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Blu-ray News In Brief

18th July 2007

It was reported by channel register that a leading Blu-ray drive maker will cut its prices by 15%.

4th July 2007

Price Cuts on HD DVD player

It has been widely reported that Toshiba plans to cut the price of HD DVD players in order to regian ground on Sonys Blu-ray format in the format wars.

 

18th June 2007

 

Blockbuster goes Blu-ray

 

it was reported on BBC.co.uk that film rental giant Blockbuster is set to focus on Blu-ray as its HD format. Blockbuster looks set to rent only Blu-ray discs and not HD DVD this good be a major blow to the HD DVD format.

 

 

18th May 2007

 

X Box 360 will not support Blu-ray

It has been widely reported on the internet that Microsoft has finally confirmed that the X-box 360 will not support Blu-ray.

 

3rd May 2007

 

HD DVD Crack Published on the net

The crack for copying HD DVD was published on the internet yesterday. Although the administrators at Digg.com were forced by a court order to take it down it is now in the public domain.

 

16th April 2007

Samsung to support Blu-ray and HD DVD

It has been widely reported across the internet that Samsung will be supporting both the Blu-ray and the HD DVD formats.

 

3rd April 2007

Ulead to offer HD DVD and Blu-ray burning features

It was reported on Engadethd.com that Corel’s new version of Ulead will support both Blu-ray and HD DVD burning.

 

29th March 2007

TDK launches Blu-ray printable media

It was reported on www.Microboards.co.uk that TDK has launched the first Blu-ray media to be compatible with existing disc printers.

 

26th March 2007

Xbox to support Blu-ray?

It has been reported by www.totally360.com the Microsoft Xbox will support the Blu-ray format, should it win the war of the formats.
The Xbox 360 already gives the gamer an option of an add-on for HD-DVD with a separate drive, and the option of adding a Blu-ray drive can only help the X-box 360 in its battle against PS3.

 

5th March 2007

"Blu-ray and PS3 the best decision we ever made" claims Sony

It was reported by www.dailytech.com that Sony is standing firmly behind the decision to include a Blu-ray disc player in the PS3, claiming its one of the best decisions they ever made.

 

28th Feb 2007

Blu-ray beating HD DVD…………. Just

According to Nielsen VideoScan data cited by VideoStoreMag, 100 units of Blu-ray titles have been sold in the US for every 98.71 units of HD DVD. Putting Blu-ray in the lead in the HD DVD war.

 

February 20th

Sony to announce production technology initiative

It was reported on assodigitale.it that Sony is set to announce an initiative to encourage companies to develop further technology to work with its Blu-ray system. It is believed the initiative will be announced in the coming weeks.

February 15th 2007

Sharp Develops Blu-ray player

It was reported by T3 that Sharp has come down on the side of Blu-ray by releasing its first Blu-ray player

 

February 9th 2007

LG combination Blu-ray HD DVD Drive hits stores

The arrive of the new LG combination Blu-ray HD DVD drive has been widely reported. The drive has been criticized for perpetuating the HD DVD Blu-ray format war but could prove ideal for people unsure of which way to go in the format wars.

 

February 5th 2007

Blu-ray claims victory over HD DVD

It was reported in ERT weekly that the Blu-ray Association has declared a victory over the HD DVD next-generation DVD format at the CES show, with its announcement about a number of companies releasing content on its format. The format has the support of seven out of the eight major Hollywood studios and two of the biggest players in the music industry. Andy Parsons, chair of the Association says that the shipping of 1m Sony PlayStation 3 units to the US in 2006, which feature a Blu-ray Disc drive, has helped create momentum for the format. According to market analyst Understanding & Solutions the market share for Blu-ray Disc will increase in 2007 and is expecting virtually all HD optical disc hardware sold to be Blu-ray by 2010

 

February 1st 2007

Blu-ray winning the games development war?

It was reported by the BBC that the Blu-ray association has claimed major games developers Electronic Arts and Vivendi have committed to supporting the Blu-ray format.

 

Januray 30th 2007

Sony profit down because of Blu-ray?

www.typredictions.com reported that Blu-ray is damaging Sonys profits . It was reported that a reduction in profits could be due to the cost of developing Blu-ray and including a Blu-ray player with the Playstaion 3.

Blu-ray Encryption cracked

January 23rd 2007

It was reported by www.bit-tech.net that the encryption method for preventing Blu-ray discs from being copied has been cracked. This puts Blu-ray on a level playing field with HD DVD which has also allegedly been cracked.

 

Sony says no to blue movies on Blu-ray

January 19th 2007

It was reported on www.digitmag.co.uk that Sony has said it will not work with the adult film industry to help put their movies onto its Blu-ray Discs. Sony has not said that it will actively work to prevent the release of such films however.

 

Latest Bond to be released on Blu-ray

January 18th 2007

It was reported on www.hereshow.ca that the latest James Bond film Casino Royale is set to be released on Blu-ray Disc.

 

Hybrid HD DVD/ Blu-Ray Player to be released in February?

January 15th, 2007

It has been reported by engadgethd.com that the date for the release of LG combo Blu-ray and HD DVD drive could be is early as the 4th of February.