Blu-Ray News

A couple of tidbits from the Blu-ray world today.  First up, Sony has released a patch for its firs PC drive that will allow it to playback BD movies.

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Second up, HDBlog lets us know that BenQ is shipping its Blu-ray disc recorder to Japan right now. The retail price is expected to be around $760.

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In the rush to get these players out the door, both camps have put out pretty cruddy equipment. Really, how does a Blu-ray make it out the door and not be able to play back its own media. I think both camps needed to wait a quarter or to before releasing their first generation players.