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Blu-ray Player Feature Matrix And Retail Turning Blu

Posted on Monday, January 21, 2008 by MegaZone

EngadgetHD called my attention to this Blu-ray player feature matrix. I wouldn’t count on it being 100% accurate, since they have to compile the matrix from publicly available information, and vendors do release updates periodically. If you’re certain there is … Continue reading →

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Germany’s Senator Entertainment AG Drops HD DVD, Turns Blu – And More Hits To HD DVD

Posted on Thursday, January 17, 2008 by MegaZone

Following in the footsteps of Constantin Film AG, Germany’s Senator Entertainment AG has also decided to drop HD DVD support and release Blu-ray exclusively. They plan to release previously announced titles on HD DVD, but after March 1, 2008 all … Continue reading →

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Home Media Magazine To HD DVD Camp: “Knock It Off.”

Posted on Tuesday, January 15, 2008 by MegaZone

In a column for Home Media Magazine, Thomas Arnold calls upon Toshiba, Universal, and Paramount to ‘knock it off’ and cede the format war to Blu-ray to unify the market. With Warner Home Video dumping HD DVD, the format has … Continue reading →

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Brave Or Pitiful? Toshiba Fights On With HD DVD

Posted on Monday, January 14, 2008 by MegaZone

Personally this just seems sad to me in light of all the recent news. I think the decent thing for Toshiba to do is to admit defeat, join the BDA, and get on with devoting their not inconsiderable engineering talents … Continue reading →

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A Mixed Bag From Universal For HD DVD

Posted on Thursday, January 10, 2008 by MegaZone

With Warner’s switch to Blu, Universal is the largest studio releasing HD DVD, so there are a lot of eyes watching their every move. And there have been mixed reports over the past day. First up, Variety is reporting that … Continue reading →

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