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Wal-Mart selling $78 Blu-ray player on Black Friday, other great deals

Wal-Mart has unveiled that it will sell a $78 Magnavox Blu-ray player on Black Friday, the cheapest retail price for a BD player this year, undercutting Meijer’s $89 Sylvania Black Friday promotion. ...

Date: 22 Nov 2009 19:11 | 6 comments

Six Blu-ray players reviewed

The war between the two new generation high definition digital media formats was raging couple of years ago. The war ended in February 2008 and Blu-ray was crowned the winner after Toshiba quit ...

Date: 19 Nov 2009 13:11 | 17 comments

Review - Is DVD Digital Copy worth the trouble?

Last year Hollywood introduced a new feature called the Digital Copy. It's supposed to be a solution for watching your movies on your portable media player, and has been promoted as the legal ...

Date: 18 Nov 2009 10:11 | 14 comments

Marantz starts rebates on Blu-ray players

Marantz America has announced the launch of a new rebate promotion on two of their Blu-ray players, the $800 BD7004 and the $550 BD5004. The rebate program will run from November 1st to December ...

Date: 16 Nov 2009 03:11 | 5 comments

Best Buy slashes Blu-ray catalog title prices

A newly leaked Black Friday ad is showing that giant retailer Best Buy will be slashing Blu-ray prices to their lowest ever, even undercutting Target's recent promotional initiative. Catalog ...

Date: 14 Nov 2009 21:11 | 3 comments

Studios want release delay on new releases via Netflix

According to sources speaking to VideoBusiness, Netflix has been discussing the possibility of accepting a one-month delay on new releases as long as the studios who want the delay will cut ...

Date: 9 Nov 2009 04:11 | 11 comments

Anyone can have their name in the credits of 'Paranormal Activity'

Paramount Home Entertainment has started a new website which will allow fans of the film Paranormal Activity to have their names in the credits of the film when it is released on DVD and Blu-ray next year. ...

Date: 9 Nov 2009 03:11 | 13 comments

Blu-ray 'Managed Copy' to start in December, lacking hardware support

Due to its byline stipulations, beginning in December all Blu-ray titles will come with the option to make one "managed copy" (a legal backup). However, for all current Blu-ray player owners ...

Date: 8 Nov 2009 05:11 | 36 comments

Amazon, Disney, Pixar start deep Blu-ray promotion

Amazon, Pixar and Disney have started a deep Blu-ray promotion this week, as well as dropping the prices on the much anticipated titles Up and Monster's Inc. The large e-tailer has dropped ...

Date: 7 Nov 2009 08:11 | 12 comments

Secret ACTA Internet chapter leaked: Global DMCA and 'three strikes'

The highly secretive Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, which has been drafted under non-disclosure agreements and given to different nations with watermarks in case they choose to "leak" ...

Date: 5 Nov 2009 03:11 | 149 comments

Sears to lower Blu-ray player prices

According to a leaked ad, Sears plans to drop the prices of many brand name Blu-ray players on Black Friday, the notorious shopping day after Thanksgiving. The retailer will offer Sony's ...

Date: 2 Nov 2009 22:11

'District 9' Blu-ray will include God of War III demo

The Sony Pictures blockbuster District 9 was given a release date of December 29th this week but more interestingly was the revelation that the Blu-ray version will include a demo of the upcoming ...

Date: 2 Nov 2009 22:11 | 12 comments

'Transformers 2' sells over 1.2 million Blu-ray discs in first week

Paramount Home Entertainment has announced that Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is the best selling Blu-ray disc of 2009, and likely of all-time, after moving 1.2 million discs in its first ...

Date: 30 Oct 2009 16:10 | 20 comments

JVC intros 'cheap', thin Blu-ray player

JVC has launched the XV-BP11 today, an "ultra-thin" 1.5-inch tall Blu-ray player aimed at the entry-level set. The player is only Profile 1.1 capable however, killing off all BD-Live features. ...

Date: 28 Oct 2009 18:10 | 23 comments

Sony, Toshiba, Hitachi facing antitrust probe in U.S.

Electronics companies Sony, Toshiba and Hitachi confirmed today that their optical disc drive operations are currently under investigation for antitrust violation in the United States. Sony's ...

Date: 27 Oct 2009 19:10 | 6 comments

'Wolverine' is year's top selling Blu-ray

The Fox blockbuster X-Men Origins: Wolverine has quietly become the year's top selling Blu-ray release, surpassing 007: Quantum of Solace in just four weeks. Fox would not give exact figures ...

Date: 26 Oct 2009 18:10 | 13 comments

PS3 to get Netflix streaming through BD-Live

Last week Reed Hastings announced that Netflix had a new consumer electronics partner who would be providing a client for their Watch Instantly streaming video service. Today they made a joint ...

Date: 26 Oct 2009 08:10 | 18 comments

Possible $50 Blu-ray players on Black Friday?

According to VideoBusiness, Blu-ray Disc set-top players continue to drop in price, and one analyst expects to see at least one $50 USD player on Black Friday. Last year was dominated by ...

Date: 25 Oct 2009 21:10 | 16 comments

Microsoft denies Blu-ray on Xbox 360

Earlier this week we reported that Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer made comments that implied that the company would be bringing Blu-ray accessories to the Xbox 360. At the time, the notoriously ...

Date: 25 Oct 2009 21:10 | 13 comments

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Glossary

List of related glossary items. Click the item to read an explanation for the term.

  • BD-J
    BD-J (or BD Java) is the name given to the Java-based software that will be included on BD-ROM discs and all Blu-Ray Disc players. This will help provide the Blu-ray menus and many other features. ...
  • BD-R
    BD-R stands for Blu-ray Disc Recordable. It is a write-once form of blank media offered by the Blu-ray Disc Association. As of February, 2007, BD-R discs can be found with a capacity of 25GB ...
  • BD-RE
    BD-RE is a re-writable form of Blu-ray Recordable Media offered by the Blu-ray Disc Association . As of February, 2007, BD-RE offers capacities up to 25GB (single layer) and commercially available ...
  • BD-ROM
    BD-ROM discs are the physical Blu-Ray Discs. In 2006, many movies and game content (for the PlayStation 3) will be released on BD-ROM discs. A blue-violet laser that will operate at a wavelength ...
  • BDMV
    Blu-ray allows two basic formats for titles. BD titles authored with menu support are in the BD-MV (Blu-ray Disc Movie) format. BD-MV discs contain audio, video, and other streams in Blu-ray's ...
  • Blu-ray
    Blu-ray is a name for a optical disc standard which uses blue-violet laser instead of red laser used in CDs and in DVDs. This allows manufacturers to store more data using the same amount of disc surface. ...
  • Blu-ray Disc Association
    The Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA) is an organization founded in 2003 to promote the Blu-ray Disc format as a successor to the current DVD technology. While DVD has been a huge success on the ...

Blu-ray players

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Software

List of related software items. Each software item listed here can be downloaded directly from our site using the links below.

  • h264info alpha 0026
    h264info allows editing of H.264 files' encoding and playback parameters without re-encoding the video file itself again. Things that can be edited include framerate, aspect ratio, pulldown info, used encoding profile/level and more.
  • RipBot264 v1.14.5
    RipBot264 is a simple and easy to use GUI for encoding video to iPod, PSP, Consoles and Blu-Ray.
  • SmartLabs tsMuxeR v1.10.1 Beta
    SmartLabs tsMuxeR the software utility to create TS and M2TS files for IP broadcasting as well as for viewing at hardware video players (i.e., Dune HD Ultra, Sony Playstation3 and others).
  • SmartLabs tsMuxeR for Linux v1.9.1 Beta
    SmartLabs tsMuxeR the software utility to create TS and M2TS files for IP broadcasting as well as for viewing at hardware video players (i.e., Dune HD Ultra, Sony Playstation3 and others).
  • Ulead DVD MovieFactory 6 Plus
    Ulead DVD MovieFactory is a disc authoring tool that allows users to create their own standard and high-definition discs.

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