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Samsung is currently working to revise the default settings on the noise-reduction circuit in the Genesis scaler chip to sharpen the picture, Sanduski is quoting as saying. All future Samsung BD-P1000 production will have this revision and we are working to develop a firmware update for existing product. As weve previously reported, some early adopters have experienced poor picture quality when using the recommended HDMI output on the Samsung player. Switching to component outputs has improved the image quality for these users, which could be a result of the component outputs bypassing the scaling chip. Though the launch of rival format HD DVD was not without its own glitches, reviews of that formats first-gen hardware and software have been largely positive. If a repaired chip in the Samsung BD-P1000 markedly improves picture quality from the deck, it could help close the perceived gap in quality that currently exists between the two formats. We will keep you posted on the latest developments in this story as it continues to unfold. So maybe some of the negatives weve been hearing dont have to do entirely to the choice of codec in MPEG2 or the Blu-ray disc themselves, but a little glitch from a chip in the Samsung. I for one, would like to hear some revised reviews of Blu-ray movies, once the firmware update is in place. It should make for an interesting comparison. Moreover, itll be interesting to see forthcoming players from Blu-ray backers that will support HDMI 3 with more colors and HD sound over the HDMI and how that will come into play in the quality of Blu-ray movies. And lets not forget about the availability of DL movies this fall and how this should aid in the quality as well. HD DVDs dominance over Blu-Ray ; I thought blu-ray was winning. Ill check back when we get to page 40 Roxio on Tuesday will announce support for Blu-ray Disc with Toast, its popular Macintosh CD and DVD burning software. The new release of Toast will be bundled with Blu-ray drives coming to retailers soon. The software will enable Mac users who purchase Blu-ray drives to store as much as 50GB of data on a BD-R recordable or BD-RE rewritable disc, according to Roxio. Those drives will be coming to market later this calendar quarter. Adam Fingerman, director of product management for Roxio, told Macworld that several companies have spoken with or made arrangements with Roxio to bundle the Blu-ray-enabled version of Toast. The new update to Toast will, at least at first, be available exclusively to users who buy the new BD drives, and wont offer any additional functionality or features for non-Blu-ray drive users. Blu-ray drive users will receive the full Toast Titanium product, not a Lite version. Left to its own devices, Mac OS X v 4 Tiger doesnt know what to do with Blu-ray Discs, so Toast will include Toast Dynamic Writing, software that lets users mount Blu-ray discs and write to the them the same way they would a removable storage device. Whats more, the data isnt cached on the hard disk first so you neednt worry about allocating 50GB of disk space before you can burn Blu-ray media. aid18528 NVIDIAs CEO has stated his confidence in the success of Sonys PlayStation 3 console, telling San Jose Mercury News journalist Dean Takahashi that the company has backed the right horse in the next-gen race. Commenting on the companys decision to provide graphics processors for Sony, having previously worked with Microsoft to supply chips for the original Xbox, Huang stated: You cant build chips for all the game consoles. Thats not possible.