12 Days of Christmas: Blu-Ray Player and a Redbox Subscription
Grab ringside seats to the death of optical media with one of three new Blu-ray players complete with 1 year of free Redbox rentals. The folks at Redbox, who are running some other kind of concurrent...
View ArticleThe Star Wars Re-Release: Much We Have To Learn
As we saw teased before CES, the Star Wars Trilogy (along with those other ones) is indeed to be re-released on Blu-Ray in September (you can pre-order now). The fan relationship with this franchise...
View ArticleLG: The PS3 Infringes On Our Patents, So We Want It Banned
Flickr’d What exciting times we live in, what with word that Sony has plans to subpoena a boatload of Web sites and individuals in an attempt to track down the members of fail0verflow and other PS3...
View ArticleUnstoppable Is The First Blu-Ray Release With Android Compatible Bonus Disc
Android has been unstoppable this week — they’re railing the competition. That momentum isn’t expected to slow, especially since the Blu-ray release of Unstoppable comes with a digital version for...
View ArticleWith Injunction, LG Temporarily Stops European PS3 Imports
The feud between Korea’s LG and Japan’s Sony has just hotted up. LG has won a preliminary injunction against Sony in Europe, the result of which is the temporary banning of the importation of PS3s...
View ArticleCrunchDeals: A Memorex Blu-Ray Player For $84
Always wanted to get behind an obsoleting optical standard? Don’t want to buy a PS3? Here’s your chance to get a sub-$100 Blu-Ray player from Woot! For the price it’s a pretty good deal. I’d just buy...
View ArticleSony Wins Case Against LG. LG Ordered To Pay
Sony has won their case against LG. The more than 300,000 PS3′s that were seized will be returned to Sony. Also, all future shipments into Europe will continue without any issues. LG will have to pay...
View ArticleCrunchDeals: Laugh It Up Fuzzball: The Family Guy Trilogy
The Family Guy adaptation of Star Wars is perhaps Seth MacFarlane’s greatest contribution to humanity — and the Blu-ray release is on sale at Amazon for only $20. Seriously, can you think of a better...
View ArticleBuffalo Launches First Ever BDXL Portable Blu-ray Burner
Buffalo just outed their new portable BDXL Blu-ray writer, the BRXL-PC6U2-BK. BDXL is the new Blu-ray spec that can store up to 100 GB on three layers and 128 GB on four. The burner can operate at...
View ArticleStar Wars Hits Blu-ray On September 16
Photo’d The Blu-ray edition of Star Wars: The Complete Saga now has a release date: September 16 of this year. Amazon lists the collection for $90, so start saving your pennies. The 16th falls on a...
View ArticlePanasonic Announces World's First Rewritable 100GB BDXL Disc
In July last year, Sharp showed the world’s first triple-layer BDXL discs with 100GB capacity. While the discs were great (and enough to store about 720 minutes of terrestrial digital broadcasting),...
View ArticleSharp Announces AQUOS 3D Blu-ray Recorders With Built-in HDDs, Wi-Fi, BD-RE...
Sharp Japan announced [JP] the BD-HDW series today, which consists of three 3D-enabled AQUOS Blu-ray recorders: the BD-HDW80 (with a 1TB HDD on board/$1,290), the BD-HDW75 (500GB/$1,060) and the...
View ArticlePlextor Taps USB 3.0, eSATA For The PX-LB950UE, 12x External Blu-ray Writer
Plextor’s latest Blu-ray writer is of course the fastest yet. That’s a given as speed increase, not decrease. The PX-LB950UE writes at 12x speeds, which is twice as quick as the previous version. The...
View ArticleThe Onkyo BD-SP809 Blu-ray Player: 3D, Netflix, And A Lovely THX Certification
Once upon a time, buying a high-end audio or video device often meant sacrificing otherwise standard consumer features. Instead of a quality remote, you’d get fancy interior audio circuity. Instead of...
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Sharp Shows Super-Slim 3D Blu-ray Player
Those Android 3D handsets aren’t the only 3D devices Sharp announced today. The company also showed [JP] the BD-HP90 today, a 3D Blu-ray player that’s just 35mm thick. Needless to say, this makes the...
View ArticleMake It HD: Star Trek TNG Remastered For Blu-ray
Hold onto your phasers — the dream of many a Trekkie is about to come true. Star Trek: The Next Generation will be released on Blu-ray starting in 2012. Every one of the show's 178 episodes will be...
View ArticleCEATEC 2011: Toshiba’s HDD/Blu-Ray Server Records 15 Days Of Digital TV From...
You have an HDD/Blu-ray recorder connected to your TV but never enough space on it? Then Toshiba's REGZA DBR-M190 might do the trick for you (if you live in Japan, at least). As with most devices at...
View ArticleThe New Apple TV Will Finish What The Mac Started: Killing Off Discs
I remember watching the HD DVD vs. Blu-ray wars closely a few years back. I wanted one to win so I could go out and buy a next generation movie player. But the battle went on and on, and by the time...
View ArticlePlayStation 4’s 4.50 software update adds HDD support, 3D Blu-ray capability...
PlayStation 4’s next big software update is going out now to beta testers, and it adds a lot for owners of the console to get excited about. There’s support for external USB HDDs, which means...
View ArticleWalmart’s Vudu app now converts your physical movies to digital for $2 each
Want to build a movie library without having to re-purchase all the DVDs and Blu-rays you already purchased? Walmart's streaming video service Vudu has you covered, with a new feature available via its...
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