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It looks like Buffalo is not the only IT company showing some activity on the optical disk drive market, as Plextor has also made a move, in the US, in the form of a Blu-ray burner equipped with the latest USB interface.On the market of optical disk drives, many DVD and Blu-ray drives are roaming, with or without sc... |
28 April 2011
08:26 GMT |
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It looks like ASUS is out in force today, as it decided to try its artistic hand at more than just a new sort of audio solution, having also delivered an external Blu-ray player that combines performance with aesthetics.Pieces of hardware meant to complement or supplement desktops or laptops have become a common com... |
8 April 2011
11:02 GMT |
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The BDXL format has been up and running for a while now, and with actual writing units for such products now selling globally, Panasonic figured it was time to step up and unleash its first rewritable disks of this sort.By last year, the Blu-ray disk format had still not actually come close to replacing DVDs on the ... |
4 April 2011
10:30 GMT |
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Those that were wondering how long it would take for more BDXL drives to show up need wait no longer, as a certain company known as I-O Data has come to challenge Buffalo with an external solution of this very sort.For those that do not know, some months ago, the Blu-ray Disk Association, BDA for short, came up with... |
28 March 2011
06:34 GMT |
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It really does look like Samsung is aiming big with its newest string of product releases, as it has unveiled not just new laptops and displays, but also a full line of Blu-ray players as part of its Smart collection.Samsung is a company that deals in a great variety of electronics, like PCs, multimedia players of v... |
17 March 2011
05:56 GMT |
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Although we're pretty sure Japanese customers are not exactly interested in purchasing any HDTVs right now, that's not stopped Toshiba from releasing a brand-new line of Regza HDTVs, the RB2 family.In fact, the RB2 HDTVs became official in Japan on Friday morning, just before the devastating earthquake hit,... |
14 March 2011
09:29 GMT |
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As more and more devices are released these days with HD capabilities, Blu-ray standard spreads around like wildfire. Software designed to unlock content on such discs is a logical consequence of the phenomenon, and Foxreal Blu-ray Ripper can be used to this purpose exactly. At $49 the application may seem a bit exp... |
7 March 2011
10:24 GMT |
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ASUS has already unleashed a sizable collection of hardware products and systems at the 2011 CeBIT expo, but it definitely didn't stop until it had one of the biggest exhibitions, now revealed to include a new Blu-ray player.With all the products that ASUS brought to CeBIT, users are possibly divided between th... |
3 March 2011
08:25 GMT |
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ASUS is one of the companies with the biggest collections of products on display at this year's CeBIT expo, but it seems it is not done with its releases yet, having also delivered a certain Blu-ray drive.The 2011 edition of the international CeBIT expo is currently in effect in Hannover, Germany, meaning that ... |
3 March 2011
07:43 GMT |
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Free video converters are easy to find nowadays. And most of the recent freebies come with pretty awesome features and flexibility worthy of a paid product. Freemake Video Converter, although released relatively recently has raised the interest of the users through its clean, easy to use interface as well as video c... |
27 February 2011
09:01 GMT |
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Since Sandy Bridge was launched, we have seen virtually every computer manufacturer out there refreshing or upgrading its product line in order to feature Intel's latest processors, and Panasonic is doing the same now as they have just announced, during a press event that took place in Japan, their B10, N10, and... |
28 January 2011
10:15 GMT |
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Sony is working on countering the recent PS3 root key leak by enforcing serial keys for all future Blu-ray dics, a method who's effectiveness is doubted by a lot of people.Back in December, the security of the PlayStation 3 game console, has suffered a severe blow when hackers managed to recover the private key ... |
24 January 2011
01:00 GMT |
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While 3D may not have reached the same degree of popularity in all regions of the globe, Japan seems to have seen it progress quite quickly, to the point where 3D Blu-ray units account for more than half of all Blu-ray products sold last month.Japan has always been known as the country where hardware and consumer e... |
17 January 2011
07:11 GMT |
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Blu-ray disks have been known to be slowly approaching the mainstream market, and it seems likely that DVDs will progressively lose more ground, until the former finally scores quite a massive shipment figure four years form now.Even though Blu-ray disks haven't been getting cheaper at the speed most people may... |
30 December 2010
10:19 GMT |
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Sony has just decided to showcase the 3D games and the 3D Blu-ray movies that have been released up until now for its PlayStation 3 console, just so you know what to get this holiday season as gifts for loved ones.
You can find 19 games that support 3D technology, from Call of Duty: Black Ops, to Gran Turismo 5, N... |
21 December 2010
18:01 GMT |
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Just a few hours have passed since Oppo made available for purchase the highly anticipated BDP-93 3D Blu-ray player and now, the company has just announced another such unit, the BDP-95 that promises to deliver better analog audio sound, catering to the needs of audiophiles everywhere.
Compared to the just-release... |
21 December 2010
14:31 GMT |
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Although Google TV encountered all sort of setbacks since its introduction, Sony, one of the four companies involved in its development, remains upbeat about the platform, a senior executive recently stating that Google TV sales are “in line with expectations.”
The Google TV platform was officially lau... |
21 December 2010
04:28 GMT |
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Although Addonics Technologies definitely isn't a household name, the company develops a wide array of storage solutions, one of their most interesting products being the Multi-Media Tower, a compact multi-drive enclosure that can accommodate a wide series of storage devices and connects them all to your compute... |
16 December 2010
04:11 GMT |
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While Pioneer's BDR-206MBK BDXL writer for Windows desktop PCs is not exactly a huge novelty, since it's been initially announced back in late October, it seems that the company's finally decided to start shipping it, just in time for the holidays.The Pioneer BDR-206MBK, BDXL writer is the company'... |
14 December 2010
10:05 GMT |
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We're pretty sure that many of you are not particularly crazy about the prospect of browsing through your Blu-ray movies collection in order to get to the one you feel like watching at a certain point in time, but the people of Kaleidescape have a very nice solution that will help you mitigate this issue, namely... |
13 December 2010
05:15 GMT |
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Since it is just a matter of time before the BDXL format becomes more accessible to the masses, Pioneer figured it would speed things up by a tiny bit by bringing out what it calls the first Blu-ray writer that can scribe onto them (though Buffalo might disagree).For those that do not remember or have not yet learne... |
10 December 2010
05:33 GMT |
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EA boss John Riccitiello talked about Sony's Blu-ray technology, and how it went from an awkward feature to one of the biggest advantages for the PlayStation 3, largely because of the disc's huge capacity.
Blu-ray is the standard format for all PlayStation 3 games, and even if it hasn't really showe... |
9 December 2010
15:51 GMT |
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It seems that, according to the most recent data gathered by iSupply, now part of IHS, consumer demand was strong enough in 2010 to allow the consumer electronics market to rebound after the difficult 2008-2009 period.As the research firm has it, the CE market in 2010 is projected to grow by 6.2% compared to 2009, f... |
3 December 2010
10:57 GMT |
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With all the attention that the 3D display mode has been getting, and with all the films being shot or converted into it, PCs were quite fast to adopt support for it, and I-O Data has just made its latest contribution in the shape of two ODDs.Since 3D films in high quality take up a lot of virtual space, it fell to ... |
24 November 2010
09:35 GMT |
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It appears that, even though they have been getting cheaper, Blu-ray disks and drives are still far from taking the place of the DVD on the mainstream market.The past year has seen several milestones being reaching in term of optical storage.No doubt in terms of pure storage potential, the so-called superdisk reveal... |
23 November 2010
04:16 GMT |
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Although creating backup copies of Blu-ray discs (a process also known as ripping) is not exactly a legal activity, as long as you employ the resulting copy in a commercial purpose or upload them to illegal sharing websites, things are quite different when you employ said materials just in order to enhance your own e... |
17 November 2010
08:59 GMT |
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It seems that the display business is not the only outlet that I-O Data has been using to channel its creativity lately, the company having also brought forth a certain external optical drive.As end-users know, most common optical drives usually come in the 5.25-inch form factor and end up in desktop cases.With all ... |
17 November 2010
05:30 GMT |
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If you're in the market for a future-proof Blu-ray unit, the type of device that's capable of both burning content onto Blu-ray discs and playing back even Blu-ray 3D content, then the people over at Plextor might have a very solution available for you in the form of their new PX-LB950SA model, capable of r... |
10 November 2010
13:51 GMT |
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While other companies are releasing new DVD writers, Sony Optiarc thought it would go all the way and create some half-height internal Blu-ray Disk rewritable drives, known as the BWU-500S and OEM BD-5300S.“Available in a retail and OEM configuration, the new drives are an ideal replacement burner for a standa... |
5 November 2010
09:17 GMT |
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It appears that the means of storing and enjoying multimedia files known as Blu-ray has become so widespread that electronics capable of reading such disks have now gone, in sales, beyond 115 million.The Blu-ray disk was introduced by Sony back in 2006, after which is quickly became a favorite for storing and sellin... |
4 November 2010
07:04 GMT |
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Since the BDXL specification was announced a while ago, it was just a matter of time before Buffalo joined in and created one or more optical drives that support it, and it seems that two of them will soon debut.For those in need of a reminder, the BDXL specification defines Blu-ray disks with a maximum capacity far... |
4 November 2010
04:07 GMT |
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Although the 128GB storage space touted by the new BDXL standard sounds pretty sweet, nobody can deny the fact that Blu-ray XL recorders are still way to expensive for most of us, but Panasonic is set to change that with its new DMR-BR585 unit that is bound to hit Japan this month.Featuring pretty much all the bells ... |
3 November 2010
13:21 GMT |
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Now that the whole Blu-ray HD-DVD standard war is dead and buried it's time for the recording industry to crown its winners, The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announcing that they are going to award Panasonic Corporation, Royal Philips Electronics, Sony Corporation, and TDK Corporation with an E... |
3 November 2010
07:52 GMT |
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As some may know, Google has launched its platform meant to deliver multimedia content to TVs across the globe, and Sony has now stepped up to officially introduce its own Google TV lineup, which consists of a Blu-ray player and several HDTVs.Logitech released its Google TV line around the start of the month, and wh... |
13 October 2010
09:47 GMT |
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Fans who loved “Avatar” should be thrilled to hear that 20th Century Fox has a major surprise in store for them: the previously announced Extended Collector’s Edition on Blu-ray and DVD has about 45 minutes of deleted scenes and many other surprises. As is usually the case with all productions, much... |
7 October 2010
03:47 GMT |
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A study from the market intelligence firm Centris says that the number of United States households who own a Blu-ray players has more than doubled since the same period ion 2008 in no small part because of the sales numbers posted by the PlayStation 3 home gaming consoles from Sony, which includes a player.The number... |
4 October 2010
15:01 GMT |
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A new report from the NPD Group, which tracks video games sales and hardware in the United States, has stated that only 6 percent of consumers in the United States have downloaded any form of content using their home gaming consoles.Only about 15 percent of them connected other devices, like the PC or Mac, and downlo... |
29 September 2010
13:31 GMT |
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Coming to increase its coverage on the optical disk drive market, Sony has put together the BWU-500S, an internal, 5.35-inch Blu-ray burner bundled with the CyberLink software suite or available in bulk form.Since desktops have to make use of those many 5.35-inch drive bays, Sony has just revealed that it is almost ... |
27 September 2010
10:25 GMT |
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Microsoft, through its UK Xbox boss Stephen McGill, has once again taken a stab at rival company Sony and its Blu-ray technology, which allows for more data to be stored on a special disc the size of a regular DVD.For those that don't remember, Microsoft used the Xbox 360 to push for a new disc standard, HD-DVD,... |
23 September 2010
03:41 GMT |
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While Acer is busy promoting its media player, Sony decided it was time for one of its external optical storage devices to get acquainted with foreign lands, so it sent the BDX-S500U to the US, where its 6x writing speed is expected to stir interest.Basically, the product is a compact, external Blu-ray writer that d... |
22 September 2010
06:36 GMT |
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Sony has launched the newest firmware update for the PlayStation 3 home gaming console, labeled 3.50, with the biggest feature of the package being the addition of the ability to play back Blu-ray content in full three dimensions, as long as a suitable television set is linked to the game console.But this is not the ... |
22 September 2010
04:56 GMT |
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With the increase in video details, better multimedia playback and recording solutions are always welcome, and Pioneer has just revealed the impending arrival of the BDR-S06J, a new internal Blu-ray writer that can reach 12x speeds when scribing.Though many desktops and laptops still settle for DVD players and write... |
14 September 2010
08:31 GMT |
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With HDTVs gaining more and more PC-like capabilities, it was just a matter of time before they were granted the ability to stream from online sources, and Panasonic has just announced that, in addition to its Blu-ray players, its VIERA HDTVs now have access to Netflix.The range of electronics featuring the VIERA Ca... |
10 September 2010
08:58 GMT |
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PCs come in many shapes and sizes but Zotac seems to have a special talent when it comes to making them really small, as is show by its Mini PC series which has just seen the rise of its latest member, a model based on a dual-core processor and equipped with an integrated Blu-ray drive.There are many so-called '... |
9 September 2010
03:16 GMT |
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3D playback may have only just kicked off in popularity, but displays and media players capable of it are rapidly growing in number, so Buffalo decided it would make an external Blu-ray writer that not only supports Blu-ray 3D, but can even convert 2D to 3D when given the necessary software assistance.As the most ca... |
2 September 2010
11:09 GMT |
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Some time ago, the BDXL specification was finalized, which allows for the creation of Blu-ray disks with 100GB and 128GB of storage space, and while it was not among the first to support it, Sony has now make its hihg-capacity Blu-ray entrance in force, by unveiling no less than six different DVRs capable of writing... |
26 August 2010
10:21 GMT |
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Normally, when traveling somewhere, those in need of a so-called computerized traveling companion usually opt for a netbook or ultrathin laptop. There are even a fair number of netbooks with decent multimedia capabilities nowadays. Still, for those that want full HD video playback on the move, there is a certain oth... |
31 July 2010
07:00 GMT |
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The Digital Entertainment Group (DEG), an industry-funded, non-profit corporation that compiles industry data on home entertainment, has been keeping an eye on the developments on the Blu-ray player front. Recently, it learned that household penetration of Blu-ray players has reached 18 million, and that global sale... |
28 July 2010
02:55 GMT |
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It was just a short while ago that Sharp announced its first BDXL Blu-ray disks, with a capacity of 100GB and, soon after, TDK revealed its own plans to join this movement. Later, once the first batch of disks starts selling, the two hope to move on to 128GB disks. Needless to say, these capacities are nothing to be ... |
24 July 2010
04:08 GMT |
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Not too long ago, Sharp proudly announced that it would be the first company to deliver Blu-ray disks based on the BDXL specification, along with the optical drive units capable of reading and writing such disks. This new type of Blu-ray will have 100 GB of storage, and will eventually go all the way up to 128 GB. Th... |
21 July 2010
05:59 GMT |
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