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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