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	<description>Steve May&#039;s entertainment technology joint</description>
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		<title>New Panasonic 3D Blu-ray players get UI face-lift and gesture control</title>
		<link>http://avzombie.com/blog/2011/02/02/new-panasonic-3d-blu-ray-players-get-ui-face-lift-and-gesture-control/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2011 08:57:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Panasonic is revamping its GUI for 2011. The brand has always taken a very conservative approach to its user interface, keeping it largely unchanged over the years. As these shots reveal, however, it is giving its 2011 line-up of  Blu-ray players a face-lift. I took the snaps during a tech briefing about the upcoming BDT110 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Panasonic fine-tunes Blu-ray codec for movies on SD card</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2011 13:35:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An interesting snippet emerged while I was having lunch with Masayuki Kozuka, who heads up R&#38;D for Panasonic’s Media and Content Alliance office. He confided that PHL (aka Panasonic Hollywood Laboratories), the power house behind the development of the Blu-ray 3D specification was currently working on an optimized version of the MPEG4 AVC High Profile [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Samsung and Panasonic rush to launch first BD Live player</title>
		<link>http://avzombie.com/blog/2008/04/24/samsung-and-panasonic-rush-to-launch-first-bd-live-player/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 08:20:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Samsung is to challenge old rival Panasonic in the race to launch the first dedicated BD Live Blu-ray player. The two companies first went head-to-head in the global rush to release a dedicated player, and now they&#8217;re competing again to introduce players compatible with both Bonus View (Profile 1.1) and BD Live (profile 2). Panasonic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How big will your Blu-ray library be in 2011</title>
		<link>http://avzombie.com/blog/2008/04/24/how-big-will-your-blu-ray-library-be-in-2011/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 08:16:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not very, if a new report from Bernstein Research is to be believed. The company says that Blu-ray will achieve 25 per cent penetration in US homes in just three years, predictably fueled by a drop in the cost of individual Blu-ray discs and a reduction in dedicated player prices. Yet while Bernstein calculates that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Panasonic confirms Blu-ray alliance with Samsung</title>
		<link>http://avzombie.com/blog/2008/04/21/panasonic-confirms-blu-ray-alliance-with-samsung/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 07:21:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Panasonic has formed a strategic alliance with Samsung to develop Blu-ray hardware. Speaking at a Pre-IFA press event, brand Corporate Communications Chief Peter Weber confirmed the tie-up and promised a big push behind the high-resolution format for 2008. The company is expected to bring its first profile 2.0 Blu-ray model to market in a matter [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No HD future for remastered Star Trek</title>
		<link>http://avzombie.com/blog/2008/04/17/no-hd-future-for-remastered-star-trek/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 07:29:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Star Trek fans who have been waiting for the newly remastered Original Series to migrate from HD DVD to Blu-ray will be disappointed by Paramount&#8217;s announcement that reissues will continue on DVD only. The HD DVD camp made quite a ballyhoo after the first season of Trek:TOS debuted on its hi-def format, following an impressive [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PS3 finally gets DTS-HD Master Audio support for Blu-ray</title>
		<link>http://avzombie.com/blog/2008/04/10/ps3-finally-gets-dts-hd-master-audio-support-for-blu-ray/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The PlayStation 3 will finally get support for DTS-HD Master Audio on Blu-ray discs. The high-quality lossless audio format will become available to PS3 owners with a firmware update due April 15. DTS-HD MA has long been favoured by Fox for its movie releases. With a bit-rate up to 24.5 Mbps, the system can deliver [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Home Cinema Choice Awards announced, Panasonic Blu-ray and BT Vision lead winners</title>
		<link>http://avzombie.com/blog/2008/04/08/home-cinema-choice-awards-announced-panasonic-blu-ray-and-bt-vision-lead-winners/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 07:25:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The UK&#8217;s ultimate home AV gear for 2008 was revealed at a ceremony in central London last Friday, as the annual Home Cinema Choice Awards were announced. Presented by former Dr Who Sylvester McCoy, the 19 categories were judged and awarded by leading reviewers from UK AV magazine Home Cinema Choice. Amongst the winners, BT [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blu-ray awareness rockets, player sales grow</title>
		<link>http://avzombie.com/blog/2008/04/04/blu-ray-awareness-rockets-player-sales-grow/</link>
		<comments>http://avzombie.com/blog/2008/04/04/blu-ray-awareness-rockets-player-sales-grow/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 07:20:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[More than 10 million US households now have a hi-def disc player, according to a new report from media analysts Interpret. The figure includes both BD and HD DVD players. Blu-ray awareness is also up, with 60 per cent admitting to having heard about the format. When it comes to the early adopter crowd (men [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HD DVD group leaves building, turns off light</title>
		<link>http://avzombie.com/blog/2008/04/01/hd-dvd-group-leaves-building-turns-off-light/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 07:18:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Signaling the end of an era, the HD DVD Promotion Group, once charged with driving interest in the hi-def format, has officially disbanded. The organisation&#8217;s website now redirects visitors inquiries to manufacturers and supporters direct. Copyright &#169; 2012 avzombie.com. This Feed is for personal non-commercial use only. If you are not reading this material in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blu-ray population to hit 29 million this year</title>
		<link>http://avzombie.com/blog/2008/03/27/blu-ray-population-to-hit-29-million-this-year/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 08:20:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite growing interest in downloads and streaming, the number of Blu-ray capable homes worldwide will hit 29 million by the end of 2008. So predicts a report from market researchers Strategy Analytics. The BD player population will rise to 132 million by 2012. It&#8217;s expected that the PS3 will remain the dominant BD player until [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Philips to introduce UK Blu-ray player</title>
		<link>http://avzombie.com/blog/2008/03/25/philips-to-introduce-uk-blu-ray-player/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 07:56:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Philips will launch its first UK Blu-ray player, but not until October. Despite the delayed introduction, its BDP7200 will not be BD Live compliant. The unit is Profile 1.1 &#8216;Bonus View&#8217; only. Standard BD features apply, including 1080p video and multi-channel audio output. According to US market research firm ABI Research, it could take as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blu-ray camp in patent wrangle, American professor files complaint</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 07:55:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Columbia University professor has filed a complaint with the US International Trade Commission, claiming that Sony and other Blu-ray manufacturers are infringing a patent she holds regarding blue-laser diodes. Gertrude Neumark Rothschild says that she is seeking to block imports of BD decks into the US. The ITC says that it is taking the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PS3 to get BD Live update this month, Portable Copy for PSP also promised</title>
		<link>http://avzombie.com/blog/2008/03/21/ps3-to-get-bd-live-update-this-month-portable-copy-for-psp-also-promised/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2008 12:55:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Once again, Sony&#8217;s PlayStation3 has outmaneuvered its dedicated Blu-ray player rivals. Sony has now confirmed that the next firmware update (version 2.20) due later this month, will make the console compatible with BD Live discs. This will allow owners of upcoming profile 2.0 discs to access online content, including trailers and interactive Java games. Sony [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Retailer offers goodwill gesture to HD DVD owners</title>
		<link>http://avzombie.com/blog/2008/03/20/retailer-offers-goodwill-gesture-to-hd-dvd-owners/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 08:21:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Leading US retail chain Best Buy has followed the lead set by rival Circuit City, and has begun to compensate its customers who backed HD DVD. It will send owners of players on its database a 50 dollar gift voucher; the giveaway applies to any of its patrons who purchased an HD DVD player prior [...]]]></description>
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