5 posts and columns on DVD player

Who’s Your Daddy? IPad Rewriting Adoption Records.

in News on October 5, 2010 at 4:50 am PT

Here’s another descriptive for Apple to add to the list of superlatives it uses to describe the iPad: Fastest-selling consumer electronics product in history.

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Beyond Gaming: Watching TV on Your Xbox

in News on November 12, 2009 at 9:45 am PT

Ben Schefers bought his first Microsoft Corp. Xbox 360 console four months ago to play games remotely with his friends. But the 33-year-old database manager now spends more time using it to play movies, television shows and documentaries. “It’s something that my wife and I can both agree on,” he says, adding that he plays Xbox 360 games only a few times a week–and often only after his wife is asleep.

Blu-Ray No Longer the "Bag of Hurt" It Once Was

in News on May 8, 2009 at 7:47 am PT

2009 may prove to be the year that Blu-ray caught on. Sales of the high-definition DVD players, sluggish throughout 2008, are surging in 2009. According to the latest metrics from the NPD Group, sales of standalone Blu-ray disc players in the United States rose 72 percent from the first quarter of 2008, driven by an increasing awareness of the technology.
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Blu-Ray No Longer the “Bag of Hurt” It Once Was

in News on May 8, 2009 at 7:47 am PT

2009 may prove to be the year that Blu-ray caught on. Sales of the high-definition DVD players, sluggish throughout 2008, are surging in 2009. According to the latest metrics from the NPD Group, sales of standalone Blu-ray disc players in the United States rose 72 percent from the first quarter of 2008, driven by an increasing awareness of the technology.
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Two New Devices Give Presentations Some Portability

in Personal Technology on December 10, 2008 at 6:08 pm PT

By Nick Wingfield

Digital projectors are the best way to get the biggest possible image for a PowerPoint presentation or a movie. But the projectors are often pretty big themselves, with even most “pocket projectors” too big to stuff into the typical pocket or laptop bag. That is changing.

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