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• TiVo coming to Canada?

  Tivo’s been here on the HTF blog a lot lately with bad news, now there is a bit of good news or indifferent news depending on your outlook. It looks like Tivo has finally made some tangible steps toward providing its service to Canada . There are Read More... Posted Tuesday, September 20, 2005 9:42 AM by | 1 Comments Filed under: Previews/Rumors

• 3D Television

  Sony and Matsushita Electric are working on fully 3D video they feel will be ready for prime time by 2020 . This means fully three dimensional television where you’re able to look around and you’re completely immersed in high definition images. Read More... Posted Wednesday, August 31, 2005 10:08 AM by | 0 Comments Filed under: Previews/Rumors

• Xbox 360's Questionable Pedigree

  Xbox 360’s release date draws ever nearer; can you taste the palpable anticipation across the web? Microsoft hopes to make this the holiday season of the Xbox360. Just as Christmas season 1977 was the Christmas of the Atari. Ah yes I remember it Read More... Posted Tuesday, August 16, 2005 8:55 AM by | 1 Comments Filed under: Previews/Rumors

• Mpeg4 is movin' on up!

  Mpeg4 is the name for the latest standard of Mpeg encoding from the Moving Pictures Experts Group (mpeg-7 and 21 notwithstanding). Mpeg is an audio/video compression standard used for video editing, digital cameras and most notably the Mpeg2 standard Read More... Posted Monday, August 15, 2005 9:46 AM by | 1 Comments Filed under: Previews/Rumors

• Finally, It Plays Doom

  You’ve heard of THX certification for home theater equipment. With everything from refrigerators to socks that are getting microprocessors and LCD screens built in there is a new level of certification out there. Get ready for “ IT PLAYS DOOM Read More... Posted Wednesday, August 10, 2005 9:11 AM by | 1 Comments Filed under: Previews/Rumors

• NHL in HDTV

  Now that the NHL lockout is over and the next NHL season is a go, the next question now is how much hockey will fans get in HD? Last year the CBC aired only the all star game and skills competition in HD. But HD CBC was unveiled last spring to subscriber Read More... Posted Tuesday, July 19, 2005 10:34 AM by | 1 Comments Filed under: Previews/Rumors

• iPod video

  Everyone with an Ipod is familiar with iTunes, Apples internet mp3 download service where you can pay for MP3 and take advantage of other streaming music options. However most users I suspect have promptly avoided iTunes as their online musical source. Read More... Posted Monday, July 18, 2005 12:03 PM by | 1 Comments Filed under: Previews/Rumors

• Fantastic Four

  A bit of time off work has afforded me the rare opportunity to head to the movies. I don’t often get to go to the real show but this time I set out to see an old Marvel comics favourite of mine brought to the big screen; Fantastic Four. First, I Read More... Posted Friday, July 15, 2005 9:53 PM by | 1 Comments Filed under: Previews/Rumors

• Blue Ray / HD DVD It’s war!

  HD DVD is an optical storage medium developed by Toshiba to replace the DVD. Blu-Ray is a slightly newer optical storage medium also intended to replace DVD developed by Sony. Talk of an impending format war began to subside as the two sides joined in Read More... Posted Saturday, July 09, 2005 9:35 AM by | 1 Comments Filed under: Previews/Rumors

• Outlaw 990 brings affordability to high end performance

  Outlaw is one of the newest and highly regarded consumer electronics companies today. They’re one an online exclusive retailer, designer and manufacturer who makes high quality home theater audio at affordable prices. You won’t find Outlaw Read More... Posted Tuesday, May 31, 2005 8:59 AM by | 1 Comments Filed under: Previews/Rumors

• Sony unveils PS3

  Comparisons are going to be inevitable between the Xbox 360 and PS3. And to tell you the truth, there is no comparison. It seems the two companies are going to switch side in another year, it’ll be the Xbox 360 that offers less performance at a Read More... Posted Wednesday, May 25, 2005 9:56 PM by | 0 Comments Filed under: Previews/Rumors

• 1080P, don't hold your breath

  The next generation in hi definition is upon us 1080P , the newest and highest resolution of the hi-def video formats. Today’s conventional HDTV is 720P or 1080i, which are similar in the number of active scanlines. 1080P doubles this by offering Read More... Posted Tuesday, April 19, 2005 9:21 PM by | 14 Comments Filed under: Previews/Rumors

• Microsoft's Next Box to Usher in 'Hi Def Era'

  Microsoft gave attendees of the Game Developer’s Conference (GDC) a peek at the specs of its upcoming Xbox replacement code named "Xenon". There are still several unknowns about the upcoming system, including what the system will look like, what Read More... Posted Monday, March 14, 2005 4:30 PM by | 2 Comments Filed under: Previews/Rumors