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Toshiba Wants Combo HD Player

Toshiba president Atsutoshi Nishida weighed in today with his opinion on a dual-format HD DVD/Blu-ray player, joining the chorus of other manufacturers who have edged ever closer to a unified format for high definition DVDs. Nishida said to an annual shareholders meeting: “We have not given up on a unified format. We would like to…

Gadgets Charlie White Jun 27

Sleepy Comcast Tech Fired

We can’t say we didn’t see this coming—the Comcast tech that fell asleep at a guy’s house has been fired. There was a time when company reps/techs could pull this kind of stuff on a customer and only receive an angry phone call in return. Now, thanks to the power of the internet and our…

Gadgets Jason Chen Jun 26

No Xbox 360 Price Drop After All?

Rumors pointed to a $100 price drop for Microsoft’s Xbox 360 last week, but now it turns out that the Internet may have lied to us yet again. The latest word from “insiders” who claim to be “in-the-know” have refuted such price drop claims, meaning you’ll have to pay the full $399 for the foreseeable…

Tech News Nicholas Deleon Jun 26

PS3: You’re Buying the Future

PS3: You’re Buying the Future So Sir Howard Stringer, Esq. PPQ, CEO of Sony, says: The Price of the PS3 is high, but you’re paying for potential. Obviously, it’s a higher-risk strategy—as all new inventions are—but if the PS3 lives up to its total potential, then I don’t think anyone will be worried about Nintendo…

Tech News John Biggs Jun 26

Panasonic Hints at Car Blu-Ray Players

Give me a break, Panasonic. I think the first step in this high-def DVD war is getting people to accept Blu-Ray in the traditional home theatre format, but if you want to go balls-to-the-wall and start pushing car Blu-Ray player, then I guess that is your decision. Panasonic’s U.S. chairman and CEO Yoshi Yamada said…

Tech News Travis Hudson Jun 26

Virtual Doggy in a Console: vMigo

In the relentless quest for the shitless dog, here’s a new one, the vMigo, a plug-and-play TV-connected console that includes a carry-around Tamagotchi-like handheld pod with a 16-bit screen and a pedometer inside. If you want your pet to stay happy, you’ll have to take it out for a walk, and that pedometer keeps you…

Tech News Charlie White Jun 26

Do-It-Yourself Water-Cooled Xbox 360 Kit

Lots of news regarding Xbox 360 water cooling recently. Now Koolance, a major player in the world of PC liquid cooling, has come out with a do-it-yourself Xbox 360 water cooling kit. Available in silver and black, the kit includes all the things you need to water-cool the Xbox 360, including the company’s Exos-LT cooling…

Tech News Nicholas Deleon Jun 26

DIY Home Projectors

Not unlike homebrew beer kits, DIY projector kits are an easy to make projectors in the comfort of your own home. Unlike homebrew beer kits, however, a bottle skunky self-made beer won’t burn your house down if you make it wrong. The folks at LumenLab are here to help. They have a full DIY kit,…

Tech News John Biggs Jun 26

Futurama Returns!

This is not a gadget proper, but the news of Futurama’s return has us all giddy off our arses! Katey Sagal (the voice of Leela) confirmed on Craig Ferguson’s show that our favorite animated show is coming back with 13 new episodes for Comedy Central! Then Billy West double confirmed it on his site: I…

Tech News Jason Chen Jun 23

Panasonic Joins Blu-ray Club With DMP-BD10

This backwards compatible (DVD/CD) Blu-ray player from Panasonic is going to run you $1,299.95. That’s 260% of the price of a Toshiba HD DVD player. Admittedly, Toshiba is losing $200 on each player sold, but even at $700, that’s a lot cheaper. Christian Slater’s going to have to do a lot of voiceovers to convince…

Tech News Jason Chen Jun 23

Toshiba Losing $200 on Each HD DVD Player

Poor Toshiba. Not only does it have a flop on its hands with its HD-A1 HD DVD player but it’s also losing about $200 for each machine sold. That’s no surprise, since the players can’t be cheap—they’re actually Linux boxes disguised as old-fashioned VCRs from the 1980s. https://gizmodo.com/toshiba-hd-a1-hd-dvd-player-reviewed-verdict-a-disgr-174127 Market research firm iSuppli did a teardown…

Tech News Charlie White Jun 23

Sony Blu-ray Player Launch Delay: Why?

In an attempt to set the record straight on the delayed launch of Sony’s BDP-S1 Blu-ray player, ars technica went directly to the source. Sony insisted that there has only been one launch delay. The company said there had been confusion about the number of delays, denying that a ship date had been pushed back…

Tech News Charlie White Jun 23

Apple Lossless On the Way to iTunes?

Although some of us here at Gizmodo are near-deaf from spending way too much time in musical environments exceeding 130dB, we’re still happy to hear the rumor that Apple will soon distribute tracks compressed in its Apple Lossless compression format on the iTunes Music Store. Audiophiles rejoice, because those rumors just might be true. In…

Tech News Charlie White Jun 23

Tower-ific Panasonic SB-TP1000 Home Theatre

Little boxy speakers are for the weak and feeble. Real men—and women—use massive, erect towers to pump out audio from all corners of the room. The Panasonic SB-TP1000 features two front speakers, four surround speakers and a subwoofer. Panasonic is also using its Twin Center Speaker technology that eliminates the need for a center audio…

Tech News Travis Hudson Jun 23

Samsung Backpedals on Combo HD DVD/Blu-ray Player

Despite Samsung middle manager Kim Du-Hyon speaking out on Tuesday about how the company is considering a universal player, now Samsung appears to be backpedaling away from embracing the idea of a high-definition disk player that will handle both Blu-ray and HD DVD formats. In a terse, two-sentence statement to the press, Samsung beat a…

Gadgets Charlie White Jun 23

Bill Gates Intrigued By Xbox Mod Community

Now that he’s all set to retire, Billy G is throwing all the old rules out the window. The most current one: the company’s disdain for modders and console-backup-players. In an interview with Ars Technica, a MS employee recounts a story about a member of his team who brought his modded Xbox to show Bill…

Tech News Jason Chen Jun 22

French Lawmakers Approve Softened iTunes Bill

Good news for French iPod fans as lawmakers in France approved a softened copyright law that allows a workaround for Apple to keep their iTunes and iPod in the market. The law still tries to make Apple open up their online music service to other MP3 players, but also has a loophole that allows companies…

Tech News Jason Chen Jun 22

Friendtech iDea Wireless Home Dock and Wireless Hi-Fi Headset Hands On

This iDea Wireless Home dock is pretty much an iPod dock that can support PSPs, any MP3 player and mobile phones (using the cellphone adapter). https://gizmodo.com/friendtech-idea-cellphone-audio-adapter-hands-on-182691 The iPod portion of the dock works just like a standard iPod dock&mdash you plug in your iPod, plug the dock AC adapter into the wall and USB 2.0…

Tech News Jason Chen Jun 22

SageTV Wireless Media Extender

Users of SageTV, the DVR software for Windows and Linux, can now wirelessly share their media, including live and recorded TV, in the house thanks to the Wireless Media Extender. (There’s also a wired option, but who cares about that?) The extender streams the media over any standard 802.11b/g Wi-Fi network. Once connected to the…

Tech News Nicholas Deleon Jun 22

Friendtech iDea Cellphone Audio Adapter Hands-On

The nice folks at Friendtech sent over a few things for us to review. We’ll get to the other later, but first up are the iDea Cellphone Adapters. These adapters are for the later model Motorolas, Nokias and Sony Ericssons. You have to pick up the one specific to your phone, since none are inter-operable,…

Tech News Jason Chen Jun 22

Toshiba Wants Combo HD Player

Sleepy Comcast Tech Fired

No Xbox 360 Price Drop After All?

PS3: You’re Buying the Future

Panasonic Hints at Car Blu-Ray Players

Virtual Doggy in a Console: vMigo

Do-It-Yourself Water-Cooled Xbox 360 Kit

DIY Home Projectors

Futurama Returns!

Panasonic Joins Blu-ray Club With DMP-BD10

Toshiba Losing $200 on Each HD DVD Player

Sony Blu-ray Player Launch Delay: Why?

Apple Lossless On the Way to iTunes?

Tower-ific Panasonic SB-TP1000 Home Theatre

Samsung Backpedals on Combo HD DVD/Blu-ray Player

Bill Gates Intrigued By Xbox Mod Community

French Lawmakers Approve Softened iTunes Bill

Friendtech iDea Wireless Home Dock and Wireless Hi-Fi Headset Hands On

SageTV Wireless Media Extender

Friendtech iDea Cellphone Audio Adapter Hands-On

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