Samsung Adds YouTube, Blockbuster, MKV, Support To Blu-ray Players

Samsung has officially added YouTube, Blockbuster, and .MKV/.MP4 support to select Blu-ray players via a free firmware update. Owners of the BD-P1600, BD-P3600, and BD-P4600, are currently eligible for the upgrade, there is currently no word on any of these features coming to other Samsung Blu-ray players. Those attending Cedia 2009 (September 10-13) will be able to [...]

Blu-ray New Releases for 9-8-2009

The following are the Blu-ray new releases for Tuesday, September 8th, 2009. Catwoman Warner Home Video Retail: $28.99 Amazon: $14.99 Crank 2: High Voltage Lionsgate Retail: $39.99 Amazon: $19.99 Creepshow Warner Home Video Retail: $28.99 Amazon: $14.99 Dance Flick Paramount Retail: $39.99 Amazon: $25.99 Dead Calm Warner Home Video Retail: $28.99 Amazon: $14.99 Equator: Reefs [...]

Blu-ray New Releases for 9-1-2009

The following are the Blu-ray new releases for Tuesday, September 1st, 2009. Braveheart Paramount Retail: $39.99 Amazon: $22.49 Bring It On: Fight to the Finish Universal Studios Retail: $39.98 Amazon: $26.99 Cozy Cracklin’ Fireplace Timeless Media Group Retail: $14.98 Amazon: $7.99 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation – The Ninth Season Paramount Retail: $89.99 Amazon: $61.99 Disney [...]

PC Blu-ray Players Not Taking Over

While the success of Blu-ray players and movies is controversial depending on who you ask, the PC market for Blu-ray is not so gray. A recent study by iSuppli Corp has found by the year 2013 only 16.3% of PC’s will ship with Blu-ray drives, up 3.6% from 2009. If iSuppli is to be believed, [...]

Blu-ray New Releases for 8-25-2009

The following are the Blu-ray new releases for Tuesday, August 25th, 2009. Adventureland Miramax Retail: $44.99 Amazon: $25.99 Children of the Corn Anchor Bay Retail: $29.97 Amazon: $16.99 Cosi Fan Tutte BBC / Opus Arte Retail: $45.98 Amazon: $30.99 Devil May Cry: The Complete Series Funimation Retail: $59.98 Amazon: $33.99 Duplicity Universal Studios Retail: $39.98 [...]

Xbox 360 Elite No Longer Shipping With HDMI Cable

Add the Xbox 360 to the list of HD capable items that require you to pay extra to get the “HD experience”. According to various GameStop employees, new Xbox 360 Elite shipments do not contain a HDMI cable. If one wants to experience 1080p HD on their Xbox 360 they must buy a third party HDMI [...]

Blu-ray New Releases for 8-18-2009

The following are the Blu-ray new releases for Tuesday, August 18th, 2009. Dexter: Seasons 1-3 Paramount Retail: $179.99 Amazon: $98.99 Dexter: The Complete Third Season Paramount Retail: $57.99 Amazon: $36.99 Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue – Music Experience in 3-Dimensional Sound Reality Surround Records Retail: $29.99 Amazon: $29.99 Go Sony Pictures Retail: $28.95 Amazon: $19.99 Hannah [...]

Blu-ray New Releases for 8-11-2009

The following are the Blu-ray new releases for Tuesday, August 11th, 2009. 17 Again Warner Home Video Retail: $35.99 Amazon: $24.99 A Kingdom for the Dzanga Gorillas Razor Digital Entertainment Retail: $24.99 Amazon: $13.99 About Last Night… Sony Pictures Retail: $28.95 Amazon: $19.99 Alien Trespass Image Entertainment Retail: $35.98 Amazon: $22.99 Bad Boy Bubby Blue [...]

Vizio VBR100 Blu-ray Player Unboxing Video

We just got our hands on the new Vizio VBR100 Blu-ray player! The player is only available at Wal-Mart right now, and is priced at $178.00. We decided to debut the VBR100 in our new Unboxing Video Series. This is our first video, so please give us any feedback you have (we’re working on getting [...]

Blu-ray New Releases for 8-4-2009

Big Trouble in Little China 20th Century Fox Retail: $29.99 Amazon: $19.99 Blade 2 Alliance Canada Retail: $33.98 Amazon: $30.49 Blade: Trinity Alliance Canada Retail: $33.98 Amazon: $30.49 Four Seasons – Peak Escape Lichtung Media Retail: $24.95 Amazon: $14.99 Girls Gone Wild: Wildest College Coeds Mantra Films Retail: $24.95 Amazon: $13.99 Hannibal Rising (Import) 101 [...]