Engadget HD Podcast 179 - 02.23.2010
Another week, another breaking news item just in time for us to discuss on the podcast and weren't we lucky to have Home Media Magazine's Chris Tribbey filling in the third seat this week to try and make sense of Wal-mart's purchase of VUDU. Other industry shakeups include the Redbox &am……
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Deadlands 2 cancellation puts an unnecessary nail in HD DVD's coffin
We're sure there's a few people out there still waving the Red flag, unfortunately for them a planned last hurrah for HD DVD won't go off, as the release of Deadlands 2: Trapped on the format has been cancelled. Director Gary Ugarek had attempted a limited edition pressing of the flick t……
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At this point it doesn't look like Managed copy will ever get here
Oh Managed Copy, the feature that made such a big stink so early on in the Format War still can't seem to become a reality. It was bad enough that it took until the very last version of the AACS to even be defined. Now here we are six months later and although last month all the studios have si……
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Sony's Blu-ray players do 3D in 1080p even with HDMI 1.3
More than a few commenters were confused to see Sony's first 3D Blu-ray players sporting HDMI 1.3 outputs when they were announced recently. Rumors circled that we would see some sort of lower res, even “3D-Lite,” experience (similar to the quality of DirecTV's side by side compression) as ……
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Redbox planning to expand Blu-ray availability around the middle of this year
According to statements by Coinstar CEO Paul Davis, we should expect to see Blu-ray discs appearing in more Redbox kiosks around the middle of this year. Specifically called out in its deal with Warner, Home Media Magazine reports he also mentioned the ……
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Extenders for Media Center aren't dead, they just seem like it
Many Windows Media Center enthusiasts were very disappointed by the fact that Microsoft didn't mention Extenders for Media Center at CES 2010. This anxiety started some time ago when both Linksys and HP let it be known that their current Extenders had been discontinued. Of course not every wa……
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RCDb bringing IMDB, Gracenote lookup extras to tru2way boxes
We haven't seen a lot out of tru2way to start 2010, but maybe that can get turned around starting at the CableLabs Winter Conference, where Related Content Database (RCDb) is showing off its technology which pulls together cable set-tops with web databases like IMDB and Gracenote. Using a demo o……
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Panasonic opens first Blu-ray 3D authoring facility
Ahead of the 3D curve as usual, Panasonic is first yet again with its Blu-ray 3D Advanced Authoring Center. A perfect fit with its upcoming product lineup and focus on 3D, the setup promises to deliver movies on discs as soon as this spring. VP Jeannine Patton claims it “leads the industry” in M……
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Join the Engadget HD podcast live on Ustream
It's Monday, and we know that getting the week started can be tough. We're here to help by letting you peek into the recording booth when the Engadget HD podcast goes to tape Now. Think of it as a kind of time machine that will help you power through your day by reviewing what happened in th……
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Blu-ray sales were up 67 percent in 2009
No matter what the benchmark, when you increase the number of households with a Blu-ray player up 76 percent, to 17 million, that's a good year. So what if it is was one of the worst economic times in US history, and that overall home media sales were down 13.7 percent — not even Blu-ray coul……
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