Pioneer's Blu-ray disc hits 400GB across 16-layers

Posted in News by Nicr on the July 10th, 2008

16-layers — that’s how many layers it takes to the hit the center of a 400GB Blu-ray disc, pops. That’s 25GB per layer just like those dual-layer 50GB discs available for retail. Best of all, the technique used by Pioneer is expected to be backward compatible with existing Blu-ray gear since the spe……

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Sanwa's CD-RE1AT repairs beat up discs

Posted in News by Nicr on the July 3rd, 2008

We understand that not everyone practices safe spinning, so for those of you who’ve been burned by neglecting those disc condoms, Sanwa’s cranked out what amounts to your morning after pill. The CD-RE1AT actually looks like a Sony Discman circa 1986, but instead of playing back your favorite Gin Blos……

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Japan gets 6x BD-R media, US has 6x burners: someday the two shall meet

Posted in News by Nicr on the June 27th, 2008

So, you picked up a 6x Blu-ray burner earlier this month did you? Too bad there isn’t any media available to cope with that write speed. Oh sure, TDK has been kicking a 6x disc around trade shows for years, but Panasonic will apparently be the first to market when its 25GB and 50GB 6x BD-R discs hit Japa……

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Metal Gear Solid 4 plays favorites with dig at Xbox 360

Posted in News by Nicr on the June 12th, 2008

We've already seen some of the product placement to be found in the soon-to-be-released Metal Gear Solid 4, and it looks like PlayStation 3 users are in store for a bit of reinforcement about their console buying decision as well. As you can see for yourself in the video after the break, at one point dur……

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Zink-based Polaroid PoGo makes its debut

Posted in Featured Posts, News by Nicr on the June 5th, 2008

It’s gone by a couple names since we first heard about it two CESs ago (Zink, Digital Instant Mobile Photo Printer, etc.) but the first Zink-based product is finally on its way to buyers as the Polaroid PoGo Instant Mobile Printer. It’ll run you $150 for the unit (and $10 per pack of 30 sheets), and ……

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Samsung intros 'smallest ever' color laser printers

Posted in News by Nicr on the May 1st, 2008

We don’t normally get too excited about printers, but when a company claims to have introduced the “smallest ever” of anything, our ears prick up. Apparently, the Korean electronics-maker has distilled color laser printers into their purest, tiniest form with the CLP-315K and CLX-3175FNK, clocking in at ……

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Toshiba Portege R500-12Q surfaces with 128GB SSD

Posted in Featured Posts, News by Nicr on the April 17th, 2008

Yeah, Cin King has been tickling people’s fancy for a small while now, but with a lineup consisting of the Slim Jim, Full Power Flagship, Naked Wonder and Circular 360, how could we not pass this along? Barring some sort of miracle, it’s safe to assume that all of these motorcars are patently fake, b……

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Movies on a flash drive not apt to boom anytime soon

Posted in News by Nicr on the March 19th, 2008

Earlier this month, we disagreed that HD movie downloads would trump HD DVD / Blu-ray disc purchases in the not-too-distant future, and now we’ve got yet another clever alternative on deck that just doesn’t have the makings of a winner. While it seems that consumers still prefer something tangible w……

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Wii FreeLoader gives you region-free gaming without the mods

Posted in News by Nicr on the March 19th, 2008

This one has been in the works for a while, but it looks like you can finally pick up your very own region-free enabler for the Wii for $19.99. Wii FreeLoader allows you to play any GameCube or Wii game from any region on your Wii. You just stick the FreeLoader disc into the console, let it spin up, eject th……

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Deskjet turns 20: HP celebrates two decades of robbing you blind

Posted in Featured Posts, News by Nicr on the March 19th, 2008

Turns out HP has been selling its Deskjet series of printers for 20 years now, with 240 million customers around the world and untold billions spent on overpriced ink cartridges. The HP Deskjet continues to outsell all other inkjet printers on the market, and HP shows no sign of slowing down — or letting up……

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