Blu-rayBy Format War Central • Oct 5, 9:05pmA recent report put out by Futuresource research claims Blu-ray adoption in the U.S.
is slightly out-pacing that of DVD.
The report used both 2002 and 2010 as they were the 5 year mark for both DVD and Blu-ray respectively, claiming DVD in 2002 reached 32.6% market penetration while Blu-ray should reach 34.1% in 2010.
[...] Blu-rayBy Format War Central • Sep 25, 10:21pmApple may finally be adopting Blu-ray according to reports from Apple Insider, Apple is apparently prepping iMacs with built in Blu-ray support among other things.
The new iMac was finalized in early September and has been in production for approximately 2 weeks in various Taiwanese factories.
Odds are Blu-ray will be available as a premium add [...] Blu-rayBy Format War Central • Sep 9, 10:20amSamsung has officially added YouTube, Blockbuster, and .MKV/.MP4 support to select Blu-ray players via a free firmware update.
Owners of the BD-P1600, BD-P3600, and BD-P4600, are currently eligible for the upgrade, there is currently no word on any of these features coming to other Samsung Blu-ray players.
Those attending Cedia 2009 (September 10-13) will be able to demo [...] Blu-rayBy Format War Central • Aug 31, 10:22pmWhile the success of Blu-ray players and movies is controversial depending on who you ask, the PC market for Blu-ray is not so gray.
A recent study by iSuppli Corp has found by the year 2013 only 16.3% of PC’s will ship with Blu-ray drives, up 3.6% from 2009.
If iSuppli is to be believed, [...] Blu-rayBy Format War Central • Jul 24, 11:30pmCBHD seems to be doing much better against rival Blu-ray than its ill fated predecessor HD DVD.
A recent report by a Japanese news station looking at CBHD format and its competition with Blu-ray confirms CBHD has a 3% market share lead on Blu-ray.
The CBHD format launched in the first half of 2009, Blu-ray [...] Blu-rayBy Format War Central • Jul 9, 11:34amWal-Mart has just lowered the price on the Magnavox NB530MGX Blu-ray player.
The new price is $98, which is a rollback from the previous price of $168.
This is the same model player that was sold on Fathers Day weekend for $128.
Normally we would steer people clear of the low end Blu-ray players, but at [...] ... Products & EquipmentBy Format War Central • Apr 1, 11:43amPanasonic has released it’s DMP-BD605 Blu-ray as a Costco exclusive model.
The player is priced at $279.99, and as far as we can tell is the same exact player as the Panny DMP-BD60 (but with a free HDMI cable included in the box).
We have a feeling this is to reduce the amount of returns [...] ... Blu-rayBy Format War Central • Mar 19, 12:07pmABC News has a new story called “Blue Skies for Blu-ray” which is pretty much an overview of Blu-ray’s recent news, with a little caveat at the end of the story about the Digital Downloads threat to Blu-ray’s future.
One interesting tidbit that was mentioned is that in Denver, Blu-ray (players) have a 24% market share [...] ... ProgrammingBy Format War Central • Mar 12, 10:47amAmazon is having a big new Blu-ray sale, with prices start at $13.99 and 379 Blu-ray titles are included in the deal. Some of the titles that are part of the deal include: The 40 Year Old Virgin for only $14.49, the super funny/offensive movie “Waiting” for only $11.49, as well as the suspense thriller [...] ... ProgrammingBy Format War Central • Mar 10, 8:31pmWhen we popped in the Blu-ray version Pinocchio into our PS3, we were greeted with a Disney themed Anti-Smoking ad.
This kinda surprised us, as you would expect this to be a TV commercial, not a trailer on a kids movie. We wonder if this should be included on adult themed films instead?
Have you seen [...] ... More Stories ...By Format War Central • Feb 4, 1:09pm • MarketplaceBy Format War Central • Jan 20, 7:06am • ProgrammingBy Format War Central • Jan 20, 7:02am • MarketplaceBy Format War Central • Jan 14, 12:58pm • MarketplaceBy Format War Central • Jan 14, 12:48pm • General InterestBy Format War Central • Jan 6, 9:09am • ProgrammingBy Format War Central • Dec 10, 3:01pm • MarketplaceBy Format War Central • Dec 10, 1:00pm • ProgrammingBy Format War Central • Dec 10, 12:17pm • ProgrammingBy Format War Central • Dec 9, 1:01pm • Programming |
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