Posted by Simon Perry on 5 January 2004 | Tagged as: PVR/DVR, Platforms, HDTV, Digital Media Adaptors, Video Hardware, Wireless, Audio Hardware
Starting the new year by pointing their future direction, Philips present their Wireless Multimedia Link products - their Digital Media Adaptors.
Posted by Simon Perry on 18 December 2003 | Tagged as: Platforms, Input devices, Wireless, Video Hardware
D-Link has launched a standards compliant videophone that connects to a standard TV, working over a broadband wireless link.
Posted by Simon Perry on 26 November 2003 | Tagged as: Music, Platforms, Mobile, Displays, Portable, Video Hardware, Audio Hardware
Thomson are the first major Consumer Electronics company to release a portable video/music/photo device. Not only can it playback up to 80 hours of video, but it can also record it as well.
Posted by Simon Perry on 21 November 2003 | Tagged as: Business, Video Hardware
TiVo now has over one million subscribers, with a large proportion of them coming from their relationship with DirecTV. As TiVo’s losses narrow, it is unclear if this relationship will continue after the Murdoch takeover of DirecTV, given his relationship with NDS.
Posted by Simon Perry on 31 October 2003 | Tagged as: Photography, Music, Platforms, Displays, Video Displays, Portable, Video Hardware, Audio Hardware
Portable devices able to play video, music and photos are currently available to consumers. Microsoft have been making mutterings about the area but have now made their intentions clearer by formalising a new name for them and announcing design partners.
Posted by Simon Perry on 20 October 2003 | Tagged as: Platforms, Mobile, Cellular, Video Hardware
LG Electronics latest mobile phone packs a punch - PDA, mega pixel camera and can record one hour of video.
Posted by Simon Perry on 9 October 2003 | Tagged as: Platforms, DVD, Video Hardware, Gaming
Finally the Sony PSX details are released. It is an Ethernet-connected games console that can record TV programmes to its large hard drive, store and play both photos & music and record DVD’s. This will give Sony total vertical integration - their media direct to the consumer’s lounge.
Posted by Fraser Lovatt on 9 September 2003 | Tagged as: Platforms, Video Displays, Video Hardware, Portable
HandHeld Entertainment have announced a personal video player, the ZVUE!, that will go on sale in October for under $100.
Posted by Simon Perry on 24 June 2003 | Tagged as: Business, USA, Video Hardware
Predictably, US renters have switched their allegiance to DVD.
Posted by Simon Perry on 25 July 2002 | Tagged as: Platforms, Intel, Video Hardware, Audio Hardware
Intel’s Emerging Platforms Lab have designed a paperback-sized platform that will be used to play back digital audio and video content. Although always based on Intel chips including the XScale processor, the manufacturers, who will be announced later in the year, have freedom over display and storage. The initial pricing is thought to be around $500 then later moving to $399.
