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The TiVo HD With Motorola Tuning Adapter At The Cable Show

Posted on Sunday, May 18, 2008 by MegaZone

EngadgetHD is down at The Cable Show and Ben Drawbaugh (the lucky SOB) got a little hands-on time with the Motorola MTR700 Tuning Adapter for SDV. It seems that CableLabs has decided to start calling such devices ‘Tuning Adapters’ instead … Continue reading →

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Samsung BD-P1500 Sneaks Out, Hold Off On That Funai

Posted on Tuesday, May 13, 2008 by MegaZone

You might want to hold off on buying the Funai Blu-ray player from my last post. The Samsung BD-P1500, expected in June, is showing up in Wal*Mart with a $348 price tag – the expected MSRP was $399. That’s just … Continue reading →

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Sub-$300 Blu-ray Player Now Available

Posted on Monday, May 12, 2008 by MegaZone

Rumored last September, and announced in January, Funai’s first entry into the Blu-ray player market is beginning to appear on store shelves with an MSRP below $300. The Funai NB500 Blu-ray player has appeared on Wal*Mart shelves as the Magnavox … Continue reading →

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Samsung Ups BD-P1500 Blu-ray Player Specs, Keeps Price The Same

Posted on Thursday, April 24, 2008 by MegaZone

I reported on the Samsung BD-P1500 from CES in January. At the time the $399 MSRP player was announced as a Blu-ray Profile 1.1, aka Bonus View, player due in June. Well, as the Blu-ray competitive landscape is rapidly evolving, … Continue reading →

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Dish Network DVRs Hit With Injunction

Posted on Monday, April 21, 2008 by MegaZone

On April 11th, when their petition was denied, EchoStar issued a statement in which they said: The decision, however, will have no effect on our current or future customers because EchoStar’s engineers have developed and deployed ‘next-generation’ DVR software to … Continue reading →

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