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Products & Equipment

Toshiba 'Breathes New Life' Into DVD with XDE(TM) Technology

By Shane Sturgeon • Aug 19, 2:38am

Toshiba America Consumer Products, L.L.C. ("Toshiba") today announces its new video enhancement technology for DVD with the introduction of the XD-E500. XDE, or "eXtended Detail Enhancement," is more than just DVD upconversion. XDE takes DVD picture quality to a whole new level. In addition to providing upconversion from 480i/p up to 1080p, XDE offers user selectable picture enhancement modes that allow for greater detail, more vivid colors and stronger contrast that bring standard DVD quality closer to the HD experience. XDE technology lets consumers enjoy their existing DVD libraries in a whole new way.

In addition to upconversion from 480i/p to 1080p, XDE technology offers consumers the ability to...

Internet HD Video

VUDU Announces 99 Cent Summer Blockbuster Special

By Shane Sturgeon • Aug 13, 1:17pm

VUDU, the company that brings instant access to 1080p HD entertainment to the living room, today announced a summer movie extravaganza that will let viewers rent recent blockbuster hits and cinematic classics for just 99 cents from VUDU's groundbreaking service.

Extended Rental for $0.99: Starting immediately, the VUDU service will...

Programming

MTV Networks' MHD: Music High-Definition Channel Kicks Into High Gear With New Programming and a New Name - Palladia

By Shane Sturgeon • Aug 12, 5:02pm

MTV Networks' elite high-definition music channel MHD is upping the ante for HD television viewers with a heavy influx of premier, high-definition music programming and a new name: Palladia.

Effective September 1, MHD will become Palladia, reflecting the state-of-the-art channel's rich and varied musical offerings to viewers eager for an immersive, high-definition home entertainment experience. The term Palladia conveys...

Gaming

Alienware Ups the Intensity of HD Gaming with World's Most Powerful Graphics Card

By Shane Sturgeon • Aug 12, 4:57pm

Alienware - the leading manufacturer of high-performance desktop, notebook and entertainment systems - now offers the ATI Radeon™ HD 4870 X2, the world's most powerful graphics card, on its award-winning line of desktops, including the Alienware Area-51®, Area-51 ALX and Aurora. The ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 features 2.4 teraflops of graphics power, 1,600 stream processing units, 2GB of dedicated GDDR5 memory and more for uncanny performance in PC gaming and HD video playback.

Hardcore gamers can take advantage of a full...

HD DVD & Blu-ray

Hitachi Debuts Three Format Hybrid Blu-ray Disc Camcorder

By Shane Sturgeon • Aug 12, 2:12am

Hitachi Home Electronics (America), Inc. continues to introduce state-of-the-art consumer electronics with its next-generation Blu-ray Disc Hybrid Camcorder with the ability to record onto the next generation HD format, Blu-ray.

A step above from its predecessor announced last year, the DZ-BD10HA from Hitachi's Consumer Group contains several new features and improvements...

Products & Equipment

Canon U.S.A. Introduces Three New Additions to Its VIXIA High Definition Camcorder Line-up

By Shane Sturgeon • Aug 7, 2:40pm

Canon U.S.A., Inc, a leader in digital imaging technology, announces the VIXIA HF11 Dual Flash Memory Camcorder, and the VIXIA HG21 and VIXIA HG20 Hard Disk Drive camcorders, providing greater internal storage capacity, enhanced High-Definition image quality and added versatility for preserving life's most precious moments.

The newest members to the VIXIA HD camcorder family incorporate...

Programming

DISH Network's Agreement With NBC Universal Offers More Than 800 Hours of HD Coverage of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games

By Shane Sturgeon • Aug 6, 8:18pm

DISH Network Corporation (Nasdaq: DISH), the nation's third-largest pay-TV provider and the digital transition leader, today announced its agreement with NBC Universal (NBCU) to add two high-definition specialty channels to its HD line-up solely dedicated to the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. The NBC Olympic Soccer Channel and NBC Olympic Basketball Channel will offer customers HD coverage of each sport for 24-hours per day during the Games.

In addition, DISH Network is offering...

Programming

NASA to Broadcast Historical Highlights in High Definition

By Shane Sturgeon • Aug 5, 6:12pm

NASA Television will broadcast a special high definition (HDTV) feed of two hours of highlights from America's human spaceflight history as the agency celebrates its 50th anniversary.

The NASA HD highlights will be broadcast on Friday, Aug. 8, Monday, Aug. 11, and Tuesday, Aug. 12, from 9 to 11 a.m. EDT on a special feed from NASA TV. The highlights also will be broadcast on standard definition on NASA TV's media channel.

The broadcast will include material drawn from...

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Sharp® Introduces Entry-Level Lines of Full HD 1080P Widescreen Liquid Crystal Display Televisions

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By Shane Sturgeon • Aug 5, 6:10pmProducts & Equipment

AVN Launches Dedicated Adult Channel on VUDU

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By Shane Sturgeon • Aug 5, 12:18pmInternet HD Video

LG Announces First Blu-ray Disc Player With Capability to Instantly Stream Movies From Netflix to the TV

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By Shane Sturgeon • Jul 31, 1:46pmHD DVD & Blu-ray

Dish Network Unveils Biggest High Definition Upgrade in TV History

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By Shane Sturgeon • Jul 31, 10:00amCable & Satellite

New Study Claims That The HDTV Market Will Reach 255 Million Households in 2013

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By Dale Cripps • Jul 29, 5:12pmGlobal & Worldview

Cablevision Now Offering iO TV(R) Digital Cable Customers 60 Channels of Free HD

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By Shane Sturgeon • Jul 28, 3:53pmCable & Satellite

DIRECTV to Offer HD Local Channels in 121 Markets by Year-End

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By Shane Sturgeon • Jul 28, 2:51pmCable & Satellite

DIRECTV Remains Clear HD Leader with 130 HD Channels on Tap for Mid-August

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By Shane Sturgeon • Jul 28, 2:48pmCable & Satellite

DisplaySearch Reports Flat Q2'08 Plasma Panel Results as 1080p Shipments Surge 89% Q/Q

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By Dale Cripps • Jul 24, 8:00pmMarketplace

Sony Announces Availability of Multi-Codec Video Encoder for Professional Blu-ray Disc Authoring

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By Shane Sturgeon • Jul 22, 1:15pmHD DVD & Blu-ray

SMPTE to Establish 3-D Home Entertainment Task Force Committee to Define Parameters of Stereoscopic 3-D Mastering Standard for Home Display

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By Dale Cripps • Jul 21, 4:15pmTechnology

HDNet Movies to Celebrate Director Steven Spielberg With Six of His Greatest Films in Six Days

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By Shane Sturgeon • Jul 21, 3:52pmProgramming