DVD technology pioneer Toshiba is suing 17 companies for manufacturing DVD players without a license. So that’s why those Chinese DVD players are so cheap!
Toshiba follows up the success of their first generation HD-DVD players with a second generation player that produces some of the highest quality images we’ve seen, both from standard definition and high definition discs. (Updated 11/07 with version 2.7 firmware information).
In that other format war, Panasonic strikes a powerful blow against LCD flat panel-makers, with full HD 1080p plasma models starting at $2499.
A reader writes in asking if there’s any chance he can enjoy high definition movies on HD-DVD or Blu-Ray Disc if his projector has only component video inputs (no HDMI or DVI).
Old meets new as the arcade classic ‘Dragon’s Lair,’ the first arcade game to feature film-quality animation, comes to Blu-Ray Disc on April 9th. It will be one of the first titles to fully exploit the BD-Java interactivity functions of the format.
‘The Matrix’ in high definition is almost upon us, with ‘Complete’ and ‘Ultimate’ editions hitting the street on HD-DVD May 22, and on Blu-ray Disc later this year.
A penguin story brings home an Oscar for the second year in a row, this time in the animated film category. Is the DVD award-worthy as well?
While perhaps not the best disaster movie ever made (not even close), the HD-DVD version of ‘Poseidon’ does exploit the format’s full potential with In-Movie Experience and excellent visuals and sonics.
A reader writes in asking whether it’s better to hook up his HD satellite receiver to his HDTV via component video or HDMI cables.
It may be an honor to be nominated, but it’s always nice to win. From the Kodak Theatre, here are this year’s Academy Award winners.
