Filed under: TECHNOLOGY | Tags: BD Live, Blu-ray Disc, Entertainment Weekly, Fantasia 2000, New York Times, Seven Dwarfs, TiVo, Wall Street Journal
TECHNOLOGY
TiVo users will be able to automatically record television broadcasts recommended by Entertainment Weekly magazine as the result of a deal that could help differentiate TiVo from its DVR competition and create a more direct connection between the magazine and its audience, reports The Wall Street Journal. The Wall Street Journal (8/27) , Reuters (8/27)
One time-honored way to boost hardware sales is by improving the software, and Disney is trying to do just that for Blu-ray players by releasing five classic animated movies with added interactive and social-networking features. Disney will market Blu-ray versions of “Pinocchio,” “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,” “Fantasia,” “Fantasia 2000” and “Beauty and the Beast” over the next two years, with the discs featuring BD Live technology, which connects the Blu-ray player with the Internet. The New York Times (8/26)
Artison, a maker of high-end speakers, has added in-wall products to its Masterpiece, Portrait and Sketch designer models that feature the company’s space-saving DualMono Center Channel system, the company said. Prices range from $1,350 for the Sketch pair to $2,800 for a pair of the Masterpiece In-Wall LCR. ElectronicHouse.com (8/26)
The global market for home-based broadband networks will surpass 200 million by the end of this year and will reach 500 million by 2010, according to a new study from research firm In-Stat. That trend is expected to be good news for companies that manufacture home-network equipment such as broadband modems, routers and residential gateway gear. Cartt News Service (8/26)
Feeling more confident, consumers expect to spend more on technology over the next year, according to a pair of surveys from the CEA and CNET released Tuesday. The CEA-CNET Index of Consumer Expectations, which measures consumer expectations about the economy, and the CEA-CNET Index of Consumer Technology Expectations, a similar model linked to technology spending, both rose in August. American City Business Journals/Nashville, Tenn. (8/26) , CNET (8/26)
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