As with the prior version, PowerDVD 13 uses Cyberlink's TrueTheater video technology to enhance picture quality but now it can apply that black magic to 1080p and Blu-ray video as well.
As means for distributing high-definition video, neither Blu-ray nor HD DVD is unique.
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As a premium home theater receiver, the TX-NR807 is also the perfect match for high definition video displays with Blu-ray players and other HD sources.
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This desktop comes with a built-in television tuner, stereo speakers, a digital video recorder, Blu-ray burner and a DVD player--all its innards built behind a sleek high-definition, flat-panel screen.
Blu-ray players, video game consoles and cheap boxes from Apple, Roku, Netgear and others allow consumers to expand their video options while integrated networking provides gateways to content from smartphones, tablets and PCs.
Both versions include a wireless controller, a Blu-ray high-quality video player and a port so they can work with a high-definition display.
Until now, Vudu has only been available through consumer electronics products, like TVs, Blue-ray DVD plays and video game consoles, that carried Vudu.
Game consoles also stream Internet video as do some Blu-ray players.
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Increasing the value of ownership for movie lovers, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, Universal Studios Home Entertainment and Warner Home Video launched their first Blu-ray Disc titles with UltraViolet in 2011.
Because Sony cannily included a Blu-ray player in its latest video-game console, PlayStation 3.
Skylanders Senior Game Designer Ray West talks toys and video games.
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All in all, a solid set of updates for XBL -- but we'll wait and see how that "1080p" video looks before we pronounce Blu-ray dead.
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So when you watch the movie closely again, or freeze frame that Blu-ray, those are Valve video game creatures in the underground world of the film.
Industry observers believe this nesting trend could sustain demand for products -- Blu-ray players, stereos, video games, cheap computers -- that brighten the family room while easing the sting of canceling that Disney World vacation.
Home Entertainment Group and Netflix, Inc. (Nasdaq: NFLX) today announced a new agreement that will extend the current 28-day sales-only window to 56 days for Theatrical New Release and made-for-video titles on DVD and Blu-ray Disc.
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The launch of NOOK Video makes it the first digital retailer of UltraViolet titles in the UK, making it easier than ever for UK customers to integrate compatible physical DVD and Blu-ray Disc purchases and digital video collections across their devices.
ENGADGET: Barnes & Noble brings Nook Video to the UK, first to offer UltraViolet in the old country
Representing 75 years of innovative and award-winning filmmaking from Twentieth Century Fox, TCFHE is the worldwide marketing, sales and distribution company for all Fox film and television programming, acquisitions and original productions on DVD, Blu-ray Disc Digital Copy, Video On Demand and Digital Download.
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All recordings are in H.264, which is the video format used to make HD Blu-ray discs.
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It sports a Core 2 Duo inside, and an HDCP-enabled nVidia video card, for outputting those Blu-ray discs to your display.
After a modest up tick this year and in the next few years thanks to Blu-Ray and HD DVD, overall video rentals will begin contracting again in 2010, Holden projects.
As a video processor module in a small mini-box, the new accessory is simply placed in-line at the output of any HDMI video source, such as a video game console, DVD or Blu-ray player, media player, or any digital broadcast.
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Less than 5 percent of consumers have checked them out yet (We'll wait for one to launch on Wii.) Interestingly, but not all that surprising given the crossover, the same people into digital video are also heavy consumers of Blu-ray and DVD, but the overall indication is that packaged media still has some time in the spotlight before consumers find a reason to switch.
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The clinics will feature examining rooms with "everything wired for video" including ophthalmoscopes, a digital X-ray machine and a skin camera for examining potentially malignant blemishes.
Manufacturers and retailers want to speed the mass adoption of Blu-ray before digital-movie downloads and video on demand overtake movie disc sales and rentals -- a looming development that already may be damping sales.
Some have even gone as far as to state that Sony's strategy of using MPEG-2 and uncompressed PCM audio on single-layer Blu-ray discs may have required too much video compression, resulting in early releases that don't match the sharpness of VC-1 encoded movies available on HD DVD.
In addition to purchasing a digital version via NOOK Video, customers can shop for DVDs and Blu-ray Discs with the UltraViolet logo, add them to their digital collection, and instantly watch compatible titles from the NOOK Cloud.
ENGADGET: Barnes & Noble brings Nook Video to the UK, first to offer UltraViolet in the old country
When it came to scoreboards for sports stadiums, incandescent bulbs were no match for cathode-ray tubes (CRTs) used in the giant video displays pioneered by Sony and Mitsubishi.
Plextor continues to deliver generations of innovative industry-leading products, including Blu-ray optical disc drives, solid state drives, digital video converters and multimedia devices.
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As a standalone unit, the Sony XBR-84X900 TV already upscales all video inputs, including the more than 7, 000 Blu-ray Disc titles currently in distribution, to a near-4K resolution through the use of Sony's proprietary 4K X-Reality PRO three-chip picture engine.
With full HD 1080p and streaming Internet video, the players support the high-definition content of Blu-ray discs and instantly stream thousands of movies and TV programs from Netflix or music from Pandora.
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