Topic: News

Sony's Bravia Internet Video Link will receive its first movie premiere, Hancock, on October 28, before it is released on any other media.

Sharp will introduce into the Japanese market the 16-model AQUOS DX Series (including 52V-, 46V-, 42V-, 37V-, 32V-, and 26V-inch models), the world's first series of LCD TVs equipped with Blu-ray Disc Recorders.

JVC have debuted their new Blu-Ray Recorder, the DR-BX500, which uses a 500GB hard disk drive to store video content in MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 format.

The European Union has told music lovers to turn down the volume of MP3 players, saying they risk permanent hearing loss from listening too long at maximum levels.

YouTube has started screening full 50-minute episodes of the Star Trek series - 5 of them to be precise - heralding a new era in content advertising.

The BBC has revealed plans to take the iPlayer onto Freeview.

The global LCD TV market is expected to continue its rapid growth till it becomes the largest segment of the consumer electronics industry, by 2012.

Microsoft have released Silverlight 2, the company's second generation solution for the creation and delivery of applications through a Web browser.

Verbatim have unveiled their first LightScribe 8X DVD+R Double Layer (DL) discs.

Sanyo has unveiled plans for a new type of blue laser diode, which it said could support four-layer 100GB Blu-ray discs.

Parks Associates, the Dallas-based research firm, says worldwide Blu-ray player sales will jump 800 percent over the next four years to 40 million.

Music lovers now have another online tool to help discover new music from artists you may not be familiar with.

Once again Microsoft has denied rumours of a Blu-ray add-on for the Xbox 360 and unveiled the new Xbox Experience.

Starting on Nov. 5, Netflix customers who rent Blu-ray movies will have to pay an additional $1 per month, Netflix informed its customers via e-mail.

Holographic TV could be the next major thing for the entertainment industry.

Underscoring the severity of a new class of vulnerability known as clickjacking, a blogger has created a proof-of-concept game that uses a PC's video cam and microphone to secretly spy on the player.

Youtube is adding "click-to-buy" links to the watch pages of YouTube videos, allowing users to buy products like songs and video games related to the content they're watching on the site.

An HDTV is definitely on the shopping list for a lot of first-time buyers, a new survey finds.

Research In Motion will roll out the touch-screen BlackBerry Storm later this autumn, thrusting it into direct competition with Apple's iPhone.

Happy with your 22-inch wide-screen monitor? Be prepared for a huge case of pixel envy.