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Sky HD fiasco worsens - 17,000 installations postponed

Supply problems with its new HD box means that 17,000 installation dates are being rescheduled to cope with the shortfall. Sky is blaming the delay on "an unforeseen and very late hold up in the manufacturing process". Via The Register...

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Posted by Staff on 20 May 2006

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ICT anti-piracy measure doomed? Cue wild cheering

One of the nastier capabilities of both Blu-ray and HD DVD allows for content holders to force image quality degradation onto users whose TVs aren't quite up to snuff. The original plan was simple: if a TV lacked a secure...

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Posted by Staff on 28 March 2006

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LCoS running into teething problems

LCoS is the technology that Raymond Soneira of DisplayMate Technologies has picked as the new gold standard for display quality. The success of Sony’s SXRD rear-projection models certainly indicates that a lot of people agree with him. JVC’s D-ILA and...

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Posted by Staff on 11 March 2006

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400,000 Sony Bravia TVs sold with major flaw

Sony has admitted a faulty batch of Bravia-branded LCD and rear-projection TVs has made it into wild. Around 400,000 sets may carry a software bug that could prevent them from being turned off after a cumulative 1,200 hours in stand-by...

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Posted by Staff on 14 February 2006

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Dell sells too many LCD TVs

Dell insisted today its LCD TV line-up will return after the company was forced to pull the products from its EMEA websites late last month. Describing the company as a "victim of its own success", a Dell spokeswoman today admitted...

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Posted by Staff on 5 February 2006

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Sky demo Premiership in High Def

On Sunday, I was one of the first journalists to watch a live screening of a UK Premiership match filmed by satellite giant Sky in HD. And even before Chelsea and Charlton finished the 90 minutes with a 1-1 draw,...

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Posted by Staff on 24 January 2006

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Pioneer interview discusses Blu-Ray and their Elite BDP-HD1 Blu-Ray player

AP: An Elite model - the BDP-HD1. A very high-end product. Featuring 1080p output and compatible with DTS HD and the latest audio standards. So it's really designed to appeal to the performance people - the folks that are really...

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Posted by Staff on 20 January 2006

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Why is 1080p good?

1080p resolution quality in displays, processors, players, recorders, pre-recorded media, etc. is rapidly becoming the next stage of this HDTV industry; the 1080p buzzword has been also loosely used to identify the "new breed of top quality HDTV sets." In...

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Posted by Staff on 19 January 2006

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Hollywood Considers Dual Format Heresy

Hollywood studios are mulling over the once-dreaded prospect of dual movie-formats following Microsoft's announcement of a HD-DVD drive for Xbox 360. Via Next Generation...

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Posted by Staff on 9 January 2006

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Toshiba demo SED display technology

As reported earlier, Toshiba & Canon’s newest display technology, SED, was on display at CES 2006. According to many who were able to actually view some of the sets, the displays were nothing short of amazing even though they were...

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Posted by Staff on 9 January 2006

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"HD-Ready" does NOT mean "HD-TV"

This is one of those important things to know about when you go shopping for an HDTV.MOST people make a mistake. They buy an EDTV or HD Ready TV. They don't realize these aren't really HDTV's. So they sit and...

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Posted by Staff on 9 January 2006

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Early looks at the first HD DVD and Blu-ray players, and an Xbox surprise

First, there's the HD DVD drive that we weren't sure we'd ever see. During his CES keynote last night, Bill Gates let his head of marketing, Peter Moore, introduce an external HD DVD player for the Xbox 360: "The new...

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Posted by Staff on 8 January 2006

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Blu-ray vs HD DVD: Heavyweight title bout

The story that's dominating CES this year is the standards war around high-definition DVD, and this is no longer a phony war: both Blu-ray and HD DVD players will arrive in less than six months What's clear from talking to...

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Posted by Staff on 8 January 2006

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HDTV for the laptop

HDTV for the laptop: The SIGMA HDTV5 tuner can receive HDTV broadcasts and connects to your Tablet PC or notebook computer via USB 2.0. The HDTV5 offers a full 1920 x 1080 and supports time-shifting of live TV and comes...

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Posted by Staff on 3 January 2006

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TDK starts sample production of Blu-Ray disks

Goodbye cartridges. Hello disks! TDK has finally moved Blu-Ray disks out of the cartridge stage thanks to their hard protective coating that minimizes scratches. These are just a sample of the production, as they are waiting for their license...

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Posted by Staff on 13 December 2005

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Father of DVD Not Happy With Prodigal Son

With a nickname like "The Father of DVD," I guess Warren Lieberfarb can say pretty much anything he wants about the format these days. And yesterday, he gave a surprising speech in which he blasted Blu-ray. Taking the next-generation...

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Posted by Staff on 9 December 2005

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Sony HDTV sales bounce back

We're not sure if the 250,000 super balls helped or it was just a sales bounce from Black Friday and Cyber Monday, but Sony moved quite a few HDTV sets over the Thanksgiving holiday. According to a press release,...

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Posted by Staff on 6 December 2005

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Sky to demonstrate HDTV today

Sky has called a big press conference for early Monday morning and there's no prizes for guessing what it is demonstrating. Yep, the gathered throng of journalists and analysts are going to be first to get a glimpse of...

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Posted by Staff on 5 December 2005

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HDTV for Chistmas on a budget

If you don't have an HDTV set yet, do you need to spend upwards of $3,000 to $5,000 to get one this holiday season? Not necessarily, although you will give up some features, functions and (dare I say it?)...

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Posted by Staff on 4 December 2005

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Panasonic invests BIG in plasma

The eternal battle over LCDs and plasmas is raging more then ever right now. Panasonic is investing heavily into the latter of the two with their newest manufacturing plant. This $790 million dollar plant (take that LG.Philips) can pump...

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Posted by Staff on 3 December 2005

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Singapore to start HDTV trials next year

We talked previously about Singapore's Media Development Authority partnering with the former Voom HD to produce high definition content, now they have started working with MediaCorp and others to broadcast high definition television. Singapore seems to be the hot...

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Posted by Staff on 2 December 2005

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HDTV Prices Plunge

LCD and plasma flat panel HDTV display prices have plummeted over the past year. Fueled by better manufacturing results and competition from budget brand manufacturers, even the big boys have been dropping prices steadily. Check out the graph, the...

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