PS3 Launch Scaled Back, Delayed in Europe

September 6, 2006

The PlayStation 3’s global launch suffered another setback this morning, as further delays and reduced North American allocations of the popular game console were announced by Sony corporate in Japan. Sony’s Ken Kutaragi

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Samsung’s BD-P1000, 50GB Discs and The Digital Bit’s

August 30, 2006

Before I get started I want to say that unfortunately the format war has already resulted in polarizing opinions to the point of hostility and resentment between supporters of the respective camps. This is truly regrettable but again unfortunately not entirely avoidable.
Unlike the VHS vs. Beta debate we now have to contend with the influence [...]

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Sony: “We haven’t started manufacturing [PS3] yet”

August 20, 2006

As we’re just under three months away from the PS3’s worldwide launch combined with the fact some insist the launch will play a critical factor in Blu-ray’s success, I felt it was time to revisit earlier discussions about the PS3 and its impact in the format war.
To some degree or another, the Sony PlayStation 3 [...]

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Disney, Fox, DIVX and Blu-ray

July 19, 2006

Before I even get started, I want to be perfectly clear that my intention here isn’t to draw performance parallels between DIVX and the Blu-ray, as humorous as that might be it wouldn’t be fair or accurate. What I am interested in are the (ostensibly) eerie similarities in how the Blu-ray Disc Association pitched their [...]

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Joe Kane on Blu-ray

July 14, 2006

The name Joe Kane is either (1) synonymous with video quality to you, or (2) completely foreign. If you fall into the later category, Joe Kane is the man behind ‘A Video Standard’, ‘Video Essentials’ and ‘Digital Video Essentials’, some of the most widely accepted and referenced video calibration software titles ever released.
Mr. Kane is [...]

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Format Wars: Viva la Spin

June 27, 2006

You know, the whole format war thing is a boon for tech writers; Anne Rice couldn’t invent this kind of fiction. I have to say as unfortunate as the whole sorted mess is, it sure makes for great post fodder.
For example, just one week after Sony 4th quarter of this year’ and ‘Blu-ray player sales [...]

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Sony’s Blu-ray player delayed until 10/25/06

June 21, 2006

It looks like Samsung will hold the prestigious title of sole Blu-ray player available, for quite a bit longer. Sony has apparently delayed their BDP-S1 Blu-ray player until October 25th.
Pioneer’s new time frame for their recently delayed Blu-ray player, was stated as “autumn”. With Sony’s BDP-S1 delayed until late October, it’s anybody’s guess as to [...]

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Samsung “Very Very Excited” about their BD-P1000 Blu-ray Player

June 16, 2006

I might have actually discovered someone who’s more excited about pre-recorded HD content than I am. Then again I don’t work for Samsung, nor do I stand a chance at making millions of dollars from the sale of Blu-ray players.
Samsung Blu-ray debuts, from last nights “Samsung Experience” in Manhattan’s Time Warner Center, doesn’t really offer [...]

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Blu-ray un-officially launched

June 15, 2006

Much like the early sales of Toshiba’s HD-A1 and HD-XA1, reports of Best Buy selling Samsung’s BD-P1000 Blu-ray player, some 10 full days before the scheduled launch are article over at C|Net, he mentions the Samsung BD-P1000 “took 58 seconds from the time I closed the drawer for the disc’s menu to appear”
David then goes [...]

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Phillips BDP9000 Blu-ray player

June 14, 2006

Yet another Blu-ray partner is ready to unleash their player on the HD starved masses, Philips recently announced their BDP9000 Blu-ray player. From all appearances the BDP9000 sticks fairly close to the already established $999/1080p/late summer mold.
A few of the BDP9000 features include:
1080p via HDMI
Component video up-conversion to 1080i
Backward compatible with CD and DVD
No real [...]

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