Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Blu-ray debuts October 20, check out one of the special features now (Video)

Posted in News by Nicr on the October 27th, 2009

You'll have to wait until October 20 to get a good look at Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen's IMAX sequences, but you can see an exclusive clip of one of the behind the scenes segments featured on the disc right now. Check the behind the scene pre-vis breakdown after the break along with a list of ……

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Digital Entertainment Group reports disc revenue's down, transactions up

Posted in News by Nicr on the October 27th, 2009

The latest DEG numbers reporting the 3.2 percent decrease in disc revenues this year over last, weren't really that interesting to us. Sure some might argue that is actually good considering overall consumer spending, but what is really interesting is that the number of transactions (sales and rentals) ar……

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Netflix for PlayStation 3 requires a disc, software solution coming late 2010

Posted in News by Nicr on the October 27th, 2009

It can't all be sweet, right? So Netflix is indeed coming to PlayStation 3, but there's a catch, and that is a disc (badly photoshopped into the picture above) will be required for use — not just for a one-time install, but every time you want to stream. Joystiq shot some questions off to the compan……

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TDK's heavily stacked 320GB disc shows its nearly-clear face at CEATEC

Posted in News by Nicr on the October 13th, 2009

As with pretty much every other optical disc out there that claims to hold a near-infinite amount of data, we're still skeptical about TDK's ability to actually bring to market the 320GB spinner you see above. But hey — it's got ten 32GB layers and it's practically see-through. Did you reall……

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New Digital Copies on the actual Blu-ray Disc from Sony exclusively for the PSP

Posted in News by Nicr on the October 6th, 2009

Digital Copies packaged in with DVDs and Blu-ray Discs are an old hat, but now Sony is adding a new twist. Up until now, a DVD was bundled in with a Blu-ray Disc just to deliver the Digital Copy. This way you could put the DVD into any PC or Mac and grab the Digital Copy of the main feature. What Sony is doin……

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TDK stacks 10 layers on a single 320GB disc

Posted in News by Nicr on the October 6th, 2009

Even though we have yet to see the long-hinted 100GB and 200GB prototype Blu-ray discs as real products, TDK is looking beyond that, ready to display 320GB ten-layer platters at CEATEC 2009 that can be read and written with current blue laser technology. Key in stacking so many layers is improving the transm……

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