Daily Archives: Thursday, July 26, 2007

Blu-ray Leads Adoption of Next-Generation DVD Players in the U.S.

Posted on Thursday, July 26, 2007 by MegaZone

Spin spin spin… Parks Associates has done a study on the adoption of the next generation of discs (meaning BD and HD DVD) and they feel that BD is pulling ahead. “However, we are starting to see the pendulum swing … Continue reading →

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TiVo Appoints Karen Bressner as Senior Vice President of Advertising Sales

Posted on Thursday, July 26, 2007 by MegaZone

TiVo Inc. (Nasdaq: TIVO), the creator of and a leader in television services for digital video recorders (DVRs), today announced it has appointed Karen Bressner as Senior Vice President of Advertising Sales. Based in New York and reporting directly to … Continue reading →

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Blu-ray, preferred by discerning buyers – and thieves

Posted on Thursday, July 26, 2007 by MegaZone

Sharing a little dark humor. It seems that this past Sunday morning a Seattle video retailer, Silver Platters, had one of their for stores burgled. The thieves made off with approximately $7,000 worth of high-definition discs. The kicker? They cleaned … Continue reading →

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HP begins shipping notebooks with bundled SlingPlayer

Posted on Thursday, July 26, 2007 by MegaZone

The first fruits of a deal announced back at CES have begun to appear. HP is shipping the HP Pavilion HDX notebook with Sling Media’s SlingPlayer software pre-installed. More than that, a version of SlingPlayer is included in the QuickPlay … Continue reading →

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Enemy recon – HD DVD news

Posted on Thursday, July 26, 2007 by MegaZone

There is some news on the HD DVD front too. Microsoft’s XBox 360 add-on HD DVD drive is dropping from $199 to $179 on August 1st, and they will extend Toshiba’s five free HD DVD ‘Perfect Offer’ to include the … Continue reading →

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