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It’s no big news that Blu-ray adoption, at least in the US, is far from ubiquitous.  Not everyone has an HDTV and the players can be expensive.  While DVD adoption was partially attributed to the PS2, the PS3 hasn’t sold nearly as well as its predecessor with the HD standard. … 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 »

Last week, Sony announced a line of cheaper notebooks that featured Blu-ray drives.  While nobody would ever accuse Sony of being the cheapest anything, the Vaio NW starting point at $880 was one of the cheapest entry level Blu-ray notebooks.  Not to be outdone by anyone in price, Acer is… 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 »

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 »

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 »