Sony BDP-BX37 Blu-ray Player Hits Costco Shelves

The latest “Costco Version” of the Sony Blu-ray Player line has landed on Costco shelves. The new model is the Sony BDP-BX37 Blu-ray player, and is priced at $159.99. This is the Costco version of the Sony BDP-s370 Blu-ray player. The only difference is the BDP-BX37 comes with an HDMI cable included inside the box.
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SONY 3D Blu-ray Players In The Wild At Best Buy

Sony’s new 3D capable Blu-ray players are now available at your local Best Buy! The new 3D models are the Sony BDP-S470 ($199) and the Sony BDP-S570 ($249). Both these models are 3D Blu-ray ready (with a future firmware update), but do not include the 3D Active Shutter Glasses or the IR emmiter that is [...]

CBHD Breaks 100 Release Barrier, Paramount Pledges Support

The CBHD group at a press event held this month has announced that CBHD since launching in September of this year has broken the 100 title release mark and plans on reaching 1000 by the end of 2010. It should also be noted that Hollywood’s Paramount has pledged support for the format some time between now and when Universal/National [...]

Pictures of Black Friday Blu-ray Madness

We ventured out into the humanity that is called Black Friday so we could see the Blu-ray buzz for ourselves.
We visited a gaggle of stores in a whirlwind shopping trip that started at 3AM and ended around 10AM!
Wal-Mart, Best Buy, Sears, Kmart, Fred Meyer, Target.
Here are some pictures we took during the trek:

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Sony BDP-n460HP Blu-ray Player Hits Costco

During a recent Costco shopping trip, we noticed a stack of new Sony BDP-n460HPs priced at $229.99. This is the Costco version of the BDP-n460, but this version includes an HDMI cable inside the box.
This Sony Blu-ray player is their first that includes the NetFlix Streaming technology. YouTube viewing is also supported in this player. [...]

CBHD Player Unboxing and Import Info

If you’re living outside of Asia and were hoping to import a CBHD player you’re in luck, online import retailer GBAX is allowing users to import CBHD players from the United Kingdom. For £ 259.99 ($414.54 USD) you get the following.

1 CBHD player
14 free CBHD discs (The Aviator, Blood Diamond, The Invasion, The Island, Flood, Posiedon, [...]

Blockbuster Closing Nearly 960 Stores

In a recent SEC filing, Blockbuster has revealed they plan to close up to 960 stores by the end of 2010 with the hopes of becoming more financially stable. The decision will largely affect unprofitable Blockbuster locations with the remaining focus being put on the profitable ones. Blockbuster spokesperson Randy Hargrove had this to say [...]

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 [...]

Magnavox Blu-ray Player Only $98 After Wal-Mart Price Rollback

Wal-Mart has just lowered the price on the Magnavox NB530MGX Blu-ray player. The new price is $98, which is a rollback from the previous price of $168. This is the same model player that was sold on Fathers Day weekend for $128.
Normally we would steer people clear of the low end Blu-ray players, but at [...]

Joost Launches PS3 Compatible Client

Joost has launched a PS3 friendly web client, allowing PS3 users to stream video content to their systems with ease. The system is currently in the beta phase some mileage will of course vary, to access the PS3 compatible client do the following.

Open your PS3’s internet browser
Head over to: http://labs.joost.com/tv/

Simple, isn’t it? The client is [...]