In Monday's post-earnings analyst and media conference call, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings said that Netflix users can expect a "modest monthly premium" if they want to rent Blu-ray Discs. Formerly the rental of high-definition discs was bundled into their normal fee.
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Sony Pictures today has sent us a PRESS RELEASE with the full details on bonus materials for the upcoming May 13th Blu-ray Disc release of the film “Untraceable” starring Diane Lane. The title is already available for pre-order over at Amazon. One of the most impressive things I noticed was the Blu-ray exclusive Picture-in-Picture feature. Here’s the PRESS RELEASE’s details about the bonus materials on the release:
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It looks like all that talk about a Blu-Ray drive coming to the Microsoft Xbox-360 is just hot air. Aaron Greenberg, group product manager for Xbox 360 video games was quoted in a Reuters article as saying the following.
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The battle between the two high definition optical disc formats, Blu-ray and HD DVD has ended after sole HD DVD manufacturer Toshiba has announced it will no longer produce HD DVD players.
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Toshiba Corp. is highly likely to quit the high-definition DVD business early this week.
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Broadcom Corporation (Nasdaq: BRCM), a global leader in semiconductors for wired and wireless communications, today announced that its highly integrated Blu-ray Disc®/HD DVD system-on-a-chip (SoC) solution has been selected by LG Electronics to power its dual-format Super Blu™ BH200 high definition disc player.
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Panasonic Consumer Electronics Company today announced the upcoming availability of the company's first Blu-ray Disc player, the DMP-BD10, available this September.
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Sony today announces four new Blu-ray Disc Recorders. These new models offer strengthened functionality to give improved performance in the key areas of “high picture and sound quality,” “long-duration recording,” and “easy operation.” HD content in the home is rapidly increasing, whether it be digital broadcasting, personal/home video or movies.
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Hitachi, Ltd. announced the world's first Blu-ray Disc Camcorder, -which records one hour of 1920x1080 Full High-Definition video onto a BD (single side, single layer.) The new camcorders will start selling in Japan on August 30, 2007, and overseas market sequentially starting from October.
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Imation Corp. exclusive licensee of the "TDK Life on Record" recording media brand, today announced the global release of 8cm recordable Blu-ray Discs. Available in both BD-R (recordable) and BD-RE (re-recordable), each TDK 8cm Blu-ray Disc offers 7.5 gigabytes of capacity, ample to store 60 minutes of full-quality high-definition video.
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Blockbuster is going to rent high definition DVDs only in Blu-ray format. 1450 new stores will be opened in July offering only Blu-ray rental.
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Target Technology Company, the optical disc chemical manufacturer, filed suit against Sony Corporation for violating its patents using reflective layer in Blu-ray discs.
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