Sony announce BDP-S185 affordable Blu-ray player and new media player
By: Gary Johnson | Posted: September 1, 2011Filed under: Blu-ray Players, Electronics, IPTV
Since the release of the PlayStation 3 Sony has made great strides with Blu-ray technology. The tech saw off the competition and became the high-definition format of choice for most consumers. Over the last few years we have seen the…
NetBlender’s BD Touch: Sony Blu-ray BD-Live to Apple iPhone/iPod Touch
By: Daniel Chubb | Posted: April 11, 2008Filed under: Cell Phones
NetBlender’s latest innovation is BD Touch and this software will allow you to transfer copies of a Sony Blu-ray movie to your Apple iPhone /iPod Touch. The software will give your phone/iPod BD-Live net connection features; you could view fan…
Sony Blu-ray sales increasing thanks to blockbuster movies
By: Daniel Chubb | Posted: March 27, 2008Filed under: Alternative News
It looks like the sales of Sony Blu-ray discs are increasing and this is in part thanks to more blockbuster movies being released, but lets face it who would want to buy expensive old movies just because they are in…
First BD-Live Sony Blu-ray’s: The 6th Day & Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
By: Daniel Chubb | Posted: March 25, 2008Filed under: Electronics, High Definition
The first two BD-Live titles are being released from Sony and while I could think of many other Blu-ray movies I like more, the fact is the first two will be Arnold Schwarzenegger’s sci-fi thriller The 6th Day and musical…
Philips UK BDP7200 Blu-ray player in 7 months: only 1.1 profile, Sony PS3 better
By: Daniel Chubb | Posted: March 21, 2008Filed under: Electronics, High Definition
Philips new Blu-ray player (the BDP7200) will be coming to the UK in 7 months, sadly this player will only have a Blu-ray 1.1 profile and Philips are not sure if the BDP7200 will have an Ethernet port to update…
DX-4O1S: First external Blu-ray drive by Philips and Lite-On
By: Daniel Chubb | Posted: February 28, 2008Filed under: Electronics, High Definition
This is the DX-4O1S and its the first external Blu-ray drive by Philips and Lite-On, it can read Blu-ray Disc media at 4X, CD media at 32X, dual-layer DVD at 8X and single-layer DVD at 12X. Jelmer Veldman, European Marketing…
UK at forefront of the high definition (HD) revolution: Sony Blu-ray sales to rocket
By: Daniel Chubb | Posted: February 28, 2008Filed under: Electronics, High Definition
The UK is at the forefront of the high definition (HD) revolution and is leading the way in Europe in next generation disk sales. Based on a rapid uptake of sales in 2007, DEG Europe, a non-profit, pan-industry body to…
Impact on the Xbox 360 of Sony Blu ray winning
By: Daniel Chubb | Posted: February 20, 2008Filed under: Gaming, Sony Playstation 3, Xbox 360
Ok now this is interesting because not only do we know that Toshiba have finally chucked in the HD-DVD towel many seem to think that it will not have a massive impact on the Xbox 360 platform seeing as Microsoft…
The Most Successful: Toshiba HD DVD or Betamax
By: Daniel Chubb | Posted: February 19, 2008Filed under: DVD Systems, Electronics
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…
Apple TV 2.0 HD movie downloads compared to DVD, Blu-Ray, HD video on demand
By: Daniel Chubb | Posted: February 14, 2008Filed under: Alternative News
While Apple TV 2.0 features what Apple calls “high-definition movie rentals”, we are familiar with calling this service video on demand and how do these HD movie downloads compare to DVD, Blu-Ray and other HD video on demand
HD DVD defies death as Wal-Mart sells-out of Toshiba’s HD-A3
By: Daniel Chubb | Posted: February 8, 2008Filed under: Electronics, High Definition
It has become widely known that Sony Blu-ray is winning the high definition war, but someone forgot to tell HD DVD this as it defies the slow death of the format and starts selling out of the Toshiba HD-A3 HD-DVD…
Can cheap make HD DVD beat Sony Blu-ray? $80 Xbox 360 player with 6 free HD DVDs
By: Daniel Chubb | Posted: February 6, 2008Filed under: Electronics, High Definition
Many of us believe that the Hi-def war is nearly over with Sony Blu-ray the winner as it’s smashing HD DVD in many countries. The question is: Can cheap make HD DVD beat Sony Blu-ray? I ask this because we…
Another Sony Blu-ray Win: Woolworths drops HD DVD
By: Daniel Chubb | Posted: January 28, 2008Filed under: Electronics, High Definition
It seems to be just a matter of time now to we see the end of HD DVD, with the news breaking today that Woolworths in the UK has dropped HD-DVD in favour of the Sony Blu-ray format. This news…
