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Impression: Netflix for PS3 – free to access and easy to use

Mike Ferro — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:28:14 +0000

Sony and Netflix recently announced that Netflix’s streaming Watch Instantly service would be coming to the PS3. The service is now here as Netflix is sending out discs [...]

$50 Blu-ray player signal the end of DVD?

Mike Ferro — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:51:02 +0000

With the economic recession in full swing, the CE market sector has been suffering. However, it seems like Blu-ray players are selling quite well. According to an industry analyst, this holiday [...]

Can Microsoft turn around sinking Zune business with HD?

Mike Ferro — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 19:44:21 +0000

The Zune business has been a sinking ship for Microsoft. With revenue being dramatically down and sales slipping, it seemed like the company was about to call it quits on the [...]

Toshiba opts for profits over pride with Blu-ray player

John Lister — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 15:14:01 +0000

If you were the type of person who gets overly involved in format wars, you might see Toshiba releasing a Blu-ray player as a humiliating climbdown. But not doing so would have been a foolish move.

For those whom the next-gen DVD [...]

Blu-ray a bust on PC drives

John Lister — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 14:00:19 +0000

A market research firm claims there’s no prospect of Blu-ray drives becoming dominant on the PC in the foreseeable future. The firm claims that even by 2013, just one in six new machines will include a drive.

ISuppli says it expects 3.6 percent of PCs [...]

Blu-ray being adopted faster than DVD but price will remain the same

Mike Ferro — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 04:15:34 +0000

The Blu-ray adoption rate has been climbing quickly. However, the price of the medium won’t be dropping as fast. The new HD format has grown tremendously over the past year and [...]

Zune HD shows off next generation Nvidia Tegra processor

Dave Jeyes — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 12:57:18 +0000

The next generation of Zune portable media device gets its HD processing punch from the Nvidia Tegra chip with graphics processing built in. Could high-definition video be the move that leapfrogs the Zune [...]

Blu-ray proves to be recession-proof

Mike Ferro — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 05:45:25 +0000

With the recession in full swing many analysts predicted that the Blu-ray format would take a huge hit. However, the latest numbers seem to indicate otherwise. The theory that the entertainment industry is immune to [...]

Wikipedia to roll out video using Ogg Theora

Michael W. Jones — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 18:46:08 +0000

Wikipedia is getting ready to roll out their long-awaited video component, but their selection of Ogg Theora as a format bucks the current trend of using H.264 as a video standard.

Wikipedia’s [...]

More info on the Zune HD appears online, all three Zune fans rejoice

Sean P. Aune — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 16:53:55 +0000

It looks like you can add some more rumors to what is going on with the Zune brand at Microsoft, and while [...]