Archive for February, 2008

Will New Blu-ray Drives Suck Your Laptop Battery Dry? (Wired News)

One reason Blu-ray drives haven’t shown up in many notebook PCs may be that early versions of the drives are power hogs, eating up so much battery life that you might only get halfway through a movie before needing to plug in. […]

DreamWorks’ Blu-ray Blues: Still Tied to HD DVD (CRN)

DreamWorks finds itself locked into HD DVD even though Blu-ray has won the high-def format war.
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A New Look At Blu-ray Now HD DVD Is Dead (CBS News)

After years of contentious battle between two competing high-definition DVD standards, Toshiba, the primary backer of HD DVD, on February 19th conceded defeat. HD DVD is dead. Long live Blu-ray.
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DreamWorks’ Blu-ray Blues: Still Tied to HD DVD (ChannelWeb)

DreamWorks finds itself locked into HD DVD even though Blu-ray has won the high-def format war.
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Watch Blu-ray films on your PC with the Philips PLDS DX-401S optical drive (Tech Digest via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)

A new Blu-ray optical drive has been announced from Philips and Lite-On Digital Solutions, the excitingly-named DX-401S.
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Sony BD-RDL Recordable Dual Layer Disc - 50gb, 2X (Electronics)

Sony BD-RDL Recordable Dual Layer Disc - 50gb, 2X (Electronics)By Sony
Buy new: $47.99$34.99 Customer Rating: Customer tags: blu-ray(11), sony(2)

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Alien vs. Predator / Alien vs. Predator: Requiem (Two-Pack) [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray)

Alien vs. Predator / Alien vs. Predator: Requiem (Two-Pack) [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray)
Buy new: $69.98$48.95 Customer tags: blu-ray(4), playstation 3, high definition, ps3

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NetFlix to Expand Blu-ray Selection The by-mail rental service expects demand to rise. (TVPredictions.com)

Washington, D.C. (February 28, 2008) — NetFlix says it will quadruple its selection of Blu-ray discs to meet the growing demand for the high-def format.
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