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Electronics manufacturers and retail chains are slashing prices of Blu-ray players in a bid to boost adoption of the high-definition movie format, which has yet to catch on with American consumers.

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As users continue to grouse about Windows Vista nearly two years after its introduction, Microsoft appears relieved to turn its public focus on the next release of its flagship operating system. Pre-beta code (as Microsoft calls it) for Windows 7 is reportedly already in developers’ hands, and reviewers are slated to have their first peek on the eve of the Microsoft Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles during the last week of October. Officially, the OS itself is slated to appear in early 2010–although some industry insiders say it may arrive before the end of 2009.

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This handsome PC, which just missed the price cutoff for the value PCs category, demonstrates what a little extra cash can bring.
Priced at $1620 (as of October 10, 2008), Gateway’s FX4710 straddles the line between being a high-end value system (for which our cut off point is $1500) and being alow-priced member of the power desktop category–the classification that it currently lands in.

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There’s only one week left until the Blu-Ray and DVD release of Indiana Jones. Retailers have decided to go with a promotion gimmick. Indy-enthusiasts will have to choose between five different exclusive retail packages.

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RealNetworks Inc. said Monday it had temporarily stopped distributing its DVD copying software, RealDVD, at a federal judge’s request in a copyright case brought by Hollywood studios.

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Walt Disney Home Entertainment has revealed the special features for the upcoming Platinum Blu-ray release of ‘Sleeping Beauty’, due to hit store shelves on October 7th, day-and-date with the DVD re-release. This three-disc set will feature 1080p 2.55:1 Video with a brand-new 7.1 PCM soundtrack.

Extras for this release include:

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SUNNYVALE, Calif. — September 10, 2008 –AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced the ATI RadeonTM HD 4600 series, mainstream graphics offerings that deliver exceptional gaming and HD multimedia performance while consuming less power than a standard light bulb.2 Comprising the ATI Radeon™ HD 4670 and the ATI Radeon™ HD 4650 graphics cards, the ATI Radeon HD 4600 series leverages the leading technology found in the award-winning ATI Radeon™ HD 4800 series, including support for the latest DirectX® 10.1 games, superior HD multimedia capabilities and industry leading performance-per-watt3, all delivered at affordable prices for the mainstream graphics segment. The combined features and technologies and incredible prices makes the ATI Radeon HD 4600 series a superb all-around performer, ideal for playing the latest games or driving a high quality home theatre entertainment experience.

The ATI Radeon HD 4670 and ATI Radeon HD 4650 graphics cards feature AMD’s TeraScale graphics engine, with 320 stream processing cores, and are based on AMD’s advanced second generation 55nm process. The result is that even in today’s most demanding games like Crysis, the ATI Radeon HD 4600 series delivers up to double the performance of competing products at the same price.1 Both the ATI Radeon HD 4670 and ATI Radeon HD 4650 deliver substantial gaming horsepower with minimal power draw – the ATI Radeon HD 4670 operating at under 60 watts and the ATI Radeon HD 4650 operating under 50 watts under full load – eliminating the need for additional power connectors and making installation a cinch. The ATI Radeon HD 4670 is immediately available with a frame buffer of 512MB GDDR3 memory with an MSRP from USD $79, while a 1GB DDR3-based variant is scheduled to ship later this month. The ATI Radeon HD 4650 features a frame buffer of 512MB GDDR2 memory and is expected to be available later in the month at an MSRP from USD $69.

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SAN DIEGO, CA, DEMOFall — September 8, 2008 — Digital entertainment services company RealNetworks® today unveiled RealDVD™, the first mainstream PC application allowing consumers to easily save their DVDs to their hard drive. RealDVD makes it easy to save DVDs to a PC or portable hard drive and watch them later without the physical discs. Unlike existing consumer applications on the market today, RealDVD is licensed DVD software that saves a secure copy of a DVD to the hard drive without removing or altering the CSS encryption.

Fast Facts:

RealDVD saves an exact copy of the DVD image to a PC’s internal or portable hard drive. Users can simultaneously watch and save a DVD

Saved DVDs are then encrypted and locked again to make sure they cannot be shared or stolen

Saving DVDs takes an average of 10-40 minutes, and takes up roughly 4-8 gigs of space

RealDVD lets users pause and auto resume playback where they left off

DVDs saved on a portable hard drive can be played on up to 5 PCs per user with an authorized copy of RealDVD

Watching a saved DVD uses less battery life than viewing content from a disc in the drive

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I have recently started using Pinnacle Studio 11 Plus for my video editing and creating. So far it has worked out very well. I like it a little more than ULEAD Video Studio. The interface is easier to work with and I have found it to be more stable than ULEAD. Listed below are some of the highlight features from PinnacleSys.com.

Studio Plus™ version 11 lets you harness the power of HD and Windows Vista™, without compromising ease of use

End-to-end HD
A complete HD workflow with HD DVD authoring on standard DVD media - Pinnacle Studio Plus edits native HDV or AVCHD footage and then authors HD DVD format discs that will play on the latest HD players. You can even combine projects that mix SDV, HDV and photos that are then “up-sampled” to HD resolution.

Cutting-edge AVCHD capabilities
You can now import and edit the latest HD format, projected to become the primary HDV format for Camcorder leaders like Panasonic and Sony, allowing for more HDV content in half the space.

Windows Vista™ compatibility
The perfect companion to the new Windows Vista operating system, Pinnacle Studio version 11 provides full compatibility and a sleek look while it offers complete video editing tools to do more with home video content.

New User Interface
Pinnacle Studio’s interface is scalable, making it perfect for working on widescreen monitors or adjusting the windows to get close to the task at hand while keeping all the tools at your fingertips.

Simplified Web publishing
Pinnacle Studio makes Web publishing automatic. You can now post your movies on Yahoo! Videos with just a few clicks.

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