Archive for May, 2006

Video Disc Players, Big TVs and Fast Phones

Wednesday, May 17th, 2006

I’ve been writing about prototype high-definition video disc players for a long time, so it’s great to finally be able to report that they’re coming.

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Video Disc Players, Big TVs and Fast Phones

Wednesday, May 17th, 2006

I’ve been writing about prototype high-definition video disc players for a long time, so it’s great to finally be able to report that they’re coming.

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The Next Game Wars

Saturday, May 13th, 2006

There’s more at stake than the spoils of the $25 billion videogame industry. Sony and Microsoft are about to face off over who gets to own the digital living room.

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The Next Game Wars

Saturday, May 13th, 2006

There’s more at stake than the spoils of the $25 billion videogame industry. Sony and Microsoft are about to face off over who gets to own the digital living room.

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Can I record HDTV on a DVD recorder?

Saturday, May 13th, 2006

DVD is not an HDTV format. DVDs cannot hold HDTV information. The maximum resolution of a DVD is 480i (which can be played back in 480p on a progressive scan DVD player).

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Samsung prepares Blu-ray, HD DVD combo drive

Saturday, May 13th, 2006

AT CES 2006, I was very much after the latest in the HD DVD and Blu-ray standards dispute.

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Can I record HDTV on a DVD recorder?

Saturday, May 13th, 2006

DVD is not an HDTV format. DVDs cannot hold HDTV information. The maximum resolution of a DVD is 480i (which can be played back in 480p on a progressive scan DVD player).

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Samsung prepares Blu-ray, HD DVD combo drive

Saturday, May 13th, 2006

AT CES 2006, I was very much after the latest in the HD DVD and Blu-ray standards dispute.

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Blu-ray poised to win DVD format battle

Saturday, May 13th, 2006

With Samsung set to release the first Blu-ray disk player next month, the Blu-ray Disk Association is confident that it will prevail in the next-generation format battle with rival HD-DVD.

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Warner Releases Hybrid HD DVDs

Saturday, May 13th, 2006

In an effort to ease the transition from standard-definition to high-definition DVDs, Warner Home Video announced this week that it will release a first-of-its-kind format that combines both HD DVD and traditional DVD movies on a single disc.

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