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News.blog: Canon exec fan of HD Photo

News Microsoft has won over ally at camera maker Canon for HD Photo, an image format the software company is promoting as a replacement for the ubiquitous JPEG. Canon has no official comment on HD Photo," he said.

6 February 2007, 8:57

Vista pushes HD Photo centre stage

News Even if Microsoft gets HD Photo to catch on, supplanting JPEG is another challenge altogether. In 2006, Microsoft began promoting its own image standard, formerly called Windows Media Photo but renamed HD Photo in November.

29 January 2007, 10:44

Toshiba plans imminent HD DVD release

News A Toshiba representative told CNET.co.uk's sister site, CNET Japan, that the company plans to release titles in the HD DVD format on 28 March. This supports the company's assertion during January's Consumer Electronics Show that it would release an...

1 March 2006, 9:40

News.blog: Sanyo's hand-size HD camcorder

News JVC also released an HD camera. Based around the same design of the palm-size video cameras Sanyo already sells under the Xacti brand, the HD1 can capture HD-quality video, as well as 5.1-megapixel stills.

4 January 2006, 9:28

News.blog: Microsoft offers cash incentives for HD DVD

News Microsoft is offering cash incentives called coupons to computer makers that sell personal computers with HD DVD drives, the next-generation DVD format the software behemoth is supporting over the rival Blu-ray Disc format, the Electronic...

3 January 2006, 10:21

News.blog: HD DVD gets plug from 360

News Sony will clearly be talking about the PlayStation 3 and its built-in Blu-ray drive, while Microsoft is expected to announce more details on an add-on HD DVD drive for the Xbox 360, a product that the company touted in January.

9 May 2006, 10:17

Photos: HP's new HD DVD gear

News HP has introduced several new products that will support the HD DVD standard, including this dv9000t laptop. The HD DVD drive in this laptop can play high-definition movies on its 17-inch screen, and the laptop has an HDMI port that can allow it to...

29 September 2006, 10:07

Photos: Earth rises in HD

News This is a prelaunch photo of the HD camera that's being used by the Kaguya spacecraft. Kaguya spacecraft recreated one of the most memorable photos from space -- an Earth-rise from lunar orbit. But this one was taken for the first time with a high...

Tags: earth, mission, high definition, definition

16 November 2007, 9:20

Canon releases two new HD camcorders

News Canon has released two new high-end handheld HD camcorders aimed at broadcasters and cinematographers. The XH A1 and the XH G1 HD camcorders each have three image sensors (also known as charge coupled devices, or CCDs) that record in 16:9 height-to...

31 July 2006, 9:29

Intel and Microsoft endorse HD DVD

News Intel and Microsoft are combining their computing industry power in an attempt to make the HD DVD format the victor in a battle over a standard to succeed DVD. Toshiba plans to launch the first HD DVD drives in Japan this year and worldwide in the...

27 September 2005, 10:28

Writable HD DVDs due in 2006

News Hitachi Maxell and a unit of Mitsubishi Chemical said on Wednesday they will launch HD DVD-based write-once discs next year, a move marking the latest development in the DVD format battle. A group led by Toshiba supports a technology called HD DVD...

9 June 2005, 9:41

News.blog: Blu-ray and HD DVD united by 2008?

News Chipmakers such as Broadcom, NEC and STMicroelectronics are preparing components that will allow consumer electronics manufacturers to release players and PCs that will play both Blu-ray and HD DVD discs.

Tags: universal, companies, disc, electronics

7 November 2006, 11:38

Sony cuts HD camcorder down to size

News Sony hopes the product will help expand the market for high-definition (HD) video cameras, which take sharper pictures than standard camcorders but until now have been mainly used by professionals because of their size and high price tag.

18 May 2005, 9:38

Photoshop introduces HD Photo support

News Microsoft announced a plug-in on Wednesday that gives Adobe's widely used Photoshop the ability to read and write images stored in Microsoft's HD Photo format. In addition, Weisberg said several hardware companies are building products with HD...

8 March 2007, 9:04

LG to sell first Blu-ray/HD DVD player

News The Korean electronics maker unveiled the Super Multi Blue, the first player that can play discs from the competing Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD formats, at the 2007 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

Tags: lg electronics, discs, war, dvds

8 January 2007, 10:20