After the rumors, patents and supposition, Apple's just updated its lineup of computers and included a surprise: a 27-inch TV monster. Okay, it's actually an iMac, but it's quite definitely a move in the televisual direction.
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With lots of industry players working on 3-D TV, and the supporting HDMI 1.4 cable format on its way, 3-D television is guaranteed to be pushed on consumers during this holiday shopping season and the next. Panasonic certainly plans ...READ»
Steve Jobs famously poo-poohed the idea of Apple adopting Blu-ray, describing the technology as a "bag of hurt." But with hot rumors of an imminent iMac redesign, the Blu-ray drive issue is again in the spotlight. Is Apple about to ...READ»
Warner Home Video is releasing new DVDs in cases that contain 20% less plastic. As a result of the effort, the company will reduce carbon emissions from its home entertainment division by 31%--and slash materials and shipping ...READ»
The intertubes have been filled with speculation about an upcoming Sony announcement on its gaming strategy. The announcement is due today, and it looks like it's going to be hot news. We've had a look and rounded up the biggest ...READ»
Blu-ray technology out-does DVD for one reason only: the discs store more information, so you can fit a higher-resolution movie file in the same physical space. That's a great thing now everyone and their dog has an HDTV. But a new ...READ»
For a long time Apple was king of the all-in-one PC game with the latest gen iMac being one of the slickest PC offerings out there: But this year there's been a lot of interest from other players, with Dell, Fujistu and Sony coming up ...READ»
Tonight's Dark Knight Blu-ray event was the first ever BD-Live experience in America. But the live text commentary featuring the film's director, Chris Nolan, left much to be desired. The questions that were texted in resembled the ...READ»
Last week Netflix sent out an email telling subscribers that the monthly fee will increase by $1.00 if they subscribe to Blu-ray discs. With times being what they are, I do not fault the company for increasing prices. I am just not ...READ»
Billing it as the "world's lightest Blu-ray notebook," Sony [SNE] announced today its new TT series notebook. The device will come housed in a carbon fiber chassis, and weigh just 2.8 pounds. It will sport an 11.1-inch ...READ»
Sony [NYSE:SNE] has been producing all-in-one media PCs for a while now, but they've been alternately very cool mashups and very poorly executed technological abortions. Thankfully for mankind, some of the new Viaos are looking like ...READ»
According to HD Guru, Sony [NYSE:SNE] is planning to drop the price of its BDP-S350 Blu-ray player. Right now it sells for about $400, and they're cutting that by a quarter, which I believe makes it... purple. Or $300. That price ...READ»
Still fresh off the defeat of its HD-DVD format by the Blu-Ray alliance, Toshiba [OTC:TOSBF] isn't just limping around with a case of the hi-def blues. In fact, the company is releasing this month a new standard DVD player that ...READ»
Several TV companies have figured out that they can decrease the thickness of their HDTVs by removing the bulky guts -- tuner, power supply, etc. -- and relocating them in a small box tethered to the set by a wire. This, of course, ...READ»
If you get anxious making decisions, this Hitachi cam [NYSE:HIT] might be the camcorder for you. It has a remarkable three ways of recording HD video: onto a Blu-ray disc, on to a high capacity SD card, or onto its internal 30GB ...READ»
At an event in New York City today, Westinghouse (OTC: TOSBF) announced the availability of its refreshed set of LCD televisions, previously debuted at CES in January. The new displays almost unanimously sport what the company calls ...READ»
With many new camcorders sporting eSATA ports these days, Hitachi (NYSE: HIT) has taken the opportunity to release a Blu-Ray disc burner that can connect directly to an eSATA-enabled camera and burn discs without a computer. The ...READ»
Toshiba threw in the towel today in the next-generation DVD format war, retiring its HD-DVD combatant against the now victorious Blu-ray format from Sony. What's interesting about this news nugget, which we've seen coming for some ...READ»
The format war is officially dead. Toshiba, the head company in the HD-DVD camp, announced today it will stop manufacturing HD-DVD players. The film studios that supported the dead format will most likely jump to the victor, ...READ»
Internet video service Netflix announced that it is supporting Blu-ray, since "the industry has stated its clear preference for Blu-ray" -- according to the press release. The company will no longer purchase HD-DVDs and ...READ»
