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Electronic superstore, Best Buy, and the well-known DVR company, TiVo, have become allies to promote a better home entertainment experience.  You may be wondering, what exactly can these two companies offer each other?  For the benefit of TiVo, Best Buy will be increasing its promotion and stocking of TiVo products… Continue Reading »

Today, TiVo announced a new program that will allow current users to upgrade their current DVR set up to a new HD DVR set up.  Many TiVo customers probably don’t have the income to purchase all this luxury equipment, such as HD DVR, and are often stuck using their regular… Continue Reading »

If you have Cablevision, then you probably know about its remote DVR features, which allow you to record TV shows remotely for later viewing within Cablevision offices.  Previously, there was a petition questioning the legality of remote DVR usage which reached the Supreme Court.  Once there, the United States Supreme… Continue Reading »

Panasonic UK unveiled several new home theater components today.  Two are Blu-ray Disc recorders that allow you to record HD content to Blu-ray discs.  H.264 compression is being used to allow for up to 24 hours of HD content per disc.  The two models of Blu-ray disc recorders, the DMR-BS850… Continue Reading »

$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 »