engadget.com - 1/2/2009
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If you were hoping that another no-name company would release a $400 Blu-ray player, then today is your lucky day as ezGear is very proud to share the details of its BluCobra Blu-ray Disc Player. The BluCobra -- love the name btw -- features 7.1 analog outputs, SACD, TrueHD, DTS-HD HR&MA ...
LG Network Blu-ray Players getting CinemaNow & YouTube in 2009
slashgear.com 12/30/2008 — LG have announced two new streaming content providers that users of their 2009 network Blu-ray players will be able to access. Both CinemaNow and YouTube have joined Netflix, which is the only media-on-demand provider currently accessible to users ...
LG plugs YouTube, CinemaNow into next year's Blu-ray players
engadget.com 12/31/2008 —
Never satisfied with offering only a Blu-ray disc player (see 2007's BH100 Blu-ray + HD DVD combo and 2008's Netflix-streaming BD300 ), LG is upping the ante for '09, promising support for YouTube and CinemaNow videos on its next gen decks. Along ...
A look back: our predictions for 2008
ps3fanboy.com 12/31/2008 —
At the very beginning of the year, we made some bold predictions about the state of PS3 in 2008. Let's see how well those turned out for us, shall we? PS3 Prediction #1: Warner Bros. will go Blu-ray exclusive. Looks like we were right about this ...
ezGear BluCobra EZ3000 Blu-ray Player —
iTech News Net
ezGear introduces its first Blu-ray disc player, BluCobra EZ3000. BluCobra EZ3000 plays Blu-ray, DVD and CD discs. It supports also BD Profile 1.1 (Bonus View) and BD-ROM.
ezGear’s BluCobra EZ3000 can handle Digital Dolby, MPEG-2 Audio, Dolby TrueHD (lossless) and DTS-HD Master Audio ...
ezGear announces BluCobra EZ3000 Blu-ray Player —
Krunker
ezGear launches their new line of BluCobra products with the introduction of the BluCobra EZ3000 Blu-ray Disc Player. The BluCobra EZ3000 is a multi-format player with support for DVD, SACD, and Blu-ray with full 1080p/24Hz output as well as support for BD Profile 1.1 and BD-ROM discs. The ...
LG Blu-ray player will support YouTube —
Smart Home Blog
Recently Samsung announced its new series of Blu-ray players with support IP TV Netflix. That’s really cool to have one device to watch DVD/Blu-ray disks and online TV. Additionally to that LG decided to add possibility to watch YouTube and CinemaNow videos on its next gen decks. The new ...
What Blu-ray needs to do in 2009 in order to gain ground —
Engadget HD
You, the BDA, whomever , can spin it however you wish, but the fact is that Blu-ray has not had a momentous year. Has it been profitable? Sure. Has adoption grown? No doubt . But consumers at large are showing with their purchasing habits that DVD is still a-okay in their lives. Paul ...
LG Adds YouTube and CinemaNow to Blu-ray Players [Blu-Ray] —
Gizmodo
I know what you've been thinking, Mr. Home Theater Enthusiast. "Why can't I watched low rez Flash clips on my awesome HDTV and Blu-ray player?" Thanks to LG...Now. You. Can. LG has announced that their 2009 line of "Network Blu-ray Players" will not only include Netflix , but YouTube support ...
Deal of the Day: 50% off of Blu-ray 'Short Circuit' —
Wired: Gadget Lab
Amazon.com is selling a large number of Blu-ray movies at 50% off in an extended deal that lasts until January 4th. The internet retailer is clearly hoping to entice the growing number of people who've bought players in the new format.
According to figures released by the Blu-ray ...
50% off on Blu-ray Movies on Amazon —
I4U News
Amazon has yet another Blu-ray sale going on. This time you can save 50% on selected Blu-ray movies until January 4th.
So if you got a brand new Blu-ray player from Santa this is a nice opportunity to build your Blu-ray disc library.
The selected Bl...
Blu-ray, Cut Prices Or You're Toast —
Silicon Alley Insider
An interesting argument by Paul Sweeting on ContentAgenda: Blu-ray needs to stop pretending it's a revolutionary new format like DVD and start acting like what it is...a minor quality improvement that consumers won't pay any more for.
The first order of Blu-ray business for 2009 is an ...
Bush BD01 becomes UK's first sub-£100 Blu-ray player —
Engadget HD
We're not even going to front -- prior to this article, we hadn't heard of Bush (the consumer electronics manufacturer) nor the BD01. According to reports from the UK, though, the Bush BD01 has become the nation's first widely available sub-£100 Blu-ray player. At least at Argos, the ...
NU EBC100, reproductor Blu-Ray externo —
Ounae
La empresa NU acaba de lanzar el NU EBC100, un combo Blu-Ray que lee los formatos típicos de discos y que se caracteriza por su ligereza y reducido tamaño . Este aparato puede leer CD’s, DVD’s y discos Blu-Ray, aparte de ser capaz de grabar CD y DVD a 8x, y CD’s o ...
Poll: Did you go Blu in 2008? —
Engadget HD
At the front end of this year, we made ten bold (and mostly not serious) predictions for the format war in 2008. Comically enough, a few of 'em actually came true. Most notable was the fall of HD DVD and the rise of Blu-ray, and while it has only been a matter of months since Blu became the ...
50% off on Blu-ray Movies on Amazon —
I4U News
Amazon has yet another Blu-ray sale going on. This time you can save 50% on selected Blu-ray movies until January 4th.
So if you got a brand new Blu-ray player from Santa this is a nice opportunity to build your Blu-ray disc library.
The ...