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IBM adds advert serving to DVD spec – film watching is DEAD as a hobby
In a move that sounds like they’re trying to kill off DVD on purpose and force everyone to turn to one of those boring new HD formats, IBM has patented an advert delivery system that can pause DVDs so you have the pleasure of watching an advert.
It’s like they’ve examined the strengths of the DVD format, then created a feature designed specifically to destroy it…
What's worse than watching a U2 concert? Watching one in 3D!
People are still listening to U2?! What, are they deaf?!
Maybe they just like ground-breaking events, like the publicity stunt the band will throw in late January next year in the US. ‘U2 3D’ is the first three-dimensional full-length concert film that’s ever been made, supposedly…
Messiah's Darklite PS3 DVD/Blu-ray remote
The Darklite remote is a very nice little thing for controlling your PS3 with, if you’ve fallen into Sony’s trap of using it to watch films rather than play games. It has the double excitement of backlit buttons that light up AND a glowing circle, which will mesmerise all who see it.
The receiver unit has to be plugged into PS3, though, which might ruin the lines of your super-minimalist futuristic lounge, but other than that it’s all very pretty.
Sony gives three products a pink spray-job for National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
You may be thinking this is better suited to our pink-clad sister blog, Shiny Shiny, but considering it’s for a good cause (and I’m sure there’s a few readers on Tech Digest wanting to spend the pink pound), I’m going to mention it anyway.
It’s National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and Sony has done the noble thing and jumped on the ‘oooh, let’s give all our gadgets a pink makeover to support the cause’ bandwagon. Three of their products have been given a pink sprayjob, firstly the VGN-CR290EAP laptop for $1,369.99…
Denon SMART S-302 Wi-Fi DVD home entertainment system
Denon has introduced its SMART S-302 Wi-Fi networked DVD home entertainment system, featuring the central unit, two speakers and a slim subwoofer. It's been designed to offer virtual surround sound, with just the two stereo speakers, and the DVD…
LG's Chocolate-inspired HT972TR home cinema system
It’s that comforting old LG Chocolate glowing sphere design again, this time plastered on the control panel of its new HT972TR home amplifier and surround sound system.
The front panel’s where the Chocolate inspiration is shown best, with a fancy touch panel controlling the system’s…
CE industry approves download-to-burn technology for ripping own DVDs
A group of consumer electronics companies, operating as the DVD Copy Control Association, has approved the technology making "download-to-burn" services a reality. The technology will allow consumers to create a DVD of a film they've bought from an online service,…
The Wee console which plays DVDs, not games
Now, on one hand you have the Wii, a games console which doesn’t play DVDs. On the other hand, you’ve got the Wee, a DVD player which doesn’t play games. If only someone would join the two together in holy matrimony and declare them Wii-Wee, all would be right in this universe…
Modders hack the Nintendo Wii to play DVDs
Now, although I’m a firm Wii fangirl, I’m not immune to admitting there were a few discrepancies between the features first mentioned when the Wii was announced, and what consumers were actually left with after the console hit the shelves. Every gaming manufacturer does it, although none quite as drastically as Sony with the PS3, as any avid reader of Gary’s UK Resistance knows all too well during those months when Europe was at war….
High definition discs outsell VHS tapes: is it really a milestone?
According to research from Video Business, the combined sales of Blu-ray and HD DVD high definition discs was greater than that of VHS cassettes sold in the first half of 2007.
Although standard definition DVD sales also slumped by around 5% in the same period, due mainly to a weak bunch of new releases, the dominant disc format is hardly challenged by these findings.
Sales of pre-recorded video tapes are all but non-existent now, with most consumers preferring the greater convenience, features, quality, and smaller form factor of DVDs.
