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In tune with making the top 10 CEA Christmas wish list, where they got eighth place, Blu-ray players, along with Blu-ray disks, are expected to see a surge in popularity over the next three years, after the volume sales of BD movie disks rose during this year's first three quarters by 183%, 200% and 180%, respec... |
21 November 2009
06:42 GMT |
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This new addition to Plextor's long line of internal optical drive units not only boasts a write speed of 12X, but also uses a serial ATA interface that provides users with a more than convenient-enough solution for Blu-ray playback of HD media files. The PX-B940SA Blu-ray is a dual-layer DVD drive that provides... |
18 November 2009
06:10 GMT |
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"Blu-ray is fast-becoming the standard for quality movie playback, and we're taking that to the next level with the addition of BD writing capabilities," Christine Hsing, marketing manager at Plextor, said. "Plextor has always been a leader in the optical market and we're proud to offer our users a simple, ... |
11 November 2009
05:22 GMT |
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The Blu-ray technology allows for the maximum data-storage capacities attained so far by solid disks. This technology is the only one truly suitable for the storage and playback of high-definition audio and video files. With more and more playback devices with built-in Blu-ray support being launched on the open marke... |
10 November 2009
07:45 GMT |
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With Microsoft having launched its highly-anticipated Windows 7 operating system, a number of PC vendors are updating their portfolios with new systems that have been optimized to provide users with a high-quality Windows 7 experience. In addition, all those NVIDIA ION-based nettops that have been launched in the las... |
29 October 2009
05:08 GMT |
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Rumors have been flying around that Netflix streaming will soon come to a new device. The stories were true, and the lucky winner is the PlayStation 3. Yesterday, the official announcement was made by both companies, Sony and Netflix, and now the console is receiving the final preparations required. Netflix will beco... |
26 October 2009
18:01 GMT |
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It's all beginning to feel a lot like deja vu. A few days ago, Steve Ballmer, the Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft, had an exclusive interview with Gizmodo, in which he touched on the subject of the Xbox 360 gaming console and the company's future plans for it. The Microsoft boss seemed to say that the ... |
26 October 2009
14:31 GMT |
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One of the advantages that the PlayStation 3 has publicized since the beginning of the console battle of this generation has been the presence of an integrated Blu-ray drive, which allows for bigger capacity disks to be used and for the game console to play high-quality movies. The Xbox 360 has tried to counter by b... |
22 October 2009
02:25 GMT |
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Not so long ago, Sony announced the God of War Collection, a pack that would include God of War I and God of War II as well as a demo for God of War III. The title was soon plagued by rumors of delays, and word that the package would no longer become available this year began to spread amongst the gamers. But Sony ha... |
19 October 2009
15:31 GMT |
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Yet another PlayStation 3 version is about to hit the market. The new SKU's hard drive is more than twice the size of the older one but thankfully it's not twice the price as well. The new product is a 250GB edition of the PlayStation 3 Slim, it will become available on November 3 and will cost $349. It... |
16 October 2009
07:45 GMT |
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Samsung, one of the world's leading vendors of consumer electronics and a major player in the market for personal computer systems, has announced today the launch of its first internal Blu-ray disc Combo unit, the SH-B083. Designed to provide a choice for computer users looking to upgrade their systems with the ... |
8 October 2009
05:07 GMT |
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The Blu-ray optical drive is slowly becoming a standard solution for computer systems and home entertainment devices, as technology improvements enable lower prices consequently providing a more affordable solution for consumers. On that note, Pioneer Electronics, one of the world's leading vendors of consumer e... |
1 October 2009
06:18 GMT |
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People close to Apple have revealed that the Mac maker is ready to phase out current iMac models in favor of introducing upgraded units at attractive prices. The desktop computers are said to feature a thinner design and new enclosures, in addition to other enhancements. By speaking to people familiar with Apple&rsqu... |
25 September 2009
09:28 GMT |
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If we were to judge the new gear being released by some of the world's most notorious luxury companies, we'd be inclined to ask, “What world recession are you talking about?” Yet, the facts speak for themselves, especially as we introduce to you the world's most expensive (so far) Blu-ray p... |
15 September 2009
16:01 GMT |
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Although Flash-based storage solutions are increasingly becoming the popular choice for computer users to store personal data in a digital format, optical media storage solutions are still a pretty solid reality. Optical disc drives are still a main feature on desktop and mainstream portable computer systems, with Bl... |
11 September 2009
11:04 GMT |
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Today, the IFA consumer electronics show, held in Berlin, Germany, officially opens its doors to all those visitors that want to stay in touch with all the latest technologies to be enabled on future products. On that note, several companies are already showing off their latest products, with Toshiba making no except... |
4 September 2009
03:59 GMT |
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Could it be possible that Apple is preparing to equip the Mac mini with a Blu-ray optical drive and turn it into the ideal media center? At least one person thinks so and the idea may not be so crazy, if you think about it. The Apple TV and the Mac mini share quite a few similarities, and Apple could do without one ... |
11 August 2009
05:45 GMT |
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Citing a reliable source, The Boy Genius Report claims iTunes 9 will be packing support for Blu-ray playback. Although the rumor is most appealing, Blu-ray drives don’t seem to be a priority for any Macintosh configuration, going by Apple’s stance on the matter. ”We’ve just received a tip fro... |
10 August 2009
09:01 GMT |
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Late last month, there were a series of reports on the Internet stating that Toshiba was planning to launch its own Blu-ray Disc player, joining Sony and other industry players in the Blu-ray Disc Association. Following said reports, the company has officially announced today that it has applied for membership of the... |
10 August 2009
04:23 GMT |
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One of the biggest studios currently active in the video game industry is id Software, the company that brought gamers many great experiences with titles like Wolfenstein, Doom or Quake. The studio was bought a few months ago by Bethesda parent company ZeniMax, but things are still going great in terms of development... |
29 July 2009
13:11 GMT |
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Comic books have served as the basis for a lot of interesting projects lately, either coming from Hollywood or from various video game companies, which transfer heroes from the graphic novels onto the screens of players all around the world. One of the most recent endeavors in both entertainment mediums is Watchmen, ... |
8 July 2009
12:21 GMT |
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The PlayStation 3 is one of the most powerful consoles on the market in terms of hardware and, thanks to its Blu-ray player, it can fulfill many tasks at once, including high-definition media output and a quality gaming experience. Talking with Kotaku a few days ago, the head of the Sony's Computer Entertainmen... |
19 June 2009
03:00 GMT |
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After having received the 'Best of Computex' award from Taiwan Computer Association and the Taiwan External Trade Council for its Nano Platform and Pico-ITXe form factor, VIA has just announced the introduction of its next generation of VIA Vinyl HD Audio codecs, the VT1818S and VT1828S. Designed to provide... |
29 May 2009
10:58 GMT |
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It seems that the decision to bring Final Fantasy XIII for both the Xbox 360 console from Microsoft and for the PlayStation 3 from Sony might have some consequences that will lead veteran fans of the series to move to the PS3 version. One of them is that the Japanese voices, usually included with the Western release ... |
14 May 2009
18:31 GMT |
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Square Enix is saying that the Blu-ray demo for FF XIII will not be released in the West but that it is looking into other options for delivering the same content as the Japanese have already seen to all the fans of the Final Fantasy series.Yoshinori Kitase, who is a producer on Final Fantasy XIII, stated that &ldquo... |
7 May 2009
16:41 GMT |
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A few weeks ago, a survey brought forth by Sony Computer Entertainment America about the upcoming God of War III game and its collector's edition generated a lot of speculation on the Internet. The reason was that one of the options that players could select to see in the CE of the very anticipated title was a B... |
6 May 2009
03:24 GMT |
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Apple, as you may have heard, has recently equipped developers with new betas of the iPhone OS 3.0 and SDK, as well as a pre-release build of iTunes 8.2, whose release notes and UI changes include a few curious accounts, as well as predictable ones. World of Apple has posted tantalizing screenshots (two of which we ... |
29 April 2009
10:33 GMT |
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High-definition media took over the world by providing eminent quality image and sound that rely on pretty expensive hardware. Software on the other hand is cheaper, and although it won't get your movies to look to the HD standards, it can do quite an impressive job. Of course, there must exist a synergy between... |
24 April 2009
06:06 GMT |
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The PlayStation 3 has seen a lot of versions appear, with some very different features contained by several of them, the most important one being the backwards compatibility, which has rendered the early consoles capable of playing PlayStation 2 games. Now, however, the PS3 doesn't have that option, which has ma... |
16 April 2009
03:20 GMT |
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MCE Technologies has announced that it has begun shipping its 8X Blu-ray Recordable Drive for Mac. The drive is aimed at users of a Mac Pro / Power Mac who must install the drive internally. MCE's 8x Blu-ray drive for Mac can burn Blu-ray discs at up to 8x speed, DVD+-R media at up to 16X and CD-R media at up to... |
9 April 2009
10:08 GMT |
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Toast 10 Titanium, the latest version of the Roxio's burning and digital media software for the Mac has just received an update, resolving an issue when converting QuickTime movies with text tracks, as well as improving handling of corrupt PCM audio packets, to name some of the changes. Toast Titanium 10.0.2 is ... |
9 April 2009
09:33 GMT |
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Pioneer Europe has unveiled today its latest Blu-ray writer designed for personal computer systems and built to provide PC users with a speed of 8X for single-layer and dual-layer BD-R discs. As expected, the new drive comes in a combo package as it offers writing and reading support for other media types, such as th... |
25 February 2009
08:39 GMT |
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Media Control GfK International, a market research firm, has released data suggesting that the revenue derived from the sales of videogames exceeded the revenue obtained from the sales of movies on DVD and Blu-ray discs during the course of 2008.It seems that the company is tracking something it calls “packaged... |
27 January 2009
12:41 GMT |
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Atari, who emerged as the publisher of Ghosbusters: The Video Game after the downfall of Sierra games following the merger of Activision and Blizzard, is announcing that the title now has a clear release date. It will arrive in North America on June 16 and in the rest of the world on June 19. The idea for the dates i... |
12 January 2009
16:51 GMT |
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Sometime in January last year, Warner Bros. was announcing that they no longer supported the HD DVD digital media playback format, precipitating an avalanche of announcements leading to the downfall of the concept and to the triumph of the Sony backed Blu-ray players in the so called “format wars.” Toshib... |
12 January 2009
03:35 GMT |
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Approximately two weeks ago, Dell was first rumored to be planning the release of its very own MacBook Air competitor, a product currently known as the Adamo. Since then, a number of speculations have been made on the supposed technical specifications of Dell's upcoming portable computer system. However, the lat... |
28 December 2008
03:33 GMT |
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Broadcom, one of the global leaders in semiconductors for wired and wireless communications, has recently announced that Samsung, one of the major consumer electronics makers, selected the company's third generation of Blu-ray chipset solution to integrate in Samsung's upcoming lineup of Blu-ray Disc player... |
9 December 2008
05:15 GMT |
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The fact that the PS3 is the main force driving the adoption rate of the Blu-ray discs is pretty much common knowledge nowadays. However, one question that has really given a few nights of restless sleep to quite a lot of people faced with the decision of purchasing their first Blu-ray player was whether Sony's ... |
5 December 2008
06:14 GMT |
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Blu-ray players or burners are still considered a high-performance upgrade to today's computer systems, as most consumer PCs continue to be featured with the traditional CD/DVD combo optical drives. However, technology is advancing at a fast pace and Blu-ray solutions will slowly take over the market as the stan... |
27 November 2008
09:23 GMT |
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Panasonic has been reported to have submitted a proposal to the Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA) concerning a Blu-ray Disc standard that would store movies in 3D. Basically, the idea involves the company's 3D full HD System which includes a Blu-ray Disc player able to distribute 1080p full HD images to left eye an... |
26 November 2008
03:30 GMT |
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This year has been extremely important for Sony and its Blu-ray disc, since it was officially crowned the "next-gen DVD format" after the utter defeat of Toshiba's HD DVD. After that fateful moment (which, as you might recall, occurred in early spring), things took the path everyone expected them to, the players... |
12 November 2008
16:31 GMT |
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There's a really tough war on the console market, with the top competitors Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony battling for every customer. Although Nintendo has the other two companies beat in terms of sales and fan base, its rivals haven't given up the fight yet.Microsoft is trying to attract potential customers... |
12 November 2008
02:34 GMT |
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All-in-one computing systems have been around for quite some time (just think of all the iMacs out there), and more and more manufacturers are getting involved in this particular market segment. However, it would seem that a company called Silicon Mountain has taken this concept to a whole new level with its All... |
10 November 2008
02:58 GMT |
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Red Alert 3 is one of the most expected strategy titles this holiday season largely because it has its own unique, tongue-in-cheek approach to strategy and offers a distinct and very funny story through which the players can progress.Electronic Arts, the developer and publisher of Red Alert 3, has really backed up th... |
5 November 2008
10:01 GMT |
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While we've gotten used to seeing manufacturers drop the prices of Blu-ray players as much as possible in order to keep sales up, there are also certain exceptions out there. And one such exception is the new T 587 Blu-ray player, launched by Canadian company NAD, which, despite providing a full-range of high-en... |
5 November 2008
06:59 GMT |
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As you might have read in one of our previous articles, Japanese giant Sony has had a pretty rough year, with its overall income recording a sharp decrease. For this reason (probably), the company's scrambling and struggling to come up with new technologies that will help it regain some of the ground it's l... |
5 November 2008
04:06 GMT |
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Right now, Sony's Blu-ray is, without a doubt, the optical disc format capable of providing the largest amount of space for one's data or movies. However, it would seem that things are about to change quite soon, since a company called Royal Digital Media plans to introduce, in early 2009, what can only be ... |
30 October 2008
03:31 GMT |
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While Apple and Psystar are trying to reach a settlement behind closed doors, the latter continues to sell its Open stuff, having just added new powerful Mac clones to its portfolio. The new Open Computers from Psystar are now shipping, and can be ordered with built-in Blu-ray and NVIDIA 9800 GT graphics cards.&ldquo... |
29 October 2008
05:47 GMT |
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It's quite a well known fact that we owe science in general and researchers in particular just about everything that we see around us nowadays, especially when talking about electronics. Indeed, it takes a while to translate a scientific discovery into consumer-grade products, but we certainly hope that this wil... |
24 October 2008
11:21 GMT |
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A Blu-ray player that can, at the same time, stream movies from an online movie-rental service? Now that's an expensive device, one might think, which won't arrive on the market anytime soon. Well, actually, it would seem that the cost of such a product won't be that exaggerated. As a matter of fact, y... |
23 October 2008
04:03 GMT |
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