The Aussie video-on-demand service has sacked one third of its workforce as it awaits an announcement about new funding. (Credit: Sony; Quickflix) The Australian Financial Review is reporting that Quickflix — the closest thing we have in Australia to Netflix — has slashed one third of its staff as it hits a cash crunch, with …
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Sony will “loan” an Ultra HD player with 10 movies loaded to anyone in the US who buys its $24,000 TV. (Credit: Sarah Tew) We reported recently that Sony had promised the “world’s first 4K Ultra HD delivery solution” to anyone buying its 84-inch Ultra HD TV. Then we reported that it was for people purchasing in the US only. …
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Be warned: the smart TV you bought this year will be well and truly obsolete by 2015. And the new ones will be running Android. (Credit: LG) Andrew Ladbroke is an analyst with Informa Telecoms and Media, and one of the authors of the recent smart TV forecast. He took to the Informa company blog with some very interesting predictions …
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New IDC research figures show Sony leapfrogging three places to take third place in global smartphone sales, despite a sales decline. Sony’s new Xperia XT (Credit: Sony) Sony has overtaken RIM, Nokia and the struggling HTC to arrive at third place on the smartphone sales ladder, below Samsung and Apple. Samsung continues to dominate the smartphone market, commanding 31.3 per …
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The Dark Knight Rises hits Blu-ray today and Warner Bros is reminding you in artistic style. At the Galleries Victoria, 500 George Street, Sydney, until late Thursday. (Credit: CNET Australia) Batman completionists rejoice: The Dark Knight Rises, the third film of Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy, is out on Blu-ray today. It’s all about the perspective.(Credit: CNET Australia) Warner Bros got …
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Prima Cinema will download and play box office movies on the day of theatrical release — all for just US$35,000. The Prima Cinema box and fingerprint scanner. (Screenshot by CNET Australia) A home theatre cinema can be an expensive proposition, but Prima Cinema is taking that to a whole new level. Prima Cinema is a rack mounted device that downloads …
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IPTV service Fetch TV is contemplating a National Broadband Network (NBN) investment that could see it become a major pay-TV competitor. The Fetch TV PVR(Credit: Fetch TV) The Australian is reporting that Fetch TV is contemplating an NBN deal that would see it become a network backhaul operator. The move would allow the IPTV service to create a multicast system …
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Aimed at the medical market, Sony’s new OLED TV boasts a resolution of 2048×2560 pixels. Sony’s PVM-2551MD (Credit: Sony) While Sony’s XEL-1 retail OLED is very much discontinued, the company is still working with OLED technology. According to a press release, Sony will unveil the medical display later this month. The screen is 20.5 inches, with a 2048×2560 resolution. Because …
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A new study suggests that shutting down Megaupload actually hurt the film industry, while a UK report has found that pirates spend more on digital entertainment. (Pirates of the Caribbean, Desert Operations image by A47, CC BY-SA 3.0) When Kim Dotcom’s infamous Megaupload service was shut down (with prejudice), much was made of the service being used to host illegal …
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Looking for a Christmas gift for the movie or TV fan in your life? Here are some box sets that are worth checking out. Shorty got Game of Thrones. (Credit: HBO/Warner) (Credit: Paramount) The transfer of Star Trek: The Next Generation on to Blu-ray — with the painstakingly re-created special effects — continues, with season 2 landing on 12 December …
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