Author: Alison Smith
Article:
You Are Gonna Love Blu-Ray...
...I do. And no, I am not a person who knows about resolution,
pixels, 1080p etc etc. I leave technicalities to the other
half.....ok maybe I have absorbed a little by
osmosis....remember that from school - osmosis, that is, not
Blu-Ray.
We have recently bought a PS3 and I am just discovering many
films all over again. I don't love it because of the technical
jargon, I just love it because the picture looks great, the
sound is fantastic and hey who needs an excuse to watch movies.
We have also got a Toshiba HDDVD player and the same applies.
Check out my other lens for the lowdown on HDDVD.
Enter the world of Blu-Ray and you won't be disappointed. I mean
watch the shenanigans that go on in Open Season and your sides
will be aching all night.
Each week I am going to add a pocket sized review on either a
hit or miss film. This won't be going too much into detail on
technical film quality, although that might get mentioned, but
will tell you succinctly whether I think the film is great or as
my report card used to say about by French lessons 'could do
better'. I will then give you a chance to vote it a 'hit' or a
'miss' - but of course we won't all agree, that's what makes
life so 'tres magnifique'!
About the author:
Alison Smith: Check Out these Non-Jargonesque reviews:
http://www.squidoo.com/blurayforthenontechie
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Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Gadgets and appliances for home entertainment
Author: Geoffrey Arado
Article:
As technology became part of our lives the desires for it are
getting a up a bit higher. Entertainment is really captivating
the hearts of many people. We can either classify ourselves in
to what would best fit for us whether in music, video, or
gamings. The battle between the technology and the humanities
does not end up just there. The economy is becoming the subject
of the this system. Yesterday was Science, but for today and in
the future, it is technology. For the computer savvies,
everything should be portable. What they have on their computers
must get out from there and bring the entertainment anywhere
they want. With the help of technology, all these things are
possible. To cite few examples, here are the latest trends of
technology when it comes to entertainment gadgets.
I believe everyone knows an IPod, and it is obvious that it was
made for people who are inclined to music. It was developed by
Macintosh and really hit the market and almost everyone is
craving to have one of this, for some reason it is a fad
nowadays. The competition on the market is getting higher, the
Microsoft unveil their newest Zune player and it is quite the
same as IPod but they have enhanced its features to appear
better. With Zunes media player, it is possible to convert DVD
format and have it stored on its drive.
For those who haven't heard about the Blu Ray technology, it
came from the fact that the laser beam which reads the data from
the new discs is blue violet, instead of red which is used for
current DVDs and CDs. This new blue laser is at the heart of Blu
ray disc technology and have a shorter wavelength than a red
laser, which makes it possible to read data with greater
precision. Apparently the Blu-ray versus HD DVD battle isn't
enough, another contender came at hand it is futuristic DVD, the
HD VMD or what they call DVD ultima. It was developed by
London-based New Medium Enterprises which brings 1080p video to
High Definition TV screens for less than $200, which would
potentially make it the least expensive. It is capable of
holding more data than traditional DVDs because of the inclusion
of two more data layers, where each layer gives the discs an
extra 30GB of storage space.
Introducing the latest DVD player, Harman Kardon recently also
unveiled their brand new Cinespecial 29, bringing a high end DVD
player and the uber powerful AVR 350 A/V receiver in a totally
new industrial design. The 7.1 channel AVR 350 receiver comes
with a couple of HDMI 1.2a inputs that offer the ability to send
and receive video signals in full HD 1080p. Other features
include the EzSet/EQ automatic-calibration system, A/V Sync
Delay for synchronizing audio and video signals, as well as the
integration of The Bridge interface with expanded iPod audio and
video playback, docking station, and remote control capability.
Want something different for your DVD player? Lets take a walk
on KiSS 1600 DVD player, this player invokes a different
experience since it comes with the ability to stream media over
a wired Ethernet connection or through the integrated WiFi
adapter something that no other player can't do. You must first
install the sharing application in all computers that you want
to stream from before getting started. Features include a USB
socket behind, DVD upscaling capability via HDMI or component.
It is amazing how technology works in our lives. Once, it will
just knock on our doors and tell us "hey I got new gadgets
available for you". In different area of our house we can place
our gadgets may it be in kitchen, dining area, and in our Salas.
The continuous development of new gadgets are giving people a
heart beat of owning one.
About the author:
Im Geoffrey Arado. 22 years old
Article:
As technology became part of our lives the desires for it are
getting a up a bit higher. Entertainment is really captivating
the hearts of many people. We can either classify ourselves in
to what would best fit for us whether in music, video, or
gamings. The battle between the technology and the humanities
does not end up just there. The economy is becoming the subject
of the this system. Yesterday was Science, but for today and in
the future, it is technology. For the computer savvies,
everything should be portable. What they have on their computers
must get out from there and bring the entertainment anywhere
they want. With the help of technology, all these things are
possible. To cite few examples, here are the latest trends of
technology when it comes to entertainment gadgets.
I believe everyone knows an IPod, and it is obvious that it was
made for people who are inclined to music. It was developed by
Macintosh and really hit the market and almost everyone is
craving to have one of this, for some reason it is a fad
nowadays. The competition on the market is getting higher, the
Microsoft unveil their newest Zune player and it is quite the
same as IPod but they have enhanced its features to appear
better. With Zunes media player, it is possible to convert DVD
format and have it stored on its drive.
For those who haven't heard about the Blu Ray technology, it
came from the fact that the laser beam which reads the data from
the new discs is blue violet, instead of red which is used for
current DVDs and CDs. This new blue laser is at the heart of Blu
ray disc technology and have a shorter wavelength than a red
laser, which makes it possible to read data with greater
precision. Apparently the Blu-ray versus HD DVD battle isn't
enough, another contender came at hand it is futuristic DVD, the
HD VMD or what they call DVD ultima. It was developed by
London-based New Medium Enterprises which brings 1080p video to
High Definition TV screens for less than $200, which would
potentially make it the least expensive. It is capable of
holding more data than traditional DVDs because of the inclusion
of two more data layers, where each layer gives the discs an
extra 30GB of storage space.
Introducing the latest DVD player, Harman Kardon recently also
unveiled their brand new Cinespecial 29, bringing a high end DVD
player and the uber powerful AVR 350 A/V receiver in a totally
new industrial design. The 7.1 channel AVR 350 receiver comes
with a couple of HDMI 1.2a inputs that offer the ability to send
and receive video signals in full HD 1080p. Other features
include the EzSet/EQ automatic-calibration system, A/V Sync
Delay for synchronizing audio and video signals, as well as the
integration of The Bridge interface with expanded iPod audio and
video playback, docking station, and remote control capability.
Want something different for your DVD player? Lets take a walk
on KiSS 1600 DVD player, this player invokes a different
experience since it comes with the ability to stream media over
a wired Ethernet connection or through the integrated WiFi
adapter something that no other player can't do. You must first
install the sharing application in all computers that you want
to stream from before getting started. Features include a USB
socket behind, DVD upscaling capability via HDMI or component.
It is amazing how technology works in our lives. Once, it will
just knock on our doors and tell us "hey I got new gadgets
available for you". In different area of our house we can place
our gadgets may it be in kitchen, dining area, and in our Salas.
The continuous development of new gadgets are giving people a
heart beat of owning one.
About the author:
Im Geoffrey Arado. 22 years old
Wednesday, October 3, 2007
Title: What In The World Is Blu Ray?
Author: Brandon Mouhot
Article:
Commonly referred to as Blu-ray Disc, this new next-generation
optical disc exceeds current mainstream DVD by leaps. Blu Ray
incorporates the enabling of rewriting, recording, and playback
of HD (high definition) video. In addition to being able to have
a malleable HD format, Blu Ray also can store a whopping 25GB of
data!Now thats just on a single layer disc, the dual layers will
support an astonishing 50GB! Consumers will benefit tremendously
by getting products with very advanced video and audio
enhancements embedded in the media. This technology was
developed by Sony and Phillips in a joint research project.
Blu ray technology incorporates an actual blue-violet laser that
is more precise in nature than current red laser manufacturing
processes. This new laser is able to focus light more tightly
thus creating more space on a disk for data. This allows for
more complicated, astounding quality data to be implemented into
the disk. 180 of the worlds leading consumer electronic
companies now support Blu Ray products. New feature films are
beginning to be released by Disney, Fox, Sony, Lionsgate, and
MGM in Blu Ray.
Blu ray technology may take several more years to be embraced by
the public. Current cost to make a Blu ray disc have been
estimated at 10x more than that of a current DVD disk. The
issues associated with the higher cost of Blu-ray discs are the
thinner surface layer. Production facilities have to be modified
or replaced in order to make the discs.
Blu Ray does have some tough competition to beat. HD-VMD and
HD-DVD is also new on the scene with tightly competing specs and
performance. These two formats are also much less to manufacture
because they still are using red laser technology. Blu Ray has
the advantage in this case with its implementation into laptops
and computers,and camcorders.
Blu Ray disk players start around $400, where as the other
formats are selling at about $150. Whats interesting about these
new formats is that there is a secret war taking place on which
format becomes king. The Nichi Corporation, who holds the design
patents to the Blu-ray's laser system, sits as an associate
member of the HD DVD Promotion Group.Even though Apple sits on
the Blu-ray Board of Directors, its DVD Studio Pro software
supports authoring HD DVD media. Its a strange circle of
relationships associated with Blu ray. It will be interesting to
see how this all plays out in the next few years.
About the author:
Brandon Mouhot writes on easy ways to copy DVDs. You can learn
more by visiting my blog, Copying DVD's Is Easy
http://dvd-burning-software.blogspot.com/
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