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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 »

If you are one of those people who picked up a Blu-ray player with hopes of superior audio and video quality, you should know which discs pack the best bang for the buck. TweakTown has put together its “Digital Lounge Blu-ray Awards.”  “The Dark Knight” and “Iron Man” picked up… Continue Reading »

Blu-ray has always been fighting against the tide, struggling against high prices, general reluctance to move on from DVDs, and now the “credit crunch” as well.  In fact, many people were beginning to think that the victory against HD-DVD may have been in vain due to the apparent lack of… Continue Reading »

A lower priced Blu-ray player is coming this November from Sherwood America for under $300.  Expect the usual BD features like 1080p video, upscales DVDs, and supports BD Profile 1.1.  With the holidays coming, expect more news like this. I have never heard of this particular company, so I did… Continue Reading »

I just received an e-mail from Netflix saying that there will be an increase in the subscription fee for unlimited access to Blu-ray movies.  The increase is a whopping $1.  Assuming they aren’t singling me out, this should effect plenty of Netflix subscribers. This new fee will start on November… Continue Reading »

Imation has announced that it will be bringing the fastest recordable Blu-Ray discs to the U.S. market under the TDK name.  The recording speed of these BD-Rs is 6X.  That might not sound very fast considering DVD and CD recording rates are in the double digits, but, keep in mind… Continue Reading »