... Disney has revealed details on the kind of features it plans to incorporate in the next generation of Blu -ray Discs. A new technology known as "BD Live" will open up Internet connectivity optio...
Tuesday, May 13, 2008 12:19
... from about $3350. If you were to check all the options, which include a 1920x1200 pixel display, a 2x Blu -ray drive, two GeForce 8800M GTX graphics chips, three 64 GB solid state disk drives, as well...
Monday, May 12, 2008 12:36
..., a Taiwan-based provider of digital multimedia software solutions, stands a good chance of having its Blu -ray Disc (BD) software products bundled with BD optical disc drives shipped by Toshiba-Samsun...
Monday, May 12, 2008 08:00
... wafers with 65 nm GPUs are leaving the production lines,
joining the 65 nm Xenon CPU. Rumors about a Blu -ray Xbox 360 remain
alive and we are hearing first information about a possible mid-cycle
r...
Friday, May 09, 2008 16:00
Pioneer has announced two new Blu -ray players supporting Bonus View and the HDMI 1.3a spec and promising a “true theater
experience”. Expect to pay at least a 50% premium for these playe
Wednesday, May 07, 2008 13:25
Panasonic today announced that it will soon launch a new Blu -ray player that will cost $699 but will be compatible with new 'BD-Live' interactive features.
The set-top, which Panasonic said will
Tuesday, May 06, 2008 13:26
...e digital realm, though, offering free digital downloads to consumers who buy certain movies on DVD or Blu -ray Disc....
Friday, May 02, 2008 12:20
Microsoft is moving forward with plans to bring Sony's Blu -ray format to its Xbox 360 console, according a report from Chinese newspaper Economic Daily News. The paper claims that Microsoft ha
Friday, May 02, 2008 09:55
Sales of Blu -ray disc players haven't been helped by maker Toshiba's capitulation over producing the rival HD DVD format, research firm NPD Group said Wednesday. Toshiba announced on Feb. 19 that i
Thursday, May 01, 2008 12:05
Paramount Pictures has announced its first slate of new Blu -ray Disc (BD) titles to come out starting May 20. The studio originally supported both Blu -ray and HD DVD, and then pledged exclusiv
Wednesday, April 30, 2008 09:34
...ntel processors, but is a strategic agreement that involves shared research and development that will “blu r the lines between the system vendor and the processor supplier.” The first Intel-based Cray ...
Monday, April 28, 2008 15:30
Seoul (South Korea) - Samsung has announced that it plans to bring the next generation of Blu -ray players to market this summer, bringing its first slate of devices that will support the new Blu -ray
Monday, April 28, 2008 14:42
...honed into the active central regions, fuelling bursts of star formation that appear as characteristic blu e knots of young stars. As the clouds of dust build they are heated so that they radiate stron...
Thursday, April 24, 2008 14:23
Pricewatch - In the past week we have seen an interesting trend with Blu -ray Disc player prices: All four of the BD devices we have been tracking all year are now retailing for around $400.&nb
Wednesday, April 23, 2008 09:59
Netflix subscribers will soon need to start paying a "modest monthly premium" if they want to rent Blu -ray Discs, even though over the past two years high-def movies have been included in the standa
Tuesday, April 22, 2008 11:31
The first quarter of 2008 was a huge success for Blu -ray , as sales grew by 351 percent over the same period last year, reports trade publication Home Media Magazine. According to Home Media, i
Monday, April 21, 2008 12:13
...ssues are everywhere, and the flame wars quickly follow. Whether it is Intel vs. AMD, HD-DVD vs. Blu -Ray , Nvidia vs. ATI, Ford vs. Chevy, or even Evolution vs. Intelligent Design, there are far ...
Friday, April 18, 2008 13:17
When Universal announced that it was abandoning HD DVD to switch over to Blu -ray , it was the one that gave the rubber stamp of failure to HD DVD. Universal was by far the biggest studio backer
Thursday, April 17, 2008 13:41
Since the high definition format war has been decided and Blu -ray is slowly but surely moving into more and home homes, video enthusiasts may be looking for the next thrill: Red just announced its
Wednesday, April 16, 2008 13:18
...o weeks while it worked on the update. Today's upgrade also adds DTS-HD Master Audio support for Blu -ray Discs.Foster City (CA) - Sony has released the 2.30 firmware update for the Playstation 3...
Tuesday, April 15, 2008 09:40
...est thing” in 2008, only trumped by video processing and transcoding from one video format to another (Blu -ray or a DVD to iPod)....
Monday, April 14, 2008 01:30
...tform, but another big update will also be included with the ability to have high-end audio output for Blu -ray Discs. With the new firmware, the PS3 will finally support DTS-HD Master Audio, whi...
Thursday, April 10, 2008 14:53
...s reportedly created a new program for the iPhone and iPod Touch that allows users to connect to their Blu -ray players via an Internet link. The first player that will be open to this new techno...
Thursday, April 10, 2008 10:40
Pricewatch - Over the past month we have been reporting on the pricing trend of Blu -ray Dusc players. As HD DVD faded away, prices of BD devices began to slowly creep up, to where they have no
Wednesday, April 09, 2008 08:40
...culation how Toshiba will change its
high definition strategy now that HD DVD is officially gone. The Blu -ray adventure may have cost Toshiba about $1 billion, but the
company does not hesitate to s...
Tuesday, April 08, 2008 18:05
Inventec is reported to have landed all of Acer's Blu -ray disc (BD) notebook orders, which are expected to see volumes of around 1.8-2.1 million this year, according to sources in the notebook indust
Tuesday, April 08, 2008 08:59
...nternational vendors of desktop and notebook PCs, in their road maps of product development to promote Blu -ray Disc (BD), expect ODM/OEM makers to gradually reduce their quotes for BD drives, sources ...
Tuesday, April 08, 2008 08:59
Sony will offer Blu -ray Disc (BD) devices in a wide range of product lines and prices and aims to increase the global market share of its BD products from 20% currently to 50% by the end of 2008, acc
Monday, April 07, 2008 08:48
...households in the US now have a high-def disc player and more than half of the country is aware of the Blu -ray Disc format, according to a new study from Interpret. Interpret, which studies medi...
Thursday, April 03, 2008 11:17
If, as previously reported, Microsoft adopts built-in Blu -ray Disc (BD)-ROM drives for a new version of its Xbox 360, sales prices are likely to be lower than the corresponding production costs since
Wednesday, April 02, 2008 09:01
Amid the upcoming launch of notebooks with Blu -ray disc (BD) optical drives, Acer Taiwan president Scott Lin stressed that every step Acer takes, including its shipments goal for BD notebooks, is in
Wednesday, April 02, 2008 08:59
Pricewatch - Sony, Sharp and Panasonic Blu -ray players continue to climb an upward price slope as demand has increased and competition decreased in the high definition video market, TG Daily found.&n
Wednesday, April 02, 2008 08:36
Lite-On IT is developing built-in Blu -ray Disc-(BD) ROM drives for the Microsoft Xbox 360 game console, according to industry sources. Lite-On declined to comment, citing client confidentiality.
Tuesday, April 01, 2008 09:25
..., the largest Taiwan-based maker of half-height optical disc drives (ODDs), has secured OEM orders for Blu -ray Disc (BD) ROM drives from Dell with a monthly shipment volume of 20,000-30,000 drives, ac...
Tuesday, April 01, 2008 09:22
...eller list currently lists “I am Legend” as the most popular HD DVD ($18.99) at position 37 in its DVD/Blu -ray /HD DVD ranking. The DVD versions are listed at #25 ($15.99) and #19 (special edition, $22...
Monday, March 31, 2008 12:49
The high-definition war is over and it suddenly appears that Blu -ray is
becoming much more affordable, with more products supporting the
technology surfacing every day: Dell is the first majo
Friday, March 28, 2008 09:29
...trategy Analytics, a London-based research firm, said that it expects 29.4 million households to own a Blu -ray player by the end of the year. That number, it says, will mushroom to over 132 mill...
Thursday, March 27, 2008 08:53
Best Buy is apparently aiming for a quick transition to Blu -ray , as a
reader has informed us that select Best Buy stores have begun get rid
of their HD DVD movies with massive price cuts. Oth
Wednesday, March 26, 2008 01:00
... will be available in April for $499 and $649, respectively. Plextor PX-B920SA and PX-B300SA internal Blu -ray drives for PC: The PX-920SA offer a write performance of 4X BD-R (18 MB/s transfer rate) ...
Monday, March 24, 2008 14:04
Renowned DVD burning software maker Slysoft has announced that it cracked Blu -ray Disc protections to allow users to burn copies of BD movies on to blank media. The breakthrough is Slysoft's cr
Monday, March 24, 2008 11:23
...p; In the end, it was not the adult film industry that decided the
high-definition format war between Blu -ray and HD DVD. However, this
segment faces appears to be taking a lead role in the promotio...
Monday, March 24, 2008 02:00
...nch an investigation into some 30 companies including Sony on possible patent infringements related to Blu -ray disc players and other products. The commission said on its Web site on Thursday that the...
Friday, March 21, 2008 17:25
Asustek Computer has announced the M50 notebook with features including Blu -ray , Altec Lansing speakers and Dolby Home Theater support.The M50 provides a high-definition digital video and audio exper
Friday, March 21, 2008 09:38
The Playstation 3 is likely to retain its reputation as the most popular playback platform for Blu -ray content as Sony announced that owners of the console will “soon” be able to upgrade to firmwar
Thursday, March 20, 2008 16:07
... year. Best Buy is the latest company in line that wants to ease your pain (and quickly transition to Blu -ray ), in case your high-def bets were placed on HD DVD. In prepared statement, the company’s ...
Wednesday, March 19, 2008 10:58
...eleased a new version of its video playback software WinDVD. The latest edition, called “WinDVD 9 Plus Blu -ray ” drops still includes support for HD DVD playback, which was introduced with version 8, b...
Tuesday, March 18, 2008 11:01
... in Hollywood can greatly help to learn about trends in
the Consumer Electronics industry. Of course, Blu -ray was one of the
main discussion topics and if you are currently frustrated about the
hig...
Monday, March 17, 2008 13:44
...-based maker of half-height (H/H) optical disc drives (ODDs), witnessed its monthly shipment volume of Blu -ray Disc (BD)-ROM drives increase from less than 10,000 units in the fourth quarter of 2007 t...
Monday, March 17, 2008 09:05
... on February 19, stating it was impossible to win the format war after Warner announced its switch to Blu -ray in early January. Despite the ongoing $300 million “The look and sound of perfect” campai...
Friday, March 14, 2008 14:22
...s raising the launch price from around $350 to $400. The device was set to have the lowest MSRP for a Blu -ray player when it was announced in January, before the effective end of HD DVD. Howeve...
Friday, March 14, 2008 13:17
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