Filed under: TECHNOLOGY | Tags: Blu-ray Disc, DVD, DVD player, HD DVD, Hewlett-Packard, International Herald Tribune, Toshiba, Wall Street Journal
TECHNOLOGY
Hewlett-Packard, spurred on by strong international sales and a robust performance by its PC unit, reported healthy revenue and profit for the fiscal period ended July 31. For the period, the computer and printer giant announced $2.03 billion in net income on revenue of $28.03 billion, a 14% and 10% increase, respectively. ClipSyndicate/Bloomberg (8/19) , The Wall Street Journal (8/20) , International Herald Tribune (8/19)
Nearly 45 million Blu-ray discs will be sold in the U.S. this year, a 400% increase over 2007, and, by 2012, up to half of all video disc sales will be on the new format, according to a report from research firm Futuresource. TheRetailBRIDGE.com (8/20) , Cartt News Service (8/19)
Toshiba introduced a new DVD player with “extended Detail Enhancement (XDE), designed to deliver “near HD” picture quality from standard DVDs. The Toshiba XD-E500 launches with a suggested retail price of $149, quite a bit cheaper than the entry level Blu-ray players. (Cynopsis 8/20)
Some iPods sold in 2005 and 2006 may have a battery defect that causes the units to overheat and, in the case of one report out of Japan, shoot out sparks. Apple says the defect is extremely rare and can be traced to the work of a single supplier of the first-generation iPod Nano. International Herald Tribune/Associated Press (8/20)
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