Despite Toshiba Price Cuts, Blu-ray Players Continue To Dominate
TWICE magazine reports that leaked NPD figures show Blu-ray is still dominating player sales. For the week ending January 26th Blu-ray claimed 65% of standalone player sales to HD DVD’s 28%. And 6%...
View ArticleRetailers Have Been Promoting Blu-ray Already
TWICE is reporting on a study by J.D. Power and Associates and Market Force Information which shows that retailers have been heavily promoting Blu-ray to shoppers, even before the recent announcements....
View ArticleARCHOS 605 WiFi PMP To Get GPS Too
Well, just the other day I reported on ARCHOS adding place-shifting to their 605 WiFi, 705WiFi, and TV+ systems with their ‘TVportation’ plug-in. And now comes news via TWICE that ARCHOS also intends...
View ArticleFunai Electric Also Signs Cable MOU
I posted this morning about LG Electronics signing the cable MOU on tru2way. Well, it looks like Funai Electric has also signed it. You may not be familiar with the Funai name, but Funai markets their...
View ArticleDigeo Still Working To Deliver Moxi
According to TWICE, Digeo is working on two Moxi cable DVRs. The first will be distributed through Charter later this month, to also be followed by ‘a second MSO’. It’s only four months after they...
View ArticleSling Media Slingbox PRO-HD Now Shipping
Normally I’d review something like this myself. But I not only work for Sling Media, but I’m the Beta Manager on the Slingbox PRO-HD. So that really wouldn’t be appropriate. Instead here’s a roundup of...
View ArticleMoxi Coming ‘Round The Bend
According to TWICE, Digeo has signed an agreement with BendBroadband to distribute the Moxi 3012 HD DVR to their digital cable customers in central Oregon. BendBroadband is a small cable MSO serving...
View ArticleDish Network DTVPal DVR Due This Month
In a larger article in TWICE about the Community Broadcasters Association (CBA) joining with Dish Network to promote their digital-to-analog converter boxes was a little nugget I found interesting.Dish...
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Blockbuster Looks To Profit From Netflix Backlash
In the backlash against Netflix’s price increase, Blockbuster sees an opportunity. Yes, Blockbuster, they’re still around. (Thanks to a recent buyout by Dish Network.) They’re offering disgruntled...
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Hulu Plus Lands on WD Live Media Devices
Western Digital Tuesday announced that Hulu Plus was finally landing on their WD TV Live Plus and WD TV Live Hub media devices. Hulu Plus joins a lineup of services that already includes Netflix,...
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The Full HD 3D Glasses Initiative Gains Four Members
The Full HD 3D Glasses Initiative, the unwieldily named group formed by Sony, Samsung, Panasonic, and XPAND to establish a standard for active shutter 3D glasses, has welcomed four more members. Royal...
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Forget 16:9, 21:9 Is Where It Is At
OK, maybe not where it is at, yet. But the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) seems to feel it will be, or at least be common enough that it is worth working on a standard for signalling 21:9...
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Today’s Broadcast ATSC is About to Become Obsolete
The Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) has begun work on ATSC 3.0, which will eventually supplant today’s ATSC 2.0 standard – and it won’t be backwards compatible. That may mean another...
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