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Seriously, Sony needs to get into politics, because they spun the crap out of this Blu-ray player to try and justify its $2,000 price tag.  The press release contains so many superlatives it’s making my head spin.  Perhaps I’m exaggerating (you can read after the ‘leap’), but with terms like ‘HD Reality Enhancer’ and ‘Super Bit Mapping’, you have to be a little skeptical.  Putting aside the grandiose terms, the BDP-S5000ES is a fully featured Blu-ray player with built-in Ethernet, memory card reader, a 7 second startup time, and a 14-bit HD video processor, which will enhance not only HD discs but standard def ones as well.

The Sony BDP-S5000ES Blu-ray player will be available in November at your usual retail spots.

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By: Albert S

LG announced what may be the first Network Attached Storage device with a built in Blu-Ray burner. With this handy storage unit you can store all your files via the network and burn a backup on a Blu-Ray disc. It features 4 Terabytes (that’s four T’s!) of storage so it should keep you occupied for quite some time.

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Cnet’s Crave was at the press event for the LG BD3000 Blu-ray DVD player last night.  You know, the one with Netflix streaming functionality.  They’ve scored some screen shots.  In short, it behaves just like the Netflix Player.

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This ain’t laugh out loud funny, but it’s done with enough of a dead pan like quality that’s it’s humorous to watch.

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LG’s newest Blu-ray player might be cool enough to sign me on to Hi-Def DVD.  That’s right, I’ve resisted.  Not for fear of the format wars, for fear of Blu-ray availability and cost.  Integrated into the LG BD300 Network Blu-ray disc player is a virtual Netflix Player that will allow Netflix customers to stream over 12,000 movies and TV shows to their TV.  I recently reviewed the Netflix Player and thought it was a great device.  LG isn’t my top pick for a Blu-ray player, but if it’s under $500 (probably have to be $300 for me to be game) as LG claims, these things will ship like hotcakes on a cake day.

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If you’re on the market for a laptop and ready to make the jump to HD movies, then check out Dell’s Inspiron 1525 laptops. Starting at $499, they include an optional Blu-ray drive and come in a variety of colors: Sunshine Yellow, Midnight Blue, and more. By the time you add the high def screen, Blu-ray player and better processor to handle the high def, you’ll get out the door for $929 before tax. Happy shopping. Read More

According to Macworld, we should expect Blu-ray players to appear in Apple products later this year. This news comes by way of the Financial times, which confirmed that Sony’s US president, Stan Glasgow was in talks with Apple and Microsoft regarding the Blu-ray high def format.

At a glance, the title of this article has complete credence given HD-DVD’s recent demise. Heck, Netflix just signed on to do Blu-Ray only. But the reality of it, is that Cargo Cosmetics launched this line of make up specifically to mask the flaws that high def does so well at pointing out. According to CNET they ’skirted copyright’ by replacing the ‘-’ with a ‘_’. So it’s Blu_Ray, not Blu-Ray Mr. Lawyer pants! Is that legal?