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Kodak Announces New Theatre HD Player

Saturday, July 12th, 2008

The well-known foremost imaging innovator, Kodak has announced the launch of its new Theatre HD Player, the interactive Wi-Fi-enabled device that able to display personal and web-based content including podcasts, music, HD still images (16:9 Aspect Ratio) and video (720p) on a HDTV, while wirelessly connecting to home network.

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New Monster Wireless Digital Express HD System

Saturday, June 14th, 2008

The world’s leading manufacturer of connectivity solutions for high-performance audio and video, Monster has collaborated with Sigma Designs to create the new Monster Wireless Digital Express HD system, which will use Sigma’s exciting new Wireless HDAV for HD A/V cable replacement, along with (ultrawideband) UWB-over-coax technology, aiming to offer users an elegant ‘wireless and no new wires’ combination solution for enjoying HD content.

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New Sony HT-IS100 BRAVIA Theatre Micro System

Saturday, June 7th, 2008

The well-known Japanese consumer electronics giant, Sony has announced the launch of the stylish solution for the modern high-definition home theater - Sony HT-IS100 BRAVIA Theatre Micro System (450 watts [RMS] of power), consisting of five incredibly small speakers (1.7 inches in diameter) roughly the size of a golf ball and a subwoofer with integrated 32-bit S-Master digital amplifier, aiming for superb audio performance.


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TiVo Offering Access To Youtube Video

Saturday, March 15th, 2008

The creator of and a leader in television services for digital video recorders (DVRs), TiVo has recently announced that its subscribers will be able to access YouTube videos directly from their TV sets via a TiVo DVR, aiming to enhance your Youtube experience.

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Sony Announces First New Blu-Ray Players Since the Fall of HD DVD

Wednesday, March 5th, 2008

Sony will debut first new player Blu-ray by this summer that able to download bonus material like trailers and games from the internet. There have two players, BDP-S350 and BDP-S550.

Both players can show picture-in-picture content and will be the first Sony Blu-ray players to do so, apart from the PlayStation 3 game console, which gained this feature via software update last year. The picture-in-picture feature, called Bonus View, can be used to show director or actor commentary in a small window while the movie plays.

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Asus HDTV Suite-HDMI Transforms PC Monitor into HDTV

Tuesday, February 19th, 2008

HD (High Definition) TV becomes common in today’s Consumer Electronics world. For those that are not intended to purchase a brand new HDTV but still want to enjoy the great visual experience, now there is an alternative option with the new HD TV box introduced by Asus. The device is claimed to be able to transform your conventional PC monitor into HD screen without a need to spend extra bucks on getting an expensive HDTV.

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Vudu’s HD Set Top Box Price Drop to Compete with Apple TV

Saturday, January 26th, 2008

Vudu has just announced the price slash of its famous HD (High Definition) video set top box by 25 percent this week due to competitive market situation. The new price of around $295, is quite a significant adjustment from its original retail price of $399. This has made it more competitive to what Apple TV has offered to consumers so far. The new price will be effective immediately and for those that have just bought the set top box from Vudu last month (within 30 days of the announcement), there will be a $100 rebate voucher given to compensate the price difference.

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Paramount Drops HD-DVD

Wednesday, January 9th, 2008

UPDATE: Paramount spokeswoman Brenda Ciccone made this statement in response to reports that Paramount is abandoning the HD-DVD format: “Paramount’s current plan is to continue to support the HD-DVD format.” The statement didn’t specify if Paramount would also produce Blu-ray DVDs in addition to HD-DVDs. It will be interesting to see how this story pans out.

I just gave the bad news to one of the guys in the Toshiba booth at CES. He wasn’t happy. Their HD-DVD focused booth looks a little silly now.

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