Tag Archives: Panasonic

Wal*Mart Promotes Blu-ray, Offers $100 Gift Card With Player Purchase

Posted on Wednesday, June 4, 2008 by MegaZone

Wal*Mart has decided to push high-definition systems in general, and Blu-ray in particular, in their stores. They’ve revamped their consumer electronics departments nationwide, and have added a “high-def Blu-ray experience area” in 1,200 stores. They’ve increased their selection of full … Continue reading →

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Panasonic Announces DMP-BD50 Blu-ray Player Details

Posted on Wednesday, May 7, 2008 by MegaZone

Announced back at CES, but without details, Panasonic has released more details on the DMP-BD50. This new box will have BD-Live, Dolby TrueHD, and DTS-HD Master Audio support, as well as Panasonic’s VIERA Link, which is all nice, but it … Continue reading →

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NCTA Conference Call On CableCARD And Tru2Way

Posted on Friday, April 25, 2008 by MegaZone

The NCTA held a conference call this afternoon to try to clarify the issues surrounding CableCARD and it included an open Q&A. I like seeing this kind of thing, the NCTA recognized they have had a major PR issue with … Continue reading →

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Panasonic To Ship Tru2Way-enabled VIERA HDTVs This Summer

Posted on Thursday, March 13, 2008 by MegaZone

A couple of months ago at CES Panasonic was one of the vendors showing off Tru2way, nee OCAP, products. At the time I focused on their ‘portable DVR‘, which I still think is a poor idea. But what I didn’t … Continue reading →

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Comcast And Panasonic Partner On Portable DVR, I Predict Failure

Posted on Wednesday, January 23, 2008 by MegaZone

This was something out of CES that I forgot to comment on at the time, but I was reminded today by an article I stumbled over in Multichannel News. Comcast commissioned Panasonic to develop the AnyPlay Portable DVR TZ-LC100 for … Continue reading →

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