Blu-ray Evolution in SA

Magnolia Has Answers and Food on BD

Magnolia Home Entertainment has announced two titles for release on Blu-ray on November 3, day-and-date with the DVD: ‘The Answer Man’, an independent romantic comedy starring Jeff Daniels and Laurel Graham, and ‘Food, Inc.’, a scathing documentary on the food industry. Audio and video specifications have not been revealed at this time….brbra href=”http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=3342″Read full [...]

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Deal Alert: Buy a Panasonic HDTV and BD Player, Save $200

Amazon has an interesting hardware promotion going. For a limited time, you can buy one of the qualifying Panasonic HDTVs along with a Panasonic BD60 Blu-ray player and save $200, essentially making the player free with the TV purchase. Simply add both items to your Shopping Cart, and the savings will be applied at checkout….brbra [...]

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BD Prices Fall, Catalog Spending Rises 72%

Pricing for BD software has dropped significantly everywhere, fostering an increase in demand and spending. In the US, BD software pricing has fallen more than 10% for new releases and a full one-third on catalog titles since 2008. This has caused spending on theatrical Blu-ray catalog to increase 72% from the same 2008 period. However, [...]

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Concert Blu-ray Wave from Eagle Rock

Eagle Rock Entertainment is releasing no fewer than five concert titles on Blu-ray in the fall. ‘Eminem: Live from New York City’ and ‘Toto: Falling in Between Live’ will be released on October 20, while ‘Earth, Wind and Fire: Live at Montreux 1997′, ‘Billy Idol: In Super Overdrive Live’ and ‘Carlos Santana Presents: Blues at [...]

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Geek Peek: Star Trek BD Gift Set with Enterprise Replica

For once, special-packaging enthusiasts don’t have to look overseas. Amazon is offering J.J. Abrams’ ‘Star Trek’ in an exclusive limited-edition Blu-ray gift set containing a “screen-accurate” 8.5-inch replica of the iU.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701/i, modeled directly from the digital-effects files used in the making of the movie. Note this figure isn’t cheap plastic, but rather solid [...]

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Rumor: Back to the Future, Jurassic Park on BD in 2010

Two of the most requested film franchises might be on Blu-ray soon (or rather, not so soon). Cinema site Nuke The Fridge i(sic)/i claims that it has learned from an “inside source at Universal” that both the ‘Back to the Future’ and ‘Jurassic Park’ trilogies will be released on Blu-ray in October or November of [...]

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Slim PS3 Reviewed as a BD Player

Tech site Engadget and AV site Home Cinema Choice have just published two reviews of the slim PS3, including its performance as a Blu-ray player. One of the reviews’ findings is that the new PS3 is slightly slower when loading a Blu-ray disc. On the other hand, improvements such as reduced power consumption and lower [...]

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The Sopranos Season One Dated

HBO Home Entertainment in conjunction with Warner Home Video has announced that the upcoming Blu-ray release of ‘The Sopranos: The Complete First Season’ will hit store shelves on November 24th. No technical specs or special features have been announced at this time….brbra href=”http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=3334″Read full article at Blu-ray.com/a Read the original article here VN:F [1.0.9_379]please wait...Rating: 0.0/5 (0 [...]

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I Love You, Beth Cooper Coming to Blu-ray

In an early announcement to retailers, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment has revealed that they will bring ‘I Love You, Beth Cooper’ to Blu-ray on November 3rd, day-and-date with the DVD release. Technical specs have not been announced at this time, but you can expect the typical 1080p AVC and DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack from [...]

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Wrong Turn 3 Blu-ray Detailed

20th Century Fox Home Entertainment has announced the technical specs and special features for the upcoming Blu-ray release of ‘Wrong Turn 3: Left for Dead’, which is scheduled to hit store shelves on October 20th, day-and-date with the DVD release. Video will be presented in 1.85:1 1080p AVC accompanied by a 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio [...]

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