Pioneer shows off 16-layer 400GB Blu-ray Disc, affirms compatibility with current players (1)
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When Pioneer first introduced its unicorn-like 16-layer 400GB Blu-ray Disc, we weren't sure if the thing would make it beyond the drawing board, let alone be compatible with existing BD decks. Over at the IT Month Fair in Taipei, Pioneer showed up to showcase the capacious disc, and better still, a DigiTimes report asserts that these are indeed compatible with Blu-ray readers already on the market. Currently, the 400GB disc is slated to hit mass ...
Uncle Creepy's Blu Christmas Buyer's Guide (1)
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**NOTE: This will be at the top of the page for a while to give everyone a chance to complete their shopping lists!** With the holiday shopping season officially upon us, I figured it might be a good idea to start making some recommendations for the lucky horror-loving folks on your lists! Being that Blu-ray has officially been accepted as the next step in home video entertainment, I expect that a lot of PlayStation 3's ...
$199 Not the Magic Blu-ray Price After All [Blu-Ray] (5)
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The general consensus, among experts, analysts and other blowhards has long been that when Blu-ray players legitimately hit $199, the format would finally go mainstream. Well, $200 Blu-ray players are all over the place for Christmas, even Sony's BDP-S350, with its unshakeable $299 MSRP. But according to ABI Research, only 8 percent of holiday buyers were even considering upgrading to Blu-ray even though about half of American homes have gone HD and it's totally uncontested ...
Samsung BD-P2500 and BD-P2550 Blu-Ray Players Getting Netflix HD [NetFlix] (1)
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We're liking the trend. Not only did the Xbox 360 debut Netflix HD streaming, other Netflix supporters like Roku are slated to receive same update. Now Samsung has announced that their $400 BD-P2500 and BD-P2550 will both receive firmware upgrades in early December to support Netflix HD streams as well. That's good news, as Netflix HD is looking more platform-independent by the day. SAMSUNG ADDS NETFLIX HD SUPPORT TO ITS FLAGSHIP BLU-RAY PLAYERS Among First ...
Pioneer introduces 8x BDR-S03J Blu-ray burner (1)
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Filed under: Blu-ray, Recorders Lookie, lookie -- yet another 8x Blu-ray burner to choose from. In Japan, of course. The BDR-S03J SATA drive is able to write to single- and dual-layer BD-R media at 8x, and that rate doubles when toasting to blank DVDs. It also features 4MB of cache and can burn CD-Rs at 32x and CD-RWs at 24x, but it'll only ship in the Land of the Rising Sun (at least initially) this ...
Black Friday is Turning Blu (1)
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As many of you know, the holiday shopping season doesn't really kick off until Black Friday - the day after Thanksgiving were retailers dramatically reduce prices in order to increase profits (out of the red, and into the black). As the hot item this holiday season, Blu-ray isn't immune to these sales. Forum members have been tracking sale items all week, and have compiled a great list of Blu-ray movies and players at ridiculously low ...
Electronics companies cut Blu-Ray player prices to get some traction (1)
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Blu-Ray manufacturers have slashed prices in a big way in order to make this Christmas season a hockey stick movement for the adoption of the format. Prices have been cut by almost 50% or more, according to WSJ: Entry-level Blu-ray players have dropped to below $230 at major retailers including Target Corp.,Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and Best Buy Co. Some experts predict that promotional prices may fall below $150 on Black Friday, the big shopping day ...
DVD sales falling (1)
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Filed under: IndustryHollywood has always loved the DVD. After releasing movies theatrically, the DVD, as a billion-dollar cash generator, has been the film industry's decade-long best friend. That friend may be putting on its coat and about to head for the exit. Global DVD sales are expected to plunge 7.5% in 2008, meaning there is going to be a revenue problem brewing for some of the movie studios that count on DVD sales and resultant ...
Firecoder Blu, Thomson's SpursEngine graphics card, available in December (2)
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"Bag of hurt" or no, it doesn't look like Blu-ray is going to disappear any time soon. Firecoder Blu is Thomson's new graphics card aimed at the HD set, and the second one based on Toshiba's SpursEngine chip. Using same technology as the PS3, the chip is capable of hardware accelerated decoding of the MPEG2 and MPEG4 AVC/H.264 codecs, which lends the card some serious processing capabilities -- the company claims it will transcode AVCHD ...
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cbsmith said:
Cool, so you can pay more than price of a PS3 for PS3 capabilities. ;-)
Do You Know Your HD From Your SD? (1)
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Are you the kind of eagle-eyed AV fan who can spot a grainy standard-def TV image at a 1,000 paces? If so, then bully for you because some of the latest research from the US shows that 1-in-5 HDTV owners can't tell if they are watching HD glory or standard-def tat. This is the sixth annual survey on this topic by the Leichtman Research Group (LRG) and it seems that folk are still as observant ...
DVD Identifier (1)
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Many DVD, HD-DVD or Blu-Ray writers work best with blank media from a specific manufacturer. One could argue that it is only a matter of looking at the label of the blank media to find out about the manufacturer but the information presented there is not always reliable. It can happen that the brand name differs from the manufacturer and it is not uncommon that a brand makes use of several manufacturers for the same ...
LG's BD300 next in line for HD Netflix streaming (4)
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Remember when we heard that Microsoft's Xbox 360 was just one of many boxes that would support HD Netflix streaming over the next few months? Yeah, well we get the impression that the first week in December will be the go-live date for a smattering of new units. Just hours after hearing that Samsung's BD-P2500 and BD-P2550 Blu-ray decks would be receiving a free update to enable high-def Netflix support, along comes a strikingly similar ...
LG's BD300 next in line for HD Netflix streaming (1)
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Filed under: Blu-ray, Media streamers, LG, Internet Remember when we heard that Microsoft's Xbox 360 was just one of many boxes that would support HD Netflix streaming over the next few months? Yeah, well we get the impression that the first week in December will be the go-live date for a smattering of new units. Just hours after hearing that Samsung's BD-P2500 and BD-P2550 Blu-ray decks would be receiving a free update to enable high-def ...
HD Netflix streaming coming to Samsung's BD-P2500 / BD-P2550 Blu-ray players (9)
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Around this time last month, we learned that Netflix streaming would be making its way onto Samsung's BD-P2500 / BD-P2550 Blu-ray players. Today, Sammy has dropped another related bombshell: HD Netflix streaming is just around the bend. Beginning the first week of December (which isn't vague at all), owners of the aforementioned decks will be able to suck down a simple firmware update to enable high-def Netflix streaming. Enjoy the exclusivity, Xbox 360 -- it ...
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rambn said:
It may be time for me to finally purchase a Blue-ray player. I love Samsung.
PS3 tops CNN's 'Best of the Blu-ray players' list (1)
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Filed under: Blu-ray CNNMoney has put together a list of the five best Blu-ray players you can currently find on the market. Sitting pretty at the top is our beloved PS3, with the highest grade given of A-. Why such a high grade? The ability to upgrade to Profile 2.0, excellent picture quality, 7.1 Dolby TrueHD audio, and fast load times for movies were just some of the reasons CNN cited. Their biggest complain seems ...
HD Netflix streaming coming to Samsung's BD-P2500 / BD-P2550 Blu-ray players (2)
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Filed under: Industry, Blu-ray, Players, Samsung, Internet Around this time last month, we learned that Netflix streaming would be making its way onto Samsung's BD-P2500 / BD-P2550 Blu-ray players. Today, Sammy has dropped another related bombshell: HD Netflix streaming is just around the bend. Beginning the first week of December (which isn't vague at all), owners of the aforementioned decks will be able to suck down a simple firmware update to enable high-def Netflix streaming. ...
Um em cada cinco donos de HDTV confunde definição standard com HD (1)
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A sexta pesquisa anual da Leichtman Research Group mostra que 18% dos donos de HDTV acham que estão assistindo a programas em alta definição (HD) quando, na verdade, trata-se de conteúdo em definição standard (SD). Sem dúvida isso ocorre, em parte, porque não é muito fácil saber como ter conteúdo em HD em sua nova TV gigante – eu não confiaria na minha mãe para isso. Mas acho que quem confunde HD com SD nunca ...
Redbox to rent Blu-Ray discs for $1 (4)
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Redbox, the company that runs the dollar-per-day DVD rental kiosks at grocery stores around the country, is apparently going to start renting Blu-Ray discs. According to TVPredictions the Blu-Ray discs will be $1, too! The convenience and low price could appeal to Blu-ray enthusiasts who have struggled to obtain new Blu-ray releases from online DVD rental service Netflix. Blockbuster has started carrying Blu-ray discs in many of its stores, but supplies can sometimes be limited ...
Oh Yes, A Dreamcast PC With Blu-ray (6)
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Never say die! SEGA's final console, the Dreamcast, lives on — and with Blu-ray. Ain't that a kick in the nards? Tokyo PC shop Tsukumo has gutted the Dreamcast console and stuffed it with all sorts of stuff: a compact Sony NEC Blu-Ray BD-5500A drive, HDMI output, a Western Digital 160GB hard drive, and a MINIX 780G-SP128MB motherboard. The controller plugs have been turned into Flashdrive-friendly USB ports. It runs on Windows XP Professional. Total ...
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kerobaros said:
holy hell, that's awesome. wish i knew how they turn PC optical drives into top-loaders.
