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HD DVD Takes a Nose Dive

Posted in CES, HD-DVD, IPTV, Intel®, Movie Download, PLAYSTATION®3, PS3, Playstation 3, Sony, Technology, VHS/Betamax, Video, Warner Music, blu-ray, microsoft, prediction, prognostication, xBox 360, tagged on January 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

By now you’ve read about Warner Bros. Entertainment announcement to drop HD DVD and focus on Blu-ray, a Sony Corp. backed technology vs. rival Toshiba.  Warner was the last major studio to put out movies in both formats and after May they will exclusively release on Blu-ray. 
The announcement by Warner rattled the industry nerves to [...]

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Unlimited Download TV Service

Posted in Apple, Content Redistribution, Copyright, DRM, DVD, Films, IPTV, Mobile TV, Movie Download, Piracy, Sony, Technology, Video, microsoft, tagged , , on December 11, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Let’s see, I slept for 7 hours; it’s a new day and an announcement of yet another start up in the internet video space.  This seems like a daily ritual. 
The newest is Sync TV, a spin off from consumer electronics company Pioneer, which launched a beta download service.
The audio and video quality of the TV [...]

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Firmware Updates – Something For Nothing

Posted in Blogroll, DVD, PLAYSTATION®3, PS3, Playstation 3, Sony, Technology, blu-ray on May 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

The Playstation 3 pulled down Sony profits in fiscal 2007 with a loss of $1.97B for the game units $8.6B in revenues. Sony stated they sold 5.5 million PS3 through March 31, 2007 and 13.2M software units. I’m not predicting doom and gloom as the PS3 was designed to last multiple years and [...]

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Music Industry Driven By Art?

Posted in Apple, DRM, Music, Piracy, Sony, Technology, iPod/iTunes, zune on February 8, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Steve Jobs provided a good read on his view and thoughts of the music industry yesterday and basically asks for DRM free music, something the entire world has been asking for. Jobs can be a catalyst, but towards what? What should the music industry do?
He makes excellent points in his post:
Today’s most popular iPod [...]

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CES 2007 – An Incomplete Report

Posted in Bill Gates, Blogroll, CES, HD-DVD, IPTV, OLED, Rescue, Sony, Technology, Video, Viiv™, Wii™, blu-ray, microsoft, xBox 360 on January 16, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

The Las Vegas Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is a tech geek feast with thousands of consumer gadgets, technology, and accessories — far too much to cover in one read. CNET had more than 50 reporters covering the show, however, here are my observations on some relevant companies.
All my CES Photo’s are here.
AMD:
HP — new [...]

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Playstation 3 Unleashed My Savings

Posted in Blogroll, PS3, Playstation 3, Sony, microsoft, xBox 360 on January 12, 2007 | 1 Comment »

The Playstation®3 (PS3) became available in North America on November 17, 2006. Lots of hype and marketing buzz led up to the launch. Unfortunately PS3’s were being sold on eBay for more than $2300 and reports of violence surrounding the release include a customer shot, campers robbed at gunpoint and the [...]

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