Tag Archive for 'blu-ray'
In case you need 25-50GB copied 3 or more times on a regular basis, Alteratec has what you need. It’s a Blu-Ray disc burner that can burn up to 3 copies of the same Blu-Ray simultaneously, but it also does LightScribe.
D&M Holdings, the Japan-based consumer electronics corporation that owned several mid to high-end household brands including Marantz, Denon, Mcintosh, Snell, etc, has announced an additional Blu-Ray player by the end of March 2008. The company did not disclose what player will be released under which subsidiaries, but it’s more likely the Marantz BD8002, which is [...]
Plextor has been known as one of the leaders in manufacturing the best in the optical drive market, and these two are no different. Both support SATA, and can read and write to both CD’s and DVD’s, but the catch is what they can do with the new HD optical formats.
The massive and high-dollars Kaleidescape media systems will add a new player sometime next year to support a few more media formats, better playback quality from DVD, online content and Blu-Ray playback. The new player will support existing media server with no additional software licensing fees increment even with the addition of Blu-Ray, but the [...]
If you have one of the Samsung BD-P1200 Blu-Ray player that keeps locking up during playback, you may want to check out the new firmware. Samsung has released FW 2.1 yesterday that said to resolve playback issues with the following movies and among others
I don’t buy whole lot of movies in Hi-Def but I’ve been stocking up most of the wildlife films if I can get my hands on, you know? since I’m a self-proclaimed bird photographer and all. But seriously, I do have plenty of them in Hi-Def, including the war between the Tsaro’s lioness and buffalo [...]
If you’ve followed the whole HD DVD vs Blu-ray format war, you may have noticed that people are declaring a victor. While HD DVD isn’t dead yet, it might as well be. This of course means PS3 owners everywhere have something to gloat about when talking to their Xbox 360-owning friends. For now at [...]
We try to keep our readers with up-to-date with the latest technology and news, but occasionally a few things get delayed, like the PS3’s Blu-Ray Profile 1.1 update that’s been out for a few weeks. I didn’t get the first Sony’s Profile 1.1 movie, Resident Evil: Extinction until last week. My lame excuses are: 1) [...]
Check out this 3mm thick Blu-Ray laser that Sony and Nichia came up with. Not only will it allow for smaller, more compact drives, but its also expected to help in the effort to drive Blu-Ray players and burner prices down. Maybe they’ll even get down to HD-DVD player prices so we can all find [...]
Buyer Beware! There’ve been reports of black market Chinese movie with emulative Blu-Ray property around. If you’ve seen one, don’t be tempted with the price, it’s a total Chinese knock-off. The story came from blu-ray.com, the local kiosk vendors known to sell fake Chinese flicks are expanding their artworks to include Blu-Ray signature Blue case [...]
