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11:16AM Nick Broughall | What’s the sweet spot for an entry level Blu-ray player? $150? $200? $599? We’re going to say that it’s definitely not the latter… More »
Pioneer’s Entry Level Blu-ray Still Costs $599
11:16AM Nick Broughall | What’s the sweet spot for an entry level Blu-ray player? $150? $200? $599? We’re going to say that it’s definitely not the latter… More » 
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12:51PM Nick Broughall | Truth be told, we didn’t expect that the BD-Live screening of Watchmen hosted by director Zack Snyder would ever make it here to Australia. But we’ve had confirmation from Paramount that we definitely won’t get to sit back and chat with Snyder during the community screening US owners of the Blu-ray will experience. More »
No Zack Snyder Live Watchmen Screening For Australia
12:51PM Nick Broughall | Truth be told, we didn’t expect that the BD-Live screening of Watchmen hosted by director Zack Snyder would ever make it here to Australia. But we’ve had confirmation from Paramount that we definitely won’t get to sit back and chat with Snyder during the community screening US owners of the Blu-ray will experience. More »
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Zack Snyder To Host Watchmen Screening Over BD Live
2:20AM Mark Wilson | Warner Bros is super, super smart about marketing their Blu-ray discs. First they had Christopher Nolan host a community screening for The Dark Knight. Now director Zack Snyder will do the same for Watchmen. More »
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MovieIQ For BD-Live Displays Online Movie Info In Real Time, Encourages Insufferable Film Geekery
7:10PM John Herrman | From September, all new Sony Pictures Blu-ray discs will support MovieIQ, a service which grabs IMDB-esque data from the Internet to show during playback. How BD-Live hadn’t already been used to do something like this, I have no idea. More »
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Sony 400-Disc Blu-ray Changer Is Perfect For Compulsive Optical Media Hoarders
12:00AM John Herrman | Sony is said to be releasing their previously-spied 400-disc ES Series Blu-ray “Ultra Player” soon, meaning that even the most well-heeled home theatre enthusiasts will have a big enough changer for their expansive movie collections. More »
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10:30AM Nick Broughall | I’m actually really drawn to the design of LG’s new Blu-ray Home Theatre in a Box solution. Maybe I’m just a sucker for stylish curves, but I think I’d consider buying this if I didn’t already own a Blu-ray player and a kick-ass receiver… More »
LG Launches Blu-ray Home Theatre Package For $1,599
10:30AM Nick Broughall | I’m actually really drawn to the design of LG’s new Blu-ray Home Theatre in a Box solution. Maybe I’m just a sucker for stylish curves, but I think I’d consider buying this if I didn’t already own a Blu-ray player and a kick-ass receiver… More »
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11:53AM Nick Broughall | Panasonic this morning showed off their latest Blu-ray hardware, including two new Blu-ray recorders, a couple of Blu-ray players (BD Profile 2.0 FTW) and a portable Blu-ray player with the power to solve world hunger. Okay, maybe not, but it’s still pretty cool. More »
Panasonic Unveils New Blu-ray Hardware
11:53AM Nick Broughall | Panasonic this morning showed off their latest Blu-ray hardware, including two new Blu-ray recorders, a couple of Blu-ray players (BD Profile 2.0 FTW) and a portable Blu-ray player with the power to solve world hunger. Okay, maybe not, but it’s still pretty cool. More »
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3:30PM Nick Broughall | In the 12 months since Blu-ray emerged victorious over HD DVD in the battle for high-definition format supremacy, BD-Live has gone from having huge potential as a key sales and marketing feature to becoming a footnote on the spine of a handful of Blu-ray movies. And despite the fact that some studios like Disney are actively pursuing the technology, its implementation still feels like a random collection of ideas that lacks cohesion and focus. And sadly, it doesn’t really look like things are going to change any time soon. More »
Will Blu-Ray Untap The Potential Of BD-Live?
3:30PM Nick Broughall | In the 12 months since Blu-ray emerged victorious over HD DVD in the battle for high-definition format supremacy, BD-Live has gone from having huge potential as a key sales and marketing feature to becoming a footnote on the spine of a handful of Blu-ray movies. And despite the fact that some studios like Disney are actively pursuing the technology, its implementation still feels like a random collection of ideas that lacks cohesion and focus. And sadly, it doesn’t really look like things are going to change any time soon. More »
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Pioneer Drops Below $US300 with BD-Live Blu-ray Player; Crazy Vid Tweaks on Step-Up Models
6:24AM Wilson Rothman | Pioneer has three BD-Live Blu-ray players out in April, the BDP-120 hits under $US300, but the step-up BDP-320 and Elite BDP-23FD actually sense the TV you’re watching and tweak video output for max awesomeness. More »
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