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With the USA going for HD-only broadcasts in 2009, the year 2008 promises to be *the one* in the trend towards HDTV to being the most popular format worldwide. Most major retailers are burying or eliminating their non-HD and tube-based televisions, even if consumers are still returning some HD equipment. Releases are still […]

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With a recent upgrade to the iPod line, including the new iPod Touch (and the similar-format iPhone’s iPod player), Apple is poised to upgrade the content side, according to rumor. Apple TV will always benefit from more HD content, and iTunes already has HD-format podcasts. This Mac Daily News article - HD content […]

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The news this week is that Viacom’s Paramount and DreamWorks Animation will support HD DVD exclusively.
But, some news that Paramount could support Blu-Ray by 2009, and also included - a reference to the other format war: “the prospect of HD movie downloads via broadband”.

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A video and some news articles - Sony Unveils New HDTVs - Sony to offer internet TV through Bravia

These include:

TV screen sizes of 52, 46 and 40 inches (measured diagonally).
BRAVIA LCD HDTV models in the XBR4, W & V Series, all featuring 1,920 x 1080 resolution and 10-bit panels.
In select models, they will offer Motionflow […]

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HD-DVD or BluRay for you? Hmmm… stores carry both formats, the battle for the high-definition consumer format continues.
Here, in this article, Toshiba HD DVD sales far lower than planned - although these players may be leading the market in sales.
and here in the article on Sony Anticipating Major U.S. Blu-ray Adoption, there is a […]

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“Apple’s iPod and HD movies - when will they collide?
Apple announced that they will start offering movies, in format. But movies won’t play on their new iPod Shuffle, only the larger-format iPods. Apple’s new 80 gig iPod will store more stuff, but only a couple of true-HD-format movies. Not sure if the […]

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“The format war continues… one edge given to HD DVD

Slashdot post: Blu-ray vs. HD DVD Round Two

and perhaps more competition in the future as HD DVD may allow one disc to have a regular and HD on different layers of the same disk:

3 layers better than 2: HD-DVD backers to add three-layer disk

More tech advances […]

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True HD in Your Pocket - The stylish Canon HV10 gives you the ultimate in HD video and digital photo quality - in the world’s smallest HDV camcorder (at the time they wrote it) - Canon HV10
HDR-SR1 AVC HD 30GB Handycam® Camcorder - For the first time, record high-definition video directly to a hard disk […]

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“Some articles about the launching Blu-ray and HD-DVD formats:
Dallas Star-Telegram: “”If the controversy over new DVD technology were being made into a film, the trailer might go something like this… (full article..)“”

MSNBC: “”5 million devices — to be priced under $1,500 — expected to sell in 1st year…”” - Panasonic to roll out Blu-ray player […]

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“So, by the end of 2006 we should expect a few handheld (or lapheld) HDTV players. Some may be just upgraded DVD technology with displays that are sub-HDTV. What use would 1080P be on a palm-sized screen?
Expect updates on this page as portable HD players are announced.”

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