JVC intro’s the $199.95 XV-BP11 Blu-ray player
I am still happily sporting a regular old DVD player, not to mention I am not sure I even want to go the Blu-ray route at all, personally I think the future is heading towards devices like the Roku set-top box. Granted we still have a ways before we get… Continue Reading »
Toshiba officially announces the BDX2000 Blu-ray player
Toshiba, once know for fighting the on the HD DVD side has officially unveiled the BDX2000—a Blu-ray player. Of course, we did recently see Toshiba apply to join the Blu-ray Disc Association, so this news should not really come as all that surprising. In terms of features, the BDX2000 is… Continue Reading »
Amazon offering gift cards for DVD, Blu-ray and HD DVD trade-ins
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 »
Netlix price hike brings backlash
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 »
Netflix jacks up prices if you like Blu-ray
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 »
Samsung’s Blu-ray players
Samsung unveiled several new Blu-ray models at the Consumer Electronics Show and plans to use these models to stay competitive in the multimedia device market. In addition to showcasing the world’s fist wall mountable Blu-Ray player, the BD-P4600, the corporation also introduced the high performance BD-P3600. One of the most… Continue Reading »
Panasonic unveils world’s first portable Blu-ray player
During the Panasonic press conference this afternoon here at CES, they unveiled a “world’s first” portable Blu-ray player. The unit is model number DMP-B15 and it features an 8.9-inch WSVGA display and along with the ability to play Blu-ray discs it also has access (when connected via Ethernet to the… Continue Reading »
Vizio unveils the $199 VBR100 Blu-ray player
Today at CES, Vizio announced their VBR100 Blu-ray player. Feature wise the VBR100 will offer 1080p quality with Blu-ray movies as well as the ability to upconvert standard DVD’s in either 720p, 1080i or 1080p. As for video outputs, the player will have HDMI (1.3), component and composite and the… Continue Reading »
Blu-ray manages to not fail as badly as we thought
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 »
Netflix to kill HD DVD rentals December 15
Remember HD DVD, the now-dead next-gen format? Well it turns out that Netflix is getting ready to bring those rentals to an end. The news comes as little surprise as Netlfix announced way back in February that they decided to support the Blu-ray format. The original announcement was that they… Continue Reading »
Experience what it’s like to download at unlimited speeds from a massive collection of over 800 Terabytes of user uploads. You’ll max out your Internet connection downloading a file in… Continue Reading »
Palm Pre Information & Updates
Palm just introduced their next-gen smartphone, the Palm Pre, and next-gen operating system, Palm webOS. Gadgetell's got the latest Pre and webOS information and news for you right here.


