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ClearPlay, the leader inadvanced parental control technologies for consumer electronic products,today announced that the company's content-filtering DVD player is nowbeing sold in Best Buy stores throughout the United States.The ClearPlay DVD player being sold at Best Buy comes preloaded with 2500 filters and includes twelve months of unlimited updates. Full details can be found here. Add a comment
The award-winning ClearPlay DVD player empowers parents and otherindividuals with the ability to edit out content they find objectionablefor themselves or their children -- such as profanity, graphic violence,sex and nudity -- during DVD playback. This is done by creating filteringinformation on a movie-by-movie basis, and then loading these "filters"into the DVD player using a USB "filter stick." This way, filters for thelatest DVD releases can be constantly updated, providing parents and otheradults with control over what they and their children watch. Analogous toairline or TV movie versions, it also makes many DVDs accessible to abroader audience.
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The long-awaited Profile 1.1 firmware upgrade for the PlayStation 3 should be available later this month. It was confirmed by Don Eklund, EVP of advanced technologies for Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, at the High-Def 2.0 conference Dec. 4 in Los Angeles.If you'd like to read more, the entire article can be found here. Add a comment
With several studios lining up 1.1-enabled Blu-ray Discs during the first quarter, the upgrade will allow those discs with picture-in-picture features to be used on the PS3.
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Through October, there had been 2 million units sold of the Blu-ray-enhanced PlayStation 3. That arguably gives Blu-ray set-tops a 700,000 piece of overall format unit sales. But the picture is muddied somewhat by the likely gangbuster PlayStation 3 sales in November due to the introduction of the relatively cheap $399 PlayStation 3. November console sales will not be available from the NPD Group until mid-December.If you'd like to read more, the entire article can be found here. Add a comment
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Contrary to published reports, as well as its own Amazon.com listing, Samsung’s BD-UP5000 dual-format high-definition disc player is indeed on track to reach the market in “mid-to-late December,” a Samsung spokesperson told Dealerscope.While I can't see myself shelling out $800 for a dual-format player, this may be good news for those not looking to choose a side in the format war. If you'd like to read more, the entire report can be found here. Add a comment
The spokesman added that the player “is shipping as we speak, and you will start to see it available at retail later this month.” In addition, the manufacturer-advertised price has been reduced to $799; it was originally announced as $200 higher, but was changed due to “recent activities in the marketplace.”
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D-BOX Technologies Inc. (TSX-V: DBO.A) announced today thatit has closed a licensing agreement with Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (WDSHE) to feature DBOXMOTION CODETM on select Blu-ray Disc releases. D-BOX MOTION CODETM will initially be featured onWDSHE’s “The Game Plan,” which will be available in high-def only on Disney Blu-ray Disc on January 22,2008.If you'd like to read more, D-Box's entire press release can be found here. Add a comment
The addition of the D-BOX MOTION CODETM to the high quality picture and sound of the Blu-ray format willtransport movie-viewers in the comfort of their homes to a new dimension and let them be part of the movie.Of course, only those homes equipped with D-BOX motion generation systems will enjoy the full benefit of theBlu-ray Disc-embedded with D-BOX MOTION CODETM.
