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		<title>Some DVD blanks have a lifespan of just a few years, say investigators</title>
		<link>http://avzombie.com/blog/2008/03/13/some-dvd-blanks-have-a-lifespan-of-just-a-few-years-say-investigators/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2008 08:31:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to the Digital Content Association of Japan, some recordable DVDs are so unstable they could lose data and become unplayable in just a matter of years. A new longevity test by the Japanese Association of 18 brands found massive differences between brands from Japan and Taiwan. Rather unhelpfully, the group has refused to identify [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fox embraces Apple DRM for all movie Digital Copies</title>
		<link>http://avzombie.com/blog/2008/01/16/fox-embraces-apple-drm-for-all-movie-digital-copies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2008 08:29:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fox will significantly ramp up the number of DVDs offering secondary digital copies of a movie, after agreeing to use Apple&#8217;s DRM technology and iTunes. As many as 40 Apple-friendly titles will be released this year, beginning with the new Family Guy Presents: Blue Harvest cartoon. The new Apple Digital Copies will be available on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Macrovision to acquire BD+ technology</title>
		<link>http://avzombie.com/blog/2007/11/20/macrovision-to-acquire-bd-technology/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2007 08:15:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Copy-protection company Macrovision is in the process of acquiring assets from Cryptography Research which will give it ownership of the controversial BD+ technology (aka Self Protecting Digital Content) used by Fox Home Entertainment on its Blu-ray releases. Explains Fred Amoroso, CEO of Macrovision: &#8220;The integration of SPDC into our product portfolio will enable us to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spy spoof Get Smart wins top DVD awards</title>
		<link>http://avzombie.com/blog/2007/11/13/spy-spoof-get-smart-wins-top-dvd-awards/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2007 08:05:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Classic spy spoof Get Smart has walked away with the Best in Show award at this year&#8217;s American TV DVD Awards. Sponsored by a selection of trade groups, Get Smart: The Complete Series took top spot through its use of innovative packaging (a phone booth box design) and extensive extras, including bloopers, commentaries and interviews. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DVD body makes second attempt to outlaw video jukeboxes</title>
		<link>http://avzombie.com/blog/2007/11/05/dvd-body-makes-second-attempt-to-outlaw-video-jukeboxes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2007 08:25:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week the DVD Copy Control Association will once again attempt to outlaw products which rip DVDs for use in home servers. The move follows a failure earlier this year to ban Kaleidescape from making and supplying high-end video server product. The DVDCCA proposes that it would become a violation of the DVD license for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New HD DVD recorder can dub hi-def onto DVD media</title>
		<link>http://avzombie.com/blog/2007/11/01/new-hd-dvd-recorder-can-dub-hi-def-onto-dvd-media/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2007 08:18:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Toshiba has announced an HD DVD recorder able to record high definition video onto standard DVD media. The VARDIA RD-A301 includes a new HD Transcoder, which allows the recording of hi-def video onto standard DVD discs in HD quality and achieves longer recording time for high-definition video. The Transcoder converts MPEG2 video, the standard for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Panasonic first to ship Profile 1.1 Blu-ray deck</title>
		<link>http://avzombie.com/blog/2007/10/31/panasonic-first-to-ship-profile-11-blu-ray-deck/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2007 08:20:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Panasonic will become the first brand to ship a Profile 1.1 Blu-ray player. The company, which itself has kept a low-profile in the format war, says it will ship its &#8216;Final profile&#8217; DMP-BD30 into US stores in a matter of days. The deck, which will be priced at 500 dollars, will support BD Java picture-in-picture [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DVD upscalers good enough for most users, says report</title>
		<link>http://avzombie.com/blog/2007/10/30/dvd-upscalers-good-enough-for-most-users-says-report/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2007 09:32:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the price of HD DVD players hits an all time low in the US, as Wal-Mart and Amazon push the format into the sub-200 dollar mainstream, a new report from industry analyst Jupiter Research suggests that consumer interest in HD discs remains low. It says just 24 per cent of those polled have considered [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PS2 to stay until at least 2010</title>
		<link>http://avzombie.com/blog/2007/10/30/ps2-to-stay-until-at-least-2010/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2007 09:30:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reports of the PS2&#8242;s imminent demise, killed off not by falling consumer demand but Sony&#8217;s need to focus eyes and wallets on the under-performing PlayStation 3, may be exaggerated. To mark the console&#8217;s seventh anniversary, Sony has announced it will ship a limited edition ceramic white version for the holiday season. The model will sell [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Free THX DVD with Home Cinema Choice</title>
		<link>http://avzombie.com/blog/2007/10/20/free-thx-dvd-with-home-cinema-choice/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Oct 2007 21:31:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Home Cinema Choice magazine celebrates its redesign later this month with a world exclusive demo DVD from the industry leaders in high quality sound and vision, THX. The all-new THX Demo Disc II, which is not available for sale in any stores, is sure to be highly sought after by home cinema fans, not least [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Die Hard 4.0 features digital killer app</title>
		<link>http://avzombie.com/blog/2007/10/17/die-hard-40-features-digital-killer-app/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2007 07:27:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fox says it will offer a compressed digital version of Die Hard 4.0 on the US DVD Special Edition release, due November 20. The file, located on disc 2 of the set, can be played on any portable device equipped with Windows PlaysForSure. To access it the user must enter a 16-digit code found on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Harry Potter to introduce versatile DVD and download format</title>
		<link>http://avzombie.com/blog/2007/10/12/harry-potter-to-introduce-versatile-dvd-and-download-format/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2007 07:29:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The US DVD release of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix will include two compressed digital versions of the film which can be downloaded and viewed on PCs or portable devices. The innovative package, due to be introduced in December,  will &#8220;futureproof the DVD format&#8221; going forward says Warner. If successful, more DVD [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sony develops Postscribed ID technology for DVD</title>
		<link>http://avzombie.com/blog/2007/09/24/sony-develops-postscribed-id-technology-for-dvd/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2007 07:29:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sony has developed a version of its Postscribed ID technology for DVD. First seen on CD-ROM, the technology allows for the individual serialization of DVD-Video and DVD-ROM discs during the manufacturing process. Postscribed ID technology was first developed in 2002. Sony says that &#8220;following the success of the technology for CD-ROMs, there has been significant [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PVR owners watch fewer ads, abandon DVD</title>
		<link>http://avzombie.com/blog/2007/09/05/pvr-owners-watch-fewer-ads-abandon-dvd/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Sep 2007 21:30:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to Ofcom, 78 per cent of viewers owning a PVR device, such as SkyPlus, routinely skip advertisements. 28 per cent add that their use of a digital recorder also makes them less likely to watch DVDs. Only 9 per cent of users said that they watch more DVDs, since acquiring their PVR. Copyright &#169; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Denon announces Blu-ray, first Profile 1.1 player</title>
		<link>http://avzombie.com/blog/2007/07/25/denon-announces-blu-ray-first-profile-11-player/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2007 08:15:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Denon has announced its first Blu-ray player. The model, due in the autumn, looks likely to be the first machine to comply with Profile 1.1, the mandatory new specification for the BD format which enables picture-in-picture playback of a separate audio and video streams for full BD Java interactivity. Expected to sell for 1,999 dollars, [...]]]></description>
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