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Acer H5350 HD projector: 1280 x 720 image at 2000 ANSI lumens

We all know that CeBIT ‘08 is coming up pretty soon and that Acer are getting ready and warming up for the massive international tradeshow, they will be showing of this Acer H5350 HD projector in Read more

HD DVD defies death as Wal-Mart sells-out of Toshiba’s HD-A3

It has become widely known that Sony Blu-ray is winning the high definition war, but someone forgot to tell HD DVD this as it defies the slow death of the format and starts selling out of the Toshiba HD-A3 HD-DVD player on Wal-Mart Read more

Can cheap make HD DVD beat Sony Blu-ray? $80 Xbox 360 player with 6 free HD DVDs

Many of us believe that the Hi-def war is nearly over with Sony Blu-ray the winner as it’s smashing HD DVD in many countries.

The question is: Can cheap make HD DVD beat Sony Blu-ray?

I ask this because we found a deal on Amazon priced at $80 for the Xbox 360 HD-DVD player with 6 free HD DVDs Read more

Toshiba’s HD DVD days numbered: the Super Bowl 2008 commercial

Toshiba’s Super Bowl 2008 commercial promotes HD DVD…”football in high definition, what do you do when the games over, watch movies in Hi-Def with a Toshiba HD-DVD player”.

Although HD DVD got an exclusive with the Superbowl, I am sure it will not cut into the Sony Blu-ray dominance Read more

World’s Fastest Blu-ray Writer from LG

It has been announced by LG that they will be launching the world’s fastest Blu-ray DVD rewriter and the HD DVD-Rom and the GGW-H20L to the UK. The drive can write and read Blu-ray at 6x, which means that users will be able to store their data a lot faster. Read more

Rise in Sales of HD DVD in the US

It looks as if the sales of HD DVD hardware is now making a recovery in the States, a dip in sales appeared when Warner Bros said that they were going to ditch the format.

At the week ending 19th January the players sales came in at Read more

HD DVD Group contacts Product Reviews over Woolworths Blu-ray exclusive

Following our post today about Woolworths dropping HD DVD for a Sony Blu-ray exclusive, the HD DVD promo group has contacted us.

They wanted to make us aware of comments that Olivier Van Wynendaele has made (European assistant general manager, Consumer Products Division, Toshiba Information Systems) Read more

Another Sony Blu-ray Win: Woolworths drops HD DVD

It seems to be just a matter of time now to we see the end of HD DVD, with the news breaking today that Woolworths in the UK has dropped HD-DVD in favour of the Sony Blu-ray format. This news makes me glad I brought a Sony PS3 Read more

Sony VAIO TP Home Theater PC Premium Model

Sony’s VAIO® TP Home Theater PC - Premium Model is a piece of technology that you’ll want to have in your home. Not only does it look fantastic, but inside is pretty special too. Rocking an Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T8100 and genuine Window’s Vista Home Premium, this is much more than your usual Home Theater PC. Read more

Hitachi DZ-BD9H hybrid Blu-ray camcorder: better than their generation-one

A lot is resting on the shoulders of the new Hitachi DZ-BD9H hybrid Blu-ray camcorder, as their previous generation one Full HD camcorder received some scathing reviews. The new Hitachi DZ-BD9H has a 60GB internal hard disk, however this new model has a Read more

HD DVD Beat In Japan: Blu-ray 90% player sales, not Sony PS3

Reports from Japan’s Business Computer News are showing that over the last 3 months Blu-Ray has been crushing HD DVD, it looks like the high definition war is over in Japan looking at the figures.

90% of standalone player sales were Blu-ray and that does not even include the Sony PS3 Read more

Amazon offers $129 Toshiba HD-A3 with 7 HD DVDs: further proof that Blu-ray has won

I know that we keep going on about the same thing, but I had to share it with you, check out this Toshiba HD-A3 that Amazon have up for offer. This HD DVD Player is selling for $129 and also come complete with 7 HD DVD’s, is this just further proof that Read more

Blu-ray vs. HD DVD: funny WWII video, how format war was won

No matter where you go on the internet it is always about HD DVD and how they seem to be losing the format war against Blu-ray. I came across this funny video while looking at some videos on Read more

Japan 2015: Ultra High Definition 33 megapixels, 22.2 channel surround sound

When many consumers in the US and Europe have not even upgraded to a HDTV, the Japanese government are already planning “Super Hi-Vision” which is basically the nest step up from High Definition.

Japan want to make Ultra High Definition a broadcast standard by 2015, this new standard will feature 22.2 channel surround sound and a 33 megapixel (7,680 x 4,320) resolution Read more

Sony Blu-ray: current disc players not future-proof, apart from PS3

Today it is clearer more than ever that Sony Blu-ray looks to be the future high definition movie format, although current disc players are being reported as not “future-proof” apart from the Sony PS3 Read more

Imagion AG dynamicHD: Blu-ray and HD DVD Technology at CES

Imagion AG were found in the HD DVD booth at CES 2008 (they are the makers of the first Blu-ray Profile 1.1 release, the first European HD DVD and the first HD DVD with internet connectivity).

They were at CES showing end to end tools for creating next gen interactive features and Engadget found them showing Terminator 2: Ultimate HD Edition release for Europe, which will let the user “view the script and/or storyboard during playback, share special edits of the movie via the internet, and track their interactive Blu-ray and HD DVDs via tuneHD.net Read more

BD Live launching summer 2008: Sony PS3 and other Blu-ray players

BD Live will be launching summer 2008 and the video below was taken at CES 2008 at the Sony stand, in the BD Live demo they picked downloadable ringtones from Godzilla to demonstrate BD Live…wow.

Basically BD Live is Blue-ray Internet capabilities, the new discs will have a new BD Live button and you can go online and get downloadable content like trailers, ringtones and other media Read more

Marantz VS3002 HDMI switcher: 6 HDMI inputs and 2 outputs

The HDMI switcher I just brought is basic to say the least and nothing compared to this nice piece of kit, this product is the Marantz VS3002 HDMI switcher which features six HDMI inputs and two outputs around back Read more

Panasonic’s Wireless HD: beam steering to bounce around obstructions

Following Panasonic’s keynote at CES 2008, Engadget took some photos of the Panasonic Wireless HD setup which uses not only some really smart ultra-thin plasmas but also “beam steering technology” Read more

TiVo Desktop 2.6: get HD on your HD TiVo simple

TiVo Desktop 2.6 aims to make life a lot simpler for those wanting high definition on your HD TiVo, this latest update works with any podcatcher software you have Read more