euro PS3 runs 1000 PS2 games, shuts up critics?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology Lifestyle

Category: Consoles

2007-03-01 12:10:13
Is the storm in the PS3-cup over? Probably not by a long shot, but Sony has just gone a long way to silencing the critics by announcing the Euro PS3 will run 1000 PS2 games, with more on the way as the firmware is updated.


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PS3 shortage of stock or demand?
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles

Category: IT blog

2007-02-28 22:09:41
A Reuters interview with Sony Computer Entertainment America chief executive Jack Tretton, revealed that the company expects shortages of its latest generation console PlayStation 3 to be over by May 2007. The question is, however, is there really still a supply shortage of PS3 consoles or just a shortage of demand.


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Should you buy a PAL PS3?
Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Radioactive IT

Category: Gaming and Entertainment tech blog

2007-02-28 17:40:15
As the ‘rest of the world’ launch draws near for the Sony PlayStation 3, we discuss some of the negative press, the facts and the reasons consumers would nab a PS3.


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Blu-ray discs take sales lead
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news

Category: Market News

2007-02-28 02:07:14
More Blu-ray discs have been purchased than HD DVD, according to sales figures recently released, but it's not obvious why.


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Will a cheaper Blu-ray player sell more for Sony?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology Lifestyle

Category: New Products

2007-02-27 10:17:06
Sony has released a new Blu-ray player that’s $400 cheaper than the initial model at $599, offering faster performance, 1080p resolution, CD compatibility and more in the size of a traditional DVD player to spur new sales of the high-def contender.


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Why buy Sony’s new $599 Blu-ray player when a PS3 costs the same ?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology Lifestyle

Category: New Products

2007-02-27 09:30:45
For Blu-ray to be a success, Sony needs players in people’s homes, and that’s where the new BDP-S300 comes in at US $599 – 40% less than the previous $999 model. Wouldn’t the PS3 be the preferred option for most digital consumers?


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Sony's cheaper Blu-ray player another blow in the format war
Written By: Adam Turner
Section: Seeking Nerdvana

Category: The Digital Lounge Room

2007-02-26 18:59:59
By slashing $US400 from the price tag on its newly announced BDP-S300 Blu-ray player, Sony is neutralising one of the HD DVD camp's key advantages.


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High PS3 cost takes toll on PS2 backwards compatibility for PAL PS3
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology Lifestyle

Category: Consoles

2007-02-23 10:05:01
PS3 owners in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Australasia will lose some of the backwards compatibility built into US and Japanese versions – how long will it be before new models for the US and Japan suffer the same fate?


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The Wii is number 1 because it is fun
Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Radioactive IT

Category: Gaming and Entertainment tech blog

2007-02-22 21:03:52
So despite the shortages and the bamboozled “experts”, the Nintendo Wii is dominating the gaming console sales charts.  The key-words there are “gaming console”.


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Sony PS3 pre-launch interview with SCE Australia chief Michael Ephraim
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology Lifestyle

Category: Consoles

2007-02-22 01:21:55
Today, Sony put on a stunning demonstration to the media of the PS3’s home entertainment, computing and gaming experiences in a pre-launch event 30 days prior to the March 23 launch date. After the event, SCE Aust chief Michael Ephraim answered our questions.


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PS3 Entertainment Hub spruke. Sony keeps pace with its aging demographic
Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Radioactive IT

Category: Gaming and Entertainment tech blog

2007-02-20 19:39:04
A recent interview with a Sony president has given the strongest hint of the steps ahead in next-gen entertainment with a PlayStation 3 centric living room.  But is this a way of keeping up with the competitors or a redefining of the Sony fan-boy demographic?


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AnyDVD HD says bye-bye to HD DVD copy protection
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic

Category: The gadget blog

2007-02-20 07:41:18
Just as Slysoft’s AnyDVD software lets consumers easily watch copy-protected DVDs by remove region coding and going straight to playing the movie without waiting for FBI warning or other logos, AnyDVD HD gives consumers the same freedom with HD DVD movies at last.


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HD DVD, we hardly knew you
Written By: Adam Turner
Section: Seeking Nerdvana

Category: The Digital Lounge Room

2007-02-19 23:52:42
It seems premature to declare Blu-ray the victor in the format war with HD DVD, but so far HD DVD isn't putting up much of a fight.


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Fujitsu's 400G media notebook
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news

Category: Hardware

2007-02-14 01:07:52
Fujitsu's new LifeBook N6420 might not have a name that will attract the "serious entertainment, gaming and power users" the company is targeting, but its 400G of disk space, Core 2 Duo processor and HD DVD drive might get their attention.


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JB Hi-Fi backs Blu-ray at official Australian launch
Written By: Adam Turner
Section: Technology Lifestyle

Category: New Products

2007-02-13 20:30:39
More than twenty Australian companies, including retail giant JB Hi-Fi, have thrown their support behind Blu-ray at the high definition format's official launch in Sydney.


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Blu-ray claims victory, gives away Casino Royale to boost takeup numbers
Written By: Adam Turner
Section: Seeking Nerdvana

Category: The Digital Lounge Room

2007-02-13 08:41:30
Sony plans to market Blu-ray as the winner of the high definition format war, declaring HD DVD dead and buried as it prepares to give away copies of Casino Royale on Blu-ray with the first 500,000 PlayStation 3s.


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Black Xbox 360 to scuttle PS3 PAL launch
Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Radioactive IT

Category: Gaming and Entertainment tech blog

2007-02-08 21:47:08
Rumours are abounding around a possible new Xbox 360 with increased HDD capacity, targeted for release by Microsoft around the March launch of the Sony PlayStation 3 in PAL territories.


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