Blu-Ray Vs. HD DVD

Another round won for Blue Ray after Warner Bros. announced they were dropping dual hi-def DVD format support in order to back only Blu-Ray. Computerworld reporting that week after Warner's announcement, sales of HD DVD players dropped to 1,758, from 14,558 the previous week. In contrast, consumers bought 21,770 Blu-Ray Disc players, up from 15,257 the previous week.

So Blue Ray seems to be the future standard for High-Definition. I think that the inclusion of Blue Ray in Playstation 3 consoles was a big factor of deciding the leading format.

Apple TV software update delayed

While starting shipping for the MacBook Air this week, Apple delayed releasing the software update. The update will enable people to rent movies directly from their tv sets. Apple plans for a free software update in week or two for Apple TV costumers. The movies will be available for customers to rent through Apple's iTunes online music store. Apple plans to have 1000 movie titles by the end of february, that include 100 HD titles.

Apple catalog of movies will consist of the six major stodios that agreed make their titles available through iTunes. The studios included: 20th Century Fox, Warner Bros., Walt Disney, Paramount, Universal, and Sony. New films titles will be available 30 days after shippment to retailers on DVD.

DVD titles will be available for $2.99 for older releases, and $3.99 for new ones. High-definition movie titles will be $4.99.

MP3 players - comparison

Portable devices with audio/video capabilities are already integral part of any hand-held device or mobile phone. In this post I will try to look into some of the more basic and common mp3 players available in the market and what they offer.

SanDisk Sansa Clip 4GB



Tiny audio player, Voice recording, FM radio
Capcity: 4 GB
Price: $79.99
15 hour Battery
OLED display
Audio formats: MP3, WMA, WAV

SanDisk Sansa Clip 1GB


Tiny audio player, FM radio
Capcity: 1 GB
Price: $32-59
Audio formats: MP3, WMA, DRM9

Insignia Pilot 4GB


Integrated Bluetooth
Video and audio player
FM Radio, photo viewer, SD cards memory expansion
Capcity: 4 GB
Price: $109.99

SanDisk Sansa View 32GB

Video and audio player,Voice recording, FM radio
Capcity: 32 GB
Battery: 35 hours for audio, 7 hours for video
Audio formats: MP3, WMA, WAV
Codec support: MPEG-4, WMV, H.264

Price: $349

Creative Zen Stone 1GB


Audio player
Capcity: 1 GB
Price: $32-55
Battery: 10 hours
Audio formats: MP3, WMA, DRM9

Acer Ferrari 1100 series

Acer Ferrari 1100 series
Specs:
The latest in the Ferrari F1 branded Acer notebooks
Durable carbon fiber casing.
AMD Turion 64 X2 dual-core
ATI Radeon X1250 integrated 3D graphics card with up to 960MB.
12.1-inch WXGA display with Acer CrystalBrite technology
Hard disk drive of up to 250GB.
DVD SuperMulti DL
Dolby Home Theater audio enhancement, two built-in stereo speakers Acer eAudio Management.
Protection: "DASP" technology as well as Bio-Protection fingerprint.
Price: £1499

MacBook Air

MacBook Air Specs:
0.16-0.76 inches thick, 3 lbs.
12.8-inch-wide and 8.85-inch-deep aluminum frame
13.3-inch LED-backlit wide screen display with a 1280x800 pixel resolution
keyboard with LED back lighting
built-in iSight camera with microphone for video conferences, a 1.6 Ghz Core 2 Duo processor, 2 GB of memory, an 80 GB hard drive, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.
Price: $1,799 for standard version. up to $3,000 with upgrades.

Sony VAIO VGN-NR11S notebook

Sony VAIO VGN-NR11S laptop

Specs:
Weight: 2.9 Kg
Rounded design and comfortable keyboard
Intel Core 2 Duo T5250 1.5 Ghz processor.
2 GB of ram
200 GB hard drive
DVD writer
15.4" TFT screen
Integrated Intel GMA X3100
Price: £599

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