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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

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

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...

Tags: cent, sales, consumers, ray

1 May 2008, 10:33

Blu-ray backed by all Hollywood studios

News All six major Hollywood studios are now in the Blu-ray DVD camp, following Toshiba's decision to pull the plug on HD DVD earlier this week. As we look to (begin) releasing our titles on Blu-ray, we will monitor consumer adoption and determine our...

Tags: entertainment, consumer, titles, toshiba

22 February 2008, 9:22

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

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

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

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.

Tags: standards, war, toshiba, ray

21 September 2006, 9:00

News.blog: Blu-ray and HD DVD united by 2008?

News Chipmakers such as Broadcom, NEC and STMicroelectronics are preparing components that will allow consumer electronics manufacturers to release players and PCs that will play both Blu-ray and HD DVD discs.

Tags: universal, companies, disc, electronics

7 November 2006, 11:38

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, 11:23

What drove Warner to Blu-ray?

News Blu-ray next-generation DVD format exclusively, a top executive told Warner Bros executives said the consortium of companies backing Blu-ray, including five of the seven big Hollywood studios, could spend more than $50m (£25m) in 2008 to convince...

Tags: conditions, consumer, generation, definition

8 January 2008, 11:22

News.blog: Blockbuster picks Blu-ray for movie rentals

News Blu-ray is extending its early lead in the hi-def video wars. Blockbuster announced on Monday that it would rent only Blu-ray discs, and not HD DVDs, in its 1,700 company-owned stores in the US. The company said the decision was based on Blu-ray...

18 June 2007, 11:01

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

News.blog: Can silicon help Blu-ray?

News The Blu-ray people face a big problem: those blue lasers are a pain to make. Shimei Semiconductor has developed a blue LED grown on a silicon substrate, according to EE Times. Now, blue LEDs are grown on a sapphire substrate.

10 November 2006, 10:02

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