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Runco Acquired by Planar
Mark Fleischmann  |  May 29, 2007
Runco, arguably the high-end projection television brand, has been acquired by Beaverton, Oregon-based Planar Systems in a cash deal worth $36.7 million.
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Blade Runner, Kubrick Films Coming To HD
 |  May 27, 2007

Warner slipped a tantalyzing insert into the <I>The Ultimate Matrix Collection</I> box set released earlier this week, a two-sided affair offically announcing that <I>Blade Runner</I> will hit HD DVD this October on one side and touting a "Kubrick Collection" as coming soon to both HD DVD and Blu-ray on the other.

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Patent Suit Hits Blu-ray
Mark Fleischmann  |  May 25, 2007
Blu-ray has reached another milestone. The infant format has attracted its first patent lawsuit, reports GameSpot.
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CEA to NAB: We Got Your Boxes Right Here
Mark Fleischmann  |  May 24, 2007
Members of the Consumer Electronics Association will support the transition to digital television with timely delivery of digital-to-analog set-top convertors, the head of the organization says in response to a public challenge from the National Association of Broadcasters.
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PS3 Update Adds DVD Upconversion, 24p Output
 |  May 24, 2007

By chance last night I downloaded firmware version 1.8 for the Sony PlayStation3 and took some time to see if any new significant video features were added (a gamer I'm not). Lo and behold, two very significant updates were indeed found in the menus: the PS3 can now upconvert DVDs, and it offers 24p output.

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Will Box Shortage Mar DTV Transition?
Mark Fleischmann  |  May 22, 2007
TV station owners are worried that a lack of convertors may let analog sets fade to black after the transition to digital television.
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ABC to Stream Free HD
Mark Fleischmann  |  May 21, 2007
Free HDTV are two words dear to the hearts of videophiles. We'll have a new source of it this summer when ABC launches a free online high-def channel at abc.com
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The $299 HD DVD Player Arrives
 |  May 20, 2007

Over the next four weeks Toshiba is embarking on an aggressive promotional campaign for HD DVD, timed to coincide with this Tuesday's release of the blockbuster <I>Matrix</I> trilogy, one of the most anticipated franchises to hit either HD format. The campaign will feature in-store rebates for HD DVD players, and will also have HD DVD promo trailers running in movie theaters with this summer's hottest movies, including, in a heavy dose of irony, Sony's own <I>Spider-Man 3</I> (wonder if anyone at Sony or the Blu-ray Association is wondering why he didn't think of that).

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Did Wal-Mart Kill the TV Business?
Mark Fleischmann  |  May 18, 2007
At the root of recent woes in the TV-retailing business is the legendary "Wal-Mart effect," according to a news analysis by Business Week.
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'Attempted Copyright Crimes' Law Proposed
Mark Fleischmann  |  May 17, 2007
Copying music or movies? Don't even think about it, says attorney general Alberto Gonzales. He's supporting a new law that would make even attempting copyright infringement a new federal offense.
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Pioneer's New Plasmas, And More!
Thomas J. Norton  |  May 16, 2007

Kuro is a Japanese word meaning deep, black, and penetrating. And on the tenth anniversary of its entry into the plasma display business, Pioneer announced the culmination of its <I>Project Kuro</I> to the assembled consumer electronics press in New York.

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Mitsubishi Big On DLP And LCD
 |  May 15, 2007

Mitsubishi announced its 2007 lineup of DLP rear projection and LCD flat panel TVs before the gathered press Monday in New York. The message was clear- Mits is hanging its TV hat on premium LCD and large screen DLP rear projectors.

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Cox Kills VOD Fast Forward
Mark Fleischmann  |  May 15, 2007
How would you feel about your video-on-demand service if you discovered the fast-forward function had been disabled? Viewers of the country's third-largest cable system will soon find out when they try in vain to skip ads on the VOD versions of ABC and ESPN.
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HP to Sell High-Def Combi PCs
Mark Fleischmann  |  May 14, 2007
Want your next PC to handle both Blu-ray and HD DVD? Both high-def disc formats will be accommodated in select build-to-order models from Hewlett-Packard.
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Canon Off the Hook in SED Suit
Mark Fleischmann  |  May 10, 2007
Of all the promising new video display technologies, SED is the only one with the misfortune to be tied up in a lawsuit. The latest phase of the case ended last week when the jury said Canon, the defendant, would not have to pay any further damages to Nano-Proprietary, the plaintiff.
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