Blu-Ray Takes 73% of HD Sales in Europe

Published on November 29, 2007 to HDTV

Over one million Blu-ray movies have been sold in Europe, accounting for nearly three-fourths of all high-def discs in the overseas continent. Read more

Bee Movie, Other Paramount Titles Coming To Blu-ray

Published on April 30, 2008 to Digital Entertainment Miscellaneous

Los Angeles (CA) - Paramount Pictures has announced its first slate of new Blu-ray Disc (BD) titles to come out starting May 20. Read more

Fourth Generation Of Samsung Blu-ray Players On The Way

Published on April 29, 2008 to Home Theater

Seoul (South Korea) - Samsung has announced that it plans to bring the next generation of Blu-ray players to market this summer, bringing its first slate of devices that will support the new... Read more

Acer: Blu-ray Laptops To Account For 10% Of Shipments In 2008

Published on April 2, 2008 to Notebooks and Laptops

Amid the upcoming launch of notebooks with Blu-ray disc (BD) optical drives, Acer Taiwan president Scott Lin stressed that every step Acer takes, including its shipments goal for BD notebooks, is... Read more

Blu-ray Players Stuck Above $300

Published on August 11, 2008 to Home Theater

Pricewatch - HD DVD players are gone for almost half a year and the victorious Blu-ray format is plugging along, but there seems to be few convincing incentives for consumers to actually make... Read more

Pioneer Announces BD-Live Blu-ray Players

Published on May 7, 2008 to Home Theater

New York (NY) - Pioneer has announced two new Blu-ray players supporting BD-Live (now called Bonus View) and the HDMI 1. Read more

Panasonic Introduces $700 Blu-ray Player

Published on May 6, 2008 to Home Theater

Panasonic today announced that it will soon launch a new Blu-ray player that will cost $699 but will be compatible with new 'BD-Live' interactive features. Read more

Sony Details Next-gen Blu-ray Players

Published on February 26, 2008 to Digital Entertainment Miscellaneous

With its position all but sealed up as the king of high definition home media, Sony has shed some light on its next wave of Blu-ray Disc players, including new features like Internet connectivity. Read more

CES: Blu-ray Movies To Be Playable On PSP By Year's End

Published on January 8, 2008 to Event Coverage

Despite a nearly unprecedented level of anticipation, there really wasn’t much to take away from today’s Blu-ray press conference at CES, but a couple of the interactivity features seem promising. Read more

Lite-On Blu-ray Shipments Rising; Quanta to Begin Shipping Slim Drives in Q2

Published on March 17, 2008 to Components

Lite-On IT, the largest Taiwan-based maker of half-height (H/H) optical disc drives (ODDs), witnessed its monthly shipment volume of Blu-ray Disc (BD)-ROM drives increase from less than 10,000... Read more

Samsung Hit With Class Action Lawsuit Over Blu-ray Player

Published on February 11, 2008 to Digital Entertainment Miscellaneous

Samsung has been sued in the first class action lawsuit over a Blu-ray Disc player, as it faces allegations of selling a defective product that will never be able to play certain movies. Read more

Blu-Ray Beats HD DVD on Black Friday

Published on November 30, 2007 to HDTV

The first official weekend of the holiday shopping season gave a comfortable head start to Blu-ray in the high definition format war. Read more

Blu-ray Player on the Cheap! $149 from Samsung

Published on October 13, 2008 to Home Theater

Even after the dust has settled between Blu-ray and HD-DVD, the prices for Blu-ray players and movies in particular, haven’t gone down. Most decent Blu-ray players cost upwards of $500 and higher.... Read more

Sub $300 Funai NB500 Blu-ray Players Show Up In WalMart

Published on May 14, 2008 to Audio/Video Players

It seems Funai NB500 Blu-ray players have hit WalMart chains for the low price of $298. Reports began surfacing earlier today claiming the players had cropped up in several WalMart stores Read more

Hitachi Kicks Out Triple Media Blu-ray Camcorder

Published on August 11, 2008 to Digital Camcorders

Hitachi unveiled a new three format "hybrid" Blu-ray Disc camcorder which will let you record onto BD media. Read more