Topic: News

The "second generation" of HD Radio programming is rolling out, says the HD Digital Radio Alliance, citing new HD2 and HD3 subchannels that play new and unsigned artists, tightly niched HD channels, and former over-the-air stations getting new life via HD.

Wal-Mart is reportedly selling a $298 Blu-ray player in select stores, roughly $100 off the previous entry-level price of the high-def disc player.

Amazon Unbox to go HD on TiVo Although there have been rumors swirling for months that it was going to happen, TiVo has officially confirmed that Amazon Unbox will be going HD.

Orb Networks claims to have "the world's first way to stream live TV to the iPhone and iPod Touch." The company designed OrbLive, an app created to work with jailbroken iPhones and iPod Touches.

Rounding off a series of court decisions and actions regarding BitTorrent sites, torrent.is users will have something to celebrate. The BitTorrent tracker favored by Icelandic downloaders, has won yet again in Court, and the site will reopen May 16th.

Details of an entirely new kind of electronic device, which could make chips smaller and far more efficient, have been outlined by scientists.

Microsoft has flatly denied reports of a Blu-ray drive for its Xbox 360 gaming console.

Unlicensed music discovery service Project Playlist is being sued for copyright infringement.

Retailers and studios are confused over how to price Blu-ray titles with reports that consumers are balking at premium prices.

Aleratec is now shipping its new Aleratec color coded duplicator grade LightScribe DVD-R recording media.

Yamaha, working together with Fujifilm, has developed the new Labelflash Photo Labeler software using for easy printing of labels on specially made DVD disc.

Toshiba have announced its policy regarding the future sales of the HD DVD-R media. The company plans to continue selling the HD DVD-R media made by Ritek and Mitsubishi Chemicals directly through its Shop1048 web site.

The DVD Forum announced that they have plans to study a possible incorporation of 3D movie technology into the DVD format specifications.

Citing higher retail and wholesale prices, Netflix plans to implement a "modest monthly premium" for access to Blu-ray titles some time this year.

Slysoft have released a new version of its AnyDVD software which, it is claimed, can bypass the 7th generation of HD DVD and Blu-Ray copy protection (MKB v7), found in the latest Blu-ray movie releases.

In Federal Trade Commission filing, Microsoft has advocated the adoption of a more comprehensive framework to protect consumer privacy online.

Following the industry-wide adoption of the Sony Blu-ray high definition DVD format, Sony Creative Software today announced upgrades to its DVD Architect and Blu-print applications for authoring Blu-ray discs.

Beginning this week, Blockbuster will start offering Blu-ray movies, for rent and sale in all of its corporate stores in the U.S., as well as in Canada.

Japanese audiences will be the first in the world to see regularly scheduled TV shows in 3-D. Korean company Hyundai's E465 3-D TV, which requires special glasses to see the effect, went on sale for $4,980 in Tokyo on Saturday.

No-name brands could release their own Blu-ray players to take on the major brands by September, increasing competition and potentially driving prices down further.