Panasonic DMP-B15 hands-on
While we got a quick look at the thing a few months ago, we were finally able to get our mitts all over Panasonic's new DMP-B15 portable Blu-ray player. With its bigger-than-a-laptop size and wild pricetag (for a consumer device), it's obviously a niche product, but that's not to say there aren……
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Pioneer & Sharp Blu-ray joint venture officially official
Pioneer and Sharp have officially finalized their deal to combine Blu-ray operations, completing the joint venture planned since Pioneer began navigating its way out of several businesses including its Kuro plasma HDTVs. The official PDF has all the details, but the salient points are that Pioneer will have ……
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ASUS unleashes USB 2.0 Blu-ray drive — government denies knowledge
ASUS has taken a pretty basic USB Blu-ray drive and given it a fine veneer of high-gloss looks. The SBC-04B1S-U isn't fancy stuff — 4.8x maximum Blu-ray disc reading, 8x DVD burning, a USB 2.0 connection, and Windows (but not OS X) compatibility. The bright blue 'X' on the side also flashes and ……
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Poll: How much would you pay to make a copy of a Blu-ray Disc?
Now that Hollywood is going to finally give us a way to make a copy of the movies we buy — and maybe rent — we wonder how much people are actually be willing to pay. It obviously should be somewhere between free and the original cost of the disc, and while we go back and forth about the idea of paying for ……

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Blu-ray releases on June 2nd 2009
What an improvement from last week's unimpressive slate. Not only do we have a few day-and-dates like Defiance and He's Just Not that into You, but we also have the greatest Blu-ray demo disc since Planet Earth from the BBC in the way of Nature's Most Amazing Events — yes they are very amazing, b……
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Blu-ray Disc Association working to create a standard for home 3D
Count the Blu-ray Disc Association as the latest to jump on the 3D standards bandwagon, announcing the formation of a task force to create a universal 3D home entertainment spec. It’s already been said that Blu-ray will be a great delivery mechanism for 3D, but without a standard, even incredible product……

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Sony's 400-disc BDP-CX7000ES Blu-ray Mega Changer reportedly coming soon
There’s no doubt that Sony has a 400-disc Blu-ray Mega Changer on the cooker — heck, we saw the thing last year at CEDIA — but up until now, there’s been no indication of its nearness to market. According to a vague Swiss product page and a report from Sony Insider, however, the launch date is inde……

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Watchmen movie / game Blu-ray combo on the way
Look out for another edition of the Watchmen Blu-ray disc hitting on or around the launch date of July 21, but this package — probably inspired by The Dark Knight's deep console ties — is a two disc set with the Director's Cut on one disc and the Watchmen: The End is Nigh Parts 1 and 2 videogame for……
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300: The Complete Experience double dips on Blu-ray July 21
It appears Warner has finally gotten around to this double dip, with the (re)release of 300: The Complete Experience. For fans (who will probably be in stores at launch July 21 picking up Zack Snyder’s Watchmen: Director’s Cut) there should be plenty to make up for the extras left out last time aroun……

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Videociety VOD service uses Blu-ray players with BD-Live
German production house Enteractive is readying its Blu-ray Java disc powered service Videociety that turns any BD-Live enabled Blu-ray player into an Internet delivered VOD box. Still unknown is what resolution movies will be offered in and which ones, although h.264 compression (with Dolby Digital 2.0 or 5……
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