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New, Cheaper Blu-ray Player Leads Sony's Charge Into 2007
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Thomas J. Norton • Posted: Feb 28, 2007 • 0 comments

With the 2007 CES barely a memory, it seems far too soon for a 2007 line show from a major manufacturer. But Sony opened its annual product showcase for the press today at the Paris Hotel in Las Vegas.

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Newcomer V Inc. Goes for the Gold
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HT Staff • Posted: Jan 18, 2003 • 0 comments
Every year at the Consumer Electronics Show, previously unknown companies make their debut. One that caught our attention this year is Fountain Valley, CA-based V Inc. This year, the company hopes to leverage its expertise in the computer display field with a foray into home entertainment, with a line of affordable plasma displays and an MPEG-4 DVD player.
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News Briefs
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Barry Willis • Posted: Apr 27, 2003 • 0 comments

FCC feet to the fire: The Bush administration will hold the Federal Communications Commission to an early June deadline for rewriting regulations for media ownership. The changes will likely lift most remaining restrictions on control of radio and television stations in single markets, as well as throughout the nation.

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News Corp Drops DirecTV Offer
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• Posted: Oct 28, 2001 • 0 comments

Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation has withdrawn its offer to acquire direct broadcast satellite service <A HREF="http://www.directv.com">DirecTV</A>, according to reports over the weekend of October 27&ndash;28. News Corp. had been in contention for 18 months to buy DirecTV's parent company Hughes Electronics from its corporate owner General Motors.

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News Corp. Buying DirecTV
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Barry Willis • Posted: Apr 13, 2003 • 0 comments

More than a year of relentless campaigning to acquire DirecTV ultimately put EchoStar exactly back where it started, but patiently waiting in the wings has paid off handsomely for News Corp. and its CEO Rupert Murdoch.

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News Flash: Hell Freezes Over
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SV Staff • Posted: May 07, 2008 • 0 comments
In case the whole Obama/Clinton thing is getting old, here is a new debate, that in fact, is far more important. Did Neil Young embrace Blu-ray because digital audio is finally good enough to satisfy his musician's keen sensibilities, or did he...
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Next Wave: Hi-Def LCD Screens
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HT Staff • Posted: Mar 25, 2002 • 0 comments
Liquid crystal displays have been around a long time, but only in the past year or so have they gotten the engineering attention they deserve---as potentially movie-quality displays.
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Next week: 1080p video on YouTube
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SV Staff • Posted: Nov 13, 2009 • 0 comments
Straight from the "getting blood from a stone" files, YouTube has announced that it will begin streaming 1080p video next week. Until now, the highest resolution YouTube could stream was 720p, and that was only a minority of videos. The move to...
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Next-Gen Disc Release Calendar
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• Posted: May 06, 2006 • 0 comments

The studios have released dates for dozens of films coming to you in either Blu-ray or HD-DVD.

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Next-Gen Display Gets the Ax
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Mark Fleischmann • Posted: Mar 30, 2009 • 0 comments
As the LCD and plasma categories have matured, some manufacturers have been developing next-generation displays that would supposedly take performance to the next level. One of those display technologies was the Field Emission Display (FED). Alas, Sony has pulled the plug.
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Next-Gen Format Delays
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• Posted: Mar 16, 2006 • 0 comments

Sony finally admitted the inevitable this week, announcing that the Blu-ray Disc-based PlayStation3 will be delayed until November. According to Sony, the much-anticipated game console will be available in stores worldwide in November just in time for the holiday season. The console will apparently not be available concurrent with the launch of movies available on Blu-ray Disc, which are currently scheduled for release May 23rd.

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Next-Gen HomePlug Coming
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Mark Fleischmann • Posted: Aug 09, 2010 • 0 comments
The HomePlug Powerline Alliance has released details on the second-generation version of its technology which allows home networking via power lines.
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Next-Gen Players That (Allegedly) Aren’t Coming This Year
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• Posted: Jul 30, 2006 • Published: Jul 31, 2006 • 0 comments

Looks like there's no relief from the format war in sight. According to TWICE, LG Electronics has backed off its plan to deliver a <a href="http://ultimateavmag.com/news/031906hddvd/">Blu-ray/HD DVD combi disc player</a> later this year. In addition, a recently published report from Video Business claims that Toshiba has denied that it will ship a second generation HD DVD player in time for the holiday shopping season this year.

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Next-Gen Video Displays May Result from DuPont Agreement with RiTEK
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• Posted: May 06, 2001 • 0 comments

Poly-OLED. Add this new acronym to your technophile lexicon. It's short for "polymer organic light emitting diode," a type of display technology developed by Wilmington, Delaware&ndash;based <A HREF="http://www.ritekdisplay.com/in_English/index_English.htm">RiTEK Display Technology Company</A>, the beneficiary of a recent investment by <A HREF="http://www.dupont.com/displays">DuPont Displays</A>, a unit of DuPont iTechnologies of the DuPont chemical conglomerate. Poly-OLED is said to be considerably better than the traditional liquid crystal display (LCD) because of its greater brightness, better contrast, and lower manufacturing costs.

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NFL 3D: Instant Replay
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SV Staff • Posted: Dec 05, 2008 • 0 comments
We told you about the 3D broadcast of the NFL game last Thursday night at a few theaters across the country. Wondering how it went? Some scores, some fumbles, but overall, you could call it a success. There were two satellite glitches that caused...
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