Sony Starts Blu-Ray War By Cutting Prices By $100 According to a number of reports, Sony reportedly intends to cut the price of some of its top Blu-ray players at the end of September by $100. At the time of printing, Sony did not confirm nor deny the report.
Panasonic Launches Blu-ray Disc Recorder Panasonic has launched a national advertising campaign to promote Panasonic’s new Blu-ray Disc Recorder - the first and only stand alone device of its kind to be launched in Australia.
Pioneer To Finally Launch Blu-ray Recorders According to Reuters, Pioneer plans to launch Blu-ray DVD recorders by the end of the year, taking aim at a rapidly growing market after the end of a bitter format battle.
Sony Slashes Blu-ray Drive Prices Sony Australia has announced significant price drops for its internal desktop Blu-ray drives. The Sony Internal SATA Blu-ray Burner is now 30 percent cheaper, while its Internal SATA BD-ROM Drive lowers its price by 15 percent.
Blu ray Not Popular With Consumers Less than ten per cent of HD TV owners plan to buy a Blu-ray Disc player, research group NPD has claimed. However 45 percent of HDTV owners claimed that they were familiar with the Blu-ray Disc format.
Sony Reveals First BD-Live Movie Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has announced that it will launch its first BD-Live enabled Blu-ray disc with the release of Men In Black.
Toshiba To Take On Blu-ray Quality With New DVD Player After being beaten up by Blu-ray it appears that Toshiba has not given up on the development of technology that delivers high quality content to a screen with news that they will later this year they roll a DVD player capable of producing high-resolution images from regular DVDs that the Japanese Company claims will deliver the same quality as Blu-ray.
New 500GB Recordable Blu-ray Exposed In Oz Australia is the first country outside of Japan to receive Panasonic’s first stand-alone Blu-ray Disc recorder. The DMR-BW500 will have a 500GB HDD, Blu-ray recording functions, and twin DVB-T HD tuner with 7-day EPG.
LG Unveils Blu-ray External Drive The new BE06 External Super Multi Blue Blu-ray Disc Rewriter from LG can back-up a large number of files in a snap with its 6x read and write speed, making it the world’s fastest Blu-ray Disc Rewriter to date.
Acer Does About Turn Over Blu Ray Notebook Acer have said that they were wrong in telling SmartHouse that their new Blu ray notebook was only 1080i and not 1080p as claimed in their launch press release.
When Is A Blu-ray Notebook Not A Blu-ray Notebook ? This week Acer went overboard launching their Blu-ray notebook. It’s got 1080p they said, it delivers the ultimate viewing experience they claimed. But does it?
Blu ray HD DVD Read Drive Coming Soon In an effort to capitalise on the fallout from the HD DVD Vs Blu ray war Samsung has confirmed that they are set to roll out a Blu ray drive that will also read HD DVD discs.
Blu Ray TV's In Time For Olympics Sony believes it can increase sales of Blu ray devices from 205 to 50% by the end of 2008 according to a report in DigiTimes.
Acer Sees The Light- And Its Blu! According to digitimes.com, Acers upcoming launch of notebooks with Blu-ray disc (BD) optical drives will top the 22 million mark in 2008, with large-size BD notebooks and low-cost notebooks both regarded as focuses for the company.
TV Driving HD Sales Blu ray Set To Boom HD is booming from TV's to Blu ray to HD camcorders according to a new joint GFK Sony study. Last year consumers spent over $2.8 billion on high definition products with this set to grow as the uncertainty over HD DVD Vs Blu ray has been resolved. 83 per cent of the $2.8 billion was spent ($2.34 billion) on HD TV’s alone said the report.
Sony Unveils High Definition Blu-ray PC Box Sony is promising consumers the full high definition package with the launch of its Vaio TP PC. The company claims that this ‘Living Room PC’ comes equipped with HDMI connectivity, bundled HD TV tuner, and Blu-ray playback functionality.
Panasonic Unveils Final Standard Blu-ray Panasonic is set to launch a new Blu-ray disc player with Final Standard Profile – a feature that extends the functionality of Blu-ray Disc playback. The new player (DMP-BD30) will be in stores in mid-March.
Amazonian Victory For Blu-ray Following the withdrawal of Toshiba from the HD DVD format war, online retailer Amazon.com has announced it will support the Sony-backed Blu-ray format, but will still continue to stock HD DVDs.
Blu-ray Still Hasn't Won Yet: Analyst While Toshiba’s decision to throw in the towel on HD DVD means a victory of sorts for Blu-ray, it does not mean the Sony-backed format will be an instant success, claims US-based market research company DisplaySearch.
It's Official HD Format War Over, Blu-ray The Winner The champagne corks are popping at Sony after Toshiba officially announced that they are pulling the plugs on the HD DVD format. As tipped by SmartHouse on Saturday, Japan's Toshiba Corporation has admitted defeat and quit the HD DVD market after losing the support of key studios and retailers.
How To Copy Blu-ray To A Hard Drive Consumers looking to copy Blu-ray discs onto a hard drive storage solution will be able to using a new Kaleidescape storage server due out soon.
Porn Industry Moves To Blu-ray for Stimulation The porn industry is set to move to Blu-ray despite higher authoring costs. The industry that is reeling from a 50% down turn in DVD sales is also banking on improved quality to "stimulate" their industry.
Blu-ray Cranks Up Another Notch, Toshiba Fights Back The high def format battle has just been cranked up another notch with the latest US research suggesting that Blu-ray has increased its share of the market during the first few days of January.
97% Of Blu-ray Sales Due To PS3 The Blu-ray Sony PS3 and the HD DVD Xbox 360 attachment have done more to grow the high definition DVD market than any other devices claims a leading research company. Alone the PS3 is accounting for 97% of all Blu-ray device sales.
Blu-ray Pounds The Last Mile To The Finish Line Apart from thin TV screens and new look design the next biggest event at the 2008 CES Show in Las Vegas was the decision by Warner Bros to back Blu-ray. Now the backers of the Blu-ray high definition DVD system are predicting victory in the format wars with HD DVD. The two rival camps have divided consumers since the two incompatible systems were launched.
Apple To Jump On Blu-ray Bandwagon? Following the major blow for HD DVD in Warner’s decision to drop support for the format in favour of exclusively supporting Blu-ray, analysts and fans alike are speculating that Apple will announce it will ship some of its Macs with Blu-ray players at Macworld next week.
Sony Rolls Out Firmware Update For Blu-ray Players In order to provide a better viewing experience, Sony has announced firmware updates for its range of Blu-ray players. This new firmware update allows the Blu-ray players to be compatible with the new BD-R/RE format (BDMV) and gives enhanced Java functionality with certain BD-ROM discs.
Blu-ray Camp Scores Big Goal Only days before the all important Consumer Electronic Show in Las Vegas, the Blu-ray camp has kicked a major goal with the decision by one of Hollywood's biggest content groups to support Blu-ray at the expense of HD DVD.
New LG Super Blu Combination HD DVD/Blu-ray Disc player LG Electronics is now shipping into the US market its second-generation “Super Blu” combination HD DVD/Blu-ray Disc player. The device is expected in Australia next year.
Blu-ray War Continues, Boring Industry Sony is walking on air as a result of the latest GfK high definition report which states yet again that Blu-ray hardware and software attracts 95.2 per cent of the market against rival HD DVD.
Video Ezy, BlockBuster To Push Blu-ray Blu-ray is fighting back against recent victories on the HD DVD side, with BlockBuster and Video Ezy rental stores in Australia announcing they will exclusively support and promote the format over the summer.
First Final Standard Profile Blu-ray Player The first Blu-ray player with Final Standard Profile is now on the market in US from Panasonic, with a variety of enhanced features from previous Blu-ray players including picture-in-picture and audio mixing, according to a report from Twice.
Sony Fights Back With Blu-ray Price Cuts Following Toshiba’s recent massive price cuts to its HD DVD players, Sony is fighting back with the announcement of price cuts on two of its Blu-ray players.
Sony Blu-Ray Players Launched Sony Australia has now confirmed the launch of its Blu-ray Disc players, the BDP-S300 and BDP-S500, and is now available in most electronic stores in the country.
Blu-Ray Group Offers Free Movies With Players In a bid to boost the format and maximise sales before Christmas, the Blu-ray Disc Working Group – a consortium of Blu-ray supporting studios and hardware manufacturers – is offering five free Blu-ray movies with selected Blu-ray player purchases.
Blu-ray Just Got BIG Sharp has cranked up its position in the Blu-ray market by announcing plans to introduce a Blu-ray Disc recorder that sports a 1-terabyte hard drive, capable of holding up to 127 hours of HD video.
Spider-Man Comes To Blu-Ray Spider-Man fans will be able to see Spidey in high-definition as Sony Pictures Home Entertainment releases Spider-Man 3 on Blu-Ray on September 19, 2007.
Pioneer Rolls Out New Blu-Ray And Home Theatre Kit Pioneer is promising users of full HD experience with its launch of new audio and video products that the company claims will deliver 1080p and 24Hz picture performance.
Denon To Launch Blu-Ray Player In 2008 AV brand Denon, which has unveiled the details of its first Blu-ray player, is set to launch the product in Australia early next year, according to its local distributor Audio Products Group.
Blu-Ray Outsells HD DVD It appears that the inclusion of a Blu-ray player in the highly popular Sony Playstation 3 console is contributing significantly to the sale of Blu-ray discs after reports in the US market said that it is outselling HD DVDs.
Panasonic Amps Up Blu-ray Player Offering As tipped by SH in May, Panasonic is upgrading its Blu-ray offerings with a new player that supports 7.1 channel surround, Dolby TrueHD and DTS HD.
Sony Unveils Mass Market Blu-ray Player Sony today officially revealed details of its entry-level Blu-ray player which the company says is designed to bring Blu-ray to the mainstream.
HD War Over, Blu Ray Has Won Claims Panasonic A senior Panasonic executive has said that the HD format war is over and Blu-ray has won the format battle. He also said that while Panasonic is a leader in the plasma market it has set to expand their LCD TV offerings. In Australia Panasonic has taken to air freighting plasma TVs following the success of their recent advertising campaign.
30 New Blu Ray Titles And Enough Components To Meet Demand Claim Sony Senior Sony Japan executives have dismissed claims that HD DVD is ahead in the Blu-ray Vs HD DVD format war. They also claim that demand for Blu-ray is set to grow 7 fold as new Blu-ray players are launched. However the key driving factor, they say, will be Blu-ray content such as the 30 new titles Sony announced today.
Blu Ray Battle Set To Get Intense Sony Roll Out New Gear The battle of the Blu-ray giants is set to kick in with Sony today rolling out a high end $1,300 dollar 24 frames per second Blu-ray player which will go head to head with the recently announced Pioneer player. However Sony has refused to put a price on a second Blu-ray player that they announced.
Blac Ray In Blu Ray Box Shown By Pioneer Pioneer is banking on a high gloss black, Blu-ray player that delivers content at 24 frames per second along with high quality sound to snare a slice of the top end Blu-ray market.
Sony In Trouble With Blu Ray Claim A US company is now trying to extract money from Sony claiming a patent infringement in the development of its Blu-ray technology. The demand which has taken over a year to be lodged has been denied by Sony.
1000GB Blu-ray Recorder Announced By Hitachi Hitachi has revealed a 1 Terabyte Blu-ray recorder at the Harvey Norman retail conference being held at the Melbourne Convention Centre.
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