Tagged: DVD & News
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DVD and Blu-ray are still Hollywood’s big earners, while iTunes dominates online VOD News
01.02.2013 A report on how US viewers are watching films shows that physical discs are still providing Hollywood with plenty of revenue, while Apple’s iTunes dominates next-generation...Categories: Games/Entertainment, Digital Media -
Get your electronics organised (infographic) News
23.05.2012 Gadgets to organise gadgets - a new infographic reveals products that can help you get the most out of your living space. -
Dell reveals new ultra-mobile laptop – Inspiron 14z News
02.09.2011 Dell will release the Inspiron 14z, an ultra-mobile laptop with either second generation Intel Core i3 or Core i5 processor options. -
TomTom releases multi-charger for in-car and mobile devices News
13.04.2011 TomTom has released a High Speed Multi-Charger, which charges up to three devices and, according to TomTom, is four times faster than other chargers. -
Amazon buys out European online film rental service Lovefilm News
20.01.2011 Amazon has bought the remaining shares of Lovefilm, a European DVD and online film-rental company. -
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US military outlaws use of portable media News
10.12.2010 The US military is telling troops to stop using USB keys, USB drives, rewritable CDs and DVDs or any other digital device that allows them to carry data, or face court martial. -
Woman 'on mobile' in Chaplin film becomes internet hit News
28.10.2010 Irish filmmaker George Clarke stumbled upon footage of a woman who looks to be speaking on a mobile phone during the 1928 movie The Circus, starring Charlie Chaplin.Categories: Internet, Games/Entertainment -
CD and DVD favoured over digital downloads News
17.05.2010 A recent HP survey looking at the media consumption patterns and habits of Britons found that while we assume the digital download is now the de facto standard, the majority of... -
HDMI chip firm Redmere closes US$5.6-million funding round News
10.12.2009 An Irish electronics firm that designs and manufactures chip products for the consumer electronics industry has secured US$5.6 million in Series “B” funding which was led by...Categories: Business -
Blu-ray sales fail to lift DVD blues News
19.11.2009 High-definition Blu-ray disc sales will not be sufficient this year to compensate for the major plummet in DVD sales, Screen Digest warns.Categories: New Media -
500GB storage breakthrough for optical disc format News
27.04.2009 The compact disc has just become even more compact: General Electric has made a breakthrough with optical disc technology that will now allow for over 500GB of storage on one...Categories: Digital Life -
Analog workers show sound perception of deaf childrens’ needs News
03.12.2008 Workers at Analog Devices in Ireland have built a new state-of-the-art sound perception room at St Mary’s Primary School for Deaf Girls in Cabra.Categories: Digital LifeTags: DVD, Analog Devices, -
Hollywood’s saviour strikes key distribution deals on US west coast News
28.10.2008 An Irish technology company that has re-invented the future of movie distribution through key deals with seven Hollywood studios and tech firms, Microsoft, Samsung and Toshiba,...Categories: New Media -
Clamp-down on under-age DVD consumption News
22.07.2008 From today, it is an offence for retail or rental outlets to supply a DVD/video to a person under the designated age. However, the ability of children to download inappropriate...Categories: Digital LifeTags: DVD, -
Blu-ray to outperform DVD in Europe News
17.06.2008 Sales of the next-generation, hi-def Blu-ray players are likely to be higher than those of DVD players when they first debuted in the late Nineties.Categories: New Media, Digital Life -
DVD burners will remain mass-market up to 2012 News
15.05.2008 Despite Sony’s Blu-ray victory over HD-DVD, ordinary DVD burners will still be mass-market volume products in the PC industry until 2012, IDC claims.Categories: Comms, Digital Life -
Moviestar.ie brings Ireland’s first movie download service News
10.04.2008 Irish film fans will finally be able to download their movies and TV shows online to their PC or portable media player with DVD rental site Moviestar.ie’s new service, Moviestar...Categories: New Media -
Recordable DVD will stay consumers' fave until 2011 News
21.06.2007 Despite the industrial battle lines that have been drawn between Blu-ray DVD and HD (high-definition) DVD, standard DVD burners will remain the dominant volume product of choice...Categories: New Media, Digital Life -
Broadband spells demise of traditional telcos — expert News
15.09.2006 Traditional telecoms operators may be shooting themselves in the foot by offering broadband, the former chief technology officer of BT and futurist Peter Cochrane told...