Archive for the 'HDTV' Category
Harman Kardon DVC 600 Blu-ray Player
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I guess Toshiba had better cut its losses where HD DVD is concerned, as more and more hardware manufacturers are producing Blu-ray devices. Harman Kardon will be releasing its DVC 600 Blu-ray player that September at IFA ‘08 in Berlin, with a price tag that resides betwen £450 to £500. Other t…
Hitachi Ultrathin TV Roadmap
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Hitachi looks set to keep us entertained with its latest TV roadmap, with a 35mm-thin plasma display rolling out next year while a 10mm-slim model will build its way into retail stores sometime amidst 2010 and 2012. Plasma lovers won’t be getting all the fun though as LCD TV fans will plus see…
Blu_Ray High-Definition compose-Up
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This sounds like a joke, but it is actually serious: Cargo Cosmetics has a line of cosmetics called Blu_Ray (underscore), not to be confused with Blu-Ray (dash). Cargo even uses a very similar font and blue tone.
But it all makes sense when you read Cargo’s moto: “Make-up developed for Hi…
Best Buy Sides with Blu-Ray Too
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Shortly after hearing that Netflix pledged allegiance to Blu-Ray, we learn that Best Buy will do just the same thing. Best-Buy will recommend consumers to choose Blu-Ray by HD-DVD.
Given he current market conditions, it might be a sound advice.
The store will continue to carry HD-DVD hardw…
Netflix Gives Up on HD-DVD, Ships Only Blu-Ray Movies
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Netflix has announced that it won’t support HD-DVD anymore. Instead they will only ship Blu-Ray movies.
Previously, the company was stocking both formats, but at that point it probably makes financial sense to choose the installed based leader and that’s Blu-Ray.
Obviously, the other f…
Netflix Drops HD DVD
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HD DVD is under siege from all directions, and the latest “attack” comes in the structure of Netflix announcing that it won’t be offering HD DVD movies on its mail-based subscriptions, leaving Blu-ray being the only high definition format available. While HD DVD titles can still be rented, Netfl…
Kaleidescape Upcoming To Will Support Blu-Ray
The new player will be available only in 2009, but the Kaleidescape has started diffusing data about it. Note that given instance launch duration frame, a number of things can change and many highlights below are still hypothetical
Blu-Ray, DVD, CD compatibility
Up to 5 simultaneous Blu-Ray pl…
Xbox 360 HD DVD Price Drop
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Hmmm, it seems that Microsoft is moving in line with Toshiba to drop the price of HD DVD players by lopping $50 off the $180 price point to a new low of $130 in the US and Canada. that makes it cheaper than the Toshiba HD-A3 standalone player that costs $150, placing it in top spot as the cheape…
Sony BRAVIA XDV-D500 Portable TV
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Sony has just introduced its new BRAVIA XDV-D500 portable TV that comes in black and champagne gold variations, featuring the following specifications :-
3″ widescreen 432 x 240 pixel resolution display
160-degree viewing angle
DMB TV
AM/FM Tuner
2GB of internal memory (records up to…
46-inch LCD HDTV Going Cheap
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Guess with the plummeting prices of flat panel displays across the board, you will always be able to net a few more inches of viewing real estate with each passing year for the same price. Take for example, that 46″ Westinghouse LTV-46w1 LCD TV that retails for $869 without skimping on the speci…










