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Is Blu-ray for the Xbox 360 on the way?

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

According to tech.co.uk Microsoft and Sony are now in communications regarding providing Blu-ray support for the Xbox 360. The device will probably be similar to the current HD DVD drive available, but obviously support the prefered Blu-ray disk format.
Microsoft have recently been pushing their downloadable HD content for the Xbox 360, allowing for users to […]

BLU-RAY and the Ultrahigh-Definition TV of 2012

Tuesday, March 25th, 2008

By John Dulaney
Super Hi-vision (Ultrahigh-Definition Wide-Screen System with 4000 Scanning Lines) is the new standard in video viewing.
NHK Science & Technical Research Laboratories has created a new piece of engineering genius in its 8K Television System “Super Hi-vision”. This newest imaging technology upon us already in Japan and destined to give screen coverage of the […]

Samsung announce its 2008 lineup of DVD and Blu-ray DVD players.

Tuesday, March 11th, 2008

Samsung is leading the DVD market with its line of new DVD and Blu-ray DVD players. Leading models include a fourth generation Blu-ray DVD player (the BD-P1500) and an ultra-compact DVD player (the DVD-F1080) that can upscale the image to 1080p. Both players include the latest in high definition technology for extra-fine image detail.
Samsung are […]

Woolworths backs Blu-Ray format over HD DVD

Tuesday, March 11th, 2008

Woolworths has become the first major retailer to solely back one of the new high definition DVD formats.
The high street firm has announced that it will only stock Blu-Ray high definition DVDs from March, with HD-DVDs being dropped from stores to be sold online.
The move comes after Blu-Ray DVDs outsold HD-DVDs by ten-to-one in […]

The age of Blu-ray

Monday, March 10th, 2008

Do you remember how awesome it was when you upgraded from you old VHS tapes to DVDs? The picture was way clearer and the sound was amazing, right? Well another technology shift of even greater proportions is on the horizon in the home entertainment industry.
A standard DVD or DVD-R disc has about 4.7 GB […]

Blu-ray DVD

Monday, March 10th, 2008

Blu-ray is an optical disc format which is set to rival HD-DVD in the race to be the de-facto standard storage medium for HDTV. The HD-DVD vs Blu-ray battle resembles that between Betamax and VHS and DVD+RW and DVD-RW.
Currently, the major Hollywood film studios are split evenly in their support for Blu-ray and HD-DVD, but […]