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PS3 gains 1080p PVR services: record TV shows, watch on PS3/PSP

Curt — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 00:13:45 +0000

PlayTV will allow users to watch, pause and record live TV. PlayTV can also record individual shows, or entire series to the PS3 hard drive. The videos can then be watched from the PS3, or can be transferred to the PSP to watch on the go.

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State of High Definition: Who’s Winning the Studio Support War?

Curt — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 17:01:14 +0000

Now that Paramount and Dreamworks Animation have just announced to exclusively support the HD DVD format, we thought it was time to revisit the current status of studio support for both Blu-ray and HD DVD. At last check, Blu-ray had all but a few studios locked down in their camp, with HD DVD trailing far behind. Has it changed?

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Paramount and Dreamworks drop BLURAY - go HD DVD.

Curt — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 20:01:10 +0000

No transformers for BLURAY.

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Third generation HD DVD players on October 1st?

Curt — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 16:21:06 +0000

There’s no doubt that the HD Format war is in full swing, and just when the Blu-ray camp thinks they’re going to catch up with HD DVD’s full featured players, HD DVD raises the bar. We’ll probably have to wait ’till CEDIA to get the official word from Toshiba, but for now Amazon has a few details about the new lineup, which will be available on…

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False alarm: Target’s not giving up on HD DVD

Curt — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 17:33:49 +0000

As noted on Engadget HD the other day, and further clarified by Major Nelson this morning, that story about Target going exclusively Blu-ray was false.

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The State of Wireless HDMI and WirelessHD… And It’s Good News!!!

Curt — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 16:22:34 +0000

You know that rat’s nest of cables around your pristine HDTV? Wireless HDMI and WirelessHD will soon help hi-def fans cut the cord, and Ars talks with industry insiders to find out where things are at and when products will (finally) ship.

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HDMI Cable Battle: The Truth About Monster Cable

Curt — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 00:30:09 +0000

It never pays to buy a Monster cable first. It doesn’t even make sense to buy the “marked down” $50 cable you can buy if you don’t want Monster. Go online, order your cables, and wait. The only people who should buy Monster cable are people who light cigars with Benjamins. Fortunately for Monster, there are plenty of those people.

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Woolworths go Blu-ray exclusive. Drop HD-DVD.

Curt — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 00:25:45 +0000

Woolworths retail have been trialling both Blu-ray & HD-DVD product ranges. Since the PlayStation 3 release Blu-ray movie sales have seen a steady increase, and they are now rolling out Blu-ray movies across all their medium to large stores. However Woolworths will be dropping all HD-DVD lines.

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Target goes Blu. Another blow to the HD-DVD camp.

Curt — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 00:23:11 +0000

Target Corp., the nation’s second-largest retailer, will start selling a Sony Blu-ray high-definition DVD player during the critical holiday shopping period and feature the player along with Blu-ray discs in store displays, dealing a potential blow to the rival HD DVD format.

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Game-On HDMI

Curt — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 00:19:12 +0000

It’s on HDMI fans, the first LCD monitor sporting a VESA-approved DisplayPort 1.1 jack was just announced by Samsung — a world’s first. The 30-inch LCD pumps a 2,560 x 1,600 pixels with a 10-bit color depth at a smokin’ data rate of 10.8Gbps over a single port. In other words, kiss your DVI (and VGA ultimately) spec goodbye as their days are numbe

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