Tag Archive for 'blu-ray'
Here’s a newsflash for you. Apparently Microsoft isn’t working on a Blu-ray player for the Xbox 360. I know this might be a bit of a shock to some of you, but apparently they really just don’t care about the format.
Samsung have announced a new, more compact Blu-ray home cinema system to accompany their existing HT-BD2T setup. The HT-BD2S uses smaller satellite speakers and has a accompanying smaller price: $1,000. What’s the same is the central box, complete with its 7.1 channel, 1,100 W output.
Alienware have released their latest gaming laptop, the m17x, and while it’s no ultraportable the specs more than make up for it. Dual NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX SLI graphics driving a 17-inch WUXGA 1920 x 1200 LCD display, a choice of Core 2 Duo and Duo Extreme processors and an optional 1TB RAID0 array [...]
Samsung fourth-generation BluRay player, the BD-P1500, has been delayed until June as the company updates its specifications to include BD-Live functionality. First announced back in January, the P1500 was originally slated for a May launch with a MRSP of $399. Capable of full 1080p playback, the unit will also upscale normal DVDs to 720p, 1080i [...]
In the clamour to encourage us all to upgrade to high-definition BluRay players, manufacturers and disc producers themselves are touting the extra functionality above and beyond improved picture quality. Interactive web-connected games, messaging and “behind the scenes” extras all promise to enhance the movie experience. However, recent research suggest that, far from being [...]
So Toshiba conceded in the Blu-Ray vs. HD-DVD battle and all of their mates quickly fell with them. Since then things haven’t gotten better for the consumer. Sure your new PS3 comes with a Blu-Ray player and that makes it a nice format, but HD-DVD had affordable prices for both its players and discs, Blu-Ray [...]
NVIDIA is fighting with everyone in the business, first it was their long time feud with competitor ATI, and then AMD bought them and inherited that beef, now NVIDIA is fighting with Intel claiming they can easily out-perform Intel’s Celeron-based 945 IGP/ICH4 setup. They are also claiming that their system will be the most affordable [...]
This may be the cheapest way to get your Blu-Ray on. It comes with the necessary player software and should work with XP SP2 but definitely works with Vista. The drive plays Blu-Ray discs, VCD’s, and DVDs.
Earlier this year we informed you of a new Blu-Ray player from hell coming from Denon that was to have DivX capabilities as well. But the release was delayed and speculation was made.
The real headline was that such a system might sell at a loss, but looking back its been Microsoft’s strategy to sell their systems at a loss just to be the cheapest in hopes that game sales would eventually push them back into the black, and they always have, as far as I know. Problem [...]
