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Blu-ray HD recording a reality in Australia at last
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic

Category: The gadget blog

2008-05-28 23:58:52
Previously confined only to Japan, a consumer Blu-ray recorder able to record free-to-air 1080p digital HDTV broadcasts will finally land on Australian shores in June thanks to Panasonic. And wouldn’t you know it? It’s coming just in time for the Olympics!


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Is that Peppers Ghost? No, it's Telstra's Hugh Bradlow
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications

Category: Technology

2008-05-26 21:48:26
Telstra has taken its 'next dimension working' concept into the third dimension, literally, with a life size holographic projection of technology chief Hugh Bradlow, using technology from UK company Musion, which revives a 150 year old theatrical illusion known as 'Pepper's Ghost'.


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Australian Foxtel HD pricing leaked
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic

Category: The gadget blog

2008-05-19 00:31:18
While it’s not official, the long awaited high definition content pricing for Australian pay television operator, Foxtel, has been leaked – and should launch soon. Australia is far behind the US when it comes to the provision of pay TV high definition television content, although some HD programming has been available on free-to-air TV for some time.


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Is Blu-ray losing its shine, despite format win?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic

Category: The gadget blog

2008-05-03 05:13:23
The NPD Group has issued findings that show Blu-ray adoption hasn’t spiked since the death of HD DVD – while sales of upconverting DVD players are up by 5%, instead!


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Microsoft Xbox 360 with Blu-ray coming after all?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic

Category: The gadget blog

2008-05-03 00:29:54
Rumours that Microsoft will release an Xbox 360 equipped with a internal Blu-ray drive just won’t die, with a new report suggesting Asustek is making them – just in time for 3rd quarter and end-of-year sales and a big fight with the PS3.


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Blu-ray's market dominance will be delayed
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Technology Lifestyle

Category: New Products

2008-04-29 15:47:47
The Blu-Ray high definition DVD technology may have consigned rival HD DVD to oblivion, but it has a long battle for market dominance over the older standard definition technology according to ABI Research.


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Samsung makes predictable prediction: Blu-ray ftw!
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic

Category: The gadget blog

2008-04-28 00:54:46
A news report has quoted Samsung’s “bullish forecast” for Blu-ray adoption and sales, but this is hardly a surprise now that it is the only high-def optical format on the market. Still, has Blu-ray left its run too late?


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NASA Television to broadcast HD Earth
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science

Category: Space

2008-04-18 09:35:28
NASA has announced that it will broadcast dramatic views of Earth from images taken by its astronauts in high definition television (HDTV) in honor of Earth Day, April 22, 2008.


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Is Acer’s Gemstone Blue a true 1080p notebook or not? Answers here!
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic

Category: The gadget blog

2008-04-18 03:27:01
A kerfuffle has emerged over whether Acer’s Gemstone Blue ‘true HD 1920x1080p’ notebook can only output at 1080i – or the claim of true HD 1080p. Despite an email from Acer quoted in another publication suggesting the Gemstone Blue’s screen is only 1080i, the truth is out there, and we have it. Read on.


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Acer brings true blue HD to notebooks thru Gemstone Blue
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic

Category: The gadget blog

2008-04-16 23:06:04
Watch out Toshiba – Acer is stepping on Qosmio’s turf with the new Gemstone Blue series of ‘entertainment notebooks’, featuring ‘world’s first full HD 1920x1080p’ resolution for notebooks, and world’s first 6 integrated speakers with bass booster. Entertain away!


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Watch out, Joost: Adobe’s Media Player “amps” up the ante!
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic

Category: The gadget blog

2008-04-10 12:26:34
Adobe’s new cross platform, customisable ‘Adobe Media Player’, or AMP, offers a range of well known TV programming from CSI: NY to Star Trek and plenty more from major players, giving ‘video consumers’ a whole new channel to watch!


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HD DVD not yet dead for Xbox 360 – final update?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic

Category: The gadget blog

2008-04-09 22:52:52
Who said HD DVD was totally dead... yet? Microsoft are issuing a new Xbox 360 HD DVD update which will auto update for Xbox Live members, with a manual download option also available. Pity it won’t update itself to a Blu-ray player!


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Here comes Toshiba’s hi-def camera head cube: world’s smallest
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic

Category: The gadget blog

2008-04-07 03:03:42
Want to capture your reality TV show in high-definition, or simply have an HD camera where no other HD camera can yet go? Toshiba says ‘here’s looking at you in HD, kid’.


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The Xbox 360 is dead
Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Radioactive IT

Category: Gaming and Entertainment tech blog

2008-04-06 18:38:36
According to a report, if some Australian retailers had their way, the Xbox 360 would be dumped from their shelves.


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AMD puts four to the floor with Phenom X4 quad-core
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic

Category: The gadget blog

2008-03-27 03:29:40
Five AMD Phenom X4 ‘true’ quad-core processors have landed alongside the new X3 range – forever banishing single and dual-core technology to the bottom drawer?


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Survey confirms broadband users aren’t stupid
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic

Category: The gadget blog

2008-03-12 02:25:41
AVRRA, the Australian Video Rental Retailers Association, says online movie downloads are a ‘tough sell’, referencing a Diffusion Group survey of 1,975 US broadband users claiming that only 9.5% say they regularly download movies. However, there is evidence to suggest that the results are skewed.

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Panasonic’s new Blu-ray player won’t be their last
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic

Category: The gadget blog

2008-02-28 04:04:41
Panasonic's DMP-BD30 might have the Blu-ray 1.1 ‘Final Profile’ – but it will be superseded by future Blu-ray 2.0 spec players in the future. That said, it’s still packed with features – but wouldn’t you just buy a PS3 instead?


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Xbox 360 HD DVD drive given heave-ho by MS
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic

Category: The gadget blog

2008-02-24 02:15:48
In a move that is of no surprise to anyone, Microsoft has finally decided it will no longer manufacture the HD DVD add-on drive for the Xbox 360, although they will naturally continue to support customers who purchased the drive.

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Wal-Mart waves goodbye to HD DVD
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic

Category: The gadget blog

2008-02-15 21:01:11
Yes, HD DVD truly is the ‘Hopelessly Doomed Digital Video Disc’ now with Wal-Mart’s decision to ditch the ailing Toshiba format and go exclusively Blu-ray.


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‘Reliable sources’ say Toshiba to drop HD DVD - soon
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic

Category: The gadget blog

2008-02-15 10:10:20
Warner, Best Buy and Netflix go Blu-ray exclusive; Blu-ray player and disc sales still far outstrip HD DVD; those up to 50% price cuts had little effect and US $2.7m ‘Superbowl’ ad campaign promoting HD DVD players as great DVD upscalers seems to have flopped: all the world is waiting for now is an official announcement that HD DVD is dead.


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