dvd player

News.blog: Blu-ray player sales droop

News HD DVD players fared even worse -- player unit sales dropped 13 per cent from January to February, and 65 per cent from February to And that the picture offered by a Blu-ray Disc and accompanying player doesn't appear so overwhelmingly better than...

Tags: cent, sales, consumers, ray

1 May 2008, 9:33

Sony unveils Blu-ray player and VAIO PC

News And Toshiba said at the CeBIT technology exposition that it will have an HD DVD laptop and player out before Sony's VAIO and BDP player are scheduled to appear. Sony has released details on several products that will feature Blu-ray high-definition...

17 March 2006, 11:25

Blu-ray DVD players to use Java

News In the case of devices such as DVD players, using Java means programmers won't have to worry about the chip or operating system in each player. The new Blu-ray spec is going to put a Java virtual machine in every new next-generation DVD player, and...

29 June 2005, 9:03

Panasonic beams Blu-ray to your home

News Toshiba earlier this year released an HD DVD player as well as a laptop with an HD DVD drive. Price, he added, is one of the reasons consumers won't see a combination Blu-ray HD DVD player from Panasonic.

23 June 2006, 9:34

Ricoh could be peacemaker in hi-def war

News Not only do you have to worry about what player -- HD DVD or Blu-ray -- to buy for your TV, you have to consider the issue when buying a PC. Ricoh, the Japanese electronics giant, has come up with a component that will let manufacturers build...

11 July 2006, 10:22

Sony's Blu-ray laptop to launch next week

News Meanwhile, Vaio AR laptops with a DVD burner instead of a Blu-ray player will start at $1,800. Toshiba has already released an HD DVD player in the US that sells for just under $500. Although it's technically possible to make a single player that...

13 June 2006, 9:40

Oil costs to boost Christmas online sales

News You are going to have a tough time going anywhere, whether it's a grocery store or a drugstore or a clothing store, and not falling over a 7-inch portable DVD player or a 19-inch television or $29 (£17) DVD player.

28 November 2005, 9:02

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. Both HD DVD and Blu-ray players are just going into mass production this...

Tags: standards, war, toshiba, ray

21 September 2006, 8:00

News.blog: Unimpressed with Blu-ray and HD DVD players

News A little better was the prototype player from HD DVD backer Toshiba. Hewlett-Packard also had an offering in the HD DVD camp, a digital entertainment centre that reminded me of an old dual cassette player I had when I was in college in the early...

10 January 2006, 10:51

HD DVD studios promise 200 movies

News Thus, consumers can buy an HD DVD player and use it to play existing DVDs. Unfortunately, he couldn't get the movie on Toshiba's HD DVD player to play after several attempts. The video format wars shifted into high gear on Wednesday when the...

Tags: discs, dvd player, toshiba, ray

5 January 2006, 9:59

Microsoft stands firm on Xbox 360 pricing

News That means the machine, which has a 60GB hard drive and a Blu-ray high-definition DVD player, costs $500, or $20 more than the high-end Xbox 360 Elite that has a 120GB hard drive but no built-in high-definition DVD player.

12 July 2007, 10:01

Hitachi cooking up Blu-ray camcorder

News The Japanese giant will also possibly look at expanded compatibility in the next generation of discs -- releasing a player compatible with both Blu-ray and HD DVD formats in a few years. After it becomes established, we will study an HD DVD/Blu-ray...

Tags: hitachi, ray, disc, burner

4 October 2006, 10:53

New hi-def DVDs to use old video tech?

News Once the discs come out, it will be a matter of matching a Blu-ray disc with a Blu-ray player, or an HD DVD disc with an HD DVD player. The codec is an essential part of a DVD. It's a little-known but equally intriguing subchapter in the year-long...

Tags: matter, production, high definition, blu

30 November 2005, 9:33

Putting a face to Amazon Digital Video

News The downside is that they won't be able to watch them on a DVD player. It takes hours in some cases for a film to be fully downloaded, and the quality isn't any better than a DVD even though the costs are often the same.

21 August 2006, 9:52

Blu-ray factors in PlayStation pricing

News The PlayStation 2 did help build awareness for the DVD format, but the takeover predictions didn't pan out. Sales of PCs and stand-alone DVD players continued to zoom. Many also believe that buyers will sit on the sidelines until the battle between...

10 May 2006, 10:23