Bold Moves: WB Expands Apple TV Support

It’s not as if we thought the format war would end with the demise of HD DVD — or Blu-ray for that matter — which is the primary reason why our site’s title has gone unchanged. No, there are more format wars on the horizon. Whether we like it or not, digital downloads [...]

Paramount Blu-ray Plans Finally Revealed

Paramount has unveiled its initial release slate for Blu-ray Disc.
On May 20th they have scheduled the release of Face/Off, Next and Bee Movie, the last of which was due to be released Day and Date on HD DVD but was pulled after Toshiba quit the format.
The second wave will be released two weeks later when [...]

Blu-ray Momentum Slow According to Research Firm

Video Business is reporting that Blu-ray momentum is likely to remain slow for a year to 18 months according to ABI Research.
Consumers are likely to be waiting for future players with new interactivity technology such as Web-enabled BD Live and picture-in-picture functionality, the research firm said.
Also with a slowing U.S. economy, people will likely wait [...]

Managed Copy Still a Possibility for Blu-ray Disc

Home Media Magazine is reporting that managed copy may still be a reality after all.
The chairman of the Advanced Access Content System (AACS) Business Group and manager of AACS Licensing Administrator Michael Ayers disputed media reports that the final specifications of the AACS content protection system would not include Managed Copy for Blu-ray Disc.
AACS is [...]

Toshiba Releases Firmware 3.0 for First Gen HD DVD Players

In what very well may be the final update, Toshiba has released firmware version 3.0 for the HD-A1, HD-D1, and the HD-XA1 HD DVD players.

Toshiba says the firmware "Improves network connectivity for supporting the download of web-enabled network content associated with certain HD DVD discs, improves certain video and audio processing capabilities, and also addresses [...]

Blu-ray Exceeds 90 Percent of the HD Market Share

With the latest Nielsen VideoScan First Alert Data for the week ending April 20 we see that Blu-ray Disc has over 90% of the HD Media market share for the first time.
Blu-ray also gained a point against DVD selling 6 percent versus DVD at 94 percent when comparing the top 20 titles for each format.
With [...]

Where Did All The B1G1’s Go, Blu-ray?

Woe unto us.  Doesn’t it feel like enticing deals on Blu-ray discs are few and far between these days?  We sure think so.  It’s not like we didn’t see it coming, but it’s still putting a damper on our impulse BD’s nonetheless. 
It feels like just yesterday when the competition between HD DVD and Blu-ray was [...]

Netblender CEO John Harrington Answers A Few Questions About BD Touch

Netblender’s forthcoming “BD Touch” application brings BD Live integration to the iPhone, and that brought a few questions to mind. Netblender’s CEO John Harrington answers the questions we had regarding this new technology.
Tyler: What are the limits of the BD Touch framework? Can it write directly to the iPhone hardware? Like how [...]

Hot Deal: Blade Runner Blu-ray Only $19.95

If you happen to be one of the few people that don’t own Blade Runner on HD DVD/Blu-ray, then this is a deal you can’t pass up.
Amazon has the Blade Runner 5 disc Blu-ray collectors edition on sale for only $19.95! Heck we paid $34.99 at Best Buy for our copy, and it was [...]

Sound Off: What’s Your Auditory Weapon Of Choice?

We’re lovers of all types of auditory experiences — with the exception being papal oratories — but our favorite just so happens to be films.  Go figure. 
In particular, we especially love demo discs with which we can fully crank up our home theater systems, simultaneously enveloping ourselves in the heavy hitting sound field and [...]