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Toshiba Even More Officially Gives Up The War, Will Launch BD Player
8:00AM Dan Nosowitz | Toshiba, the former leader of Blu-Ray’s enemy HD-DVD camp, is admitting defeat in the most final way they can: By launching a Blu-Ray player. More »
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Blu-ray Sales Up 91 Awesome Percent
2:40AM Matt Buchanan | Blu-ray disc sales are up 91 percent so far this year, with player sales up 25 percent, so that there’s around 11 million Blu-ray players in the US, including PS3s. What up haters??? Right? Right? More »
Hardware
DVDs That Last For 1000 Years Might Be Overkill
12:25AM Matt Buchanan | Problem: Optical media like DVDs eventually die. Solution, according to Barry Lunt: Actually carve data into a disc composed of magic hard “persistent” materials with a laser. More »
Entertainment
Magnavox Magnavision Model 8000 DiscoVision Player Reviewed
11:00AM Matt Buchanan | The Magnavox Magnavision Model 8000 DiscoVision Videodisc Player was a “record player that produces beautiful sound and pictures” through your TV. Released in 1978, Magnavision 8000 was the first consumer player of the format you know as Laserdisc. More »
Design
CDs Team With Insect World To Battle MP3 Threat
1:10AM Mark Wilson | We hoped it wouldn’t come to this. In a moment of passion, a series of AutoCAD templates has converted various optical media into a (deadly?) swarm of flies. May God have mercy on us all. [CNC Forum via MAKE] More »
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
DRM Group To Kill Analog Blu-ray Output
10:40AM Mark Wilson | The AACS Licensing Authority is most renowned as the group behind the DRM found in Blu-ray discs—the same DRM, mind you, that’s already been cracked. And they’re out to kill analogue. 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 »
Entertainment
Pioneer Stops Making New Laserdisc Players, Finally Concedes to VHS
9:46PM John Herrman | Pioneer is ceasing production of their three remaining LaserDisc players, marking the end of major manufacture for players of the giant, shiny, long-obsolete format. More »
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