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Blu Shines
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jan 14, 2009  | 
A year after the end of the format war with HD DVD, the Blu-ray format is doing well.
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Blu What?
SV Staff  |  Jun 17, 2008  | 
Important! Wake the kids! Breaking news! The newest breakthrough in consumer electronics is . . . DVD!!!  At least that's what Toshiba thinks. You'll recall Toshiba was the prime mover and shaker of DVD, and hoped to continue its revenue...
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Blu-con 1.0: Be There or Be Square
SV Staff  |  Oct 02, 2008  | 
Mark your calender. December 8th at the swank Beverly Hills Hotel. Be there or be square. Blu-con 1.0 will be a one-day summit for Blu-ray developers, marketers and producers. As the website says, "This workshop is designed to provide a forum...
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Blu-ray & Downloads: Can't We All Just Get Along?
SV Staff  |  Sep 17, 2008  | 
Must we make a choice? While DVD is still king, Blu-ray and digital downloads seem to be battling for second place attention. Why? There's no doubt that digital downloads are cheap, convenient, and almost instantaneous. But, not everyone has...
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Blu-ray Alternative for Mac
SV Staff  |  Oct 17, 2008  | 
Just days after Steve Jobs called Blu-ray a "bag of hurt," Amex Digital has announced a Blu-ray solution for Macs. Not some schlocky-looking external drive, this sleek, slim beauty is designed to complement Apple MacBooks, but it will...
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Blu-ray and HD DVD Pricing Eases
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jun 07, 2007  | 
The bitterly contested race between rival high-def disc formats has heated up with the announcement of the lowest-priced Blu-ray player yet, the Sony BDP-S300 for $499. Though the PS3 had hit the same price, this is a new low for a standalone Blu-ray player.
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Blu-ray and HD DVD To Include Down-Conversion Option
 |  Jan 29, 2006  | 

The digital sky has been falling for the last several days with reports that the AACS (Advanced Access Content System) copy protection scheme that will be used by both Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD will allow content providers the option of down-converting HD signals from the analog outputs of the players.

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Blu-ray Bargains: How Low Will They Go?
SV Staff  |  Nov 07, 2008  | 
Feeling lucky? How lucky? Do you wait until Black Friday to pick up a Blu-ray player for a great price, or trust that the price at the floundering Circuit City will be your best bet? For a limited time (guessing at that — they're listed in...
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Blu-ray Booming Across the Pond
SV Staff  |  Dec 24, 2008  | 
Ever wonder how Blu-ray is doing in other countries? According to the Blu-ray Disc Association, Europeans are taking up Blu-ray much faster than they embraced DVD after its introduction. In Blu-ray's first three years, it has outsold DVD by...
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Blu-ray Bucks Weak Economy
Mark Fleischmann  |  May 11, 2009  | 
Despite consumer insecurity over the dodgy economy, Blu-ray players are flying off the shelves.
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Blu-ray Buyers: Early Bird Catches the Bargain
SV Staff  |  Mar 13, 2008  | 
Data from shopping site Pricegrabber.com showing that Blu-ray player prices have increased since the beginning of the year hammers home the sting of the early-adopter trade-off: Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose. For savvy buyers of Blu-ray...
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Blu-ray Coming Your Way
Darryl Wilkinson  |  Feb 28, 2006  | 
In an effort to take the wind out of the sales of the HD DVD promotional armada heading to retail stores this month, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (SPHE), MGM Home Entertainment, and Lionsgate announced they're targeting May 23rd of this year to deliver the first batch of Blu-ray Disc (BD) titles at retail.
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Blu-ray Continues To Outpace HD DVD In February
 |  Mar 11, 2007  | 

After Nielsen Videoscan sales numbers showed Blu-ray outselling HD DVD by a two-to-one margin in January, Sony up and declared the format war as over. February's sales data probably isn't going to do much to reign in the confidence of the Blu-ray camp. A Video Business article cited industry sources claiming that the Sony-backed format outsold HD DVD by two-to-one again in February: 250,000 units to 125,000 units.

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Blu-ray Cruising Toward v2.0
SV Staff  |  May 05, 2008  | 
Currently, it is extremely hip to be hating on Blu-ray and to explain to all five people who read your blog that Blu-ray won't be successful because everyone is totally happy with their upconverting  DVD players. The other herd mentality...
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Blu-ray Digital Copy: If You Can't Beat 'em . . .
SV Staff  |  Jan 01, 2009  | 
While you hear a lot about movie studios doing everything in their power to prevent illegal pirated copies, a new approach is emerging. Instead of fighting it, some Blu-rays come bundled with a DVD that contains Digital Copy versions of the movies....
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