Category Archives: Blu-ray/HD DVD

Sony announces two new BD players – and BD media center

Posted on Wednesday, September 5, 2007 by MegaZone

Lots of news coming out of CEDIA. Sony announced two new Blu-ray players – the BDP-S500, which I’ve previously posted about, and the BDP-S2000ES. The latter is the first Blu-ray player in their ‘Elevated Standard’ (ES) line. The BDP-S500 slots … Continue reading →

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LG Electronics launches second generation BD/HD DVD combo player – BH200

Posted on Wednesday, September 5, 2007 by MegaZone

Today at CEDIA, LG announced their second generation combination Blu-ray and HD DVD player, the BH200. This replaces the BH100, and brings full support for both standards. Unlike the BH100, the BH200 fully supports HDi for HD DVD. It also … Continue reading →

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Toshiba’s slim HD DVD burner for Europe, and the format war in the press

Posted on Tuesday, September 4, 2007 by MegaZone

At IFA this week, Toshiba unveiled an slimline external USB 2.0 HD DVD Super-Multi drive and HD DVD burner for PCs. The burner supports HD DVD-ROM and single- and double-layer HD DVD-R, as well as DVD+/-RW, and CD. (No BD, … Continue reading →

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HD DVD players for Europe

Posted on Monday, September 3, 2007 by MegaZone

At the IFA conference Toshiba announced the HD-EP30 and HD-EP35 HD DVD players for the European market. The HD-EP30 appears to be a European version of the HD-A30 from the US market, and the HD-EP35 is a version of the … Continue reading →

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Funai to enter Blu-ray market?

Posted on Saturday, September 1, 2007 by MegaZone

EngadgetHD reported on an AVS Forum thread about a Funai Blu-ray player on display at IFA. Funai isn’t a well known name itself, but the Japanese company is the OEM behind products in Best Buy’s Insignia brand, Wal*Mart’s Duraband brand, … Continue reading →

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