Smoothvision HD - Anisotropic Filtering ATi has revised the anisotropic filtering implementation for its new chip. SMOOTHVISION HD anisotropic filtering supports 2, 4, 8, or 16 texture samples per pixel....

Intel's recently launched Grantsdale and Alderwood chipsets feature its attempt to boost PC sound quality with HD Audio technology in the Southbridge....

Gateway monitor marks premiere of display-based HD protection scheme. gateway hdcp....

HP to Blu-ray: Take us seriously, or we'll join HD DVD. hp to blu ray on hd dvd. But if the BDA doesn't make a similar U-turn, he told us, HP may join the HD DVD Promotions Group - and it might not go alone.. And in that case, we would go out and support HD DVD." But to accomplish this, said Peterson, HP would join the HD DVD Promotions Group, whose membership recently increased with the addition of Intel and Microsoft. We would try to make sure that we have a clear understanding of the HD DVD position, and have an understanding of the technical roadmaps, and start qualifying HD DVD drives....

Progress in negotiations for final AACS copy protection specification for HD discs. aacs 10 negotiations make progress. This news comes on the heels of major developments last Friday in the HD DVD/Blu-ray format battle. Keeping a promise made last October, Hewlett-Packard announced it was joining the HD DVD Promotions Group, and is now adopting an official stance of neutrality by supporting both standards jointly. Also, Toshiba - HD DVD's principal proponent - announced it may delay its promised shipment of HD DVD drives and players to Japan, stating production was being hampered by a lack of agreement on the part of AACS LA members with regard to two issues: ICT and region codes. Intel is also now a principal member of the HD DVD Promotions Group, which means it's already on Toshiba's side....

New Video Projectors: Ready for HD and More. new video projectors uk. Below that price, the products available aren't HD ready, and beyond that range we're in another category, that of projectors for truly wealthy aficionados....

DIY HD HTPC Extravaganza - Part 1: The Cases. diy hd htpc extravaganza part1 uk....

Next-gen HDTVs may hide first-gen HD DVD limits, says Microsoft. next gen hdtv compensates for first gen hddvd. While the first generation of HD DVD players will output 1080i resolution - interlaced, not progressive - smarter, top-of-the-line HDTV displays produced from now on should be able to compensate for that, says AACS spokesperson Richard Doherty, a Microsoft employee. So if Toshiba's or others' HD DVD players only translate 1080i, the reasons concern the player, not the format; moreover, they may be temporary, as Doherty believes the translation issue could conceivably be solved in the near future with firmware upgrades to the player. But another way that consumers could solve the dilemma of how to get the optimal picture quality from a first-generation HD DVD player, Doherty said, is for them to purchase a modern HDTV display that can reproduce a 1080p image. In response to statements from Blu-ray proponents that its first-wave support of 1080p places it automatically ahead of HD DVD in the format war, Doherty classified their argument as "a big red herring."...

HD Encoding Face-Off: WMV-HD vs. DivX-HD. hd encoding face off uk. Mike Baggaley compares two popular HD encoding methods and finds that beauty is in the eye of the encoder.. Why is it important to worry about compression options for the HD video file format? At 10GB per hour, a 400GB hard drive is going to fill up with HD recordings in about 40 hours....

Pinnacle HD Pro Stick: Decent Hardware, Terrible Software. pinnacle hd pro stick uk. Mike Baggaley liked Pinnacle's diminutive SD/HD USB tuner-as long as he didn't have to use the bundled software.. The Pinnacle PCTV HD Pro Stick, however, is one of them....