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Mitsubishi introduces MPEG2 compression technique and LSI designed to save disk space

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Mitsubishi Electric Corporation has come up with a new approach to MPEG-2.  The new technique recompresses the MPEG-2 enabling almost the same level of quality video to be saved in half the original volume. In satellite broadcasting, the company says, the MPEG-2 stream is transmitted at an encoding speed of 18Mbps or 24Mpbs. Mitsubishi’s further compression enables MPEG-2 data streaming at a speed of 9.8Mbps. The company demonstrated their MPEG-2 technology with an LSI decoder playing back 1080i image data encoded using the new technology. The end result is a 2 hour HDTV movie can be stored on a 9.4 Gbyte…

When is a console a home entertainment gateway?

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In the future, all game console may be a gateway. Sony is adding to the confusion already stirred up by Microsoft with the hard drive equipped/Internet connected X-Box. Sony is introducing broadband network service for the PlayStation2 called PlayStation BB service and it will become available in April. The option is not for the faint of heart, would be users will have to sign up with ADSL or CATV Internet providers affiliated with Sony and they’ll have to rent buy the Broadband Navigator, a special adapter for the Playstation from the ISP. The Broadband Navigator is equipped with a LAN interface…

EFF revs up campaign against copy-protected CDs; Philips questions whether a copy protected CD is re

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EFF revs up campaign against copy-protected CDs; Philips questions whether a copy protected CD is really a CD CDs with copy protection? The controversy was opened up at CES late last year when a petition was distributed on the floor and in the press room calling for the music studios to stop introducing CDs with copy protection that would prevent them from being ripped to the PC. So far the only two CDs released with copy protection are Charley Pride’s most recent album, “A Tribute to Jim Reeves,” and Universal Music Group’s More Fast and the Furious (maybe the record industry…

Compaq goes for ATI’s Mobility Radeon 7500 in new Pentium 4 notebooks

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Compaq’s new EvoNotebook N800 and Presario 2800 notebooks will put Intel’s brand new Mobile Pentium 4 processors to work as well as ATI’s Mobility Radeon 7500 graphics processor. the new notebooks will use the 1.7 GHz Pentium 4-M processor, 30 Gbytes hard drive, 15-inch SXGA+. It will have a DVD/CD-RW combo drive and USB 2.0, 802.11b MultiPort support.

PNY says they’re first to market with GeForce 4 TI 4600

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The Verto GeForce4 Ti 4600 graphics card from PNY Technologies is shipping to retail stores. In addition, PNY is including Star Wars Starfighter by LucasArts with the Verto GeForce Ti 4600; a pair of 3D glass from i-O Display with the GeForce4 Ti 4400; Ballistics by Grin with Verto GeForce Mx 440; and 10 multi-colored PNY brand CD-Rs with the Verto GeForce 4 MX 420. It’s a “while supplies last” kind of deal. The Parsippany, New Jersey based PNY sells Nvidia based graphics boards exclusively. Prices range from $79.99 to $399.99.

Tom’s Hardware announces Readers Choice Awards and partnership with The Register

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Tom’s hardware has completed their Readers’ Choice survey and just as you might expect, Tom’s readers don’t always root for the front runner. The Athlon XP won for best processor while the ATI Radeon 8500 won for best high end graphics board. Nvidia won the best graphics chip category with the GeForce3 Ti series. When it comes to chipsets VIA scored a hit with Tom’s users who voted for the Apollo KT266A chipset. Asus won the nod for best motherboard supplier and the Maxstor DiamondMax Plus 60 won the award for best hard drive. In other news Tom’s Hardware is partnering…

Compaq goes for ATI’s Mobility Radeon 7500 in new Pentium 4 notebooks

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Compaq’s new EvoNotebook N800 and Presario 2800 notebooks will put Intel’s brand new Mobile Pentium 4 processors to work as well as ATI’s Mobility Radeon 7500 graphics processor. the new notebooks will use the 1.7 GHz Pentium 4-M processor, 30 Gbytes hard drive, 15-inch SXGA+. It will have a DVD/CD-RW combo drive and USB 2.0, 802.11b MultiPort support.

PNY says they’re first to market with GeForce 4 TI 4600

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The Verto GeForce4 Ti 4600 graphics card from PNY Technologies is shipping to retail stores. In addition, PNY is including Star Wars Starfighter by LucasArts with the Verto GeForce Ti 4600; a pair of 3D glass from i-O Display with the GeForce4 Ti 4400; Ballistics by Grin with Verto GeForce Mx 440; and 10 multi-colored PNY brand CD-Rs with the Verto GeForce 4 MX 420. It’s a “while supplies last” kind of deal. The Parsippany, New Jersey based PNY sells Nvidia based graphics boards exclusively. Prices range from $79.99 to $399.99.

More on CD copy protection

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As we reported, the legal battles over copy protection are just getting started and so far they seem to be going well for those who would like to see copy protected CDs clearly labeled (if the things have to be sold at all). As it turns out, copy protected disks are being Released in relatively large numbers but they’re not labeled as such. Hilary Rosen, President of the Recording Association of America, and a cheerleader for the most unyielding elements of the music industry was quoted in a New York Times story. “If technology can be used to pirate copyrighted content,…

The optical disk business gets tougher

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Reports from Taiwan indicate that high-end DVD vendors are going to see further price pressure. In 2002, Media-Tek gained considerable market share with its chips that integrated servo and MPEG-2 decoder. According to some estimates, MediaTek holds 50% of the worldwide DVD market and 70% of the market in China. ALi came up from be-hind with their own integrated solution and made significant gains in the market as well. The company just started shipping their integrated M3351 chip at the end of the year. It is predicted that ALi will ship over 200,000 units of its inte-grated chip in the second…