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[Gizmodo UK : Gizmodo - The Gadget Blog] Sharp launched three DVD HDD recorders: the DV-TR14, DV-TR12 and DV-TR11 with 400GB, 250GB and 160GB hard-drives respectively. Sharp claims the products start up within one second but also says they have the lowest stand-by power consumption in the CE industry at 0.4W.
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[Gizmodo.com] Gizmodo - Home Entertainment: There is a fair amount of hype, Microsoft seems more committed to the Japanese market (example: the Xbox Lounge) and they are employing the clever tactic of making as much of a fanfare about the improved Xbox 360 version of Final Fantasy XI as possible, which will drag in a good chunk of hardcore gamers like wide-eyed primates to the monolith.
[Buyinghdtv.blogspot.com] 1080eye: Mark Kersey's HDTV News Blog: It’s difficult to say exactly how many choose to receive their digital signals over-the-air - or just use their new big-screen to watch DVDs - but most estimates conclude that fewer than half of all HDTV owners subscribe to HD service. That’s a substantial missed opportunity for HD service providers and programmers, and unlike a year or two ago, the gap cannot be blamed on HD service availability, as the NCTA reports that high-def programming is available to 90 million cable homes passed in 177 of the nation’s 210 TV markets.
[Edbott.com] Ed Bott's Windows Expertise » Making the case for the CableCARD: Cable is only now reluctantly offering their own PVR technology and is not willing to innovate and provide the type of services available that the PC and CE manufacturers can and will at the consumer and free market demand.
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Posted at November 23, 2005 10:55 AM
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