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The VAIO LT series will be available in October. Pricing starts at $1,900 for the LT standard model and goes up to $2,900 for the Blu-ray equipped LT HD model. Full details can be found here. Add a comment
Featuring a floating glass design, the VAIO LT HD PC/TV serves as a computer entertainment center, where you can watch and record analog, digital and cable television programming, including premium HD channels. A Cable CARD is required.
Part of a series, the new LT PC/TV comes in multiple configurations, including a standard and an HD model. The high-definition version features a Blu-ray Disc optical drive so you can enjoy high-definition movies, as well as record, store and play back personal content on high-capacity BD media (up to 50 GB on a single disc).
The unit features a 22-inch diagonal WSXGA+ widescreen display, with Sony’s XBRITE-HiColor LCD technology. It displays images in razor-sharp detail, whether watching TV, enjoying family photos or simply surfing the web.
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Audio/video players of FVD (forward versatile disc), a Taiwan-developed red-laser high-definition DVD standard, and EVD (enhanced versatile disc), a China-developed DVD standard, have faced slack sales in Taiwan and China since the beginning of 2007 because of pricing competition from Blu-ray Disc (BD) and HD DVD players as well as insufficient supply of movies using the standards, according to industry sources in Taiwan.If you'd like to read more, head on over to DigiTimes. Add a comment
The development of FVD and EVD was motivated by manufacturers in Taiwan and China wanting to avoid having to pay royalties to international companies holding DVD patents, the sources pointed out. In order to promote FVD in China, the Electronics & Optoelectronics Research Lab under the Taiwan government-sponsored Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), the developer of FVD, has cooperated with organizations related to EVD in China, including making the two formats mutually compatible, the sources indicated.
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Samples of the MB86H52 will start shipping on September 1st and are expected to cost about 25,000 Yen ($215US). More information can be found on Fujitsu's website. Add a comment
Fujitsu Limited today announced the development and launch of a new transcoder large-scaled integrated (LSI) chip that can convert full HD (1920dot x 1080line) MPEG-2(1) video data to H.264(2) data and compress data size to less than one-half that of MPEG-2. Sample shipments of the new chip, the MB86H52, will start from September 1, 2007. This new transcoder makes it possible to extend recording time of recording devices such as hard disk recorders by over 2.5 times, as the chip enables data size compression without compromising video quality. The transcoder can also be embedded in a multitude of equipment requiring reduction of data size, and can realize full HD over narrower bandwidths used for home network, the use of which is anticipated to spread hereafter.
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Most of us were pretty impressed by the demo, which included clips from movies, commercials, and sporting events. There was real depth to the 3D, and you got that 3D-feeling of objects poking out at you from the screen. All the demo material had been shot in 3D, but the kicker to the whole presentation was that Mitsubishi apparently has a Blu-ray player in its labs that can convert existing 2D movies into 3D on the fly. Better yet, according to company representatives, it may be available early next year.Crave also mentions that Mitsubishi is currently talking to one game console manufacturer about integrating this 3D technology into their system. If you'd like to read more, the entire article can be found here. Add a comment
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Research firm Understanding & Solutions reiterated its stance that Blu-ray Disc will prove victorious in the high-definition format war, despite Paramount Home Entertainment’s and DreamWorks Animation’s move to back rival HD DVD exclusively.If you'd like to read more, the entire article can be found here. Add a comment
During a breakfast update on consumer downloading and high-definition issues here Wednesday, U&S director Jim Bottoms cited as reason the larger number of studio titles produced exclusively for Blu-ray. Also, the Paramount/DreamWorks move to HD DVD exclusivity did not add any new titles to that side, he noted, since the studios until this week supported both formats.
