Audio Video News

Legit P2P? It seems too good to be true. And it is, at least for now. Qtrax missed its debut this week.

Just as Samsung started shipping its long-anticipated BD-UP5000 combo Blu-ray/HD DVD player, the company announced that the product will be discontinued as of May or June of this year, stressing that this time frame is subject to change. Retailers will be allowed to sell their existing inventory, but production will cease. A new model is scheduled to be released sometime in the second half of 2008, but no other details were revealed. Meanwhile, the company will continue to support the BD-UP5000 with firmware updates.

In a surprising show of support for HD DVD, 20,000 people have signed an online petition begging for the underdog high-def disc format's life.

When an older, accomplished actor dies, at least you can reflect back on a large body of work. When a talented young actor in his  prime passes, you're left wondering about what could have been. Such is the case with Heath Ledger, who passed...

Warner's decision to drop HD DVD and concentrate on Blu-ray releases may have been the climax of an epic bout of flipflopping. Or so says the rumor mill.

The music-industry trade groups that have launched mass lawsuits against consumers may be about to become three-legged stools. EMI, of the four largest music labels, may be moving to cut its funding for the Recording Industry Association of America and its British cousin, the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry.