Panasonic’s BD-Live Capable DMP-BD50 Blu-ray Player

May 8, 2008

In my estimation every new Blu-ray player that launches with BD Live capabilities (like Panasonics recent DMP-BD50 ) is a good thing for the format.

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Netflix: Pass the Grey Poupon, er Blu-ray

April 21, 2008

Well, this one kind of caught me off guard, apparently Netflix CEO Reed Hastings in a conference call said that since Blu-ray discs are more expensive to purchase versus standard definition DVD’s, the company will start charging more for accounts that rent Blu-ray discs.
Netflix did at one time offer both HD DVD and Blu-ray discs [...]

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PS3 Finally Getting DTS-HD Master Audio Decoding

April 10, 2008

While it’s not available yet, next week (on tax day no less) the 15th of April to be exact; PS3 owners will finally be able to utilize the DTS-HD MA audio tracks on their Blu-ray discs:
“DTS-HD Master Audio is noted for its pure, high-quality bit-for-bit sound. DTS-HD Master Audio has the capacity to deliver audio [...]

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Blu-ray Review: Space Ace

March 22, 2008

Back in summer of 1983 I had a life changing event, well I had lots of life changing events in the eighties but this particular one was walking past a Dragon’s Lair machine in my local arcade, needless to say I did a double take. Dragon’s Lair looked like something from another world compared to [...]

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Top Four Reasons Blu-ray Won’t Tank

February 29, 2008

In case you missed it, Computer Worlds Lucas Mearian rattled a few blue chains Wednesday with his opinion piece titled, “Top four reasons Blu-ray Disc will tank”. I’m sure with a provocative title like that Mr. Mearian won’t be the least bit surprised that a few lone voices out in the wilderness politely beg to [...]

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I, For One, Welcome Our New Insect Blue Overlords

January 18, 2008

And you thought I had forgotten all about the Warner Brothers announcement, tisk tisk. Seriously though I’ve received several emails asking why I hadn’t commented on the announcement and it simply boils down to waiting for the other shoe to drop, (read other studios following in kind) but it seems as if Paramount and Universal [...]

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Goodbye Format War Hello Demographic War Paramount Goes HD DVD Exclusive

August 20, 2007

Owning both a Blu-ray and HD DVD player has afforded me something I never really factored-in at the onset, the little trivial ups and downs of the “format war” are pretty insignificant on a day to day basis when you can player either format at will. That’s not to say I don’t still keep up [...]

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Review: Pioneer Elite BDP-94HD Blu-ray Player

August 3, 2007

Remember Phil? Maybe not, as I didn’t specifically name him last go-round, but he’s the friend of mine who purchased (and subsequently sold) the Sony BDP-S300 used in our review. Phil apparently wanted a bit more out of Blu-ray than the BDP-S300 had to offer and purchased a Pioneer Elite BDP-94HD, his financial folly is [...]

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The Fifth Element on Blu-ray Remastered

July 21, 2007

Over the weekend we had some time to check out the recently remastered ‘The Fifth Element’ on Blu-ray, better late than never would certainly apply here. Yes the original release on Blu-ray drew criticism from many reviewers, Peter Bracke of Hi-Def Digest review of the remastered Fifth Element for a more detailed analysis.
I’ll go ahead [...]

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A Blockbuster for Blu-ray

June 19, 2007

By now most of you have heard about Blockbuster’s decision to roll-out Blu-ray media in an additional 1450 stores across the nation. Without dissecting each individual quote, retort and tidbit of information gleaned from the multiple interview with CNBC Warren Lieberfarb former president of Warner Home Video, described it as a non-event and went on [...]

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