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MiKandi: The World's First Porn App Store for Android [Android Apps]The only reason VHS won over Betamax was because of porn. And HD DVD very nearly eclipsed Blu-ray (sorry to bring up bad memories) due to Sony's reluctance to allow adult entertainment publishers onto its format. Now, Android's 16,000 apps... In this article: Android, Apple, App Store, HD DVD, Blu-ray, Betamax, and YouTube |
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Ain't It Cool News: The best in movie, TV, DVD, and comic book news. | 2 days ago
Quint's Holiday Gift Guide 2009 Part 2! DVDs! Blu-Rays! Toys! Video Games!
...featuring the director's and theatrical cuts with all the extras from previous standard defs packed into it. I think even the import HD-DVD extras transfer over. And if you're going to go for a "wow" gift there's no better "wow" enduser...
In this article: PS3, Blu-Ray, DVD, Xbox, Holiday, Wii, Pixar, Tommy Wiseau, and Fallout 3
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Macworld | 4 days ago
Warner Bros dumps HD DVD for Blu-ray
...Bros., the only major movie studio to release titles on both of the rival high-definition video disc formats, has decided to drop HD DVD and exclusively back Blu-ray Disc, it said Friday. People who read this also read: The move could...
In this article: Blu-ray Disc, Warner Bros, Revenue, Total HD, DVD, Toshiba, and Intel
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Slate Magazine - Technology | 5 days ago
Netbooks, e-book readers, and other Black Friday bargains to avoid.
...Barnes & Noble decides to quit the e-book business because it can't compete with Amazon. Too bad-your Nook will be about as useful as an HD-DVD player. (For this same reason, I cautioned against buying Blu-ray players last year, and I'm...
In this article: Black Friday, Apple, Thanksgiving, Barnes & Noble, Amazon, Steve Jobs, Interead, Kindle books, and Blu-ray
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Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide | November 19, 2009
Remainders - Stuff We Didn't Post (and Why) [Remainders]
Warner set up a DVD to Blu-ray exchange program called, appropriately enough, DVD2Blu, as sort of a more-tempting version of its HD-DVD to Blu-ray version. The problem is, it's not actually that great of a deal; you're limited to Warner...
In this article: Steve Ballmer, Microsoft, Blu-ray, Apple, Sanyo, Sony, and DVD
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Engadget | November 19, 2009
Warner's DVD2Blu trade-in swaps Blu-rays for your DVDs, Leland Gaunt approves
...swaps Blu-rays for your DVDs, Leland Gaunt approves By Richard Lawler posted Nov 19th 2009 9:48PM After baptizing the remaining HD DVD faithful, Warner has moved on to teaching new Blu-ray converts the five pillars of faith with a trade-up...
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PR Newswire: Technology | November 18, 2009
Lost Documents, Family Video and Photos? Don't Panic. Try CDRoller
...Windows 95/98/ME/NT4/2000/XP/2003/Vista/7, handy and reliable software for CD and DVD data recovery with support of Blu-ray discs (BD, HD DVD) and flash memory cards. CDRoller 8.61 recovers the lost files on the discs created by drag and...
In this article: DVD, Blu-ray, Ahead Nero, Panasonic, Samsung, Hitachi, Sony, and Canon
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CNET News.com | November 18, 2009
A tale of two Diggs
...to a cease-and-desist complaint (the links directed to instructions for cracking a digital rights management code in the now-defunct HD DVD format), avid users flooded its system with even more links to the code. Digg admitted defeat,...
In this article: Digg, Jay Adelson, Kevin Rose, Twitter, Facebook, Revision3, CNET News, New York, and Microsoft
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About.com | November 17, 2009
Consumer Alert: Warner Offers DVD to Blu-ray Movie Exchange Program
Earlier this year, I reported that Warner Bros had set up an HD-DVD to Blu-ray trade-in/upgrade program which gave HD-DVD owners the opportunity to get Blu-ray Disc versions of the same titles at a deeply discounted price. Apparently,...
In this article: DVD, Blu-ray Disc, Warner Bros, and Offers
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LG Electronics BD390 Network Blu-ray Disc Player - Product of the Week
LG has experience with both the now-defunct HD-DVD and surviving Blu-ray Disc formats, and was the first manufacturer to introduce a networked Blu-ray Disc player at CEDIA 2008. However, their new BD390 expands on the success of their...
In this article: Blu-ray Disc, LG Electronics, CinemaNow, Vudu, YouTube, Netflix, and LG
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Reuters | November 10, 2009
FACTBOX-Leading tech rivals in South Korea, Japan
...maker of NAND-type flash memory chips and sixth-biggest in LCD TVs. Its electronics operations were hit last year when its HD DVD technology lost a high-definition DVD format battle against the Sony-led Blu-ray camp. The owner of U.S....
In this article: Sony, Panasonic Corp, Hynix, Japan, Revenue, Walkman, LG Group, South Korea, and Joint venture
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HD DVD or High-Definition/Density Digital Versatile Disc is an obsolete high-density optical disc format for storing data and high-definition video.
HD DVD was designed principally by Toshiba, and was envisaged to be the successor to the standard DVD format. However, in February 2008, Toshiba abandoned the format, announcing it would no longer develop or manufacture HD DVD players or drives.
HD DVD is derived from the same underlying technologies as DVD. Since all variants except the 3× DVD employed a blue laser with a shorter wavelength, it can store about 3¼ times as much data per layer as its predecessor (maximum capacity: 15 GB per layer instead of 4.7 GB per layer).
Much like the VHS vs. Betamax format war during the late 1970s and early 1980s, HD DVD was in a "format war" with rival format Blu-ray Disc to determine which of the two formats would become the leading carrier for high-definition content to consumers. In 2008, major content manufacturers and key retailers began withdrawing their support for the format. Toshiba's withdrawal from the format ended the high definition optical disc format war, effectively making rival Blu-ray Disc the dominant format for high definition video discs. The HD DVD Promotion Group was dissolved on 28 March 2008.
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