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Michael Bay: 'HD DVD vs Blu-ray is a Microsoft conspiracy'

Crave That is the dirty secret no one is talking about.That is why Microsoft is handing out $100m checks to studios just embrace the HD DVD and not the leading, and superior Blu-ray," he continued. We can't help but wonder why Bay has such a passionate...

Tags: hd, downloading, disc, ray

5 December 2007, 10:44

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.

Tags: acer, ray, blu, blu ray

9 November 2006, 10:17

Hands on: LG GBW-H10N 4x Blu-ray player

Crave Blu-ray is beginning to win Crave over at the expense of its cheaper rival, HD DVD. We've seen nothing of HD DVD but have been virtually inundated with Blu-ray disc players, Blu-ray Media Center PCs, Blu-ray laptops, and today, a standalone Blu-ray...

Tags: lg electronics, ray, dvds, disc

23 November 2006, 11:48

Samsung to launch first Blu-ray player

Crave The BD-P1000 will be the first Blu-ray player to market this year, Seungsoo Park of the Digital AV Division for Samsung has announced. Blu-ray discs will come in 25GB and 50GB sizes, which is enough to store a movie in high definition as well as...

Tags: samsung, definition, ray, high definition

14 March 2006, 11:06

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

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

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.

Tags: lg electronics, hd, ray, blu

13 December 2007, 9:37

BD eye: Sony plays its Blu-ray hand

Crave Everybody and their grandmother knows Sony will be releasing Blu-ray disc players en masse by the end of the year, so Crave was a tad disappointed that it chose not to show off a single one at the CeBIT 2006 show in Hanover.

Tags: sony, products, disc, hd

20 March 2006, 12:12

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...

Tags: cpu, ray, core, blu

16 May 2006, 11:33

LG BD100: Darren Campbell unveils LG's Blu-ray player

Crave Today marked the unveiling of LG's Blu-ray player -- the BD100. Playback compatibility is fairly good, too -- it'll read Blu-ray discs, DVD+R and DVD-R discs, DVD-RAM, and MP3 and WMA audio CDs. We asked Darren Campbell what he thought of LG's Blu...

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3 November 2006, 16:23

Sony BDP-S1E Blu-ray player: Sony stops ignoring Europe

Crave The Blu-ray camp has long been claiming victory over HD DVD in the next-generation disc format war. The problem is, Sony hasn't launched a Blu-ray player for us Europeans -- with the exception of the PS3, and we've only just got that.

Tags: sony, disc, director, colour

28 March 2007, 12:11

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...

Tags: sony, definition, package, ray

14 June 2006, 13:09

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.

Tags: ray, samsung, blu, standalone

2 November 2006, 11:36

IFA 2006: HDTV, Blu-ray vs HD DVD and all the new gadgets

Crave Competition between Blu-ray and HD DVD has also moved to the next phase, with players for both formats due to go on sale in Europe before Christmas. Crave has just come back from IFA 2006, the Internationale Funkausstellung in Berlin, Germany.

Tags: europe, hd, consumer, electronics

3 September 2006, 15:02

Pioneer BDP-LX70: A Blu-ray player with a little extra

Crave It's not a surprise to see Pioneer launching a Blu-ray player -- we've been waiting for it for some time now. Certainly, it's better looking than most of the other Blu-ray players on the market. The good news is our thumb twiddling hasn't been for...

Tags: pioneer, players, ray, compressed

10 May 2007, 9:32