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209 - TiVo prepping a “mass appeal” HD DVR priced below Series 3 
TiVo has clearly seen the light after years of pushing rather high-end, high-priced HD DVRs out its doors. The company disclosed in its Q1 earnings call that a reduced-cost version of the TiVo Series 3 is on the way, and not a moment too soon.
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208 - Super Hi-Vision puts HD to shame
Japanese broadcaster NHK has come up with what they call Super Hi-Vision, and it puts HD to shame with an insane resolution of 7680×4320. Yeah, that’s the equivalent of 16 HDTVs crammed into one. Like I said, your HDTV sucks.
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207 - First Review: $499 BoxTV Home Theater Projector
Can you really get a good home theater projector for $499? That’s the promise of the BoxTV Home Theater Projector, a 640×480 LCD unit that we’ve seen advertised in some places on the Web for $349. Hey, that’s cheaper than a replacement bulb on most other home theater projectors.
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206 - 1080p movie and game upscaling for PS3 tomorrow
New firmware includes 1080p upscaling for DVD movies and PS1/PS2 games. Other features include advanced Remote Play, DLNA connectivity and compatibility with Epson printers.
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205 - Top Directors See the Future, and They Say It’s in 3-D
Last week the next phase in the theatrical viewing experience took a significant leap forward, as Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson signed on to direct and produce for Paramount’s DreamWorks Studios a trilogy of 3-D movies.
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204 - Top 10 HDTV Myths: Fact vs. Fiction
Myth #3 - HD video can
’t be recorded to regular DVDs. Fact: Yes it can. New blue-laser discs such as Blu-ray and HD-DVD have high capacities, up to 50GB, but conventional red-laser DVDs can hold hi-def, too. Recording capacity is about 30 minutes for an HD program with the MPEG-2 digital compression system in widespread use today.
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203 - ‘300′ to Conquer Blu-ray, HD DVD This July
“Both the BD-50 Blu-ray and HD DVD/DVD combo versions will feature identical 1080p/VC-1 transfers and, in a welcome move from Warner, matching Dolby TrueHD (48kHz/16-bit) 5.1 surround tracks.”
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202 - Pioneer’s LCD-Killing Plasma Tech Leaked
Project Kuro (”Black” in Japanese) HDTVs from Pioneer are going to kick the crap out of LCD. have a black level 80% deeper than 7th generation Pioneer plasma. Without any sacrifice in brightness, according to our sources. That means the 1080p TVs are good for a 20000:1 contrast ratio.
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201 - HP Adding HD-DVD/Blu-ray Hybrid Drives to PCs
Hewlett-Packard said it will be beefing up select high-end PCs this week with options including a dual format HD DVD/Blu-ray optical drive by LG, digital cable tuners, Intel Core 2 Quad Processors, and Nvidia’s GeForce 8800 graphics cards. HP also plans to make both Media Center PCs available with an optional Intel Core 2 Quad (Q6600) processor,
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200 - Hi-def DVD fight set to continue
Looks like this one could run and run…
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