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Dish's new ViP612 - like the ViP622, but now with less {Engadget HD}
Jan 8th 2008 10:21AM As the other posters have pointed out, the vip622 has only ONE HD out. The other output is an SD out and is useless if you have another HDTV and you want to watch HD on it. So really, as far as HD goes, there is no difference between the vip622 and the new vip612. Matter of fact, if you are an HD only house, the new vip612 makes more sense.
Third installment of Pirates moves 160k Blu-ray discs {Engadget HD}
Dec 13th 2007 6:01PM Shoddy journalism. You use Nielson to "debunk" paramounts 190k figure while in the same article you are giving credence to a Pirates sales figure that came from a very vague "sources." It should have at least raised a red flag in your mind when Disney refused to comment. WHen was the last time a company refused to comment on good news? How about waiting on Nielson to see if they "debunk" this to since your standard is Nielson. Be consistent.
Video Business breaks down Black Friday sales figures {Engadget HD}
Dec 12th 2007 1:24PM It would be interesting to know what was the actual revenue from the Bluray movies sold vs the revenue from the HDDVD movies. Interesting that they mentioned player revenue but not movie revenue. I suspect that the devil in the details is that with all the BOGO activity, revenue from actual movie sales don't look too hot on the Blu side. It puzzles me that no one has yet explored that angle since the conversation seems to now include sales revenue.
WealthTV conspiracy theorists issue anti-Engadget press release {Engadget HD}
Dec 12th 2007 1:13PM Well since Michael Bay got so much attention with his baseless grand corporate conspiracy theory, I guess the brains at WealthTV figured they'd take a shot at getting into the limelight. So Liz took a sip of the koolaid and viola!
Toshiba planning to undercut Blu-ray, snip MSRP of HD DVD titles {Engadget HD}
Dec 12th 2007 12:01AM Has anyone stopped to think that this story makes absolutely no sense at all? Since when does Toshiba set movie prices? Jeeeze people...think!
Michael Bay's format war conspiracy theory: it's a Microsoft fix {Engadget HD}
Dec 4th 2007 9:25PM Michael Bay is so ill-informed in this rant that I'm really embarassed for him. It is shocking that someone in his position could be this careless in spouting off baseless conspiracy theories and clueless in pronouncing one HD format "superior" to another. Has this guy ever seen the same movie on both formats played on equally configured equipment?
Poll: Where do you get your HD from? {Engadget HD}
Nov 30th 2007 12:27PM Dish, HD-DVD, Cable, OTA
Shocker: HDTV price wars headed for Black Friday {Engadget HD}
Oct 23rd 2007 1:22PM Jeff, despite the hype, no one can tell the difference between 1080p and 1080i when viewing from a normal distance. You watch TV with your own eyes, not a specsheet. There is a limit to what the human eye can percieve. When it comes to 1080p vs 1080i, the law of diminishing returns kicks in bigtime. My advice is don't go blowing a ton of money on specs that end up meaning nothing to your viewing experience.
Xbox 360 HD DVD drive comes with free Heroes S1 set at Best Buy Sunday {Engadget HD}
Oct 19th 2007 8:41PM @A1
And what is Blu-ray doing with their buy one get one free firesale?
HD DVD and Blu-ray releases on October 16th, 2007 {Engadget HD}
Oct 15th 2007 12:03PM Blu-ray may not have a blockbuster title but they are giving steep discounts on their titles this week to counteract the transformer effect. You can get Blu-ray movies now for under $10 and just from anecdotal evidence (ymmv) some folks are picking up 5, to 10 at a time. Blu-ray is willing to lose money in order to keep the numbers.
