Blu-ray Disc Association working to create a standard for home 3D

Posted in News by Nicr on the May 26th, 2009

Count the Blu-ray Disc Association as the latest to jump on the 3D standards bandwagon, announcing the formation of a task force to create a universal 3D home entertainment spec. It’s already been said that Blu-ray will be a great delivery mechanism for 3D, but without a standard, even incredible product……

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Sony's 400-disc BDP-CX7000ES Blu-ray Mega Changer reportedly coming soon

Posted in News by Nicr on the May 26th, 2009

There’s no doubt that Sony has a 400-disc Blu-ray Mega Changer on the cooker — heck, we saw the thing last year at CEDIA — but up until now, there’s been no indication of its nearness to market. According to a vague Swiss product page and a report from Sony Insider, however, the launch date is inde……

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Watchmen movie / game Blu-ray combo on the way

Posted in News by Nicr on the May 26th, 2009

Look out for another edition of the Watchmen Blu-ray disc hitting on or around the launch date of July 21, but this package — probably inspired by The Dark Knight's deep console ties — is a two disc set with the Director's Cut on one disc and the Watchmen: The End is Nigh Parts 1 and 2 videogame for……

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Star Trek, CSI Blu-ray boxed sets doing BD-Live right with dynamicHD

Posted in News by Nicr on the May 12th, 2009

Implementations of dynamicHD on Blu-ray and HD DVD discs so far have been some of the best examples of the potential BD-Live holds that we keep hearing about, but rarely see. For those Star Trek fans that picked up TOS box set this week, it not only ties them into the www.cbs-bdlive.com website, but also bri……

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Videociety VOD service uses Blu-ray players with BD-Live

Posted in News by Nicr on the May 5th, 2009

German production house Enteractive is readying its Blu-ray Java disc powered service Videociety that turns any BD-Live enabled Blu-ray player into an Internet delivered VOD box. Still unknown is what resolution movies will be offered in and which ones, although h.264 compression (with Dolby Digital 2.0 or 5……

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