Jan 22
There’s a bit of technology being introduced this week by the folks at Folded Space that they suggest will allow “Deep Color Content Encoding” that’d be fully backwards-compatible with existing … Continue reading
Apr 04
LG – “Front Surround System / Sound Bar” – NB4530A and “Blue-ray Disk Player” – BP630 and BP125 (2 models)
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LG Electronics Japan is releasing a wireless sound bar system “NB4530A”, a wireless connection and 3D sound compliant blu-ray disk player “NB4530A” and a compact model “BP125″ soon.
NB4530A
NB4530A can connect to an accompanying woofer or LG TV wirelessly. It’s only 35mm thin and you can hang it on a wall as well. Built-in 3D sound processor gives you a rich and realistic sound experience when you watch a 3D movie.
Expected price: ¥45,000
Release date: mid-May
Size: main unit 1038 × 35.4 × 75mm, woofer 221 × 351.5 × 281mm
Weight: main unit 2.4kg, woofer 7.3kg
BP630
3D sound compliant Blu-Ray player, BP630′s “Private Sound Mode” is a useful function especially when you cannot play loud sounds, such as late night. Equipped with Miracast – download a dedicated application to your smart phone, and then you can listen to the sounds that BP630 is producing with your smart phone. Equipped with an HDMI terminal.
Expected price: ¥13,000
Release date: mid-May
Size: 430 × 43.5 × 208.5mm
Weight: 1.5kg
BP125
BP125 is only 270cm across so you can place it at a narrow place. Equipped with an HDMI terminal.
Expected price: ¥10,000
Release date: mid-April
Size: 270 × 39 × 198mm
Weight: 1.1kg
Feb 06
This week the Microsoft-made Xbox 720 has effectively been dumped out into the market with a leak of specifications so wide we’ve got to wonder if the pipes have burst. This update comes from Edge Online where word of Online-Only playability was noted earlier today. While that bit of information appears to be just as possible as impossible, the rest of the bits and pieces seem to be more willing to stick for a final release.
With the information coming from what Edge calls “first-hand experience”, this suggesting above and beyond the everyday average “sources familiar with the matter” – though in the end, an anonymous source is just that. That said, these sources have tipped a 50GB Blu-ray disk-running console with disks shipped toting activation codes galore. Of course the idea that disks will have activation codes once again suggests that we’re working with DRM material – we shall see!
Inside this machine it’s said that there will be an AMD octa-core (8 CPU cores) x64 processor clocked at 1.6GHz per core. This processor will be joined by the beastly D3D11.x at 800MHz for graphics as well as 8GB of DDR3 RAM. That means that this machine will – surprise – be a monster in both its ability to process data and display graphics.
This machine will quite likely be working with many of the same services the Xbox 360 works with today, with the major changes coming in the hardware features, top to bottom. Connectivity with your mobile devices, smoother integration with your Microsoft systems – Windows 8, of course – and perhaps even a more fashionable looking case will be on the way. Have a peek at the Xbox 720 timeline below to make sure you’re up to date on all things next-generation Microsoft gaming console right this minute!
[Concept Art via Yanko Design]
Xbox 720 specifications leak in waves is written by Chris Burns & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Oct 09
Spotify is a great service, but do you ever wish you could use it to stream music through your smart TV? Soon you’ll be able to, thanks to a new team up between Samsung and Spotify that will see an app developed specifically for Samsung’s 2012 E-Series smart TVs. Before you US Spotify lovers get too excited, however, we should let you know that this app will only be available in Europe.
Don’t own a Samsung smart TV? You won’t be left out in the cold, as the joint announcement says that Spotify will be coming to Samsung’s Blu-Ray players and home theater systems as well. All you need to do is downloaded the Spotify app on you smart TV or Blu-Ray player, log on, and you’ll have access to Spotify’s library of 18 million songs. That is, provided you’re a Spotify premium subscriber.
Yes, it sounds like this app will only be available to those who have a Spotify premium subscription, but if you’ve yet to shell out the cash for a premium membership, you’ll have the opportunity to test it out with a free trial. There’s no word on how long this trial period will last, but we’re willing to assume that it will last just long enough for you to integrate Spotify into your day-to-day life before it cuts you off. That isn’t to say that signing up for Spotify premium is a bad idea, as premium members will have their playlists synced across their devices and get to enjoy ad-free listening.
Hopefully this is the first of many partnerships that see Spotify launching on a variety of devices. There’s no word on a solid release date for this app, which comes complete with an interface designed for large screens, but Samsung and Spotify say that it will arrive later this year. Considering there are only two months left in 2012, that means European users should be getting the app relatively soon. Stay tuned.
Spotify coming to Samsung Smart TVs in Europe is written by Eric Abent & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Sep 20
Regarded as the best of the best when it comes to disc players, Oppo has two new ones that can easily handle any disc you’ve got. Physical media isn’t the only game in town, obviously, so in addition to Netflix, Vudu and local file support like MKV, Oppo has stepped it up even further by adding an HDMI port in front for use as an MHL input. This allows you to leverage the high-end Oppo’s processing to do wonders on content stored on your portable or other MHL source. Speaking of video processing, both the new guys use Marvell’s Qdeo video processor and are capable of doing both 2D-to-3D conversion as well as up-scaling to 4K. From a control perspective, a back-lit remote is included, but there’s also an IR input, RS-232 and mobile phone apps. The BDP-103 will surely satisfy any videophile at $499 this October, but if you happen to be an audiophile too, then you’d probably want to wait until the BDP-105 is released later this year. Not only does it feature two ESS Sabre32 Reference DACs and a Toroidal linear power supply, but there are also dedicated stereo outputs with both RCA and XLR balanced connections and a headphone amplifier — if you know what all that is, we’re sure you really want it.
Gallery: Oppo BDP-103 and BPD-105
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Aug 22
Sainsbury’s pairs up with Rovi for video service, stays ahead of the techie curve
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Beloved UK supermarket Sainsbury’s is making a big push into digital media, after snapping up e-book retailer Anobii and music company Global Media Vault, it’s now partnering with Rovi for a digital video service. Launching later in the year, it’ll offer video-on-demand and downloadable copies of “major” film and TV titles, available the same time the discs are available in store. It’ll initially be limited to computers, before rolling out to Smart TVs, connected Blu-Ray players, smartphones and consoles. The only question we have is if we’ll be able to collect Nectar Points on our purchases — if so, we’re sold.
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Jul 30
Guess what, people are still watching movies on DVDs or Blu-Rays and this despite Apple’s effort to kill these mediums! Announced for september first in Japan at around 24,000 Yen, Sony’s new BD Player, the BDP-S590 is the company latest wonder.
The BDP-S590 comes with the usual suspects including 3D Playback and DLNA but also Sony Room Link, Media Remote, Wireless Lan, Sony Music Unlimited service, Gracenote and most Japanese VOD services as well as Hulu Japan!
Of course, the BDP-S590 comes …
Jul 03
Sony has axed support for OnLive game playback on its newest Google TV-powered Blu-ray player. Here’s the kicker – the player hasn’t even shipped yet; it isn’t due to release until July 9. But after the company announced that it will acquire Gaikai – an OnLive rival – it seems like an infinitely understandable decision. Incidentally, Sony never confirmed any sort of OnLive partnership.
However, it was discovered that in the technical specifications and documentation for the impending Blu-ray device, Sony listed OnLive connectivity as an optional accessory. Now, however, the company has wiped any reference to OnLive in connection to the player. What most likely happened was that Sony was working on the Gaikai deal behind closed doors, but wanted to have the OnLive compatibility there just in case.
Or, it could very well be that the team working on the Google TV Blu-ray player had no clue about Gaikai and so they just put OnLive connectivity there since it is compatible with Google TV products. It will be interesting to see Sony specifically exclude one of the newest Google TV services from a Google TV product, but that’s the way the business world works.
[via VentureBeat]
Sony Google TV Blu-ray player drops OnLive support is written by Mark Raby & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Jun 29
One of the biggest new content partnerships to be announced for Google TV this year is the deal that Google has secured with cloud gaming service OnLive. At the time, it was announced that LG’s upcoming Google TV sets would incorporate the OnLive app to allow users to have instant and seamless access to triple-A video games directly on their TV. Vizio also decided to come on board, but so far there’s been no news from Sony.
Sony was of course the first company to bring Google TV to a TV set, and in fact today it still remains the only company that has launched such a device. However, the Google TV-powered Sony TVs were huge commercial flops, leaving Sony with no choice but to be more tepid about the platform moving forward. Nevertheless, it looks like it’s ready to come back swinging with a new Blu-ray player.
As discovered by VentureBeat, the new Internet-connected, Google TV-powered Blu-ray player’s technical specs include a reference to compatibility for the univeral OnLive controller. For Sony, it’s an interesting subject because it want you to use you Sony TV to play PlayStation games, not OnLive games. But if it wants to remain competitive in the Google TV space, it needs to offer everything that’s available.
[via VentureBeat]
Sony Google TV device hints at OnLive is written by Mark Raby & originally posted on SlashGear.
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