g5sim i know lar

g5sim i know lar

CHOY, wat the hell happen to my lense??????

sigh... most prolly getting the A2 from amazon then ship thru vpost to spore, now still awaiting qoute from vpost
just learn something, spore is not tax free as i always tot it is, the limit is 400 SGD

or shud i wait for the A3?

Toshiba and Microsoft Announce Plans to Form Advanced Interactivity Consortium

DreamWorks Animation, Paramount, Universal and Warner join IT and consumer electronics industry leaders to extend and promote interactive experiences beyond optical media to new platforms.
October 04, 2007: 12:26 PM EST


TOKYO and REDMOND, Wash., Oct. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Toshiba Corp. and Microsoft Corp. today announced plans to form the Advanced Interactivity Consortium (AIC), an open forum aimed at the promotion of superior interactivity for a wide range of next-generation consumer devices, digital content and distribution scenarios. The newly formed organization's mission is to maximize consumer satisfaction worldwide by accelerating industrywide adoption of advanced interactivity and interoperability across a broad array of HD DVD products.

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In addition to its crystal-clear picture quality and sound, HD DVD, the next generation of DVD approved by the DVD Forum, is the first platform to include advanced interactivity as a basic feature in high-definition movies and players, substantially expanding the possibilities of high-definition home entertainment.

The new organization will also focus attention on ways to bring these advanced scenarios to other services and platforms, including digital downloads to DVD players, PCs, TVs, cell phones, portable media players and game consoles.

"Creating attractive consumer experiences with advanced interactivity is critical to bringing digital home entertainment to the next level," said Hisatsugu Nonaka, corporate executive vice president at Toshiba. "In order to create these ecosystems, we wanted to bring together a group of companies committed to extending these scenarios across a wide variety of platforms. The Advanced Interactivity Consortium will advocate for these platforms as well as help ensure interoperability of HD DVD players and services."

"The Advanced Interactivity Consortium has its roots in the work we've done with HDi™ and HD DVD, but is open to all companies interested in bringing a broader set of experiences to consumers on different platforms," said Robbie Bach, president of the Entertainment and Devices Division at Microsoft. "We look forward to contributing to this effort with HDi, our implementation of HD DVD's interactive layer, and to collaborate with AIC members on how to extend interactive compatibilities to the consumer electronics market. The goal is to ensure a high-quality experience not only through optical discs but also through new digital download services."

Based on easy-to-program Web standards, HDi technology naturally lends itself to cross-platform implementations and integration in online content services. For content owners, HDi provides a simple development environment, resulting in a seamless and visually consistent experience from device menus to Web-based applications.

The Advanced Interactivity Consortium will also include major Hollywood studios DreamWorks Animation SKG, Paramount Pictures, Universal Studios and Warner Bros., which have given their commitment to these advanced scenarios and experience bringing new features to consumers. Each studio currently distributes, or will distribute, HD DVD titles with HDi-enabled features, from advanced in-movie navigation, bookmarking and picture-in-picture, to Web- enabled communities, content downloads and e-commerce stores.

"We are pleased to support the formation of the Advanced Interactivity Consortium and look forward to further developing interactive scenarios on HD DVD that will extend the consumer experience to new platforms," said Craig Kornblau, president of Universal Studios Home Entertainment and Universal Pictures Digital Platforms. "By following a standards-based approach, this collaboration will uniformly benefit consumers as well as the industry."

The AIC founding member companies plan to formalize the organization shortly and to extend additional partner invitations.

Toshiba is showing three yet-to-be-launched HD DVD recorders at this week's Ceatec show in Japan.

A main feature of all three players is the ability to transcode in real-time an off-the-air MPEG2 high-definition signal into the more efficient MPEG4 AVC compression system. When used it means recorded HD content will take up less space so more can be stored in the recorder's hard-disk drive or on an HD DVD disc.

Toshiba says about 6 hours of content can be stored on a single-layer HD DVD-R disc.

Because the MPEG4 AVC data takes up less space it's also possible to store about 2 hours of content on a DVD-R using the recently standardized HD REC format.

The high-end RD-X7 recorder from Toshiba features 1080p (1080 horizontal lines with progressive scanning) video output at 24 frames per second, which is the highest of several grades of video signal judged to be high-definition. The other two recorders, the RD-A101 and RD-A201, didn't appear to offer this output based on available information from Toshiba.

The company hasn't announced when the recorders will hit the market but three manufacturers of recorders based on the competing Blu-ray Disc format, Sony, Panasonic and Sharp, have all in the last month announced new machines for the year-end shopping season. To compete, Toshiba will likely have to release the new recorders in the coming weeks.

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lerrrr....senang betul.....berita tersebar..siapalah mulut yg senang bocor ni...bukan apa2 mayat..just carry out my obligation for our community....siapa lagi nak tolong our community....harap2 usaha i tak sia2lah...

bro silencer, pls let me know if u found a good deal, if tats the case, i think i shall wait for the A3 as well

btwn a2,20 and 3, wat are their main differnces?

A2 - 1080i - similar to A3 - only that A3 is 3rd gen - therefor should be faster load time and cheaper built

A20 is 1080p and is similar to A30.

you may try A35 if you want too - analogue out put for non HDMI receiver and Anchor Bay video interlacer - good upconversion according to reports

har... how much would the A35 cost me?

i think A2 or 3 enuff for a peasant like me