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Will Blu-ray DVDs be too expensive?

News Because Sony's Blu-ray disc technology appears to be the front-runner in the nasty fight to determine how the DVDs of the future are produced, movie studios and disc manufacturers are beginning to come to terms with the financial realities of the...

29 November 2005, 9:47

News.blog: Microsoft denies 360 Blu-ray talk

News Microsoft has denied that it plans to integrate Blu-ray high-definition DVD drives into its Xbox 360 game console.Rumours have circulated recently that Microsoft was considering a Blu-ray replacement for the Xbox's now-discontinued external HD DVD...

Tags: hd, sony, ray, xbox

14 March 2008, 9:19

Sony unveils Blu-ray player and VAIO PC

News Sony has released details on several products that will feature Blu-ray high-definition DVD drives -- but like the PlayStation 3, you're going to have to wait a while to take them home. The company on Thursday unveiled the BDP-S1 Blu-ray Disc...

17 March 2006, 11:25

Sony details Blu-ray plans and new products

News After a year of skirmishing with its technology rivals, Sony announced plans on Wednesday for its first high-definition Blu-ray DVD players and recorders aimed at the international market. But the company said on Wednesday that it will also release...

5 January 2006, 11:04

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, 9:26

HD DVD and Blu-ray unite for movie rollout

News Sonic Solutions has managed to unite companies representing the warring disc technologies, HD DVD and Blu-ray, in an effort to ensure the smooth rollout of the next generation of movie discs. Companies that support both Blu-ray and HD DVD have...

Tags: definition, hd, high definition, solutions

20 April 2006, 9:05

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

News Amid the glitz and ultra-cutting edge high-tech gadgets spread over what seemed like the 20 or 30 square miles of the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, if you wanted to find a 1980s-era VCR, there were two places to look: the Blu-ray and HD...

10 January 2006, 10:51

LG to sell first Blu-ray/HD DVD player

News The Korean electronics maker unveiled the Super Multi Blue, the first player that can play discs from the competing Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD formats, at the 2007 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

Tags: lg electronics, discs, war, dvds

8 January 2007, 10:20

News.blog: US HDTV users still not hip to Blu-ray

News A new report released on Tuesday says that less than half of high-definition television owners in the US know what Blu-ray Disc is. While that's an improvement over a year ago, it still means that more than half of that group -- the target audience...

Tags: definition, cent, ray, high definition

4 June 2008, 9:04

Blu-ray factors in PlayStation pricing

News The PlayStation 3 will look very inexpensive to the Blu-ray player," said Van Baker, an analyst at research firm Gartner. Instead, it will likely come back to Blu-ray. More importantly, the Sony console comes with a high-definition Blu-ray DVD...

10 May 2006, 10:23

Report: Paramount to back Blu-ray?

News Yesterday's Financial Times reveals that according to its sources, Paramount is 'poised to reveal' it will be abandoning the HD DVD format in order to go Blu-ray exclusive.The article states, "Paramount, which is owned by Viacom, is understood to...

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9 January 2008, 11:37

News.blog: Microsoft, Sony talk 360 Blu-ray drive

News CNET.co.uk's sister site Gamespot.co.uk posted a news blurb on a report that "Microsoft has entered into talks with Sony to bring Blu-ray to the Xbox 360". Microsoft "are not simply discussing a successor to the Xbox 360's now discontinued, dirt...

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7 March 2008, 9:19

News.blog: Sony launches 200-disc Blu-ray changer

News The Big Blu is a 200-disc Blu-ray changer, plus Blu-ray burner and 500GB HDD With its rectangular, tower-like design, the HES-V1000 is a 200-disc changer that can play and record to CDs, DVDs and Blu-ray discs.

7 September 2007, 9:30

BD Live coming on PS3 update

News The upcoming firmware update for the PlayStation 3 is going to bring with it a whole host of new Blu-ray and PlayStation Portable features. System software update 2.20 will be released in "late March", according to Sony, and will add Blu-ray Disc...

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20 March 2008, 15:56

Sony CEO calls format war stalemate

News Howard Stringer, Sony Corporation of America's CEO, told the AP news agency that he believes HD DVD and Blu-ray are now at a stalemate. We were trying to win on the merits, which we were doing for a while, until Paramount changed sides," he said...

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12 November 2007, 9:16