Definitely exceeded expectations but you need to be prepared for some hardcore violence! Rambo Style!
21 July 2008
If you are shopping around for a stand alone Blu-ray Player, this review will assist you by giving information about the new Panasonic DMP-BD50. This is a player that generated a lot of high expectations for being one of the first to be fully complaint with profile 2.0. This is definitely among the best stand [...]
08 July 2008
It sounds amazing but Pioneer has developed a 16 layers Blu-ray Disc, which will be able to store up to 400GB. No, I did not add a zero by mistake! That is a lot of storage space for a disc, specially comparing with the 700MB CDs of a few years back. Even more amazing was [...]
01 July 2008
Tomorrow is the day Sony will release its PlayStation 3’s 2.40 firmware. Even though, to many people, this one won’t be as exciting as the 2.20 release it will carry some significant improvements. Version 2.40 will allow users to access the XrossMediaBar (XMB) system navigation menu, as well as introduce ‘trophies’ similar to the achievements [...]
01 July 2008
Onkyo, the Japanese company that has been around since the mid-40’s, is finally planning on a Blu-ray player debut! After their failure at the Onkyo DV-HD805 HD-DVD player (They admitted only selling 2,000 units! Absolutely embarrassing!) Onkyo will be releasing a Blu-ray player by the end of the year. No further details were disclosed but [...]
26 June 2008
Pioneer announced details, including (European) releasing info, on 4 new Blu-ray players! BDP-LX91: LX Line Reference Blu-ray disc player (BD-Live / Profile 2.0) BDP-LX08: LX Line ‘Designer’ Blu-ray disc player (BonusView / Profile 1.1) BDP-LX71: LX Line Blu-ray disc player (BonusView / Profile 1.1) BDP-51FD: Blu-ray disc player (BonusView / Profile 1.1) Although we already [...]
26 June 2008
I wouldn’t cancel my Blockbuster subscription yet but Sony has promised that they will start offering full movie downloads on their Playstation Network this summer. Yes, this summer! The new movie for PlayStation 3 home console will start in the U.S. and later in Europe and Japan! Kazuo Hirai, who heads Sony Corp.’s video game [...]
24 June 2008
Warner is catch up with other studios that already started releasing BD-Live titles earlier this year. On a During the keynote address at the Entertainment Supply Chain Academy conference, president of Warner Bros. Technical Operations Darcy Antonellis mentioned that they are working on the first web-enabled Blu-ray titles, which should be ready for release by [...]
24 June 2008
Whether you have or are planing on buying a Samsung Blu-ray player, we have some good news for you! Samsung launched a new website dedicated to their Blu-ray products. The site is divided in two areas “Blu-ray Owners” and “Looking to Buy”, consumers visiting the site will easily be able to access the information pertinent [...]
20 June 2008
These are the first 6x recordable BD media and Panasonic got a head start! The LM-BR25MD and LM-BR50MD will be released in Japan in July, at this time we do not have a estimated release date for Euroupe or US. The new discs will be available in two versions, 25GB (single sided/single layer) at [...]
18 June 2008
Even though we still do not have a 8x Blu-ray recorder on the market many companies are already getting things ready for it! One of them is the chip SCOMBO/UM2A, which will be one of the components that will make it possible. Current NEC drives can only burn Blu-ray at 5x, and many other [...]
