High Definition Optical Discs (Blu-ray and HD DVD)
Gotta love DRM. You know it just wants to be your friend. This time it comes with yet another acronym. Ars Technica CLEFIA is aimed at portable electronics and home entertainment products, and can be applied to music, images, or even video. The big claim from Sony is that CLEFIA has "sufficient immunity against known cryptanalytic attacks," yet it has […]
Read moreTHe Matrix Trilogy coming to HD DVD has to be one of the biggest announcements yet for the HD DVD team. On May 22nd, two box set collections of the Matrix trilogy will be hitting stores. However, it won't be an exclusive, Warner plans on releasing a Blu-ray version once the specs for BD Live are finalized. Expect to pay […]
Read moreIf you were on the fence about buying a Blu-ray player, perhaps Amazon's 50% deal on Samsung's player might persuade you. Perhaps Samsung is preparing a new entry into the next gen market orrrr Amazon simply can't move enough of them. EngadgetHD Yeah you buddy. Wanna cheap Blu-ray player? Amazon is selling Samsung's BD-P1000 for a mere $499. While we […]
Read moreNot content to let Blu-ray walk away with the format war, Toshiba is set to make anothe round of price drops on its HD DVD players. For the small sum of $399 you can walk away with the A2, for $499 the A20 and the XA2 for $799. It is starting to look more affordable all of the time :). […]
Read moreGood to see them making such quick improvements on these, but it's a shame they can't be improved via firmware. Wouldn't you hate to spend $800 on one of these only to see it trumped by a new version 6 months later? TG Daily According to the manufacturer, the new player supports the 7.1 channel surround sound formats Dolby TrueHD […]
Read moreOne player to rule them all! Why bother sitting on the fence when you can get a player that will play both formats…. Sort of.. The LG Super Blue player will play both formats but lacks HDi. I am not a big "extras" fan so it might not be a deal breaker for me. With TotalHD discs coming out later […]
Read moreIt is one thing for the respective associations to predict a win, but when a studio predicts a win, that is a whole other story. Paramount has gone on record as saying that they think Blu-ray will be the winner in the format wars. From the article: “When you recognize the total box office for all of last year was […]
Read moreAre the format wars starting to see a victor arise from the muddy trenches? Well according to InfoWeek, BD sales are up over HD DVD for the second month in a row. Not surprisingly, the PS3 plays a large part in these numbers. From the article: Since the week ended Jan. 7, Blu-ray sales have ranged from a low of […]
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There's no doubt that the high price of both HD & Blu-Ray are what's really making this race as fast as 2 turtles. If one of these could really hit some more aggressive pricing, it'd provide a huge advantage over the other. I still think the combo players are really going to be the winners in the end. Blu-Ray's great…but […]
Read moreSpeaking of Toshiba, they just sent word that they are ready with their 51GB triple layer HD DVD discs. Is this the last salvo of a dieing format? Or are they retooling for a large offensive? Either way, the format war has some steam left in it. I will stay firmly planted on the fence with a bucket of popcorn […]
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