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FuturePastNow: I paid $225 for my DVD player. Over ten years later, it still works perfectly. Perhaps there's something to be said for buying gadgets before they bec... more »
SigmundTheSeaMonster: And yet automobile prices keep going up! $50K for a pick up truck! WTF! Yeah, BD players drop because, who wants to replace all their DVD collections... more »
jinushaun: The problem is not price. It's that people don't want to re-buy all their existing movies. Unlike the VHS to DVD transition, I don't think consumers a... more »
deciBels: This will sound like a pretty dumb couple of reasons but they are my reasons for sticking with DVD for now. The first is simply cost. To jump to BR, ... more »
MrEvil: Y'know, the 3D movie thing would be alright, if they made the stupid glasses actually pleasant to wear if you wear glasses. EARTH TO HOLLYWOOD, not e... more »
Cash907Censored: Just picked up a Samsung BD-P1600 for 99 bucks at Fred Meyer (they are also called Kroger in some parts of the country) Suck it bluray. more »
madara: How about a chart showing DVD vs. Blu-Ray disc prices? more »
RaphaelSpider: As i read these comments, i realize there are 3 groups of people when it comes to movies. 1) movie enthusiasts of today 2) movie enthusiasts of yester... more »
crashfrog: Well, look. If I don't understand how cheap blu ray really is, it's because of this incredibly terrible graph you've created, which uses bar graphing ... more »
axan: The only reason why I bought a Blu-ray player was because I wanted to see HD content on my 52" HDTV. Right now Blu-ray is the only way to get 1080p @... more »
mantis350: I always cringe when I see people purchasing the low end blu ray players. Loading times are insanely slow, customer support is nowhere to be found an... more »
uu_ugene: I can't even tell you how often I've had the following conversation: "$20 for a movie?!?!?!?! Noooooo! What's that? Why yes I did spend $1500 on my ... more »
Monty: My apologies for being a nit-picky ass, but it is my self-proclaimed Giz job description. Yes, Blu-ray players are dirt cheap, and that is why they a... more »
groale: If you are saying other formats are "good enough" you obviously do not have Blu-ray. Ridiculous to say an ipod or Droid screen is good enough, or a no... more »
slickrick23: Whenever I hear from other commenters that blu-ray is dying or that it will all replaced with DLC, I kind of don't want to believe them. But here, the... more »
The Lab: What would be helpful is to continue that graph out to the right. By seeing how long it took DVD to decline to its super cheap state, we consumers co... more »
dingus: Apparently Sony didn't remember what happened when Apex hit the stores in 2000 and stole much of the market from the big name manufacturers. more »
Phong: One facet that Blu-ray really has in the bag is the whole piracy thing. Yes it is true that the second that any movie is released to the wild it run... more »
met2art: Blu-ray pricing has been forcibly driven down by virtue of the fact that HD television ownership is still lower than manufacturers had hoped. A Blu-ra... more »
nutbastard: PS3 Slim FTW. more »

#homeentertainment

I Don't Think You Understand How Cheap Blu-ray Really Is
The downward trajectory of Blu-ray player prices matches DVD almost to the dollar—actually, Blu-ray's cheaper. And that's not considering inflation, or that the best players do a whole lot more than Blu-ray. It's not what Blu-ray makers wanted. More »
#giftguide

Gifts For People Who Hate the Holidays and Everything They Stand For
The Holidays are depressing. Religious celebrations aside, they're filled with time spent with a family you didn't choose, little sun, zero free time and an obligation to buy stuff for other people. Do you know someone with this outlook? More »
#3d

3D Blu-ray Specs Officially Confirmed, We Can All Breathe Easy Now
The Blu-ray Disc Association has issued the official specifications for 3D Blu-ray, thankfully confirming that the discs will be backwards-compatible for when you tire of actors lunging out of the TV at you. More »
#apple

Adapter Puts Blu-Ray, Xbox 360, and PS3 On Your iMac 27
I'm impressed: Apogee's new HDMI adapter will put any kind of high definition sources right inside your iMac 27-inch 2560 x 1440-pixel screen, including Blu-ray players, Xbox 360, and PS3. How is this sorcery possible? More »
#blockquote

What Is "Success" for Blu-ray?
According to the president of Universal Studios Home Entertainment, Craig Kornblau, if 30 percent of a movie's home video sales today are Blu-ray, that's pretty damn good. More »
#lists

What We Still Need on Blu-ray (And What Should Never Go HD)
Some movies seems made specifically for Blu-ray's abilities. Some just don't get anything out of hi-def. So why is Hollywood so completely unable to tell the difference between the two? Let's pull it together, studios. For all our sakes. More »
#liveblog

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Blu-ray Liveblog Now
The Harry Potter Half-Blood Prince Blu-ray Liveblog starts now. More »
#liveblog

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Q&A Blu-ray Liveblog Saturday
Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe) and Director David Yates will be answering your Half-Blood Prince questions live on BD-Live Saturday at 3 PM ET (12 noon PT), and we'll be liveblogging it. More »
#amazon

Amazon Disc+ on Demand: Buy a DVD or Blu-ray Movie, Stream It Instantly
This is awesome and just plain makes sense: With Amazon's Disc+ on Demand, when you buy a DVD or Blu-ray movie, you'll be able to stream it instantly via Amazon On Demand. More »
#bluray

Terminator Salvation Blu-ray Director's Liveblog Tonight
Check back tonight at 9PM Eastern (6PM Pacific) for our liveblog of the Terminator Salvation Blu-ray director's commentary session. Yeah, McG is going to be narrating along with the movie, just like Chris Nolan with the Dark Knight. More »
#rant

Dual-Sided Blu-ray/DVD Discs: What the Hell Took So Long?
HD DVD made dual-sided HD DVD/DVD combo discs in 2006. They even announced a dual-sided HD DVD/Blu-ray disc in January 2007. So why the fuck did it take three more years to make a Blu-ray/DVD combo? More »
#terribleideas

Oh Gee, Blu-ray and DVD Flipper Discs Seems Like Fantabulous Idea
Blu-ray's latest bit of brilliance is the Flipper: a disc that's plain ol' DVD on one side, and Blu-ray on the other, like bolting a cassette tape on the back of a CD. Amazing. More »
#nsfw

Mr. Skin Uses Blu-ray to Reveal Previously Unknown Celebrity Nudity
Celeb-nudity expert Mr. Skin has been using the HD power of Blu-ray to extract image and video of heretofore-unknown celebrity naughty bits. This is one of those revelations that really makes you appreciate living in 2009. More »
#bluray

Worry Not, Fight Club Has Not Turned Into a Horrible Romantic Comedy
If you picked up the new Fight Club Blu-ray edition, don't panic when you see the menu screen. Edward Norton HAS NOT been replaced with a Drew Barrymore character that makes out with her alter ego to vent sexual frustration. More »
#remainders

Remainders - Stuff We Didn't Post (and Why)
Trade in Your DVDs, Plus a Couple Bucks, and Get the Blu-ray Versions...Steve Ballmer Acknowledges Apple's Gains, Remains Cocky...Sanyo to Build Houses Powered by Solar Energy and Li-Ion Batteries...Sony Announces Vague "iTunes-Like" Store on PlayStation Network for Books, Movies, Music... More »
#blackfriday

Meijer Black Friday Ad Brings on the Cheap Crap
Thank you Meijer, for aiming low this Black Friday. Our readers may/may not want a Sylvania 1080P 42-inch TV or Blu-ray player, but they'll be on sale for $499 and $89, respectively. Plus, $9 Blu-ray movies and cheap video games! More »
#deals

Amazon's Blu-ray Sale as Good an Excuse as Any to Own Robocop
Amazon is currently having a pretty great Blu-ray sale, with titles such as Robocop and Terminator available for a mere $9.99. Come on, don't fight it. [Amazon]
#desktops

Maingear Shift's Spartan Case Belies Meaty High Performance PC Line
Maingear, the custom PC maker and purveyor of tramp stamp laptops, has let loose a duo of simplistic-looking desktop towers this morning designed to "shed the bling" and focus instead on what's going down inside the case. More »
#remainders

Remainders: Stuff We Didn't Post (And Why)
I have a splitting headache. There was so much real news today, mostly Android-y, we happily skipped this junk: GM's Wi-Fi, Apple Store POS, Virgin/Helio, Xbox Sky and a Blu-ray player only dumb people will buy. Dun dun DUN. More »
#ballmerinterview

Steve Ballmer: The Uncut Interview
Most of you may not have 16 minutes to spare on this, and probably don't care anyway, but I promised to post the full video, if only so you can understand the context of our five highlighted segments. More »
#microsoft

Microsoft Says No Xbox Blu-ray Drives Period, Says Ballmer Was Talking About PCs
In a revised statement, Microsoft says it has "no plans" to introduce any Blu-ray add-on for the Xbox 360. But—despite the fact they watched the same video you did—they claim Ballmer was referring to the PC. More »
#ballmerinterview

Ballmer Talks Natal, Says Blu-ray Add-On for Xbox Coming
In the first segment of our exclusive Steve Ballmer interview series, the Microsoft CEO and I talk about Natal, the blurring of console generations, and the surprising assertion that "you'll be able to get" Blu-ray add-on drives for Xbox 360. More »
#netflix

Netflix Streaming Gets Ever Cheaper, Comes to $180 Blu-Ray Player
Netflix is taking over the world, bit by bit: First it gets beautifully integrated with Windows 7 Media Center, and now it comes to Insignia's dirt-cheap Blu-Ray decks. $180 for a Netflix-connected Blu-Ray player isn't anything to sneeze at. More »
#transformers

R2-D2 Caught In Transformers 2
ILM Special effects supervisor Scott Farrar said that R2-D2 had a cameo in Transformers 2. My bet was that he was behind Megan Fox's ass at one point, giving her a back rub. With his special back vibrating thingapparatus. Updated. More »
#nowavailable

Now Available
D-Link's Jack of all trades router is out today, along with a Pioneer professional Blu-ray player. It's less pricey than some other high end players, but still way too expensive. More »
#surveys

NEWSFLASH: No One Wants to Pay More for 3D
OK, some people are willing to pay more for 3D entertainment, but they aren't willing to spend much more. More »
#bluray

Blu-ray Improvements on the Horizon: Faster Loads, iPhone Connectivity and IMDB
What does Fox have in mind for improving the experience of Blu-rays? Actually...some really great ideas, according to SlashFilm. More »
#bluray

Pioneer Churns Out the World's First 12x Blu-ray Burner
The BDR-205 is pretty much like any other mainstream 5.25-inch internal Blu-ray writer, in terms of looks and features, except for the fact that it, get this, spins slightly faster than the current crop of 8x writers. Slightly! More »
#psp

Blu-rays to Include PSP-Exclusive Digital Copies
Starting this November, some Blu-ray releases will include digital copies that only play on PSPs. More »
#laptops

Toshiba Qosmio X500 Has Ferrari Looks, Core i7 Speed
This big 18.4-incher with Windows 7 has plenty for gamers to drool over. A Core i7 mobile processor and 1GB Nvidia GeForce GTS 250M graphics should crunch out respectable framerates, and the Blu-ray drive and Harmon/Kardon speakers are nice, too. More »
#bluray

Watchmen Ultimate Cut Trumps Director's Cut, Comes Spliced With Black Freighter Footage
Watchmen: The Ultimate Cut, arrives none too soon. In fact, kinda late (11/3). If you already bought the director's cut on Blu-ray, $60 for a 4-disc set, just to see the Black Freighter "woven" in, may seem steep. [Warner]
#gizexplains

Giz Explains: Microsoft, Standards and Damned Standards
The other week, we explained how Apple influences a ton of what goes on in tech by shaping industry-wide standards. This week, we're gonna look at Microsoft, and what's it's done with standards. More »
#bluray

Sharp Develops Laser Capable of Reading and Burning 100GB Blu-Ray Discs
Sharp has announced that they've been working on a laser which would "allow a drive to read twice as deep as current dual-layer Blu-ray drives" and "let it write at 8X speed on all four layers." Wowza. What this means is that we might be seeing triple-layer and quad-layer Blu-ray discs with capacities of up to 100GB in the future. More »
#badideas

Meet the $135,000 Blu-ray Player That's Missing Features $200 Players Have
Blu-ray! A format destined for hobbyists and physical-media fetishists, one that will never enjoy widespread adoption. And this idiotic $135,000 BD player certainly won't change that. More »
#bluray

Toshiba's Blu-ray Mea Culpa Up Close
This is what anguish looks like. You might notice it looks a lot like a Blu-ray player in Toshiba's case. [Toshiba BDX2000@Giz] More »
#bluray

Sony BDP-N460 Video Streaming Blu-ray Player With Netflix for $250 (But BYO Wi-Fi)
The BDP-N460 is the Sony Blu-ray player we've been asking for—almost. It's $250, and streams video through Bravia Internet Video—including Netflix this fall—but instead of including Wi-Fi, it's got "specially designed" software for Linksys's $100 Wi-Fi dongle. Right. More »
#bluray

Vudu Makes LG BD390 the Ultimate Video Streaming Blu-ray Player
If you want a Blu-ray player that's not a PS3, buy LG's BD390. The first with built-in Wi-Fi, now it's got Vudu 1080p streaming (like LG's TVs) in addition to Netflix, CinemaNow and other features that make Blu-ray a sideshow. More »
#pcs

Fujitsu Esprimo Mini PC Stuffs Core 2 Duo, Blu-ray Into Tiny Little Package
Things you could do with the Fujitsu Esprimo Mini PC if you didn't really care all that much about the data contained inside: Play hockey, rest a cold drink on a warm day; balance a wobbly table. More »
#bluray

Oppo BDP-83 Blu-ray Player Gets Near-Perfect CNet Rating
As a fan of "universal" disc players, I understand why CNet loved the slow-to-arrive Oppo BDP-83, which sucks in BD, CD, DVD as well as SACD and DVD-Audio. The downside? $500, but still no Wi-Fi or VOD. [CNet via CrunchGear]
#bluray

Toshiba Shacks Up With BDX2000 Blu-ray Following HD DVD's Death
We all knew this day would come. Following the death of his beloved HD DVD, Toshiba couldn't stand the cold bed, the lonely nights and the tables for one. Suppressing tears, he released the BDX2000 Blu-ray player. More »

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