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186 - Universal Announces Plans for More Than 100 HD DVD Releases 
Universal Studios will release more than 100 new film and television titles in 2007. “Dozens” will be released day and date with DVD. And over 90% of their upcoming 2007 titles will be released as combo discs.
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185 - First Look at the Smallest Projector in the World (Laser-LED)
Projector technology has improved considerably in the last few years, but although brightness, contrast, and color are better than ever, size still remains an issue for those looking for a true portable device. Enter the world’s smallest and lightest projector – only a few inches long and with a weight of a mobile phone, the new laser-LED-based pro
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184 - Network HDTV Quality Tested: The State of the High-Def Union
The State of the Union address last night was a snoozer, but we HDTV gearheads had fun jumping between the networks, checking out which net was able to deliver the best HDTV signal from lens to screen. We took an HD gander at NBC, CBS, ABC, Fox, and HDNet, to see who delivered the crispiest, most colorful and most gorgeous HDTV signal of all.
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183 - Is Blu-ray really a good medium for games? Ars Technica investigates.
Ars Technica takes a look at the upsides and downsides of games on bluray. The results might surprise you.
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182 - Serenity: First HD-DVD Movie Leaked Onto BitTorrent
The HD-DVD has been cracked, and high definition content is now being distributed freely over BitTorrent. The first HD-DVD to be uploaded to BitTorrent is Serenity, the Firefly movie.
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181 - HD-VMD. A New Competitor in the Format Wars!
As if two hi-def formats aren’t enough, a British tech developer is readying a third for market over the next few months.
HD VMD boasts the capacity of HD DVD and Blu-ray discs, but uses existing DVD technology, making for much lower costs.
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180 - HD-DVD goes beyond 50GB with new disc, surpasing Blue-Ray
Toshiba has announced a new 51GB HD-DVD Rom disc at this year’s CES, beating Blu-ray by 1GB. Thats strike two for Blue Ray today!
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179 - “Total Hi Def” DVDs feature HD DVD on one side, Blu-ray on the other
Warner Brothers will be making some of its films available on “Total Hi Def” DVDs, the company announced at a CES presentation on Tuesday. The discs are, ingeniously, HD DVD on one side and Blu-ray on the other.
The combo discs are the same size as always, but contain both single and dual layers for both formats.
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178 - ATI’s TV Wonder lets Vista PCs tune digital cable
If you’ve been curious about whether, how, and when media center PCs would gain the ability to tune and record high-definition digital cable TV, this year’s CES looks to be bringing some answers. AMD has just announced a new product in its ATI TV Wonder lineup, the TV Wonder Digital Cable Tuner.
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177 - HD-DVD Vs Blu Ray - A Comparison
The next generation of DVD
’s is already upon us, Blu Ray and HD-DVD have started battling it out with players being released from numerous manufacturers. But just what is the difference between the two formats?
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