Archive for March, 2008

Other high definition disc formats to note

matt buchanan wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptPC World Australia just published a good article briefly explaining other high definition (HD) disc formats besides our reigning champ “Blu-ray Disc” and the now defunct “HD DVD” format. Most of these formats are based oversees and …
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March 2008 Monthly Round Up for Networking Audio Video

Zach Flauaus wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptMedia Extender. D-Link DSM-750 Finally Shipping; Inteset Vana VA6420-Si Media Extender Says Bye to HD DVD. Mvix. MvixUSA 780-HD Media Streaming Device Unboxing. News. Hauppauge Jumping on the DivX Connected Platform Bandwagon …
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Okoro’s OMS-ZX100 an All-in-One HTPC Delight, or is it?

Thomas Ricker wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptConsidering the price of DDR2 RAM these days, you have to ask yourself if they could have done a little better on that front. The third point was the inclusion of an HD-DVD/Blu-Ray/DVD combo drive for playback. Now that HD-DVD is …
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HD DVD’s Last Gasps, War Becomes BD Versus DVD

ageekspot wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptHD DVD for the week ended, year-to-date, and since inception now show BD/HD DVD for week-ended and since inception - and the third box is now BD vs. DVD market share for the week ended. For the week ended 3/23 Blu-ray took 88% of the […]

Circuit City cuts HD DVD prices in half

videofan wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptCircuit City has also begun clearing out its HD DVD inventory, cutting the prices of HD DVD movies by 50% in most of its stores, TG Daily was told. The move follows other chains, such as Best Buy: Last week we reported that some Best […]

Beowulf - HD DVD

wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptVideo Quality on this release is 1080p in AVC MPEG-4 on a HD-30 (30 gigabyte Dual-Layered) HD DVD disc. First off this film in High Def is obviously REALLY FUN TO LOOK AT with it’s unique visual animation style that Zemeckis and his …
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HD DVD Promotions Group Dissolves

Nikki Finke wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptIn a long-expected formality, the HD DVD Promotions Group officially dissolved last week, about six weeks after backer Toshiba announced that the high-definition video format was being discontinued. A note has been posted to.
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HD DVD Promotional Group Disbands

ageekspot wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptThe biggest surprise here is that it took so long: It seems that rumors of HD DVD’s death weren’t so exaggerated after all. The HD DVD Promotion Group ended last week by dissolving itself, likely because, well, it didn’t really have …
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HD DVD - Officially Buried

Thomas Ricker wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptFor example, think about 3dfx and their innovations in the 3D graphics field - they lost, they are gone, but they won’t ever be forgotten. Unfortunately, I don’t think the same can be said about the HD DVD format, which finally got its …
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HD DVD Promotion Group is dismissed

wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptHigh Definition DVD is officially dead. The HD DVD Promotion Group this week formally dissolved itself, marking the termination of the format. Toshiba’s decision to end HD DVD hardware production, announced last month, put the format on …
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