We love our HDTV, except when it comes to explaining it. According to Hitachi Research, 66% of American consumers surveyed say they would not be comfortable trying to explain HD options such as 720p, 1080i and 1080p. But here’s the real kicker, as ZDNet points out, 72% of college-educated adults are “not comfortable”, while only … Read more
Stories Dave missed while he was away… AT&T launches HD Homezone service: EngadgetHD Microsoft’s IPTV Mediaroom Makeover: Ars Technica Proposed Amendment To Ban All DVD Copying: PC Mag AppleTV adds YouTube: AppleInsider Veoh TV as TiVo for the Internet: Business 2.0 Sirius Echo Home Repeater System now available: Orbitcast
Perhaps Blu-ray isn’t having such a bad week after all… Blockbuster has decided to exclusively stock Blu-ray in the majority of their brick & mortar stores. (HD DVD is available for rental online and at select stores.) Blockbuster made the decision based on Blu-ray accounting for 70% of next-gen DVD rentals in a 250 store … Read more
Seems like those in the HD DVD camp are having a good month. First, Sony has started collecting contact info from folks displeased with the quality of (the now discontinued) The Fifth Element on Blu-ray. When the title is remastered next month, Sony will broker a trade. Next, over the last few weeks a couple … Read more
A periodic roundup of relevant news… from our other blogs. A Gazillion HD Channels: Connected Home 2 Go Build Your Own OCAP App: Connected Home 2 Go The Cost of Adding CableCARD: Connected Home 2 Go BabelGum Internet TV to Contend With Joost: Web TV Wire
Ben Drawbaugh over on EngadgetHD reports that Time Warner Cable will be deploying switched digital video (SDV) to 50% of its markets before the end of 2007. That’s great news in the sense that SDV should free up significant bandwidth. Like analog reclamation, SDV will make it possible to offer more HD content as well … Read more
Sony has released a new Blu-ray player (BDP-S300) for $499 – which makes it less than the Blu-ray equipped PS3, but still nearly twice as much as the entry level HD-DVD player. Have I mentioned lately how tired I am of boxes? I’m still waiting for a good deal (other than Sam’s) on the Xbox … Read more
A periodic roundup of relevant news… from our other blogs: New AT&T U-Verse Features: Connected Home 2 Go When is HD Really HD: Connected Home 2 Go AOL Broadband Video Overview: Web TV Wire Best Approach to In-Home Networking: Connected Home 2 Go