High Definition Optical Discs (Blu-ray and HD DVD)
This article from Home Theater Blog is an almost humorous look at the format wars. As it turns out, there are a lot of companies crossing the line and using each other products. As an example, Samsung's boots have been seen under Toshiba's bed on an almost nightly basis. Some people call this a joint venture, I call it taking […]
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Sony will start releasing their first 50 GB movies next week. Click will be the first title announced but details on what will be crammed into the 50 GB monsters is not yet known. Black Hawk Down and Talladega Nights will be the next two movies to follow. Black Hawk Down will feature "Blu-wizard" that will allow you to customize […]
Read moreEven mentioning the format wars is starting to sound like nails on a chalkboard. Audioholics is here to tell you why the next gen formats will be more of a slap fest then a full on war. A good point on number 5, PS3 and Xbox360 will not save the world. My other favorite point is that consumers are starting […]
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THe team at Secrets take the first consumer available Blu-ray out for a spin with their benchmarking suite. THe player does very poor on SD material and performs decently with HD material. For a thousand dollars, this first gen Blu-ray player kind of stinks up the place. It does support all HD resolutions, as well as upconverting standard DVDs to […]
Read moreThe value priced Blu-ray recorders from Sony are to set to hit Japan in December. Both models have dual digital tuners and a single analog tuner capable of recording two shows at once. The high end unit has a bevy of beautiful features that include 1080p output, PSP transfer, and DLNA streaming. The usual connection suspects are present including HDMI, […]
Read moreEarly adopters rejoice, Fox has announced several new Blu-ray titles and a wesbite to boot. The titles mentioned in the article are: The Sentinel, Entrapment, Rising Sun, From Hell and Flight of the Phoenix. There is no word if the titles will be 1080p, also there are no details on the soundtrack. From the article: These latest Blu-ray announcements come […]
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About.com's Home Theater question of the week is – "Are the next gen formats region coded like the original DVD they are replacing?" The answer is yes for Blu-ray and no region coding for HD DVD. From the article: While the North America, Japan, and Latin America employ an NTSC-based 30 Frames-per-second video system, most of the rest of […]
Read moreI guess we know where HP stands in the next generation format wars. You can expect to find HP HD DVD drives in their m7600n desktop, the dv900t laptop and as an external drive. From the article: Press Release: We all know the story, HP went from being a "strong" Blu-ray supporter (like Samsung and LG) to pushing for changes […]
Read moreHDBlu has no problem stirring the flames of the format war as evident from their latest article. The claim here is that HD DVD is getting higher marks then Blu-ray from early adopters. The scientific study was done by examining product reviews at Amazon.com. Take it with the proverable grain of salt, people posting on the internet typically do not […]
Read moreAs widely reported on the web today, the Xbox 360 HD DVD add-on will be hitting stores in November for a price of $200. This really isn't that attractive when you think about it. By them time you add on the HD DVD player, you are quickly wading into PS3 territory. You can expect the HD DVD Add-On to hit […]
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