Toshiba Wins Hollywood Support for the HD DVD format by Lulia Pascanu
What led them to this choice, as all four studios stated separately, is better performance for the price and copyright protection. The other standard in competition, the Blu-ray disc, unconditionally backed by Sony Pictures Entertainment, is also counting on support from Metro Goldwyn Mayer and... This enhances the disc capacity and allows the recording of high definition video on DVD support. ... Wining the support of the big Hollywood movie studios is most important in the DVD format battle. ... Up to this moment, the four studios that gave their endorsement to HD DVD technology...

Consumer Electronic Information: The Basics of the DLP Projector by Simon Canfield
Projectors have come a long way in the past few decades. The desktop fossils that were once used to show home movies or classroom filmstrips are a thing of the past. With today’s technology, you can now experience a projected movie that emulates a full-blown theater flick, without the time,... Some of the advantages that make a DLP the projector of choice are its low power consumption, compactness, micro-mirror construction (which is responsible for the high level screen resolution), high contrast and brightness.

How to Purchase a Flat Panel TV by Philip Liu
When purchasing a flat panel TV, there are a few things to keep in mind. Here, we’ve listed a number of considerations for you to evaluate. High Definition Upgradeable or HDTV-Ready If you see either of these terms used when deciding to purchase a flat screen TV, it means that the TV is... Many events are shot in HDTV format (for example, the Olympics, special sporting events, nature documentaries, etc.) and as more and more people purchase high definition television, all broadcasts will be in high definition within the next few years.

EDTV: What You Should Know Before You Make That Purchase by Simon Canfield
Enhanced Definition Television – also known as EDTV – is one of the many modern viewing technologies of our time. Often confused with HDTV capability, this is actually a compromise between standard TV and HDTV. In fact, the visual benefits are at least twice that of standard television,... When comparing price, difference in viewing quality and the ratio of programs that are actually offered to the general public in a high definition format, the EDTV wins, hands down. ... That, in addition to the fact that most content isn’t high definition, but happens to have a pixel count that...

Playstation 3 and the Blu-Ray DVD Drive by Darren Lintern
The Playstation 3 console now comes equipped with the Blu-Ray DVD Drive. This is intended to aid the graphic and home entertainment options for the user. This is a new concept that most buyers are unlikely to be familiar with. However, Sony believes that once everyone starts using the new DVD... BD-R is a recordable format for high definition (HD) TV recordings as well as personal computer data storage. ... To give an idea of the storage capabilities, the 27GB disk will have the ability to record up to 2 hours of high definition TV.

The Facts About Plasma Televisions by David Fishman
Today’s market is filled with different sizes, models and manufactures to fulfill any movie watcher needs in today’s world, there are so many choices that most people are confused. There is a wide range of sizes, manufactures, models and screen choices available which would fulfill the movie bug... The new LCD televisions are High Definition Television ready and digital television ready which will make these types of TV last much longer down the line as the HDTV signal becomes more widespread in homes.

And You Thought HD Was A No-Brainer by Jonathan G. Michel
Technology is never that simple and it just got somewhat more complicated to understand. Remember 'content scrambling system', CSS for the abreviation, which was designed to protect the content on DVDs by the movie industry as you watched it on your PC? ... HDCP is a different monster altogether, and it stands for 'High Definition Content Protection' which must be supported or compatible with your drive and the player software. ... Well, as easy as it was to undermine this system, which less than pleased the movie industry, they now have come up with 'advanced access content system' (AACP).

HDCP - The Worst Consumer Nightmare, or the best Digital Content Protection? by Andrew Ghigo
Why HDCP? As far as the content industry is concerned, all channels of distribution - whether it be through over-the-air signals, Blu-ray or HD DVD, and cable and satellite HDTV, need to be secured. Now, digital HD content delivered though DVI and HDMI represents the highest quality video... Those TVs are truly capable of displaying full high-definition content but they lack the HDCP-compliant HDMI (or DVI) inputs necessary to digitally interface with the latest generation of high definition devices such as HD-DVD and Blu-ray movie players.

Features Of What To Look For When Buying Your Next TV by Syed Abedin
Nowadays, you'd think that because TV's are getting more and more highly developed, the price would increase. Actually, it is the complete opposite. 50 years ago, when the commercial use of the TV was starting to become popular it may have cost you around £250 ( and that was back then!). ... High Definition can increase the quality of your TV by upto to 4 times clearer image than a clear LCD TV. ... HDTV: You may have heard of it, but do you know what it means; High Definition. ... PC Input, SCART Lead and Size: Most TV's are able to be connected to a PC which means they are able to...

OnAir GT Hybridizes Computers And TV's by Julia Hall
Many people in the computer industry believe that TV- at least in the traditional sense- is dead. While this may be somewhat of an extreme view, it's certainly becoming more common to get TV programming and movies from online sources than it used to be. ... (Although you presumably need an High Definition computer screen on your computer in order to get the most out of the HDTV programming.) The device can provide video resolutions ranging from standard definition television all the way up to High Definition resolutions as high as one thousand and eighty horizontal lines of resolution.