Greg Bennett's Blog » HD http://www.gregbennett.net Just another blog Tue, 23 Mar 2010 17:55:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 It’s official: HD DVD is dead, the format war over http://www.gregbennett.net/2008/02/19/its-official-hd-dvd-is-dead-the-format-war-over/ http://www.gregbennett.net/2008/02/19/its-official-hd-dvd-is-dead-the-format-war-over/#comments Tue, 19 Feb 2008 12:15:41 +0000 Greg http://www.gregbennett.net/2008/02/19/its-official-hd-dvd-is-dead-the-format-war-over/ Toshiba just made a statements saying, “It will no longer develop, manufacture and market HD DVD players and recorders.”

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]]> http://www.gregbennett.net/2008/02/19/its-official-hd-dvd-is-dead-the-format-war-over/feed/ 0 Netflix picks Blu-ray, good luck renting an HD DVD soon http://www.gregbennett.net/2008/02/11/netflix-picks-blu-ray-good-luck-renting-an-hd-dvd-soon/ http://www.gregbennett.net/2008/02/11/netflix-picks-blu-ray-good-luck-renting-an-hd-dvd-soon/#comments Mon, 11 Feb 2008 16:36:31 +0000 Greg http://www.gregbennett.net/2008/02/11/netflix-picks-blu-ray-good-luck-renting-an-hd-dvd-soon/ In what can only be classified as yet another crushing blow to the embattled HD DVD camp, rent-by-mail giant Netflix has just announced its intention to only stock Blu-ray titles in the future…

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]]> http://www.gregbennett.net/2008/02/11/netflix-picks-blu-ray-good-luck-renting-an-hd-dvd-soon/feed/ 0 HD DVD’s New Feature: Watching Movies Together But Not In the Same Place http://www.gregbennett.net/2007/12/04/hd-dvds-new-feature-watching-movies-together-but-not-in-the-same-place/ http://www.gregbennett.net/2007/12/04/hd-dvds-new-feature-watching-movies-together-but-not-in-the-same-place/#comments Tue, 04 Dec 2007 21:44:30 +0000 Greg http://www.gregbennett.net/2007/12/04/hd-dvds-new-feature-watching-movies-together-but-not-in-the-same-place/ The HD DVD version of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix will have a new feature called “community screening.” You can watch a movie simultaneously with your friends while you’re each at your own place. You can also chat via the remote.

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]]> http://www.gregbennett.net/2007/12/04/hd-dvds-new-feature-watching-movies-together-but-not-in-the-same-place/feed/ 0 TiVo prepping a “mass appeal” HD DVR priced below Series 3 http://www.gregbennett.net/2007/06/01/tivo-prepping-a-mass-appeal-hd-dvr-priced-below-series-3/ http://www.gregbennett.net/2007/06/01/tivo-prepping-a-mass-appeal-hd-dvr-priced-below-series-3/#comments Fri, 01 Jun 2007 12:41:11 +0000 Greg http://www.gregbennett.net/2007/06/01/tivo-prepping-a-mass-appeal-hd-dvr-priced-below-series-3/ TiVo has clearly seen the light after years of pushing rather high-end, high-priced HD DVRs out its doors. The company disclosed in its Q1 earnings call that a reduced-cost version of the TiVo Series 3 is on the way, and not a moment too soon.

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]]> http://www.gregbennett.net/2007/06/01/tivo-prepping-a-mass-appeal-hd-dvr-priced-below-series-3/feed/ 1 How-to: Use your TiVo Series3 eSATA port to add an external drive http://www.gregbennett.net/2007/05/05/how-to-use-your-tivo-series3-esata-port-to-add-an-external-drive/ http://www.gregbennett.net/2007/05/05/how-to-use-your-tivo-series3-esata-port-to-add-an-external-drive/#comments Sat, 05 May 2007 13:40:11 +0000 Greg http://www.gregbennett.net/2007/05/05/how-to-use-your-tivo-series3-esata-port-to-add-an-external-drive/ Ever wish you could use that eSATA port TiVo taunts you with on the back of your Series3? If so your moment has finally arrived — and not a moment too soon for many a DVR-loving TV fans whose drives are filled to the brim with HD programming. Best of all: you don’t even have to crack open your box.

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]]> http://www.gregbennett.net/2007/05/05/how-to-use-your-tivo-series3-esata-port-to-add-an-external-drive/feed/ 0 “Total Hi Def” DVDs feature HD DVD on one side, Blu-ray on the other http://www.gregbennett.net/2007/01/10/total-hi-def-dvds-feature-hd-dvd-on-one-side-blu-ray-on-the-other/ http://www.gregbennett.net/2007/01/10/total-hi-def-dvds-feature-hd-dvd-on-one-side-blu-ray-on-the-other/#comments Wed, 10 Jan 2007 20:55:39 +0000 Greg http://www.gregbennett.net/2007/01/10/total-hi-def-dvds-feature-hd-dvd-on-one-side-blu-ray-on-the-other/ Warner Brothers will be making some of its films available on “Total Hi Def” DVDs, the company announced at a CES presentation on Tuesday. The discs are, ingeniously, HD DVD on one side and Blu-ray on the other.
The combo discs are the same size as always, but contain both single and dual layers for both formats.

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