Blu-ray Evolution in SA

Blu-ray Deal Alert: Low Price Wave at Amazon

Black Friday arrived a month early at Amazon. A slew of Blu-ray titles are seeing steep price drops, of 50% off list price or more, including new upcoming releases such as ‘Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince’ for $17.99, deluxe catalog editions like ‘Gone with the Wind: 70th Anniversary Ultimate Collector’s Edition’ for $45.49, compilations [...]

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Rumor: Blu-ray Enabled Wii 2 in 2010

Gaming site Maxconsole.net, citing information leaked to Logic-Sunrise.com by a Nintendo France marketing employee, is reporting that a new Nintendo console will be launched worldwide in the third quarter of 2010. This “Wii 2″ will reportedly get a Blu-ray drive, and support 1080p for games and movies….brbra href=”http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=3617″Read full article at Blu-ray.com/a Read the original article [...]

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BD Sales: October 19-25 – Transformers Breaks Sales Records

‘Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen’ smashed its way to the top of the BD sales chart for the week ended October 25, according to Nielsen VideoScan. It sold 1.2 million BD units in its first week (500,000 in the first day alone), according to research by iHome Media Magazine/i, becoming the biggest hidef release of [...]

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District 9 Blu-ray to Feature God of War III Demo

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment in conjunction with Sony Computer Entertainment America have announced that the upcoming Blu-ray release of ‘District 9′, which is scheduled to be released on December 29th, will feature a demo of the upcoming PS3-exclusive game ‘God of War III’. After completing the demo, which is only playable on a PS3, users [...]

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Oppo European Launch Cancelled

Oppo has just announced on its UK website that that the release of the OPPO BDP-831 Blu-ray Disc player in Europe will be “postponed indefinitely.” The company says that it wouldn’t be able to equally serve all our European customers with the release of the player, due to language barriers, shipping constraints and support issues….brbra [...]

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Universal Details Funny People Blu-ray Release

Universal Studios Home Entertainment has announced the technical specs and special features for the upcoming Blu-ray release of ‘Funny People’, which is scheduled to hit store shelves on November 24th, day-and-date with the DVD release. Both the theatrical and unrated versions of the film will be presented in 1.85:1 1080p VC-1 accompanied by a 5.1 [...]

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JVC Announces Blu-ray Player under $200

JVC today announced a new Blu-ray player, model JVC XV-BP11. Like its predecessor the XV-BP1, it supports Bonus View, as well as AVCHD and advanced audio codecs - but not BD-Live. The main changes are a new, slimline design, a front-panel USB port and the MSRP, which drops $100 to $199.95. It is available immediately….brbra [...]

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Chuck Season 2 Blu-ray Announced

Warner Home Video has announced that it will release ‘Chuck: The Complete Second Season’ on Blu-ray on January 5, 2010, day-and-date with the DVD. The 22-episode season will come in four discs. As usual with television content from this studio, only a Dolby Digital track will be included, with no lossless audio option….brbra href=”http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=3611″Read full [...]

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December Date for 9 Blu-ray

Universal Studios Home Entertainment is set to release the post-apocalyptic computer-animated film ‘9′ on Blu-ray on December 29. This film, about a group of sentient rag dolls in a dilapidated Earth, began as a silent short which was a student project for Shane Acker when at UCLA and went on to win praise, awards – [...]

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A Perfect Getaway in Late December

Universal Studios Home Entertainment will release David Twohy’s ‘A Perfect Getaway’ on Blu-ray on December 29, day-and-date with the DVD. This thriller movie about a Hawaii vacation gone horribly wrong will be presented in its theatrical and unrated director’s cut, with a full ten additional minutes….brbra href=”http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=3609″Read full article at Blu-ray.com/a Read the original article here VN:F [...]

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