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AVRant #50: The Real Dina AVRant #50: The Real Dina AV Rant reaches the big 50! Tom and Clint need therapy. Tom will never learn his lesson about Wordpress but he did learn something about Dina. Chet weighs in on Knight Rider. Tom is reviewing Army of…
Toshiba HD-A30/35 1080p24 Patch Gives Headaches Toshiba HD-A30/35 1080p24 Patch Gives Headaches You can’t blame anyone who bought one of Toshiba’s second generation HD DVD players for trying to get all the use they can from it. The latest patch from Toshiba that updates the HD-A30 and HD-A35 to…
Format War Pricing Aftermath: Blu-ray Up, HD-DVD Down Format War Pricing Aftermath: Blu-ray Up, HD-DVD Down The long awaited end to the format war may help consumers by clearing up some confusion created by choice in HD optical discs, but it is not bringing about better pricing to the consumer. Based on…
AVRant #49: Explicit 24p AVRant #49: Explicit 24p Clint and Tom tackle a bunch of questions from you. Ken, Rick, Cliff and Ed… thanks for the questions. What's the deal with Blu-ray Profile 1.1 and 2.0 and receivers that decode internally? How does…
Blu-ray on Xbox 360? Don't Hold Your Breath! Blu-ray on Xbox 360? Don't Hold Your Breath! Just days after Microsoft exec Steve Ballmer alluded to a Blu-ray device for Xbox 360, the rumor was quashed. Yesterday Aaron Greenberg, group product manager of Xbox 360 reaffirmed his team’s…
Acer Deploys FIrst 5.1 Surround Sound Laptop Acer Deploys FIrst 5.1 Surround Sound Laptop Sometimes the most unlikely products come to market. "Unlikely" just doesn't seem to cut it this time around, however. We really didn't think that a laptop would be the place for 5.1 surround sound,…
TiVo Will Deliver YouTube Videos Later This Year TiVo Will Deliver YouTube Videos Later This Year Today TiVo announced it would deliver videos from YouTube directly to televisions via its digital video recorders. The service should be available later this year for high-speed Internet subscribers…
iPod Explodes, Japan Investigates iPod Explodes, Japan Investigates Japan is investigating a potential, um, defect in the Apple iPod after one reportedly "shot out sparks" while being charged. This is according to a government official who commented to the AP today.…
Dolby Updates PC Entertainment Experience Program Dolby Updates PC Entertainment Experience Program Dolby Laboratories, Inc. increased its presence in the PC market this week with the release of its next-generation "PC Entertainment Experience" program, a suite of Dolby audio post-processing and…
Lionsgate Films to Give Digital Copies on iTunes Lionsgate Films to Give Digital Copies on iTunes It's a case of one studio that gets it, almost. Lionsgate Films is known for punishing action and gross out horror films that appeal to a younger audience. It could be why they've decided to…