Entertainment

Samsung BD-P3600/4600: Super-Slim, Wall-Friendly Blu-ray Decks

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.


Sharp’s Aquos BD Series HDTVs First To Include Built-In Blu-ray Players

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.


December 30, 2008
Entertainment

New BD+ Blu-ray Copy Protection Cracked Months Ahead of Schedule

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]


December 16, 2008
Entertainment

Studios Win Battle in Blu-ray DRM, Still Losing the War

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.


December 13, 2008
Gadgets

The Original Blu-ray Machine: A Map Copier

We thought Sony was clever, but here’s the original “Blu-ray” device. It’s a copier, duplicating large mylar maps by using ammonia and photosensitive paper to transfer the image. And here’s a pile of its product: