Monthly Archives: March 2005

First players based on Taiwan’s FVD HD disc to ship next month

Posted on Tuesday, March 29, 2005 by MegaZone

Taiwan’s answer to HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc was formally launched yesterday. The format’s backers claim it offers comparable video quality to blue-laser media but at a fraction of the price. Why do companies/countries insist on doing this kind of … Continue reading →

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TiVo tests pop-up-style ads

Posted on Tuesday, March 29, 2005 by MegaZone

TiVo began testing interactive advertising tools over the weekend as it looks to appease companies wary of users’ ability to skip over ads. Remember the talk of ‘billboards’ and pop-up ads during FF/RW over ads that went around before 7.1 … Continue reading →

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TiVo HME Resource Center

Posted on Sunday, March 27, 2005 by MegaZone

I added a feed for the TiVo HME Resource center blog as tivohmeresource

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Study: Format wars won’t hinder DVD sales

Posted on Wednesday, March 23, 2005 by MegaZone

Published DVD products will rake in $76.5 billion worldwide in 2009, up from about $33 billion last year, In-Stat/MDR said Tuesday. I question the bit about HD-DVD catching on in the US and Blu-ray being overseas. With half, or more, … Continue reading →

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TiVo – Big in Japan?

Posted on Monday, March 21, 2005 by MegaZone

Earlier today PVRBlog found a little teaser of a news byte: TiVo to launch in Japan by 2006 – report TiVo Inc. (TIVO) is expected to launch its digital recording service in Japan as early as next year, according to … Continue reading →

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