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Starz Transitions to MPEG4 (For More HD)
Starz is upgrading their infrastructure, transitioning from their MPEG2 systems of old (old, fat DVD codec technology) to sweet MPEG4 (efficiently-packed video that can be scaled more easily to HD). So why am I telling you this? Well, it's totally geektastic knowledge and sometimes I can't help myself. And also, these MPEG4 systems are being installed to offer customers more HD content by clearing bandwidth. The catch? Like many content providers, Starz' transmissions will peak at 1080i/720p. No 1080p for you, guy who apparently spent too much on his television. Just remember this when 4K TVs are all the rage. [CNN]
cellphones
VLC Media Player Now Available For iPhone and iPod Touch
Thanks to Zottd, iPhone users can now port the popular VLC media player to their iPhone or iPod touch, making it possible to drag, drop and play MPEG/MPG, AVI and MP3 media formats. He is also in the process of researching playback for VCD, DivX, WMA, and WMV, and he notes that FLAC and OGG are coming soon. The project is currently in beta, but a public release is on its way. Naturally, you will need a jailbroken phone to take part in this awesomeness. [zottd via Macrumors]
1:50 PM on Wed Jun 4 2008
By Sean Fallon
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Latest by LastVigilante: I hope that this means I'll be able to watch the Live NASA TV stream on my iPod Touch. That would be sweet. more »
ps3
PlayStation 3 PlayTV Recordings Can Be Copied Anywhere
For the first time in a long time, we want to grab Sony and kiss them square on the lips. Because PlayTV, the PlayStation 3's DVR/PVR (that's not coming to the States yet), will record television to MPEG2 files that can be easily copied off the system to any storage medium you'd like. That's right, no DRM.
But can Sony do such things legally? According to their producer Mark Bunting, it's fair game:
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hands on
Over the weekend, Buy.com blabbed on SanDisk's Sansa TakeTV, formerly previewed as USB TV. Now available, the TakeTV mobile video player will cost $100 for 4GB and $150 for 8GB. Buy.com also mentioned the Fanfare video service, now in beta. It just so happens we got to play around with both, shoot some galleries and formulate some early opinions:
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SanDisk Sansa TakeTV and Fanfare Video Service Beta Reviewed (Verdict: Wait and See)
Over the weekend, Buy.com blabbed on SanDisk's Sansa TakeTV, formerly previewed as USB TV. Now available, the TakeTV mobile video player will cost $100 for 4GB and $150 for 8GB. Buy.com also mentioned the Fanfare video service, now in beta. It just so happens we got to play around with both, shoot some galleries and formulate some early opinions:
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3:00 AM on Mon Oct 22 2007
By Wilson Rothman
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home entertainment
New Toshiba HD DVD Recorders Also Write HD to Regular DVDs
Panasonic isn't the only one showing off high-def recording at CEATEC. Toshiba announced three new HD DVD recorders, including the new flagship Vardia RD-X7. All of them can convert MPEG-2 to AVCHD MPEG-4 on the fly, and can store high-def video on DVD-R (2 hrs) and single-layer HD DVD-R (6 hrs) discs. Pricing and availability are not yet announced. [IDG/PC World - Image from Phile-web]
portable media
Onkyo VR-1000J MPEG-4 Recorder: Video Alchemy for Your PSP
Onkyo wants to make it easy for you to record video from a TV or any other video source onto an SD card with its VR-1000J MPEG-4 Recorder, magically turning it into that MPEG-4 format of the Sony PSP or many mobile phones. No PC required, just plug the video in and out comes the PSP-playable video at 30fps at 320x240 in its superfine mode. More »
portable media
Creative Zen Vision W Unofficially Unveiled
A shiny picture of the Creative Zen Vision W found its way into the latest issue of Popular Mechanics, marking yet another time that a Create portable media player had its premature unveiling in the print press (we're looking at you, Maxim). The "W" stands for widescreen, and the 4.3-inch display is a nice upgrade from the 3.7-inch from the current Zen Vision. Popular Mechanics went so far as to say that it "has the best screen we've seen on a portable media player." This dream PMP will come in two sizes, a 30GB and a 60GB version. More »
digital cameras
Rollei dt6 Tribute: Small, Not Much Else
Achtung! Germany-based Rollei's about to release the dt6 Tribute, a consumer-grade 6.36-megapixel digital camera that's "compact and stylish." (You know a camera has nothing to offer when the best thing that it's got going for it is that it's "compact and stylish.") Other stats include a 4.8x optical zoom that complements its 8x digital zoom, a 2.5-inch LCD and the inclusion of a microphone to record audio that accompanies the MPEG-4 video that it can record. Rollei only includes 32MB of internal memory, not exactly surprising given their track record of releasing cameras with very little memory, but the standard SD card support is here to save the day. More »
portable media
Hauppage TV Anywhere: Poor Man's Slingbox
Hauppage TV Anywhere is bundling already-free software from Orb Networks with its WinTV box to let you record shows on your PC and then stream them to you wherever you're able to access the Interwebs. The WinTV box snags those over-the-air video signals and records them on your PC via USB 2.0, and then the Orb software communicates with you, uploading that video to you wherever you may roam. More »
digital cameras
Samsung Intros Digimax S700 and S1000 Cameras
Samsung announced its 7-megapixel Digimax S700 (pictured here) and 10-megapixel Digimax S1000 digital cameras, both with a 2.4-inch LCD and a 3x optical zoom that functions in both still and movie modes. More »
portable media
Minox DMP-3 Mini Media Player/Recorder
Minox is usually a nameplate we see on cameras around here, but now the company dives into the media player/recorder business with its DMP-3, whose distinctive look is the result of a collaboration between Minox and Volkswagen-Design. This is one small unit with its largest dimension at a mere 3.5 inches, but even the eagle-eyed might have to squint to enjoy video on its 2.5-inch screen. More »
portable media
Archos Reveals Road Map, Includes 700 TV Portable PVR
Archos launched its 404, 504 and 604 players a month ago, and now here's a bit of information about its upcoming 700 TV model, a fine-looking porto-player that promises over-the-air digital television using the Freeview format. It's equipped with a 4.3-inch screen, WiFi, GPS and a cellular modem. Maybe all that connectivity is why the thing needs four ugly antennas sticking out the back; we're hoping that's just a preproduction model. More »
portable media
Cavalry CAPP06 Pocket Multimedia Player
The Cavalry Pocket Player Multimedia Device is probably not a media player you'll be showing off to those you would like to impress, but even though it only costs $120 it looks like it might be able to get the job done anyway. It plays back MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 movies as well as MP3, it's a mini DVR that can record audio and video, and it has an FM tuner on board as well as 512MB of storage. If that's not enough, you can add up to 4GB removable storage. More »
portable media
Rover TV Portable Media Player
Promising to "change the way we watch TV," Doghouse Electronics has released the RoverTV, a portable multimedia recorder and player that does something the company claims has never been done before: directly record TV without the use of a computer in a pocket-sized player. The RoverTV is available in two configurations, a $300 "Big Screen" model and a $350 "Wide Screen" model. Both are identical save for the screen size, with the "Big Screen" featuring a 3.5" (320 x 240 pixel resolution) screen and the "Wide Screen" featuring a 4" (480 x 272 pixel resolution) screen. More »
portable media
LG MFJM53 8GB Music Player
LG shows that black is the new black with the MFJM53 portable music player. Shipping with an 8GB hard drive—like the iPod mini that Apple forgot—the MFJM53 has a slick finish but substandard features. More »
home entertainment
Blu-ray Using Old Codecs?
Looks like Sony's been busted for using a really old codec for its next-gen Blu-ray format. For its first Blu-ray movies, Sony will encode with MPEG-2, which is the same codec used for today's old-fashioned DVDs. Don Eklund, senior vice president of advanced technology for Sony Pictures, has gone on record as saying:Advanced formats don't necessarily improve picture quality. Our goal is to present the best picture quality for Blu-ray. Right now, and for the foreseeable future, that's with MPEG-2.Wowee, I say. Now, isn't Blu-ray supposed to support the MPEG-4 AVC, also known as H.264, which enables content to be encoded at much higher bitrates without huge increases in file size? I mean, isn't this kind of the point? But the biggest surprise may come to Apple, which actually has native support in its latest OS for H.264. More »
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