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$800 for a portable Blu-ray player may seem crazy, but it’s really a step to make Blu-ray discs more prevalent.  One of the complaints about Blu-ray is “I can’t take it with me, so I’ll get a regular DVD instead.”  The portable player looks to take away that problem.  Gadgetell… Continue Reading »

Sony has announced the new NW line of VAIO notebooks, which will now be its entry-level Blu-ray notebook.  Starting at $880 for the Blu-ray models , the notebooks sport a 15.5” 1366 x 768 widescreen display for watching your Blu-ray content on the go and an HDMI out so you… Continue Reading »

Any self-respecting Transformers fan knows about the impending release of the “Revenge of the Fallen” movie set to premiere in theaters on June 24.  What separates this from a normal movie is the fact that LG is planning several events and a phone debut in an attempt to make the… Continue Reading »

Samsung’s latest offering into the Blu-ray market is the SD-P4600.  Very glossy and streamlined in appearance, but when are they going to give up attempts into the Blu-ray foray?  I just don’t see Blu-ray making it. This one is different from other ones out right now due to its design. … Continue Reading »

While there is a war raging on about whether it is legal to copy your DVDs or not, you will be able to copy your Blu-ray discs (BDs) complete with the studios’ permission soon.  The Advanced Access Content System Licensing Administrator is responsible for the copy protection on BDs and… Continue Reading »

Panasonic has just released information on the upcoming release of the DMP-B15, the world’s first portable Blu-ray disc player.  Included with the DMP-B15 will be almost a nine inch LCD screen, Internet access and a SD memory card slot.  The only catch is that don’t expect to get the DMP-B15… Continue Reading »

I wish I could say that this was a brand new offer from Amazon, but either way it was new to me, so it is likely to be new to others as well.  In what may be a possible sign of the current economic times, Amazon is currently offering to… Continue Reading »

A lot of people are putting more money into their living room because they are spending more time at home.  So what do you need to put together the best experience in your living room?  There’s the obvious stuff like a large screen television and that surround sound system.  Then… Continue Reading »

Not sure why you’d need it, but you can have one set top box that can play Blu-ray and DivX video.  LG has put together these two technologies in its LG BD390. This might actually make some sense.  Every electronics manufacturer needs to do something to differentiate their products from… Continue Reading »

Before the release of J.J. Abram’s massive success in “Star Trek,” “Watchmen” was the geek movie event of the year.  The amount of attention it got from geeks across the country couldn’t go ignored by Warner Bros., which decided to add a bit of extra functionality to the Blu-Ray release… Continue Reading »