CES has jumped the shark

Robert at Infoworld is absolutely right about CES.  There wasn't anything that was truly exciting and new.  There was incremental improvement in fidelity, size, speed and usability in many new devices...

Paramount denies Blu-Ray defection

"US newspapers are claiming that Paramount has a clause in its HD-DVD exclusivity contract that allows it to withdraw if Warner drops its support of the format.[...] Paramount spokesperson Brenda Ciccone told the news agency that “Paramount’s current plan is to continue...

Asus M51SN with Nvidia GeForce 9500M GS and Penryn: Next-Gen Gaming Laptop

Asus is trying to be pioneer to use latest forthcoming cutting0edge features for its laptops. Asus M51SN is the World first 15.4-inches gaming laptop that comes with Nvidia GeForce 9500M GS graphics as well as Penryn processor.

Party's Over: WB Jumps HD DVD Ship

This is just... sad. Imagine throwing a cocktail party and the guest of honor flakes. Not only does that guest flake, but he removes you from his social networking profile... oh, the humiliation."The HD DVD...

Horizon unveils 1st 1080/60P universal System-On-a-Chip solution

"Horizon's Hz7220 HD-DVD/Blu-Ray SoC supports wide range of features and capabilities including conformance to leading video compression standards such as high-definition 1080/60p profiles of AVC/H.264, VC-1, MPEG-2 and DV/HDV, leading audio compression standards such as...

Atmel announces high-performance, extra-small front monitor diode ICs

Heilbronn (ANTARA News/PRNewswire-AsiaNet) - Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq:ATML) announced today the availability of the ATR1841 and ATR1842 front monitor diode (FMD) ICs for use in the optical pick-up units (OPUs) of slim and ultra-slim HD-DVD and Blu-ray drives. These new...

Paramount and DreamWorks Drop Blu-ray

"In unexpected news today, Paramount and DramWorks Animation have announced that both studios will drop their support of the Blu-ray format in the next-generation DVD format war and will now exclusively publish content on HD-DVD. As such, major upcoming home releases of...

Blu-Ray stimulated by adult film industry

"Sony’s Betamax may be consigned to the history books but the electronics giant is making a play for market dominance with the high-definition Blu-Ray DVD format in a family-friendly way by making exclusive distribution deals with several Hollywood studios. However, since...

Digg.com: Site Is 'Aligned With the Users'

"Company stopped removing AACS code blog posts because it sides with users on copyright issues, says CEO Jay Adelson.Digg.com, the popular site where users determine the placement of new stories by voting, Wednesday found itself in the center of what some are calling a test...

Let The Games Begin ... Or Not?

Yup, guys... HD-DVD and Bluray DVD. Which one will survive? Like movie industry remakes, some people said that this one is the old story of VHS and Betamax. VHS took the lead with support from porn...uhhh...adult...

Hack-pocalypse for Proprietary DVD Formats

It was really only a matter of time, but I kind of thought it would take the hacker community a bit more of it."Arnezami, a hacker on the Doom9 forum, has published a crack for extracting the "processing key" from a high-def DVD player. This key can be used to gain access to...

New wave DVD war may see truce

I don't know about your opinion, but for me, I wont change my way of viewing videos. There are competitors in the new HD video storage with different technologies in mind, but no winner yet (as for me...

HD-DVD DRM copy protection broken

"Its official, the hacker known only as Muslix64 has successfully cracked the copy protection on HD-DVD called AACS. Muslix64 released the source code, as well as a video that he shot proving the concept of the decryption. Designed as a program to make back-up copies of...

eHDMI.com Adds a New HDMI Wall Plate to their Website

eHDMI.com is pleased to announce the addition of a new product to their website. Effective immediately beige HDMI wall plates are available to purchase on the internet store."eHDMI.com Adds a New HDMI Wall Plate to their Website"

eHDMI.com Announces Record 3rd Quarter Results

eHDMI.com, one of the internet's fastest growing HDTV destinations, is excited to announce record growth in both earnings andnet income for the 3rd quarter of 2006.

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