Blu-ray to outsell DVD by 2011, says Sony Pictures - Afterdawn.com
DigiTimesBlu-ray to outsell DVD by 2011, says Sony PicturesAfterdawn.com - 5 hours ago… vice president Tim Meade has confided that the company believes sales of Blu-ray Discs will beat out that of standard definition DVDs by the year 2011. …Blu-ray movie discs to outsell DVDs in 2011 TechSpotBlu-ray to rule by 2011 Reg HardwareBlu-ray to reign by 2011 PC RetailDigiTimes - Reutersall 11 news articles

Fox evolves those "damned dirty apes" onto Blu-ray, Nov 4 (Planet … - DVDTOWN.com
Fox evolves those "damned dirty apes" onto Blu-ray, Nov 4 (Planet …DVDTOWN.com - 11 hours agoBy Mondo Kane Humans are even uglier in High-Def when PLANET OF THE APES: 40-Year Evolution Blu-ray Collection takes over the earth November 4th. …Planet of the Apes: 40-Year Evolution Blu-ray Set Details TheHDRoomThe Planet of the Apes 40 Year Evolution Collection Comes to Blu … MovieWeball 3 news articles

Sony Pictures: Blu-ray discs to outsell DVDs by 2011 (MacNN)
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment vice president for Asia-Pacific Tim Meade on Friday announced market reports that lead him to believe sales of Blu-ray movie discs will outnumber standard DVDs sometime in 2011. Meade went on to say global sales of movies on the two disc formats will be split around 60 percent in favor of the standard-definition DVD…

Report: Most Consumers Cite Other Priorities Besides Blu-ray (The Mac Observer)
A report released by ABI research on Friday showed that more than half of the respondents cited “other priorities” when asked about the purchase of a Blu-ray player

Price is right to buy Blu-ray player (Contra Costa Times)
Q: Any idea when there is going to be a good Blu-ray player at a reasonable price? The industry should be ashamed if the PlayStation 3 is still the only player that makes any sense.

LG’s Blu-Ray Player Streams Netflix Movies, Too (All About Jazz)
On Thursday, LG Electronics launched the LG BD300 Network Blu-ray Disc player, a DVD player that will play both Blu-ray and standard definition discs. As a bonus, the player will also allow consumers to instantly stream any of the 12,000 movies and TV episodes available to Netflix subscribers.

Futurama Soars onto Blu-ray in November - TheHDRoom
Futurama Soars onto Blu-ray in NovemberTheHDRoom - 18 hours agoBetter yet, the advertisement includes a November 4 release date for Bender's Game on DVD and Blu-ray Disc. This is the first confirmation for any Futurama …

‘The Mummy’ leads Universal back to Blu-ray (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
After flirting with the defunct HD-DVD format, Universal Home Video is leaping back aboard the Blu-ray express in a big way, releasing three titles in high definition Blu-ray on Tuesday.

Amazon Cuts Blu-ray Pricing on I Am Legend, 10000 BC and More - TheHDRoom
Amazon Cuts Blu-ray Pricing on I Am Legend, 10000 BC and MoreTheHDRoom - 19 hours ago"The Nine" at online retailer Amazon.com currently refers to nine Warner and New Line Home Video Blu-ray Disc titles released within the last few months …

Mattrick Convinced Blu-ray Will Fail - Game Reviews
Mattrick Convinced Blu-ray Will FailGame Reviews, AZ - 19 hours agoOf course, digital downloads have been Microsoft s mantra ever since HD-DVD lost the format war to Blu-ray, so we can t expect them to just admit their loss …

Doomsday (Blu-ray) - DVD Talk
Doomsday (Blu-ray)DVD Talk, OR - 10 hours agoThe DVD piled on both the theatrical and unrated versions of the movie, but this Blu-ray release opts for just the unrated cut. This is…yeah, one of those …

College Road Trip on Blu-Ray - CanMag
College Road Trip on Blu-RayCanMag, CA - 6 hours agoBy Fred Topel | Image property of Walt Disney Pictures Yeah, you know I was waiting for my College Road Trip Blu Ray. This is a full color Disney movie with …

Earth the Biography Blu-ray Giveaway - TheHDRoom
Earth the Biography Blu-ray GiveawayTheHDRoom - 22 hours agoEarth the Biography from BBC Home Video is a natural extension of Planet Earth that examines how our planet works using a variety of high-tech tools …

World s fastest Blu-ray recorder outruns Blu-ray media? - ZDNet Blogs
BDA-approved media maxes out at 6x ( assuming you can find one ) . That s a funny bit of math, no? Available in Japan starting in August, the external USB 2.0 and eSATA BR-816SU2 and internal SATA BR-816FBS models hit 8x recording speed on single

Netflix 2Q profit up 4%, beats analyst views - San Diego Union-Tribune
SAN FRANCISCO Netflix Inc.’s second-quarter profit crept up 4 percent, beating analyst expectations as the online DVD rental leader signed up 168,000 new customers while spending less money to attract them to the service. The Los Gatos, Calif

Samsung announces cheapest Blu-ray home theater system yet - CNET News
Samsung was officially the first to offer up a home-theater-in-a-box system with Blu-ray (although Panasonic was right behind ), but as you might expect, we found the $1,500 system a little overpriced for what it offered. Samsung has now announced a

Japan And South Korea-based Vendors Cut Prices For Entry-level Blu-ray - Toms Hardware
Tokyo (Japan) - Japan-based vendors including Sony, Sharp and Pioneer as well as South Korea-based Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics have reduced retail prices for their entry-level Blu-ray Disc (BD) players in the US market by an average of 25

Sony’s Smaller Blu-ray Deck Set To Ship - Consumer Electronics Net
NEW YORK Sony said it is now shipping its $399 BDP-S350 Blu-ray Disc player, which is approximately 40 percent smaller than the previous model, uses between 30 percent and 40 percent less packing material and has been re-engineered to

Constantine Hitting Blu-ray on Oct. 14 - Superhero Hype!
Get ready for heart-pounding thrills when Warner Home Video and Village Roadshow Pictures’ action-packed film Constantine arrives on Blu-ray Hi-Definition October 14. Constantine, directed by Francis Lawrence (I Am Legend), stars Keanu Reeves (The

Corel WinDVD Gets BD-Live Certification - TradingMarkets.com
By receiving certification for BD-Live, WinDVD has passed the stringent standards and guidelines set by the Blu-ray Disc Association to ensure the best possible user experience, according to the company. With BD-Live support, WinDVD users will be

CONSTANTINE: Debuts on BLU-RAY(TM) HI-DEF October 14 - StreetInsider.com
Get ready for heart-pounding thrills when Warner Home Video and Village Roadshow Pictures’ action-packed film Constantine arrives on Blu-ray(TM) Hi-Definition October 14. Constantine, directed by Francis Lawrence (I Am Legend), stars Keanu Reeves

Amazon offers 3-for-2 Blu-ray disc sale - Punch Jump
Amazon offers 3-for-2 Blu-ray disc salePunch Jump, CA - 23 hours agoby Marcus Lai Amazon.com this week began offering a new Buy 2 Get 1 Free Blu-ray disc sale in the latest promotion for the high-definition format. …

Blu-ray Review: 21 (TVPredictions.com)
Having not seen this film during its theatrical run, I did not know what to expect when I popped this disc into the Blu-Ray player and sat down with my bucket of pop corn.

‘The Mummy’ leads Universal back to land of Blu-ray (Miami Herald)
After flirting with the now-defunct HD-DVD format, Universal Home Video is leaping back aboard the Blu-ray express in a big way. On Tuesday, the studio will release three titles in high definition Blu-ray.

Crawford Completes Blu-ray Upgrades - Animation World Network
Crawford Completes Blu-ray UpgradesAnimation World Network, CA - 20 hours ago… post production operation in the southeastern US, has full Blu-ray Disc authoring capabilities for corporate, commercial and entertainment titles. …

Sony releases the eco-friendly BDP-S350 Blu-ray player - Gadgetell
Sony releases the eco-friendly BDP-S350 Blu-ray playerGadgetell, MO - 51 minutes agoby Arnold Zafra on Jul 19, 2008 at 10:51 AM Although Sony has announced its next generation Blu-ray player, the BDP-S350 as early as February, …

Sony Ships Next-Gen Blu-ray Player with BD-Live (PC Magazine via Yahoo! News)
Sony on Wednesday announced that you can now purchase its next-generation Blu-ray Disc player, the BDP-S350. The key? It’s BD-Live ready.

Disney Taps Into Blu-ray?s Interactive Technology (New York Times)
The Walt Disney Company, along with the broader entertainment industry, is counting on ?Sleeping Beauty? to help awaken interest in Blu-ray DVDs.

Studio Exec: Wanted Could Spark Blu-ray Demand - TVPredictions.com
Washington, D.C. (June 24, 2008) — Wanted , the new thriller starring Angelina Jolie, hasn’t even opened yet in theaters. But one studio executive says it could be the movie that puts the Blu-ray high-def disc on the map. That’s according to an

Pioneer Blu-ray BDC-S02BK - Techradar.com
Wait for the formats to bed in. That’s often what the sceptics say about emerging technologies, but with Blu-ray on your PC they might just be right. The best DVD recorder in the business only sets you back around 35, whereas this first high

Study: Blu-ray Sales to Pass DVD By 2012 - TVPredictions.com
Washington, D.C. (June 24, 2008) — A new study forecasts that Blu-ray high-def disc sales will surpass standard-def DVDs by the year 2012. The Entertainment Merchants Association, a non-profit trade group, predicts that Blu-ray disc sales will reach

UPDATE 1-Singulus wins big DVD machines order, shares rise - Reuters
FRANKFURT, June 25 (Reuters) - Germany’s Singulus won a large order for DVD replication machines, showing the global market of which it controls two-thirds is still growing, it said on Wednesday, lifting its shares more than 6 percent. Singulus

CyberLink PowerDVD Receives Certification for Both Blu-ray BD Profile - Forbes
CyberLink Corp. (5203.TW), innovative solutions provider for the connected digital lifestyle, today announced that CyberLink PowerDVD has received certification for two advanced features of the Blu-ray Disc format–BD-Profile 2.0 (BD-Live) and AVCREC

Transformers Blu-ray Cover Revealed - TheManRoom
TheManRoomTransformers Blu-ray Cover RevealedTheManRoom - 14 hours agoParamount Home Entertainment confirmed our suspicions by releasing the final cover art for Transformers on Blu-ray Disc. Instead of slicker artwork to …

The Real James Bond Comes to Blu-ray October 21 [James Bond] (Gizmodo)
The best (read: Sean Connery) James Bond is finally coming to Blu-ray when six older Bond flicks are released later this year. Dr. No, From Russia With Love, Thunderball, For Your Eyes Only, Live and…

No Blu-ray Laptops From Toshiba (DVD-Recordable)
In an announcement that will hardly raise eyebrows, the Toshiba Europe CEO said that the company isn’t looking to add Blu-ray capabilities to its laptops.

Sony VAIO VGN-FZ31Z 15.4in Blu-ray Notebook - TrustedReviews
Sony VAIO VGN-FZ31Z 15.4in Blu-ray NotebookTrustedReviews, UK - 6 hours agoNow that there's only one high definition format to worry about it's a lot safer to invest in Blu-ray equipment. This, of course, goes for notebooks as well …

Blu-ray uptake shows promising future (Infomatics)
The Blu-ray disc format saw faster uptake during its first few years than DVD, according to analysts. Researchers at Futuresource said that, in the first three years of availability, Blu-ray players posted higher numbers than DVD managed during its infancy in the late 1990s.

Japan plans copyright fees on Blu-ray recorders, discs: report - MarketWatch
Japan plans copyright fees on Blu-ray recorders, discs: reportMarketWatch - 15 hours agoUpon accepting the fees on Blu-ray recording devices, electronics makers would likely demand in return that the government approve less strict digital TV …

Blu-ray uptake shows promising future (vnunet.com)
Shaun Nichols in California, vnunet.com , Tuesday 17 June 2008 at 00:51:00 Early years compare favourably for new standard The Blu-ray disc format saw faster uptake during its first few years than DVD, according to analysts. Researchers at Futuresource said that, in the first three years of availability, Blu-ray…

Kill Bill Volumes 1 and 2 Coming to Blu-ray - AVRev.com
High-Def DigestKill Bill Volumes 1 and 2 Coming to Blu-rayAVRev.com, CA - 2 hours agoThey should be a major hit for Disney on the Blu-ray format as Kill Bill is listed among the top 10 films consumers have been waiting for on the Blu-ray …'Kill Bill' Coming to Blu-ray this September High-Def DigestRT on DVD: 70 More Minutes of The Incredible Hulk on Blu-Ray?? Rotten TomatoesAttack of the Show (W) G4 TVall 4 news articles

Blu-ray Review: Cloverfield (Blogcritics.org)
The Blu-ray release offers an incredible soundtrack, which really enhances the viewing experience. I know I already reviewed this film two months ago, and declared myself less than impressed with it. However, after hearing friends repeatedly tell me I missed the point of the entire movie and it was indeed one of the best monster movies to come out in a long time, I wondered if maybe I fell …

This week on DVD and Blu-ray This week on DVD and Blu-ray. - DVDTOWN.com
iFMagazineThis week on DVD and Blu-ray This week on DVD and Blu-ray.DVDTOWN.com - 2 hours ago"Be Kind, Rewind" streets today in both standard def and Blu-Ray editions. Then there's the Kate Hudson/Matthew Damnhehasgreatabs…er, McConaughy romance …What iF Picks: 'JERICHO - SEASON TWO' ONE OF THE TOP DVDs TO BUY … iFMagazineall 2 news articles

Blu-ray being adopted ‘faster than DVD was’ - News.com.au
German optical disc equipment maker Singulus said it received orders for 21 Blu-ray dual-layer machines in the first quarter of this year. The company said this figure showed the new technology was being adopted faster than its predecessor, DVD, 11

Wal-Mart’s $100 Gift Card Boosts PS3 Sales - TVPredictions.com
Washington, D.C. (June 10, 2008) — Wal-Mart’s $100 gift card offer is driving more sales of the Sony Play Station 3, which has a Blu-ray player inside. That’s according to an article by Home Media Magazine. From June 8 to June 14, Wal-Mart is

Blu-ray showing more promise than DVDs - Mac User
Blu-ray technology is being adopted at a faster rate than DVD was at the start of its life cycle, according to optical disc producer Singulus. The company says it has received orders for 21 Blu-ray dual-layer machines in the first quarter, which is