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Sony announces BDP-S350, BDP-S550: first new Blu-ray players since the fall of HD DVD {Engadget HD}
Feb 26th 2008 9:17AM It's a common misunderstanding that BD-Live requires 1GB storage. It only requires the CAPABILITY of accessing at least 1GB storage. So as long as the player has a USB-port that can be used to access external storage, the player is BD-Live compliant.
Format War: Interactivity vs HD supplements {Engadget HD}
Dec 5th 2007 12:11PM "or maybe they'll just choose to save $5 and go with the Blu-ray version"
Am I missing something? Who's selling the Blu-ray version cheaper than the HD DVD-version? Everywhere I've looked, they're priced the same as each other, and the MSRPs are identical as well.
Did you perhaps mean "DVD-version"?
BTW: The European HD DVD version of this title uses two non-combo-discs, and it's got all the extras in HD. The missing 44 minute feature (which IMO isn't worth spending 44 minutes on) is included as well.
Toshiba's HD-A3x third generation HD DVD players get official {Engadget HD}
Aug 6th 2007 6:03PM Borland, the A35 player outputs 1080p/24. Same with A30. The only player that's limited to 1080i is A3, the cheapest of the lot.
Blu-ray: Actually, we are the top in European sales {Engadget HD}
Jul 16th 2007 4:39PM The reason PS3s aren't counted as standalone players, is simply because it's a gaming console. Yes, a lot of people use it to watch Blu-ray movies, but most don't. If each and every PS3 was used as a standalone BD-player, then BD should have sold a heck of a lot more discs than they do.
Like Sony says - when you're counting the PS3, BD has a 19:1 advantage on HD DVD, but they're "only" outselling HD DVD 2:1 on discs. So either BD owners don't buy movies, or most PS3 owners are only using their console for playing games.
Assuming HD DVD and BD-player owners buys the same number of movies (on average), Sony's numbers suggests that only 9% of PS3 owners use it for movies.
Digital Television, Part II: Global status {Engadget}
Jan 19th 2006 7:27AM Oops - I screwed up the quote from the DVB-H handbook. Here it is:
The preference for exclusively DVB-H multiplexes
Mobile handheld receivers have much smaller antennas than those used for fixed or portable television. In addition, mobile handheld receivers must be able to receive a signal from a variety of different locations and sometimes at high-speeds, for example in trains or in cars.
These factors need to be compensated by making existing networks more dense and selecting more robust modulation parameters. Therefore, the co-existence of DVB-T and DVB-H services in a single channel, although technically possible, is unlikely to be ideal.
Digital Television, Part II: Global status {Engadget}
Jan 19th 2006 7:24AM I think the article is a bit unclear on the relationship between DVB-T and DVB-H. It seems to take it for granted that DVB-H will be transmitted with DVB-T transmitters, along with regular DVB-T channels. Now, while this is indeed possible, it's not a very good solution, and it's likely that DVB-H will be broadcast with a separate DVB-H network.
The DVB-H handbook states that DVB-H should have its own multiplexes:
http://www.dvb-h-online.org/PDF/DigiTAG-DVB-H-Handbook.pdf
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Digital Television, Part II: Global status {Engadget}
Jan 19th 2006 7:15AM Norway is also using DVB-T. Test transmissions has been going on for a couple of years, and they'll start building a DVB-T network this year. Analogue TV will be switched off in 2010.
Norway is also using DAB for radio, and at the moment, it seems likely that they'll use DMB for handheld video.
Digital Television, Part II: Global status {Engadget}
Jan 19th 2006 6:57AM #10 - that's not really correct. Norway has 70% coverage today, and it'll reach 80% by the end of the year. Sweden has built a DAB-network with 85% coverage, but most of it is switched off while they try to figure out if they really want to use it or not.
Denmark has about 80% coverage today, and they've just decided to extend this to 100% by the end of the year.
In addition, Norwegian broadcaster, NRK, has pretty much decided to use DMB instead of DVB-H, so the Norwegian digital terrestrial mediafuture seems to include DVB-T, DAB and DMB.
Digital Television, Part I: Making Sense of it all {Engadget}
Jan 18th 2006 5:15AM #20 - DAB is mentioned because DMB will be broadcast using DAB transmitters. You can even have DMB-channels in the same multiplex as DAB-channels.
