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Cirrus Debuts New CS49700 HD Chipset Cirrus Debuts New CS49700 HD Chipset Austin, Texas based Cirrus Logic has released a new single chip processor for Blu-ray and HD DVD players supporting audio decode standards, DTS and Dolby Digital for surround sound. Cirrus announced…
Firmware Update for Panasonic DMP-BD10 Blu-ray Player Firmware Update for Panasonic DMP-BD10 Blu-ray Player Panasonic released it's V2.0 firmware upgrade for it's DMP-BD10 Blu-ray Disc player. The update sports Dolby True HD and DTS-HD High-Resolution support for outstanding audio. According to Panasonic…
Introducing m-commerce... Shopping via Mobile Phone Introducing m-commerce... Shopping via Mobile Phone You may be content to shop online. Or, you may be the type who enjoys the occasional (or, God help you, chronic) visits to Home Shopping Network or QVC on the television. Perhaps you're old-school…
Is Europe Finally Going HD? Is Europe Finally Going HD? You may assume that because we have a relatively high amount of HDTV content here in the US that the same is true for all other Western countries. This is not only far from true, it's... well, yeah…
LG Electronics Releases 6th Gen Digital ATSC Chipset LG Electronics Releases 6th Gen Digital ATSC Chipset LG Electronics has launched it's 6th generation chipset in anticipation of it's 2008 television line up. The "super-advanced" chipset, which is to be incorporated not only in televisions, but digital…
SST Takes Shot at Wireless Audio with MelodyWing ST SST Takes Shot at Wireless Audio with MelodyWing ST Today marks an important day in the world of wireless audio: yet another company has claimed the technology to do it right. We've been really supportive of the concept of wireless audio for some…
JVC Intros Sophisti DD-3 Networked Home Theater System JVC Intros Sophisti DD-3 Networked Home Theater System JVC was looking for a way to enhance the capabilities of it's home theater in a box systems and they seem to have done it with their new Sophisti DD-3 system. Yeah, the name is pretty cheesy (gee,…
BD-Plus (BD+) Bluray Enhanced? BD-Plus (BD+) Bluray Enhanced? After an avalanche of attacks by hackers of all stripes against HDCP, studios are developing a weapon to curtail the onslaught. Welcome to BD-Plus (BD+) technology. Leading the charge as expected is…
Sony Discusses Adding Larger Drive to PS3 Sony Discusses Adding Larger Drive to PS3 According to a recent Reuters report, Sony Corp. said today that it is pondering increasing the hard disk capacity on future models due to the growing demands for disc space the current models seem…
Samsung Announces Dual-format HD-DVD Player Samsung Announces Dual-format HD-DVD Player Samsung, who was incidentally the first company to retail a Blu-ray Disc player, will introduce a dual format high-definition HD DVD/BD optical disc player - apparently by December. The "Duo" HD…