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  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 [...]

  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 [...]

  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 [...]

  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. [...]

  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 [...]

  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 [...]

  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, [...]

  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 [...]

  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 [...]

  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 [...]

  Sony has actively promoted Blu-Ray as a hi-definition format. And to show a glimpse of what they can do more, Sony creates a mammoth 400 Disc Blu-Ray Mega changer which can dump all your Blu-Ray collection in one go. The player is a prototype for now and is gracing itself on the CEDIA expo [...]

  Samsung’s obsession for slim products has extended to its new line of Blu-Ray players too. The BD-P2500 unveiled at the IFA last week packs a lot of commendable features in the slim housing. The player features a LAN port for easy firmware updates, USB port as well as decent 1GB of internal memory. For [...]

  Toshiba may have lost the hi-def format battle but they still haven’t lost hope. In another attempt to take a dig at Blu-Ray, they roll out a DVD player which can upscale video quality from 480i/p to 720p or 1080i/p. The video enhancement technology is called as eXtended Detail Enhancement and the first player [...]

  LG Electronics has announced a first of its kind Blu-Ray player capable of streaming Netflix content. The LG BD300 will be available in North America from this fall and users with Netflix account can stream movies with the help of a wired connection. The price is uncertain at the moment. Press Release

  After Buffalo introduced their set of 8X BD writers, I-O Data steps up and launches the same flavored internal ones. BRD-P8 series will support SATA interface and is capable to burn single as well as dual layer BD discs at 8X. That’s just 14 minutes to burn massive data. For single layer DVDs, it [...]