Archive: Home Video News
TiVo Awarded Another $200 Mln in EchoStar Patent Suit
Monday, September 7th @ 9:15am PDT
TiVo has been awarded another $200 million in damages in its long-running patent infringement suit with EchoStar, bringing the total to over $400 million.
Samsung Pushes YouTube to Living Rooms with Blu-ray Players
Friday, September 4th @ 10:00am PDT
Samsung has flipped a switch in some of its Blu-ray players, enabling them to tap into YouTube via a home broadband connection.
Toshiba Unveils First Blu-ray Player
Friday, September 4th @ 9:30am PDT
Toshiba has come full circle in abandoning HD-DVD, debuting its BDX2000 Blu-ray player with BD-Live support.
Mitsubishi TVs to Pack Vudu Streaming Video
Thursday, September 3rd @ 9:40am PDT
Following in LG's footsteps, Mitsubishi has packed Vudu streaming video service into two new Diamond Unisen flat panel TVs.
LG Bringing 15-inch OLED Television to Market
Monday, August 31st @ 9:35am PDT
LG has announced it plans to launch its gorgeous 15-inch OLEN television in Korea in November, and bring it to worldwide markets in 2010. But no one's talking about price.
TiVo Sues AT&T, Verizon for DVR Patent Violations
Thursday, August 27th @ 10:00am PDT
As if TiVo's long-running dispute with Echostar weren't enough, TiVo is now suing Verizon and AT&T for violating three DVR patents.
Film Fresh Offers DivX Downloads of Major Studio Films
Wednesday, August 26th @ 11:30am PDT
Film Fresh has become the first company to offer downloadable DivX films from major Hollywood studios - although movie fans will have to live with standard definition for now.
Fire Risk Prompts Wal-mart to Recall 1.5 Million DVD Players
Friday, August 21st @ 9:15am PDT
Retail giant Wal-mart has issued a recall for 1.5 million Durabrand DVD players because they can overhead and pose a fire hazard.
Samsung Narrows Gap with Vizio in U.S. LCD TV Sales
Tuesday, August 18th @ 11:10am PDT
New sales figures for the second quarter of 2009 show Vizio is still the seller maker of LCD TVs in the U.S., but Samsung is closing the gap.
Appeals Court Rules Against Kaleidescape's DVD Copying
Thursday, August 13th @ 10:15am PDT
A day after a court upheld a preliminary injunction on sales of RealDVD, an appeals court has overturned a decision that let Kaleidescape's media servers copy DVDs to hard drive storage.
Judge Approves Injunction Against RealDVD
Wednesday, August 12th @ 10:00am PDT
A judge has approved a preliminary injunction against RealNetworks' RealDVD, finding RealNetworks's DVD copying product shouldn't be sold pending a full trial.
MacBook Pros Regain Matte Displays...At A Price
Tuesday, August 11th @ 11:10am PDT
Apple is once again offering non-glare, matte-finish displays on some MacBook Pro models...but Mac loyalists will pay $50 extra for the privilege.
Roku Player Gets MLB.TV
Tuesday, August 11th @ 10:15am PDT
The $99 Roku Player set-top box can now let subscribers tap into live and pre-recorded video streams from Major League Baseball.
Toshiba Goes Blu-ray
Monday, August 10th @ 7:00am PDT
Having abandoned HD DVD, Toshiba has announced it will begin making products to play Blu-ray discs.
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