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Blu-ray and HD DVD: The facts

Digital Living Why should you care about HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc? Different hi-def flavoursHD DVD and Blu-ray can deliver hi-def video in three formats: 720p, 1080i and 1080p.p offers the lowest pixel count (its resolution is 1,280x720 pixels) but each frame is...

1 June 2007, 17:40 > More matches in Digital Living

Sony Vaio AR and Vaio RC: Blu-ray laptop and desktop combo

Crave The inexorable, but slow-moving Blu-ray wagon train inched a step closer today, with Sony's announcement of two forthcoming Blu-ray devices -- the Vaio AR series laptop and the Vaio RC204 desktop. The Vaio RC204 desktop is aimed at serious video...

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16 May 2006, 11:33 > More matches in Crave

Blu-ray beats HD DVD in Europe

News High-definition movie DVDs in the Blu-ray format have outsold the rival HD DVD standard in Europe this year, breaking the one million barrier and constituting 73 per cent of all HD movie discs sold. Citing industry sales data, the Blu-ray disc...

28 November 2007, 8:46 > More matches in News

Blu-ray winning format war, analyst says

News Sony's Blu-ray format for next-generation DVD drives will defeat Toshiba's rival HD DVD format, analyst firm Forrester predicted on Wednesday -- but it won't be a quick victory. After a long and tedious run-up to the launch, it is now clear to...

20 October 2005, 10:26 > More matches in News

Blu-ray trounces HD DVD in US

News Blu-ray high-definition movie discs outsold films on the rival HD DVD format by 2-to-1 in the United States in the first half of 2007, Home Media Research said on Tuesday. The division of Home Media Magazine said total sales of Blu-ray discs, using...

16 August 2007, 9:14 > More matches in News

Blu-ray vs HD DVD: Captain Jack lays the smackdown on Neo

Crave In the HD DVD versus Blu-ray shin-kicking contest there are many victories claimed, most of them by the Blu-ray camp. This week is no exception, as the first two Pirates of the Caribbean movies on Blu-ray outsold The Matrix trilogy on HD DVD.

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5 June 2007, 11:51 > More matches in Crave

Blu-ray DVD players to use Java

News Sun Microsystems' Java technology will be built into Blu-ray DVD players, executives said on Monday, a development that advances the technology in the consumer electronics market for which Sun originally developed the software.

29 June 2005, 10:03 > More matches in News

Blu-ray trounces HD DVD in sales

Crave When Warner Bros announced it was becoming a Blu-ray exclusive studio, most observers of the format war agreed that it was a mortal wound for HD DVD. During the week of 5-12 January -- the first week the market had to respond to the Warner...

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24 January 2008, 9:27 > More matches in Crave

Blu-ray movies: Where's the audience?

Crave Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has confirmed that its first batch of Blu-ray movies will arrive in the US on 20 June. The films, 50 First Dates, The Fifth Element, Hitch and the House of Flying Daggers are set to coincide with the release of the...

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14 June 2006, 13:09 > More matches in Crave

News.blog: Blu-ray player sales droop

News Looks like it wasn't the HD DVD/Blu-ray battle that was keeping potential customers away from high-definition video players after all. The NPD Group released some of its retail sales tracking data on Wednesday that showed sales of Blu-ray...

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1 May 2008, 10:33 > More matches in News

Sony Vaio RC204: Blu-ray arrives in the UK

Crave Mad props to the people at Sony for sending us the UK's first Blu-ray-ready PC (which we've reviewed here). It's the Blu-ray disc burner sitting in the top drive bay that's got us truly excited though.

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18 May 2006, 12:01 > More matches in Crave

Blu-ray/HD DVD combo still on ice

News The dream of many gadget fanatics these days -- a box that can play both Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD movies -- may come some day, but it doesn't appear likely in the near future. LG has already released Blu-ray products this year.

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21 September 2006, 9:00 > More matches in News

Acer TravelMate 8215WLMi: Blu-ray laptop

Crave The Blu-ray juggernaut continues to roll along, and so far is leaving HD DVD eating its smoke. Unlike its predecessor's DVD multidrive, this baby comes with a Matshita BD-MLT UJ-210-S Blu-ray offering shoved into its left-hand side.

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9 November 2006, 10:17 > More matches in Crave

Blu-ray outsells HD DVD by 2-to-1 in US

News Blu-ray DVD titles outsold rival HD DVD titles by almost 2-to-1 in the first nine months of the year in the US, but analysts expect additional HD DVD support and new hit releases to "transform" the high-definition DVD battle score in the fourth...

24 October 2007, 9:56 > More matches in News

Samsung BD-P1000: Blu-ray pack leader

Crave Samsung was the first to release a Blu-ray disc player in the US, and has said it will also be the first to release one in Europe and the UK. It can output Blu-ray movies in Full HD 1080p, and can upscale your standard DVD movies so they look more...

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5 September 2006, 12:05 > More matches in Crave