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Sony says that the 'disc-based delivery system will fall'

Taylor Flatt — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 04:31:45 +0000

Those crazy Sony people. First they tell us that Blu-ray is the wave of the future, and now they say that digital downloads are. Make up your mind!

Wal-Mart throws in $100 gift card with Blu-ray player purchase

Engadget Daily — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 05:14:22 +0000

Given that $100 at Wal-mart is essentially as good as cash, we can only imagine how titillating this offer may seem for Blu-ray holdouts. Announced today, the mega-retailer will be offering a $100 gift card with the purchase of any Blu-ray player...

Blu-ray DVD format may not dominate for years

AP — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 17:57:18 +0000

Blu-ray stomped HD DVD to become the standard format for high-definition movie discs, but years may pass before it can claim victory over the good old DVD.

Bluray hits bumps in the road to HD market dominance

Joey — Tue, 06 May 2008 17:36:53 +0000

Mid-February was a good time to be a Blu-ray backer. Media moguls who had championed the technology were busy floating on yachts in the Pacific, chomping cigars, and stroking white longhaired cats; the billion-dollar payday was at hand. But numbers...

Analyst: HD DVD demise hasn't meant scramble for Blu-ray

AP — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:49:13 +0000

Sales of Blu-ray disc players haven’t been helped by maker Toshiba’s capitulation over producing the rival HD DVD format, research firm NPD Group said...

Ben Heck's amazing PS3 laptop to go under the hammer

Asmita — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 04:43:23 +0000

Apparently PS3 addict and mod-specialist Ben Heck was sick of being fired form every job he ever landed because most mornings he couldnâ€™t find it in him to tear himself away from his fav PS titles and go earn his daily bread. So he decided it...

XBox 360 to get Blu-Ray in August

Desh — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 07:34:53 +0000

Sony is holding discussions about offering a Blu-ray drive for the Xbox 360 with console contender Microsoft. After Sonyâ€™s triumph last month in the high-definition DVD format conflict, the two sides are now talking about Microsoft...

Play Blu-ray titles on your Dell Inspiron 1525 notebook for less than $1000

Asmita — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 11:17:34 +0000

After bumping the HD DVD off the shelves, Blu-Ray is all set to bite off a sizable chuck of the media player market with leading notebook manufacturers announcing support for the emerging media format. Dell took a noticeable lead in the...

Go-Update: PS3 firmware 2.20 is available now

Nishant — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:22:30 +0000

On 20th of this month at ps3fanboy it was revealed that soon there will be a new firmware upgrade for your PS3. This 2.20 firmware had some cool offerings for PS3 owners. It was supposed to add following features to PS3: Blu-Ray Live (2.0),...

Bluray BD protection broken Security

Diana — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 19:09:53 +0000

According to SlySoft, film studios that have switched to Blu-ray may have crowed a little too early because the much-praised BD+ copy protection is no more. SlySoft released version 6.4.0.0 of AnyDVD HD this week and with that came the removal of...