Tag Archives: EngadgetHD

Zombie HD DVD Prepares To Fail In China As CBHD

Posted on Wednesday, July 30, 2008 by MegaZone

While Toshiba officially called HD DVD dead back in February, the technology has lingered on in China. Before the end of the format war, Toshiba had begun working on ‘CH-DVD’, a special version of HD DVD for the domestic Chinese … Continue reading →

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Amazon’s Video Streaming Service Goes Live – As A Trial

Posted on Thursday, July 17, 2008 by MegaZone

I mentioned Amazon’s planned video streaming service earlier this morning in my post about YouTube on TiVo, and now I see that, coincidentally, Amazon is releasing it to “a limited number of invited Amazon.com customers” starting today, according to The … Continue reading →

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Best Buy Launches Insignia Blu-ray Deck for $349.99

Posted on Monday, May 26, 2008 by MegaZone

Best Buy has begun selling a Blu-ray deck under their in-house Insignia brand, the Insignia NS-BRDVD. This is very likely another variant of the Funai NB500. That would mean it is Bonus View/Profile 1.1 only, no BD-Live/Profile 2.0. And the … Continue reading →

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Digeo Exhibits Moxi Cable HD DVR 3012, To Be Carried By Charter

Posted on Monday, May 19, 2008 by MegaZone

Well, we knew Digeo would be showing off their Moxi box for cable MSOs at The Cable Show. Back in January when I spoke with Digeo’s then-COO Greg Gudorf, he said that their Moxi HD DVR for cable would ship … Continue reading →

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Cisco Tuning Adapter On Display At The Cable Show

Posted on Monday, May 19, 2008 by MegaZone

Following up on his report on the Motorola MTR700, Ben Drawbaugh of EngadgetHD has posted photos of the corresponding Cisco/Scientific Atlanta STA1520 Tuning Adapter. While Motorola’s TA was part of a working demo, the Cisco box is just a static … Continue reading →

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