Tag: High Definition Optical Discs (Blu-ray and HD DVD)

High-Def Digest has a triple whammy of sorts today. Thier first article is an interview with Sony that talks about their CODEC choice and other general topics such as disc sizes and hardware problems. Of particular interest to me was the talk about studio transfers and how it is impacting quality of the Blu-ray DVDs. The second two articles, which […]

EngadgetHD has the scoop on the latest next gen DVD player to hit the market… sort of. It appears Wal Mart let the secret slip by releasing Phillip's Blu-ray onto the market a few days earlier then other retailers. You will have to read on for the goodies, but it appears to a very similar player to the Samsung with […]

A few nice unique extras for the big boys, but will it be enough to win the race? Have you guys bit the bullet yet? C'mon, but you can watch the Oscar-Winning Pearl Harbor…errr….um…..see large explosions in great quality! Buena Vista Worldwide Home Entertainment added to its enhanced winter Blu-ray release slate today, as Invincible and Pearl Harbor were joined […]

HDBlog has some insight on who will win the BluRay/HD-DVD wars, and they seem pretty convinced it'll be PS3. I'm not that convinced that there's that many people anxious to spend $600 that will make it such a landslide, but I do agree Microsoft kinda screwed the pooch with only having a separate HD-DVD player add-on, and being only for […]

If you have been following the next generation optical wars you may know that the Samsung Blu-ray player has a few issues. Samsung has released the first firmware update for their BD-P1000. This version fixes some odd DTS issues, but is not the big firmware upgrade most have been waiting for, the one that tweaks the settings for video processor […]

Home Theater HiFi stays true to their name with a fairly comprehensive comparison/benchmark of 6 DVD Players & 2 Video Processors. Very informative if you're in the market, they lost me after the first sentance though….I just can't keep my attention when I have to scroll 50 pages down & there's no "conclusion" 🙂 I have no quote from the […]

The Sony BDP-S1 has your usual array of option you would expect from a next generation DVD player. Options like 1080p over HDMI, support for the new HD audio CODECS, and the ability to upconvert SD DVDs are all present and accounted for. With a MRSP of $999, it is very very very surprising to see the BDP-S1 not have […]

I don't think this is a surprise to anyone. Would you spend $500-1000 without knowing that the format will be around to stay? "Many customers also are reluctant to buy because of a battle between two high-definition formats, HD-DVD and Blu-ray, says electronics analyst Rosemary Abowd with Pacific Media Associates. The HD-DVD/Blu-ray battle is expected to end with one being […]

Don't expect a Sony Blu-ray play in the UK until at least March 2007. Sony figures there is not much point in laucnhing the stand alone player until it launches the PS3. Reading in between the lines, Sorry Europe.. you are screwed… From the article: We won’t be talking about any product introduction until March 2007 at the earliest.” Sony […]

Are you a little confused about compatibility issues with the next generation DVD formats? Well About.com is here to shed some light on this annoying side affect of the format wars. From the article: Since the Blu-ray Disc and HD-DVD formats are incompatible, due to differences in actual physical disc structure, you cannot play a Blu-ray Disc in an HD-DVD […]