Monthly Archives: February 2008

Apple Boosts iPhone To 16GB, iPod Touch To 32GB

Posted on Tuesday, February 5, 2008 by MegaZone

I was happy to see Apple announce today that they’re boosting the iPhone’s capacity from 8GB to 16GB, and the iPod Touch from 16GB to 32GB. I’m not really much of an Apple fanboy, in fact, the only Apple product … Continue reading →

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Finland Gets The Slingbox SOLO And Slingbox PRO

Posted on Tuesday, February 5, 2008 by MegaZone

Sling Media continues their conquest of the globe with the Slingbox, this time Finland is the lucky winner. The Slingbox SOLO and Slingbox PRO are both now available from Verkkokauppa.com, which SlingCommunity reports is one of the largest electronics stores … Continue reading →

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Kaleidescape To Add Blu-ray Support In 2009, Shuns HD DVD

Posted on Tuesday, February 5, 2008 by MegaZone

Kaleidescape, makers of very-high end home media systems, recently emailed their dealers to let them know that they are working on a ‘Blue-Laser Player’ for their systems. The Kaleidescape systems work by importing your CDs or DVDs onto hard drives, … Continue reading →

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Germany’s Highlight Video Drops HD DVD, Turns Blu

Posted on Tuesday, February 5, 2008 by MegaZone

Starting Match 1, 2008 German distributor Highlight Video will drop HD DVD and begin releasing titles exclusively on Blu-ray. They cite the shift in the market toward Blu-ray and, like Warner, the desire to back a single format. Their first … Continue reading →

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Onkyo ‘Suspends’ HD DVD Player Production

Posted on Monday, February 4, 2008 by MegaZone

Toshiba’s price cuts seem to have scored an own-goal on Onkyo, which could be considered the third case of friendly-fire taking out an HD DVD player vendor. Early on Thomson/RCA sold a re-badged Toshiba player, but they dropped HD DVD … Continue reading →

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