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When will Blu-Ray hit your data center?

Sony has finally won a format war and redeemed itself from the Betamax debacle in the 1980s. The immediate impact will certainly be in the consumer market, but it won't be long before the technology makes it into computers and data centers. The win was also impressive given the weight...

Tags: Sony Corp., Data Center, HD-DVD, Amazon.com Inc., Blu-ray, Backup Tape, Hd Dvd, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Data Centers, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Andy Moon

Blog posts 2008-02-21

Blu-ray to win the HD format war?

It looks like the battle between HD formats could come to an end much sooner than anyone had expected.  Widespread speculation suggests Toshiba could pull the HD DVD format in the coming weeks due to a number of high profile blows.  Back in January Warner Home Video announced it was...

Tags: HD-DVD, Speculation, Blu-ray, Toshiba Corp., Warner, Hd Dvd, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Justin Fielding

Blog posts 2008-02-17

Format war officially over as Toshiba drops HD-DVD

Well, all of us who have been speculating about when HD-DVD would be a dead format have our answer -- right now. Reuters is reporting that Toshiba, HD-DVD's biggest supporter, will stop manufacturing HD-DVD hardware. At least the death of HD-DVD was relatively quick. It took just...

Tags: Sony Corp., HD-DVD, Toshiba Corp., Reuters Ltd., Blu-ray Drive, Hd Dvd, Blu-Ray, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Shawn Morton

Blog posts 2008-02-16

Netflix kicks HD-DVD while it's down [updated]

As if you needed one more sign that points to HD-DVD being dead, here it is. Netflix announced this morning that it will phase out HD-DVD and go exclusively Blu-ray. So, for those keeping score at home, 4 of the 6 major studios have gone exclusively Blu-ray....

Tags: NetFlix Inc., HD-DVD, Blu-ray, Hd Dvd, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Shawn Morton

Blog posts 2008-02-11

Will iTunes & Netflix make Blu-ray's "victory" meaningless?

Two of the biggest stories leading up to CES were the announcement by Warner Bros. to go Blu-ray exclusive and the announcement of integration of Netflix's streaming service into consumer electronics hardware. Personally, I wasn't at all happy about the first one (considering I have two HD-DVD players at home),...

Tags: NetFlix Inc., HD-DVD, Movie, Disc, Delivery, Hardware, Blu-ray, Apple iTunes, Hd Dvd, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Shawn Morton

Blog posts 2008-01-16

CES 08: Toshiba puts on a brave face for HD-DVD

The most highly-anticipated session of the morning was the Toshiba press event at 10am. It was an invitation only event; however, that didn't stop an overflow line of a couple hundred people from forming outside the conference room. Everyone was eager to see how one of HD-DVDs biggest proponents would...

Tags: HD-DVD, Toshiba Corp., Hd Dvd, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Shawn Morton

Blog posts 2008-01-06

CES 08: Did Warner Bros. just kill HD-DVD? [updated]

Today, Warner Bros. announced that they are dropping support for HD-DVD in May and moving exclusively to Blu-ray. This is another major blow to the HD-DVD format. Disney, Sony, Lions Gate Entertainment and 20th Century Fox were already Blu-ray only. This leaves just Paramount and DreamWorks Animation as exclusive HD-DVD...

Tags: Consumer Electronics Show, HD-DVD, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., Hd Dvd, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Shawn Morton

Blog posts 2008-01-04

The 10 worst geek gift ideas for the holidays

Sometimes it's not so obvious that something will make a horrible holiday gift or just a grudgingly accepted one. That's why we're here to clear the air for you. Following are 10 tech-related products, which, while potentially tempting, you might want to rethink before wrapping up in red and green...

Tags: Holiday, HD-DVD, Blu-ray, Hd Dvd, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, TechRepublic

Blog posts 2007-12-03

Sanity check: The 10 biggest technology belly flops of 2007

While 2007 gave us some fantastic technological innovations, it also brought the usual spate of bungles, miscues, and faux pas. Since I believe that you learn more from your mistakes than your successes, it's important to look at some of the most glaring errors that were made manifest in the...

Tags: China, Apple iPhone, Web, Wall Street Journal, Red Flag Software, Information Technology, HD-DVD, IEEE 802.11n, Microsoft Windows Vista, Skype Technologies S.A., Microsoft Corp., eBay Inc., Blu-ray, Reality, Red Flag Linux, TJX, Linux, Hd Dvd, Microsoft Windows, Smart Phones, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Programming Languages, Wi-Fi, Java, Operating Systems, Software, Personal Technology, DVD, Home Entertainment, Consumer Electronics, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Wireless, Jason Hiner

Blog posts 2007-12-02

Blu-ray’s BD+ DRM technology cracked

SlySoft, the makers of AnyDVD, has released a new beta of its famous ripping application, which it claims has successfully cracked Blu-ray discs protected by the BD+ DRM technology. This slap in the face came mere months after its official launch. According to SlySoft: "All available...

Tags: Digital-rights Management, HD-DVD, Disc, SlySoft, Hd Dvd, Digital Rights Management (DRM), DVD, Blu-Ray, Consumer Electronics, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Security, Paul Mah

Blog posts 2007-11-08

Snagged my $98 HD-DVD player at Wal-Mart this morning

As we reported yesterday, Wal-Mart kicked off the holiday shopping season this morning with a "secret sale" that included a $348 Acer laptop, a $998 50" Sanyo plasma TV and a $98 Toshiba HD-A2 HD-DVD player. I headed over to my local store at around 7am this...

Tags: HD-DVD Player, Selection, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., HD-DVD, Laptop Computer, Hd Dvd, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Shawn Morton

Blog posts 2007-11-02

Snagged my $98 HD-DVD player this morning

Not YetI haven't exactly picked a side completely yet. Like most consumers however, price will make a BIG difference in my choice. These cheap HD DVD players are going to sway an awful lot of people. If BluRay cannot do the same, it will die.Blu-Ray is going to win this...

Tags: HD DVD, DVD, Consumer electronics, Litehouse, HD-DVD, HD-DVD player

Discussion threads 2007-11-02

Aggressive pricing announced for HD DVD players

Wal-Mart has announced the sale of HD DVD players in the sub-$200 and sub-$100 range. An excerpt from Ars Technica: As it turns out, plenty of retailers are about to get behind a big push for the HD-A2, whose sweet new price is only soured by its 1080i...

Tags: HD-DVD Player, DVD Player, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., HD-DVD, Pricing Strategy, Toshiba Corp., Hd Dvd, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Media Players, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Arun Radhakrishnan

Blog posts 2007-11-01

Blu-ray and HD DVD by the numbers

A look at how the supposed high-def "war" is shaping up.

Tags: HD DVD, Blu-ray, DVD, Consumer electronics, HD-DVD, Blu-ray disc

Image galleries 2007-07-26

Photos: HD DVD hits the road

Companies including Intel, New Line Cinema and HBO Video pool money to bankroll a mobile promo tour touting the next-gen technology.

Tags: HD-DVD, Intel Corp., mobile, mobile marketing, New Line Cinema, photograph, video

Image galleries 2006-11-30

(Worst-dressed gadgets? Blu-ray and HD DVD players)

Who caresWho really cares what it looks like?People shpould be more worried about the CONTROL the entertainment industry is putting on things they try to sell you.Like downloaded music that can ONLY be played on THEIR player. Or DVD's that YOU OWN you cannot copy.How many children DVD's has your...

Tags: Blu-ray disc, DVD, hardware, HD-DVD, HD-DVD player, music, rrossi@...

Discussion threads 2006-10-17

Photos: HD DVD offerings from HP

HP introduced several new products that will support the HD DVD standard.

Tags: HD-DVD, Hewlett-Packard Co., photograph

Image galleries 2006-09-28

LG: No go on combo of Blu-ray, HD DVD

Perhaps the author hasn't seen thishttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/5364238.stm;-)

Tags: adam.ainsworth@..., blu-ray, Blu-ray disc, hd dvd, LG Electronics Inc., networking

Discussion threads 2006-09-21

HD DVD for the Xbox 360

Microsoft demonstrate the company's HD DVD drive built for the Xbox 360.

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Xbox, Xbox 360, HD-DVD, 360-degree

Image galleries 2006-08-08

Holographic media: A future backup media candidate?

Recently, I've been looking at the various technologies forbacking up data. In addition to the previously discussed opticalmedia solutions and onlinebackups, one technology undergoing heavy development pointed out to me bya colleague is that of holographic media. Holographic media is a next-generationoptical storage candidate. Forget HD-DVD and Blu-ray--the huge potential...

Tags: backup, Blu-ray disc, HD-DVD, Holographic Versatile Disc, laser, media

Blog posts 2006-06-19