Archive for the 'DVD' Category
Friday, February 22nd, 2008
In their marketing claims around getting OOXML anointed as an International Standard, Microsoft claims that more standards mean greater consumer choice. But sometimes less is more. We only have to examine HD-DVD vs. Blu-Ray to see the consequences of this. [The opinions expressed here are mine alone, and not…
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Deprecation, Samba, Format, ECMA, Jeremy, Iso standards, OOXML document, Jeremy Allison, Quality, Process Improvement, ISO, Toshiba Corp., Home Entertainment, DVD, Microsoft Corp., Consumer electronics, Business Operations, HD-DVD, Standards, OOXML, Hd Dvd, Blu-ray, Personal Technology |
Tuesday, February 5th, 2008
HD DVD isn’t dead, at least not quite. That leaves many options and potentially expensive mistakes for consumers. It turns out the Super Bowl, which was supposed to be a blowout, was a lot more competitive than the fight over the next DVD format, which was supposed…
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Problem, Player, Technology, Toshiba Corp., NPD Group Inc., Disc, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., Erica Ogg, Hd Dvd, Video, Consumer electronics, Personal Technology, DVD, Home Entertainment, Blu-ray, HD-DVD, Sales |
Monday, February 4th, 2008
New York-based cable provider unveils service that enables subscribers to watch new-release movies on demand with purchase of a DVD. Cablevision Systems and Popcorn Home Entertainment are set to unveil a first-of-its-kind service on Monday that enables cable subscribers to watch new-release movies on demand with the purchase…
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Cable, VoD, Video On Demand (VoD), Cablevision Systems Corp., Telecommunications, Home Entertainment, Reuters, Consumer electronics, Entertainment, DVD, Personal Technology |
Tuesday, January 29th, 2008
Earnings below expectations as company cites flash-memory competition, price drops, and HD DVD woes. Japanese electronics group Toshiba posted a worse-than-expected 25 percent drop in quarterly operating profit after tumbling flash memory chip prices ate into margins. The world’s No. 2 NAND flash memory chipmaker now expects…
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Nuclear Energy, Operating Profit, Chip, NAND, Toshiba Corp., Flash Memory, Elpida Memory Inc., Processors & semiconductors, Semiconductors, Home Entertainment, DVD, Reuters, Hd Dvd, Network Technology, Hardware, Networking, Personal Technology |
Thursday, January 24th, 2008
Sony becomes the first major studio to license niche and older DVD titles for production and distribution through service that presses and ships discs to order. Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has become the first major studio to license niche and older DVD titles for production and distribution…
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Sony Pictures, Sony Corp., Title, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, MOD Service, Hewlett-Packard Co., Home Entertainment, Reuters, Consumer electronics, Entertainment, DVD, Personal Technology |
Friday, January 18th, 2008
Survey shows that strike has cut TV viewership, turning people to other forms of entertainment. Even reading has gotten a boost. The Hollywood writers strike looks like a boon for the DVD and video game industries. According to a survey released Thursday from new-media consultancy company Interpret,…
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Corporate Communications, Survey, DVD, TVs, Home Entertainment, Tv & Home Theater, Video, Video Game, Reuters, Personal Technology, CNET Networks Inc., Consumer electronics, Entertainment, Marketing, Games |
Friday, January 18th, 2008
Outside of the protagonists and their immediate families, does anyone really give a darn who comes out on top? CNET News.com’s Charles Cooper sure doesn’t. The folks behind the HD DVD standard repeat to anyone within earshot that it ain’t over ’til it’s over. They still hope to…
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Blu-ray, News.com, Hd Dvd, HD-DVD, Charles Cooper, Consumer electronics, DVD, Home Entertainment, Personal Technology |
