MediaTek and Sunplus to offer Blu-ray Disc chipsets next year

Posted in News by Nicr on the December 30th, 2008

While the average consumer won't care an awful lot about what goes into a Blu-ray Disc chipset, here's something anyone working hard for every dollar they earn can appreciate: more competition. Word on the street has it that both MediaTek and Sunplus Technology, two Taiwan-based consumer IC design hou……

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Ridata bringing 6x BD-R media to United States

Posted in News by Nicr on the December 30th, 2008

Anyone who has even looked into recording content onto a BD-R knows just how immensely expensive a single disc is. Thankfully, you'll have one more option (and thus, one more competitor to push prices downward) starting next year. Advanced Media, the parent company of Ridata, will be debuting 6x recordabl……

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Tsutaya TV download HD to Blu-ray service tested

Posted in News by Nicr on the December 30th, 2008

In the next step for the download-to-own movement, Tsutaya TV offers Japanese viewers the opportunity to download high definition (1080i) videos from Paramount, Warner, NBC Universal or Disney and burn them to a Blu-ray disc to keep permanently. In a trial run, AV Watch downloaded a full length 8.8Gb movie (……

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Blu-ray reportedly doing more than alright in Europe

Posted in News by Nicr on the December 23rd, 2008

Before you get all shocked and awed, may we remind you that Blu-ray has been performing well across the pond pretty much all year. We know, this beacon of shining, happy news from Futuresource is quite the contrast from what we've been hearing lately about the industry overall, but it's far from surpr……

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Studios begin to settle on wholesale Blu-ray Disc prices

Posted in News by Nicr on the December 16th, 2008

While we're still not clear on when Blu-ray Disc prices will fall more in line with newly lowered hardware prices, it seems that movie studios are at least beginning to standardize wholesale stickers. Reportedly, Warner Bros., Paramount, Disney and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment have all priced their BD……

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Criterion Collection Blu-ray Disc review roundup

Posted in News by Nicr on the December 16th, 2008

Sometime between the third crescent moon and a witch's equinox (or early last week, to be specific), Criterion began shipping out its long-awaited Blu-ray Disc collection. The question remains, though: are these much ballyhooed discs worth their weight in gold, or what? We've rounded up a number of r……

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PP-100 Epson Disc Producer Review

Posted in Featured Posts, News by Nicr on the December 13th, 2008

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CD-writer.com have reviewed the PP-100 , the new Epson Disc Producer. Find out what the Duplication specialists make of the PP-100 Disc Prodcuer from Epson. View the Disc Publisher Publisher Review from the CD-writer.com test team.

The Dark Knight Blu-ray Disc sneaks onto store shelves early

Posted in News by Nicr on the December 9th, 2008

Looks like Meijer's is a little antsy to help The Dark Knight Blu-ray become the best selling BD of all time. At one particular store near Urbana, Illinois, the disc has already been spotted — and we're not just talking about one or two, but a whole gaggle. Can't wait 'til Tuesday? No harm i……

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The Dark Knight Blu-ray Disc review roundup

Posted in News by Nicr on the December 2nd, 2008

To (mis)quote the infamous Dennis Green: “It was what we thought it'd be.” In other words, Warner Brothers' The Dark Knight truly is as mesmerizing and awesome on Blu-ray as it was in theaters. Some very early (and very thorough) reviews have already hit the 'net days before the film's sure-t……

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Hey Hollywood, how about some Blu-ray Disc price cuts?

Posted in News by Nicr on the December 2nd, 2008

Remember when high-def discs had to be priced competitively, else the other format would gladly undercut it? Yeah, those were the days. Now that BD is parading around as the lone high-def physical format, the only real competitors are digital downloads, DVDs and internet piracy. All of which are very real th……

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