Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Posts Tagged ‘1080p’

Halo: Combat Evolved Receiving A Makeover

You heard right, the original Halo: Combat Evolved will be receiving a makeover for Xbox 360. There hasn’t been many 3D games for the 360, but according to rumors this will be remade for 3D. Joystiq has discovered that the remake should include 1080p graphics and 3D. And yes, to answer all your questions, it will have online co-op! So call your buddies and be prepared to buy this epic game this holiday season, oh didn’t I mention? That’s when it comes out.

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Star Wars: The Complete Saga Coming to BluRay in Sept. 2011

I’m getting goose bumps even thinking about this.  Anyways, it is now revealed that Star Wars will be  available this September in glorious 1080P via Blu-Ray.  The news has been leaked out a few months back but new details arrived from the Dark Lord of the Sith, Lord Vader himself, at CES in Las Vegas today.  The complete saga, Episodes I-VI, are now available for pre order via Amazon.com for only $139.99 US/$129.99 for our friends in Canada.  This by far is one of the most eagerly anticipated titles to hit Blu-Ray since 1080P has been available. Read more: Star Wars: The Complete Saga Coming to BluRay in Sept. 2011

Netflix, PS3 go disk-free

Netflix and PS3

PS3 owners can start the celebration!  On October 18th, Netflix will no longer require the disk for streaming.  But wait……….there’s more!  Netflix also will stream some contect in 1080p resolution and with 5.1 surround sound.  Netflix has partnered with Dolby Digital Plus for the surround sound.

Netflix has stated that the 5.1 surround sound will come to the other platforms in time but that consumers will have to wait.  That may take a while, depending on how this launch on the PS3 goes.  However, it certainly shows that the Microsoft exclusivity period seems to be over and done with.

Blackberry launching the “Playbook”

Today at the Blackberry Developer Conference (DevCon) RIM CEO Mike Laziridis let loose the new Blackberry Playbook. This bad boy will be sporting a 7-inch hi-res widescreen display, HTML 5, 1080p video, has non-proprietary HDMI and USB connections, full-HD front and rear facing camera, support for dual-displays, supports Flash 10.1 with hardware accelerated video, and will be able to connect with Blackberry Enterprise Servers out of the box via Bluetooth secure pairing to Blackberry. The Playbook will have a 1 GHz dual-core processor and 1 GB of RAM. It will also support Adobe Air, Flash, and OpenGL2.0. Watch the video below from DevCon.

httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jd4LIq9xm-0

So what does this mean to you? WOW. Blackberry is coming out fighting with its iPad killer for suits. This thing is packed full of everything you wish your phone or current tablet had. Good for you Blackberry. Its about time something was launched that brings the name back. What do you like about this thing? Comment below.

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