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Survey finds most Americans think in-store movie renting is fading out {Engadget HD}
Jul 24th 2008 7:44AM ABSOLUTELY CATEGORICALY 100% MEANINGLESS !!!
The survey was taken on Cinemanow.com's website... a website that caters to users who already download movies (rolleyes).
This is just a fluff / shock type article to make people click and read. It's utter and complete nonsense/bull$hit. Idiots like Nfinity and Truthteller will revel in the false truths this article is peddling (rolleyes).
This survey is like the equivalent of asking hybrid vehicle owners if they think gas only cars are going away... OF COURSE THOSE PEOPLE WOULD RESPOND BY SAYING YES! because they have already made the move to the new vehicles and are environmentally conscious. It would be like asking Vegetarians if they feel having a steak dinner is a good idea.
This survey did NOT poll Mister and Misses average American as I GUARANTEE that 97% of those folks would have responded "download wazza?" and that "NO" physical media and renting them (either via the videostore or online) is NOT going away. Also, the survey attempts to sku/steer the results their way by shamelessly guilting people into thinking renting physical movies is bad for the environment (rolleyes).
Is ANYBODY truly falling for this bull$hit?
Toshiba pulling the plug on HD DVD already? - Yup it's over. {Engadget HD}
Feb 16th 2008 9:39AM God I hope not!
Seppuku for both of them :)
HD DVD ad to air during Super Bowl XLII, BDA sez it's futile {Engadget HD}
Jan 28th 2008 8:24AM Here is the ad:
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YOU CAN FIND THEM IN LIQUIDATION BINS AND OPEN BOX RETURN AREA'S EVERYWHERE!
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YOU CAN OWN A PIECE OF ELECTRONIC HISTORY!
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HURRY, ONCE THE HD DVD'S ARE GONE, THEY'RE NEVER COMING BACK!
MENTION HD DVD AS THE LOSER OF THE FORMAT WAR AND GET AN EXTRA 10% OFF!
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Format War: Interactivity vs HD supplements {Engadget HD}
Dec 5th 2007 3:48PM The Blu-Ray deleted scenes are in HD while the deleted scenes on HD DUD are in SD. Again 73 minutes of supplements in HD on Blu-Ray vs. only 29 minutes of SD supplements on HD DUD. HD DUD --> the look and sound of not enough space.
Format War: Interactivity vs HD supplements {Engadget HD}
Dec 5th 2007 12:57PM The Blu-Ray version has ALL of it's supplements in HD (as opposed to the HD DVD version which has them in SD only and are missing a 44 minute special).
Blu-Ray has 73 minutes of HD footage vs. 29 minutes of SD only for the HD DVD version = Blu-Ray wins hands down.
Also, Blu-Ray has better audio due to an Uncompressed PCM audio soundtrack vs. HD DVD's Dolby True HD which is boggled down by dialog normalization.
Dish Network unveils black ViP722 HD DVR {Engadget HD}
Aug 18th 2007 2:23PM The author of the article says: "there's not a whole lot here that can't be matched by just plugging in your own external HDD to that still-capable ViP622."
I disagree. 55 hours of HD recording vs. 30 is a BIG deal and cannot be duplicated by simply adding your own USB 2.0 hard drive to the VIP622 as that feature is for archiving only.
If you go away for 2-3 weeks and need to record more than 30 hours, then the VIP722 will come in handy. It also has support for HD VOD which the VIP622 does not as well as the VC1 codec.
The VIP722 offers a lot more vs. the VIP622 then the VIP622 did vs. the DISH 942 when it came out (MPEG4 compatibility and 30 hours vs. 25 hours being the only difference between those two receivers).
Do people even want PCs in their living room? {Engadget HD}
Apr 2nd 2007 12:19AM This is ridiculous! A PVR for all intents and purposes is the SAME THING as an HTPC. If they can make those quiet enough, they SHOULD be able to make HTPC's quiet enough as well. HDMI ports are just beggining to show up mainstream PC's motherboards / video cards & HDTV's are finally arriving with native 1920 X 1080 progressive which is FINALLY the resolution needed to display a PC properly on an HDTV (minimum proper 4 X 3 resolution is 1280 X 1024) and video cards are actually starting to support full 16 X 9 1920 X 1080 resolutions. HP is just plain dumb and fails to realize that, with 1080P panels, the merge of home theater and PC's is finally here... they are jumping off the train right before it arrives at it's final destination... IDIOTS!!!
P.S. As far as "crashing" and "stability" is concerned, all you need is a more robust O/S with key areas LOCKED UP so users cannot affect the overall performance of the HTPC. People that want more "tweakability" don't want an HTPC... they want a PC in the living room... that's fine too. HTPC's should be very limited in there overall functionality and tweakability therefore making them idiot/crash resistant.
Toshiba drops HD DVD MSRP, effective 4/1/07 {Engadget HD}
Mar 24th 2007 9:35AM Have you people ever hear of supply and demand? Demand is at an all time low therefore Toshiba is dropping it's prices in the faint hope that sales will pick up. Stupid people might bite but a 399$ door stop is still a door stop. I wouldn't pick up an HD-DVD unless it's in a liquidation bin for 99$ and I would then use it as a DVD player (I should be able to do this by mid-2008).
HD-DVD is dead... they just don't know it yet.
No PS2-like price cuts for the PS3, sez Sony {Engadget}
Jan 23rd 2007 7:38PM Haven't you people ever heard of under promise over deliver?
It makes perfect sense for Sony to come out and say there wont be a price drop for a VERY long time and when there is, that it will be minimal: this way people that want it won't be held back by a possible price drop knowing it isn’t coming and even if it does it will be small. Once PS3 sales hit a plateau, a price drop will happen. The console hasn’t even had a XMAS season with large quantities available yet. Let the good games come out over the next 9-12 months and people will save up there money all year to get one by XMAS + people that actually have the money but don't want any hassles (lineups etc) should be able to purchase the unit, either for themselves or as gifts, quite easily as stores should have PS3's a plenty for the 2007 October-December XMAS shopping season. IMHO, it would make absolutely no sense to have a price reduction prior to spring 2008... I see a single unit (no more 2 models) with all the bells and whistles for 399.99$ US coming sometime before August 2008 (ONLY if the Zephyr is 299.99$ by then). This will probably be followed each year thereafter by 50.00$ drops until it reaches 199.99$ in 2012. Good news is, in 2015 when they come out with the Playstation 4, and it will still have a BluRay drive (perhaps one capable or reading 6 layer 200gig discs... should still only cost 25$) and the whole system will probably cost only 299.99$. Sony had to take a bullet for BluRay in 2006 and they can thank Microsoft for having come out with a video game system that's 400.00$... this way a 500.00$ one doesn’t look THAT crazy. I think Sony will probably have to thank Microsoft again this year because I have a feeling that the new Zephyr will be 400.00$ with a bigger hard drive and HDMI and the current 400.00$ model will go down to 300.00$.... but with the Zephyr out, nobody is going to want the old unit and Sony is still only 100.00$ more then the competition but there hardware is superior and includes a High Def movie player in the BluRay.
P.S. The 300$ XBOX 360 is crippled and useless (most gamers know that) but the 500.00$ PS3 gives you everything you need.
TDK's Durabis 2 coating protects 200GB Blu-ray discs {Engadget HD}
Jan 19th 2007 6:02PM "TDK has managed to reach this outlandish mark by increasing the layer count to six and the capacity per layer to 33.3GB from the usual 25GB associated with Blu-ray Disc media".
