items tagged with Blu-ray
Has Blu-ray won the HD war or just round 1?
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2007-06-25 06:25:44
With the announcement that Blockbuster has decided to give HD DVD the flick from shelves of 1450 stores after an initial trial of 250 stores, many market watchers have declared Blu-ray the winner of the high definition video format wars. However, the HD DVD camp is far from admitting defeat and they claim to have some good reasons. But do they?
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2007-06-25 06:25:44
With the announcement that Blockbuster has decided to give HD DVD the flick from shelves of 1450 stores after an initial trial of 250 stores, many market watchers have declared Blu-ray the winner of the high definition video format wars. However, the HD DVD camp is far from admitting defeat and they claim to have some good reasons. But do they?
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Sony CEO promises 380 new PS3 games: revival begins?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2007-06-21 07:20:25
Howard Stringer, Sony’s CEO, has answered the prayers of gamers and shareholders with a promise to deliver 380 new PS3 games, most of which will arrive before the end of the year.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2007-06-21 07:20:25
Howard Stringer, Sony’s CEO, has answered the prayers of gamers and shareholders with a promise to deliver 380 new PS3 games, most of which will arrive before the end of the year.
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A PS3 price cut will be extremely popular
Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Radioactive IT
Category: Gaming and Entertainment tech blog
2007-06-19 02:01:15
This will be the single most obvious statement I can make about the current state of play in the next-gen gaming console race. Sony, if you make the price cut, the consumers will come.
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Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Radioactive IT
Category: Gaming and Entertainment tech blog
2007-06-19 02:01:15
This will be the single most obvious statement I can make about the current state of play in the next-gen gaming console race. Sony, if you make the price cut, the consumers will come.
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HD DVD spin wears thin after Blockbuster goes Blu-ray
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2007-06-18 17:39:03
Just one week ago the North American HD DVD Promotional Group issued a media release broadcasting that "HD DVD is significantly ahead in the dedicated consumer electronics player market with 60% of all high definition set-top players sold." However, the announcement that the Blockbuster video store chain will stock only Blu-ray titles in its remaining 1200 stores after an initial 500-store trial exposes HD DVD spin for what it is.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2007-06-18 17:39:03
Just one week ago the North American HD DVD Promotional Group issued a media release broadcasting that "HD DVD is significantly ahead in the dedicated consumer electronics player market with 60% of all high definition set-top players sold." However, the announcement that the Blockbuster video store chain will stock only Blu-ray titles in its remaining 1200 stores after an initial 500-store trial exposes HD DVD spin for what it is.
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Blockbuster to Blu-bust HD DVD off the shelves
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2007-06-18 11:20:55
Has Blockbuster become the HD DVD-buster by deciding to stock only Blu-ray titles in their 1700 corporate-owned stores, leaving HD DVD titles only in the initial 250 store test, adding only more HD DVD titles see higher consumer demand?
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2007-06-18 11:20:55
Has Blockbuster become the HD DVD-buster by deciding to stock only Blu-ray titles in their 1700 corporate-owned stores, leaving HD DVD titles only in the initial 250 store test, adding only more HD DVD titles see higher consumer demand?
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Blockbuster backs Blu-ray - HD DVD on the ropes?
Written By: Adam Turner
Section: Seeking Nerdvana
Category: The Digital Lounge Room
2007-06-17 23:50:37
In another blow to HD DVD, the giant Blockbuster video rental chain has thrown its weight behind Blu-ray in the fight to see which format is the high definition successor to the humble DVD.
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Written By: Adam Turner
Section: Seeking Nerdvana
Category: The Digital Lounge Room
2007-06-17 23:50:37
In another blow to HD DVD, the giant Blockbuster video rental chain has thrown its weight behind Blu-ray in the fight to see which format is the high definition successor to the humble DVD.
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Microsoft, LG, patents and Linux get cross
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2007-06-07 10:28:11
A cross-license patent agreement between software behemoth Microsoft and Korean electronics powerhouse LG may result in some interesting products. Will we see an LG HDTV with built-in Xbox 360?
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2007-06-07 10:28:11
A cross-license patent agreement between software behemoth Microsoft and Korean electronics powerhouse LG may result in some interesting products. Will we see an LG HDTV with built-in Xbox 360?
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Sony fiddling on PS3 price cut while Rome burns
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2007-06-06 20:09:24
There is a report from Japanese daily the Yomiuri Shimbun that Sony president Ryoji Chubachi has publicly said the company is not "ruling out the possibility" of lowering the price of the PS3. One wonders if those running Sony haven't taken leave of their senses and are trying to further sabotage the already dismal sales of the PS3.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2007-06-06 20:09:24
There is a report from Japanese daily the Yomiuri Shimbun that Sony president Ryoji Chubachi has publicly said the company is not "ruling out the possibility" of lowering the price of the PS3. One wonders if those running Sony haven't taken leave of their senses and are trying to further sabotage the already dismal sales of the PS3.
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Intel's Bearlake chipsets debut at Computex
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Hardware
2007-06-05 04:29:56
Intel's 3 Series chipsets - codenamed 'Bearlake' - have arrived at Taiwan's Computex trade show.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Hardware
2007-06-05 04:29:56
Intel's 3 Series chipsets - codenamed 'Bearlake' - have arrived at Taiwan's Computex trade show.
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Toshiba unveils slim HD DVD-RW for notebooks
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2007-06-04 11:35:35
Toshiba releases a slim new HD DVD-RW drive for notebooks at Taiwan’s Computex as they fight with Sony’s Blu-ray to become the dominant movie and data standard.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2007-06-04 11:35:35
Toshiba releases a slim new HD DVD-RW drive for notebooks at Taiwan’s Computex as they fight with Sony’s Blu-ray to become the dominant movie and data standard.
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Sony slashes $100 off Blu-ray players; is PS3 next?
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2007-06-04 09:11:19
For the first time Sony's Blu-ray players are cheaper than its PlayStation 3 console, after the company announced a US$100 cut off the price of the BDP-S300 player to US$499. The move begs the question: can Sony now afford not to also slash the price of PS3?
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2007-06-04 09:11:19
For the first time Sony's Blu-ray players are cheaper than its PlayStation 3 console, after the company announced a US$100 cut off the price of the BDP-S300 player to US$499. The move begs the question: can Sony now afford not to also slash the price of PS3?
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Arrr! Sparrow’s Pirates is “The One”
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2007-06-02 23:44:48
Pirate antics on the high Blu-ray seas have bested the mind bending Matrix trilogy in HD DVD in unit sales, but big differences between the two prove there is no spoon.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2007-06-02 23:44:48
Pirate antics on the high Blu-ray seas have bested the mind bending Matrix trilogy in HD DVD in unit sales, but big differences between the two prove there is no spoon.
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PS3 needs better ‘everything’ AND a price cut
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2007-05-29 13:33:32
As the Wii sells more units, causing games manufacturers to ramp up plans for more Wii titles, speculation is rampant on how Sony can sell more PS3s, with claims and counterclaims that a price cut is the answer.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2007-05-29 13:33:32
As the Wii sells more units, causing games manufacturers to ramp up plans for more Wii titles, speculation is rampant on how Sony can sell more PS3s, with claims and counterclaims that a price cut is the answer.
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Sony faces patent challenge to Blu-ray
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Storage
2007-05-27 17:07:45
Three of Sony's divisions face a patent suit over the metallic layers used to reflect laser light in Blu-ray discs.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Storage
2007-05-27 17:07:45
Three of Sony's divisions face a patent suit over the metallic layers used to reflect laser light in Blu-ray discs.
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Can the AACS manage to get managed copy right?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2007-05-24 22:42:45
MMC, or ‘mandatory managed copy’ is a feature of the AACS specification that allows users to make one or more legal backup copies – but the feature still isn’t implemented with studio horse-trading still ongoing.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2007-05-24 22:42:45
MMC, or ‘mandatory managed copy’ is a feature of the AACS specification that allows users to make one or more legal backup copies – but the feature still isn’t implemented with studio horse-trading still ongoing.
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Gaming Pitfalls – Part II: Cross platform danger
Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Radioactive IT
Category: Gaming and Entertainment tech blog
2007-05-11 06:14:59
Following on from the Big License Dilemma, this time we focus on those multiplatform games. How does this affect quality especially for a big fish in a smallish pond, like the PlayStation 3?
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Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Radioactive IT
Category: Gaming and Entertainment tech blog
2007-05-11 06:14:59
Following on from the Big License Dilemma, this time we focus on those multiplatform games. How does this affect quality especially for a big fish in a smallish pond, like the PlayStation 3?
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New Centrino Duo and Pro notebooks abound
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Hardware
2007-05-09 17:33:21
Intel predicts more than 230 Centrino Duo and Centrino Pro-based designs using its new 'Santa Rosa' chipsets will hit the streets by the end of the year, and major manufacturers have been quick to get moving.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Hardware
2007-05-09 17:33:21
Intel predicts more than 230 Centrino Duo and Centrino Pro-based designs using its new 'Santa Rosa' chipsets will hit the streets by the end of the year, and major manufacturers have been quick to get moving.
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HP to offer Blu-ray/HD DVD hybrid
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Hardware
2007-05-08 01:35:03
Hewlett-Packard is expected to announce this week an optional dual-format Blu-ray/HD DVD drive for some of its PC models.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Hardware
2007-05-08 01:35:03
Hewlett-Packard is expected to announce this week an optional dual-format Blu-ray/HD DVD drive for some of its PC models.
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Time to change your name PlayStation?
Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Radioactive IT
Category: Gaming and Entertainment tech blog
2007-05-01 04:38:59
This week saw the passing into retirement of Ken Kutaragi, father of the PlayStation. After standing down as head of Sony Computer Entertainment, apparently falling on his sword in the wake of the less than stellar PS3 reception, Kutaragi has taken the next career step in a not so drawn out scape-goating process. But should it have been the Sony PR team on the chopping block? And is the PS3 no longer batting in the right league?
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Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Radioactive IT
Category: Gaming and Entertainment tech blog
2007-05-01 04:38:59
This week saw the passing into retirement of Ken Kutaragi, father of the PlayStation. After standing down as head of Sony Computer Entertainment, apparently falling on his sword in the wake of the less than stellar PS3 reception, Kutaragi has taken the next career step in a not so drawn out scape-goating process. But should it have been the Sony PR team on the chopping block? And is the PS3 no longer batting in the right league?
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Xbox 360 Elite arrives this Sunday. Will it sell?
Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Radioactive IT
Category: Gaming and Entertainment tech blog
2007-04-27 18:11:41
So you’re a next-gen gamer who has all the tech gear. A HDMI equipped High-Def screen, a high speed internet connection poised to download viewable content, and perhaps you already own an Xbox 360. Will you succumb to the lure of black?
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Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Radioactive IT
Category: Gaming and Entertainment tech blog
2007-04-27 18:11:41
So you’re a next-gen gamer who has all the tech gear. A HDMI equipped High-Def screen, a high speed internet connection poised to download viewable content, and perhaps you already own an Xbox 360. Will you succumb to the lure of black?
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