Panasonic DMP-B15 hands-on

Posted in News by admin on the June 30th, 2009

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

Posted in News by admin on the June 30th, 2009

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

Posted in News by admin on the June 30th, 2009

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?

Posted in News by admin on the June 23rd, 2009

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 ……
Managed Copy

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Blu-ray releases on June 2nd 2009

Posted in News by admin on the 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……
Defiance Blu-ray

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