Samsung combo player to decode DTS-HD Master Audio
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According to a Samsung representative, Samsung's new Blu-ray/HD DVD combo player will have onboard decoding for all high resolution audio formats, including DTS-HD Master Audio.
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Joining Polk and JBL, Sony, Alpine and JVC have unveiled HD Radio-equipped units that can "tag" songs for review or buying.
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Years to develop; days to break A lone hacker has unlocked the master key preventing the copying of high-definition DVDs in a development that is sure to get the entertainment industry's knickers wrapped tighter than a magnet's coil. What's more, the individual was able to defeat the technology with no cracking tools or reverse engineering, despite the millions of dollars and many years engineers put into developing the AACS (Advanced Access Content System) for locking down high-definition video.â¦
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Hardware manufacturers are in fix when it comes to settling down for a standard for DVDs. Toshiba, NEC and Sanyo are favoring a next-generation DVD standard called HD (high-definition) DVD while Sony and other
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(InfoWorld) - Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. unveiled an MP3 music player with video playback and its first high-definition player supporting the two rival movie disc formats -- Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD. The devices are among several new products that the South Korean manufacturer announced Thursday on the eve of the IFA consumer and electronics show in Berlin. The YP-P2 is an MP3 music device that can also be used to view video. The device comes with a high-resolution screen that displays 30 frames per second in DVD movie format and the 16:9 screen ratio. It also features a touch screen that uses Emoture input technology. The Bluetooth-enabled YP-P2 allows up to three people to listen to music at the same time when using the company's YA-BH270 headsets equipped with the same short-range wireless technology. The slim 9.9-millimeter player comes with 2G bytes, 4G bytes and 8G bytes of memory. Samsung also announced the YP-S5 music player as a successor to the YP-K5 launched last year. The 14.95-millimeter device comes with integrated stereo slide-and-tilt speakers to allow others to share music. It also includes a text viewer, photo viewer, flash game and Bluetooth connectivity. The 7.9-millimeter thin YP-T10 MP3 player features an animated interface for younger users. Jong Woo Park, president of Samsung's Digital Media Business, demonstrated during a news conference how the new music players can use short-range wireless Bluetooth technology to connect with a mobile phone and answer calls. When listening to music, users hear a phone ring and can tap a button on the player's screen to answer the call on the music device, Park said. The general message from Park was that the company aims to have all its products easily connect and interact with each other to improve the user experience. In addition, Samsung launched its first Duo HD disc player, the BD-UP5000, which supports Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD. The company previously supported only the Blu-ray Disc format. Samsung is also targeted the home cinema market with a new product line of LCD (liquid crystal display) TVs. The devices, part of Samsung's F9 series, feature the company's new LED (light emitting diode) SmartLighting technology. The technology intuitively senses the TV signal and adjusts the brightness level by turning on and off the right combination of the backlight units to produce a contrast ration of 500,000:1. Â
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High Efficiency codec recommended to network, content providers
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Upcoming device will be the first audio player to use Toshiba's 60GB hard drive.
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(InfoWorld) - Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. is launching one of the world's first MP3 portable music players using Bluetooth technology to replace cables. "As far as we know, we're the first to offer a Bluetooth-enabled MP3 player," a Samsung spokesman said Friday at the IFA consumer electronics show in Berlin. The phone's release date was not provided. Embedded Bluetooth technology will allow users to connect their headphones to their MP3 players over the airwaves, thus eliminating the need for cabled ear plugs, which users find annoying. The YP-T9 will cost â¬249 (US$320) in the 2G-byte version and â¬279 in the 4G-byte version. Bluetooth headsets will cost between â¬20 and â¬30. The new Samsung cordless MP3 music player, however, will not be available in Germany, according to the company spokesman. "The Bluetooth headset is a bit heavy," he said. "A Bluetooth-enabled portable media player that costs â¬300, but offers only 2G bytes could be a tough sale against an iPod with a whole lot more storage for the same price."
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Hard-drive based digital audio player will be available by the end of the year.
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Chris Hartjes has posted the first part of a series on the "rebirth" of a component that was contributed to the Zend Framework - Zend_Service_Audioscrobbler (to interface with the Audioscrobbler service from Last.fm).   Many moons ago I set out (along with my friend Derek) to make a contribution to Zend Framework in the form of an add-on to let people easily access the Audioscrobbler web service. We worked really hard, implemented all the features of the web service at that time. Imagine our surprise when it got accepted as part of the 1.0 release of Zend Framework! Awesome! It even has it's own entry in the manual and everything.   He admits, though, that the code is not all that it could be and cites some examples as well as ways he would make it all work so much better.
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Pre-recorded BDs? No problem Panasonic is gearing up to launch what it claims are the world's first Blu-ray Disc recorders capable of playing back pre-recorded BDs. The units - the Diga DMR-BW200 and DMR-BR100 - can burn content from their built-in hard drives to BD-R/RE discs at 4x speed, the company claimed.â¦
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Hard drive-based audio player will get a new look and a lower price.
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Sony is on a roll after the announcement that some of its digital audio players will now support MP3 files. Up to now, they only supported the company&#39;s proprietary ATRAC3plus format, a technology used in its Mini Disc players.
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The tiny player is compatible with Windows Media Audio, WMA 9 Lossless, MP3 and WAV audio files, and can also display JPEG images.
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TechWeb - Digital Mind Corp.'s DMC Xclef 500 player offers voice recording, FM radio, PC and Mac compatibility, and support for six music file formats in USB mass storage device.
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New device plays back audio and video on the go, but it sports a hefty price tag.
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If stereos were Stetsons, this would be a ten gallon hat Review Of late, the compact Hi-Fi system has struggled to find a place in the affections of consumers keener on more sophisticated home cinema audio rigs. However, the technology that looked like it was about to drive the last nail into the compact Hi-Fi coffin is set to breath new life into the format as products like the Gigajuke deliver the playback quality of a Hi-Fi combined with the storage capacity of a hard drive.â¦