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Rock Band Accessory Bundle: That’s All You Can Get

If you were hoping you could save some cash on that $169 Rock Band package by buying only what you need or want, we’ve got some bad news. The accessories won’t be sold separately until early 2008. Until then, even if you have two guitars from Guitar Hero, you’ll have to pony up for the…

HD DVD Player Sales Top Blu-ray Again, Win Netflix Users As Well

In a not-so-surprising turn, standalone HD DVD players have regained their lead on Blu-ray sales in September, giving the overall year-to-date figures (in which HD DVD has always been ahead) as 53% HD DVD, 44% Blu-ray, and 3% dual-format. Although this may give you the impression that HD DVD is in the lead, the numbers…

Sony Responds to Bravia Ad Rip Off Allegations/Proof

Despite the fact that the ad agency and studio Sony hired to create their bunny Bravia ad, Fallon and Passion Pictures, clearly and blatantly ripped off LA-based artists Kozyndan, it’s standing behind them and denying that anything dickish was done. https://gizmodo.com/sony-bastards-ripped-off-the-bunny-tsunami-ad-307398 Basically, Passion Pictures got in touch with Kozyndan two years ago about working with…

Sony PS3 Getting IPTV, Beats Microsoft to the Punch

After all of Microsoft’s big talk about IPTV at last year’s CES, it will be dark horse Sony PS3 that rolls out an IPTV service first. Because according to The Korea Times, Korea’s big telecom operator KT will provide its HD Mega TV service to PS3s starting this November (better late than never). Since Mega…

Samsung, Sony Blu-ray Players Get Firmware Update to Fix Compatibility Issues

Samsung and Sony both have firmware updates for their Blu-ray players today, with Samsung patching the BD-P1000 and BD-P1200 to fix compatibility problems found in several movies, and Sony applying updates for the BDP-S300 to address BD-Java compatibility in movie extras (a similar problem to the one identified here). Unfortunately for owners, only the Samsung…

Toshiba HD DVD Laptop To Be Sub-$1000 Blu-ray Killer?

UPDATEDToshiba announced that one of its laptops would come standard with an HD DVD drive for under $1,000 in time for Christmas. Citing easily available DVD-ROM/CD-RW drives as the cause for mainstream adoption of DVD, Toshiba believes that affordable HD DVD/DVD-RW drives will dictate the winner of the war. Battery drain is still a high-def…

Sony Intros 4x Blu-ray Burner For PCs

Sony offered details on their updated PC Blu-ray burner today, with 4x speeds that can write 50 GB in 45 minutes. The BWU-200S connects to the motherboard via SATA and will burn HD formats to standard DVD as well. The drive also burns to DVD at 16x (one of the first Blu-ray drives to do…

Sony Ericsson 2008 Lineup Leaked, Pictured

This pretty poster of pretty phones didn’t leak with a mess of details behind it—nothing at all on the K860, for instance. The W970 apparently uses a click wheel-like navigation deal and sports a 5MP shooter, along with a memory card slot. The K830, on the other hand, packs a 3.2MP camera. And that’s about…

For those seeking to be strong with the Dark Side of the Force on the go, the Darth Vader PSP drops tomorrow as part of the $199 Star Wars Battlefront Entertainment Pack. [Game Life] https://gizmodo.com/hands-on-with-the-darth-vader-star-wars-psp-278443

Sony Set to Launch PCM-D50 Recorder

When the PCM-D1 recorder was launched, we were excited but unsure exactly what about. We are set for much of the same emotional confusion with Sony’s PCM-D50, the successor to the PCM-D1. The new iteration has 4GB of internal flash memory in addition to; a Sony memory stick slot, high quality internal stereo condenser microphones,…

40GB PS3 Finally Made Official, Backwards Compatibility Gets the Boot

Well, we’ve heard the rumors and the retail leaks, and now it’s official: there’s a 40GB Playstation 3 coming on October 10th. It’s only official for Europe as of now, with a €399 pricetag, but it’s pretty safe to assume we’ll be getting the same thing soon enough. The catch? No memory card reader, only…

Get 5 free Blu-ray movies (choose Full Metal Jacket!) with the purchase of a player. Offer includes the PS3. [bluraysavings]

Sony Bastards Ripped Off the Bunny Tsunami Ad

What the Hell. When I saw this morning’s post on the awesome Sony Bravia Bunny Ad, featuring multi-hued rabbits climbing through a cityscape transforming into a tidalwave, I assumed it was the work of my favorite artists, the LA-based kozyndan. By my front door, I have a framed print of one of their limited edition…

According to a Sony spokesperson, an announcement regarding a possible price drop or a new model (or something) on the PS3 is imminent. [CNN via Kotaku] http://kotaku.com/gaming/rumor/ps3-price-drop-imminent-307115.php

Hype Sheet: Sony’s Dead Serious Side

The Pitch On the eve of the new Bravia ad’s debut in the U.K., it’s worth taking a gander at one of Sony’s more prosaic creations. This commercial doesn’t hawk a specific product, but rather Sony’s entire lineup of high-definition goods—part of the company’s ongoing “HD World” campaign (a.k.a. the “Feel” campaign, a.k.a. the “like.no.other”…

Sony Bravia Ad Showcases Mick, Keef and a Tsunami of Bunnies

Our Jesus will be a happy bunny. The new Bravia ad from Sony has one of his favorite tracks ever: The Stones’ She’s A Rainbow. I’m happy because there’s a giant rabbit made out of Play-Doh, and New Yorkers are happy because— well, it never pays to be typecast, does it? [Sony Bravia via Media…

Sony has reached an all time high of 550,000 PSP sales in Japan for the month of September, due to the new Slim model. It’s no Nintendo DS, but not bad at all. [reuters via kotaku] http://kotaku.com/gaming/big-in-japan/psp-slim-inches-close-to-600000-sold-306922.php

Toshiba to Sell Big OLEDs in 2009?

The news is that Toshiba plans to bring an OLED TV to market by 2009. IDG reported it, but the story got better when the Register repeated it, adding that the OLEDs would have 30″ panels. These would be larger than Sony’s white hot 11-incher; larger than the 21″ OLED TVs that Toshiba and Mitsubishi…

After purportedly popping up in Best Buy’s internal listings, the 40GB PS3 is now apparently logged in the UPC database, whose codes come from GS1. This is like the worst-kept secret console since the Xbox 360 Elite. [CrunchGear] https://gizmodo.com/399-40gb-ps3-shows-up-in-best-buy-listings-306146

$399 40GB PS3 Shows Up in Best Buy Listings?

Evidence for the imminent launch of a sweet-spot $399 40GB PS3 model continues to mount, the latest piece of proofage coming in the form of a Best Buy listing, which (if true) also confirms the Spider-Man 3 Blu-ray pack-in, so you can relive Peter Parkers’s emo phase in HD for free. While the slip is…