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Betamax Reviews

Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s

There are certainly some bona fide '80s showstoppers on this expansion, but all told, this is Guitar Hero II with a coat of neon paint and half as much content.

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Samsung BD-P1000

Samsung's BD-P1000 is the first Blu-ray player to land in Australia. While it raises the bar for high-definition video with 1080p output, it also carries a lofty price tag.

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Betamax News

Blu-ray vs. HD DVD: I don't care who wins!

The protagonists and their immediate families aside, does anyone really give a darn?

Can Sony click with download store?

Scores of companies are betting there's gold in helping go-go commuters and road warriors catch the latest episodes of 24 and Grey's Anatomy. Will Sony join the race?

Sony says sayonara to father of PlayStation

It appears the disappointing PlayStation 3 has claimed its first executive victim inside Sony.

LG: No go on combo of Blu-ray, HD DVD

Will the competing next-generation optical disc standards ever meet in the same device? Not for now, it seems.

Next-gen DVD war could be messy -- or not

Will the much-hyped next-generation DVD format war be a bloody battle, a bloodless coup or simply a stalemate? Depends on who you ask.

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Betamax Features

Format wars: the tech that should have won

Did you love Laserdisc? Were you bonkers over Betamax? Do you cry yourself to sleep because BeOS never hit the big time? Fret no more -- superdork Captain Tech is here to travel back in time and save the format losers that should have triumphed.

All eyes on new DVD format war

With hardware manufacturers and movie studios dividing into the Blu-ray or HD-DVD camp, it is likely consumers will be hesitant to purchase players of either format until the dust settles.

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