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Tuesday 29 May 2007 - 13:08

High-definition TV may still be far from the norm in many countries, but that isn't stopping engineers at Japan's public broadcaster from pushing ahead with development of Super Hi-Vision, a system they hope will eventually replace HDTV. Last week engineers at NHK's (Nippon Hoso Kyokai) Science and Technical Research Laboratories showed off their most recent work on the technology.

Sony Corp. will launch a compact camcorder, the HDR-CX7, which shoots HDTV video pictures and stores recordings on memory sticks. By using memory sticks, the camcorder has eliminated the moving parts associated with tape and DVD recorders. In addition, the semiconductor parts and other elements have been miniaturized and the main board has been highly integrated. The HDR-CX7 has a width of 69 mm, a height of 67 mm and a depth of 131 mm and weighs roughly 450 g when the accessory battery is attached.

Industry's first chip in mass production to encode and decode H.264 HDTV and Dolby Digital sound format

22 May 2007 , Langen & Cologne : Fujitsu Microelectronics Europe (FME) today announces the introduction of a new semiconductor chip capable of real-time compression and decompression of high-definition H.264 video format and Dolby Digital sound format.

New Clear Motion Drive II technology with 120Hz refresh rate delivers a fivefold improvement in motion detection over earlier version.

May 24, 2007 11:41 AM Eastern Daylight Time

Fully redesigned burning application offers groundbreaking efficiency, flexibility, and ease-of-use

KARLSBAD, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nero, leaders in digital media technology, announced today that Nero Linux 3 is now available worldwide. The first Linux application to offer Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD data burning support, Nero Linux 3 has been redesigned to maximize ease of use, efficiency, and speed with next-generation disc formats.

Final spec that allows legal copying of Blu-Ray and HD-DVD discs is on track for the end of the year.
Melissa J. Perenson, PC World
Thursday, May 24, 2007 1:00 PM PDT

RiData, the Taiwanese disc-maker, announced on Tuesday that the company plans to mass produce Blu-Ray Disc Rewritable (BD-RW) discs and high-definition DVD rewritable (HD DVD-RW) discs. This is an important step in lowering cost for consumers, says InfoWorld.

OTTAWA - May 24, 2007- Corel Corporation (NASDAQ:CREL;TSX:CRE), a leading developer of graphics, productivity and digital media software, today announced a retail version of InterVideo® WinDVD® 8 Platinum that leverages the NVIDIA® PureVideo^TM HD technology and GeForce® 8 Series graphics processing units (GPUs) to deliver superb Blu-ray and HD DVD playback on desktop and notebook PCs. By combining WinDVD 8 with an NVIDIA GPU, consumers and OEMs have a proven solution for quickly and cost-effectively enhancing their PCs with amazing, theater-like high-definition playback.

By Darryl Wilkinson
May, 2007

An HTIB you can grow to love.

Denon has a long and venerable history in the audio/video industry, including much of the pioneering work in the field of digital audio. Fitting of that tradition, Denon was, for many years, a brand reserved solely for the audiophile (later followed by the videophile) who frequented the high-end shops. This was a no-nonsense era for Denon, and its designers and engineers eschewed flashy features and other niceties, such as easy-to-use menus.