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Hardware
4:20AM John Herrman | 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 »
Pioneer Churns Out The World’s First 12x Blu-ray Burner
4:20AM John Herrman | 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 » 
Entertainment
1:02PM Nick Broughall | The guys over at News.com.au have a great photo gallery detailing the process of a Blu-ray disc being made at the new Sony BD factory in Huntingwood, NSW. Definitely worth a gander if you’re looking to kill five minutes today…
[News.com.au; Image: Charlie Brewer]
Check Out How Blu-ray Discs Are Made
1:02PM Nick Broughall | The guys over at News.com.au have a great photo gallery detailing the process of a Blu-ray disc being made at the new Sony BD factory in Huntingwood, NSW. Definitely worth a gander if you’re looking to kill five minutes today…
[News.com.au; Image: Charlie Brewer]
Hardware
Asus Slim Blu-ray Drives Feature A Wicked X
2:20AM Mark Wilson | We don’t know what the LED X found on the side of this Asus Blu-ray drive is supposed to symbolise to the people of Earth, but we aren’t ones to argue with pointlessly glowing aesthetics. More »
Entertainment
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 »
Entertainment
Hello Slightly Cheaper Blu-ray
8:35AM Matt Buchanan | Panasonic, Sony and Philips are spinning off Blu-ray licensing into a single company, which for us, the real people, means we should be seeing Blu-ray prices take another tumble downward. More »
Entertainment
Samsung BD-P3600/4600: Super-Slim, Wall-Friendly Blu-ray Decks
8:00AM John Mahoney | Samsung’s latest two BD-Live Blu-ray decks are design conscious to the max–one is a wall-mountable 3.8cm thin (BD-P4600) and the other is a low-profile, sleek tabletop deck (BD-P3600), and both stream Netflix and Pandora. More »
Screens
Sharp’s Aquos BD Series HDTVs First To Include Built-In Blu-ray Players
6:06AM John Mahoney | What’s that CES magic word we hear? Convergence? Yes, indeed: Sharp’s all-new BD series, as the name suggests, features a built-in side-loading Blu-ray player in all fives sets ranging from 32-52 inches.
Entertainment
New BD+ Blu-ray Copy Protection Cracked Months Ahead of Schedule
9:20AM Matt Buchanan | The robust update Blu-ray’s BD+ copy protection that was gonna take three months to crack was just busted by Slysoft, months ahead of schedule. Wanna guess what’s gonna happen to the next BD+ update? [Inquirer] More »
Entertainment
Studios Win Battle in Blu-ray DRM, Still Losing the War
11:40AM Matt Buchanan | One of Blu-ray’s touted technologies—for studios—was that even if its copy protection was busted, it could be updated in future titles, requiring a new set of cracks. A November update is their most iron-clad yet. More »
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