Tag: High Definition Optical Discs (Blu-ray and HD DVD)

The Digital Bits has a bit of good news for Blu-ray disc prices from Warner The Digital Bits The other bit of good news is that Warner Home Video is apparently going to be dropping the price of their Blu-ray Disc software in the 4th quarter, as part of an aggressive holiday sales push. Starting in September, consumer prices for […]

You think you are prepared for Blu-ray? Well if you have a few remaining doubts, Electronic House has an article that will help you upgrade your Home Theater in preparation for Blu-ray. Electronic House Just as Windows Vista requires your computer to have a certain processor speed, hard drive size and video resolution, there are similar “minimum system requirements” to […]

Electronic House Blu-ray supporters let out a collective sigh of relief following the format war victory several months ago, but manufacturers have yet to reap the benefits. Turns out consumers are reluctant to give up their now-pedestrian DVD players. In a recent poll, only nine percent plan to buy a Blu-ray player within the next year. All things considered, you […]

One of my favorite sites, High Def Digest, has the scoop on a bunch of favorite movies. First up the two juicy rumors: MGM Readying Bond Titles For Blu-ray Release? HighDefDigest The French website filmsactu.com is reporting today that MGM (via its parent distributor Fox) will release a half-dozen Bond titles on Blu-ray in France on November 5, 2008. Universal Plotting […]

Bill Hunt over at The Digital Bits had a juicy update about Lord of the Rings coming to Blu-ray and Transformers finally coming to Blu-ray. but perhaps the best bit for fans of those films on disc is direct confirmation that Jackson and company have already begun working on Blu-ray Disc versions of The Lord of the Rings films with […]

First up Paramount must have finished up their contract issues with Toshiba (from their HD DVD exclusivity move) because they finally announced that they will go [back] to Blu-ray on May 20th!! Hollywood Reporter Arriving in stores that day are Blu-ray Disc versions of "Face/Off," "Next" and "Bee Movie," a DreamWorks Animation title that was initially supposed to be released in […]

I don’t own a PS3, but with this update it’s definitely a compelling purchase for anyone considering a Blu-ray player.  Gizmodo PS3 Firmware 2.2 has just been made available for download. The update adds the Blu-Ray 2.0 standard, otherwise known as BD-Live, and will enable downloadable movie content, such as games, wallpapers and ringtones.

Electronic House hits a double today with their recent article looking at ins and outs of Blu-ray’s life and future. Electronic House For the past couple of years, the recent Hi Def DVD wars looked, on the surface at least, like a tired replay of the original DVD format bake off. But there was much more to this Blockbuster story, […]

Not really a surprising move (and a day or two old), but drastically reduced prices of HD DVD Xbox 360 Add-ons for anyone that thinks $50 isn’t a bad deal for the collection available.   As a result of recent decisions made by Toshiba, Hollywood studios, and retailers, Microsoft plans to withdraw from HD DVD. Xbox will no longer manufacture […]