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Sony Releases PS3 Firmware 2.41
Last week Sony released firmware 2.40 for the Playstation 3. Unfortunately, the feature filled update was also causing problems with various PS3 consoles and Sony pulled the update by the end of the…
Pioneer Readies Blu-ray Recorders Overseas
Pioneer Corp reported today that it is releasing set-top Blu-ray DVD recorders by the end of the year. The company is developing the Blu-ray recorders with help from Sharp Corp who owns 14 percent of…
Pioneer Builds Blu-ray Disc at 400 GB
A math problem for 21st Century grade school student might look like this: At 25 GB per layer, how many layers would it take to provide a Blu-ray disc with a 400 GB capacity? The answer is 16 layers…
Nokia Wants Piece of Apple iTunes Pie
The Finnish cell phone giant is determined to kick its way into the content market. Nokia has already bought handheld operating system Symbian and made deals for a Social Online Network collaboration…
New $199 iPhone is Just $599
Fans of the newly announced $199 iPhone will soon be able to get it... for $599. Huh? According to a report on Reuters today, U.S. consumers who want the new iPhone but cannot or do not want to sign…
Pioneer Kuro LCD... Oxymoron?
If you go to the Pioneer website and look up Kuro, they talk about one thing - black levels. Pioneer has recently announced that Kuro LCDs will begin shipping in the UK in August with a US release…
Yamaha Introduces the YSP-3050 Digital Sound Projector
The new YSP-3050 features 21 beam drivers, and two woofers, 23 corresponding digital amplifiers, three Cinema DSP programs (movie, music and sports), analog to HDMI video upconversion, high…
Emotiva Audio’s Summer/4th of July Sale!
Take advantage of big savings and free shipping on Emotiva's award winning, acclaimed loudspeaker system and the classic LPA-1 amplifier! Act now or regret it this weekend! Now, through July 6th: …
Hancock's Proprietary Download Experiment with Sony Bravia
We've been sounding the death knell of traditional disc-based media for some time, but Sony Pictures seems to truly be ushering it along - at least in an experimental trial fashion. This week's…
Rhapsody Gunning for iTunes with DRM-free Music
Rhapsody, an online subscription music company-turned MP3-download service, is spending $50 million in marketing to take on #1 retailer iTunes, offering DRM-free songs online and working with such…