Neowin News Feed for: Players

Toshiba to launch three 3G HD DVD players in Sept/Oct

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 17:06:25 +0100

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Toshiba, in continued efforts to promote the HD DVD format, will launch three third-generation HD DVD players for sale in the US soon. The mid-range HD-A30 will launch in September at a recommended retail price... Read more...

Toshiba Lowers Prices of HD DVD Players in the USA

Slimy — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 21:02:49 +0100

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Toshiba has retained the discounted prices on its entry-level HD DVD players in the U.S.: the Toshiba HD-A2 player will stay at $299 and the HD-A20 at $399. The HD-XA2 will also reportedly remain at... Read more...

Asustek, MSI laptops double as HD players

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 16:14:28 +0100

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Two Taiwanese companies are making laptop PCs users can hook up to their high definition (HD) TVs to make more use of the laptops' internal high definition optical drives, either Blu-ray Disc or HD DVD.... Read more...

Sony to offer HD digital radio players

Slimy — Wed, 30 May 2007 04:11:54 +0100

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Sony Corporation has announced it will begin selling HD digital radio players in July, including a tabletop radio as well as a model for cars, the first step in what the electronics giant says is... Read more...

Bach: More than 1 Million Zune players sold

Slimy — Mon, 28 May 2007 18:28:10 +0100

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According to an interview over at SFGate.com with Robbie Bach, president of Microsoft's Entertainment and Devices Division, Microsoft has surpassed its own goal of selling one million Zunes. Microsoft hoped to meet the target by... Read more...

$100 instant rebate on Toshiba HD DVD players coming soon

Slimy — Wed, 16 May 2007 22:32:28 +0100

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The greatest thing to happen for High Definition has been undoubtedly fierce competition. The HD DVD Promotional Group is launching a new campaign: a $100 instant in-store rebate on some Toshiba HD DVD players. Between... Read more...

HD DVD Group Reports Over 100,000 Players Sold in the U.S.

Slimy — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 22:31:00 +0100

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The North American HD DVD Promotional Group has announced that more than 100,000 dedicated HD DVD players have sold in the U.S. in the format's first year on the market. This figure does not include... Read more...

Sony DVD's won't play on Sony DVD players

Steven Parker — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 09:37:18 +0100

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Having recently settled various lawsuits over their use of invasive DRM in CD's, Sony has decided to try their luck with pushing more DRM into DVD's which has caused some recent issues in Sony's own... Read more...

Cursor hackers target WoW players

Slimy — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 01:36:20 +0100

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World of Warcraft players are being targeted by hackers exploiting flaws in how Windows handles animated cursors, a flaw which has recently been patched by Microsoft. Warcraft players seem to be one of the targets... Read more...

Blu-ray Disc Specification Change Threatens Current Players

Slimy — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 04:00:02 +0100

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Dear Mr. Early Adopter, start crying. The Blu-ray Disc Association has mandated that all players of the format released after October 31 must support BD Java which is currently not standard for today's hardware. All... Read more...

PSP Players Get Free Wi-Fi

Slimy — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 00:21:39 +0100

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Sony has announced firmware version 3.30 for the PlayStation Portable that gives users Wi-Fi capabilities at over 7,000 T-Mobile US HotSpots (from Starbucks to Border bookstores to over 70 major airports). The free Wi-Fi access... Read more...

Creative Technology Makes Profit on Players

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 12:52:00 +0000

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Creative Technology, a maker of digital media players and a supplier of various audio equipment for personal computers (PCs), has reported a profitable quarter amid helpful sales of music players and a payment by Apple.... Read more...

HD players hand over DVD keys

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 09:53:30 +0000

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A consortium backing the encryption system for high-definition DVDs has confirmed hackers have stolen "title keys" and used them to decrypt high-definition discs. Both the title keys and a number of decrypted films have been... Read more...

Universal Disc Players to Dominate the Market – Researcher

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 10:04:18 +0000

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Following the commercial launch of the universal player that can tap both Blu-ray and HD DVD markets there are many more similar devices incoming according to technology research firm ABI research, which believes that such... Read more...

Toshiba Readies Millions of HD DVD Players

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 11:12:18 +0000

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LAS VEGAS -- New movie releases, more market entrants, improved technology and 1.8 million HD DVD players from Toshiba are the weapons companies plan to use in the format battle against rival Blu-ray Disc this... Read more...

DVD Players Outnumber VCRs in US Homes

Slimy — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 21:54:05 +0000

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Nielsen has found out some very interesting statistics for VCRs and DVDs in American homes. The year 2006 has resulted in 79.2% of all American households having at least one VCR and 81.2% having a... Read more...

Critical Bug In Legacy Windows Media Players

Tom Warren — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 08:52:34 +0000

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Proof-of-concept code that exploits a critical bug in Windows Media Player has gone public, Microsoft Corp. warned users late Thursday. A vulnerability in Media Player 9 and 10 can be used by attackers to grab... Read more...

'Universal' Next-Gen DVD Players On Way

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 11:36:35 +0000

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The missing consumer link in the move to HDTV is a universal DVD player that would accommodate both the new HD DVD and Blue-ray formats. Such a player could be coming soon, thanks to Broadcom... Read more...

Toshiba Readies New HD DVD Players

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 18:42:51 +0100

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Toshiba will soon put its second generation of HD DVD players on sale in the U.S. The Tokyo company kicked off the high-definition movie battle in the U.S. earlier this year when it put its... Read more...

Napster UK to give away free MP3 players

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 11 Sep 2006 14:20:02 +0100

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Napster UK is giving away free MP3 players to all new subscribers of its portable music service. Anyone taking out a three-month Napster to Go subscription from 14 September will receive a 512MB Sandisk Sansa... Read more...