Archive for: January 4, 2008

Filed under: StorageAs the flood of SSD announcements by the past couple days indicates, flash is rapidly gaining ground on traditional tough drive storage, and it may have just claimed it first victims: Hitachi has just announced that it will phase out production of 1.0 and 1.8-inch drives by the n…

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Codecs have always been a big problem for the computer users That 39 s because there has never been a 100 viable working solution available for the average computer user There are several good codec package solutions out there but none of them did everything i wanted I was always in need of a tweak adjustment or even a reinstallation just to get the codecs I needed wanted and most of the time the file still didn 39 t play I 39 ve never claimed to be a media guru My media experience is to doubleclick a file i downloaded and hope that it plays What I do know is how to package software So I decided to package some codecs and share them with the rest of the world With this package all possible conflicts are already dealt with Many user suggested default settings are implemented
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It does not contain a media player and it doesn 39 t associates filetypes With this package installed you will be able to use any media player limited only by the players 39 capabilities to play DVD 39 s movies and video clips of almost any filetype Streaming video is supported in all popular web browsers By default you won 39 t need to make any adjustments to enjoy a variety of media content immediately Users have the ability to choose what is installed using the public redistributable or after an unattended install you can select to remove specific portions without removing the entire package Future releases will recognize previous releases and are capable of performing upgrade installations

While that might be a bold statement, all things point to that. Blu-Ray was already winning in market share slowly but surely, and today’s Warner decision to go BD-only puts the final nails into that HD format war as Warner is the biggest film distributor. The HD-DVD Group didn’t seem to know about …

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Filed under: CES, HDTV
We just got an newsletter which stated that the HD DVD group is canceling its CES press conference; tail severely amidst legs by today’s explosive news that Warner — the final “undecided” studio — was going to the other side and doing Blu-ray discs exclusively. We’re not cer…

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Filed under: CES, HDTVWe just got an newsletter which stated that the HD DVD group is canceling its CES press conference; tail severely amidst legs by today’s explosive news that Warner — the final “undecided” studio — was going to the other side and doing Blu-ray discs exclusively. We’re not cert…

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Filed under: Displays
The 3008WFP widescreen LCD, everyone’s favorite, 30-inch, DisplayPort-rocking Dell monitor is up for review, and we’ve got a roundup to prove it. whether you’ll recall, the behemoth is the first Dell monitor to sport the emerging DisplayPort technology, and it additionally offe…

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Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment
whether you want to know why Warner choose Blu-ray and why now is the date, you should head by to Engadget HD. We had the chance to have a few words with the president of Warner domestic Video and he was more than happy to clear up a few questions for us. R…

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Filed under: CES, Digital Cameras, Displays, Portable Audio, Portable Video
We haven’t heard a ton from Xias, but the company is looking to change all that with a smattering of new gear at CES. In addition to dressing up the 8 megapixel DCS-860 cam in four new colors, we’ll be seeing the new 12 mega…

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Slimming down LCDs just wasn’t suitable, Hitachi will demo a 1.5-inch thick plasma HDTV at CES. Cutting more than a third of the thickness from preceding displays, it ensures your screen will look as incredible from the side as it does the front. additionally on display, but without concrete pla…

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Filed under: CES, Home Entertainment, Wireless
Just considering media shifting is totally final year doesn’t mean D-Link’s MediaLounge PC-on-TV DPG-1200 isn’t welcome, even whether that model number is a bit of a mouthful. The product can ship YouTube, Google Video, Veoh composition and plenty more …

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Now that the furor has died down by the Washington Post’s questionable piece about the RIAA supposedly suing Jeffrey Howell for ripping CDs, it’s instance to invent out what the RIAA actually has to say — and it’s surprisingly sensible. Speaking to NPR, RIAA president Cary Sherman flatly said “…

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Filed under: CES, Displays, HDTV, Home Entertainment
Hitachi’s not really reaching here in the naming area, but we sort of like the effect: the company’s new Ultra Thin 1.5 LCDs are 1.5-inches thick (hence the name), and headed for Vegas. Coming in 32-inch, 37-inch and 42-inch sizes, the 1.5 line ha…

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