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Still expensive: new Blu-ray players from Sony

HD-DVD is dead and Sony announces two new players coming this year, but guess what? Right, since nobody wants to buy HD-DVD players any more, the prices for Blu-ray devices are still held high, actually too high for most consumers. ... [More]

Xbox 360 HD DVD drive gets kicked

Not very suprisingly Microsoft recently has discontinued it's HD-DVD accessory. Of course antecedent customers will be eligible for warranty and product support, but the time for HD-DVD with Microsoft's Xbox 360 is definitely over. ... [More]

Surprise, surprise: Amazon declares Blu-ray as the only HD-format

In case somebody would like to know: Online warehouse Amazon now officially reacts to the latest evolvement in the format war and declares Blu-ray as 'the remaining high-definition disc format'. ... [More]

HD-DVD: Not wanted anymore, but dead?

OK, Toshiba announced, it will neither develop, manufacture nor market HD-DVD players/recorders any longer, but that doesn't mean, all produced HD-DVD discs will vanish into the air. Consumers still own a pile of HD-DVD movies and are most concerned about watching them even five years from now. Reason enough for some companies to continue development and offering of HD-DVD players, mainly hybrids. ... [More]

Toshiba drops HD-DVD- most likely

Does anybody wonder? As a Japanese TV broadcast claims, Toshiba is ready to kick the HD-DVD out of their plans for the companys future - including players, recorders and anything else once involved. ... [More]

Streaming Netflix to PS3 and XBOX 360?

Just a rumour for now, but it seems, that Netflix plans to offer streaming content for PS3 and Xbox 360 users. ... [More]

Another one bites the DVD player

Dogs bite, Snakes and nearly every other animal on this planet. Even humans - and some times DVD player. Regarding to the firemen of Aylesbury, they went out last Saturday at 7.50 PM to rescue a three-year-old boy, who was trapped with his finger in a DVD player. ... [More]

Duke Nukem Forever: Confirmed

Or better: confirmed again. This time for 2008, nearly 12 years after the first announcement. ... [More]

Plextor brings HD-DVD/Blu-ray-Combo

Originally a DVD rewriter, Plextor's PX-B300SA is also able to play Blu-ray and HD-DVD movies. The SATA-device is a internal dual-layer burner and meant to work in PCs. ... [More]

Upgraded Xbox 360 in Japan

The Land of the Rising Sun is still more Xbox 360-resistant than Microsoft would like to accept. To promote their game console the company plans to publish an upgraded version next month just for Japan ... ... [More]

Buy one DVD, get one VOD for free

The US cable company Cablevision Corp. and Popcorn Home Entertainment plan to establish a service, letting their customers watch new releases free on VOD - after they purchased the DVD. ... [More]

FDA soothes fear of getting heart problems from magnetic fields produced by i Pods

Don't worry, rock on! This is the message, an FDA study brings to all iPod-friends with cardiac pacemakers. If the music of your iPod moves your heart, it's the music and not a magnetic field produced by your iPod. ... [More]

New PSP Firmware brings Skype

Since Sony has released firmware version 3.90 for the PSP, users are able to make free online calls - to Skype users only, of course, and if they own the new PSP Slim and Lite. ... [More]

Believe it or not: The DVD-Format-Battle is over

Does anyone care? After years of battling, the war between the recordable DVD formats is over as the consortium of DVD intellectual property holders eventually added DVD+R/RW to their list of licensable DVD products, which was ruled by DVD-R/RW only. ... [More]

Sweden charges The Pirate Bay

Sweden is going to charge the world's most frequented torrent service, The Pirate Bay, in a district court on January 31. As public prosecutor Hakan Roswall announced, the state will charge the Swedish site's organizers with accessory and conspiracy to break copyright law. ... [More]