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Streaming Playback of 720p Media to PS3 Stutters or is Jerky

Thursday, June 26, 2008

If you are like me, you probably use your PS3 to stream media from a NAS at home or something; either from the NAS directly or via a computer using TVersity. If you have begun to dabble with streaming HD content, either 720p or 1080p, you may have noticed that the PS3’s playback of that media [...]

UPDATE: Samsung LNT-xx71f Dead Pixel Panel Replacement

Monday, June 16, 2008

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You might have caught our coverage at the end of May of the seeming problem Samsung was having with their LNT-xx71f (LNT-5271F specifically) panels having dead pixels popup out of the clear blue after a few months of use. One of the readers, TiVoHD, pointed out that it’s a known issue and referred to as “delamination”. [...]

Samsung LNT5271F - Rows of Dead Pixels… Twice

Thursday, May 29, 2008

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I wouldn’t normally post about LCD HDTVs having dead pixels, it happens. The issue here is that Chris Hunkele sent in news that the Samsung LNT5271F he bought from Amazon is having problems… again. A few months ago Chris bought the Samsung LNT5271F from Amazon (still one of the highest rated HDTVs on there) when it [...]

Real Rendering Resolutions of Console Games

Friday, April 4, 2008

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Robert Heron sent in a pretty cool link over to the Beyond3D forums where a list of popular games and their true rendering resolutions were given. For Reference: 1080p = 1920×1080 720p = 1280×720 Here’s a snippet as an example: Army of Two = 720p (no AA, downscaled to 685p with black borders, no adjustable border) Call of Duty 4 = [...]

Comcast HD - Significantly Worse Than Verizon FIOS

Sunday, March 30, 2008

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bfdtv, a user on AVS Forum took the time to do a competitive analysis if the new re-compression Comcast is doing in order to fit more HD channels on the same network without chopping out a significant number of analog channels to compensate. The end result is that your once gloriously untouched HD channels are [...]

PS3 2.20 Firmware Released

Tuesday, March 25, 2008

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Ted Regulski sends in the scoop that Firmware 2.20 is released, this is the one that includes the BD-Live support that is part of the Blu-ray Disc Profile 2.0. Some of the other stuff in this release: The ability to copy PS3 Music and Photo playlists to a PSP system. We introduced the ability to create [...]

Upcoming Playstation 3 Firmware Adds BD LIVE

Thursday, March 20, 2008

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See, this is why I’m glad my Blu-ray player is my PS3… it’s infinitely upgradable. A new update coming at the end of March adds all the BD Live support stuff now: Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) today announced that system software update v.2.20, for PLAYSTATION 3 (PS3), planned for release in late March, will add [...]

Xbox HD-DVD On The Cheep

Saturday, February 23, 2008

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Ars Technica is reporting that an M$ mole has given them some inside knowledge. The soon to be obsolete HD-DVD add-on of for the Xbox is dropping from $119.99 to $49.99. You may ask why buy now? Well, if you couple the price drop with the fact that you can get 5 free HD-DVD’s [...]

Toshiba Officially Exits HD-DVD

Sunday, February 17, 2008

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Chris Hunkele sends in news that Toshiba has officially stepped out of the HD-DVD race and will stop producing disks and devices based on the standard. It’s over folks… officially.

Wal-Mart Going Blu-ray Exclusive by June

Friday, February 15, 2008

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Ted Regulski, AKA Ted “The Ted Man” Regulski, sent in news that Susan Chronister from Wal-Mart has confirmed that the employee-raping giant will go Blu-ray exclusive by June with no plans to continue stocking HD-DVD media or players. So everyone that bought a $99 HD-DVD… yea… that freaking sucks

Best Buy Recommends Blu-ray over HD-DVD

Monday, February 11, 2008

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Laurence Hartje, staying on-top of the death of HD-DVD, sent in news that Best Buy has taken the official stance of recommending Blu-ray to customers over HD-DVD when asked about which HD format to support. We already covered all the major studios (except Universal) moving over to Blu-ray, and Netflix announcing Blu-ray only support (Blockbuster announced [...]

Netflix picks Blu-ray (See ya HD-DVD!)

Monday, February 11, 2008

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Laurence Hartje just sent in news that Netflix has decided to go Blu-ray as a response to the trend of other major studios doing the same. While you can still add HD-DVD movies to your queue as of this morning, I don’t know how much longer those disks will stay in circulation. My guess is that [...]

WiFi Universal Remote Platform Introduced

Wednesday, January 30, 2008

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Tvcompass has announced a Windows-CE based WiFi enabled universal remote that can sync/install device codes and back itself up using 802.11b & g. The device seems to be more of a platform for universal remotes (to be sold with cable STBs and services) than it does seem to be an end user product. Tvcompass is marketing the [...]

Blu-ray Player Capability Matrix

Saturday, January 19, 2008

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idoblu.co.uk has put together a matrix (for your reference) of all the Blu-ray players out there and their capabilities (thanks Engadget!) So next time you head over to Amazon looking for a Blu-ray player, you can quick-check this matrix and see which one you should pick up. TIP: PS3 FTW!

Dish Network Launches Kick-Ass HD Package

Friday, January 18, 2008

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Dish Network decided to be a badass and start offering HD-Only and HD-Only-Plus-Some-Popular-SD-Channel packages that start at $30/mo for the HD jockies out there. Pretty nice offering, not only for listening to their customers but for the price point, when you consider that most other providers charge a $10/month additional fee for basic HD channels added [...]

Blu-ray Continues to Destroy HD-DVD

Thursday, January 10, 2008

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Ouch, it just won’t stop. First Warner announces it’s going Blu-ray exclusive, then it is noticed that Paramount can get out if it’s HD-DVD exclusivity contract due to Warner moving and many speculate it will. Now HBO says it will go Blu-ray exclusive and apparently Universal (the last studio left under HD-DVD) has it’s exclusivity contract come [...]

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Streaming Playback of 720p Media to PS3 Stutters or is Jerky

UPDATE: Samsung LNT-xx71f Dead Pixel Panel Replacement

Samsung LNT5271F - Rows of Dead Pixels… Twice

Real Rendering Resolutions of Console Games

Comcast HD - Significantly Worse Than Verizon FIOS

PS3 2.20 Firmware Released

Upcoming Playstation 3 Firmware Adds BD LIVE

Xbox HD-DVD On The Cheep

Toshiba Officially Exits HD-DVD

Wal-Mart Going Blu-ray Exclusive by June

Best Buy Recommends Blu-ray over HD-DVD

Netflix picks Blu-ray (See ya HD-DVD!)

WiFi Universal Remote Platform Introduced

Blu-ray Player Capability Matrix

Dish Network Launches Kick-Ass HD Package

Blu-ray Continues to Destroy HD-DVD

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