Tag Archive for 'high-definition'
TiVo aren’t the only ones getting a streaming HD update: Samsung have released a firmware upgrade for their BD-P2500 and BD-P2550 Blu-ray players that enables high-definition streaming from on-demand partner Netflix. Version 2.1 also “improves playback compatibility” of some content.
A prematurely added menu item seems to have confirmed that Amazon will be offering high-definition content on TiVo. The new option - which has appeared in the normal Amazon Video On Demand menu - currently does nothing when selected, but presumably it will soon offer a list of titles that can be streamed in HD.
Apple has addressed the Mini DisplayPort HDCP issue with an update to QuickTime. Users had complained that, when using a Mini DisplayPort to DVI or VGA adapter cable, their new MacBook, MacBook Pro or MacBook Air refused to display standard definition content on attached monitors or projectors.
Creative Labs’ as-yet unannounced Vado HD camcorder has been prematurely advertized by Amazon. The point-and-shoot camcorder, which is capable of recording 720p high-definition footage, has gone up for preorder on the site, priced at $199.99 (with a given list price of $229.99).
Samsung’s latest full-HD display, the SyncMaster 2494HS, has come out to play, complete with a 23.6-inch 1920 x 1080 resolution LCD panel, 300cd/m2 brightness and 1,000:1 contrast ratio. The 2494HS also supports screen rotation for portrait or landscape use.
VUDU’s XL high-definition media streamer has only been official for a month or so, and already the company has a new version of the device. The VUDU XL2 has the same 1TB storage, 1080p 24fps playback and compatibility with the company’s higher-bitrate HDX format, but it now squashes that down into a narrower, 1U box [...]
Esoteric camera makers RED have been teasing their loyal user community for some time now, with the promise of new products and slivers of photos. Scarlet and EPIC are new camera capture and processing brains (we’d say ‘bodies’ but the RED system is so damn modular) capable of 3K and 5K video, respectively. They both [...]
Dish Network have confirmed that their DTVPal DVR will be available to pre-order from next week, with deliveries of the personal video recorder beginning in December. The unit includes an Over The Air (OTA) analog and digital TV tuner with an unspecified recording capacity and 720p/1080i outputs.
Flip have announced their latest camcorder, the MinoHD, capable of recording 720p high-definition widescreen footage to its 4GB of internal memory. Designed with the same, ease-of-use principles as the rest of the Flip range, the MinoHD has a 1.5-inch glare-free display, minimal controls (which are touch sensitive) and built-in FlipShare editing and uploading software that [...]
Silicon Mountain have taken the sizable wraps off of the Allio HDTV, which not only boasts a full 1080p High-Definition panel but an integrated home theater PC and Blu-ray player. Available in two sizes, 32 inches and 42-inches, six models are on offer: the top-spec Allio ATVI-3G4542 has an Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 CPU with [...]
