AV zombie

The PSP movie platform, UMD, may be down but it’s not out. So says Peter Dille, SVP of marketing for Sony Computer Entertainment America. Proclaiming UMD the fastest growing platform Sony’s ever had, with more than 20 million users worldwide, he confidently predicts that UMD movies will be coming back to market.
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The blue-laser market is about to get a whole lot bluer. Leading adult film company Vivid Entertainment says it will introduce its first HD content on disc early 2007. Explaining why it’s taken the adult companies so long to show an interest in hi def discs, Vivid’s co-founder says that while his industry is often […]

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The plasma TV market bloomed again during the third quarter. PDP shipments shipments increased 17 percent sequentially and 47 percent year-to-year, according to new data from market research outfit DisplaySearch.
A record-breaking 2.8 million units were shipped and revenues topped two billion dollars first time. However,the underlying trend reveals that growth is slowing. Previous third-quarter figures […]

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Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd., parent of Panasonic, has posted strong figures despite growing international competition, in its half-year financials.
Its consolidated group sales for the second quarter increased 2 percent to 2,252.6 billion yen, up from 2,211.0 billion yen year-on-year. Gains came from both its AV products as well as Home Appliances and Components and […]

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The latest system update for the Xbox 360, available from Tuesday 31 October, will introduce 85 enhancements - including native 1080p gameplay and movie playback, via the unit’s HD DVD optional drive (pictured).
The update will be distributed via the Xbox Live network to all members (Xbox Live Silver and Xbox Live Gold). Other enhancements include […]

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