Tag: blu ray
Microsoft hedging its bets about Blu-ray – still "talking to" Sony
Microsoft’s Jeff Bell, who has a really long job title so is clearly very important and must have an awesome car, says MS has “been talking to Blu-ray all along.”
The two-faced gits!
Although it hasn’t been talking about putting Blu-ray drives into Xbox 360s or anything as dramatic – it’s been trying to convince Team BR to use Microsoft’s HDi software, the clever bit of technology that added all the extra features to HD DVD…
Hitachi's DZ-BD9H straight-to-Blu-ray 1080p camcorder
What with the HD format war of ultimate tedium all but over, it’s time to sigh heavily and start buying things that have got Blu-ray drives in them. You might as well. We’ll all have to eventually.
Like this thing – the Hitachi DZ-BD9H high-definition camcorder. It takes mini 8cm Blu-ray discs (current UK RRP £14 each), which can store around an hour of footage…
BBC still committed to dual HD DVD and Blu-ray releases
The BBC has no plans to abandon HD DVD for its high-definition releases, despite the recent defection to Blu-ray of its distribution partner Warner Home Video. The Beeb says it’ll continue its policy of supporting both formats, following its policy with series like Planet Earth and Galapagos.
Buffalo Technology to launch external high definition and DVD drives in Europe
Buffalo Technology has announced that it will be launching a range of external DVD and high definition disc PC drives in Europe.
First up will be a top-of-range device capable of reading and writing to Blu-ray discs, and reading HD DVDs, as well as handling standard DVD media. It will come bundled with disc authoring software from Nero.
Opinion: Is Apple a bigger danger to our lives than Microsoft?
Jonathan Weinberg writes… I thought I could rely on Apple so this morning I awoke to disappointment in Steve Jobs after his Macworld announcements yesterday. I was sure he’d launch a new iPhone with either 3G or bigger storage memory, thus annoying the FOUR MILLION people who have now, like cult followers, signed up to the iPhone religion.
But it was a clever move. Save that announcement for a couple of months time, and bring a second-generation device out around a year after the first and no-one can have any complaints… can they? After all, technology is always changing and those of us who spend fortunes on gadgets and gizmos, only to see them bettered just weeks later, are fools of our own making. I do it, as much as you…
CES 2008: Microsoft confirms open to idea of Blu-ray drive for Xbox 360
It’s tempting to see every positive news development for Blu-ray as another nail in the coffin of HD DVD at the moment, which is simplifying the format war somewhat. But it’s a fact that Microsoft is key to any chance that HD DVD will survive, so the news that the company hasn’t ruled out releasing a Blu-ray drive for Xbox 360 will certainly cause a few ripples.
Rumours abound that Paramount is the latest studio to drop HD DVD in favour of Blu-ray
Further hammering the nail into HD DVD’s coffin, it appears Paramount is the latest film studio to drop the high-def format, after reports today from the Financial Times suggested they’re following Warner Brothers’ decision on Friday to back Blu-ray.
Paramount, DreamWorks Animation and Universal are the only real feathers to the format’s cap, and to lose another…
CES 2008: Blu-ray studios claim 85% share of HD hardware market, predict two million player sales in 2008
This evening’s Blu-ray press conference at CES was a predictably cheery affair, although thankfully without too many digs at HD DVD, and more focus on the state of the market, and plans for 2008.
CES 2008: Blu-ray set to kill off UMD as a PSP movie format
I’ve just published the liveblog of the Blu-ray press conference at CES (you can read it here), but one element in particular is worth pulling out. There was talk of a new feature where you’ll be able to put a Blu-ray disc in your PS3, and within seconds, have a copy of the movie ready to transfer to your PSP.
CES 2008: Blu-ray press conference liveblog
It’s safe to say this one could be somewhat triumphant. With rival format HD DVD having seen its CES press conference cancelled, the Blu-ray people could spend the next hour crowing.
