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Can We Do Anything about iPod Audio Quality?

In the iPod age, music sound quality has been dumbed down to "Fisher-Price toy" levels, said one of my all time favorite rockers, Neil Young, at Fortune's Brainstorm Tech Conference."Apple has taken a detour down the convenience highway," he said,...

Posted on July 23, 2008 9:00 PM

"Why Blu?" Sweepstakes could land you a Sony PS3

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment and Blu-ray have teamed up with Brickfish to launch the "Why Blu?" campaign at http://www.brickfish.com/Entertainment/whyblu?tab=entries&=blu_pr.The campaign asks entrants to create a poster, ad or video highlighting the "supreme quality" of Blu-ray Discs.The grand prize winner, selected...

Posted on July 16, 2008 12:15 PM

Blu-ray Buy 2 DVDs, Get 1 Free Promotion

Cool Blue-ray promotion from Amazon I thought I'd share. Buy 2 Blu-ray DVDs get 1 DVD free. Sweet! I keep threatening to buy a Blu-ray player, specifically a Sony PS3, but I just can't seem to pull the trigger. Could...

Posted on July 15, 2008 12:00 PM

Look Ma, No HDTV Wires!

No wires!   Love that concept no matter how you mean it! Belkin's FlyWire now makes it possible to place your HDTV where you want--without cables. Featuring an intuitive and simple setup, FlyWire wirelessly connects devices such as Blu-ray...

Posted on July 10, 2008 1:56 PM

Blu-ray Going Under $300 -- Will Market Take Off?

Wal-Mart plans to break the consumer sweet spot under-$300 price point barrier on Blu-ray players this month, according to a report on Pocket-lint.co.uk. Traditionally, consumer products really start to take off when they drop under the $300 level (at...

Posted on May 19, 2008 8:59 PM

Blu-ray in Your Plans?

Seems that Blu-ray sales have not taken off, despite the all-but-official demise of HD DVD. You can read more at Ars Technica here. Really hard not to see why, when prices remain high and supply remains low -- besides,...

Posted on May 5, 2008 6:03 PM

TMC's Biggest Loser Finale

TMC's Biggest Loser contest just ended today. First, congratulations to Alan Urkawich for winning TMC's contest who lost 36.4 pounds and 15.4% & took the $375 prize. However, if you recall, I wasn't allowed to join TMC's competition, so I...

Posted on May 5, 2008 10:08 AM

Xbox 360 Goes Blu-ray?

Xbox 360 with Blu-ray is coming?! Now that starts to make the concept of the all-in-one home entertainment appliance take a new, higher-res turn. Check out what Engadget had to say about it. See what happens when one format wins...

Posted on May 2, 2008 3:33 PM

Blu-ray DVD - Buy 2 Blu-ray DVDs Get 1 Free on Amazon

Amazon is offering a buy 2 Blu-ray DVDs get 1 Free Blu-ray DVD now that the Blu-ray vs HD DVD war is over. I just got this email now. Funny how Amazon was very diplomatic when they wrote "Now that...

Posted on April 9, 2008 10:26 AM

Do We See a White Flag in the DVD Format Wars?

Hey, how about this news about a forwarding looking company making a play to end the next-gen HD DVD format wars and also making everybody happy at the same time? Our report today comes from the New York Times about how Warner...

Posted on January 4, 2007 12:41 PM

The Next Gen DVD Format War Is Over (Maybe, Maybe Not)

Everybody loves a format war; by "everybody" I really mean the media. Format wars are no fun for the companies backing each format, the companies manufacturing the competing products and the consumers who must ultimately vote (with their pocketbooks and wallets) to determine...

Posted on September 27, 2006 11:18 AM

Another HD-DVD Format!

As if we didn't already have too many High Definition DVD formats! Now, a third format has entered the HD DVD war to battle HD-DVD and Blu-ray for world domination -- New Medium Enterprises' High Definition Versatile Multilayer Disc (HD VMD). (That...

Posted on August 31, 2006 4:10 PM

A Unified HD-DVD Format (Or at Least a Player)?

So much going on with HD-DVD and Blu-ray that you need a scorecard to keep up with all of the players and their moves in this next-generation format war. Is there any life to a dual-format player that supports both...

Posted on July 18, 2006 9:04 AM

The HD-DVD Age Is Officially Upon Us

It may not be the second dawning of the Age of Aquarius, but the high-definition DVD era begins today with the official launch in the United States of HD-DVD movie players and discs. The Contra Costa Times got it right...

Posted on April 18, 2006 3:38 PM

Pioneer To Unveil First Blu-ray Disc Drive

Much buzz yesterday afternoon about Pioneer’s announcement to unveil a Blu-ray Disc drive at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas in early January. According to the announcement, the first Blu-ray Disc format optical disc drive for personal...

Posted on December 28, 2005 8:16 AM