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It took a bit longer than I expected, but the Chinese are ripping Blu-ray movies, cracking the DRM, and burning them to disc so they can sell them for next to nothing. The quality drops, but is still technically High Def and the movie industry is not happy: Law enforcement in Shenzhen, China, raided a . . . → Read More: Blu-ray DRM is officially dead. Chinese pirates selling Blu-ray movies for $7 each. The PS3’s usefulness as a Blu-ray player and media hub is part of its growing success and Sony know that. Which is probably why the upcoming 2.20 firmware update is almost all about media playback as opposed to gaming: Most notably, the update enables the PS3 to support Blu-ray Disc Profile 2.0, also known as . . . → Read More: PS3 firmware 2.20 due soon. Adds Blu-ray profile 2.0 support. Toshiba put out a press release this morning: TOKYO—Toshiba Corporation today announced that it has undertaken a thorough review of its overall strategy for HD DVD and has decided it will no longer develop, manufacture and market HD DVD players and recorders. This decision has been made following recent major changes in the market. Toshiba . . . → Read More: It’s official. HD-DVD is dead. Blu-ray wins the format war. Update: Gizmodo is reporting that Wal-Mart will be dropping HD-DVD in June. That’s pretty much it for HD-DVD then. Put a fork in it, it’s done. Wal-Mart is huge and losing them as an outlet is very bad indeed. An article in The Hollywood Reporter says that rumors are swirling that Toshiba is poised to . . . → Read More: Death watch for HD-DVD in full swing. Toshiba’s been trying to stay in the fight by slashing prices on HD-DVD players, but more and more companies are announcing their plans to drop HD-DVD and support Blu-ray exclusively with the folks at Netflix being the latest: Netflix has stocked DVDs using both Blu-ray and the competing HD DVD format developed by Toshiba Corp . . . → Read More: Netflix to drop HD-DVD, go Blu-ray only for HD. Now that it looks like HD-DVD is in for a slow death some of you may be wondering which of the various Blu-ray players is the best one to buy. According to the folks at ArsTechnica.com you should seriously consider Sony’s PS3: New Blu-ray 2.0 spec makes PS3 the most future-proof player – ArsTechnica.com Before . . . → Read More: Best Blu-ray DVD player? The future proof PS3. … the leaders are meeting to discuss their plans to take over the world! Maybe it’s just me, but I found that funny as hell. Special thanks to SEB reader S.C. for sending that via email! It’s hasn’t officially happened yet, but the Financial Times is reporting that Paramount is poised to jump ship from HD-DVD exclusivity to Blu-ray: Paramount and DreamWorks Animation, which makes the Shrek films, came out in support of HD DVD last summer, joining General Electric&#xu2;019s Universal Studios as the main backers of the Toshiba format. However, . . . → Read More: Paramount “poised” to switch from HD-DVD to Blu-ray. ***Dave writes over on his blog about the recent announcement from Warner Bros. to switch from supporting both HD-DVD and Blu-ray formats to exclusively Blu-ray. This has caused quite a stir in the high definition enthusiast crowd because up until this announcement the two formats appeared to be at a stalemate. HD-DVD is exclusively backed . . . → Read More: The High Def format wars heat up. |
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