• 14Nov 06

  The Blu-ray/HD DVD War Both Win?

  Broadcom Corp. today unveiled a new chip system that it says will
  permit electronics companies to produce a disc playing device that can
  play both upcoming high-def DVD formats.
  
  
  
  In fact, EDN reports that the company claims the new players could be ready as early as next year. Consumer reluctance to buy either a BluRay or HD-DVD player has strongly been influenced by fear of picking a format which will be rendered obsolete a year or two from now.
  
  
  Indeed several months into the fight there still remains no clear
  winner with disc adoption of both formats slow due to various reasons.
  
  
  
  Toshiba's HD-DVD format seems to have the edge at present thanks to earlier penetration,
  a larger selection of films, players already under $500 and in early
  reviews distinctly more praise for the picture quality of its movies due to its use of a better codec.
  
  
  
  Later this month a $199 player will be released for the current millions of XBox
  360 owners which will penetrate the format into more homes than any of
  the stand-alone players have done so far on the market. Most major
  on-line retail outlets are sold out already.
  
  
  
  However Sony's
  Blu-Ray format has caught up in some respects - its latest wave of
  titles have swapped over to the same codec, rendering picture quality
  equal to HD-DVD solving that dilemma.
  
  
  Price remains high but the Panasonic player of the format has so far
  drawn strong praise from many quarters, despite its high price tag.
  
  
  For many months it was expected that the format would win the war
  easily thanks to the release of the PS3 next week in the US which would
  incorporate the player into the unit. However, the cost of the machine
  and a major shortage of the units themselves have proven a large
  stumbling block and has significantly eaten into that advantage.
  • Posted Nov 14, 2006 8:38 am GMT
  • Category: Movies
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• 11Nov 06

  Level!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Up

  I'm now level 15 that makes me a Nobunaga's Ambition, whatever that means, so now i have to work on getting to the next level.
  • Posted Nov 11, 2006 9:43 am GMT
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• 10Nov 06

  I uploaded my first videos

  
  
  • Posted Nov 10, 2006 1:19 pm GMT
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