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Netflix offers Blu-ray Movies and raises Subscription Fees by $1

By I4U • Oct 9, 4:17pm

Netflix announces to offer Blu-ray movies. For $1 more in your monthly fee you get unlimited access to the Netflix Blu-ray selection.


The fee is actually automatically added. So if you do not have a Blu-ray player you need to adjust your account on th... ...

Technology

Sanyo has said it's doing something to make Blu-ray lasers better

By Tech Digest • Oct 9, 10:20am

To this end, Sanyo is promising to boost the capacity of Blu-ray discs to 100GB and maximise write-speed of burners to around 12x. It's all thanks to clever and more powerful new blue laser diode technology, which allows up to four data layers - each packing in 25GB of deleted scenes and staggeringly dull interviews with the leading man - to be stuck into a single Blu-ray disc at TWELVE TIMES wri ...

Programming

Iron Man Soars On Blu-ray

By About.com • Oct 9, 10:00am

If there was any doubt about the increasing acceptance of the Blu-ray Disc format, the release of Iron Man may be putting this doubt to rest. Although Paramount has not... ...

Programming

Panasonic 58-Inch 1080p Plasma HDTV: $2,799

By TVPredictions • Oct 9, 9:54am

Amazon.com is now selling a Panasonic 58-inch 1080p Plasma HDTV for $2,799 -- more than 38 percent off the suggested list price. The flat-panel set, model TH-58PZ700U, delivers a picture resolution of 1,920 x 1,080 pixels, has 2 HDMI inputs, a SD card memory slot and has a contrast ratio of 5,000 to 1.The high-def set has a 4.5-star customer rating (based on 37 reviews) and it's Energy Star quali ...

Marketplace

Blu-ray 2008: The Studio Report Card

By High-Def Digest • Oct 9, 12:25am

High-Def Digest's own Kenneth S. Brown has just written an article for Sound & Vision Magazine, in which he holds the studios accountable for their performance in the Blu-ray arena. Regular readers are... ...

Programming

Amazon burns 45% off Blu-ray disc bundles

By Punch Jump • Oct 8, 4:24pm

Amazon.com this week began offering 45 percent off three-disc Blu-ray bundles in the latest promotion for the high-definition format. ...

Programming

Jet Li's 'Fearless' Coming to Blu-ray

By High-Def Digest • Oct 8, 4:00pm

Announcing its latest HD DVD catch-up title, Universal will bring the Jet Li actioner 'Fearless' to Blu-ray this December with three different versions of the movie. Arriving a year after the HD DVD release,... ...

Marketplace

NEWS: Blu-ray Association predicts Blu Christmas

By Pocket-lint • Oct 8, 2:49pm

Quel surprise The Blu-ray Disc Association reports that "sell-in indicators for Blu-ray products are proving more positive than even the most optimistic sales forecasts and market analyst reports."
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Read Blu-ray Association predicts Blu Christmas on Pocket-lint now]]> ...

Sony intros Blu-ray loyalty programme in US

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By HDTV UK • Oct 8, 2:15pmMarketplace

Technicolor Opens Blu-ray Testing Center in California

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By CE Pro • Oct 7, 8:40pmBusiness & Investment

Blu-ray Report Card Calls Out Cheap and Lazy Movie Studios [Blu-Ray]

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By Gizmodo • Oct 7, 8:20pmEntertainment

'Zodiac' to Cut Up Blu-ray this January

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By High-Def Digest • Oct 7, 8:00pmProgramming

Warner Bringing 'The Notebook' to Blu-ray

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By High-Def Digest • Oct 7, 6:00pmProgramming

Samsung LN55A950 55-inch HDTV is I4U Top 100 Gift Tip #50

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By I4U • Oct 7, 5:00pmMarketplace

73% of non HDTV Owners Plan to Buy HDTV within Year

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By I4U • Oct 7, 4:03pmGeneral Interest

'Dexter' Coming to Blu-ray

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By High-Def Digest • Oct 7, 4:00pmProgramming

Classic Eighties films coming to Blu-ray: Goonies, Risky Business, Beetlejuice, Gremlins

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By HDTV UK • Oct 7, 2:00pmProgramming

Sony launches BWU-300S 8X Blu-ray disc writer

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By HDTV UK • Oct 7, 2:00pmProducts & Equipment

Toshiba continues to shun Blu-ray format

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By HDTV UK • Oct 7, 2:00pmPolitics & Policy

NEWS: HD DVD sales "still very strong" in States

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By Pocket-lint • Sep 30, 12:09pmHD DVD & Blu-ray