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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 »

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 »

Ok, ok…so you can’t go to Newegg and buy it just yet.  But GE announced just today that they’ve made some huge steps forward in the whole process, and now just have to figure out how to make their lab success work in affordable mass-produced products. Talk about the the… Continue Reading »

Over at the Official Netflix Blog, plenty of people have voiced their opinion on the recent increase in pricing for Blu-ray movies.  Taking a look at some of the over 500 comments on the post, there is an overwhelmingly negative response.  Some commenters have mentioned several points like: ”Blockbuster does… Continue Reading »

Sometimes it doesn’t pay to like the latest and greatest.  Netflix, the name in the online DVD rental world, has just increased its prices if you prefer Blu-ray discs.  Myself, I have the 3 DVD at-a-time plan.  Normally it costs $16.99.  Netflix increased the cost of the plan by $1… Continue Reading »

Starting with “Paul Blart: Mall Cop,” Sony will be going more green with its DVD and Blu-ray packaging.  The packaging for the home video version of “Paul Blart” will use only 80% of the plastic that is currently used.  Recycled paper will be used for the box art.  Even the… Continue Reading »