Recent Comments:
QAM gets explained in quick-and-dirty fashion {Engadget HD}
Mar 25th 2008 1:16PM Why not use the space for 2 HD channels and if there's space left over, add SD channels until it's all used up?
HD DVD and Blu-ray releases on February 26th, 2008 {Engadget HD}
Feb 25th 2008 7:46PM I wonder how long it will be before those 32 paramount titles get added back to the Blu side. That's almost 100 titles more than HD DVD.
Two years of battle between HD DVD and Blu-ray: a retrospective {Engadget HD}
Feb 20th 2008 1:59PM It's hard to read everything that's been said on the whole format war, but I haven't seen much discussion of just how fragile HD DVD has been all along. Had Toshiba dropped hardware support at anytime, it would have been the end of the format because there was virtually no other hardware support. However, had Sony (or any other hardware manufacturer) ended hardware support for Blu-ray, there were still many other existing manufacturers to fill the void. The same goes for software support as Paramount leaving Blu-ray had little effect. Yet Warner leaving HD DVD had a much more significant impact, leaving HD DVD with only two studios. And although it didn't happen, even if HD DVD had retained it's original studios and Universal had gone neutral (prior to August), Blu-ray would have likely won it for the fact that there would be 100% studio support.
Another side thought. I was always bothered by HD DVD really only having a single manufacturer providing hardware support. In my opinion, it provided customers with no choice and didn't give much reason to push the limits and put out superior players due to the competition. With Blu-ray having multiple manufacturers, there's all sorts of room for one company to put out a player that's just as good but cheaper or is faster or is more friendly, and so on. I'd much rather have that kind of choice than having a single manufacturer where I have the choice of basic features, most features or all features.
Note to networks: don't botch the Super Bowl broadcast {Engadget HD}
Feb 5th 2008 9:14PM No outages here, but I am sick of the local affiliates dropping to the SD feed whenever they do station IDs. Not only does the picture turn to crap, but 5.1 turns into 2.0.
HDTV Listings for January 28, 2008 {Engadget HD}
Jan 28th 2008 5:19PM The Sarah Connor Chronicles is actually a rerun of the pilot episode for those that missed it.
Cisco reveals 8500HDC DVR set-top-box series {Engadget HD}
Jan 14th 2008 3:48PM "available for its service provider customers"
What about available to average consumers so they don't have to rent from the service provides?
Paramount following Warner out the HD DVD door? {Engadget HD}
Jan 7th 2008 11:06PM Bitter much?
HD DVD group cancels CES press conference in wake of Warner announcement: daaamn {Engadget HD}
Jan 4th 2008 11:27PM I don't really see any implications of a breach of contract. My personal conclusion from what I see it that the "various contracts in place between our companies" expire in or around May when Warner is ending support. It makes sense since that would be about the right time for a two year contract to have lapsed.
Merry Christmas: win two round trip tickets on JetBlue + noise canceling headphones {Engadget}
Dec 29th 2007 8:26PM Las Vegas please.
Poll: What's your most anticipated HD technology for 2008? {Engadget HD}
Dec 29th 2007 1:03PM TiVo with full two-way functionality.
http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/11/29/tivo-drops-word-of-updated-tivo-with-full-two-way-functionality/
