Tuesday, October 02, 2007

Today's High-Def Headlines

Baseball Fans and News Junkies Cheer as Comcast Launches TBS and CNN in HD
Comcast, the nation's leading provider of cable, entertainment and communications products and services, today announced the simultaneous launches of TBS and CNN in High-Definition (HD), adding two more of the most popular cable channels to its already extensive HD lineup in Massachusetts and most of New Hampshire. The launch of TBS in HD will deliver Major League Baseball fans a front row seat to all 27 potential games of the American and National League Division Series and National League Championship Series.

Matsushita to Launch Advanced Blu-ray Recorders - Reuters
Panasonic maker Matsushita Electric Industrial said it would launch new Blu-ray optical disc recorders in November that allow more hours of full high-definition recording on a single disc than any others available. Matsushita, along with Sony, promotes the Blu-ray technology, which competes with the HD DVD format backed by Toshiba and Microsoft.

Big Ten Network Inks RCN Deal - MCN
As expected, RCN signed a deal to distribute Big Ten Network in metropolitan Chicago and in Pennsylvania. The deal reached Friday evening enabled RCN customers to watch the network’s lineup of college football action this past weekend.

Hitachi Shows Hybrid LCD Panel/Projector Technology - TWICE
Hitachi is demonstrating at the CEATEC show here a 47-inch hybrid LCD panel/LCD projector display that can produce a dark room contrast ratio of 8,000,000:1. The hybrid monitor technology uses a projector as a back-light system on an LCD panel, the company said.

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