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SlySoft p0wns BD+ Blu-ray DRM, HD-DVD Securing Future
Well that lasted long, the impenetrable copy-protection for Blu-ray media, BD+, has been cracked by the SlySoft crew and copying/ripping/backing-up/whatevering your Blu-ray media is now fully supported by the software. What I thought was interesting were some of the notes in the Changelog: Note to Twentieth Century Fox: As you can see, BD+ didn’t offer you any [...]
Continue reading...Samsung 40″ 1080p (0.4 Thick) LCD TV
Monday, October 22, 2007
Engadget has the scoop on Samsung’s newest “omfgkthxbaibbq” entry into the LCD market. It goes on display at FPD in Japan next week, but until then let’s swoon over the stats: 10-mm (0.39-inch) thin 40-inch LED-backlit 1080p Resolution Covers 92% of the NTSC color gamut Consumes less than 90 watts of power So *this* is what is going to happen to [...]
Continue reading...Sharp 42″ 1080p LCD HDTV $1200
Friday, October 19, 2007
From Dealsea Circuit City has Sharp LC-42D62U 42 inch Full HD 1080p LCD TV package for $1200. In-store pickup only. Get 10% off if you are an AAA member. [PriceSearch] [Comments] Sears has it for $1707. Buy it at Sears and pricematch to Circuit City to get it for $1707 - 110% PM ($1707 - $1200) [...]
Continue reading...JD Power HDTV Awards
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Winners are: Sony BRAVIA: LCD Category Pioneer: Plasma Category Samsung: DLP Category I’d say my additions to that list are: Sharp AQUOS: LCD Category Panasonic: Plasma Category Mitsubishi/Sony: DLP Category Keeping in mind that the JD Power and Associates award is based on usage and user satisfaction ratings as they responded to the survey. So these are good things. Sort of like a [...]
Continue reading...Fox New BD+/BD-J Titles Won’t Play
Thursday, October 4, 2007
… well in all Blu-ray players that is. The screen above is what you will most likely see if you tried to play one of the new Fox titles that have been released that make use of the new BD+ copy protection. Unfortunately for you there are not firmwares available for all the Blu-ray players out [...]
Continue reading...Panasonic TH-50PZ700U - Best TV Ever
Wednesday, October 3, 2007
EngadgetHD is reporting that ConsumerReports recently got their hands on the Panasonic TH-50PZ700U and rated it the best TV ever. I am actually a ConsumerReports subscriber (like $7/year) and logged in to check out what all the hub-bub was about, and sure enough it was their highest rated plasma. Reading through the review it’s actually quite [...]
Continue reading...2007/08 HDTV Flaws Revealed
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Apparently every year there are common flaws that HDTVs exhibit. For example, back in the early days HDTVs didn’t deinterlace signals correctly, then there was actual 1080-to-1080 mapping problems, then motion blurring and so on. Although every year that goes by those general problems get fixed and get better and new problems are found. According to [...]
Continue reading...Amazon: XBox HD-DVD + 8 Movies = $179.00
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
What the hell… Ok Amazon is running a deal right now, bryonmhome on AVS Forum broke it down for everyone, and here is how it works: Click this Amazon Link Follow the instructions, select the player and 2 movies (1 comes in the player box already, King Kong). Select Add to Cart Login if you have an Amazon account or [...]
Continue reading...Paramount and DreamWorks Choose HD-DVD
Monday, August 20, 2007
Ted Regulski sends in the news that Paramount and DreamWorks hate us and have decided to support HD-DVD and prolong this campaign of retardation that is the HD-disc battle. Thanks assholes. Update #1: This shouldn’t come as a surprise to many, but the NY Times has confirmed that Paramount received a $150 million payout to choose HD-DVD [...]
Continue reading...HDMI 1.3 over Ethernet Adapters
Tuesday, August 7, 2007
EngadgetHD reports that Key Digital has released their FatCAT adapters that support a 1080p HDMI 1.3 signal over ethernet. This is handy for folks doing home theaters or others that need to do a long run between their video source (e.g. Blu-ray player) and their display (e.g. a cieling-mounted projector for example). You can use [...]
Continue reading...Sharp THX-Certified LCD Panels
Friday, July 20, 2007
Sharp is announcing both 52″ ($7k) and 65″ ($11k) THX-certified LCD-based HDTVs to their lineup. What is a THX-certified TV? It’s a TV that has brightness and contrast ratios that meet the THX-movie-viewing specification. While these sets are expensive and will likely look “perfect” (whatever that means) it’s not for us normal folks that have living [...]
Continue reading...LCD Announcements Blowing Up
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
If you are in the market for an HDTV, I’d suggest waiting. For 52″ and lower sized LCD is the way to go, EngadgetHD is covering the explosion of LCD-based announcements coming out of manufacturers right now. Pioneer and Panasonic are both hanging in the Plasma camp, hoping to make a go of it until the [...]
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Wednesday, November 7, 2007
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