Engadget HD Podcast 055 - 10.23.2007
We actually recorded ten Engadget HD Podcasts in a row and we plan to continue to roll. Up this week, we cover quite a few reader comments as Ben eats crow. Then we get into Sony's latest blunder of releasing a profile 1.0 player at the last minute. After we finish with the rest of the format war news, we move into provider woes and discuss DirecTV's and Verizon's plans for future expansion. We finish on a lighter note when Corning seems to believe we all live in 400 sq/ft homes, and yet still find the room for 65-inch HDTVs.
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Hosts: Ben Drawbaugh and Steve Kim
Producer: Trent Wolbe
Program
13:13 – Sony sneaks BDP-S500 in before 1.1 goes mandatory
14:53 – Transformers HD DVD review roundup
17:15 – "Buy one, get one free" deal on Disney Blu-ray titles
18:39 – The-not-so-special Jack Ryan Special Edition box set
21:42 – AACS LA is one step ahead, for now
24:20 – Sub-$200 HD DVD players just around the bend?
30:25 – DirecTV 11 delayed till Q1 2008
34:06 – Is Verizon's FiOS out of bandwidth?
39:11 – Time Warner Cable deploys 150k OpenCable STBs, aka CableCARD 2.0
43:25 – TiVo Series3 and HD get (official) external storage support
47:53 – Best Buy kicks analog TVs to the curb
51:56 – Displaybank says LCD to reach 66% of TV sales by 2015
53:16 – Corning recommends 65-inch LCDs for "average" American living rooms