Topic: News

Panasonic is set to launch its range of Blu-ray video recorders in Europe, starting with France, the electronics giant has announced at the IFA consumer electronics show.

Sony has announced one of the most amazing televisions in the history of their company. The KDL-40ZX1, at only 12.2kg (equivalent to 26 pounds), is the thinnest LCD television in existence with portions of it only 9.9mm thick.

Panasonic have left people scratching their heads with their new DMR-BR630V set-top recorder that combines 6x Blu-ray recording VHS technology.

The iPhone Dev Team has posted PwnageTool 2.0.3.1, a revised version of the iPhone hacking utility released yesterday then quickly removed.

A US woman has said she accidentally sold a DVD at a garage sale that contained at least $1,200 hidden in its case.

Nikon have unveiled the D90, the world's first D-SLR with movie function. The camera promises to offer truly cinematic results, stunning image quality and high-performance features inherited from Nikon's new-generation DX-format flagship D300.

Samsung will announce at the IFA in Germany it's partnership with Yahoo to provide a new integrated internet access service in its TVs.

Philips will demonstrate 3D on Blu-ray at IFA 2008. The demo shows that the company's 2D-plus-Depth content format can be applied to Blu-ray enabling a great 3D movie viewing experience on a variety of displays.

It seems like many home video enthusiasts agree the Sony PlayStation 3 is one of the best Blu-ray players available, but Pioneer hopes to change that with the release of a pricey Blu-ray player that packs a powerful punch.

Rock the Vote has partnered with Microsoft in a move to help achieve its goal of registering two million under-30 voters in time for this fall's election.

Sony have announced a new version of its Playstation Portable handheld games console that can be used as a telephone, to go on sale in Europe and the United States in mid-October.

The computer games industry has launched an unprecedented assault on illegal downloads, demanding payment from thousands of families who obtained the latest releases over the internet without paying.

While it commonly assumed that Wii cannot play DVDs because of some sort of hardware complication, a group of hackers have actually proved that Wii can play DVD films, and have released a boot disc to let you do just that.

A local court in Taiwan have announced its judgment that Princo, a Taiwan-based maker of blank optical discs, must pay Royal Philips Electronics a total of 2.354 billion yen (US$21.1 million) for CD-R licensing.

Philips & Lite-On Digital Solutions (PLDS) is introducing a new generation of 4 different DVD writers, all with 22X writing speeds and a unique data erasing feature for DVD±R (DL) and CD-R discs.

Even though it conceded the high-definition format to Blu-ray six months ago, Toshiba is back with its recently announced XDE DVD upconversion technology, and a new DVD player that offers the technology.

U.S. communications regulators will be fanning out around the country during the next six months to inform television viewers about the upcoming switch-over to digital TV.

The next time U2 manager Paul McGuinness wants to rant about music piracy on the Internet, he may have to add his own boss to his list of targets.

Warner has announced plans to undergo major restorations of a number of its classic catalog titles in anticipation of future next-gen release on Blu-ray and HD DVD.

Paramount will soon be offering consumers a $10 rebate on select Blu-ray titles when they upgrade from their previously owned DVD version of the same film.