Tag Archive for 'blu-ray'
With the fall of HD-DVD, the Hi-Def rental-lover has raised question on Netflix ability to sustain its glowing subscribers and demands for Blu-Ray Format. Their rival, Blockbuster has quietly surrendered on price war and raised a significant monthly fee, almost twice as much on the least profitable Total Access renters. The sudden price rise has [...]
Sony Electronics has announced two new Blu-Ray players that will be capable of accessing advanced interactive features such as BonusView and BD-Live, and advanced 7.1 channels HD audio decoding. The BDP-S350 ships this summer for about $400 and the BDP-S550 will be available this autumn for about $500.
When the high end audio manufacturer starts to roll out a $17,000 blu-ray player, the coast is as clear as it can be; the Blu-ray has won. The Swiss Goldmund has decided it’s the time to put a Blu-ray transport on the Eidos 20. It’s not only their first entry in HD Format player [...]
While gathering more fact on a new Blu-Ray external drive posted on blu-ray.com, I found an interesting quote from Lite-on at techradar about their new external Blu-ray drive. According to some Lite-On’s blurb, their Blu-ray drive is as good as idiot-proof USB device. Somehow, I doubt so.
Oppo Digital, primarily known for delivering high quality and affordable region-free universal player (with a hack), has finally decided to develop a Blu-Ray player. The company policy on Hi-def player has been neutral throughout the Format War. Now that the coast is clear, Oppo fan should be happy to learn that a region-free, 7.1 channels [...]
It’s true folks, we all knew the slow death was coming and as of today, Tuesday, February 19, 2008, HD DVD is pronounced dead. According to Gizmodo Japan, Toshiba’s press release is out in wild. So there you have it, the Format War is finally over; long live BluRay. Jump over for [...]
You probably recall James last report on the newer, smaller and cheaper Sony/Nichia laser few weeks ago. Well, the French has picked it up and announced their first entry in Blu-Ray market with SBR-1000 coming this April.
Blu-ray is not only started to show dominant in CE fields, I have a feeling that future releases in PC industry will focus more on sole Blu-Ray recorder than the combo drive with HD-DVD. Take Buffalo for example, they will roll out three new Blu-Ray burners late of this month, one external with USB [...]
Sharp Corporation announced two new models of blue-violet semiconductor lasers, designed for Blu-Ray recorder to use in PC and notebook. The new laser consumes less power, and enables the dual layer recorder with higher output pulse of 250mW to achieve a much faster 6x burning speed.
Harman Kardon, a subsidiary of Harman International has revealed its first share in Format War with the announcement of a new Blu-Ray player coming this September at IFA show. The parent company is an International audio equipment company features audiophile and mid-range brands like JBL, Harman Kardon, Infinity, Lexicon, Mark Levinson, Revel, etc. Even the [...]
