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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

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

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

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

Sony VGX-XL202: Blu-ray Media Center PC

Crave Blu-ray is well and truly here. Never mind all that standalone Blu-ray guff though, Sony's just sent us its latest Blu-ray-equipped Media Center PC, the VGX-XL202, and a couple of DVD movies to play on it.

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2 November 2006, 11:36

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

LG BH-200: Blu-ray and HD DVD in one fully featured player

Crave That's what LG is hoping with the BH-200, its follow-up to the BH-100 -- aka the Super Multi Blue -- HD DVD and Blu-ray player. It's a fully featured Blu-ray and HD DVD player with full support for all of the advanced features of both formats.

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13 December 2007, 9:37

Samsung HT-BD2R: Blu-ray 7.1 home cinema system

Crave Once you factor in the cost of a Blu-ray player, an HD TV and a surround-sound system you're going to be getting some very cross phone calls from your bank manager. One way to reduce the cost is to buy an all-in-one Blu-ray and surround-sound...

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1 April 2008, 13:22

Sony BDP-S300: Blu-ray's been to Weight Watchers

Crave As we perch on the edge of our seats waiting for the Blu-ray vs HD DVD scuffle to end, we have plenty of time to predict which format will be triumphant. The latest salvo is Sony's announcement of a seriously cut-price Blu-ray player, the BDP-S300.

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8 March 2007, 10:58

JVC NX-BD3: Blu-ray player with 2.1 speaker system

Crave It's taken JVC quite some time to hit us with a Blu-ray player, but we have to say, now it's producing one, we're actually quite impressed. We hate oversights like this, and while we're sure this will be a worthy Blu-ray player, we can't help but...

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14 August 2008, 12:42

Blu-ray profile 1.1 player round-up

Crave We're into November now, and that means that all new Blu-ray players must conform to the BD Full Standard Profile -- profile 1.1 -- specification. However you look at it, the PS3 remains an excellent entry to the Blu-ray market, because it's an...

6 November 2007, 11:45

Sony BDP-S350, BDP-S550: Blu-ray gets interactive

Crave If Blu-ray is to justify the effort of winning a format war, it has to get better at persuading customers to part with their cash. Both Sony players will support Bonus View, which is the Blu-ray way of saying picture-in-picture, and both have...

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7 March 2008, 10:50

Panasonic DMP-BD50: Blu-ray goes Live

Crave The Panasonic DMP-BD30 Blu-ray player we checked out recently was terribly exciting, but we're even keener on the company's DMP-BD50, which adds one important feature to the Blu-ray arsenal -- BD Live.

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5 March 2008, 10:49

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

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