25-Aug-06 15:29:00
Filed under: Peripherals, Storage
Although still not shipping its internal Blu-ray burners, Lite-On has already announced an external counterpart for the drive-bay-challenged. Nothing too surprising here, but you can expect the USB 2.0-based LX-2B1U to handle both single and dual-layer Blu-ray discs, and both recordable (BD-R) and rewriteable (BD-RE) discs at 2x speeds, as well as DVD±R/RW for your less storage-intensive burning needs. Seemingl
Although still not shipping its internal Blu-ray burners, Lite-On has already announced an external counterpart for the drive-bay-challenged. Nothing too surprising here, but you can expect the USB 2.0-based LX-2B1U to handle both single and dual-layer Blu-ray discs, and both recordable (BD-R) and rewriteable (BD-RE) discs at 2x speeds, as well as DVD±R/RW for your less storage-intensive burning needs. Seemingl
Source: Engadget
25-Aug-06 14:07:00
Filed under: Home Entertainment, Media PCs
It must have been a restless night for Microsoft's Steve Riley who mistakenly told a crowd in Australia yesterday that Windows Vista would not support commercial Blu-ray and HD DVD playback on machines sporting 32-bit processors -- the vast majority of PCs in homes today. Not true says a scrambling Microsoft, "playback is possible with Windows Vista in 32-bit" but support will be determined by independen
It must have been a restless night for Microsoft's Steve Riley who mistakenly told a crowd in Australia yesterday that Windows Vista would not support commercial Blu-ray and HD DVD playback on machines sporting 32-bit processors -- the vast majority of PCs in homes today. Not true says a scrambling Microsoft, "playback is possible with Windows Vista in 32-bit" but support will be determined by independen
Source: Engadget
24-Aug-06 14:21:00
Filed under: Home Entertainment, Media PCs
For all the noise Microsoft made about Vista supporting HD DVD you'd think we'd be able to play those studio-released, HD DVD titles right out of the box right? Not so childrens, at least not in Australia according to c|net. See, Mark O'Shea, a Microsoft OEM systems engineer (not exactly an executive level position, mind you) sez that version 11 of the Windows Media Player s
For all the noise Microsoft made about Vista supporting HD DVD you'd think we'd be able to play those studio-released, HD DVD titles right out of the box right? Not so childrens, at least not in Australia according to c|net. See, Mark O'Shea, a Microsoft OEM systems engineer (not exactly an executive level position, mind you) sez that version 11 of the Windows Media Player s
Source: Engadget
22-Aug-06 20:05:00
Filed under: Announcements, Laptops
It's time to get the word out, everybody. Engadget needs a commercial to air during the Super Bowl, and we want you to make it for us. Your reward will be handsome; Sony's kicking down a sick new Vaio with Blu-ray, HDMI, and a 17-inch screen as a reward to the winner.
Here are the rules:
Make the ultimate Engadget commercial Keep it PG-13 (like the site) Keep it under 5 minutes long (if you really must go longer, break it up into pieces, like those serialized commercials) If it's not in English, please include subtitles! You can enter no more
It's time to get the word out, everybody. Engadget needs a commercial to air during the Super Bowl, and we want you to make it for us. Your reward will be handsome; Sony's kicking down a sick new Vaio with Blu-ray, HDMI, and a 17-inch screen as a reward to the winner.
Here are the rules:
Make the ultimate Engadget commercial Keep it PG-13 (like the site) Keep it under 5 minutes long (if you really must go longer, break it up into pieces, like those serialized commercials) If it's not in English, please include subtitles! You can enter no more
Source: Engadget
22-Aug-06 20:05:00
Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment
Toshiba sure does love their firmware updates. Their fourth update in as many months bumps the version number to a nice round 2.0, and promises TrueHD 5.1 support, allowing for full digital reproduction of studio mastered sound with 24-bit/96kHz discrete channels. As our friends at HD Beat astutely point out, it ain't no Blu-ray support, but it's a nice one-up on
Toshiba sure does love their firmware updates. Their fourth update in as many months bumps the version number to a nice round 2.0, and promises TrueHD 5.1 support, allowing for full digital reproduction of studio mastered sound with 24-bit/96kHz discrete channels. As our friends at HD Beat astutely point out, it ain't no Blu-ray support, but it's a nice one-up on
Source: Engadget
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