XBox 360 HD-DVD add-on officially announced.

Posted on Tuesday, May 9, 2006 by MegaZone

See coverage here. Of course, they still haven’t announced minor things like, oh, pricing and availability. And the text is HEAVY on spin, taking things out of context and doing their best to make BD look bad. Of course.

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VMD to hit US with ’100 titles’

Posted on Tuesday, May 9, 2006 by MegaZone

Versatile Multilayer Disc (VMD), one of the lesser-known formats jostling to become the successor to DVD, will launch in the US later this year with the release of more than 100 titles, the company behind the technology pledged today. To indicate the VMD’s support among the major Hollywood studios, New Media Enterprises (NME) said the launch titles will include… er… “several Broadway shows”.

Errr, yeah. This isn’t even MiniDisc or DAT, it is like DCC. (Digital Compact Cassette – remember that? No? I’m not surprised.)

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TIVO LAUNCHES TELEVISION’S NEW ADVERTISING SEARCH PRODUCT

Posted on Monday, May 8, 2006 by MegaZone

TiVo Inc. (NASDAQ: TIVO), the creator and leader in advertising solutions and television services for digital video recorders (DVRs), today launched its new advertising search product named ‘TiVo Product Watch’ which offers advertisers an innovative new way to reach TiVo subscribers who are actively looking for products (“In Market”) with advertising content and information. At launch, TiVo Product Watch will deliver targeted, relevant advertising content, from more than 70 advertisers and 100 leading brands, from up to five different product categories including Automotive, Entertainment, Financial, Lifestyles, and Travel and Leisure.

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Sony has much riding on PS3 launch

Posted on Monday, May 8, 2006 by MegaZone

With the launch of its PlayStation 3 video game console six months away, Sony is gearing up for an all-out battle to put the electronics and entertainment conglomerate back on a growth path.

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Hidden feature in Mac TiVo Desktop 1.9.3

Posted on Saturday, May 6, 2006 by MegaZone

It isn’t TiVoToGo, yet, but TiVoToComeBack (publishing video TO the TiVo) is available in the recent 1.9.3 release for MacOS. It looks like it isn’t complete, so it was disabled by default, but Dennis Wilkinson over at TiVoCommunity.com has discovered how to enable the feature.

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