items tagged with HD DVD
Gates CES Keynote: Vista, Xbox 360 and the connected home
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology Lifestyle
Category: New Products
2007-01-08 08:17:32
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology Lifestyle
Category: New Products
2007-01-08 08:17:32
Bill Gates presented what could well have been his second last CES keynote earlier today. Among the offerings were previously undisclosed Vista and Vista Ultimate features, the latest PC, Tablet, UMPC and smartphone designs, Xbox 360 advances in games and IPTV, a new Windows Home Server, some details on the Ford and Microsoft Sync collaboration and a glimpse into the connected home of the future. Bill Gates’ dream of the connected home and the connected life is slowly coming true through Microsoft software and hardware.
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LG Blu-ray/HD DVD combo player is a dud!
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2007-01-07 23:54:43
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2007-01-07 23:54:43
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?
Written By: Angus Kidman
Section: Information technology news
Category: Hardware
2007-01-07 15:14:18
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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Written By: Angus Kidman
Section: Information technology news
Category: Hardware
2007-01-07 15:14:18
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
Written By: Adam Turner
Section: Seeking Nerdvana
Category: The Digital Lounge Room
2007-01-07 10:19:53
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Written By: Adam Turner
Section: Seeking Nerdvana
Category: The Digital Lounge Room
2007-01-07 10:19:53
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
Written By: Angus Kidman
Section: Information technology news
Category: Hardware
2007-01-06 18:51:04
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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Written By: Angus Kidman
Section: Information technology news
Category: Hardware
2007-01-06 18:51:04
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
Written By: Angus Kidman
Section: Information technology news
Category: Hardware
2007-01-06 15:39:29
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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Written By: Angus Kidman
Section: Information technology news
Category: Hardware
2007-01-06 15:39:29
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
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2007-01-06 05:45:02
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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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2007-01-06 05:45:02
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
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2007-01-06 02:52:39
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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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2007-01-06 02:52:39
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
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology Lifestyle
Category: New Products
2007-01-05 08:23:03
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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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology Lifestyle
Category: New Products
2007-01-05 08:23:03
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
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Vendors
2007-01-04 19:36:08
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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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Vendors
2007-01-04 19:36:08
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
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology Lifestyle
Category: New Products
2007-01-04 05:39:31
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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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology Lifestyle
Category: New Products
2007-01-04 05:39:31
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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LG to launch dual Blu-ray and HD DVD player at CES
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology Lifestyle
Category: New Products
2007-01-04 05:24:09
LG announced they were working on a dual Blu-ray/HD DVD player last March, and less than 12 months later, they promise to release the unit in ‘early 2007’ after launching it at CES next week. Finally someone has the sense to launch a dual format player – but what will this do for sales of already expensive existing single format next generation players?
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology Lifestyle
Category: New Products
2007-01-04 05:24:09
LG announced they were working on a dual Blu-ray/HD DVD player last March, and less than 12 months later, they promise to release the unit in ‘early 2007’ after launching it at CES next week. Finally someone has the sense to launch a dual format player – but what will this do for sales of already expensive existing single format next generation players?
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European PS3 success is assured, despite Wii and Xbox 360 success
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2007-01-04 05:00:17
An article from the UK’s The Guardian newspaper is questioning how well the PS3 will do in Europe when it finally launches there in March, citing the difficulties Sony has with stock levels and plummeting prices on eBay after the initial PS3 ‘land grab’. But there should be no question - the PS3 will sell out in Europe, too.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2007-01-04 05:00:17
An article from the UK’s The Guardian newspaper is questioning how well the PS3 will do in Europe when it finally launches there in March, citing the difficulties Sony has with stock levels and plummeting prices on eBay after the initial PS3 ‘land grab’. But there should be no question - the PS3 will sell out in Europe, too.
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Twelve Predictions for 2007
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2007-01-03 10:08:18
We take a peek into our Magic 8 crystal ball to see what might well be in store for 2007…
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2007-01-03 10:08:18
We take a peek into our Magic 8 crystal ball to see what might well be in store for 2007…
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AACS encryption from high-def HD DVD and Blu-ray cracked?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2007-01-02 11:24:43
A hacker called Muslix64 has claimed to have cracked the AACS encoding scheme used with next-gen high-def DVDs. This has happened at almost the same time that music companies are starting to release more commercial tracks as mp3s, instead of music locked down with a form of DRM. Could this herald non-DRM movies one day, too?
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2007-01-02 11:24:43
A hacker called Muslix64 has claimed to have cracked the AACS encoding scheme used with next-gen high-def DVDs. This has happened at almost the same time that music companies are starting to release more commercial tracks as mp3s, instead of music locked down with a form of DRM. Could this herald non-DRM movies one day, too?
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HD DVD anti-rip encryption cracked
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: The Register
2006-12-29 00:25:36
Has the HD DVD next-generation optical disc format's anti-rip technology been cracked? That's certainly what's being claimed by a programmer going by the name muslix64 who has posted a Java-based app he maintains will free the video on a disc from its encryption shackles.
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: The Register
2006-12-29 00:25:36
Has the HD DVD next-generation optical disc format's anti-rip technology been cracked? That's certainly what's being claimed by a programmer going by the name muslix64 who has posted a Java-based app he maintains will free the video on a disc from its encryption shackles.
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HD DVD Encryption cracked ?
Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Information technology news
Category: Market News
2006-12-27 23:54:25
Yet to be completely verified, and not exactly simple to do, but it may be that we are about to see a flood of pirated High Def video hit the market. Will this story mark the beginning of the end for one of the new disk formats?
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Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Information technology news
Category: Market News
2006-12-27 23:54:25
Yet to be completely verified, and not exactly simple to do, but it may be that we are about to see a flood of pirated High Def video hit the market. Will this story mark the beginning of the end for one of the new disk formats?
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It is hard to beat the Wii60 experience.
Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Radioactive IT
Category: Gaming and Entertainment tech blog
2006-12-26 21:08:34
The combination of Xbox 360 with a Nintendo Wii can become a gaming Nirvana for some, has the Sony crown been dislodged?
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Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Radioactive IT
Category: Gaming and Entertainment tech blog
2006-12-26 21:08:34
The combination of Xbox 360 with a Nintendo Wii can become a gaming Nirvana for some, has the Sony crown been dislodged?
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New channels forecast for Wii
Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Radioactive IT
Category: Gaming and Entertainment tech blog
2006-12-20 20:18:52
Along with the activation of Opera browser for the Nintendo game console, comes the first of the promised internet channels. Does the inclusion of Wii channels help this box weather the storm from Xbox 360 and PS3?
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Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Radioactive IT
Category: Gaming and Entertainment tech blog
2006-12-20 20:18:52
Along with the activation of Opera browser for the Nintendo game console, comes the first of the promised internet channels. Does the inclusion of Wii channels help this box weather the storm from Xbox 360 and PS3?
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Sharp speeds up diode manufacturing for Blu-ray and HD DVD.
Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Technology Lifestyle
Category: Consoles
2006-12-20 00:00:04
Sharp Corporation has decided that the time is right to get stuck into the High Definition video market by ramping up the output of blue laser diodes.
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Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Technology Lifestyle
Category: Consoles
2006-12-20 00:00:04
Sharp Corporation has decided that the time is right to get stuck into the High Definition video market by ramping up the output of blue laser diodes.
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