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Matt Hickey
May 14th, 2008

Rumor of Duh: Next-gen Xbox will let you keep your gamertag, achievements, etc.

Sometimes we come across rumors that are kind of no-brainers, things you know are pretty damned likely, such as this one from Joystiq claiming that the next version of the Xbox, due a few years out, will allow you to keep your XBL gamer tag, achievements, and other personalized content when you upgrade. Microsoft would be foolish not to do this, as the stuff is all XML based and it would be very… → Read More

Matt Hickey
February 4th, 2008

Onkyo latest to cause grief to HD DVD camp

[photopress:ONKYO.jpg,full,center] Oh no! Yet another manufacturer is dropping support for HD-DVD, this time coming from home theater heartthrobs Onkyo. While not committing to total abandonment of the troubled format, it’s definitely an ominous sign of things to come. Onkyo, though, is oddly mum about switching over to the competing Blu-ray format, neither confirming or denying that it will… → Read More

Matt Hickey
January 30th, 2008

Next-Gen disk sales outpacing original DVDs from the '90s

[photopress:11353_news_image.jpg,full,left]This might not be news to everyone, but I found it rather interesting. Way back in the late 1990s, DVDs came out. They were slow to catch on, as the players were expensive, and the titles limited. Eventually the merits of DVD swayed people, and the cost of set-top players came down enough to make them a commodity. Next-gen disks, like HD-DVD and Blu-Ray… → Read More

Vince Veneziani, Contributor
August 6th, 2007

Next-Gen iMac Photos Surface

Ooooh! Oooooh! Oooooooooh! Those shifty dudes over at Gizmodo got some pictures of the new iMac e-mailed to them this morning. Of course, the photos are blurry and low-rez, so they’re most likely fake. If this is the new iMac though, it looks pretty sweet. You be the judge. Hit the jump for a picture of the back Alleged Next-Gen Aluminum iMac Looks Sweet, Blurry and Probably Fake [Giz] → Read More

Vince Veneziani, Contributor
May 25th, 2007

HP Working On HDTVs With Direct Movie Buying

With more and more people buying HDTVs, demand for HD content is increasing ten-fold each month. While HP may not care about printers so much anymore, it’s definitely working hard in the television sector. A new concept called HDTV 2.0 is on its way and the technology isn’t far off to support it. Essentially, the goal is for future HDTV sets to have an Ethernet or WiFi Internet link so… → Read More

Vince Veneziani, Contributor
May 24th, 2007

Next-Gen Format Copying May Become Legal

Though Blu-Ray and HD-DVD are readily available in a store near you, the cost for either format isn’t cheap. If I had to plunk down $30+ for a movie, I’d certainly want to be able to make legal backup copies of it. And according to a new licensing agreement, you may be able to do that very soon. The big studios need to get behind the push, but if all goes well, you should be allowed to… → Read More

Vince Veneziani, Contributor
May 10th, 2007

Patent Reveals Next-gen iPod and iPhone Nano

Now that the iPhone has almost arrived, Apple is starting work on a new version of the iPod and possibly the iPhone. A recent patent filing reveals a new full-screen iPod that uses touch controls located on the back of the device. A user will slide his thumb along the back to browse through menus while applying pressure to act as a “click” or “selection”. Feel me so far? → Read More

Vince Veneziani, Contributor
April 23rd, 2007

Blu-Ray Takes The Lead! Over 1 Million Discs Sold

Take a guess at who just whooped HD-DVD in sales? Home Media Research today announced that Blu-Ray had surpassed the 1 million sales mark, making it the first next-gen format to do so. The report released states that 70% of all movies sold in the first three months of the year were Blu-Ray — no doubt a straight a kick to HD-DVD’s nads. These remarkable sales are attributed not so much… → Read More

John Biggs
November 15th, 2006

Pink, Orange Zunes On the Horizon Plus Next Gen Specs

No sooner are we welcomed to the social that a little bird tells us that orange and pink first gen Zunes might be ready for us all around the holidays AND that one-point-five gen Zune specs are finalized and that there are prototypes circulating at Zune-quarters in Seattle. The new colors are already in the grimey hands of those who worked on the Zune project. The new models will be the same as… → Read More

Raj Patel, Contributor
October 11th, 2006

The Top 10 Annoying Things About Next Gen

The bashing, ranting, and rumors of the console wars have begun – and only one of the three next gen consoles is out on the market. If you’re already sick of hearing about the console wars, you better tune out of video games for a while until every gamer ends up owning every console. Maybe then there will be some kind of peace among us. Until that happens, Unfettered Blather has posted… → Read More