Buy Up on Blu-ray And Get $10 Off A 2nd Blu-ray Disc On Amazon

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Disney's Up is one of the Top DVD Movie Releases for the Holidays 2009. Amazon just posted a new deal on this page where you can buy the Up Blu-ray/DVD combo pack and receive $10 off the purchase of a second Blu-ray title.

You need to enter promo code DISNEYBD at checkout to receive your credit. You must purchase both items together to receive the discount. Offer ends on November 10, 2009 and is only valid for one item per customer.
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Posted on Thu, 5 Nov 2009 06:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

ASRock ION330 Gets Blu-ray

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ASRock has announced that its ION330 SFF computer is getting an update. The machine was small in size already making it an appealing HTPC for home theater fans and now the device is gaining a Blu-ray player.

Other updates from the previous version of the ION330 include WiFi, DTS 7.1 sound, RAID support, eSATA connectivity, MCE controller, and a 500GB HDD for storage. The ION330 now comes in three models with the 330HT-BD getting the Blu-ray player. Read more

Posted on Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:00:00 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Black Friday: $99 Blu-Ray Players?

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Are you looking forward to Black Friday? The recession and plumetting price of consumer electronics could make this year one of the best years for deals ever. Even if you hate braving the holiday crowds, the sacrifice could be worth it. After all, how often do you get the chance to buy a new Blu-ray player for under $100?

Video business reports that an analyst from the NPD group has predicted holiday Blu-ray prices of $99 for Blu-ray players. Some name-brand players, like the new JVC device, are already down to $200. It's not hard to imagine prices dropping to half that. Analyst Ross Rubin even stated that prices as low as $49 for non-name brand players could be seen.

Posted on Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:22:25 CDT | by Robert Evans

JVC $200 XV-BP11 Blu-ray Player In Time For Black Friday

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JVC today released their first budget Blu-ray player, the XV-BP11. This player is a back-to-basics type of machine. It only recognizes Blu-ray Profile 1.1 and measures only 1.5” thick at its fattest point. The XV-BP11 has the standard, front-mounted USB drive and the ability to read H.264 files right out of the box.

Electronista states that the BP11 can also read WMV videos, JPEG images, and MP3 and WMA audio files. It can output surround sound audio via Dolby Digital, Digital Plus, True HD, DTS, DTS Essential, and DTS HD Master Audio standards.

Posted on Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:30:05 CDT | by Robert Evans

Gift Tip 7: LG BD390 Blu-ray Player

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The LG BD390 Blu-ray Player has virtually endless entertainment built-in. It offers a wide variety of standard-definition, instant-gratification media options to complement the high-definition Blu-ray experience.
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Posted on Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:28:58 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Black Friday Blu-ray Player Deal Predicted At $49

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Blu-ray player prices are in free fall compared to last year. Sales analyst NPD even sees a $49 Blu-ray player deal as conceivable on Black Friday according to Blu-ray.com.
I agree that a $49 Blu-ray player is possible. We just reported about the Sylvania NB530SLX Blu-ray player on sale for $124.99 last week.
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Posted on Mon, 26 Oct 2009 06:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Is It Already Black Friday? Sylvania NB530SLX Blu-ray Player Only $124.99

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If you are looking for an absolute budget Blu-ray player you do not have to wait until Black Friday to come around. Amazon has the Sylvania NB530SLX Blu-ray Player on sale for only $124.99 ($199.99 MSRP).

Features of the Sylvania NB530SLX Blu-ray Player include 1.1 Profile with Bonus View, Dolby Digital Plus, HDMI and PIP with Sound. Read more

Posted on Fri, 23 Oct 2009 08:53:07 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

New Insignia NS-BRDVD3 And NS-WBRDVD Blu-ray Player Stream Netflix

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Best Buy and Netflix announced this week that the new Insignia Advanced Series Blu-ray Player NS-WBRDVD and the Insignia Connected Blu-ray Player NS-BRDVD3 (photo) are streaming Netflix movie rentals.
Both new Insignia Blu-ray players are Internet ready, giving Netflix members on an unlimited plan access to a growing library to watch instantly on their TV. The Insignia Advanced Series model uses built-in Wi-Fi to connect to the Internet while the Insignia Connected player uses an Ethernet connection.
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Posted on Fri, 23 Oct 2009 04:54:32 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Xbox 360 Gets A Blu-ray Drive Says Steve Ballmer?

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That comes out of now where. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer says in a new interview just published on Gizmodo that the Xbox 360 gets Blu-ray drives as accessories.

Since the whole HD DVD disaster Microsoft always said no to Blu-ray drives and put streaming movie services as the valid alternative. Read more

Posted on Thu, 22 Oct 2009 02:23:24 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Sony BDP-N460 Networked Blu-ray Player Available For Pre-Order

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LG and others already offer networked Blu-ray players like the LG BD 370. Sony announced in September their networked Blu-ray player model dubbed Sony BDP-N460.
The Sony BDP-N460 is available for pre-order on Amazon.com for $249.99 and is supposed to ship this month.

The internet service of the BDP-N460 supports YouTube, Slacker, also Netflix. Read more

Posted on Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Is It Already Black Friday? LG BD 370 Netflix Blu-ray Player Only $150

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It was not that long ago that the Sony PS3 was the most affordable Blu-ray player. Prices really just dropped dramatically last year. This Holiday shopping season Blu-ray players will most likely see even lower prices.
What is new this year is that many Blu-ray players now offer network services to get Netflix, Youtube and other streaming video services.

The price war on Blu-ray players has already started though. Home Media reports that California electronics retailer Ken Cranes already announced 50% Blu-ray players, bringing some models to under $100. Read more

Posted on Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:33:40 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Samsung Announces Internal Blu-ray Combo Drive with 8x BD-R Burning

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Samsung has announced the pending launch of its first Blu-ray combo drive that can burn BD-R media at 8x speed. The drive is called the SH-B083 and it can burn to 25GB and 50GB Blu-ray media.

In addition to burning BD-R and reading BD-Rom discs, the drive can also read CDs at up to 40x and DVDs at up to 16x. Samsung uses its dual layer jumping algorithm to provide a fast average access time of 350ms, which Samsung claims is much faster than other drives on the market. Read more

Posted on Thu, 8 Oct 2009 10:00:00 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

New Sony VAIO CW Windows 7 Blu-ray Notebook Unveiled

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Besides the new Sony VAIO X Sony also announced the new VAIO CW Windows 7 powered notebook line today.
The Sony VAIO CW Series notebook features a 14-inch (diagonal) widescreen display with a 16:9 aspect ratio in a thin-and-light chassis. Sony offers the VAIO CW in blue, pink, red, black and white. You can equip the CW with a Blu-ray drive.
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Posted on Thu, 8 Oct 2009 01:42:21 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

LG N2B1D NAS With 2TB And Blu-ray Drive Unveiled

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LG unveils what the company calls the world's first NAS with a Blu-ray drive.
The LG N2B1D features 2TB of hard-drive disk space and a Blu-ray drive to backup data on Blu-ray discs.
The new LG NAS is geared towards consumers for home use and promises easy handling. Read more

Posted on Tue, 6 Oct 2009 04:30:27 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

New Apple iMac Still Not Sporting Blu-ray

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Evidence of new Apple iMac computers are taking them beyond rumors already. Still, besides the facts that the Apple All-in-One computers will be thinner and come with a new Mouse and keyboard nothing is known.
Daring Fireball posted yesterday that the rumored Blu-ray support is still not happening for the iMac or any Apple computer for that matter.
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Posted on Mon, 5 Oct 2009 01:56:56 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Stargate 15th Anniversary Edition On Blu-ray Coming

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Lionsgate celebrates the 15th anniversary of the sci-fi movie Stargate with an Anniversary Blu-ray release.
The Stargate: 15th Anniversary Edition Blu-ray Disc contains both the theatrical and extended cuts of the film – for the first time on Blu-ray – in newly remastered 1080p High Definition 16 x 9 Widescreen with English 7.1 DTS-MA Audio and four hours of special features including three new featurettes, a never-before-seen gag reel, an interactive trivia track and more. Read more

Posted on Sat, 3 Oct 2009 09:48:03 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

LG BD390 Blu-ray Player Review

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The LG BD390 (BD 390) is one of the most interesting Blu-ray player currently on the market. I have already ordered it as well, but it is on bloody back-order here in Germany.
The guys at InsideHW have just tested an LG BD390 and liked it quite a bit.

Quote from the review: "Earlier this year LG presented its first Blu-ray player (LG BD370) which was revolutionary at that moment, and now, we present you its successor: LG BD390. Our expectations for this model were high, but we must admit that despite our high expectations we were still pleasantly surprised with features that this player offers. Read more

Posted on Fri, 2 Oct 2009 02:27:32 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Pioneer BDR-205 Blu-ray Drive for PCs Unveiled

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The first Blu-ray burner for desktop computers that I got my hands on a few years back was well over $1000. Today you can buy a computer with a Blu-ray player for about the same amount. Pioneer has unveiled a new Blu-ray burner for desktop computers called the BDR-205.

The drive is a 5.25-inch desktop drive made to go inside a computer. The cool part about the new drive is that it is the first Blu-ray writer to hit 12x speeds. If you have ever burned a full Blu-ray disc of data, you know how long it takes to write 50Gb of data. Read more

Posted on Thu, 1 Oct 2009 08:00:00 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Top 25 DVD And Blu-ray Releases For The Holidays

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Hollywood is getting ready to launch the biggest blockbuster movies and TV series of the year on DVD and Blu-ray for the Fall and Holiday season.
The editors at Amazon did a great job picking the top 25 movie and TV releases that are coming up in the next month leading up to the Holiday shopping season (September 1st and November 30th).

Their top pick is the animated movie Up, which is going to be released November 10th. Read more

Posted on Wed, 16 Sep 2009 09:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

IFA 2009: Sony BDP-S560 and BDP-S760 Wi-Fi Blu-ray Player

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Sony unveiled at the IFA 2009 two WiFi enabled Blu-ray player with the Sony BDP-S560 and Sony BDP-S760 (photo).
Both the Sony BDP-S560 and BDP-S760 are offering Wireless-N connectivity, freeing you from the need of having an Ethernet port near your TV in the living room.
The new Sony Blu-ray players are also Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) enabled, which means that by pressing a single button on the WPS enabled router a secure connection from your player to the wireless network is established. Read more

Posted on Sat, 5 Sep 2009 04:40:44 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Toshiba BDX2000 Blu-ray Player Unveiled at IFA 2009

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Toshiba unveiled their first Blu-ray player at the IFA 2009. After the company's defeat in the HD format war, it took a while for the company to decide to join the winning Blu-ray camp.
The Toshiba BDX2000 supports BD-Live (Profile 2.0) needed to play Blu-ray discs with online content (Bonus View). Read more

Posted on Sat, 5 Sep 2009 02:52:55 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr