Sony Launches Blu-ray Disc Player BDP-S350
Sony’s next-generation Blu-ray Disc player BDP-S350 supports BonusView (picture-in-picture), which is featured on select new Blu-ray Disc home video releases, and is also BD-Live ready, with an Ethernet port for easy firmware updates and access to Internet-based interactive content features. It also features quick start up mode improving the player’s boot up time to approximately [...]
Toshiba plans to release super-resolution DVD player
According to a report on Japanese news site Yomiuri, sources at Toshiba have let slip about the company’s plans to launch a DVD player capable of upscaling standard-definition DVDs to 1080p HD.Upscaling an SD image to an HD one is nothing new, but Toshiba will pitch its rumoured player as the best way of doing [...]
Blu-ray recorder for saving your treasured HD memories
The deets are a little sparse at the moment but it seems Toshiba has come up with a nice, simple way of getting your treasured memories off your HD camcorder and onto a Blu-ray disc.
The DZ-WR90 is a Blu-ray recorder, which can be connected straight up to your camcorder without having to use a PC.
There’s [...]
Blu-ray sales dramatically down
NPD Group retail sales tracking data released this week show sales of Blu-ray standalone players have decreased drastically since the beginning of the year.
Standalone Blu-ray player unit sales in the States dropped a whopping 40% from January to February and saw just a 2% increase between February and March, according to NPD.
Unsurprisingly sales of the [...]
Sony Blu-Ray Recorder to Offer One Touch Transfer
Sony has launched a new Blu-ray recorder in Japan, the BDZ-A70 with some interesting integration features.As well as all the connectivty you’d expect and recording to a 320GB hard disk drive or dual-layer BD-RE media, Sony has given the new player special, super-easy linking tech with other Sony in-house devices.
As well as the ability to [...]
Toshiba Takes $1Billion Hit For HD DVD Loss
Toshiba will take a serious but far from fatal blow to its bottom line for its decision to discontinue HD DVD, according to a report by Japan’s Nikkei Business Daily (account required). The electronics maker is predicted by the newspaper to be spending $986 million this quarter to ramp down its production of HD DVD [...]
Paramount, DreamWorks rip up HD DVD release list
Paramount has confirmed its last ever HD DVD releases will go on sale in the States on Tuesday, 4 March. From then on, it’s DVD and Blu-ray Disc only.And DreamWorks Animation has clearly had word from Toshiba: it’s knocking its HD DVD release schedule on the head too, including the Bee Movie disc, originally due [...]
Samsung rolling out firmware upgrades for its Blu-ray players
Samsung has announced a series of firmware upgrades for its range of Blu-ray players, rolling out over the next few weeks.
The BD-P1000 will get new firmware from 25th January, followed by the BD-P1400 on 26th January, the BD-P1200 on 2nd February, and the BD-UP5000 “soon”.
Exact details of the upgrades are sketchy at present, but should [...]
HD DVD versus Blu-ray stats around the world: Japan, US
For anyone continuing to keep a close, interested, eye on HD DVD versus Blu-ray statistics, here are a few international numbers to chew on.
In Japan, new figures suggest that overall sales of high definition hardware increased rapidly at the end of 2007 — up from 6.1% in October to around 20% in November and December [...]
