While we won’t go so far as to say that Blu-ray is a dying technology, it does seem like the next logical form of ubiquitously adopted entertainment media will involve streaming content via online sources. The success of Netflix streaming business (and the conflicts created by this success) and Internet connected devices like the Roku [...]
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1 Comment »A waterproof digital video camera makes sense. Capturing adventurous footage of water sports and snorkeling excursions can preserve some of life’s greatest memories. But it’s pretty safe to assume that you’ll never need to watch these videos underwater, thus bringing into question any value added by the TwinBird Zabady VD-J715B waterproof DVD player. The device, which in [...]
Got a burgeoning Blu-ray collection but no way to backup all those discs? Since Blu-ray burners and media are still relatively expensive, direct-copy methods don’t make a lot of financial sense. Fortunately there’s the free x264 software library which now can compile Blu-ray compatible h.264 encoded content to subsequently be recorded on standard single and [...]
Posted in Consumer Electronics, Home Theater, Optical Storage, PCs and Laptops, Storage, TV and Video Tags: Blu-ray, dvd, h.264, x264 No Comments »Well things certainly seem to be progressing that way. Pico projectors are nothing new, having emerged way back in early 2008. Since then, we’ve seen them incorporated into everything from stand-alone devices to cell phones. Now, in what appears to be the next logical progression, Yinlips, a Chinese company, has put pico projection into a [...]
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