Category Archives: Blu-ray/HD DVD

Blu-ray news round-up

Posted on Thursday, October 18, 2007 by MegaZone

Panasonic will be releasing a 4x Blu-ray burner, which will compete with a recently announced Sony 4x burner. It will burn single-layer 25GB and dual-layer 50GB BD-R at 4x, BD-RE at 2x, DVD±R at 16x, DVD±R DL at 8x, DVD-RW … Continue reading →

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40GB PlayStation3 coming for $399.99

Posted on Thursday, October 18, 2007 by MegaZone

More confirmation that a new, lower cost PS3 model is coming – this time from Target. Gaming Bits has photos from a Target UPC scanner showing the listing for the new 40GB model with a $399.99 price. This is most … Continue reading →

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Get two free Blu-ray Discs, plus five more, with the Samsung BD-P1400

Posted on Wednesday, October 17, 2007 by MegaZone

A special offer from BestBuy.com: 2 free Blu-ray disc movies (shipping extra) with Samsung Blu-ray disc player, plus 5 more free by mail at BestBuy.com. Now through 11/3. Buy the Samsung BD-P1400 from BestBuy.com, for $499.99, and select two free … Continue reading →

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Blu-ray news update

Posted on Friday, October 12, 2007 by MegaZone

Five consumer electronics companies, Sony, Panasonic, Pioneer, Samsung, and Philips, and five movie studios, Gaumont, Columbia Tristar, Walt Disney, Pathé, and Warner Home Video, have formed a consortium to promote Blu-ray Disc in France. They’re goal is to place 600,000 … Continue reading →

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Blu-ray round up

Posted on Friday, October 5, 2007 by MegaZone

Following China’s recent adoption of the CH-DVD specification, which is based on HD DVD, the Blu-ray camp is also eying the Chinese market. The BDA has begun formal evaluation of a Chinese-developed video coded, AVS (Advanced Video System), and a … Continue reading →

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