Posted June 28, 2006 
Comments(0) DVDReMake is an amazing tool for editing your DVD content on your HD. You can edit the structure of your DVD, remove content to save space and easily merge several DVDs into one! DVD merging is very useful if creating or backing up DVDs of TV-series.
Posted June 28, 2006 Comments(0) According to IGN, HDMI 1.3 standard will be incorporated in the PlayStation 3. If game developers choose to take advantage of 36- and 48-Bit color, the ability to output such a broader color spectrum could give the PS3 a solid technologic advantage over the Xbox 360. Well, we won’t be seeing HDTVs capable of displaying 36- and 48-Bit color until the end of this year at the earliest so it will seriously limit the practical impact the difference will have.
Posted June 28, 2006 Comments(0) CMC Magnetics has received the class-A verification for its 1x HD-DVD-R SL (high-definition DVD-R single-sided single-layer) discs with 15GB storage capacity from the DVD Forum last week, while Ritek indicated it obtained the same level of verification in late May of this year, according to DigiTimes.
Posted June 27, 2006 Comments(0) The arrival of high definition Blu-ray player Samsung BD-P1000 to the store shelves has resulted in more confusion rather than sales in the United States. According to the source the U.S. consumers are not aware of the differences of HD-DVD and Blu-ray. On the other the fact that Samsung is the first Blu-ray player available is a bit confusing as well, as Sony is and has been the clear leader of the Blu-ray camp - and honestly Samsung is not really recognized as a high end home A/V vendor, even though they do have many decent products especially in the lower price range.
Posted June 26, 2006 Comments(0) As the new iTunes software now offers the option to encode in to 100% original quality Apple Lossless format, speculations have started whether the quality of the iTunes store is about to be upgraded. While the size of the download would increase significantly, a typical music CD would still be a lot smaller than a Divx encoded movie, so bandwidth shouldn’t be an issue either.
Posted June 23, 2006 Comments(0) We will be celebrating the Finnish Midsummer the for a few days from now. So it might be a little quiet on the news front. Happy Midsummer everyone!
Posted June 21, 2006 Comments(1) Taiyo Yuden announces the new single-sided dual-layer DVD-R (DVD-R DL) disc for video archiving purposes with 8x recording speed, fastest in the industry, to go on sale July 1 under the company’s own That’s brand. A DVD recorder capable of 8x recording speed can record 215 minutes of video data saved on a hard disk with standard definition onto the DVD-R DL disc in about 15 minutes.
Posted June 20, 2006 Comments(0) Consumer electronics giant Philips is a founding member Blu-ray Disc Association, and certainly one of the key players in the High Definition video market. Philips announced their upcoming TripleWriter Blu-ray recorder for PCs and BDP9000 standalone player.
Posted June 20, 2006 Comments(0) Everybody knows about counterfeit movie-DVDs (etc) being sold in China but according to DigiTimes, there is also counterfeit entry-level DVD burners under various brand names, including BenQ and Plextor, in the China market. Recent price cuts for entry-level models to US$48-50 have boosted sales but reduced margins for distributors and retailers of branded products.
Posted June 19, 2006 Comments(0) With the success of iTunes and after developing video enabled iPods, the next logical step is to go into the movie business. In the music business the flat $0.99 per track pricing has appealed to the consumers, even though it can hardly be considered cheap. However, Apple is facing difficult negotiations with the movie industry and no agreement about the pricing model has been made.
