Warner Bros. to remain dual-format for now – TotalHD on hold

Posted on Thursday, September 13, 2007 by MegaZone

TWICE magazine posted an article which contains a Q&A with Warner Home Video’s President, Ron Sanders. The the Q&A Sanders says that their TotalHD Blu-ray/HD DVD combination disc format is on hold, as they’d be the only studio using it and they feel it would be hard to make it work in the market. While they’ve talked to both camps about exclusivity, for now they’ve elected to remain dual-format. They’ll be watching sales closely in 4Q07, and will evaluate the situation once they have that information. Warner is also committed to putting the same features on their BD and HD DVD releases going forward – so we’ll be seeing BD 1.1 and BD 2.0/Live titles from them to match the PIP and Web functionality of HD DVD. The full Q&A is worth a read.

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Ah, the Zap2it service is new!

Posted on Thursday, September 13, 2007 by MegaZone

So last night when I posted about the ability to schedule TiVo recordings from Zap2it.com it wasn’t something I’d just missed before – but actually a new service. They issued a press release today touting it – see below:
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TiVo Service Now Available to CABLEVISION Subscribers in Mexico City

Posted on Thursday, September 13, 2007 by MegaZone

As TiVo announced would happen on their quarterly conference call a couple of weeks ago, TiVo is now available to CABLEVISION subscribers in Mexico City, Mexico. It is the Series2DT hardware with the new Spanish-language port of the TiVo software that I covered back at CES in January. The full press release is below:
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Palm Europe launches the Treo 500v

Posted on Thursday, September 13, 2007 by MegaZone

So the wait is over and the mystery is solved – well, OK, there were so many leaks we really knew what was coming. But Palm made it official today. The Treo 500v smartphone launched on the Vodafone network throughout EMEA territories. It is available in white and ‘charcoal grey’ – I think the latter is much better looking. Here’s all the product info, but these are the basic specs:

· Windows Mobile® 6 Standard software
· Full qwerty keyboard
· 3G/UMTS network
· Automatic delivery of Hotmail/MSN, Yahoo!, and Gmail, email as it arrives
· Microsoft® Direct Push technology for delivery of Outlook® email
· Access to Google Maps and eBay
· Vodafone live! for news, sports, and entertainment on the go
· Windows Media® Player Mobile for music and videos
· 2.0 megapixel camera captures video too
· 150MB of memory, expandable with microSD expansion card

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PodShow content coming soon to TiVoCast

Posted on Thursday, September 13, 2007 by MegaZone

It looks like PodShow is preparing to bring their content to TiVoCast. Why do I say that? Well TiVoCast.PodShow.com is a bit of a giveaway. As the site says:

PodShowTV Is on Its Way!

The best entertainment on PodShow is coming soon to your TV. How is that even possible? Just take our word — it’s easy. Through TiVoCast, we will deliver the best full-screen shows direct to your living room.

Once we go live on TiVo, here’s how you can get a Season Pass to The Best Of PodShow TV. It’s absolutely free, and you’ll never miss an episode!
* Go to TiVo Central.
* Go to “Find Programs.”
* Go to “TiVoCast” (or “Download TV and Movies” on some systems).
* Choose the program you’d like to receive (PodShow TV, or any of our affiliated shows).
* Choose “Get Season Pass” from the show menu. It’s that simple!
* Every new episode will automatically download to your TiVo box, and appear in your “Now Playing List” just like regular television recordings.

Keep an eye on this Webpage for further information.

Enjoy!

It sounds we’ll be able to subscribe to individual video blogs – “Choose the program you’d like to receive (PodShow TV, or any of our affiliated shows)” – and the page shows a number of ‘channels’. Very interesting – I’ll be keeping an eye out for an official announcement.

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