Items tagged with 'Blu-ray Player'

Toshiba Confirms Blu-ray Notebook PCs And Players Coming This Year

Toshiba Confirms Blu-ray Notebook PCs And Players Coming This Year

We already knew as much, but today Toshiba has made it extra official: it's joining the Blu-ray camp. For those unaware (yes, all six of you), Toshiba was far and away HD DVD's largest supporter during the format's boom years. After a long, hard-fought battle with Blu-ray that spanned nearly 24 months, HD DVD finally folded... Read More
Pioneer Ships Three New BDP Blu-ray Players

Pioneer Ships Three New BDP Blu-ray Players

While Blu-ray no longer has HD DVD to compete with, the format is still a long ways from being completely dominate. In fact, we'd argue that it's still battling with DVD and online downloads, and given the surge in popularity of the latter, we're not confident that BD will ever have the upper hand. That said, videophiles... Read More
Harman Kardon Launches BDP 10 Blu-ray Player

Harman Kardon Launches BDP 10 Blu-ray Player

The world hardly needs another Blu-ray player that only a few in a hundred can afford, but that's exactly what we're getting with Harman Kardon's latest. Granted, this one's aimed directly at the high-end market, so we'll certainly cut it some slack there. The BDP-10 is a Blu-ray / DVD player that can also play back multimedia... Read More
Blu-ray Disc Sales Soar

Blu-ray Disc Sales Soar

Despite the poor economy, one product did particularly well this holiday season: the Blu-ray Disc. Recent figures indicate a tripling of sales from the previous year. It’s been quite the year for Blu-ray. If you’ll recall, Warner Brothers withdrew its support for Blu-ray’s competitor, HD-DVD, just before CES last year.... Read More
Allio 42-inch HDTV with  PC and Blu-ray Player

Allio 42-inch HDTV with PC and Blu-ray Player

It use to be that the big buzz word going around the industry was convergence.  In the multimedia living room of tomorrow, a melding of the capabilities of various entertainment center components, along with the computer functionalities, is the end goal that will culminate into a more intelligent, connected entertainment... Read More
$200 Blu-Ray Players In 2009?

$200 Blu-Ray Players In 2009?

Now that Blu-ray has won the format wars, many are wondering when the prices are going to start dropping, maybe even coming into line with HD DVD player prices.  Don't hold your breath:The $200-player Blu-ray cavalry is at least a year away, according to Sony Electronics CEO Stan Glasgow, who we talked to today in... Read More
Sony Announces Cheap Blu-Ray Player

Sony Announces Cheap Blu-Ray Player

Sony has lowered the price of their Playstation gaming console by $100.  Or they'll sell you  a new model with an improved 80 GB drive at the old $ 599 price point. While Microsoft is busy going through the couch cushions looking for a billion dollars to fix all the Xbox 360s with the "Red Ring Of Death," this move will... Read More
PS3 Gets A PS2-ectomy In European Clinic; Condition Downgraded To Blu-Ray Player

PS3 Gets A PS2-ectomy In European Clinic; Condition Downgraded To Blu-Ray Player

Sony's taking a beating with their latest generation console, the PS3. In an effort to save money, the european version won't have a PS2 chip in it to make it backwards compatible for existing games and will rely on software to achieve the same result.   "The method used for playing PS2 games is going to be... Read More
Sony Gives Us Cheaper Blu-Ray Players, But Why Not Just Get A PS3?

Sony Gives Us Cheaper Blu-Ray Players, But Why Not Just Get A PS3?

Sony announced recently that it will be offering stand-alone Blu-Ray players for as cheap as $599 with the coming release of the Sony BDP-S300 Blu-Ray player. Sony's first stand-alone Blu-Ray players debuted at prices just under $1000, so the price cut of $400 is definitely a major plus for those looking to add a Blu-Ray... Read More
Sony Delays Blu-Ray Player Until October

Sony Delays Blu-Ray Player Until October

Recently scheduled to appear this August, Sony's first Blu-Ray player has received another delay, this time slipping until October. This puts the player's release date close to Sony's projected Playstation 3 release date, and a bit further away from Samsung's June 25th release. "It had been assumed that... Read More
Panasonic Blu-Ray Player Launching in June

Panasonic Blu-Ray Player Launching in June

The Register is claiming that Panasonic is preparing to launch one of the industry's first Blu-Ray players in June. The strange aspect of this launch however, is the fact that the player will not be able to play Blu-Ray movies out of the box as there is no bundled software to support this functionality. So essentially,... Read More
Panasonic to roll out Blu-ray player in September

Panasonic to roll out Blu-ray player in September

Panasonic said will start selling a Blu-ray high-definition disc player in September for under $1,500 and sees up to 5 million of these new DVD players sold industry-wide in their first year."We think adoption will be strong, based on broad support. For the first 12 months, we expect 4 million to 5 million units to be sold... Read More