Blu-ray: A Primer
Blu-ray is an optical disc format which is set to rival http://www.the-hdtv-tuner.com/high-definition-dvd.html">HD-DVD in the race to be the de-facto standard storage medium for HDTV. The HD-DVD vs Blu-ray battle resembles that between Betamax and VHS and DVD+RW and DVD-RW.Currently, the major Hollywood film studios are split evenly in their support fro Blu-ray and HD-DVD, but most of the electronics industry is currently in the Blu-ray camp. The key difference between Blu-ray disc players and recorders and current optical disc technology is that Blu-ray, as its name suggests, uses a blue-violet laser to read and write data rather than a red one. Blue light has a shorter wavelength than red light, and according to the http://www.blu-ray.com">Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA), which is made up of, amongst others, Sony, Philips, Panasonic, and Pioneer, this means that the laser spot can be focussed with greater precision.Blu-ray discs have a maximum capacity of 25GB and dual-layer discs can hold up to 50GB - enough for four hours of HDTV. Like HD-DVD, Blue laser discs don't require a caddy and the players and recorders will be able to play current DVD discs.
Codecs supported by Blu-ray include the H.264 MPEG-4 codec which will form part of Apple's QuickTime 7, and the Windows Media 9 based VC-1.The BDA says that although blue laser discs and players are already shipping in Japan, they won't ship in the US until the end of 2005 at the very earliest. It is likely that players will be very expensive initially, compared to DVD players. In Japan, they cost the equivalent of $2000. However, as with all new technology, prices will quickly fall - particularly as Blu-ray will be competing with HD-DVD for that space under your TV..
Kenny Hemphill is the editor and publisher ofThe HDTV Tuner - a guide to the kit, the technology and the programming on HDTV.DishNetworkGiveaway.com joins VMC Satellite to make Americans in all 48 States and Hawaii an out-of-this-world offer
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DVDO iScan HD Now Shipping
Campbell, CA (ContentDesk) March 22, 2004 -- Anchor Bay Technologies, Inc. announced today that the company has begun first customer shipments of the new DVDO iScan? HD High Resolution Video Scaling Engine, incorporating ABT's new Precision Video Scaling? technology.The iScan HD is a video scaling processor and A/V switcher that produces display-optimized video at a wide range of output resolutions, aspect ratios, and refresh rates, independent of input format. The product accepts as input all standard NTSC and PAL video formats, as well as ATSC-standard DTV 480p, 720p, and 1080i high-definition video. This makes it suitable for use with all video products worldwide, including DVD players, VCRs, digital video recorders, laserdisc players, and other audio/video sources.Performing deinterlacing and precision resolution upconversion on 480i (or 576i) video signals, the iScan HD provides output video quality approaching High Definition (HD), from all Standard Definition sources. Progressive-scan...
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Home Equity Loan ? Home Theater Adds Fun and Value
In days gone by, the family typically spent their evenings watching television in the den or living room, crowded around a black and white television set that may have measured no more than nineteen inches in diagonal size. For decades, this scenario was pretty much the same in most American homes, with the only change being the replacement of black and white televisions with color models. This worked fine for many years, when most cities only had two or three stations, and most homes didn't have cable television. With the introduction of high definition television (HDTV), DVD movies, high performance surround sound systems, and affordable video projectors and flat-screen plasma displays, many homeowners would like to have a dedicated room, or home theater, for audio-video use. In today's housing climate, adding a home theater to your home is a smart move.Few homes have a room that is naturally suited to use as a home theater.
Most rooms that might be used for such purposes either...
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The Secret Ingredient That Creates The Sales
Copyright 2006 Karl Stadler
The internet has become a huge mall with little ally ways and secret entrances all over the place. There are a huge amount of sales websites all vying for the same attention. Indeed a highly competitive market.
Marketing skills and writing have become more and more important to the marketing of your products and will become increasingly so as the internet increases in size.
Don't be under the illusion that now is to late, there are millionaires made every day and there will still be made twenty years from now.
Advertising your site and product is the small part of marketing, the secret ingredient is in the pitch, whether a landing page, opt in or sales page.
Funny enough it has been the same for as long as you possibly can remember, from the first radio commercials, print commercials up to the latest in HDTV, it has not changed, what has changed is the jargon, the language and the way people...
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GameForce to Host Gran Turismo 4 Tournament at Doctor Larry?s Kingwood Spring Car Show
Beyond the incredible cars, fabulous food, and fascinating vendors, that will be attending the 2005 Doctor Larry's Automotive Specialists Kingwood Spring Car Show (held at Kingwood's Town Center Park on Sunday April 24th) a highlight of the show will be the opportunity for a virtual drive of many of the cars that will be featured at the show.
This is being provided by GameForce, Inc., a Town Center merchant and event sponsor.Gran Turismo 4 is a brand new PS/2 game from Sony and was recently featured on "The Apprentice."
For the Car Show, GameForce will provide a full cockpit with steering wheel and pedal, and attendees can stop by their booth to either take their turn at the wheel or just enjoy watching as a spectator.According to the review on www.ign.com, "Gran Turismo 4 uses an all-new physics engine coupled with revolutionary technology to deliver enhanced game physics and graphics providing a near-realistic...
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Local Author Becomes Editorial Advisor for National Debt Collection Compliance Newsletter
Michelle Dunn, author of How to make money collecting money, Starting a Collection Agency and Become the Squeaky Wheel, a Credit & Collections Guide for Everyone has been appointed as the Editorial Advisor for the Eli Financial Debt Collection Compliance Alert Newsletter. Eli Financial is a part of Eli Research, a research and information company with more than 60 print and online publications, teleconferences and audio learning products for the core markets of health care, law and litigation...
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Lower Back Extension Exercise
This is an excellent exercise for the lower back that is very simple to perform. This exercise requires no equipment and it can be performed almost anywhere, even at your office. Many people neglect to do exercises that focus on your lower back. Your lower back, Erector Spinae, supports your upper body and affects almost every sport and every day activity that you do. It is important that you exercise this part of the body.
The lower back extension is probably the best exercise for strengthening...
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Do BlackBerrys Kill Vacations? LAPTOP Magazine Unveils New Series Exploring Societal Impact of Mobile Technology
New York, NY (ContentDesk) June 29, 2006 -- Should you track your eight-year-old with a GPS-enabled cell phone? Pack a BlackBerry along with sunscreen for your next summer vacation? Ask a coach class seatmate if he minds that you watch an R-rated movie on your laptop? LAPTOP-Mobile Solutions for Business & Life, the leading mobile technology magazine, seeks to shed some light on these and other complicated issues with its new series of special reports investigating the societal impact of a world...
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iFurn.com to Add Alphason Designs to Their Wide Selection of High Quality Plasma Screen TV Stands and Entertainment Furniture
(ContentDesk) December 23, 2005 -- iFurn.com, a division of Norris Enterprises, added a new line of high quality plasma screen TV stands to their selection. This brand new line of contemporary TV and Audio stands from Alphason adds a level of depth to the websites great collection of entertainment products.Some of the items in this new line of products include:"???Flat panel TV stands"???Audio towers with built in CD racks"???Contemporary styled speaker stands Alphason Designs, a company formed...
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