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Scientists at UC Berkeley and the University of Massachusetts Amherst are working on a developing technology that can dramatically change the way that electronic media is stored.  The science behind it will involve the ability to let microscopic nanoscale elements precisely amass themselves over a large surface.  When all is… Continue Reading »

Tired of not having control when replicating digital content on DVDs?  Old digital copy methods simply copy the exact pre-encoded files (provided you have permission) to your computer.  Protect Software has released LiveDigitalCopy; software designed to allow for transcoding when creating DVD copies and distribute them to a range of… Continue Reading »

There’s still a market out there for DVD players and recently, Samsung has introduced the new DVD-H1080 which is a follow-up to the previously released DVD-F1080 player.  Sporting a similar compact factor as the F1080, the H1080 is a great upgrade option for those who are thinking of replacing their… Continue Reading »

Raise your hand if you remember the Spore SecuROM fiasco.  The community backlash, and the resulting huge amount of pirated copies of the game that became available.  You’d think that somebody would try to create a form of copy protection that both copyright holders and consumers can be okay with. … Continue Reading »

There are some companies in the world that aim purely at the upper end of the pay scale.  Denon has just released their new DVD-A1UD which costs a staggering $5,879, a price that us debt ridden unemployed mortals can only gape at. So what does it actually do?  Well, it… Continue Reading »

Blu-ray has always been fighting against the tide, struggling against high prices, general reluctance to move on from DVDs, and now the “credit crunch” as well.  In fact, many people were beginning to think that the victory against HD-DVD may have been in vain due to the apparent lack of… Continue Reading »

Remember HD DVD, the now-dead next-gen format?  Well it turns out that Netflix is getting ready to bring those rentals to an end.  The news comes as little surprise as Netlfix announced way back in February that they decided to support the Blu-ray format.  The original announcement was that they… Continue Reading »

Netflix has recently announced they are planning to stop selling used DVDs on their website.  The last day for any subscribers to grab that used DVD will be November 30, 2008, after which all DVD sales will be passed off to a wholesaler in bulk.  Personally, I had no interest… Continue Reading »

Anybody who is fed up with new formats of media and still has only vinyl switch off your monitor now.  Boosted by their success in the High Definition DVD war with Blu-ray they have decided to expand the Blu franchise with Blu-spec CD. Details are sketchy regarding the actual advantages… Continue Reading »

You may know of Dane-Elec has one of the main distributors of Meizu’s M6, which is a phone similar to the iPhone.  Now, they have decided to venture into the PMP market themselves and they recently introduced 4 of their first PMP’s - the Music Mediatouch, the Music Touch, Music… Continue Reading »