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- Holiday Gift Guide 2008: High-end home theater setups
- Holiday Gift Guide 2008: High-end home theater setupsDid this article say "High-end" home theater??High-end by whose standards...someone who usually shops at Walmart? I mean c'mon - high end Blu Ray player for $350.00? Denon and Marantz both have Blu Ray players that are over $3,000.00 to start. The stuff listed...
- Tags: Home entertainment, Consumer electronics, TV & Home Theater, Blueray, home theater, Holiday Gift Guide 2008, home theater setup
- Discussion threads 2008-12-05
- Blu-ray is dead: the sequel
- Blu-ray is dead: the sequelI prefer physical media tooThe question is, when will I - and most consumers - make Blu-ray the default? Dark Knight I'll get on Blu-ray someday - the fabulous 8k special effects work makes it worth while. But romantic comedies? Never. Thanks for commenting.RobinDigital d/ls are...
- Tags: DVD, Consumer electronics, Revenue Share, REAL PROBLEM
- Discussion threads 2008-10-31
- Investors cheer as Toshiba nears HD DVD surrender
- Investors cheer as Toshiba nears HD DVD surrenderHurray, Sony wonand I don't trust them as one non-customer, me, has to say, but let them buy Sony's UMD, rootkits, exploding batteries, CD price fixing and general over pricing. It good to see the format war end long enough to focus...
- Tags: HD DVD, Consumer electronics, Blu-ray, Digital rights management (DRM), Memory, HD-DVD, SD card, Blueray, Toshiba Corp., DVD, Sony Corp., Blu-ray disc
- Discussion threads 2008-02-18
- FAQ: What's next in HD video fracas?
- FAQ: What's next in HD video fracas?What happens next...Blueray wins the consumer space. Thats the way it is so what now? I purchased a $199 Toshiba deck a few months before Christmas and was a little disappointed when Warner backed out of the deal. So as I am...
- Tags: HD DVD, Consumer electronics, TVs, TV & Home Theater, Blueray, DVD, HD-DVD, TV, standard definition, Blu-ray disc
- Discussion threads 2008-02-05
- Google outlines the Open Handset Alliance; Will it succeed?
- Google outlines the Open Handset Alliance; Will it succeed?OSS rules the handset marketThat's the dawning of a new era in software that will spell trouble for proprietary OSes.I Go With the Least Expensive-Not GlitsiestI did not buy an iPhone because I refuse to pay $60 a month for cell phone....
- Tags: DVD, Wi-Fi, Consumer electronics, OSS, Google Inc., Open Handset Alliance, carrier, Blueray, phone
- Discussion threads 2007-11-05
- Why HD movie downloads are a big lie
- There's a lot of buzz lately about the delivery of HD TV and Movie content over the Internet with shows like Lost being delivered by ABC.com and other video download services with XBox360 or iTunes. I even have friends and colleagues telling me that BlueRay or HD-DVD won't make it...
- Tags: Consumer electronics, Fun Stuff, Infrastructure, Net Neutrality, Networking, VoIP
- Blog posts 2007-05-31
- Apple TV - Will you be throwing out your DVD player?
- Apple TV - Will you be throwing out your DVD player?DVD Player replacement?I am excited at the prospect of not needing my 300 DVD changer in the living room anymore it is huge. I have already checked out products from Nidesoft and Xilisoft to see how well they convert...
- Tags: Consumer electronics, Media players, TVs, TV & Home Theater, Nero, Blueray, DVD, DVD player, Apple TV, Apple Inc., TV
- Discussion threads 2007-03-22
- Blu-Ray's boat anchor
- Blu-Ray's boat anchorConsumers are reluctantOnly the wealthy are going to early adopt Blu-Ray or HD DVD standalone devices. They are far to expensive.I don't think it is a concern of the consumer if one format or the other will fail. It is just to expensive to bother with...
- Tags: Game players, HD DVD, DVD, Games, Consumer electronics, Nintendo Wii, HD-DVD Drive, Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox, Sony Corp., Sony PlayStation 2, Blueray
- Discussion threads 2007-03-22
- Toshiba delays HD DVD recorder launch
- Toshiba delays HD DVD recorder launchWow, 3,453 for an HD DVD recorder?And I thought the Blu-Ray drive was expensive.The Blu-Ray recorder will cost even more!Try doing an Apples to Apples comparison instead of comparing a player to a recorder. Savvy?Not so.BlueRay consumer electronics (stand-alone) recorders have been available in Japan...
- Tags: HD DVD, DVD, Consumer electronics, recorder, Blueray, HD-DVD, HD-DVD recorder, Toshiba Corp.
- Discussion threads 2006-07-13
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- Dell Inspiron Zino HD aims for living room, Mac mini; starts $229
- Neat, but it's also nearly twice as big as the Mini. [nt][nt]Mac MiniNeither the Mac Mini nor its OS for that matter support BlueRay
- Tags: Desktops, Dell Computer Corp., Apple Intel Mac Mini, Apple Macintosh, Dell Inspiron
- Discussion threads 2009-11-12
- Sony to charge $24.95 for Bravia owners to rent "Chance of Meatballs" before DVD release
- Meteor, please!I'm still hoping for an early arrival of the meteor that will finally make dinosaurs like Sony extinct! ;)These companies just don't get it. And I doubt they ever will.Sony when will you learnNo wonder Sony is bleeding money, they live in a fantasy world where they think...
- Tags: LIKE IT, DVD, Sony Corp., Bravia owner, Bravia
- Discussion threads 2009-11-10
- New Apple ads slam Microsoft and Windows 7
- No mentionJust as Microsoft haven't mentioned the tens of hours it'll take up upgrade your Vista machine, and the known bug that could cause your upgrade to hang at 62%http://support.microsoft.com/kb/975253LameThese "I'm A Mac" ads have gotten Rather lame. Again, can't Apple come up with something that promotes OSX rather than...
- Tags: Operating systems, Start Menu, Microsoft Corp., advertisement, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Apple Inc., Win7, operating system, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Windows 7
- Discussion threads 2009-10-23
- Consumers only want 3D HDTVs, Blu-ray players if they don't cost extra
- Here's one point#1 Blu-ray is basically an evolutionary step up from DVD. DVD from VHS was a revolutionary jump in quality, sound, and durability. Blu-ray? Just more lines, maybe better sound. Nothing major there.#2 HDTV: Because of manufacturers screwing around, some shows/movies are 720, others are 1040. Also it...
- Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, DVD, Consumer electronics, 3D
- Discussion threads 2009-10-04
- Asus, QNAP release new 1080p HD media streamers
- why not use a ps3? does same and more!?well....almost the same!!RE: Asus, QNAP release new 1080p HD media streamersHave been putting an NMP through it's paces for a month. Impressive performance so far, very flexible. User interface could use some improving, but it is early days. Has caused...
- Tags: Media players, Digital music, new 1080p HD media streamer, QNap, media streamer, 1080p, ASUS, media player
- Discussion threads 2009-10-02
- Apple TV as cable box concept 'killed,' exec says
- Good!AppleTV has never been and was never intended to be a CABLE box. It's a WEB box, and I think people who have been pushing for all the DVR, BlueRay, cable-interface, etc. functionality really don't understand that concept. With TiVo and DVR boxes that cable/sat providers have, why should Apple...
- Tags: DVR, Network technology, Digital video, Channel management, cable, Apple Inc., Apple TV, cable box, digital video recorder, Web, TV
- Discussion threads 2009-09-08
- Sony unveils cheaper, sleeker PS3 Slim
- Now just wait a cotton pickin minute here !!!!!What good is a $299 paper weight if it is "lighter"?That's it??That's it? Just a slimmer console?*yawn*. Consoles are getting old.Wake me up when they start talking about the next gen.Uh oh, MS watch outThis new PS3 is slimmer with more disk...
- Tags: Sony PlayStation 3, PS3 Slim, Sony Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-08-18
- HD DVD returns and kicks Blu-ray to the gutter
- HD DVD returns and kicks Blu-ray to the gutterWell researchedThe problem with Blu Ray is the royalty aspect of this format.Thousands of dollars just to use their logo on the Jacket Cover and so on.Maybe this chinese will work.So is my HD-DVD player dead or not?In the US that is,...
- Tags: HD DVD, DVD, Consumer electronics, HD-DVD
- Discussion threads 2009-08-03
- The American Textbook Accessibility Act
- The American Textbook Accessibility ActChris, you're dreamingThe only way this is going to get a Federal charter is if someone with enough muscle gets to skim rents.None of the players have enough concentrated political pull to overcome the others who would gang up to block the monopoly play, so it's...
- Tags: Vertical industries, American Textbook Accessibility Act, government
- Discussion threads 2009-07-29
- Blu-ray's Blo-tards bite back
- Blu-ray's Blo-tards bite backI own a BR player and have 3 BR movies ....Only movies worth the extra bucks and that is a very small number will make me think about purchasing a BR movie. For all other, upconverted DVD is good enough.If the BR movies were about the...
- Tags: Consumer electronics, HD DVD, DVD
- Discussion threads 2009-06-26
- Poll: Blu-ray adoption is slow; big challenges ahead
- Poll: Blu-ray adoption is slow; big challenges aheadLarge TVs and projectorsIf you are running a 30" TV, then I would agree with your statement that the difference between a DVD and a Blu-Ray disk is not noticible ... But on my 140" projected screen, the difference between a...
- Tags: Blu-ray, Consumer electronics, Standard DVD, Blu-ray disc, DVD
- Discussion threads 2009-06-22
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