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Blu-ray Win Could Sting Netflix Renters
SV Staff  |  Mar 04, 2008
Blu-ray's victory over HD DVD in the high-definition format war has given owners of Blu-ray players a sense of smug satisfaction and the right to infinite I-told-you-sos. But for Blu-ray-owning Netflix subscribers, the end of the format war...
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Blu-ray Won!!! Yay???
SV Staff  |  May 01, 2008
The consumer electronics industry breathed a collective sigh of relief when the war between HD DVD and Blu-ray was won by Blu-ray. Another surrender ceremony was recently completed as Paramount announced that they are abandoning the HD DVD format...
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Blu-ray's BD-Live Copy Hack
SV Staff  |  Nov 07, 2008
Nothing's safe anymore, is it? The folks over at the Doom9 forum just posted an update to their Blu-ray disc copying software. What's included now?The software is one of the first, as far as we know, to copy the BD-Live extension. Blu-ray...
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Blu-ray's future glimpsed at Blu-Con 2.0
SV Staff  |  Nov 04, 2009
Yesterday's annual Blu-Con 2.0 conference in Los Angeles delivered a progress update on Blu-ray Disc and many of the advanced technologies associated with it. The conference took place at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, and was organized...
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Blu-ray's Invincible Copy Protection Breached
SV Staff  |  Mar 20, 2008
Industry analysts like to say that part of the reason Blu-ray won the high-def format war against HD DVD was because of Blu-ray promised Hollywood rock-solid copy protection against illegal pirating of movies. Well, that was short-lived. This week...
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Blu-ray, "A Bag of Hurt"
SV Staff  |  Oct 14, 2008
Wow, Steve Jobs is telling it like it is. Well, telling it like he thinks it is. Engadget is reporting from Steve Job's keynote speech. The Apple Computer honcho said, "Blu-ray is just a bag of hurt. It's great to watch the movies, but the...
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Blu-ray. Have You Heard of It?
SV Staff  |  Apr 04, 2008
Sit down at a cafe in Paris and begin talking about your latest Blu-ray movie purchase, and odds are your French neighbors will have no idea what you're talking about. Try the same at a Manhattan bar and the barflies will likely get the gist. ...
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Blu-ray: Must Have Versus Most Wanted
SV Staff  |  Dec 12, 2008
It's that time of year when lists start coming out. Kind of like New Year's resolutions -- unavoidable this time of the year. However, there are two lists that are quite interesting.The first is one right here at Sound & Vision....
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Blue Laser DVD—Possible HDTV Recorder?
Barry Willis  |  Jun 24, 2001

If it were legal, how would you record a high definition television program? High-definition digital video signals propagate at a data rate of 24Mbits/second, a rate that would quickly fill up the approximately five gigabytes of storage available on standard recordable DVDs. That's barely enough to record a half-hour sitcom, if the commercials were deleted.

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Blue Laser Leapfrog
Scott Wilkinson  |  May 30, 2005

Despite the ongoing rumors of back-room talks aimed at averting a format war over the next generation of blue-laser optical discs, each camp is continuing to develop its own standard. In our <A href="http://www.ultimateavmag.com/news/051605HDDVD/">last report</A> on this game, Toshiba had announced a 3-layer HD DVD with 45GB of storage capacity. Now, TDK has upped the ante again by announcing that they've developed a 4-layer Blu-ray Disc (BD) prototype with a total capacity of 100GB; each layer holds 25GB, just as in single- and dual-layer BDs.

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Blue Movies Go Blu
SV Staff  |  Jun 10, 2008
Most folks acknowledge that a certain faction of the video industry fueled the rapid growth of both VHS technology and more recently, DVD Video. Now, Digital Playground,(link is not appropriate for work or kiddies) a leader in the adult video biz...
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Bluesound Announces Updates for Streaming Portfolio
Bob Ankosko  |  May 10, 2021
Bluesound, the sister company of Canada’s NAD and PSB specializing in wireless streaming gear, today announced the next generation of its popular Node hi-res music streamer and PowerNode streaming amplifier.
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Bluesound Knocks $200 Off Price of Award-Winning Pulse Soundbar
SV Staff  |  Mar 01, 2018
Bluesound, sister company of audio stalwarts NAD and PSB, today announced a price cut for its Pulse Soundbar, one of only three soundbars to make Sound & Vision’s prestigious 2017 Top Picks of the Year list.
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Bluesound Previews Streaming Hub for Legacy Devices
Bob Ankosko  |  May 10, 2022
Bluesound, the sister company of Canada’s NAD and PSB specializing in wireless streaming gear, has announced an accessory hub that turns any wired analog or digital audio source into an app-controllable multiroom streaming player.
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Bluesound Ships Wireless Speaker Link
SV Staff  |  Jul 25, 2017
Bluesound, sister company of audio stalwarts NAD and PSB, has announced the availability of the RT100 wireless speaker link that enables any active subwoofer to be connected wirelessly to its Top Pick-designated Pulse Soundbar.
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