Daily Archives: Tuesday, March 29, 2005

First players based on Taiwan’s FVD HD disc to ship next month

Taiwan’s answer to HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc was formally launched yesterday. The format’s backers claim it offers comparable video quality to blue-laser media but at a fraction of the price. Why do companies/countries insist on doing this kind of … Continue reading

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TiVo tests pop-up-style ads

TiVo began testing interactive advertising tools over the weekend as it looks to appease companies wary of users’ ability to skip over ads. Remember the talk of ‘billboards’ and pop-up ads during FF/RW over ads that went around before 7.1 … Continue reading

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