Archive for March, 2007

51GB HD DVD disc gets official

Thursday, March 1st, 2007

Filed under: HDTV, Storage
In a strange turn of events, Blu-ray discs are outselling HD DVDs, and now the HD DVD format has taken the lead in capacity — who would’ve think it? Toshiba just announced that it has successfully created a triple-layer disc with 17GB per layer, which amounts to 51GB, a full GB more […]

Samsung debuts “Cannes” plasma displays

Thursday, March 1st, 2007

Filed under: Displays, HDTV

Samsung is tossing in all the PR speak for these new Cannes plasma displays it’s busting out. Terms like “Ultra DayLight,” “Natural True Color,” and “Real Motion Studio” are all well and good, but we’re glad to see there are some specs to back ‘em up. Both of the new PAVV Cannes […]

Samsung’s M55 laptop gets HD DVD burner upgrade

Friday, March 2nd, 2007

Filed under: HDTV, Laptops
Samsung’s M55 laptop has already been tricked out with Blu-ray and HD DVD players, but the company doesn’t seem to have run out of HD goodies just yet, now adding an HD DVD burner to its lineup of portable high def offerings. Apart from that notable addition, the laptop also comes loaded […]

Panasonic announces five new Japanese DVRs

Friday, March 2nd, 2007

Filed under: HDTV
Panasonic has announced five new high definition digital video recorder units for the Japanese market, with all models sporting hard drives from 250 GB (DMR-XP11 and DMR-XP21V) to 500 GB (DMR-XW31 and DMR-XW41V) to 1 TB (DMR-XW51) and DVD drives for burning archives or placeshifting content. Two of them (the V-series) also include […]

Toshiba says 51GB HD DVD still in the oven

Friday, March 2nd, 2007

Filed under: HDTV, Storage
Contrary to reports this week that Toshiba had completed work on its 51GB, 7 hour HD DVD disc and submitted it for approval to the DVD Forum, Toshiba says the disc is still in the works, and that it hasn’t made any official announcements since early January when it first revealed the […]