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The Bill Day giveaway (part 2) - Office Ultimate 2007 {Engadget}
Jun 27th 2008 7:00PM OS/2 ftw!!!
The Bill Day giveaway (part 4) - Windows Vista Ultimate {Engadget}
Jun 27th 2008 7:00PM OS/2 ftw!!!
Telnet "hack" allows for network remote control of TiVo {Engadget}
May 1st 2008 6:01PM Great South Park reference!
PS3 firmware engineers interviewed, DTS-HD MA support on the way {Engadget HD}
Apr 9th 2008 8:54PM The HDMI transmitter used in the PS3 cannot bitstream TrueHD or DTS HD. That doesn't matter though because as all discs are authored in advanced mode, the decoding must be done in the player. So the PS3 will decode the DTS HD stream to 8ch LPCM. This is no big deal though because there is no loss of fidelity doing it this way since TrueHD and DTS HD are lossless compression of LPCM to begin with. (Think Zipping of Raring a wav file.) This is how the PS3 currently supports TrueHD.
Windows 7 to arrive next year, says Bill Gates {Engadget}
Apr 5th 2008 3:15PM 2000 = NT5
XP = NT5.1
Server 2k3 = NT5.2
Vista/Server 2k8 = NT6
Windows7 = NT6.1
Windows is too big for them to ditch the codebase and start from scratch. So you are stuck with OSes that evolved from NT from MS for a long time.
PS3 firmware 2.20 bringing BD-Live interactive Blu-ray this month {Engadget}
Mar 20th 2008 12:54PM @Jet
Decoding TrueHD to LPCM is like decoding a Zip file. It is lossless compression. Discs authored in advanced mode require the decoding be done in the player so bitstream output will be absolutely useless going forward. Look at every HD-DVD. Every one of them is authored in advanced mode and required the decoding of the HD audio formats be done in the player. If the TrueHD decoded to PCM over HDMI sounds worse than a 640k DD stream, there is something wrong with your setup.
Sony "in talks" with Microsoft about a Xbox 360 Blu-ray drive {Engadget}
Mar 6th 2008 5:39PM The PS3 does decode Dolby TrueHD and is rumored to get DTS HD-MA decoding in a future firmware update. Before we get complaints that it cannot bitstream the audio over HDMI, let me address that too. Discs authored in advanced mode require the decoding be done in the player. Although no advanced mode discs exist yet, the first BD-Live discs this summer are expected to be in advanced mode. (Btw, every HD-DVD was authored in advanced mode.)
Nearly half of Paramount's Blu-ray titles are in stock at Amazon again {Engadget HD}
Feb 23rd 2008 10:37AM Now, more importantly, when is Paramount releasing Team America on Blu-ray?
Toshiba sez it wouldn't change a thing, still thinks HD DVD is better {Engadget}
Feb 20th 2008 12:59AM Since HD-DVD was a finished standard, where are the players that support Mandatory Managed Copy and DTS-HD Master Audio?
I think you are referring to Profile 2.0 which does relate to BD-J in that it gives the player internet access and greater local storage. It does not however prevent the movie from playing on Profile 1.0 or 1.1 players. How many times does it have to be stated before you HD-DVD fanboys get it through your thick heads? Did you whine this much when the first DVD players didn't have DTS, progressive scan, HDMI, and DVD-R/RW playback?
HD-DVD is inferior; get over it.
Toshiba sez it wouldn't change a thing, still thinks HD DVD is better {Engadget}
Feb 19th 2008 11:19PM @Lux_Zadora
To address the FUD in your post:
1. The majority of BR titles are already H.264 or VC-1. Every title I've seen announced for months has been H.264 or VC-1.
2. I want a 60" 1080p plasma TV for $1500 but thats not happening anytime soon. That doesn't mean it is not a legitimate product at its current price even though I could find a 60" POS projection TV for $1500.
3. How do you know 2.0 players are going to be $1000? The PS3 will be 2.0 and it starts at $399 and Sony isn't even losing money on it anymore so that means other companies will be able to build 2.0 players for similar or less money soon. In fact, I'll bet Sony will have a 2.0 player for under $500 by the end of the year. (They were showing a 2.0 modified BDPS300 at CES.)
4. The Durabis coating on Blu-ray is more durable than the same polycarbonate used on HD-DVD that has been used on DVDs for years.
5. Buy a Pioneer BDP95FD or Panasonic DMPBD30 and you will get full support for all audio formats. Btw, what HD-DVD player supports DTS HD-MA? Oh that's right... None!
6. Who/what is this "movie corp you speak of? Oh, do you mean the same studios that release regular DVDs and lowered prices even though there was no competing format because they compete with each other.
7. You weren't tricked into anything. HD-DVD would've evolved just as regular DVD did. (DTS support, seamless branching, progressive scan, HDMI, DVD-R/RW, etc) It all comes down to how much content can the disc store and Blu-ray destroys HD-DVD on that issue. Since you seem to hate Sony for no good reason, what about Microsoft? They have more unethical business practices and who do you think licensed HDi to the DVD forum?
8. No, your $200 HD-DVD player (that was sold at a loss because the format was failing which it wouldn't have if it was the monopoly) could not do all of the things you mentioned.
You are an uninformed moron that is bitter about your investment into the losing format. At least you admited that you just "think" HD-DVD is better even though Blu-ray is the better format for long-term adoption.
Hey, at least look at it this way; at least we'll finally get to watch Transformers with lossless audio since Blu-ray has enough space.
