I know that I’ve been critical of DivX’s efforts to woo Hollywood in the past, but I’ve also got to give them credit for a win when I see one and I think they knocked it out of the park when it comes to Paramount. Recently, Paramount announced that they were going to be distributing [...]
Posted on November 18th, 2009 by Davis
Filed under: DVDs, DivX, HDTV DVDs, Media, Netflix, SA, VOD | 2 Comments »
When I found out that DivX was going to be supported on the PS3, I was pretty much floored by the announcement. I can see lots of reasons why Microsoft would want to add DivX to the Xbox, but with Sony’s studio assets, I never expected them to embrace the format. While there is no [...]
Posted on November 13th, 2007 by Davis
Filed under: DVDs, DivX, HDTV DVDs, Media, TV, Technology, VOD | Comments Off
There are a lot of gadget nuts out there, but when it comes to the microchips, they don’t really get a lot of buzz. I think part of why they don’t get more attention, is because you have to have an advanced Engineering degree, in order to understand most of it. Even after hundreds of [...]
Posted on September 5th, 2007 by Davis
Filed under: HDTV DVDs, Media, Microchips, TV, Technology, VOD | 2 Comments »
DivX reported their second quarter earnings yesterday and from a financial perspective, there really weren’t too many surprises. The core business remains strong, but Stage6′s growth is certainly starting to impact earnings. The company ended up beating Non-GAAP expectations by a penny, while revenue came in slightly above the $18 million, that the analysts had [...]
Posted on August 10th, 2007 by Davis
Filed under: DRM, DVDs, Disclosure - I own stock in co. mentioned, DivX, HDTV DVDs, Media, Microsoft, Movies, Netflix, TV, Technology, VOD, Web 2.0 | 2 Comments »
There is no doubt that Sony dominated the second generation of the console wars. Their PS2 platform had an early jump on the Xbox and Sony never looked back. Since it’s launch, the console has sold over 105 million units and has made Sony a video game powerhouse. Given their footprint, Sony should have had [...]
Posted on July 25th, 2007 by Davis
Filed under: HDTV DVDs, Microsoft, Technology, Video Games | 6 Comments »
Last week, Blockbuster made a pretty big splash after they announced that they were going to support Blu-Ray exclusively at their retail stores. The move prompted a lot of people to ask if this was a sign that HD-DVD was dead in the water. After all, Blockbuster has a significant retail presence and their support [...]
Posted on June 27th, 2007 by Davis
Filed under: DRM, DVDs, HDTV DVDs, Kiosks, Media, Movies, TV, Technology, VOD | 5 Comments »
Posted on January 26th, 2007 by Davis
Filed under: HDTV DVDs, TV | 2 Comments »
It didn’t take long for the hackers to figure out how to get around the new copy protections on the HD-DVD discs and now it turns out that, it didn’t take much longer, to crack Blu-Ray either. Given how paranoid the studios have been about letting HD content online, I’ve got to imagine that there [...]
Posted on January 22nd, 2007 by Davis
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I was watching GeekBrief TV last night and saw that admidst the hubbub of all the CES news last week, I missed an announcement by Gefen that they’ve decided to throw their own hat into the DVR ring and will be releasing two new PVRs next month that should make it easier for consumers to [...]
Posted on January 18th, 2007 by Davis
Filed under: DRM, Disclosure - I own stock in co. mentioned, HDTV DVDs, Microsoft, Movies, TV, Technology, TiVo, VOD | 2 Comments »