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This page contains all the news items for the tag "HD" for the month of August 2012. To view all news items without being the current tag filter, please click here.

 

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Visual Test: HEVC Much Better Than H.264

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HEVC not just better on paper than H.264, visual tests involving 30 people proves that HEVC is superior, sometimes vastly superior, for ultra high definition content ... Read more ...
Aug
30
2012



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Sony Ceasing CD, DVD, Blu-ray PC Drive Production

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Sony to cease making PC optical drives under the Sony Optiarc brand, and instead will focus more on drive-less devices such as smartphones and tablets ... Read more ...
Aug
30
2012



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Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 11th August 2012

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Check out the US Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 11th August 2012 ... Read more ...
Aug
29
2012



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Is Hollywood Encouraging Piracy?

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Tech journalist David Pogue says Hollywood is still reeling from the death of traditional DVD rentals, and their fear of the Internet is driving them to encourage movie piracy by putting up too many hurdles for online rentals ... Read more ...
Aug
23
2012



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Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 4th August 2012

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Check out the US Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 4th August 2012 ... Read more ...
Aug
21
2012



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Weekly News Roundup (19 August 2012)

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Weekly News Roundup for the week ending 19 August 2012 ... Read more ...
Aug
19
2012



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MPEG Announces New Video Format, HEVC, Twice As Efficient As H.264/AVC

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New video format promises to be twice as efficient has H.264/AVC, with support for 8K video, but requiring up to 3 times as much computational power ... Read more ...
Aug
17
2012



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Avatar Blu-ray 3D *Finally* Makes Its Way Hitting Shelves This October

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Avatar and 3D fans will finally be able to buy the retail version of the hit film on Blu-ray 3D, but is it too little, too late to keep the 3D hype alive? ... Read more ...
Aug
16
2012



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Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 28th July 2012

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Check out the US Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 28th July 2012 ... Read more ...
Aug
14
2012



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Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 21st July 2012

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Check out the US Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 21st July 2012 ... Read more ...
Aug
7
2012



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Weekly News Roundup (5 August 2012)

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Weekly News Roundup for the week ending 5 August 2012 ... Read more ...
Aug
6
2012



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Subscription VOD Spending Up 430% From A Year Ago, DEG

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New data shows huge growth in subscription video-on-demand services like Netflix, offsetting big losses in DVD and rental income ... Read more ...
Aug
1
2012