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Sony To Ship First 50GB Blu-ray Movies This Week

With any luck, this will work to benefit Sony as they sure could use some success in the Blueray world right now.
Sony has announced that Click, Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, and Black Hawk Down will be the first Sony films released on 50GB dual-layer Blu-ray disc. Although Blu-ray discs have […]

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ATI’s Crossfire Xpress 3200 Chipset Takes Off

Well boom, there it is. The ATI Crossfire Xpress 3200 is ready to rumble and this time it looks like ATI might just be on the right track with this particular chipset. Unfortunately the card you are going to find this chipset on does have one major shortcoming.

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No Google PC, Think Google Video

Speaking for myself, I see Google TV becoming a reality in the near future. It might require a set top box, but that would be OK.

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Hauppauge Releases Mac DVR

Oh this is too wild. This is like a PVR add-on for Mac users, right? Well, not exactly. Actually, it is more for the iPod user and even then, for the ones wanting video on the go.

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Two Home DVRs - MediaReady 5000 and Digital Deck

If you are looking for Media Center alternatives, then this article might just point you in a whole new direction with two very specific examples.

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TiVo Killers? - Windows PVRs

Maybe someday. The last time I looked into a Windows PVR I was far from impressed. To be fair though, I will give them another once over here in then next couple of years I think.

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SunBriteTV: All-weather LCD that you clean with a hose

Wow! This has to be the perfect TV for the drunk man needing to be in front of a TV when using the washroom. OK, too much information I guess. Still, you have to admit that this is pretty cool!

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Vista graphics drivers to be more stable than XP drivers, ATI says

Better graphic card stability is always a good thing to hear about. And this is definitely true when it comes to the drivers themselves. Well, it looks like Vista may have gotten something right on target in this area. Check it out…

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Panasonic Announces SDR-S100, SD Recording 3 CCD Camcorder

It may not be a pro-level cam, but at least it is not trying to burn discs with the footage you are taking. Still, outside of the brand, I am not all that impressed with the SDR-S100.

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DVD Format War Looks Inevitable

Ya, I think that we will definitely see a war - a DVD format war that is. Even though many people still cling onto those old VHS players, a new format of DVD is coming to town, and I will be interested in seeing who ends up becoming the next LaserDisc format…

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Sunbrite All-Weather Outdoor LCD Televisions

Personally, I think that having an LCD outside seems silly. Then again, perhaps there are some practical applications that I might have been missing here. Eh, whatever. I just can’t see spending the money on it myself. I will however, take one for the inside though…

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PC to Tivo Playback released

I must agree with most of the comments and the article in general this time around I am afraid. TiVo is quickly becoming TiV-blow.

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Creative’s Zen Vision

This attractive portable media player from Creative is just one such example of how portable media is expected to become a very big deal here in the coming months.

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nVidia LDDM Graphics Drivers for Vista Beta 1

Driver alert, folks. Yes, there is a new driver set for you crazy Vista testers needing LDDM drivers.

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Canon Announces 4.0 Megapixel Optura 600 and Sleek Optura S1

Canon makes a great line of digital cameras for still shots. But now that they have just kicked out some new MiniDVs for me to drool over, I might have to take a gander here soon and see what they have to offer.

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40-inch LCD TV prices set to slump

And so the LCD prices continue their tumble down to reasonable. At this rate, I might just get myself an extra one to have on hand in case my other one fails!

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Flickering light prevents TV image smearing

Hey, this sounds like a pretty worthwhile project to me! If this new technology can truly prevent TV smearing, then I believe a lot of future LCD TV owners will be more happy than you could ever know.

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Sony’s got some new LCD HDTVs

You know, these TVs don’t sound half bad! While the prices are pretty good on the sets mentioned below, I still would like to see it come down some more.

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NewTek TriCaster: A TV Studio in a Box

At first pass, this TV in a Box option sounds great! Well, it sure did till I looked at the price tag anyway. I mean, I am just not feeling that, ya know?

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Playback time

Now that is one powerful innovation if you ask me! I believe that this new chip designed to burn two different programs to DVD is going to be very popular here pretty quickly.