 | MGM Adds 'Golden Gun,' 'License to Kill' to Blu-ray Bond Library (High-Def Digest, 2/26/2009 11:30pm) |
| MGM has announced two new additions to its growing James Bond Blu-ray collection, setting a mid-May arrival for 'License to Kill' and 'The Man with the Golden Gun.' Though largely considered two of the... ... (Read Full Article) |
| The Real James Bond Comes to Blu-ray October 21 [James Bond] (Gizmodo, 6/18/2008 7:40pm) |
| The best (read: Sean Connery) James Bond is finally coming to Blu-ray when six older Bond flicks are released later this year. Dr. No, From Russia With Love, Thunderball, For Your Eyes Only, Live and... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Bond 50: 22-Film James Bond 007 Blu-ray Collection Review (Big Picture Big Sound, 10/10/2012 7:29pm) |
| All 22 Bond films in one handsome boxed set. All the cars. All the gadgets. All the Bond girls. What more do you need? (No, [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | James Bond HD channel launching in the UK (HD-Report, 8/07/2012 4:52pm) |
| Sky will launch a dedicated James Bond HD channel for the entire month of October, the UK’s Pocket-Lint reports. The channel will broadcast all 22 of the past Bond films from Dr No (1962) to Quantum of Solace (2008), as well as the [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | James Bond On FilmFest HD In June 2006 (Commander Bond, 6/17/2006 9:21am) |
| Ready for a new James Bond film marathon? 007 fans will be able to enjoy the classic films in high-definition throughout June 2006. Home Theater reports that FilmFest HD, a VOOM HD network, is showing a month-long marathon of 17 James Bond films. ... (Read Full Article) |
| More Bond for Blu-ray: Licence to Kill & Man With The Golden Gun (Big Picture Big Sound, 3/20/2009 2:13am) |
| MGM and Fox will soon add two more Bond flicks for your Blu-ray collection.
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| (Unranked) | HDD Spotlight Bargain: 'Bond 50' Blu-ray $149.99 at Amazon! (High-Def Digest, 9/22/2012 6:09pm) |
| The massive James Bond box set arriving next week is now fifty percent off at Amazon!! The online retailer is now selling 'Bond 50' on Blu-ray for only $149.99 (50% off suggested retail price). This [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Bond 50: Celebrating Five Decades of Bond 007 (Blu-ray Review) (Home Media Magazine, 10/10/2012 6:51pm) |
Fox/MGM
Action
$199.99 22-DVD set, $299.99 23-disc Blu-ray set
Not rated.
Stars Sean Connery, Roger Moore, George Lazenby, Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan, Daniel Craig.
While James Bond would make his debut in a [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Bond 50: Blu-ray Collection spotted for $99 (HD-Report, 11/24/2012 3:29pm) |
| We just spotted Bond 50: The Complete 22 Film Collection at Amazon for only $99. List-priced at $299, this could be the Blu-ray deal of the year! ‘Bond 50′ is the most comprehensive James Bond film collection to date, with a total of 23 [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Six Classic Bond Titles To Hit Blu-ray this October (High-Def Digest, 6/18/2008 10:00pm) |
| MGM/Fox today officially announced the first next-gen release of a half-dozen James Bond catalog titles, which will hit Blu-ray this October in newly-remastered special editions. Spanning several Bond... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | New Blu-ray releases this week: Skyfall, James Bond singles, Weeds Season 8 (HD-Report, 2/11/2013 5:03pm) |
| If you’re a James Bond fan, this week brings lots of goodies on Blu-ray Disc starting with the release of Skyfall. Although there’s no extra material to supplement the title, the two-disc combo pack includes [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Blu-ray Highlights for February 12th, 2013 (High-Def Digest, 2/12/2013 6:00pm) |
| This week belongs to Bond, James Bond, as the franchise's biggest and (arguably) best entry to date comes to Blu-ray. If that doesn't do it for you, some other new titles will also compete for your [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Bond HD Channel Launching in the UK (Electronic House, 8/10/2012 2:04pm) |
| Sky will start showing all 22 James Bond movies in HD in early October.
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| (Unranked) | ‘Bond 50′ Complete Collection releases to Blu-ray Disc & DVD (HD-Report, 9/25/2012 7:35am) |
| Bond 50: The Complete 22 Film Collection has released to Blu-ray Disc and DVD. The collection contains all James Bond films from Dr. No through Quantam of Solace, and even leaves a space in the box for the upcoming 23rd franchise film SKYFALL. [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | James Bond stunt Aston Martin made in giant 3D printer (CNET Blogs, 11/13/2012 6:48pm) |
| "Skyfall" filmmakers dropped some of their $150 million-plus budget on 3D-printed scale replicas of Bond's classic Aston Martin DB5. (Read Full Article) |
| James Bond Blu-ray Collection Three-Pack Vol. 2 (Big Picture Big Sound, 10/21/2008 7:02am) |
| Get three classic 007 films together in this Blu-ray bundle that gives you the best of Sean Connery and a taste of Roger Moore.
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| (Unranked) | HDD Deal of the Week: 'Bond 50' Blu-ray $129.99 at Amazon! (High-Def Digest, 2/10/2013 8:00pm) |
| In honor of Skyfall' hitting stores this week, Amazon is serving up the boxed set of all the other Bond films for nearly sixty percent off! The online retailer is now selling 'Bond 50' on Blu-ray for [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Contest: Win 'Skyfall' on Blu-ray! (High-Def Digest, 2/25/2013 5:30pm) |
| This week, High-Def Digest is giving away one of the biggest Blu-ray releases of the year, the James bond extravaganza 'Skyfall'. For your chance to win a copy, head over to the blog to participate [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Skyfall' Blu-ray Cover Art Revealed (High-Def Digest, 11/21/2012 12:00am) |
| There's no date or info yet, but you can catch an early glimpse at the preliminary artwork for the latest James Bond flick bound for Blu-ray sometime in 2013. In an early announcement to retailers, [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Kill 'Em All' Blu-ray Announced (High-Def Digest, 10/25/2012 4:00pm) |
| Raimund Huber’s non-stop martial arts action film will be unleashed on Blu-ray in December In an early announcement to retailers, Well Go USA is prepping 'Kill 'Em All' for Blu-ray on December 11. [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Rockstar Completes the Set With 'Manhunt' on PS3 (High-Def Digest, 5/10/2013 3:30pm) |
| 'Manhunt' joining the PS2 Classics lineup next week. Rockstar Game has announced that 'Manhunt' is coming to the PS3. The game, which puts player in the kill-or-be-killed world of James Earl Cash is [...] (Read Full Article) |
| 'To Kill a King' Headed to Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 12/12/2007 7:00pm) |
| Reaching all the way back to the 17th century for their latest high-def release, Starz Home Entertainment will debut the British drama 'To Kill a King' on Blu-ray this February. An epic retelling of the... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Pioneer and VividLogic Enter Into License Agreement for Development of OCAP(TM) Software for OCHD 2.0 Devices (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 3/27/2006 7:12pm) |
| FREMONT, Calif.----March 27, 2006--VividLogic Inc., a leading provider of Home Entertainment Software Infrastructure for High Definition Televisions and High Definition Set Top Boxes based in Fremont, CA, today announced that it has entered into a development and license agreement with Pioneer Corporation based in Tokyo, Japan, to license, enhance and distribute OCAP 1.0 software and related ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 007 Legends PS3 gets exclusive Skyfall characters for multiplayer (Joystiq, 10/17/2012 7:00am) |
Eurocom's re-imagining of select James Bond films, 007 Legends, has some exclusive content on the PS3. MI6 field agent Eve and assassin Patrice from next month's Skyfall film are both [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Skyfall' Blu-ray in February? (High-Def Digest, 1/03/2013 5:00pm) |
| The Blu-ray release date for the latest James Bond film could be in February instead of March! As previously reported, it was rumored that MGM was preparing 'Skyfall' for Blu-ray release on March 12, [...] (Read Full Article) |
| MGM to 'Never Say Never Again' on Blu-ray this March (High-Def Digest, 1/21/2009 5:00pm) |
| More Bond is coming to Blu-ray, with MGM setting a late-March high-def debut for 'Never Say Never Again.' Featuring Sean Connery in his highly-publicized return to Bond, but produced outside the Eon fold,... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | ‘Bond 50′ on Blu-ray back to $149 (HD-Report, 11/16/2012 5:11pm) |
| MGM's Bond 50: The Complete 22 Film Collection on Blu-ray has dropped back down to $149 on [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Dr. No Returns to Theaters for 50th Birthday as Bond 50 Blu-ray Boxed Set is Released (Big Picture Big Sound, 9/20/2012 6:22am) |
| The original Bond is coming back to theaters, for an exclusive, one-night [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | JVC BlackSapphire 4000 Ears-On: This 55-Inch 3DTV Wants to Kill Your Soundbar [Televisions] (Gizmodo, 10/17/2012 3:33pm) |
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| Amazon discounts Bond Blu-ray titles to $14.99 (Punch Jump, 4/01/2009 3:39pm) |
| Retailer Amazon.com this week discounted Bond Blu-ray titles to under $15 in a new high-definition sale. ... (Read Full Article) |
| BSkyB sells three-part bond (Reuters.co.uk, 10/14/2005 4:19am) |
| LONDON (Reuters) - Satellite TV company BSkyB on Thursday raised just over 1 billion pounds by selling a three-part bond in its first visit to the debt markets since 1999, sources familiar with the deal said. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Rogue Finds James Cameron's Sanctum (Coming Soon, 10/13/2006 6:51am) |
| Rogue Pictures has made a deal with James Cameron to co-write and produce James Cameron's Sanctum , a live-action drama to be shot next spring in high-definition 3-D. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Blu-ray Box Set Bargains: 50% Off Bond 50, 65% off X-Men Complete Collection (Big Picture Big Sound, 9/25/2012 3:39am) |
| Amazon has both of these blockbuster franchises on sale, with sets selling for a fraction of the list [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | HDD Black Friday Blitz: 'Bond 50' Blu-ray $129.99 at Amazon! (High-Def Digest, 11/18/2012 7:53pm) |
| Early Black Friday birds can already save nearly sixty percent on the 007 collection at Amazon! The online retailer is now selling 'Bond 50' on Blu-ray for only $129.99 (57% off suggested retail [...] (Read Full Article) |
| BSkyB sells three-part $1.8 bln bond-sources (Reuters.co.uk, 10/13/2005 5:49pm) |
| LONDON (Reuters) - Satellite TV company BSkyB on Thursday raised just over 1 billion pounds by selling a three-part bond in its first visit to the debt markets since 1999, sources familiar with the deal said. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Spelunker HD update and DLC will kill you starting August 28 (Joystiq, 8/24/2012 7:50pm) |
| Spelunker HD - the PSN game from Tozai Games about an extraordinarily fragile cave explorer, not the XBLA game Spelunky that was partially [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Fox: ‘Bond 50’ Best-Selling Blu-ray Box Set in 2012 (Home Media Magazine, 12/13/2012 2:59pm) |
| Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. and 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment Dec. 13 said Bond 50 is the top-selling Blu-ray Disc box set of 2012, with projected worldwide sales totaling $50 million to date.
The 23-disc collection features all [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Carmike Cinemas Announces “Skyfall” James Bond Movie to Open in Carmike’s Critically Acclaimed “BIGD” Auditoriums a Day Early on Thursday, November 8th (Business Wire, 10/28/2012 9:01am) |
| COLUMBUS, Ga.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Carmike Cinemas, Inc. (NASDAQ: CKEC), a leading DIGITAL cinema and 3-D motion picture exhibitor, today announced that Carmike customers in several venues across the country will have the unique opportunity to enjoy [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | James Cameron's Titanic - Blu-ray Disc Movie Pick (About.com, 9/10/2012 4:00am) |
| In a previous report I outlined what to expect when James Cameron's Epic Titanic, is [...] (Read Full Article) |
| SiGen Announces NanoTec License to Shin-Etsu Chemical of Tokyo Japan (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 10/03/2005 2:01pm) |
| Silicon Genesis Corporation announced today that it has entered into a broad intellectual property license agreement with Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. of Tokyo Japan . Under this agreement, Shin-Etsu will have rights to SiGen's NanoTec suite of technologies and includes the purchase of SiGen proprietary equipment. ... (Read Full Article) |
| SiGen Announces NanoTec License to Shin-Etsu Chemical of Tokyo Japan (ZDNet India, 10/04/2005 7:57am) |
| Silicon Genesis Corporation (SiGen) announced on monday that it has entered into a broad intellectual property license agreement with Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. of Tokyo Japan (Shin-Etsu). Under this agreement, Shin-Etsu will have rights to SiGen's NanoTec(TM) suite of technologies and includes the purchase of SiGen proprietary equipment. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Here Comes the Boom' Dated for Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 11/27/2012 11:00pm) |
| Another Kevin James comedy will fall down on Blu-ray this February. In an early announcement to retailers, Sony will be releasing 'Here Comes the Boom' on Blu-ray on February 5. James stars as a high [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Early Arrival for 'Assassination of Jesse James' Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 1/16/2008 7:00pm) |
| It wasn't planned for release until February 26, but Warner now says that the Blu-ray edition of 'The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford' will hit stores three weeks earlier to get... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Here Comes the Boom' Blu-ray Detailed (High-Def Digest, 12/19/2012 9:00pm) |
| The Kevin James comedy falling down on Blu-ray this February has now been detailed. As previously reported, Sony will be releasing 'Here Comes the Boom' on Blu-ray on February 5. James stars as a [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Warner Outlines HD DVD Separation Plan; Delays 'Invasion,' 'Jesse James' HD DVDs (High-Def Digest, 1/11/2008 11:20pm) |
| Formalizing the first step in its HD DVD separation plan, Warner has pushed back the previously-announced HD DVD releases of 'The Invasion' and 'The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford.'... ... (Read Full Article) |
| It's all in the programs (Weekend (Weekend Standard, 5/15/2005 4:13pm) |
| China\\\'s issuance of its first license for Internet television broadcasting could mark the opening of a potentially huge market, or so investors in the new technology think. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'James Dean: Ultimate Collector's Edition' Blu-ray Up for Pre-Order! (High-Def Digest, 8/01/2013 10:00pm) |
| 'Giant,' 'East of Eden,' and 'Rebel Without a Cause' are now available for Blu-ray pre-order! In an early announcement to retailers, Warner Brothers' 'James Dean: Ultimate Collector's Edition' [...] (Read Full Article) |
| HDTV scores big on game day (San Jose Mercury News, 12/12/2005 4:22pm) |
| In this season of giving, Morning Buzz has found its social cause. Life in HD. Because what you don't know would kill you if you knew you didn't know it. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | HDTV scores big on game day (San Jose Mercury News, 12/16/2005 9:13am) |
| In this season of giving, Morning Buzz has found its social cause. Life in HD. Because what you don't know would kill you if you knew you didn't know it. ... (Read Full Article) |
| MPEG LA Expands Call for HD DVD Patents (Business Wire, 1/08/2008 1:00pm) |
| DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In its continued response to marketplace interest in the creation of a joint HD DVD patent license including as much essential intellectual property as possible, ... (Read Full Article) |
| Blu-ray victory to spur Java development, says James Gosling (HDTV UK, 3/10/2008 11:14am) |
| James Gosling, widely accepted
as the "father of Java", has said that Blu-ray's victory should spur further
use of the Java programming language to bring greater interactivity to discs.
Raising the slightly embarrassing point that Profile 2.0 Blu-ray players are
still extremely scarce, Gosling told ZDNet Australia, "There's actually this
Profile 2.0 spec for Blu-ray, which almost all of ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 3D Visionary Award Presented to James Cameron and Vincent Pace, ASC, Co-Chairmen and Co-Founders of CAMERON | PACE Group (Business Wire, 9/10/2012 2:01pm) |
| LOS ANGELES & MILFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Variety and 3D Entertainment SummitTM creators Unicomm and the Bob Dowling Group will be honoring James Cameron and Vincent Pace, ASC, with the 3D Visionary Award, to be presented during this year’s [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Obama Administration Looks to Kill "The Liberator" 3D Printed Gun (DailyTech, 5/10/2013 5:48pm) |
| "The best we can hope for concerning the people at large is that they be properly armed." -- Alexander [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Quantum of Solace on Blu-ray Disc (Big Picture Big Sound, 3/31/2009 7:45pm) |
| Every Bond movie can't be the best. However, this wild ride is a great way to shake or stir up your Blu-ray collection.
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| Die Another Day on Blu-ray (Big Picture Big Sound, 10/21/2008 2:30am) |
| The old school of Bond might have "died" with this wild Pierce Brosnan/Halle Berry ride, but the Blu-ray is alive and kicking.
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| Cox adding 24 HD channels in James City County (HD-Report, 9/26/2009 12:33pm) |
| Cox Communications says it will be adding 24 additional high-definition channels to its James City County in Northern Virginia. Customers who have the standard-definition channels in their lineup will also get the HD (high-definition) versions.
Cox also announced this week they will be giving customers who subscribe to high speed internet free access to ESPN [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | James Cameron: Hollywood is forcing 3D on filmmakers for higher profits, not to make movies better (AfterDawn, 7/09/2013 1:41pm) |
| Mr. billion dollar movie, James Cameron, who helped make 3D mainstream again with his hit 'Avatar,' says Hollywood is forcing the tech on filmmakers not to enhance movies but just to maximize profits.While Cameron says he hoped Avatar would "get as [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Dolby Glasses-free 3D Format Finds Ally in James Cameron's CPG (Big Picture Big Sound, 4/10/2013 4:02am) |
| The new agreement will have the Cameron Pace Group working the Dolby 3D format into new 3D video [...] (Read Full Article) |
| HD Camps Agree On AACS (Digg.com, 2/16/2006 6:23pm) |
| A critical hurdle to the launch of both the Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD formats was cleared late Wednesday when negotiators reached agreement on an interim license for the AACS copy-protection system slated to be used by both high-definition formats. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | NASCAR '14 circling toward Xbox 360, PS3 and PC on Feb. 18 (Joystiq, 1/10/2014 2:00am) |
| UK developer Eutechnyx has announced NASCAR '14, a new game based on the 'as American as apple pie' stock car racing series license, will launch on February 18. The racing title will arrive for $50 on Xbox 360, PS3, and PC.
Apart from the standard [...] (Read Full Article) |
| First Blu-ray Test Center Opens in China (Format War Central, 7/09/2008 10:51am) |
| Engadget reports that the first Blu-ray disc testing facility has just opened up in China, a month after rumors spread that the BDA had granted 11 licenses to Chinese based companies.
CESI Technology has received the first license to open up a plant in China. What does this mean for you the consumer? It means your [...] ... (Read Full Article) |
| James Cameron to promote Panasonic 3-D HDTVs around release of "Avatar." Now are you interested? (Home Theater, 8/25/2009 3:29am) |
| Sci-fi fans already know that director James Cameron’s long-awaited follow-up to Titanic is Avatar, the biggest release so far that makes use of the latest 3-D film technologies. No doubt calculating future home-video revenues, Cameron is now teaming up with Panasonic to promote the company’s 3-D HDTVs, which are slated for 2010 release.
The coolest aspect [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Blu-ray Review: Hunger Games (3-Disc Target Exclusive) (High-Def Digest, 12/10/2012 7:16pm) |
| Having never read the books, seeing the events of Suzanne Collins' dystopian society in which kids kill other kids in an arena while millions watch, makes me wonder how these books could be [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Syntax-Brillian Corporation's President, James Li, to Present at SEMI's FPD China 2006 Conference (SYS-CON Media, 3/20/2006 5:47pm) |
| Syntax-Brillian Corporation (NASDAQ: BRLC), oneof the fastest-growing manufacturers of HDTVs in North America, willparticipate in the SEMI FPD China 2006 Conference, March 28-30, 2006 at theShanghai Mart in Shanghai, China. Syntax-Brillian's President and ChiefOperating Officer, James Li, will present a strategic overview of NorthAmerican channel behavior and strategy in LCD TV at 15:00, March ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | View to a Kill, A (Blu-ray Review) (Home Media Magazine, 11/05/2012 7:39am) |
MGM
Action
$19.99 Blu-ray (Target Exclusive)
Rated 'PG.'
Stars Roger Moore, Christopher Walken, Tanya Roberts, Grace Jones, Patrick Macnee, Alison Doody, Willoughby Gray, Desmond Llewelyn, Robert Brown, Lois [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Blu-Ray Goes from Christmas Casualty to Christmas Savior? [Blu Ray] (Kotaku, 11/16/2008 4:00pm) |
| On Tuesday, the economy was gonna kill Blu-Ray. As of Friday, Blu-Ray might save Christmas. Right now, the only difference between our economy and a back-alley crapshoot is the informed punditry of... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Interceptor CEO on Duke Nukem case: We 'acted in good faith' (Joystiq, 2/25/2014 1:30am) |
| Interceptor CEO Frederik Schreiber has acknowledged yesterday's surprise lawsuit between Gearbox Software, the current license holder of the Duke Nukem franchise, and 3D Realms and Interceptor, the two studios currently collaborating on [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Skyfall Blu-ray Review (Big Picture Big Sound, 2/12/2013 12:44am) |
| 007 gets the royal treatment in the most popular Bond film yet. Does the Blu-ray transfer disappoint? The Queen jumped out of a helicopter to get the first one so you may want to [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Licence to Kill (Blu-ray Review) (Home Media Magazine, 11/05/2012 7:22am) |
MGM
Action
$19.99 Blu-ray
Rated 'PG-13.'
Stars Timothy Dalton, Robert Davi, Carey Lowell, Franz Sanchez, Talisa Soto, Anthony Zerbe, Frank McRae, David Hedison, Wayne Newton, Benicio Del Toro, Anthony Starke, [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | ‘The Expendables’ 2 Blu-ray, DVD & UltraViolet release date announced (HD-Report, 10/12/2012 5:35am) |
| Lionsgate has announced The Expendables 2 home media release date will be November 20, 2012. The film will be available in a Blu-ray edition (MSRP: $39.99) that includes a Digital copy and Ultraviolet license to download from the cloud. The [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Official HD DVD obituary a matter of days, not weeks (Ars Technica, 2/17/2008 6:29pm) |
| Sources tell Ars that HD DVD's official demise will be announced in the coming days, and not in a few weeks as originally planned. While the HD DVD camp was already facing a grim future, recent developments have put Toshiba in a "kill it quick" mood. Can't say we blame them.Read More... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Quickflix to Stream on Xbox 360 (Home Media Magazine, 11/13/2012 8:32am) |
| Quickflix, Australia’s by-mail disc and subscription video-on-demand service, Nov. 13 said it has inked a license deal with Microsoft. Under terms of the deal, Quickflix’s SVOD service will be available to about 1 million Xbox 360 [...] (Read Full Article) |
| 20 Lawmakers Want to Kill Your Television (Slashdot, 10/11/2005 3:10pm) |
| Macki writes "As previously mentioned, the Broadcast Flag is back before congress. There are 20 law makers currently supporting the bill. The insane thing about it is the fact that no one supports the bill except a handful of entertainment companies. Probably not even the employees of the entertainment companies. It's bad enough they want to break our televisions, but the way that they are ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | ESPN Is Killing 3D Broadcasts By the End of the Year (Gizmodo, 6/12/2013 3:13pm) |
| ESPN will kill 3D TV by the end of the year. We reached out to ESPN, and the company confirmed the report citing [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Tai Seng Unleashes 'House of Fury' on Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 4/30/2008 4:00pm) |
| In an early alert to retailers, Tai Seng has set a late-June Blu-ray bow for the Hong Kong action hit 'House of Fury.' With action direction by Woo-ping Yuen ('Kill Bill') and produced by Jackie Chan,... ... (Read Full Article) |
| LG Plasma TV with Built-In 160GB PVR are Shipping (I4U, 5/04/2005 5:04am) |
| LG is looking to kill two birds with one tremendous stone with their latest plasma HDTV offerings. The LG 60PY2DR and the LG 50PY2DR television sets are shipping with built in DVR\\\'s, allowing 13 hours of high definition content (or 63 hours of standard con... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Blu-ray Boom not enough to rescue DVD Sales (I4U, 4/23/2008 11:37am) |
| By Paul Bond
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Since Blu-ray Disc's victory in the
hi-definition DVD format war, data have trickled in suggesting a sales boost for
Sony's fledgling technology. But if the pace doesn't quicken, home video might... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Can Apple 1080p Movie Downloads Kill HD DVD/Blu-ray? (Format War Central, 1/10/2008 8:27am) |
| While Robert X. Cringely was thinking the Apple TV might be a worthy opponent to HD DVD/Blu-ray, I think the whole iTunes user base could be the real threat to both HD formats. If Steve announces 1080p HD movie/TV downloads at Macworld in a few days, we would have a new huge group of [...] ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | For a Good Time, Call... Blu-ray Review (Big Picture Big Sound, 1/23/2013 9:24pm) |
| Two former frenemies bond over a phone sex business in this girly comedy with a raunchy [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Havok™ Announces Enterprise License Agreement with Nova Technologies (Business Wire, 5/25/2013 3:00am) |
| ORLANDO, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Havok, a leading provider of real-time 3D simulation technology, has entered into an enterprise agreement with Nova Technologies, a premier provider of high quality simulation training [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Quiet Man, The (Blu-ray Review) (Home Media Magazine, 1/25/2013 7:59pm) |
Olive
Comedy
$24.95 DVD, $29.95 Blu-ray
Not rated.
Stars John Wayne, Maureen O’Hara, Barry Fitzgerald, Victor McLaglen, Ward Bond.
Thanks in part to Maureen O’Hara’s runaway redhead-ism and [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Fitting giant TVs into home decor (The Philadelphia Inquirer, 3/02/2007 8:16am) |
| Lots of men love their toys; James Whittier is no different. When top-of-the-line Fujitsu came out with a 55-inch plasma high-definition TV, he had to be the first in the area to have one. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Bond 50’ DVD/Blu-ray Disc Tops ‘Home Media’ Awards (Business Wire, 5/03/2013 11:00am) |
| SANTA ANA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--'Home Media Magazine' announces the top DVD and Blu-ray Disc award winners for [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Skyfall' Hitting Blu-ray February 12th - Full Details Confirmed (High-Def Digest, 1/25/2013 12:00am) |
| We finally have official confirmation. The highest-grossing Bond film of all time is heading to Blu-ray on February 12th! After a month or so of rumors, we finally have an official release date for [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | The Dark Knight Rises Blu-ray, DVD & UltraViolet release date (HD-Report, 9/18/2012 2:19pm) |
| A release date for The Dark Knight Rises on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital Download has been revealed as Dec. 3, 2012. One home media edition (Source: Blu-ray.com) contains two Blu-ray Discs, one DVD, and license for UltraViolet Digital Download. The [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'The Man Who Knew Too Much (1954)' Announced for Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 5/31/2013 6:00pm) |
| Alfred Hitchcock's remake (of his own film) starring James Stewart and Doris Day will be available in an individual Blu-ray package this August. In an early announcement to retailers, Universal has [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Syscan Imaging, Inc. Announces Licensing of Proprietary LCOS Optical Engine (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance, 6/05/2006 1:00pm) |
| Syscan Imaging, Inc. the world leader in USB powered portable image scanners and developer of HDTV technology solutions, through its Sysview Technology group, announces the signing of a world-wide exclusive license to manufacture and sell a proprietary 3-panel LCOS optical engine developed by Next Wave Optics, Inc. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Silicon Image Agrees to License Advanced Digital TV System-on-a-Chip Intellectual Property From Sunplus (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance, 2/06/2007 12:15pm) |
| Silicon Image, Inc. , a leader in semiconductors for the secure storage, distribution and presentation of high-definition content, today announced that it signed a cross-licensing agreement with Sunplus Technology Co., Ltd. whereby Silicon Image receives the rights to use and further develop advanced intellectual property , for video processors and digital television products to accelerate ... ... (Read Full Article) |
| $199 Family PS3 Bundle to win Amazon Customers Vote (I4U, 11/25/2008 6:00am) |
| LittleBigPlanet and Pirates of the Caribbean Trilogy on Blu-ray are more popular than Star Wars and Bond.
The voting of the first Amazon Customers Vote deal is ending tomorrow and the $199 Family PS3 Bundle is in the lead with 44%.
So if you have voted... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Killing Them Softly' Blu-ray Announced and Detailed (High-Def Digest, 2/01/2013 9:00pm) |
| The gangster flick written and directed by Andrew Dominik ('The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford') puts a hit on Blu-ray this March. In an early announcement to retailers, [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Blu-ray Highlights: Week of July 21st, 2013 (High-Def Digest, 7/22/2013 5:00pm) |
| Considering that it isn't even a holiday, this week brings us an almost inexcusably paltry selection of new Blu-ray releases that may only excite Criterion collectors and James McAvoy fans. What [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Avatar - 3D' Blu-ray 3D Dated (High-Def Digest, 8/14/2012 10:50pm) |
| James Cameron's 2009 blockbuster will no longer be a Panasonic hardware exclusive this October. In an early announcement to retailers, 20th Century Fox has slated 'Avatar - 3D' for Blu-ray 3D on [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | This Week on Blu-ray: Skyfall, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, The Sessions, and more! (Big Picture Big Sound, 2/12/2013 11:37pm) |
| Bond is back, Weeds departs, and Helen Hunt's second Oscar-nominated performance; get a peek at this week's new [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | I, Robot (3D Blu-ray Review) (Home Media Magazine, 12/14/2012 3:15am) |
Fox
Sci-Fi
$39.99 Blu-ray 3D
Rated ‘PG-13’ for intense stylized action, and some brief partial nudity.
Stars Will Smith, Bridget Moynahan, Bruce Greenwood, James Cromwell, Chi McBride, Shia LaBeouf voice of [...] (Read Full Article) |
| DivX Signs License Agreement With Panasonic for Next-Generation DivX Plus(TM) HD Technology (HDTV Magazine, 9/10/2009 1:25pm) |
DivX, Inc. (NASDAQ:DIVX) , a digital media company, today announced a license agreement for next-generation DivX Plus(TM) HD technology with Panasonic Corporation. Panasonic plans to incorporate DivX Plus HD technology into its UniPhier semiconductor chips, enabling consumer electronics (CE) devices such as digital TVs, Blu-ray disc players and in-car players to playback DivX Plus HD H.264 video in the MKV container at high-definition resolutions up to 1080p.
Known for great performance, visual quality and interoperability on any DivX Certified device, DivX technology gives consumers...
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| (Unranked) | Our Man Flint (Blu-ray Review) (Home Media Magazine, 1/31/2013 12:37am) |
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Twilight Time
Action
$29.95 Blu-ray
Not rated.
Stars James Coburn, Lee J. Cobb, Gila Golan, Edward [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Ghosts of the Abyss 3D Blu-ray (Big Picture Big Sound, 9/14/2012 7:21pm) |
| Director James Cameron gets deep (literally) to uncover and share the wreckage of the RMS [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Man With the Golden Gun, The (Blu-ray Review) (Home Media Magazine, 11/06/2012 2:31am) |
MGM
Action
$19.99 Blu-ray
Rated 'PG.'
Stars Roger Moore, Christopher Lee, Britt Ekland, Maud Adams, Hervé Villiechaize, Clifton James, Bernard Lee, Desmond Llewelyn, Lois Maxwell.
This film throws [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Semiconductor Leader Purchases Multiple Bruker 3D Optical Microscopes (Business Wire, 9/02/2012 8:01am) |
| TUCSON, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Bruker announced today that a leading semiconductor supplier has purchased multiple Bruker ContourGT-X 3D optical microscope systems for their packaging factories in Asia and North America to support copper wire bond [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'What Maisie Knew' Blu-ray Announced (High-Def Digest, 6/12/2013 8:00pm) |
| The contemporary reimagining of Henry James' classic novel is making its way to Blu-ray in August. In an early announcement to retailers, Millennium is preparing 'What Maisie Knew' for Blu-ray on [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | New Leaf, A (Blu-ray Review) (Home Media Magazine, 9/21/2012 8:04pm) |
Olive
Comedy
$24.95 DVD, $29.95 Blu-ray
Rated ‘G.’
Stars Walter Matthau, Elaine May, Jack Weston, James Coco.
Embraced by cult movie fanciers and even some big-name critics at the time, Elaine [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Life at home revolves around the big picture (The Fayetteville Observer, 2/18/2007 5:09am) |
| MELVILLE, N.Y. — Lots of men love their toys, and James Whittier of Long Island is no different, even if his toys cost more than most. When top-of-the-line Fujitsu came out with a 55-inch plasma high-definition television, he had to be the first in the area to buy one. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | HDD Spotlight Bargain: 'Your Highness' Blu-ray $4.96 at Amazon (High-Def Digest, 1/11/2013 9:45pm) |
| The medieval comedy can be yours for under $5 at Amazon! The online retailer is now selling 'Your Highness' on Blu-ray for only $4.96 (75% off suggested retail price). The movie stars James Franco, [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Spring Breakers Blu-ray Review (Big Picture Big Sound, 7/10/2013 2:24am) |
| James Franco and a bevy of beauties don't make for a very relaxing vacation in Harmony Korine's [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Zeta One (Blu-ray Review) (Home Media Magazine, 4/16/2013 11:52pm) |
Kino Lorber
Sci-Fi
$24.95 Blu-ray
Not rated.
Stars Robin Hawdon, Yutte Stensgaard, James Robertson Justice, Dawn Addams, Valerie Leon, Wendy Lingham.
The marketing materials make Zeta One out to be one of that [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Hotel Transylvania Blu-ray 3D (Big Picture Big Sound, 2/07/2013 7:43pm) |
| Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Steve Buscemi and a slew of other famous voices headline this monster [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Avatar 3D Blu-ray Now Available to the General Public (About.com, 10/15/2012 10:00am) |
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Finally! After two years of being available only to consumers purchasing select Panasonic 3D TVs and Blu-ray Disc [...] (Read Full Article) |
| 'Star is Born' Blu-ray to Receive 6k Restoration (High-Def Digest, 6/06/2008 4:00pm) |
| Warner has announced that it is restoring the 1954 classic 'A Star is Born' for eventual release on Blu-ray and standard DVD. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the studio has selected the Judy Garland-James... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Samsung's UN65C8000 3D TV is a huge 65 inches in size, might not fit in your house... (HDTV UK, 8/11/2010 4:21pm) |
| Avatar maestro James Cameron himself said that the only way to truly enjoy 3D TV is to get the biggest set you can possibly afford. Well, expect to see the Samsung UN65C8000 in the Titanic helmsman's living room then, as... (Read Full Article) |
| BSKYB - video interviews (SYS-CON Media, 2/01/2006 1:01pm) |
| Indepth interviews available now on www.cantos.com with James Murdoch, CEO, and Jeremy Darroch, CFO. These interviews are available in video, audio and transcript. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'The Terminator (Remastered)' Announced for Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 12/04/2012 11:00pm) |
| James Cameron's 1984 sci-fi thriller will be back on Blu-ray in a new remastered edition this February. In an early announcement to retailers, MGM/UA will finally release the remastered edition of [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Iron Man 3 to Debut as a 4DX Film in Japan (eCoustics, 4/18/2013 5:19pm) |
| 3D movies made a comeback in recent years, driven primarily by the $3 billion success of James Cameron’s Avatar. Now, a new dimension in film presentation may be about to take audiences into brand-new territory by targeting our other senses [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | ‘Avatar’ 3D finally available to the masses October 16 (HD-Report, 8/14/2012 4:53pm) |
| Hey, remember Avatar? That little film from James Cameron that came out in 2009 promising the best use of 3D ever? Well in two months, it'll finally be available to non-new Panasonic TV owners. Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment today [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Blu-ray Review: Ghosts of the Abyss - 3D (High-Def Digest, 9/04/2012 6:20pm) |
| Early on in 'Ghosts of the Abyss,' Lewis Abernathy, who played a small role alongside Bill Paxton in James Cameron's 'Titanic,' asks the honest question about our fascination with the historical RMS [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Live and Let Die (Blu-ray Review) (Home Media Magazine, 11/06/2012 2:39am) |
MGM
Action
$19.99 Blu-ray
Rated 'PG.'
Stars Roger Moore, Yaphet Kotto, Jane Seymour, Clifton James, Julius Harris, Geoffrey Holder, David Hedison, Gloria Hendry, Bernard Lee, Lois Maxwell.
Moore settles [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Cox to carry Richmond NBC affiliate in HD (Daily Press, 6/23/2006 4:55pm) |
| Cox Communications will start carrying an NBC channel in high-definition in parts of the Peninsula and mid-Peninsula on Thursday. The channel will be available in Williamsburg and West Point and James City, York, New Kent and King and Queen counties. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Titanic Blu-ray Limited 3D Edition (Big Picture Big Sound, 9/17/2012 10:49pm) |
| Director James Cameron revisits his epic to deliver one the best at-home 3D experiences to [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Handie prosthetic uses 3D printing and smartphones for much cheaper bionic hands (video) (Engadget, 11/03/2013 5:00pm) |
| The main aim of Handie, already a James Dyson award nominee, was to develop an artificial hand that offered a large degree of functionality without the brutal prices associated with prosthetics. With the latest model, it apparently skirts below a [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Avatar 3D Blu-ray Finally Becomes Available to the General Public (About.com, 8/14/2012 11:40am) |
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Finally! After two years of being available only to consumers purchasing select Panasonic 3D TVs and Blu-ray Disc [...] (Read Full Article) |
| 3:10 to Yuma on Blu-ray Disc (Big Picture Big Sound, 3/01/2008 7:07am) |
| Director James Mangold's vision of famous author Elmore Leonard's short story "Three-Ten to Yuma" comes to Blu-ray Disc in all its classic western action-packed glory with wonderful sound and picture and all fans of the genre should find much to appreciate in this high definition release. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | New on Blu-ray Disc, DVD & UltraViolet (HD-Report, 10/16/2012 5:52pm) |
| What’s new on Blu-ray Disc and UltraViolet this week? James Cameron’s Avatar is finally available on 3D Blu-ray to masses (previously only available exclusively to Panasonic customers who purchased select 3D TV bundles). The Avatar 3D [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Avatar Blu-ray 3D Finally Gets a Release Date (Big Picture Big Sound, 8/14/2012 10:05pm) |
| James Cameron's $2.7 billion blockbuster will come to (all) homes this [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Best Buy Offering UFC Pay-Per-View Discount With ‘Boom’ Blu-ray Purchase (Home Media Magazine, 2/04/2013 7:18pm) |
| Best Buy Co. is offering a $10 credit to UFC 157, the Feb. 23 Ultimate Fighting Championship pay-per-view event, with the Blu-ray Disc purchase of wrestling comedy, Here Comes the Boom, starring Kevin James and Selma [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | ‘Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away’ set to release on Blu-ray 3D (HD-Report, 2/21/2013 4:39pm) |
| Paramount has announced Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away will release to Blu-ray 3D, Blu-ray, and DVD on March 12, 2013. The film, released to theaters late December, was executive produced by James Cameron (Avatar) and [...] (Read Full Article) |
| 'I'm here for long-term'—Sky CEO Murdoch (Digital Television Group, 8/03/2005 11:07am) |
| BSkyB chief executive James Murdoch has sought to quell speculation about his future following the surprise resignation of his brother Lachlan as deputy chief operating officer of their father Rupert Murdoch's media empire News Corporation, which owns 36% of BSkyB. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Dolby 3D Will Enhance 3D Viewing Across the Board After Striking an Agreement with James Cameron's 3D Production House (High-Def Digest, 4/10/2013 5:00pm) |
| Dolby 3D encode brings full resolution to 3D glasses devices and glasses free 3D streaming to any device regardless of the display technology. Dolby Laboratories, Philips and the Cameron |Pace Group [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Final Cut Express HD for Mac OS X Learn Final Cut Express through quick study guides By David James Rockingham III (Digital Video Editing, 8/01/2005 8:19pm) |
| When Apple released Final Cut Express HD, there were plenty of happy users to hear about the new advances in the program. With the release of any new application, users of previous versions and especially new users now have to get themselves up to speed with the new program. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Is the Apple HDTV 'imminent'? (AfterDawn, 11/15/2012 9:13pm) |
| Jefferies & Co. analyst James Kisner has noted today that he believes an Apple HDTV announcement is [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Mega-hit 'Spider-Man 3' weaves its way onto DVD shelves this week (Macon Telegraph, 11/02/2007 8:45am) |
| The year's top-grossing hit, "Spider-man 3," swings onto DVD and high-definition Blu-ray disc on its own and in collections packaged with the two earlier installments of director Sam Raimi's comic-book franchise. The main players return for the conclusion of the love triangle and friends-turned-foes saga among Spidey (Tobey Maguire), Mary Jane (Kirsten Dunst) and Harry (James Franco). The film ... (Read Full Article) |
| Sony to start selling 3D HDTVs by end of 2010 (Home Theater, 9/03/2009 1:41am) |
| The momentum continues to grow around the concept of 3D television, whether it’s James Cameron pimping for Panasonic’s technology or talk about a 3D channel coming to the U.S.. The latest news is that Sony is planning to release Bravia LCD HDTVs with 3D capabilities by the end of the next year.
Despite its cutting-edge reputation, [...] (Read Full Article) |
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| This Week in Wall Street Reporter: Syntax-Brillian CEO Details Aggressive Plans to Grow into a Tier-1 Digital ... (PrimeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance, 10/22/2007 3:37pm) |
| NEW YORK, Oct. 22, 2007 -- Wall Street Reporter delivers an exclusive interview with James Ching Hua Li, President and CEO of Syntax-Brillian , in which he reveals expectations for continued growth and plans for the young HDTV manufacturer and distributor to become a Tier-1 consumer digital entertainment company. ... (Read Full Article) |
| 2 new Best Buy Insignia Blu-ray players get Netflix streaming (Consumer Reports, 10/22/2009 6:59pm) |
| The ability to stream instant movies from a Blu-ray player, once relegated to higher-end models, is moving to the masses with two new Insignia-brand Netflix enabled Blu-ray players from Best Buy. The two models with Netflix access are the Insignia NS-WBRDVD player, sale priced at $200, and the $180 NS-BRDVD3. Both are currently available at stores and on BestBuy.com. The key differentiating feature is that the higher-priced model has built-in Wi-Fi, so you can wirelessly access a home network to connect to the Internet. In addition, the step-up model can decode both Dolby TrueHD [PDF] and DTS-HD Master Audio internally; the entry-level model only decodes Dolby TrueHD internally, though each can output both formats as bitstream if you have an A/V receiver that can decode them. —James K. Willcox (Read Full Article) |
| Toshiba's first Blu-ray player hits in November (Consumer Reports, 9/03/2009 6:39pm) |
| Toshiba's BDX2000 Blu-ray player. (Click to enlarge) [PHOTO: Courtesy of Toshiba] If you can't beat 'em, join them. That's finally Toshiba's message as the company readies to roll out its first Blu-ray player, the BDX2000, this fall. The player will arrive in November, at a price of $250. The BDX200 is a BD-Live-ready player (you have to add 1GB of flash memory for the BD-Live Internet feature to work), and it includes an SD card slot for playing digital music, photos and video--including high-def AVCHD files—on your TV. The player has a "smoked mirrored" front panel, with a drop-down door that conceals the primary controls. When used with a Toshiba Regza TV, the player and TV can both be controlled from a single remote. From the announcement, it's unclear whether the layer internally decodes the high-resolution lossless audio formats—Dolby TrueHD and DTS HD-Master Audio—internally, or sends it out via bitstream for decoding in a receiver. [Note: We just learned the player decodes these formats internally.] —James K. Willcox (Read Full Article) |
| LG's BD390 Blu-ray player: Now with Vudu, Rotten Tomatoes (Consumer Reports, 10/15/2009 3:41pm) |
| LG’s BD390 Blu-ray player, now equipped with Vudu’s streaming movie service and Rotten Tomatoes ratings.(Click to enlarge.) [PHOTO: Courtesy of Vudu] Vudu, the movie-streaming service whose high-def HDX video format we recently evaluated on an LG plasma TV, is now available on the company’s BD390 Blu-ray player, one of the top-rated players in our latest Blu-ray player Ratings (available to subscribers). But don’t be alarmed if you boot up the player and see shiny red vegetables, er, fruit, all over the screen—Vudu is now incorporating ratings from the Rotten Tomatoes website in its list of movies available for sale or rent.You can sort selections in your Vudu movie lists by the ratings score (which includes the site's beloved Tomatometer and fresh/rotten tomato icons), and see summary reviews from some of the top movie critics from around the country. And Vudu has redesigned its movie page to deliver the extra content more interactively. If you own, or are about to buy, a BD390 Blu-ray player, it should receive a free Vudu-enabling firmware update automatically the next time it connects to LG’s NetCast online service. The player can connect to the Internet either using a wired Ethernet connection, or wirelessly via the player’s built-in Wi-Fi connection). Vudu is also available on 42- and 47-inch LH50 LCD TVs and 50- and 60-inch PS80 plasma models. —James K. Willcox (Read Full Article) |
| New Blu-ray player Ratings: Lower prices, more features (Consumer Reports, 10/09/2009 4:03pm) |
| In our largest test of Blu-ray players so far, we found that satisfying picture quality has become almost a given, while features and price vary considerably. You can pay as little as $160 for a recommended model or as much as $500, depending on the capabilities, bells and whistles you’re willing to pay for. Portability commands top dollar. The first portable Blu-ray player we’ve tested, the Panasonic DMP-B15, is priced at $700. Our latest Blu-ray player Ratings (available to subscribers) include 27 models that have a few features in common. All have BonusView, a picture-in-picture feature that lets you view additional content in a smaller window while a movie is playing, and all can upconvert standard DVDs to quasi-HD resolutions. Only a handful of the players, mostly priced at $300 and up, have BD-Live, a feature that allows the player to access directors’ commentaries, deleted scenes, games, and more from the movie studio’s servers. Other models are BD-Live-ready. These players, all priced at $200 and up, have the required Ethernet connection, but need additional memory (typically a 1GB USB flash drive, which costs $10 to $15) for the BD-Live feature to work. Another feature showing up on some of the higher-priced models is the ability to stream movies from online services such as Netflix and Amazon Video On Demand, or receive music streams from Internet radio stations such as Pandora. And more players now have USB ports or SD card slots, so you can play digital photos, music and even videos on your TV. One model, a Panasonic, has a built-in VHS player, a space-saving option for those who still watch tapes. Again, you’re not likely to find these features on the lowest-priced players. We expect prices to drop over the next several months, especially during November’s Black Friday shopping period. Rumors suggest we’ll see the first $100 model. So keep checking back here for updates. —James K. Willcox (Read Full Article) |
| New Ratings: Blu-ray players now on CRO (Consumer Reports, 8/05/2009 3:30pm) |
| We’ve just posted our latest high-def Blu-ray Ratings (available to subscribers), and we’re happy to report that almost all the models tested can provide excellent HD and DVD picture quality. In fact, all the models in our Ratings offered excellent high-definition performance, though we did see some differences in how well players handled upconverted film-based programs from standard DVDs. In addition to models from familiar brands, such as LG, Panasonic, Samsung, and Sony (whose products we’ve previously reviewed), our latest Ratings include the first Blu-ray players from JVC, Sherwood, and Oppo (pictured), a smaller company whose upconverting DVD players earned strong word-of-mouth among the A/V enthusiast community. Check our Ratings to see how well these newcomers did compared to second- and third-generation models from other brands. With satisfying HD picture quality now almost a given, it’s primarily features that differentiate one player from another. For example, while almost all the new models in our Ratings are BD-Live (or BD-Live-ready) players—meaning they can connect to the Internet to access extra content, such as outtakes, additional directors', or actors' commentaries, or even video games, from a movie studio’s servers—some older models lack this feature. All the players in our test have BonusView, a picture-in-picture feature that lets you view additional content in a smaller window while the movie is playing. We’re also seeing more Internet-connected players that can now directly access instantly streaming movies from services such as Netflix or Amazon Video on Demand, or music from streaming Internet radio services such as Pandora. Some models offer wireless access to a home network so you don’t need to have a wired Ethernet jack near the player. Although we have seen Blu-ray prices fall since our last test, the addition of these new features has tempered the types of price drops we initially envisioned. As a result, you can still expect to pay $350 to $500 for a top-rated, BD-Live model from a major brand. A less expensive option is to choose a “BD-Live-ready†model; prices typically start at about $250. These players come with an Ethernet connection, but require you to purchase additional memory (typically a 1GB USB flash drive, which costs $10 to $15) to activate the BD-Live feature. But if you can live without BD-Live, you can save money by choosing one of the BonusView-only players, which typically sell for $200 or less. But we do anticipate prices dropping this fall, even on full-featured models from major brands, as manufacturing efficiencies come into play and brands compete for market share. We’ll be tracking Blu-ray prices over the next several months, especially during November’s Black Friday shopping period, when rumors suggest we’ll see the first $100 model. So keep checking back here for updates. Also, we recently changed our Blu-ray testing protocol, adding scores for Blu-ray disc load times and remote control operations. With so many players offering excellent picture quality, we’ll continue to adapt our Ratings to include new features or attributes that will help buyers differentiate among the choices.—James... (Read Full Article) |
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