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As predicted, the PlayStation 3‘s Blu-ray playback capabilities have been upgraded to Profile 1.1 status with this week’s firmware update. Firmware version 2.10 allows the games console to access interactive features, such as picture-in-picture functionality, on a new wave of Profile 1.1 Blu-ray discs due to appear from January. The games console also now supports [...]

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DLP projection specialist Sim2 found A-list support for the US launch of its 3-chip Grand Cinema C3X 1080 projector. Acclaimed filmmaker David (Blue Velvet) Lynch came forward to endorse the product, saying: “I am a perfectionist. When I was searching for a projector for my studio, I tested many brands. SIM2 beat them all by [...]

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Ofcom has categorically ruled out ring-fencing any of the spectrum space, due to be freed up when the UK’s analogue TV services are shut down in 2012, for high definition TV services. The broadcasting watchdog says that it is confident that a ‘market-led approach’ to the spectrum sale is the correct way forward. According to [...]

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According to new research from Digital UK and Ofcom, the message about the looming digital switchover is getting through and sales of Freeview PVRs are booming. Digital UK says: “For the first time more than half of people buying digital television equipment say thay have been influenced by the forthcoming digital switchover; a majority of [...]

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AV industry veteran Gary Mardell (pictured), previously Industrial Designer with Mordaunt-Short and Marketing Manager for JBL Home products, has taken up the role of Marketing Manager of KEF UK. Says Mardell: “KEF is one of the true pioneers of acoustic and design excellence. I consider myself fortunate to be able to play my part in [...]

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Leading US custom install speaker brand Triad, known for its wide range of in-wall speaker solutions, has secured distribution in the UK via Pulse Marketing. Paul Scarpelli (pictured), the brand’s director of sales and marketing says: “Given Pulse Marketing’s vast UK dealer network and industry expertise, including Pulse Marketing director Kapes Patel’s previous experience marketing [...]

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The Xbox 360 will get an HD DVD emulator. The software package, to be made available via the Xbox Marketplace, is designed to allow disc authoring houses to check their projects, both in terms of navigation and HDi implementation, when they are loaded via an attached network drive or optical disc. In a statement, Microsoft [...]

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The Xbox 360 hasn’t enjoyed the greatest success in Japan since its launch but Microsoft isn’t throwing in the towel yet. And its efforts may yet pay off. Where the console was ignored last Christmas, this year it is beginning to draw crowds, although whether this is down to new RPGs like Lost Odyssey or [...]

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