Nero's new LiquidTV can turn your PC into a T.V.

Reminds you about TiVo right? Well, in all aspects it is...except that it has some more new features, like:

1. Ability to export recorded media to portable devices(PSP too may be)
2. Formats supported are: '.tivo', MPEG-2, MPEG-4,  AVI, WMV and you have the ability to burn-to-DVD

Retailing for $119.99 in the U.S/Canada, you also get a one year subscription to TiVo. You will need a dual-core processor, which goes without saying- that is, if you are an enthusiasist. For any normal consumer, who doen't prefer HD signals...any modern processor would do. As for hard disk space, you will at the least want a minimum 40 gigabytes of storage.

PS3 never to be successful-Howard Stringer

Sony CEO Sir Howard Stringer had a light-hearted chat with German news source Welt Online. He revealed that the $3 billion spent on developing the PS3 probably won't be recovered; well, "Not for as long as I live" .

You've got to wonder at the enormous amount of money Sony spent on its console, even though we're now pretty happy with the end result. I'm not sure Sir Howard is not playing a hand close to his chest here. Sure, that $3billion is never going to earned from hardware sales of the PS3 - or at least not until it reaches PS2 levels of sales. Even though Sony won the latest high-definition format war(although Blu-ray hasn't pentrated the Media the way DVD did) it succeeded in the same way as DVD. The PS3 was absolutely fundamental to that victory and the revenue that it will generate for Sony in the long term can only be guessed at.

Toshiba propels DVD quality to near HD

Toshiba, which lost out to Sony in the battle for the next-generation DVD format, has announced a new technology that could help extend the life of current DVD libraries.

The technology, called XDE (eXtended Detail Enhancement), upgrades DVD picture quality to a higher definition of up to 1080p, according to Toshiba. The company was quick to point out that XDE does not give true HD, but it said the improved picture quality comes close to it.

A player already on sale from Toshiba will boost picture quality to 720p, 1080i or 1080p, depending on a TV's resolution.

Standard DVD picture quality is 480i/p. Toshiba is offering XDE DVD players for US$149.99.

This could tempt users who are opting to switch over to the new High-Def format to be tempted to continue using the DVD. Toshiba is finally avenging its loss to Sony.