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Welcome to Blu-ray Buzz!

Welcome to Blu-ray Buzz!pros and consAndy,It's nice to see your story here at zdnet. I also enjoy being able to post my opinions at zdnet, as I see them from where I'm positioned in the industry. I've been watching BD's first release as well as it's second which I believe...

Tags: DVD, NEW BD, recorder, laser

Discussion threads 2006-11-22

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Apple unveils major Mac upgrades

Looks like the rumors had it pretty closeIt is getting harder for Apple to really keep things secret before a new launch. I was still hoping that Blu-ray would make it in, at least as an option on the high-end, but as the rumors predicted, it is not available...

Tags: Mice, Desktops, eSATA, Apple Inc., mouse, display, Apple Macintosh

Discussion threads 2009-10-20

Time to ditch the optical drive, once and for all

Once heralded as the second coming of data storage, the sun has finally set on the optical drive as an effective vehicle for data storage and delivery. Optical drives are simply too small and too slow to be practical. Single layer discs hold 4.7GB while double layer discs can hold...

Tags: Hard Drive, Apple Macintosh, Disk, Storage, Optical Drive, MCE, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-09-16

Sharp announces new Blu-ray player and iPod docks

Sharp announced two new items today at the CEDIA show. The first is a new Blu-ray player, the BD-HP52U, which will be able to connect to the Web. Sharp also is planning on partnering with a service provider to offer streaming video content. The service provider...

Tags: Apple iPod, Sharp Corp., Blu-ray, AP8P, Business Services, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Jennifer Bergen

Blog posts 2009-09-10

Media Center gives digital cable tuners a new lease on life

Blu-ray ...... I'm surprised to see you mention Blu-ray ... While I have Blu-ray capability, I've taken the upscaling route because I have a vast DVD library and after objectively looking at it, can't see the benefits. Going from DVD to upscaled DVD is an improvement, but when I compare...

Tags: Media Center PCs, Consumer electronics, Media Center PC, CableLabs, digital cable tuner, cable, cable tuner, DVD, CableCard, BIOS, PC

Discussion threads 2009-09-10

Sony's Blu-ray player with built-in Wi-Fi, no interesting Internet services available this week

If you're looking for a cheaper alternative to buying an Internet-ready HDTV, and don't need all of the widgets the sets will be rolling out, a networked Blu-ray player could be a viable option. Most importantly, these units are offering the same Netflix and Amazon On Demand video-streaming...

Tags: NetFlix Inc., Sony Corp., built-In, LG Electronics Inc., HDTV, Blu-ray, Internet Service, Wireless LANs, Internet, Ethernet, Wi-Fi, TVs, Web Site Development, Tv & Home Theater, Wireless And Mobility, Networking, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2009-09-07

Earth Bluray To WMV Converter 5.7.8 (Windows)

New choice for WMV format concerning blu-ray tech, Earth Bluray To WMV Converter is launched. It can convert blu-ray disks BD and DVDs to WMV format at an astonishing speed. Earth Bluray To WMV Converter allows you to preview the movie before converting, clip any movie segment freely and simply,...

Tags: Blu-ray Disc, WMV, Microsoft Windows, Earth-Soft, Blu-Ray, Digital Video, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment

Software downloads 2009-09-03

Sony PlayStation 3 Slim - 120GB

Photo gallery:Sony PlayStation 3 SlimBack in 2004, four years after first launching the PlayStation 2, Sony brought out a new, much more compact PS2. Timed to come out just as Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas was hitting stores, the redesigned console helped breath new life into the PS2 franchise. It...

Tags: Game players, Sony PlayStation 3, Sony Playstation, Sony Corp.

Product reviews 2009-08-19

HD DVD returns and kicks Blu-ray to the gutter

HD DVD returns and kicks Blu-ray to the gutterWell researchedThe problem with Blu Ray is the royalty aspect of this format.Thousands of dollars just to use their logo on the Jacket Cover and so on.Maybe this chinese will work.So is my HD-DVD player dead or not?In the US that is,...

Tags: HD DVD, DVD, Consumer electronics, HD-DVD

Discussion threads 2009-08-03

Gadget Gal's daily deals: 32-inch Vizio HDTV, Dell back-to-school sale, Sharp AQUOS Blu-ray player

A 32-inch Vizio HDTV, a sale on Dell laptops and desktops, and a Sharp AQUOS Blu-ray player. Here are your daily deals for Monday, August 3, straight from the Gadget Gal: 1. Get the Vizio VO320E 32-inch LCD HDTV for $359 shipped at Dell.com. Part of Vizio's...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Blu-ray Disc, Sharp Corp., Laptop Computer, Blu-Ray, Notebooks, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jennifer Bergen

Blog posts 2009-08-03

Earth Bluray To MP3 Converter 5.9.10 (Windows)

A new choice for your MP3 player, Earth Bluray To MP3 Converter can extract audio files from Blu-ray disks or common DVDs. Now, you can listen to your fantastic Blu-ray movies anytime anywhere. Earth Bluray To MP3 Converter converts your Blu-ray disks BD or DVDs to MP3, WAV, WMA, OGG,...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, MP3, Earth-Soft, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics

Software downloads 2009-07-31

Sony introduces massive Blu-ray disc changers for the one guy with 400 Blu-ray discs

Having made disc-changer units for CDs and traditional DVDs in the past, Sony inevitably had to make them for Blu-ray discs, which it's apparently finally ready to do. The company has announced two new "megachangers" that can hold and play up to 400 Blu-ray titles. ...

Tags: Sony Corp., Blu-ray Disc, Disc, Blu-Ray, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2009-07-24

How safe are your CD-Rs?

How safe are your CD-Rs?Perhapsits his reader and not the diskRE: How safe are your CD-Rs?Have had branded CD-Rs fail in three years of time-frame.There have also been times when CD is unreadable right after burning even though the burner software good brand just verified that the data got written...

Tags: Consumer electronics, Branding, disc, CD-R, CD, DVD, Taiyo Yuden

Discussion threads 2009-07-20

Hell freezing over? Toshiba set to release a Blu-ray player this year

Hell freezing over? Toshiba set to release a Blu-ray player this yearSuccess?Me thinks not according to http://blogs.zdnet.com/storage/?p=365No. Just bussiness as usualHow many standard fights Sony lost in the past?? Didn't they soon after started selling products with the winning standard??Have you ever seen a CD or a VHS movie...

Tags: HD DVD, Consumer electronics, Toshiba Corp., DVD

Discussion threads 2009-07-19

Gadget Gal's daily deals: Sharp Blu-ray player, Linksys wireless router, Sony BRAVIA LCD HDTV

A Sharp AQUOS Blu-ray player, a Linksys wireless router, and a 40-inch Sony BRAVIA LCD TV. Here are your daily deals for Wednesday, July 8, straight from the Gadget Gal: 1. Get the Sharp BD-HP21U AQUOS Blu-ray Disc Player from Dell Home for $139.99, down from $249.99....

Tags: Sony Corp., Wireless Router, Router, HDTV, Sharp Corp., Blu-ray, Linksys Inc., Wireless, Routers & Switches, Network Technology, Home Networking, Networking, TVs, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Jennifer Bergen

Blog posts 2009-07-08

Blu-ray's Blo-tards bite back

Blu-ray's Blo-tards bite backI own a BR player and have 3 BR movies ....Only movies worth the extra bucks and that is a very small number will make me think about purchasing a BR movie. For all other, upconverted DVD is good enough.If the BR movies were about the...

Tags: Consumer electronics, HD DVD, DVD

Discussion threads 2009-06-26

Blu-ray's Blo-tards bite back

Someone hired the PR/lobbying firm Corporate Advocates to bite back at Storage Bits. Their message: the Harris Poll on Blu-ray was wrong about the number of homes with Blu-ray players. A fact, it so happens, I never mentioned. But blow enough Blu-smoke and people will forget what...

Tags: Robin Harris

Blog posts 2009-06-26

Blu-ray buzzkill: the death-spiral

Will consumers upgrade to Blu-ray? The CEO & co-founder of fast growing Netflix believes mailed DVDs shall be replaced by web-sent movies. And a recent Harris [no relation, darn it] Poll finds that people today are less likely to buy a Blu-ray player than they were last year. ...

Tags: Time Warner Inc., Blu-ray, Harris Poll Number, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Robin Harris

Blog posts 2009-06-23

Panasonic DMP-B15K

Photo gallery:Panasonic DMP-B15 The Panasonic DMP-BD15 is the first portable Blu-ray player, and at first it's easy to write it off as useless since much of Blu-ray's visual superiority doesn't translate on its 8.9-inch screen. But that's missing the point. If you're a home theater buff with a growing Blu-ray...

Tags: Consumer electronics, DVD, display, Panasonic, Panasonic DMP-B15

Product reviews 2009-06-22

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Tags: Newsletter, HDTV, Corporate Communications, Document Management, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-06-06