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Sony bashers will eat their words in 2007
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles

Category: IT blog

2006-12-08 18:52:23
Based on reports of what's circulating through the blogosphere, video consumers are mighty dissatisfied with Blu-ray and gamers are unhappy that PS3 has upped the price of the console by including Blu-ray. Then of course, there's all of those stories about how Sony couldn't meet its production targets. In 2007, when PS3 stocks are plentiful, they'll eat their words.


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Blu-ray DVD drive no bonus for some PS3 buyers
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch

Category: Reuters

2006-12-08 09:10:58

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Gamers love Sony Corp.'s (6758.T: QuoteNEWS , Research) new PlayStation 3 for its graphic capabilities and firepower, but the advanced Blu-ray DVD drive is annoying some by raising the cost, slowing production and forcing them to buy into a format they've not yet aligned with.


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Sony announces 50GB Blu-ray Discs
Written By: Adam Turner
Section: Information technology news

Category: Hardware

2006-12-05 16:54:42
Sony Australia has announced the arrival of 50GB Blu-ray Discs, offering more than 10 times the capacity of a DVD-R – or more than 10 hours of high definition video.


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Sony PS3 New Order. Now it is Chairmen Ken.
Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Technology Lifestyle

Category: Consoles

2006-11-30 21:03:08
Amid analyst reports predicting big losses for Sony, and adjustments to shipping targets, Sony Computer Entertainment has announced movement at the executive level.  This includes a “please sit in the corner” order to the father of the PlayStation.  Is there panic in the electronic giant’s ranks?


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Glitch mars PS3 launch – some old PS2 titles don’t work
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology Lifestyle

Category: Consoles

2006-11-14 09:50:23
If you’re one of the lucky few to actually own a PS3, chances are you’re really into next-generation gaming and maybe even Blu-ray movies, seeing as you own a Blu-ray player. But it seems the news is all about some PS2 games not working. Do PS3 owners really care?


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Lite-On brings the 20x DVD burner to market. Does anyone care?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology Lifestyle

Category: New Products

2006-11-14 07:56:51
The world’s first 20x DVD burner is here. But in a world where fast burning speeds and cheap discs can mean yet another coffee coaster, is anyone really going to bother replacing their existing DVD burner unless it burns out?


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Blu-ray and HD DVD – take a stand and choose your side, that’s why it’s called a war
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology Lifestyle

Category: Consoles

2006-11-14 01:39:16
My colleague Mike Bantick wants to wait until the PS3 launches into Australia before making a decision on which next-gen high def player to purchase. To heck with that, I say. Either choose a side like a good fanboy, or save up and buy both a PS3 and an HD DVD equipped Xbox 360 and have the best of both worlds NOW without some mythical unified player to wait for.


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Dual Blu-Ray HD DVD players - Who needs PS3?
Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Technology Lifestyle

Category: Consoles

2006-11-13 18:38:09
Well of course we gamers need a PS3, but why take a chance in the Blu-ray/HD DVD war?  Finally, more concrete evidence is emerging of tech companies focusing on providing the best of both worlds.


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Best Buy to push Xbox 360s to people who miss out on PS3
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology Lifestyle

Category: Consoles

2006-11-13 11:06:40
You’ve been standing in line for hours at your local Best Buy store in the US, with cash in hand (or credit) to buy a shiny new PS3 on Nov 17. But as you get closer to the front, the dreaded announcement comes – the PS3 is sold out! Best Buy’s solution? To offer you an Xbox 360 deal instead.


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Are the Xbox 360’s graphics better than the PS3?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology Lifestyle

Category: Consoles

2006-11-13 10:36:49
The Xbox 360 has been out for a year already, with developers having had plenty of time to get used to programming for it. Now the PS3 launches, with most developers only having PS3 dev-kits to create games with. While the PS3’s graphics will improve in future games, there’s one game out there that definitely looks better on Xbox 360. Is this bad news for Sony?
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Sceptics say PS3 has long way to go yet despite Japanese sell out
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology Lifestyle

Category: Consoles

2006-11-12 13:31:23
What does a games console have to do to get some cred? Much more than sell out on day one, it seems, with the bar raised much higher thanks to Sony’s major problems this year with exploding batteries and lower-than expected numbers of PS3s for sale in the vital 2006 holiday period.


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Mission Impossible: III gets record sales for Blu-ray and HD DVD discs
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology Lifestyle

Category: New Products

2006-11-12 10:37:03
While Tom Cruise may have shocked moviegoers and his studio with some strange behaviour, including the infamous couch jumping episode, the ready dispensation of medical advice on national television and a very public love life, owners of next-gen DVD players have snapped up his latest hit movie in droves.


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Will PS3 wipe Xbox 360 into the dust in Japan?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology Lifestyle

Category: Consoles

2006-11-12 00:55:14
With stocks of the PS3 sold out before noon in at least one Japanese store, Sony’s next-gen assault on the near US $30 billion gaming market has launched with the shock and awe only the US Military was thought capable of.


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PS3 Launch imminent – But, will anybody purchase one?
Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Technology Lifestyle

Category: Consoles

2006-11-09 21:50:26
This weekend sees the Japanese release of Sony’s flagship gaming box the Playstation 3.  Promising unsurpassed power, to dazzle gamers and technical evangelists alike.  Sony executives will, even now, be wading through mounds of chewed fingernail shavings in the board room, wondering whether they have the buying public to justify their design decisions.
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Sony gives Xbox 360 the finger!
Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Technology Lifestyle

Category: Consoles

2006-11-08 17:45:12
According to Sony, the recently announced Xbox 360 Movie and TV download service is a slap in the face to those that bought the non-hard drive equipped Core system.  Are they correct?


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Americans spend up big on flat screen TVs
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology Lifestyle

Category: New Products

2006-11-07 12:54:20
Who wouldn’t want a shiny new flat screen TV to adorn their wall or take the prime spot in the living room? As LCD and plasma prices fall, more Americans than ever before are going flat. With their TVs, that is. How soon will you join them, if you haven’t already?


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Watch out PS3 – the Xbox 360 downloads movies to the living room!
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology Lifestyle

Category: Consoles

2006-11-07 01:49:59
The all-out war in the next-generation gaming space is finally heating up big time, with the aim of dominating the living room and home entertainment the jewel in the crown that everyone desires. Is it enough to fend off the Blu-ray threat of the PS3?


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Xbox 360 – Microsoft fires another volley at Sony
Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Technology Lifestyle

Category: Consoles

2006-11-06 23:44:28
Maturing as an “entertainment hub”, the Xbox 360 is gaining the focus of those who wish to own one box to rule them all. Microsoft's wish of dominating the living room is coming true at last! Should Sony and Nintendo be worried?

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Toshiba launches consumer HD DVD player in Australia at last
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology Lifestyle

Category: New Products

2006-10-30 11:02:53
With HD-DVD and Blu-Ray players available in top-of-the-line laptops from Toshiba and Sony, and with Samsung and Panasonic launching their Blu-Ray players in the past couple of weeks, Toshiba’s standalone consumer HD DVD player has launched in Australia at last.


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Sony to miss PS3 production mark again?
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Information technology news

Category: Hardware

2006-10-21 08:40:28
Sony has reportedly indicated that it may once again have to reduce its PlayStation 3 shipment targets for 2006 and the first quarter of 2007 and once again Blu-ray is the culprit.


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