As you’re probably aware, digital rights management (DRM) hasn’t exactly worked as smoothly as content creators and copyright holders would like. Probably the most successful DRM solution to date — Apple’s FairPlay — was eliminated in 2009 for digital music sold through iTunes, and remaining systems have competed with one another without gaining widespread traction.
Now [...]
UltraViolet: DRM for online content handled through the cloud
2010 -
07.25
Samsung’s $1,000 3D plasma HDTV coming soon
2010 -
07.20
HDTV manufacturers have long promised that adding 3D technology to sets shouldn’t affect their pricing significantly, but most of the first generation of 3D TVs have nonetheless cost well over $1,000. But Samsung appears to be making good on that promise very soon.
The company showed off two new 3D lines in Korea this week — [...]
Do You Have a Killer Backyard Theater?
2010 -
07.20
ProjectorPeople is looking for snapshots of your backyard theater for its contest, and worthy entrants will be showcased on Electronic House as well.
HDTVs used for virtual reality project to “feel” 3D images
2010 -
07.18
As the world becomes used to viewing digital content in three dimensions, scientists are working on ways that we can reach out and “touch” them as well. A group of researchers at the University of California, San Diego, for example, is working on a solution — called Heads-Up Virtual Reality (HUVR) — that combines a [...]
Intel Labs, Arizona State researcher developing TV remote that can identify user holding it
2010 -
07.12
If Intel Labs staff and an Arizona State researcher are successful, you may eventually hold in your hand a TV remote that can know your viewing habits as soon as you grab it, giving you more personalized viewing options and helping block inappropriate TV content from your young children.
The scientists are trying to achieve that [...]
Sony to give PlayStation3 firmware upgrade for 3D Blu-ray support in September
2010 -
07.09
Hardcore gamers already know that Sony provided a firmware upgrade to the PlayStation3 in order to make the console support 3D games. Now the company is gearing up to take the next steps into turning the PS3 into an all-purpose 3D entertainment system.
According to an interview with a senior director with Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, [...]
Sony introduces new premium 3D Blu-ray players and A/V receivers
2010 -
07.06
Having covered some of its bases with recently announced mainstream-priced 3D home theater components, Sony is now covering the rest with a new line of premium products that will be known as the Elevated Standard, or ES, lineup of 3D Blu-ray players and A/V receivers.
While “premium” doesn’t mean the type of units that cost thousands [...]