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Rate LG's LH55 series of 1080p, 240Hz LCDs now shipping

Original at Engadget external link    Wed, May 27

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By Tim Stevens Remember all those LCDs LG flooded us with at CES earlier this year? Another set of them is shipping, the LH55 models in sizes ranging from 37- to 55-inches. These don't have any of the fancy internet connectivity or wireless HDMI tricks offered by some of the company's more flash sets, but a...

Rate LG's LH55 series of 1080p, 240Hz LCDs now shipping

Original at Engadget HD external link    Wed, May 27

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By Tim Stevens Remember all those LCDs LG flooded us with at CES earlier this year? Another set of them is shipping, the LH55 models in sizes ranging from 37- to 55-inches. These don't have any of the fancy internet connectivity or wireless HDMI tricks offered by some of the company's more flash sets, but a...

Rate HDTV Ownership Jumps 73%, Fuels BD Growth

Original at Blu-ray.com external link    Wed, May 27

High-definition television ownership in the US jumped 73% in the past year (to about a third, up from 19.3% a year earlier), due to falling prices and the upcoming switch to all-digital broadcasts. The leap also fueled growth in spending on Blu-ray ...

Rate Spy Game on Blu-ray Disc: Review By Peter Suciu

Original at Bigpicturebigsound.com external link    Tue, May 26

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The picture is clear, but it really doesn't show off Blu-ray's capabilities. The sound is where the Blu-ray has gotten a nice boost from that of the DVD or even HD DVD versions. This one includes DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, and the sounds are stunning ... Best Buy holds new Blu-ray disc sale Punch Jump

Rate WWE: Wrestlemania XXV - 25th Anniversary (Blu-ray)

Original at Ray Reviews external link    Tue, May 26

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In case you missed it when it was a Pay Per View event back in April of 2009, the WWE has wasted no time getting the Wrestlemania 25th Anniversary special onto home video - Blu-ray even - so that HD wrestlemaniacs can relive the glory in the comfort of their own homes time and time again. So yeah,...

Rate A Bug’s Life Blu-ray Review

Original at dBTechno external link    Mon, May 25

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Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment Released: May 19, 2009 A Bug’s Life is long overdue in my opinion to receive a release on the Blu-ray format, but the wait has been well-worth it thanks to what Disney has done with this one! Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment has finally release...

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Original at MovieWeb external link    Thu, May 21

Before I begin my review I would like to note that this review is COMPLETLY spoiler free.You would ticked off if I revealed the ending. Anyway,the story to this film is simple.Back in the ole days{like 1345 ad}there was a group called the Illuminati. ...

Rate LG BD390 Wi-Fi Blu-ray Player Review: So Packed You'll Forget About Blu

Original at Gizmodo external link    Thu, May 14

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By Wilson Rothman There are four major contenders in the standalone Blu-ray player field right now: Samsung, Sony, Panasonic and LG. As of now, in the feature department, LG appears to be in the lead. Matt Moskovciak at CNet recently rated five Blu-ray players (not including this one), and picked Panasonic...

Rate Engadget HD Podcast 136 - 05.14.2009

Original at Engadget HD external link    Thu, May 14    9 related articles

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By Trent Wolbe 00:42:28 - Hands-on with the Samsung BD-P4600 Blu-ray player 00:57:30 - Sony Pictures responds to your poll results, discusses the future of BD-Live 01:16:45 - Ask Engadget HD: Best power and line conditioners for a big home theater?

Rate Star Trek Season 1 on Blu-ray is the Best Way to Watch [Review]

Original at Gizmodo external link    Fri, May 8

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By Jason Chen Here's what's new: they cleaned up the video so it looks nice in 1080p, and they added slightly improved special effects like the 3D models of planets when the Enterprise is in orbit. They might have made smaller touchups here and there, but you probably wouldn't notice unless you watched t...

Rate Samsung's Sleek BD-P4600 Blu-ray Player Lightning Review

Original at Gizmodo external link    Fri, May 1

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By Wilson Rothman What's the takeaway? For movies, even ill-gotten ones, it's a good box. Netflix and Pandora are surely only the beginning, too. If Amazon Video on Demand is already on Panasonic, Sony, TiVo and Roku products, it's surely a matter of time before they sign with Ole Sammy. Ditto for Rhapsody, wh...

Rate Patch: Week recap: PS3 FFVII Blu-ray; Xbox 360 Elite; Wii sales

Original at Punch Jump external link    Sun, Apr 26

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Sony this week said that NBC Universal TV shows are now available in HD on PSN. HD shows include 30 Rock, Heroes, and The Office. Sony this week released patch 1.24 to Killzone 2. The update addresses various game issues and adds three new ranks and a ...

Rate Engadget HD Podcast 133 - 04.22.2009

Original at Engadget HD external link    Wed, Apr 22

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By Ben Drawbaugh 00:34:45 - Moxi HD DVR initial impressions 00:57:15 - Analyst: '09 YTD Blu-ray sales double those of '08, 10.5 million Blu-ray households in the U.S. 01:05:05 - HD 101: How to use Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD with your PS3 01:16:03 - BBC breaks down the new DRM rules for Blu-ray recorders

Rate Engadget HD Podcast 131 - 04.08.2009

Original at Engadget HD external link    Wed, Apr 8

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By Trent Wolbe 15:42 - Snow White's Blu-ray debut is October 6 19:56 - Blockbuster voices "substantial doubt" about ability to survive 25:45 - At $1 a day Redbox is perfect for consumers, not so much for Hollywood 39:56 - TiVo update brings pause menu ads to Series3 & TiVo HD owners

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Original at youtube.com "Blu ray" OR Bluray OR BluRay OR Blu external link    Thu, Apr 2

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The autoplay popup appears each time you insert a CD, DVD, HD DVD or Blu-ray disc in your computer. This tutorial will show you how to customize ... it.truveo.com

Rate The Chronicles of Riddick Blu-ray Review

Original at dBTechno external link    Tue, Mar 10

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Blu-ray Review Universal Studios Home Entertainment Release: March 31, 2009 Universal Studios Home Entertainment will release The Chronicles of Riddick later this month on the Blu-ray format, and is hoping to make quite a splash with it.

Rate Mac Mini 2009 Review [Review]

Original at Gizmodo external link    Thu, Mar 5

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By Wilson Rothman For instance, it would either take a cheap Y-cable for analog stereo out, or a Toslink-to-mini optical cable ($2.24 at Monoprice) that could connect to a receiver for surround sound. It would also take a video adapter of some kind. Many TVs have DVI or VGA inputs, and all now have HDMI inputs, s...

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Original at YouTube external link    Sun, Mar 1

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By rss@youtube.com (hallwoodsgadgets) This shows you how to put bluray mkv files onto dvd. Author: hallwoodsgadgets Keywords: bluray mkv hd Added: March 1, 2009

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Original at YouTube external link    Sun, Mar 1

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By rss@youtube.com (11Sqd3) This is a Tutorial on how to make HD Videos on Windows Movie Maker in Windows XP! Please Comment and Rate and Please Subscribe!!! If you have any Problems when Doing the Tutorial please Comment me!! Keywords: How to make Videos Microsoft Silverlight Yahoo Google HD Blu Ray 1280p 720p Youtu...

Rate Engadget HD Podcast 122 - 02.11.2009

Original at Engadget HD external link    Tue, Feb 10

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By Trent Wolbe 20:54 - Pioneer reportedly ending TV production, spinning off DVD business 30:27 - Panasonic drops the axe on DMP-BD35 Blu-ray player 35:47 - Xbox Live tallies 1 million Netflix Watch Instantly activations, 1.5 billion minutes served

Rate Madagascar Escape 2 Africa Blu-ray Review

Original at dBTechno external link    Tue, Feb 10

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Paramount Home Entertainment Released: February 6, 2009 Paramount Home Entertainment has released Madagascar Escape 2 Africa, the hit sequel on the Blu-ray format for the first time. Madagascar Escape 2 Africa was a very popular sequel when it released in the box office, and for good re...

Rate Netflix earnings call roundup: Testing Saturday shipments, 700k Blu-ray subscribers and even more streaming

Original at Engadget HD external link    Fri, Jan 30

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By Richard Lawler All week, we've seen stats, figures and speculation based on Netflix's earnings call leaking out, and here's a few more interesting notes gathered from around the Internet for those not glued to their speakerphone Monday. Checking in to the party was always talkative analyst Michael Pa...

Rate Opinion: Why Are People Talking About 'Why Blu-Ray Will Succeed'?

Original at Ubergizmo external link    Wed, Jan 14

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During CES, I got asked many times if I thought that Blu-Ray will succeed. And today, I'm receiving an email from "The Blu-Ray Press Office" in which they use an article from CNET to convince me that Blu-Ray will succeed (the alternative is getting stuck with DVDs forever). The nine points fr...

Rate Pioneer intros BDP-120 / BDP-320 / Elite BDP-23FD Blu-ray players

Original at Engadget external link    Thu, Jan 8

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By Darren Murph Pioneer has put a few new BD-related products of late in other regions of the world, but America has been longing for a fresh line of Blu-ray decks from the outfit for months. At long last, we're being treated to a shiny new Profile 2.0 trio: the BDP-120, BDP-320 and the RS-232C-packin' Elite B...

Rate Even in Recession, CES To Have Stuff Worth Seeing

Original at Sci-Tech Today external link    Wed, Jan 7

For instance, Sony Corp., Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc. will introduce new flat-panel TV sets that provide smoother-looking action scenes, 3-D capabilities and Internet connections that can download movies, weather data and screen savers. With high-definition TVs n...

Rate Patch: AnyDVD (HD) 6.5.0.7 Update

Original at DriverHeaven.net external link    Wed, Dec 31

By Iria New (Blu-ray): More support for new version of the BD+ copy protection All remaining discs with the new BD+ protection should work now, e.g. Shareware 6.5.0.7 2008 12 31 - New (Blu-ray): More support for new version of the BD+ copy protection All remaining discs with the new BD+ protection...

Rate What Blu-ray needs to do in 2009 in order to gain ground

Original at Engadget HD external link    Mon, Dec 29

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By Darren Murph Just think about it -- the move from VHS to DVD was almost entirely unlike the transition from DVD to Blu-ray. In the former example, the quality improvement was incredible. Rewinding became a thing of the past. Full blown surround sound was introduced. Special features and tasty extras were...

Rate VUDU: Best Tech Gadget Of 2008

Original at Digital Media Online external link    Sat, Dec 13

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By Heath McKnight The VUDU movie/TV show download device! I love the VUDU, let me tell you!  I was able to get one way back in January, during the 2008 CES (Consumer Electronics Show), and when I hooked it up to the Vizio I was reviewing, and then onto the Internet, it was like heaven! 

Rate Patch: Firmware Update For Netflix HD Streaming on Samsung BD Players Available Now [Netflix Streaming]

Original at Gizmodo external link    Wed, Dec 3

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By John Mahoney Just as planned, Samsung has loosed a firmware upgrade (version 2.1) for its BD-P2500 and BD-P2550 Blu-ray decks that now supports Netflix streaming in glorious 720p. Go grab it now. [Thanks, Ari!]

Rate Engadget HD Podcast 112 - 11.21.2008

Original at Engadget HD external link    Fri, Nov 21

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By Trent Wolbe 22:10 - Xbox Experience now available to all who signed up, Netflix HD streams too 25:05 - Microsoft exec touts HD streaming over discs, suggests Xbox 360 will outlast PS3 28:09 - Ask Engadget HD: Best gaming / movie console: Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3?

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Original at Google Video external link    Thu, Nov 20

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The autoplay popup appears each time you insert a CD, DVD, HD DVD or Blu-ray disc in your computer. This tutorial will show you how to customize ... video.google.com

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Original at YouTube external link    Wed, Nov 19

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By rss@youtube.com (Act2Scene5) http://www.digitaldrake.com/dvd-next-copy-ultimate/ Review and tutorial of DVD neXt COPY Ultimate. Copies DVD to DVD movies, converts DVD to iPod, Zune, and PSP; copies and burns Blu-ray discs. Keywords: dvd next copy ultimate dvdnextcopy to ipod zune psp blu-ray disc burn

Rate Wall-E Three Disc Special Edition Blu-ray Lightning Review [Review]

Original at Gizmodo external link    Tue, Nov 18

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By Mark Wilson The Product: Wall-E (Three-Disc Special Edition + Digital Copy and BD Live). It features the movie, obviously, along with enough extra content to keep Wall-E stacking little featurette cubes for years. The Price: $40 retail, though it's $25 at places like Amazon

Rate Podcast: Vista Capable Still Not Capable

Original at Dvorak Uncensored external link    Mon, Nov 17

By John C Dvorak Mark Cuban in trouble for insider trading. Vista Capable suit causing problems. Obama is going to have to stop using the Blackberry. Look for the AVCHD fake Blu-ray discs. Intel rolls the i7 as AMD rolls the Shanghai. Google has new sketch-up art program click ► to listen:   Right click [...]

Rate Podcast: Apple Says NO to Blu-ray

Original at mevio.com external link    Wed, Oct 15

McCain's campaign videos constantly yanked from YouTube as someone sends in bogus DMCA take down notice. Obama putting himself into video games. Huge Spambot net shut down. Apple says no to Blu-Ray. Sharp, meanwhile, will have a Blu-ray recorder in a new TV. Garriott in space! Open Office 3 no...

Rate Podcast: Apple Says NO to Blu-ray

Original at btpodshow.com external link    Wed, Oct 15

McCain's campaign videos constantly yanked from YouTube as someone sends in bogus DMCA take down notice. Obama putting himself into video games. Huge Spambot net shut down. Apple says no to Blu-Ray. Sharp, meanwhile, will have a Blu-ray recorder in a new TV. Garriott in space! Open Office 3 no...

Rate Giz Explains: Why HD Video Downloads Aren't Very High Def

Original at Gizmodo external link    Wed, Sep 10

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By matt buchanan As you can see, regular DVD runs at about 6-8 megabits per second. High-def iTunes content, despite having a higher resolution, is half that, a mere 4Mbps. Vudu's current HD movies is also about 4Mbps, if you've got the pipes. Xbox Live Marketplace has the highest bitrate—and indeed, often g...

Rate Oppo BDP-S83 Blu-ray Player May Be First (Almost) Universal Disc Reader

Original at Gizmodo external link    Fri, Sep 5

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By Wilson Rothman First, we can tell it's going to be a step up from the bottom rung due to the presence of Ethernet port—signifying BD-Live (Blu-ray Profile 2.0) capability—and analog 7.1 outputs. But what takes it beyond other players are the SACD and DVD-Audio logos on there. No current Blu-ray player can ha...

Rate Pioneer Sneaks Out $2200 Elite BDP-09FD; First Blu-ray Player That Crushes the PS3

Original at Gizmodo external link    Fri, Aug 22

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By Wilson Rothman Pioneer says all of the engineering is so that this can be a single box that replaces some home theater snob's high-end CD player, DVD player and previous-gen Blu-ray player, blowing each in turn out of the water. It's also got that crazy CD-playback technique first seen on Pioneer's summe...

Rate Pioneer Elite SC-07 and SC-05 Flagship Receivers (Plus the VSX-03TXH and VSX-01TXH)

Original at Gizmodo external link    Wed, May 7

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By Brian Lam Our flagship A/V receiver, the Susano, represents the pinnacle of high-end design and engineering in home theater equipment. We are now delivering that premium experience into our core line of Elite A/V receivers," said David Bales, audio marketing manager for the home entertainment...

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Rate Format War: Next Gen SlapFest: HD DVD Responds to Blu-ray's Target Exclusivity

Original at Gizmodo.com external link    Thu, Jul 26

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By Jason Chen HD DVD Statement: Target will continue to carry the Xbox 360 HD DVD drive as well as HD DVD titles so we don't see much of a change in their plans to carry both formats. In fact, they continue to sell Toshiba HD DVD players on their website. Sony appears to have bought an end cap, just as HD DVD has in...

Rate Officially Official: Samsung Finally Announces Its BD-UP5000 Blu-ray HD DVD Hybrid Player, plus HT-BD2 Blu-ray Home Theater and Two More BD-Ps

Original at Gizmodo.com external link    Tue, Jul 24

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By Wilson Rothman Samsung is excited to introduce a new line of high-definition players that will enrich the theater experience at home," said Reid Sullivan, vice president of Digital AV marketing at Samsung Electronics. "In 2007, the market for stand-alone high def players will grow more than 6 times to...

Rate Home Entertainment: Samsung's Next Gen Blu-ray BD-P1400 and BD-2400

Original at Gizmodo.com external link    Wed, Jul 11

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By Brian Lam The HDMI 1.3 connection also offers HDMI CEC (Anynet+) technology, allowing consumers to use a single remote control to operate the BD player, TV and other A/V products from Samsung. Additionally, each model is able to up-convert standard DVD discs to full HD 1080p resolution via the HDMI...

Rate How To: Install Ubuntu on PlayStation 3

Original at Lifehacker external link    Fri, Jun 29

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By Kyle Pott The Ubuntu documentation project has a writeup on how to install Ubuntu on PlayStation 3. In case you didn't know, the swanky PS3 allows you to install alternative operating systems with relative ease. The tutorial demonstrates how to partition the PS3's hard drive and install any flavor...

Rate Sony Unveils the World’s Smallest AVCHD High-Definition Camcorder

Original at TechSmec.com external link    Mon, Apr 30

By webmaster The new models support the AVCHD camcorder recording format based on the MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 codec for video compression and Dolby® digital audio. In addition to high-quality video, they provide an exceptional audio experience with built-in Dolby Digital 5.1-channel surround sound reco...

Rate Podcast: Coolness Roundup on Sirius: HD DVD vs. Blu-ray Showdown

Original at Gizmodo external link    Thu, Mar 8

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By Charlie White Check out Coolness Roundup on Sirius Stars 102 tonight at 12:30 Pacific, where Gizmodo's Charlie White, along with Stephen Schleicher of Sci Fi Tech present a heated discussion about HD DVD vs. Blu-ray, spouting statistics and opinions that might just sway you one way or the other.

Rate Opinion: Frankenfight: Blu-ray vs. HD DVD, Formats Not Equal [Feature]

Original at Gizmodo external link    Wed, Feb 21

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By Mark Wilson Why HD DVD bonus features are winning:The confusion is vexing with interactive features...the HD DVD group [made] support of the HDi authoring environment mandatory as part of their spec. That means that all HD DVD players bearing the logo must fully support the feature, which is why early H...

Rate First Review: LG BH100 Hybrid Blu-Ray/HD-DVD Player (Verdict: Format War Still Blazing)

Original at Gizmodo external link    Wed, Jan 24

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By Brian Lam We got the LG BH100 in the mail yesterday. It does what claims to do — be the very first high definition disc player that is compatible with both Blu-ray and HD-DVD. But don't wave the white flag in the format war quite yet. Our first grope reveals a few flaws that keep me from recommending this pla...

Rate Engadget Podcast 096 - 01.08.07

Original at Engadget external link    Mon, Jan 8

By Randall Bennett 02:26 - Live from the Sony Keynote 06:52 - Sony Vaio VGX-TP1 announced, loaded up with HDMI out, DVD burner 21:33 - Microsoft announces the HP TouchSmart PC 32:15 - LG's BH100 hybrid Blu-ray & HD DVD player: $1,199 39:00 - Live coverage of Verizon's press conference

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