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News to know: Windows 7, HD-DVD, Twitter, iPhone, SOA

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Christopher Dawson: Windows 7: Good enough to pay for? Andrew Nusca: Quickfire Deal: Windows 7 Home Premium upgrade,...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Richard Koman, HD-DVD, Jason Perlow, SOA, Matthew Miller, Twitter, Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Operating Systems, Software, Web Services, Enterprise Software

Blog posts 2009-06-29

Research firm challenges supposed popularity of HD-DVD format

Research firm challenges supposed popularity of HD-DVD formatI like my HD-DVDI've got an HD-DVD player along with several titles. Of course it looks as good--identical--to BluRay. But the technology was fundamentally less expensive. The players cost less. The disks cost less to make (and could be...

Tags: HD DVD, DVD, Consumer electronics, HD-DVD, Sony Corp., BluRay, research company

Discussion threads 2009-06-27

Research firm challenges supposed popularity of HD-DVD format

The recent survey by Harris Interactive, which suggested that HD-DVD continues to be roughly as popular as Blu-ray, has met with some controversy over its methodology. In fact, I received a lengthy e-mail from Adams Media Research's press representative strongly refuting the Harris study's findings. At dispute...

Tags: HD-DVD, Harris Interactive, Blu-ray, Hd Dvd, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Sales Strategy, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Sales, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2009-06-27

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

Holy Betamax, Batman! Blu-ray is still barely beating out HD-DVD

Holy Betamax, Batman! Blu-ray is still barely beating out HD-DVDWhere do you find $20 BR movies???BR movies are usually $25+.Netflix all you can view for $12.99, forget bluebubble or what ever...ntHD-DVD prices plummeted...When the media declared Bluray to be the winner, all the electronics stores immediately slashed their prices on...

Tags: HD DVD, Consumer electronics, HD-DVD, DVD

Discussion threads 2009-06-22

Holy Betamax, Batman! Blu-ray is still barely beating out HD-DVD

It appears Blu-ray being the "winner" of the high-def DVD wars early last year hasn't led to mass adoption—or even delivered a knockout blow to the "loser," HD-DVD. According to a study just released by market research firm Harris Interactive, more consumers have a dedicated HD-DVD player (11 percent) than...

Tags: Sony Betamax, HD-DVD, Blu-ray, Hd Dvd, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2009-06-22

As Blu-ray sales surge, Best Buy holds on as format's top seller

As Blu-ray sales surge, Best Buy holds on as format's top sellerCan't possibly be trueZDNet has been writing of zero prospects for Blu-ray's since MS lost with it's HD-DVD format. Come to think of it the failure of HD-DVD was also a surprise given the number of articles ZDNet pushed...

Tags: HD DVD, Sales strategy, Consumer electronics, Sales force management, Special Effects, Blu-ray sales surge, Blu-Ray sale, Best Buy Co. Inc., top seller, sales, HD-DVD, DVD

Discussion threads 2009-05-11

CD DVD HD DVD Blu-ray Burn Suite 1.00 (Windows)

Burn Suite is a is a complete solution for all your CD, DVD, Blu-Ray, HD DVD burning needs. It lets you create and record Discs of Any Kind - from Audio CD to High-Definition Video. This new burner software supports all current optical disc formats from legacy Audio CD to...

Tags: CD, HD-DVD, Disc, Microsoft Windows, Blu-ray, KLLabs, Hd Dvd, Consumer Electronics, DVD, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment

Software downloads 2009-01-05

IsoBuster 2.5 Build 2.5.0.0 (Windows)

IsoBuster is an excellent and low cost utility to do data recovery from CD, DVD, BD, and HD DVD. All File-Systems are supported. Supports an enormous range of image files as well. Scanning for lost files and folders, CD, DVD, BD, and HD DVD Surface scan. Find lost data on...

Tags: Folder, CD, HD-DVD, Microsoft Windows, Smart Projects, IsoBuster, Hd Dvd, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment

Software downloads 2008-12-20

Podcast: gadgets for Christmas, iPod lovin' and the Blu-ray war

Podcast: gadgets for Christmas, iPod lovin' and the Blu-ray warNit PickingSorry to be picky guys, but the rival format was HD-DVD as you mention, and the XBOX 360 extension to play High Def movies was HD-DVD ONLY. XBOX 360's cannot play Blu-ray discs no matter what you do, and therefore...

Tags: HD DVD, Game players, DVD, Consumer electronics, Apple iPod, Microsoft Xbox 360, Microsoft Xbox, HD-DVD, podcast

Discussion threads 2008-12-03

Toshiba soups up traditional DVDs

Toshiba soups up traditional DVDsactually, you are wrong...HD dvd has the higher capacity, and better technology, like BetaMax in the past was superior to VHS but still lost the war. I would love to be able to use HD DVD rather than blue ray for data backupsThis is a first...

Tags: HD DVD, Consumer electronics, toshiba, wat, Broadcast TV, Toshiba Corp., DVD, HD-DVD

Discussion threads 2008-08-18

Okoker HD-DVD Burner 3 (Windows)

Okoker HD-DVD Burner is professional software for you for burning HD-DVD. With this software, you can create and backup your data into HD-DVD disc. It has part function of Okoker CD&DVD Burner, and it is free for you. With fast speed, it can help you burn your DVD easily. It...

Tags: Software, HD-DVD, Disc, Microsoft Windows, Okoker HD-DVD Burner, Hd Dvd, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment

Software downloads 2008-06-25

Toshiba making *another* bad storage bet

Toshiba making *another* bad storage betMaybe.....we'll see.I still think the concept is good. Improvements and new discoveries will keep coming. Many people said the LCD flat screens would never catch on, but now it's a standard. The first cell phones and portable computers like the Osborne were questionable, but led...

Tags: HD DVD, DVD, Consumer electronics, Monitors & displays, Toshiba Corp., HD-DVD, hard drive, storage

Discussion threads 2008-04-27

Friday Rant - Here's a perfect example of why DRM sucks

Friday Rant - Here's a perfect example of why DRM sucksI agreeYep, the UK broadcasts look pretty swanky.But, whenever they're showing clips from US news shows or playing Friends on Channel 4 (so that's about... 90% of the day?), the quality is crap. Whether its just because US TV...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), HD DVD, Digital media, Consumer electronics, DVD, TV & Home Theater, digital-rights management, DRM Sucks, HD-DVD, Friday Rant, perfect example, TV

Discussion threads 2008-04-11

Friday Rant - Here's a perfect example of why DRM sucks

It's a Friday (again!) so that means time for another Friday Rant! Today a cautionary tale for those of you buying HD DVD players and discs. If you've been looking at the slew of cheap HD DVD discs and players on the market and feel that this...

Tags: Digital-rights Management, HD-DVD, Hd Dvd, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Security, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2008-04-11

The strange journey of HD disc formats

The strange journey of HD disc formatsSomebody still has some sand in their vag....The author appears to be a spurned HD-DVD adopter. The "war" has been over for awhile, but this guy seems to still be awfully bitter. Both formats were close in quality, and technically Bluray is...

Tags: HD DVD, DVD, Consumer electronics, TVs, TV & Home Theater, HD-disc format, strange journey, HD-disc, HD-DVD, BluRay

Discussion threads 2008-04-01

The strange journey of HD disc formats

THe battle between HD DVD and Blu-ray is firmly in the category of "old news." With the shift of Warner Brothers to the Blu-ray camp and the domino effect in terms of industry support that caused, Toshiba quickly decided to cease its backing of the format it developed and...

Tags: HD-DVD, Disc, Blu-ray, HD, Hd Dvd, DVD, Sales Strategy, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Sales, John Carroll

Blog posts 2008-04-01

Best Buy gives poor HD-DVD buyers some gift card balm

Best Buy gives poor HD-DVD buyers some gift card balmShouldn't there just be a recycle/replacement program in placethe components of HD-DVD players are still modern and reusable??? Be nice, maybe environmentally friendly to 'recall' and replace/reimburse to get this dying tech tree out of consumers' way and back into...

Tags: HD DVD, Consumer electronics, HD-DVD, gift card, Best Buy Co. Inc., HD-DVD buyer, poor HD-DVD buyer, card, DVD

Discussion threads 2008-03-19

Best Buy gives poor HD-DVD buyers some gift card balm

Best Buy said Wednesday that it will send a $50 gift card to any poor soul that bought a HD-DVD player. The tally will run about $10 million in gift cards, says Best Buy in a statement. So if you bought an HD-DVD player before Feb. 23--the...

Tags: Card, HD-DVD Player, Best Buy Co. Inc., HD-DVD, Hd Dvd, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-03-19

Nikkei: Toshiba faces $986 million loss on HD DVDs

Nikkei: Toshiba faces $986 million loss on HD DVDsHD-DVD could had won if ...... the price of the movies where the same as today (ie: the same price of a DVD). The player was already cheap, but the movies were too expensive to buy. Also, they should had released...

Tags: HD DVD, DVD, Consumer electronics, Nikkei, HD-DVD, Toshiba Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-03-13