Important! Wake the kids! Breaking news! The newest breakthrough in consumer electronics is . . . DVD!!! At least that's what Toshiba thinks. You'll recall Toshiba was the prime mover and shaker of DVD, and hoped to continue its revenue...
Mark your calender. December 8th at the swank Beverly Hills Hotel. Be there or be square. Blu-con 1.0 will be a one-day summit for Blu-ray developers, marketers and producers. As the website says, "This workshop is designed to provide a forum...
Must we make a choice? While DVD is still king, Blu-ray and digital downloads seem to be battling for second place attention. Why? There's no doubt that digital downloads are cheap, convenient, and almost instantaneous. But, not everyone has...
Just days after Steve Jobs called Blu-ray a "bag of hurt," Amex Digital has announced a Blu-ray solution for Macs. Not some schlocky-looking external drive, this sleek, slim beauty is designed to complement Apple MacBooks, but it will...
Feeling lucky? How lucky? Do you wait until Black Friday to pick up a Blu-ray player for a great price, or trust that the price at the floundering Circuit City will be your best bet? For a limited time (guessing at that — they're listed in...
Ever wonder how Blu-ray is doing in other countries? According to the Blu-ray Disc Association, Europeans are taking up Blu-ray much faster than they embraced DVD after its introduction. In Blu-ray's first three years, it has outsold DVD by...
Data from shopping site Pricegrabber.com showing that Blu-ray player prices have increased since the beginning of the year hammers home the sting of the early-adopter trade-off: Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose. For savvy buyers of Blu-ray...
Currently, it is extremely hip to be hating on Blu-ray and to explain to all five people who read your blog that Blu-ray won't be successful because everyone is totally happy with their upconverting DVD players. The other herd mentality...
While you hear a lot about movie studios doing everything in their power to prevent illegal pirated copies, a new approach is emerging. Instead of fighting it, some Blu-rays come bundled with a DVD that contains Digital Copy versions of the movies....
If you happened to pick up I Am Legend the first time it was released on Blu-ray, you might want dump it on eBay while you're waiting for this. Really, or just toss it. Warner Bros. announced the Ultimate Collector's Edition of I Am Legend...