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About MegaZone

MegaZone is the Editor of Gizmo Lovers and the chief contributor. He's been online since 1989 and active in several generations of 'social media' - mailing lists, USENet groups, web forums, and since 2003, blogging. MegaZone has a presence on several social platforms: Google+ / Facebook / Twitter / LinkedIn / LiveJournal / Web. You can also follow Gizmo Lovers on other sites: Blog / Google+ / Facebook / Twitter.

Toshiba’s $499 HD DVD player costs ‘over $700 to make’

Posted on Saturday, June 24, 2006 by MegaZone

Toshiba is subsidising its HD-A1 HD DVD player by at least $175 in a bid to buy the next-generation optical disc format success. So claims market watcher iSuppli, which took the machine to bits and totted up the cost of … Continue reading →

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TiVo VP Jim Denney talks Desktop 2.3

Posted on Friday, June 23, 2006 by MegaZone

Dave Zatz of ZatzNotFunny managed to get an interview with TiVo’s VP of Product Marketing, Jim Denney, about the new TiVo Desktop 2.3. And Engadget has the interview here.

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HDMI 1.3 upgrade finalised, published

Posted on Thursday, June 22, 2006 by MegaZone

The HDMI HD equipment interconnect standard has been updated, the seven companies behind the technology announced today. One of them, Sony, said its PlayStation 3 will support the new version of the interface.

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Toshiba unveils 1TB HDD/HD DVD recorder

Posted on Thursday, June 22, 2006 by MegaZone

Toshiba will next month ship the world’s first consumer-oriented HD DVD player capable of writing to next-generation recordable media, the Japanese giant said today. The unit also features a whopping terabyte of hard disk storage – sufficient for 130 hours’ … Continue reading →