Blu-ray players to outstrip DVD player sales this Christmas

Blu-ray players to outstrip DVD player sales this Christmas

  By: Gary Johnson | Posted: November 17, 2011 | No Comments
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We recently told you that more consumers were purchasing a big new blockbuster movie on Blu-ray compared to the DVD platform. This trend looks to continue with the news that Blu-ray players are set to outstrip DVD player sales this…

Pioneer announces new affordable 3D Blu-ray player

Pioneer announces new affordable 3D Blu-ray player

  By: Chris Maugham | Posted: September 2, 2011 | No Comments
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When it comes to home theatre, Pioneer, has for a while now, been one of the leading manufacturers of equipment such as TVs, Home Theatre Systems and DVD/Blu-ray players. Due to their high quality, a lot of this equipment can…

Orb BR software transforms PS3s, Blu-ray players into media streamer

Orb BR software transforms PS3s, Blu-ray players into media streamer

  By: Chris Maugham | Posted: June 8, 2011 | 1 Comment
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We have some very interesting news for those of you that prefer streaming their media and movies, particularly their Blu-ray movies as Orb BR have finally released their software download disc on the PS3 and soon all Blu-ray players. This…

Sony Blu-Ray Range: Announces VUDU 2D/3D Streaming

Sony Blu-Ray Range: Announces VUDU 2D/3D Streaming

  By: Chris Maugham | Posted: March 15, 2011 | No Comments
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Here is some exciting news for those movie lovers and Sony lovers alike. It seems VUDU, who are a movie streaming service provider that claim to have new movies available years before Netflix, have struck a deal with Sony meaning…

Samsung Blu-ray Player Update: UK Get Lovefilm

Samsung Blu-ray Player Update: UK Get Lovefilm

  By: Chris Maugham | Posted: January 31, 2011 | No Comments
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You may recall that back in January 2010 Samsung unveiled their updated platform Internet@TV, which, allowed users to access various different applications on all devices related to Samsung. These apps ranged from social networking, music, video, games and news amongst…

Walmart vs. Amazon: Philips 7-inch portable DVD player on Black Friday

Walmart vs. Amazon: Philips 7-inch portable DVD player on Black Friday

  By: Peter Chubb | Posted: November 27, 2009 | No Comments
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There have been a huge amount of Black Friday deals spoken about already, mostly on TVs, laptops and GPS systems but not on a portable DVD player. We thought that we would look out for a deal for you and…

Coby Electronics portable DVD players: Fire Hazard Causes Recall

Coby Electronics portable DVD players: Fire Hazard Causes Recall

  By: Jamie Pert | Posted: October 23, 2009 | 3 Comments
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Coby Electronics have been forced to recall one of their popular portable DVD palyers, the models affected are 8.5 inch players with this model number (TF-DVD-8501), the company are also recalling rechargeable batteries which were sold with the DVD players.

Sony announces their DVDirect VDR-MC6 recorder

Sony announces their DVDirect VDR-MC6 recorder

  By: Alan Ng | Posted: July 8, 2009 | No Comments
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We recently told you about an announcement for new Sony 1080p-enabled handycams, but it looks as if Sony are not stopping there. The company have just announced their DVDirect VDR-MC6 recorder, which aims to replace the VDR-MC5 DVD recorder. As…

AMEX Digital Venice-V38HD media player

AMEX Digital Venice-V38HD media player

  By: Alan Ng | Posted: May 29, 2009 | 1 Comment
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AMEX Digital have just announced their new Venice-V38HD media player to the public. While the device doesn’t particularly look very desirable to the eye, it does pack some beefy media features, including 2TB of storage.

Pioneer HTZ-575DV 5.1 Surround Sound System with XV-DV385 DVD Player

Pioneer HTZ-575DV 5.1 Surround Sound System with XV-DV385 DVD Player

  By: Daniel Chubb | Posted: October 19, 2008 | 3 Comments
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This is the Pioneer 5.1 Surround Sound System that also comes with a HDMI Upconverting DVD Player for stunning pictures on your existing DVDs. Today you can find this gadget on

Blu-ray has a shelf life of 5 years says Samsung

Blu-ray has a shelf life of 5 years says Samsung

  By: Daniel Chubb | Posted: September 4, 2008 | 1 Comment
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We all love having the latest technology but if you want to experience the Blu-ray format we suggest you get to the shops pronto, Samsung have said that they believe that within 5 years the Blu-ray format will be replaced…

Toshiba’s HD-DVD Revenge: XDE DVD player, XD-E500 1080p

Toshiba’s HD-DVD Revenge: XDE DVD player, XD-E500 1080p

  By: Daniel Chubb | Posted: August 18, 2008 | 8 Comments
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It was both painful and expensive for Toshiba when their HD-DVD format lost to Sony’s Blu-ray, but it looks like there is some HD-DVD revenge on the way. Toshiba is launching its new upscaling technology called XDE; this stands for…

The death of HD DVD continues, renaming players to clear shelves to combat format fallout

  By: Daniel Chubb | Posted: February 21, 2008 | No Comments
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What will they do next when it comes to the format war fallout? Well it is clearly shown by the links below and the source links as well that in an attempt to clear the

It is starting: Toshiba HD-A3 HD DVD drops to $99 with 7 free HD DVDs

  By: Daniel Chubb | Posted: February 20, 2008 | 1 Comment
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We all like deals of course we do, but this one is special. We have been talking about format wars for quite a long time now with Blu-ray becoming the winners all round and

The Most Successful: Toshiba HD DVD or Betamax

  By: Daniel Chubb | Posted: February 19, 2008 | 2 Comments
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Toshiba’s HD DVD was launched in 2006 and early 2008 they have said they will stop making HD DVD’s and the players, that’s a defeat in less than 2 years, which shows Sony’s Blu-ray crushed HD DVD. Although Sony’s other…