The prospect of digital delivery of movies to cinemas has been talked about for a long time now – the advantages are clear, as not having to make a film print would save the studios millions of dollars, and new digital projectors could improve the quality of the audio and video that customers experience in [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘Sony’
August 26, 2008
Broadcom’s pickup of ATI’s Digital TV assets is a very good long-term move
Broadcom’s acquisition of ATI’s (now AMD’s) digital TV assets for $193M has been long expected since AMD put these assets up for sale earlier in the summer, but the Street has not taken the news all that well, with Broadcom’s stock now down 4% today. Though this is in part due to Broadcom’s view that [...]
July 15, 2008
Microsoft hoping to kickstart Xbox 360 through video streaming, broader game content, and social networking
Microsoft’s Xbox 360 gaming platform has had some moderate success selling more than 19 million units worldwide, though competing platforms like Nintendo Wii have already bypassed Xbox 360 despite coming out a year, and PS3 has started to equal or beat monthly unit sales of Xbox 360 consoles. With the price of the 20GB Xbox [...]
July 7, 2008
Pioneer pushing the boundaries of Blu-ray ane consumer attitudes towards Blu-ray starting to change?
For Sony, winning the next-generation DVD war against Toshiba has been a mixed bag – while defeating HD-DVD was clearly a good thing, the delay in getting Blu-ray to market has meant that there are a lot of devices out there currently that are using legacy DVD for portable media support. Would Blu-ray be further [...]
June 27, 2008
Sony’s mid-term plan a disappointment but can it pull off its long-term convergence strategy?
A mid-term plan from Sony was certainly disappointing to investors, with the stock dropping 4.4% in Japan and around 3% for the ADR this morning. The 5% baseline operating margin and 10% ROE targets were less than bullish after an 8% ROE last year, and the lack of any real new products in an increasingly [...]
June 4, 2008
Low-end computing gets a boost from Microsoft
Building on yesterday’s article on Asus’ EeePC, a couple of announcements yesterday signal that low-end computing is becoming an emerging trend not only with notebook computers as well as desktop computers.
Microsoft has announced that it is extending availability of the XP Home operating system through 2010 on low-end desktop computers – earlier, Microsoft had responded [...]
May 26, 2008
Nintendo re-writing the rules of the videogame industry
Nintendo’s success in gaming consoles has been pretty apparent for some time now, with Nintendo able to target non-traditional gamers, particularly young kids and women. With the introduction of the Wii, Nintendo not only continued its track record of creating “fun” games (see this article from the New York Times for a great profile on [...]
May 22, 2008
A Samsung and LG alliance is simply a reflection of the new economics in Tech
Samsung and LG have announced that the bitter South Korean rivals will co-operate on an alliance that will see technology being shared in the areas of mobile TV in addition and flat panel TV technology. What impact would this have on the competition?
Likely not that much in the near-term, but could help these companies to [...]
May 15, 2008
In the battle in next generation gaming, Sony’s PS3 is gaining momentum
In Q4/F07, Sony moved to profitability (versus a loss in Q4/F06) of $277 million on a depreciation in the Yen, but also solid results in Electronics, including Vaio PCs, digital cameras, and handycams, though hurt to some degree by increasing pricing pressure and rising costs in Bravia LCD TVs.
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April 22, 2008
Sony delays “Home” virtual world for PS3 until H2/08 – Convergence is really taking its sweet time
Sony announced this morning that it would be delaying the launch of its Home product for PS3 until H2/08. “Home” is a virtual world that is expected to be similar to Linden Labs’ “Second Life” applications, which allows users to build homes and interact with other users in almost limitless ways. For Sony, this application [...]
