Beginning tomorrow—October 31, 2006—Xbox 360 users will be able to download a free system update which adds significant new features to the company’s standalone gaming console. Chief among the added capabilities: support for games and movies at native 1080p resolution, support for Microsoft’s forthcoming HD DVD drive for the Xbox 360, and the ability to play stream WMV video from Windows systems running Windows Media Connect or Windows Media Player 11—or from CD, DVD, USB storage device, or connected PC.
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Get Ready for the Gold Rush
AOL and reality show producer Mark Burnett are teaming with CBS to develop a new online reality show set to debut this fall. Titled Gold Rush, the online treasure hunt will let searchers find over $2 million in gold using clues found in CBS fall premieres and commercials.
In Gold Rush, said the media outfits, thirteen armored trucks laden with gold disperse across the United States to hide their caches. Twelve of these trucks contain $100,000 in solid gold and the thirteenth, $1 million dollars in solid gold. Each week during the national treasure hunt new clues will be found within CBS television programs, sponsor commercials, the AOL.com web site and other media properties. Gold Rush, unlike other reality show games which have a limited number of participants, will be open to the public in large, resulting in what could be millions of potential players.
CyberLink Launches DVD Burning Suites
Both suites feature an easy-to-use task-based interface called PowerStarter. Users can directly choose functions they need via the interface and CDS will launch the programs necessary to fulfill each function.
CDS Gold, which is targeted at burning hobbyists, is a 7-in-1 suite that includes CyberLink’s leading PowerDVD 5 Basic, PowerProducer 2 Gold Express, Power2Go 3, MediaShow 3, PhotoNow, PowerBackup and PowerStarter. It provides users with the functions of DVD playback, authoring, burning, slide show creation, photo retouching and file backup.
Triad Debuts InRoom Gold LCR Speakers
Utilizing proprietary drivers and an over-built, acoustically inert enclosure, these new loudspeakers boast low distortion, high sensitivity and high power handling making them adept at reproducingmusic and movie soundtracks, from subtle nuances to the thunderous pyrotechnics of action films.
InRoom Gold LCR and Center loudspeakers are designed to deliver high-end home theater performance at a more affordable price than previously available before from Triad. According to Triad SpeakersDirector of Sales and Marketing Paul Scarpelli, “The new InRoom Gold Series approaches the sound and design quality of our formidable InRoom Platinum series, but at less of a cost premium.â€
