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

I am not going to say that CEPro is onto something huge and that no one predicted apathetic adoption of the next gen formats. CEPro is the bearer of common sense today with their article. With poor roll outs from both camps and the task of trying to convince consumers this is not another VHS/Betamax deal is not going to […]

Earlier on I posted about PC World's take on the PS3 Blu-ray experience. High-DEF Digest has a similar article but they pit the PS3 against the Xbox 360 HD DVD add on. The PS3 seems to get hit hard in the GUI and usability department. Things like not having a DVD auto-run us a pretty important piece to the usability […]

The PS3 may have received a lot of baad press, but its flexibility may make up for that in the long run. Its not quite as media friendly as the Xbox 360 but the fact that it has a built in Blu-ray player AND you can install Linux on it may mack up for that. The PS3 just screams as […]

Sony is predicting that BR prices will drop by 50% by 2008. Currently the tight supply and low adoption rate is keeping prices up. AS we move along into 2007, the every positiver Sony is expecting manufacturing to pick up as other vendors pick up on Blu-ray technology. Another million or two PS3s certainly won't hurt anything. Expensive divided by […]

High-Def Digest has a couple of reviews up of HD DVDs.  First up is their review of The Wild which is Disney's first H.264 encoded movie. From the article: 'The Wild' comes to Blu-ray in a 1.85:1 widescreen, 1080p/AVC MPEG-4 video transfer, and the results are rather lovely. This certainly is one of the best-looking animated films I've seen yet […]

LG, a 2006 mover and shaker, has introduced their PC Blu-ray drive to the market. The cost is up there, 499 GPB to be exact. Being an early adopter is painful, and this case even more so because the burner can not burn dual layer BR media :(. From the article: The GBW H10N boasts the fastest currently available Blu-ray […]

Boy, the Blu Ray & HD-DVD guys sure do try to shoot themselves in the foot as much as possible now don't they? This time in the UK, with some not-so-cheerful news.  Toshiba’s launch of HD DVD in the UK has been delayed. Its entry-level HD-E1 model is now not expected to ship until mid December, a month later than […]

If there is a hack… there is a way. I wonder if companies actually think people won't find work around for getting non-pc parts to work on PCs. Latest on the hit list is the ability to use the $200 HD DVD add on with a XP enabled PC. As of right now, file browsing is confirmed and playback is […]

Blockbuster Video this week announced two significant upgrades to its rental programs. First, Blockbuster Online users are now allowed to return movies either through the mail or into a Blockbuster store. The "Total Access" service includes one free in-store rental per month, but customers are awarded an additional free in-store rental for each movie returned to a Blockbuster store. Also […]