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Get Your James Bond Fix For 32 Percent Less Off Amazon

Excited about the quintessential Bond collection coming out on Blu Ray in October? Amazon's giving you an even greater reason to be excited—a 32-percent discount on several James Bond films, including a Sean Connery three-pack of Dr. No, From Russia with Love and Thunderball. The perhaps less venerable three-pack of Pierce Brosnan's Die Another Day and Roger Moore-manned Live and Let Die and For Your Eyes Only is also on sale. Each Blu-ray will cost only $23.95 individually. [Amazon]

9:00 PM on Sat Jul 26 2008
By Elaine Chow
256 views, 9 comments

Latest by BostonPimpDaddy: I'm a HUGE Bond fan. But as for Bluray, I'll pass and I think most people will too. more »

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Buffalo's 8x Speed Blu-Ray Disc Recorder, World's Fastest (for Now)

Buffalo's upcoming internal and external BD recorder units can burn both single or double-layer BDs up to a sizzling 8x speed, and DVD ±R up to 16x. Of course Blu-ray technology is going to improve, probably following a similar pattern to DVD burning tech. But here's a funny: these drives use Panasonic SW-5584 units inside... and the speed may actually outstrip the currently fastest available Blu-ray burnable discs. Amusing, and a situation that can't last long. The drives are SATA-based (with USB 2 on the external unit) and will be available in Japan at first for around $380 for the internal and $440 for the external drive. [PCWatch]

4:29 AM on Fri Jul 25 2008
By Kit Eaton
1,094 views, 6 comments

Latest by n/a: oh my, can't wait till these hit my price line. that's a LOTTA pron bro. unless it's HD in which case it's a lotta HD pron, bro :^) more »

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Hitachi Shrinks Blu-Ray Camcorder, Adds More Megapixels: New DZ-BD10H

Back in January, Hitachi released the BD9H Blu-ray camcorder, and it's taken just six months for the next generation to come along. The DZ-BD10H takes the same core design, but squeezes it into a slightly smaller package. It's still a full HS palmcorder, recording to 8-cm BD, DVD-R/RW/RAM or a 30GB HDD but this time the sensor is a 7-megapixel CMOS and the camera has the ability to write stills and movies to SD/SDHC cards too. More »

4:25 AM on Thu Jul 24 2008
By Kit Eaton
1,411 views, 4 comments

Latest by Usama: @markarian: You pay for the convenience of not being limited by your HDD space when on the go. more »

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Giz Explains: Dolby, DTS and Home Theater Audio Codec Confusion

You actually know what some of the crazy doodles on the side of an HDTV means when it comes to video—720p, 1080i, 1080p. Congrats, you're ahead of most people, like my mother. But do you understand the alphabet soup of audio, the confounding constellation of logos on your Blu-ray player's box? While there are basically two rival home-theater audio encoders—Dolby and DTS—they each have several different quality levels and options for different scenarios. Yeah, it's a lot to keep up with, and it annoys us too. So we asked Dolby and DTS to put down their guns for a sec and help us sort it out. More »

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2:00 PM on Wed Jul 23 2008
By matt buchanan
15,369 views, 41 comments

Latest by Monty: @j05hu4: No question that is true. My point (if I had one, which I probably did not) is that we go to great lengths to get the perfect surround system when a good set of headphones could, theoretically, do more »

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Acer Ships Ginormous 8920G Gemstone Notebooks; 16:9, Dual HDDs, Blu-ray Included, Hernia Belt Not

Acer's now shipping the 8920G Gemstone laptops, and they're even more impressive than we'd thought. While not the biggest screen we've seen on a portable, they sport an impressive 18.2-inch LCD at 1920x1080 with a 16:9 aspect ratio, perfect for watching movies on the integrated Blu-ray R/W drives. They're not light, tipping the scales at just over nine pounds, but their 1.6-inch thickness makes up for some of that. What's really interesting is Acer put dual hard drives in these machines, meaning you get 640GB total, probably the highest we've ever seen in a shipping portable. If you're looking for the ultimate in desktop replacements, these are a great place to start, if you can afford the $3,000 price tag. [Trusted Reviews]

10:00 PM on Thu Jul 17 2008
By Matt Hickey
5,930 views, 31 comments

Latest by n/a: I think this is the wave of the future. Mobile desktop machines will be very handy when were all living in a cardboard refrigerator box and drinking yougurt from a bag. more »

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Sony's BDP-S350 BD-Live Ready Blu-ray Player Shipping

Sony's latest Blu-ray Live-ready (firmware 1.1 upgradeable to 2.0) deck, which we first saw in February, is now shipping. New facts coming out are that it's 55 percent smaller and sucks down 21 percent less power than its predecessor the BDP-S300, and boots in "approximately a few seconds." You can pick it up for $400, but since you can get a new 80GB PS3 that is also BD-Live ready for the same money, you've got a choice to make. More »

4:00 PM on Wed Jul 16 2008
By John Mahoney
2,968 views, 15 comments

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Warner Bros. Cutting Blu-ray Movie Prices This Fall

Is this is it? The beginning of decent Blu-ray movie prices? Warner Bros. is going cut prices on a smorgasbord of Blu-ray movies for retailers in September (some as low as $11), meaning you should see the them slide at least a couple of bucks. More »

1:20 PM on Mon Jul 14 2008
By matt buchanan
5,460 views, 18 comments

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Batman Begins Now Out on Blu-ray

Batman Begins, the one HD DVD that we've been waiting to get on Blu-ray, has finally made it. It's Batman. It's Blu-ray. You want it. Buy it now. Get tickets for The Dark Knight. It's Batman! Buy this goddamn movie! BATMAN!! [Amazon]

3:30 AM on Thu Jul 10 2008
By Jason Chen
2,121 views, 25 comments

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Pioneer Going Blu-ray For Set-Top Recorders

Blu-ray set-top players are expected to be hot sellers this upcoming holiday season, but you might want to hold off until early next year when Pioneer and Sharp team up to bring Blu-ray recorders to living rooms in America. The partnership is hardly surprising—Sharp is part owner of Pioneer—and the recorders will launch in Japan this year and be shipped overseas next, with Europe and America likely being the first markets to get them. No word if they'll use those awesome new ultra-high-capacity disks we mentioned earlier, but not likely for this consumer-focused line. [Reuters]

10:00 PM on Tue Jul 8 2008
By Matt Hickey
1,401 views, 10 comments

Latest by n/a: That looks like an old DV-333, which was probably one of the best DVD players out in many years. I'd probably STILL be using it if mine wasn't dropped and broken. The PQ and build rivals pretty much all of more »

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Pioneer Pushes Blu-ray Discs to 16 Layers, 400GB Capacity

Just last month we were reporting 42GB research DVD technology, but Panasonic's scientists have blown that figure out of the water with a 400GB optical disc. The trick's been done by making a 16-layer deep Blu-ray disc, and a player with sufficiently clever optics that it can pick up the light scattered by all those layers. The player is also compatible with standard Blu-ray, and for now it's limited to playback only, designed to demonstrate the technology. But apparently in the future you'll be able to burn 400GB Blu-ray discs, which is mind boggling. [Impress]

5:18 AM on Mon Jul 7 2008
By Kit Eaton
6,045 views, 51 comments

Latest by n/a: this makes having disk backups realistic again! more »

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The Godfather Box Set Going Blu

The Godfather box set is coming to Blu-ray this September. [Amazon]
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Sanwa CD-RE1AT Puts Shine Back on Scuffed-Up CDs, Automagically

CDs and DVDs tend not to last long in my house... but since I just fling them in a pile in the cupboard, that's entirely my fault. The Sanwa CD-RE1AT might be just the ticket, though: it works on 8cm or 12cm CDs, DVDs and BDs. With a push of a button it removes dust, fingerprints and "oily spots" from discs, and with the "repair" button it solves skipping problems and coats the discs with a protective layer, without grinding. Available now for $79. If only it found missing CD case inserts too, it'd be perfect. [Akihabaranews]

3:17 AM on Wed Jul 2 2008
By Kit Eaton
2,276 views, 30 comments

Latest by HawkSkater0: To fix my cd's and DVD's I run them through my shredder, then they work like new.... more »

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Onkyo Releasing Blu-ray Player in 2008

We have few details. OK, we basically have no details. But Onkyo has announced that they'll be releasing a Blu-ray player "late" this year featuring Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio decoding and 1080p video over HDMI. That's it. Not a lot. Oh, and that picture is just of their normal DVD player so don't go smashing your PS3 to bits just yet.

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12:29 PM on Tue Jul 1 2008
By Mark Wilson
2,126 views, 13 comments

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Dealzmodo: Blu-ray Movies 2 for $30

I don't know about you, but I can never get enough of the next obsolete movie format. So I'm probably going to do a little shopping during Best Buy's 2-for-$30 Blu-ray movie sale. Sure I already have Total Recall and Terminator 2 on DVD. But DVD isn't HD. And I don't know that HD looks like crap yet because no commercial has told me so. Best Buy has over 30 movies in this promotion and some of them are actually decent. Buy 'em now before it's too late! [Best Buy via PS3Fanboy]

2:24 PM on Mon Jun 30 2008
By Mark Wilson
6,679 views, 29 comments

Latest by n/a: Y@illegalprelude: also as bad as Bluray fanboys complaining that if you say anything against Bluray you must be a HD fanboy (by the way I have both) more »

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Delkin Archival Gold Blu-Ray Discs Keep Your Data Good for Two Centuries

Manufacturers are powering up on their Blu-ray disc development, now the format war's over: just two weeks ago we had the 6x speed ones, and now Delkin has these archive-quality discs. According to Delkin they're the first BDs "guaranteed to preserve data safely for over 200 years" and they use some sort of patented phase-change tech to make the discs resistant to UV degradation. They're also 25GB, 4x speed burnable and have an anti-scratch coating. You're only going to want to preserve really important stuff on them though: a ten-pack will cost you $250. Now, to find a Blu-ray player that'll last two centuries... [Reghardware]

8:00 PM on Sun Jun 29 2008
By Kit Eaton
2,236 views, 23 comments

Latest by n/a: Delkins makes a line of inkjet printable archival gold DVD-Rs that I want but the cost is a bit too high. more »

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Hacked Region-Free Blu-ray Players For Sale

While Sony was smart enough to make PS3 games region-free, they still insisted on putting those pesky regional restrictions on Blu-ray discs. Now Blu-ray Mods is selling a modified player that can run all of the world's Blu-ray films and still accept firmware updates. A turnkey hacked Panasonic DMP-BD30, their system runs a steep $781. That's about $300 over list. But if you've got a soldering iron and a bit of patience, the kit alone only costs $108. Whatabargain! [Blu-ray Mods via Engadget]

12:10 PM on Thu Jun 26 2008
By Mark Wilson
3,408 views, 14 comments

Latest by BostonPimpDaddy: @sxr7171: I have and my mouth ain't shut, idiot more »

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First Warner Bros. BD-Live Discs to Arrive in Christmas Stockings

Warner, the studio that sunk HD DVD's ship as it climbed aboard Blu-ray's, will be one of the slowest to jump on BD-Live, Blu-ray's online interactive content. Its BD-Live discs will arrive around Christmastime, with features like real-time viewing (?), a search engine, library access, and a recommendation tool—all pretty boring compared to Fox's BD-Live plans, which include a multiplayer game for Alien vs. Predator. None of the titles are named yet, but hopefully they come up with something more awesome for The Dark Knight, which would be hitting around that time. [High-Def Digest]

11:58 AM on Mon Jun 23 2008
By matt buchanan
1,307 views, 5 comments

Latest by dontforget: (i wasn't sure how to spell that, but my intentions were to agree with you) more »

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Iron Man Blu-ray Preorder on Amazon

The special edition is 28 bucks down from $40. But there is no non-special edition. Fishy, but hey, Iron Man. [Amazon]

8:14 PM on Thu Jun 19 2008
By Brian Lam
6,483 views, 12 comments

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