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Time and again we hear a similar statement from MS so it’s not surprising we’re hearing it again when someone compared Xbox 360’s DVD format size restrictions to that of PS3’s Blu-ray. CVG recently had a sit down with Stephen McGill, director of Xbox and Entertainment and this is what he replied.
“We have no [...]

 
Sony has announced a new Blu-ray player that is capable to display HD 3D content. The BDP-S470 standalone player is 3D ready, which means it will be able to show Blu-ray 3D content after a firmware update due this summer.
For an affordable price tag of $200, the player also features DVD upscaling to 1080p, [...]

 
Buffalo is on a roll as far as USB 3.0 goods are concerned. They just rolled out a USB 3.0 compatible external HDD and now back in their hometown, they’ve announced world’s fastest Blu-ray writer with support for USB 3.0. The BR-X1216U3 can burn BD discs up to a speed of 12x provided you meet [...]

 
You spend about $20-50 on a Blu-ray movie and watch it, say, once, twice or maybe thrice, after which it sits in your drawer waiting for another tryst with the BD laser. Now Sony has devised an industry first hybrid BD disc that will entice users to use their discs often, provided they own a [...]

 
This is not the first time Ballmer’s comments have created confusion so it’s not surprising Microsoft trying to retract what he said in the recent interview. Ballmer said Blu-ray accessory would be offered as an add on but Major Nelson from the Xbox team has jumped in to try clear things up. Apparently, Ballmer meant [...]

 
Even though Microsoft bluntly refuted the possibility of an Xbox 360 with Blu-ray, the hopes are again rejuvenated with a statement given by Microsoft’s honcho, Steve Ballmer to Gizmodo. In an interview, the site popped up a question of Blu-ray on Xbox and this is what Ballmer said.
“Well I don’t know if we need to [...]

 
Toshiba has announced that they have applied to become a member of the Blu-Ray Disc Association (BDA), effectively proving the previous rumor true. Though there’s no mention on the products yet, Toshiba has assured to launch BD players, notebooks equipped with BD drives by the end of this year.
Toshiba’s association with Blu-ray has been [...]

 
When one of HD DVD’s prime backer is rumored to set its sight on Blu-ray it is not wrong to expect other supporters following the suit. The supporter in question is Microsoft, who in 2006 released an HD DVD drive for its Xbox 360 but withdrew it later when the format went kaput.
Just to [...]

 
It seems Toshiba will swallow the HD DVD defeat and finally embrace the hi-definition Blu-ray format. Japanese newspaper Daily Yomiuri is claiming that Toshiba will release a BD player by the end of this year. If that’s not all, Toshiba will also have an additional offering to give to its homeland, a BD recorder. Yup, [...]

 
Sharp released DX Series of LCD TVs in Japan that boast to be the world’s first TV with integrated Blu-ray players. This means a user can insert a BD disc into the TV and enjoy the movie right away without the need to own an additional Blu-ray player for it. It sure is nifty but [...]

 
This is not the first time we have heard death sentences for Blu-ray format so we’re not surprised when SanDisk’s honcho is the latest one to say it. His reasoning is that because smartphones are the hot-selling mediums for watching videos, Blu-ray can’t really survive since the phones cannot benefit from it.
Eli Harari didn’t gave [...]

 
Sharp Electronics latest creation is a head turner. They revealed the new DX range of Aquos TVs which are touted to be the world’s first TV sets to sport an integrated Blu-Ray recorder. The DX series spans six different sizes starting from a decent 26-inch to go up to 52-inch. For later viewing pleasure, a [...]

 
Sanyo from Japan is trying to break the barriers in the Blu-Ray arena. By increasing power of the emitting rays to 450 mW, they managed to develop a new blu-ray laser which supersedes the current 8X lasers in the market and also has the capability to record four layers of data which makes the total [...]

 
After being unveiled in Japan, it was time for US to get Buffalo’s speedy BD internal and external writers. The MediaStation 8X writers will sell in US from this month at prices of $350 for the internal one and $400 for external.

A day later, Sony also introduced their BWU-300S 8X Blu-Ray internal writer for the [...]

 
Sony announced the VAIO TT series notebook touting as the lightest Blu-Ray notebook (2.87 pounds) available in the market. The claim is true but only if you can afford the ask price which stands at $4345. In all, there are five different models to choose from – VGN-TT190EIN, VGN-TT190EIR, VGN-TT190EJX, VGN-TT190NIB and VGN-TT190UBX with the [...]