Popularity of music downloads vs DVDs and CDs

The Popularity of music downloads has not affected the sales of CDs as much as the industry thought, sales of DVDs have also been very strong over the past year. Sales of DVD movies have increased 1.9 percent; sales were boosted by popular movies such as Mamma Mia and the blockbuster The Dark Knight. Read more

Pinnacle DVC170 Dazzle Video Creator Platinum

Once you have recorded a home video on your DVD player. You want to be able to preserve as well as enhance them as quickly as possible, and with the Pinnacle DVC170 Dazzle Video Creator Platinum, you can do just that. Read more

Magnavox MWR10D6 Progressive Scan DVD Recorder

If you are looking to record long-lasting discs just like you used to with your old VCR, then the Magnavox MWR10D6 Progressive Scan DVD Analog Recorder is perfect for the job.

The recorder is an old system but it does have something going for it, the price. When you used to record from the TV on a VCR you did not ever get a perfect picture. That has all changed with the introduction of a DVD recorder, no longer will you be looking at fuzzy pictures and you do not have to track it either.

The Magnavox MWR10D6 DVD Recorder works just fine with most discs, even some of the expensive models has a hard time reading all discs. I have to say that compatibility seems to be far better than this cheap player should be, that is a great thing for those wanting to purchase one of these.

The Magnavox MWR10D6 DVD Recorder allows you to do some light editing, like putting titles on discs and on chapters. The one problem is the lack of an LED display of the time and counter.

Woot is currently selling the Magnavox Progressive Scan DVD Recorder for $34.99

Microsoft let loose Xbox 360 HD DVD player update: Do you still love?

We all know that HD DVD has died and gone to heaven but Microsoft are not letting that stop them, because they are still showing the current Xbox 360 HD DVD player owners amazing love with the release of today’s auto update.

You can connect to your Xbox Live with a HD DVD player firmly integrated into your 360, once you are there you will be asked to download a new update, this new update will apparently help with the compatibility issues with some titles and will add additional support for network features.

Oh we must tell you that this update will not bring back to life Toshiba’s commitment to HD DVD but it should make your HD movie viewing a little better.

Oh Microsoft you do try!

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Will the Microsoft Xbox 360 with Blu-ray cause a price war with Sony PS3?

Remember yesterday we told you about the next generation Microsoft Xbox 360 which will have Blu-ray (See Here), of course you must remember this could be just a rumor.

Well if Microsoft do indeed integrate Blu-ray into the Xbox 360 this means that Microsoft will take on Sony and this is when a price war would begin.

So with Microsoft playing Sony at their own game, some sources have said that the Blu-ray Disc drive will cost Microsoft between $95 and $100 which is much higher than the $18 to $20 DVD drives that are already in the Xbox 360.

Microsoft could be selling the Blu-ray set up at a loss which means that Sony would have to or should we say forced to sell their PS3 at a lower cost to compete or do something else to win it all. The way we look at it if Microsoft are putting Blu-ray in their next-gen gaming consoles then it will be a good all rounder to see what happens and of course consumers being the real winners.

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Digital Photo To DVD Converter

Have you ever wished that you could put your digital photos on to a DVD well now you can with this Digital Photo to DVD Converter.

This converter copies your photos from your digital cameras memory card directly onto a CD for playback on a DVD player without the need for a PC.

The Converter can also burn your photos onto a CD in JPEG format which will then allow you to view the CDs photographs on your computer.

You can get this Digital Photo to DVD Converter here for $199.95.

Mitsubishi Blu-ray recorders can store HD content on to standard DVD’s

Mitsubishi have released two new Blu-ray players, the 500GB DVR-BZ200 and also the 250GB DVR-BZ200. Both of these players have support for Blu-ray’s AVCREC specification, what this mean is that you can record around 2 hours of Full HD content on a standard DVD disc.

However as always there is always a catch and that is the standard is only limited to ISDB broadcasts, this means that you can only use this service in Japan at the moment. However it should not be to long before we start to see more AVCREC capable devices.

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Toshiba DVD burner: Gigashot HD video camera add-on

The Gigashot HD camcorders already have a huge storage capacity of either 80GB or 100GB, however if that is still not enough and you like to free up some space then Toshiba have a new DVD burner add-on. You have the choice of either transferring the data from the hard drive on your Gigashot HD video camera, or record directly on to DVD-Rs.

The DVD burner drive also has HDMI, component and composite outputs, this allows for you to connect it to your TV. There is also a handy little remote as well.

Expect to pay ¥17,800 that’s $165

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Maxell Ends In House Production of Blu-Ray Discs, DVD and HD-DVD

It has been announced that the company is ending in-house product of all types of optical media; including, Blu-Ray ,DVDs, and HD-DVDs discs.

Its said that all production of the discs will be stopped by the end of March and outsourced to another company but will still have the Maxwell name.

What do you think of this move?

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Oh no video games are killing the sales of DVD movies DreamWorks CEO says

We had the HD DVD and Blu-ray format war and now we have the Video games are killing movies war; the latest accusation is from the good old CEO of Dreamworks who says “video games are hurting the Read more

DVD vs Sony Blu-ray: how long before blu-ray wins or is replaced?

Although many of us knew HD-DVD was going to lose to Sony Blu-ray, we were still shocked how quick it actually happened and I am sure it will be a lot longer before blu-ray beats DVD Read more

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

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 Read more

Paramount including Dreamworks officially Blu-ray again: When will it stop?

Mr Michael Bay go on breath baby breathe that sigh of relief, Paramount and yes including Dreamworks has officially gone all Blu-ray my friends. According to Engadget they have said that two and half years after they announced itself purple and Read more

Format War continues as Toshiba expected to pull plug on its HD DVD soon

Oh it seems the life support machine connected to HD DVD format is coming to a dead end, the latest news is that Toshiba are expected to pull the plug on its HD DVD soon, this should happen over the Read more

Toshiba release new firmware update for HD DVD players

Toshiba have just recently released their new firmware update for a few of their HD DVD players which include the A3, D3, A30 and A35 which have basically migrated from Read more

Multimedia Fireplace From Vok

Having a home entertainment unit in your living room can look really great. Home entertainment units can be a focal point for the room and this Multimedia fireplace from Vok would certainly get peoples attention. Read more

Inventory Pen from Groqit

This is a bar code reader for those of you, who have too much stuff to remember, when it comes to books, DVD’s and games. If you the sort of person who stands and wonder when out shopping if you already have that CD or DVD, then this Read more

Dell XPS M1330 Laptop with Ubuntu 7.10 now in America

Good news for all you that want a Dell, Dell are now shipping their XPS M1330 laptop with a DVD playing version of Ubuntu 7.10 which will be preinstalled on the Read more

World’s Fastest Blu-ray Writer from LG

It has been announced by LG that they will be launching the world’s fastest Blu-ray DVD rewriter and the HD DVD-Rom and the GGW-H20L to the UK. The drive can write and read Blu-ray at 6x, which means that users will be able to store their data a lot faster. Read more