Sharp to offer Blu-ray recorder with 1-terabyte HDD
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| Sharp also plans to offer eight other new Blu-ray recorder models by the end
| of the year in Japan in a bid to replace video cassette recorders and
| conventional DVD machines.
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http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUKT5590820070926?rpc=44
Related:
Sony invites Toshiba & Microsoft to join the Blu-ray camp
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| "We would love to have Toshiba & Microsoft on board," said Don Eklund who was
| at the IFA.
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http://www.hdtvinfo.eu/news/hd-video-formats/sony-invites-toshiba--microsoft-to-join-the-blu-ray-camp.html
Two Studios to Support HD DVD Over Rival
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| But money talks: Paramount and DreamWorks Animation together will receive
| about $150 million in financial incentives for their commitment to HD
| DVD, according to two Viacom executives with knowledge of the deal but
| who asked not to be identified.
|
| The incentives will come in a combination of cash and promotional
| guarantees. Toshiba, for instance, will use the release of ?Shrek the
| Third? as part of an HD DVD marketing campaign.
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| Paramount and DreamWorks Animation declined to comment. Microsoft, the
| most prominent technology company supporting HD DVDs, said it could not
| ^^^^^^^^^
| rule out payment but said it wrote no checks. ?We provided no financial
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
| incentives to Paramount or DreamWorks whatsoever,? said Amir Majidimehr,
| the head of Microsoft?s consumer media technology group.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/21/technology/21disney.html?ei=5088&en=d4e1f285e2f41437&ex=1345348800&adxnnl=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&adxnnlx=1187698143-B5wO3L/F+4r1NyAsum87vQ
Dump your PC and Get a PS3!
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| Are you still running on a single core Intel with 256 MB of RAM and a nVidia
| 5200? You may be thinking it's time to upgrade that jalopy setup you have and
| go to the shiny, candy coated world of Vista. Whoa! Hold yer horses there,
| cowboy! A better option lies around the corner from a source you may not have
| expected: Your Playstation. Since late last year, Yellow Dog Linux (Made by
| Terra Soft Solutions) has been the official secondary operating system for
| Playstation 3 (GameOS is the default). Other versions of Linux have been
| confirmed as being compatible, including Ubuntu, Fedoro Core 7, Gentoo, and
| Debian but, I'm am unaware if they are as easy to install or if they even
| work as well as Yellow Dog.
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http://digitalgamer.blogspot.com/2007/09/dump-your-pc-and-get-ps3.html
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