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Blu-ray Promotions Committee Rebuts Claims of HD DVD Dominance in Europe

The all-out war between the groups backing the Blu-ray and HD DVD formats seems to be getting even worse in Europe, each party relying on all sorts of more or less fair tactics in order to gain a certain advantage over their competitors. Thus, after the HD DVD promoters announced last week that their players are outs...

17 July 2007
10:31 GMT

Get a Toshiba HD A2 HD DVD Player + 3 Bonus Movies for Only $99!

Could it be a great promotional offer? Or simply marketing desperation? Well, regardless of the real purpose behind this move, it seems that the people from Toshiba have decided to launch a great promotional offer for those people that will attend the Home Media Expo that starts today at the Venetian Resort from Las ...

16 July 2007
11:36 GMT

HD DVD Claims 3:1 Lead Over Blu-ray In Europe

As we all know, the ongoing format war between HD DVD and Blu-ray is very, very far from over and it will take some time before the winner is decided. However, as part of their marketing campaigns, the group supporting each format makes all sorts of more or less realistic claims regarding who's actually leading ...

13 July 2007
10:46 GMT

Microsoft and HD DVD

HD DVD carries a lot of weight with Microsoft, and the Redmond company announced a new project designed to support independent filmmakers. Together with Amazon.com, Microsoft will sponsor no less than HD DVD 1,000 indie titles with free authoring and setup services. Amazon.com's CustomFlix will be the delivery c...

2 July 2007
05:23 GMT

Buy a Blu-ray Player, Get 5 Free Movies! Even with the PlayStation3!

The race (well, it's an all-out war, but race sounds a lot more...fairer) between the next-generation DVD formats is far from over, each of the two sides trying to do their best in order to outmaneuver and gain a lead over the other. And the latest move in this ongoing marketing chess game has been made by the B...

29 June 2007
11:41 GMT

Blockbuster Goes Blu-ray Only, Deals Major Blow to HD DVD

The format war between HD DVD and Blu-ray is far from over, and every week marks yet another major development in this competition. Even if only a few days ago HD DVD supporters announced that they've got the lead in this race, it would seem that the tables have turned, at least after Blockbuster's surprise...

18 June 2007
01:14 GMT

HD DVD Supporters Claim Temporary Victory Over Blu-ray

The tough competition (read war) between the two next-generation HD formats, HD DVD and Blu-ray is far from being over, as each side tries to employ every trick in the book and every means necessary in order to secure for itself even the slightest advantage. And it seems that the aggressive manner in which the two fo...

12 June 2007
03:41 GMT

DecyptHD - First HD-DVD Real Time Decryption Tool

Since the HD DVD (High-density optical disc) format was released to general public in March 2006, when Toshiba announced their first HD DVD player in Japan, many movie titles were released in this high-quality video format. As movies were released, the need for "magical" tools to decrypt the HD content went forth be...

5 June 2007
10:11 GMT

Microsoft Not Adopting Blu-ray Technology - It Was All Bogus

A little while ago, Peter Moore was said to have commented on the possibility of the Xbox 360 supporting Blu-ray format, as a supposed Associated Press post would have said. As it turns out, "These reports are completely incorrect" and the "alleged Associated Press story does not exist," Gamerscore blog reports.The ...

17 May 2007
10:13 GMT

Toshiba Starts Shipping HD-A20 DVD Players

Bollyood and Hollywood movie lovers, take note! Toshiba has started hitting the US retailers' shelves. Toshiba's HD-A20 joins the existing Toshiba DVD line-up which includes the entry level HD-A2 and the top of the line, HD-XA2. This expanded line of products offers enhanced functionalities of the HD DVD fo...

12 April 2007
03:13 GMT

LG and Hitachi Prepare a Blu-ray HD DVD Drive

Since the beginning of the High Definition format wars the battles have been carried out on multiple fronts, starting with the codecs and video file formats, continuing with the High-Definition Multimedia Interface, LCD TVs with staggering resolutions and ended up even in the storage medium market for this enchanting...

15 March 2007
11:57 GMT

Free HD South Park Episode on XBLM

South Park fans and Xbox 360 owners really have something to be talking about this Tuesday, as Comedy Central is releasing the first ever high definition episode of South Park on the Xbox Live Marketplace and the best part of this piece of news is that it's FREE for two whole weeks. Buying a new Xbox 360 console...

5 March 2007
05:07 GMT


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