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90k HD DVD Players Sold in 72 Hours

Philip Stamps — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 23:40:49 +0000

In case the headline alone didn’t strike you as impressive, that’s roughly as many BDP-S300’s (the best selling standalone Blu-ray player to date) Sony has sold since they launched the player back in July. People can argue all they want as to whether “price matters” or “content is king” but it’s pretty apparent that sales [...]

90k HD DVD Players Sold in 72 Hours

HD DVD Review: 2001: A Space Odyssey

B.Greenway — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 19:53:39 +0000

I’m a huge fan of ’2001: A Space Odyssey’ with that however I’m well aware the film isn’t for everyone, but know this review is coming from a fan’s perspective. It didn’t take me five minutes from the time I received the HD DVD of ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ to get it out of the [...]

HD DVD Review: 2001: A Space Odyssey

HD DVD Review: Transformers

B.Greenway — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 02:07:49 +0000

I have a confession to make, nothing sinister mind you, it’s just that growing up I never was a huge Transformers fan. Sure I liked them, even had a few if I remember correctly but there were always shows, stories or characters I held to a higher light. Perhaps it was due to the fact [...]

HD DVD Review: Transformers

Universal Preps Online HD DVD Features

B.Greenway — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 16:14:53 +0000

Browsing my usual run of sites yesterday I ran across something from Universal Studios that could pan out to be quite interesting. As many of you have known for sometime now, certain upcoming HD DVD titles will incorporate web enabled features above and beyond the once its printed, it’s done model of DVD extras and [...]

Universal Preps Online HD DVD Features

Goodbye Format War Hello Demographic War Paramount Goes HD DVD Exclusive

B.Greenway — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 16:38:28 +0000

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 [...]

~~Goodbye Format War Hello Demographic War~~ Paramount Goes HD DVD Exclusive

New HD DVD Promotion & Lower Cost Blu-ray Player

B.Greenway — Wed, 16 May 2007 16:23:59 +0000

As if the 5 free HD DVD movie incentives weren’t enough; Toshiba is ready to tempt the HD DVD curious just a tad more this summer, effective May 20th (through June 9th) new HD-A2 HD DVD player purchases qualify for a $100 in-store instant rebate. But the promotion doesn’t end there, from June 10th through [...]

New HD DVD Promotion & Lower Cost Blu-ray Player

First Generation HD DVD Firmware Update

B.Greenway — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 00:37:51 +0000

It’s been quite a while since I’ve mentioned a Toshiba HD DVD firmware update here but this one is well worth a few lines. Firmware update 2.2 (released today) “adds support for certain anticipated network delivered content in future HD DVD discs, improves certain video and audio processing capabilities, as well as addresses certain disc [...]

First Generation HD DVD Firmware Update

Two Million HD DVD Players for Walmart?

B.Greenway — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 01:01:31 +0000

We’ve heard rumors of low-cost HD DVD players from Chinese manufacturers before but this article by way of ‘ET Today’ (I’m assuming that stands for Electronic Times Today and not extraterrestrial) states that Walmart has placed an order for two million HD DVD players with “Fukuhiko Electronics” a Taiwan based OEM equipment manufacturer for other [...]

Two Million HD DVD Players for Walmart?

My Choice in the Format War – One Year Later

B.Greenway — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 14:30:16 +0000

The real question remains, how much are you willing to invest in the hardware to get the HD-disc ball rolling? Because with what would appear to be the second manufacturer entering into the dual-format player arena, its relatively safe to say that whether you buy your discs in blue cases or red cases, you're in no danger of not being able to play them for years to come. This isn’t going to be decided anytime soon, if you’re interested in watching pre-recorded high definition movies at home, find a deal on a player and hop off the fence. Your eyes and ears will thank you, your wallet will forgive you.

My Choice in the Format War – One Year Later

Rumors of a Dual-Format Player from Samsung Just Won’t Die

B.Greenway — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 11:09:48 +0000

Just a few months after HD DVD’s launch we began hearing rumors that Samsung and LG were considering dual-format (Blu-ray and HD DVD) players, flash forward a few months later to CES 2007 and LG does indeed introduce a dual-format player, however Samsung’s supposed player was no where to be found. The common consensus was [...]

Rumors of a Dual-Format Player from Samsung Just Won’t Die

The Matrix Collection on HD DVD

B.Greenway — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 16:01:38 +0000

I haven’t commented much on hi-def disc releases of late, barring up-coming releases like ‘The Pirates of the Caribbean’ franchise I haven’t noticed anything all that remarkable on the horizon; that is until yesterday afternoon. On May 22, Warner Home Video will

The Matrix Collection on HD DVD

Format Wars: Red Herrings Abound

B.Greenway — Sat, 17 Feb 2007 01:08:58 +0000

It’s been over two weeks since I’ve commented on the format war, new record? Seriously though this is getting crazier by the minute. By now you may have heard that Sony has claimed victory over HD DVD with Blu-ray, but per-usual any proclamation of victory may be a wee bit premature as a good chunk [...]

Format Wars: Red Herrings Abound

Toshiba HD-A2 Review

B.Greenway — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 13:05:59 +0000

Toshiba’s second generation HD DVD players have arrived. The entry level HD-A2 ($499) has been available for several weeks now and by the time you read this the HD-XA2 (HDMI 1.3 & 1080p) should be should be on store shelves as well. After having spent about four weeks with the HD-A2, I’m ready to give [...]

Toshiba HD-A2 Review

More HD DVD Announcements

B.Greenway — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 16:45:10 +0000

Ok, I’ve already reached information overload and announced they’ve been able to increase the storage capacity of single-layer HD DVD’s by 2GB’s, which would stretch the formats theoretical triple-layer storage capacity to 51GB. I honestly don’t know what to think about this announcement. On one hand I think its great that their being proactive with [...]

More HD DVD Announcements

First Images of LG’s Blu-ray – HD DVD player

B.Greenway — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 09:43:59 +0000

It may not win any industrial design awards but it does qualify as the first stand-alone Blu-ray slash HD DVD player. More details can be found at Best Buy’s product page that’s right the retailer has already put up the preliminary details for LG’s (BH100) “Super Multi Blue Player”. The price you ask? $1,199.99, looks [...]

First Images of LG’s Blu-ray – HD DVD player