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- VHS
- Video Home System A half-inch, analog videocassette recorder VCR format introduced by JVC in 1976 to compete with Sony's Betamax, introduced a year earlier. Its ability to record...
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ZDNet Resources
- Netflix launches device for watching movies on TV
- Netflix launches device for watching movies on TVNice at $99. Wonder why no PC content accessFrom what I see, I like this alternative to Apple TV although I use iTunes. It would be nice if this box leveraged the PC resources for stored content.at least it's not from AkimboAkimbo...
- Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Akimbo, TV, NetFlix Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-05-20
- AnyDVD HD defeats AACS on HD-DVDs
- AnyDVD HD defeats AACS on HD-DVDsHmm, interesting choice...Either buy a new HDCP-compliant graphics card and monitor, or buy AnyDVD.Tricky...(Well, not really. Personally, I'll just wait for the HD-equivalent of libdvdcss to appear ;-) )I'll stick to regular DVD. Maybe I think I'm living in 1997,but I recall when DVD...
- Tags: HD DVD, Consumer electronics, DVD, AnyDVD HD, VHS, HD-DVD
- Discussion threads 2007-02-17
- Toshiba wants unified DVD format
- Toshiba wants unified DVD formatlower quality VHSVHS winning over Betamax was about more than technology. The first movies available for renting were VHS, due to JVC working with content licensing. This was an important factor.JVC also opened their technology to others, while Sony did *not*. (So you HAD to have...
- Tags: Consumer electronics, Now IT, Sony Betamax, VHS, DVD, Sony Corp., Toshiba Corp.
- Discussion threads 2006-06-27
- PCs' key role in HD-DVD vs. Blu-ray war
- PCs' key role in HD-DVD vs. Blu-ray warI Don't Trust SonyAfter the whole Sony Rootkit fiasco and their public response to it, I no longer trust Sony at all. I now avoid Sony as much as possible, so I am pulling for HD DVD over Blu-Ray.The war is already...
- Tags: HD DVD, DVD, Consumer electronics, PC, VHS, HD-DVD, porn industry, Sony Corp., Sony Betamax
- Discussion threads 2006-06-06
- DVR technology comes to video iPods
- DVR technology comes to video iPodsright"It's like recording to a VHS tape and putting it onto a VHS player," he said. "There's nothing here that helps people if they want to take a TV show and distribute it."Just keep telling yourselves that...right up to the point where the MPAA and...
- Tags: DVR, Digital video, Apple video iPod, VHS, digital video recorder
- Discussion threads 2005-12-19
- When two standards are better than one
- When two standards are better than oneBravo! Ban ASCII and TXT! Great idea!I think you'd be better off just writing "I hate Microsoft" over and over, that's all I can see in your posts. It's pretty old by now, everyone reading your post is aware of your opinion here. But...
- Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), Quality, XML, style info, standards, VHS, OpenDocument Format, IPR, Sony Betamax, Microsoft Word, Word Format, MS-XML
- Discussion threads 2005-12-16
- Last waltz for Grokster
- Last waltz for GroksterRIAA: "This time, pirating is finished for sure!"Um, right?acqusition of appropriated value...I wonder if the RIAA is getting a 'steal' off Grokster's network assets. prob.. it would make sence if the RIAA tells the owners of Grokster that they will either be sued out of existance...
- Tags: Peer to peer (P2P), Grokster Ltd., Internet, film company, VHS
- Discussion threads 2005-11-07
- VHS lives on--just barely
- VHS lives on--just barelyWhy do this?All you need is timer. They are cheap as dirt in any hardware store. In fact dirt in the garden section actually cost more. Why bother with a bulky VHS box to use it's time. Seems kind of silly to me. I'd rather use my...
- Tags: DVR, Consumer electronics, Digital video, VHS, DVD, digital video recorder
- Discussion threads 2005-10-28
- Panasonic plays DVD maker to push next-gen format
- Panasonic plays DVD maker to push next-gen formatSingle Format of Paramount ImportanceTwo different formats will not make it to the market. We have seen it happen over and over. VHS beat out the superior BetaMax format, does anyone but me remember El-Cassettes...It will take years for the Next...
- Tags: Consumer electronics, VHS, Sony Betamax, DVD Maker, Panasonic, DVD
- Discussion threads 2005-05-04
- $32 bln was spent on VHS in 1996, $15 bln in 2003
- Global annual consumer spending on VHS software peaked at almost $32 bln in 1996, subsequently starting a steady descent that saw the format generating under $15 bln in 2003, and heading towards an expected merely nominal turnover by 2008, according to Screen Digest. Meanwhile, DVD has not only stabilised the...
- Tags: VHS
- Blog posts 2005-04-24
- $32 bln was spent on VHS in 1996, $15 bln in 2003
- Global annual consumer spending on VHS software peaked at almost $32 bln in 1996, subsequently starting a steady descent that saw the format generating under $15 bln in 2003, and heading towards an expected merely nominal turnover by 2008, according to Screen Digest. Meanwhile, DVD has not only stabilised the...
- Tags: VHS
- Blog posts 2005-04-24
- VHS profit margins are 20-30%, DVD margins are 50-60%
- Ken Fisher from ArsTechnica points out to the profit margins of VHS and DVD products in the movie business. A slide from Metro-Goldwyn-Myers presentation shows that with suggested retail price of VHS tape at $10 the profit margins for the movie company are at 20-30%, while a DVD priced at...
- Tags: Consumer electronics, DVD, VHS, movie
- Blog posts 2005-04-03
- VHS profit margins are 20-30%, DVD margins are 50-60%
- Ken Fisher from ArsTechnica points out to the profit margins of VHS and DVD products in the movie business. A slide from Metro-Goldwyn-Myers presentation shows that with suggested retail price of VHS tape at $10 the profit margins for the movie company are at 20-30%, while a DVD priced at...
- Tags: DVD, VHS
- Blog posts 2005-04-03
- 450 mln DVD players by 2008
- In a story on VHS departure from some leading retail chains CNet compares DVD sales statistics to those of VHS. Sales of DVD players outstrip those of VHS players by a factor of 40 to one globally. Blockbuster reports that over 80 percent of its rentals are DVDs. Internationally the...
- Tags: VHS, DVD
- Blog posts 2004-11-22
Additional Resources
- ZeeVee ZvBox Zv-100
- These days, there's a wide range of products that will stream on-demand movies from the Internet to your living room (Apple TV, Vudu, Xbox 360, TiVo, PS3, and Roku's Netflix Player). The ability to access YouTube videos, video podcasts, and other online content is built into some of those products...
- Tags: Corporate communications, Desktops, TVs, TV & Home Theater, ZvBox, video, PC, TV
- Product reviews 2008-08-27
- 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
- FireWire 1600, 3200 approved: Now, USB 3.0 or FireWire?
- FireWire 1600, 3200 approved: Now, USB 3.0 or FireWire?My choice: USB 3.0At least for mainstream computing.USB has used a single main interface since it was first introduced. Being able to use an old-but-still-functional USB device like a mouse, webcam, or cable to a digital camera in a USB 3.0...
- Tags: FireWire, USB
- Discussion threads 2008-07-31
- Google's iPhone app is really good
- Google's iPhone app is really goodOMG! How many iPhone stories can ZDNet pump out in 36 hours???C'mon ZDNet this is ridiculous...how many more iPhone / Apple stories are you going to bombard us with??????Then stop reading them!What's so difficult about that concept? There seem to be a lot of things...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Google Inc., Microsoft strategy, Apple iPhone, Donnieboy, Google iPhone app, people like, Google iPhone
- Discussion threads 2008-07-12
- Whither Blu-ray?
- Whither Blu-ray?It's the lack of HDTV ownersand the ignorance of those who do own that I think is the biggest issue. People who don't have HDTV would see no benefit to spending extra money on BluRay, and those who do own will never believe there is a difference unless you...
- Tags: HD DVD, Blu-ray, Consumer electronics, TVs, TV & Home Theater, HDTV, DVD
- Discussion threads 2008-07-03
- Torrent admin is 'felony infringer'
- Torrent admin is 'felony infringer'Felony infringerYes, I would agree that this extends beyond fair use... Book'em Dano.RE: Torrent admin is 'felony infringer'I do not think it is right but if it is made out as such a major deal then what is it doing all over the internet Bittorrent...
- Tags: DVD, Consumer electronics, Strategy, felony infringer, Torrent, administrator
- Discussion threads 2008-07-02
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