Pioneer Announces BD-Live Blu-ray Players
Published on May 7, 2008 to Home TheaterNew York (NY) - Pioneer has announced two new Blu-ray players supporting BD-Live (now called Bonus View) and the HDMI 1. Read more
Pioneer Plans To Innovate Plasma, In-car Entertainment
Published on January 6, 2008 to Event CoveragePioneer is working on an in-car navigation system that can control every mobile device you need, and even do it with voice recognition, as well as plasma TV sets that are so thin they literally... Read more
HD Has Higher Growth Rate Than DVD
Published on February 6, 2008 to Digital Entertainment MiscellaneousAustin (TX) - In their first year and a half on the market, HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc have reached higher adoption rates than DVD did during the same time. According to research firm... Read more
Wal-Mart's “Cheap” HD DVD Player on Sale
Published on November 29, 2007 to HDTVThe much-talked-about low-cost HD DVD player from Venturer Electronics is now available, though its $199 price tag is not as attractive as it was a couple months ago. Read more
Toshiba To Launch Internet-enabled DVD Player?
Published on July 1, 2008 to HDTVTokyo (Japan) - A new DVD logo released by the DVD Forum has added to the speculation surrounding Toshiba's HD-enabled DVD player that is expected to become available later this year. Read more
ADS DVD Xpress DX2: Legal, but imperfect, DVD Copying
Published on July 25, 2006 to NetworkingADS Tech says its DVD Xpress DX2 is an "ideal" solution for making legal copies of your store-bought DVDs. But Mike Baggaley found that it all depends on your definition of "ideal" is. Read more
Toshiba's HD-A1 HD-DVD Player: Movies At 1080i... If You Can Get 'em
Published on April 20, 2006 to NetworkingToshiba's HD-A1 is the first HD-DVD player to hit store shelves. Dan Bradley put his own money on the line to see if one of the DVD formats of the future lives up to the hype. Read more
ADS DVD Xpress: Trash VHS Cassettes, Burn DVDs
Published on February 20, 2004 to NetworkingDo you have dozens of old VHS tapes lying around in your closet that you want to get on DVD? ADS Technologies promises easy help with its DVD XPress, a compact DVD encoding solution that connects to a PC via a USB port and transfers analog video signals from VHS cassettes to your PC. Bundled software then guides you through the DVD burning process. Our tests reveal whether it is time to throw out your VHS cassettes and to begin burning your DVDs. Read more
HD-DVD Buyer's Guide
Published on February 21, 2007 to Home TheaterWith the HD-DVD and Blue-ray Hi Def DVD formats duking it out in the background, we look at HD-DVD technology and 12 HD-DVD standalone and PC-based products. Blue-ray is next. Read more
IFA 2007: Two HD-DVD players from Toshiba for Under € 400
Published on September 1, 2007 to Home TheaterToshiba is trying to give customers an incentive to buy a HD-video player despite the ongoing conflict between the competing HD-video formats Blu-ray and HD-DVD. Read more
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The Spotlight: iPhone-Free Tech (Almost)
The Medusa Ray Gun gets in your head, a 50 Megapixel image sensor, 400 GB Blu-ray disc, Big Brother bill passes Senate, and Viacom awarded 12 TB of YouTube data. Plus, something about the iPhone... Read more




