Tag: BLU RAY

Well, good news for Sony, the Blu-ray Disc Association, and anyone who jumped on the Blu-ray bandwagon early on -- sales for the supposed next-gen video format and its players have finally taken off. Holiday related price cuts, and the cost suppression related to the declining economy, have helped put Blu-ray within the budget of consumers, but most of the thanks can probably be laid at the feet ...

The economic crisis may spell trouble for Blu-ray and the next generation of HD media. The uncertainty in the markets has consumers scaling back their purchase plans for the holiday season, and big ticket tech items are suffering the biggest hits. Consumer Electronics Association (CEA, the organization behind CES) is predicting an increase of 3.5-percent in spending on gadgets in the fourth ...

Blu-ray recorders have been on the scene for a while now, but now that the format war's over, it looks like more companies are starting to commit to BD-R devices -- like Pioneer, which announced today that it'll have a Blu-ray recorder out in Japan by the end of the year. The company didn't say what model it would be or what price point it was aiming for, but the tech is being jointly developed ...

Just when you thought the format wars were over, along comes an upstart called New Medium Enterprises (NME) with its Versatile Multilayer Disc, or VMD. VMDs were originally set to debut in 2006, but for currently unknown reasons are only now making their debut. The discs and players are much cheaper to produce than either Blu-ray or HD-DVD because it uses the same red lasers that standard DVD ...

With each camp constantly trying to upstage the other with endless freebies and shouts of victory, the battle between Blu-ray and HD DVD over our hi-def movie hearts is never a dull one. Today's news from the front is a blow for Sony. After its Blu-ray format seemed to be taking a definitive lead, it's now suffering a series of setbacks due to widespread issues with new movies freezing up older ...

Plenty of companies have attempted to replicate the success of the all-in-one iMac design and failed ... often miserably. Sony has consistently come the closest to replicating Apple's success in the industrial design department, but has yet to really capture the hearts and minds of the PC buying public. Sony's latest all-in-one box just got the hands-on treatment from PC World, which liked what ...

If you're trying to decide between Blu-ray or HD-DVD as your high-definition disc format of choice, you'll have to table that decision a big longer. Just when it seemed as if Blu-ray had HD DVD cornered, along comes this news: Paramount plans to support the HD-DVD format exclusively. This means blockbusters such as 'Transformers' and 'Shrek the Third,' as well as anything from Nikelodeon and ...

The HD DVD vs. Blu-Ray wars keep heating up, and with no chance of a clear winner emerging anytime soon. The HD DVD camp has extended its 'Perfect Offer' until September 30th, the same end date as the Blu-Ray free disc offer. Meanwhile, yesterday LG, which makes hybrid players that can handle both formats, is offering a platform agnostic deal: Anyone who purchases the new LG Super Multi Blu ...