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Pioneer Elite 60 inch PureVision Plasma HDTV PRO-1540HD @I4U
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Altec Lansing inMotion iM510 Travel Speakers @BCCHardware
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nVidia GeForce 8800GTS 320MB @TweakTown
Jabra Bluetooth BT325s Bluetooth + MP3 Headset @BCCHardware
NZXT Zero Computer Case @Tweaknews.net
A4 Tech NB 99 Battery Free Wireless Mouse @Futurelooks
ECS AMD690GM-M2 Motherboard @TweakTown
BFG 8800 GTS OC 320MB Graphics Card @I4U
XFX 8800 GTS 320MB XXX Graphics Card @I4U
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HDMI connections have been available on HDTV's and other consumer electronics products for a number of years. More recently, HDMI has made its way to the PC market. According to a press release sent out by HDMI Licensing, LLC, more than 50 HDMI PC products are currently available.
HDMI Licensing, LLC, theagent responsible for licensing the High-Definition MultimediaInterface(TM) (HDMI(TM)) specification, today announced the rapidpenetration of HDMI into the PC market with more than 50 HDMI PC productscurrently available, including nearly two dozen desktop and notebook PCs,families of HDMI PC monitors from major manufacturers and a broad range ofmotherboards and graphics cards with HDMI outputs.

HDMI is the de facto standard digital interface for HDTVs and high-definition (HD) consumer electronics products. HDMI is also currently theleading interface for PCs intended for HD content usage, includingconnection to HDTVs and HD video camcorders.
If you'd like to read more, HDMI Licensing, LLC's entire press release can be found here. Add a comment
While many people, including myself, were excited when CyberLink released PowerDVD Ultra, the software has had its share of problems when playing back Blu-ray and HD DVD titles. According to Engadget, some PowerDVD Ultra owners have gone as far to file a complaint with the Better Business Bureau.
As Cyberlink's support forums show, however, not everybody's been rewarded for their patience (and hundred bucks), with a number of reports cropping up of playback problems with both high-def formats on systems that Cyberlink's own system adviser says meet the necessary requirements. The main problem appears to occur with those using an HDMI or DVI-to-HDMI connection between their video card and display device, with the video reportedly only playing for a few seconds before throwing up an "Error 0103" message stating that the player couldn't be initialized. While there's reports of the problem dating back to shortly after the software's release in late December, there's so far been no fix for the issue and no word from Cyberlink on when one might be coming.
While I've run into my share of problems with PowerDVD BD and Ultra, my experiences aren't nearly as bad as some of the ones on CyberLink's forum. If you'd like to read more, head on over to Engadget. Add a comment

Thermaltake Ruby Orb CPU Cooler @ThinkComputers.org
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Buffalo FireStix PC2-8000 5-5-5 @Overclockers Online
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Lite-On IT reportedly plans to establish a new subsidiary in China. According to an article at DigiTimes, this new subsidiary will focus on the "production and marketing of electronic devices and components".
Lite-On IT will invest US$2 million to establish a new subsidiary in China through its overseas subsidiary High Yield Group (BVI) for the production and marketing of electronic devices and components, according to a filing with the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) on February 5. The corporate name will be determined at a later date.

Lite-On IT's board of directors, at a meeting on February 5, approved the investment in China, and in addition gave the OK to invest a further nine million euro in Lite-On IT's subsidiary in the Netherlands.
Lite-On already manufactures many of their products in China so I'm not sure how they will benefit from this subsidiary. If you'd like more, head on over to DigiTimes. Add a comment

Sapphire Radeon X1950 GT 256MB @HardwareZone
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Panasonic has announced that it will be estabalishing a Blu-ray testing center in Hollywood. To help accelerate the release of Blu-ray Disc titles, the facility will offer a number of services, including content verification and playback testing.
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (NYSE: MC - News) known for its leading Panasonic brand, today announced that its U.S. subsidiary, Panasonic Corporation of North America, will establish a Panasonic Hollywood Blu-ray Testing Center (PHBTC) within the existing facilities of Panasonic Hollywood Laboratory and start testing services immediately.

Blu-ray Discs feature strong copyright protection technology, and conducting logical format verification of entertainment content in replicated BD-Video discs requires technical sophistication. Until now there has been no testing service available for content verification before disc replication although many in the motion picture industry expressed the need for a testing center to provide such services, especially in the Hollywood area. The new Panasonic testing center, PHBTC, meets the industry's need and is expected to accelerate the release of BD-Video titles by the motion picture industry.
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The results are in and our readers have chosen the Pioneer DVR-111/A11 as the top DVD writer for the month of January. Here are the top drives:
  1. Pioneer DVR-111/A11
  2. LG GSA-H22N/L
  3. (tied) Lite-On SHM-165H6S/165P6S and Samsung SH-S182D/182M
  4. (tied) LG GSA-H10N/L/A and Plextor PX-760A/SA
  5. LG GSA-H10N/L/A
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By now, most of you have probably heard of muslix64. Within the last month, he has circumvented the content protection used by both HD DVD and Blu-ray, releasing a pair of utilities called BackupHDDVD and BackupBluRay. Slyck News has posted an interview with muslix64, asking a number of interesting questions about his techniques and the reason for doing it.
What motivated you to help circumvent the content protection scheme associated with HD DVD and Blu-ray?

With the HD-DVD, I wasn't able to play my movie on my non-HDCP HD monitor. Not being able to play a movie that I have paid for, because some executive in Hollywood decided I cannot, made me mad...

After the HD-DVD crack, I realized that things where "unbalanced" by having just one format cracked, so I did Blu-ray too.
The interview is definitely an interesting read. Head on over to Slyck News if you'd like to check it out. Add a comment