Category Archives: Blu-ray/HD DVD

Happy Birthday PlayStation3

Posted on Friday, November 16, 2007 by MegaZone

Today is the one year anniversary of the North American release of the PS3, and Sony is celebrating. With the launch of the $399 40GB PS3, and the price cut on the 80GB model to $499, PS3 sales jumped 192%. … Continue reading →

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Warner abandons TotalHD

Posted on Friday, November 16, 2007 by MegaZone

TotalHD was announced in January, postponed to 2008 in June, confirmed to be on the back-burner in September, and now, in November, High-Def Digest is reporting that TotalHD is dead. (Via EngadgetHD)

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Close Encounters of the Blu kind

Posted on Thursday, November 15, 2007 by MegaZone

Steven Spielberg’s sci-fi classic Close Encounters of the Third Kind hit Blu-ray Disc in the form of the 30th Anniversary Ultimate Edition. While it also hit DVD, the BD release has exclusive features: Both the Blu-ray Disc(TM) and the DVD … Continue reading →

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More 2-for-1 Blu-ray deals on Sony and Disney BD titles

Posted on Tuesday, November 13, 2007 by MegaZone

Amazon is currently running two different 2-for-1 Blu-ray movie deals, one on 72 Sony BD titles and another on 40 Disney BD titles. It is as simple as it sounds – buy one, get one free. Since these deals are … Continue reading →

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Sony CEO calls high-def disc war a ‘stalemate’

Posted on Friday, November 9, 2007 by MegaZone

An AP story has Sony’s CEO, Howard Stringer, calling the format war between Blu-ray Disc (which Sony backs) and Toshiba’s HD DVD a ‘stalemate’: The head of Sony Corp., Howard Stringer, said Thursday that the Blu-ray disc format the company … Continue reading →

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