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Blu-ray Player Sales Up 600 Per Cent, According to UK Online Retailer
Stuart Rowe, COO of play.com is claiming that sales of Blu-ray players have increased seven-fold since Toshiba announced it was cutting and running from its HD-DVD format. The UK-based web retailer sold more Blu-ray players on Tuesday than it has in the whole of last week, and was the first to react to the Toshiba news by slashing HD-DVD player prices. More »
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Xbox 360 DVD Player Still Sucks After Update, HD DVD Not Great Either [Updated]
We've known that the Xbox 360 DVD player was asstastic for a while, but surely this latest fall update would have improved things at least a little. No such luck, as the player still only got a 40 out of 130 on the HQV DVD test—which is a non-improvement from before the update. Are things better on the HD side? More »
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Have a collection of old cassette tapes lying around? Thanks to this USB Cassette Archiver you can kick out the old school jams once again in full digital glory on your MP3 player. Format conversion is a simple matter of installing the software on your PC or Mac and connecting the archiver via USB. I'm not sure how good the sound quality is, but I'll be dammed if I'm paying for MC Hammer twice. Available for $169. [FredFlare via Cool Hunting]
USB Cassete Archiver Converts Your Embarrassing Analog Music Into Embarrassing Digital Music
Have a collection of old cassette tapes lying around? Thanks to this USB Cassette Archiver you can kick out the old school jams once again in full digital glory on your MP3 player. Format conversion is a simple matter of installing the software on your PC or Mac and connecting the archiver via USB. I'm not sure how good the sound quality is, but I'll be dammed if I'm paying for MC Hammer twice. Available for $169. [FredFlare via Cool Hunting]
Canon Creates 50-megapixel Sensor, Introducing New File Format to Hold Pics
Two bits of news from Canon today. They've just created a prototype of a 50-megapixel CMOS sensor that's twice as sensory as the closest competitor and small enough to fit into DSLRs. Them's crazy talk.
Two bits of news from Canon today. They've just created a prototype of a 50-megapixel CMOS sensor that's twice as sensory as the closest competitor and small enough to fit into DSLRs. Them's crazy talk.
