Blu-ray

Sony’s BDP-S1700ES 3D Blu-Ray Player Is iPhone-Controlled

Sony’s BDP-S1700ES 3D Blu-Ray Player Is iPhone-Controlled

Sony’s new 3D Blu-ray Player, the BDP-S1700ES, goes along to make use of its network connectivity in addition to 3D playback. It’s got built-in 802.11n WiFi, with BRAVIA Internet Video and Sony’s new video content system [...]

Samsung’s SH-B123 Is The World’s Fastest Blu-ray Drive

Samsung’s SH-B123 Is The World’s Fastest Blu-ray Drive

Samsung’s got a world’s best record with their new Blu-ray reader. The SH-B123 is a BD-ROM/DVD writer with a 12x BD-ROM read speed, along with CDs at up to 48x, and DVDs at a 16x max. [...]

Combined Blu-Ray/SSD HyDrive Brings Speed & Compactness To Notebooks

Combined Blu-Ray/SSD HyDrive Brings Speed & Compactness To Notebooks

Now here’s a type of drive I can get excited about. At Computex, LG unveiled the HyDrive, a compelling product that combines an SSD and Blu-Ray reader into one combined drive. Connected through SATA II, the [...]

Buffalo’s BR3D-12U3 Blu-Ray Burner Has USB 3.0 Support

Buffalo’s BR3D-12U3 Blu-Ray Burner Has USB 3.0 Support

Slowly but surely, USB 3.0 is coming to more and more devices and giving us some seriously fast transfer speeds. So it’s nice to see that Buffalo’s latest Blu-ray burner, the BR3D-12U3, features support for USB [...]

LG’s First 3D Blu-ray Player, The BX580, Coming Soon

LG’s First 3D Blu-ray Player, The BX580, Coming Soon

3D HDTVs are slowly trickling into stores, and 3D capable Blu-ray players are coming right with them. LG’s first entry into the fold, the BX580, is now available for pre-order at Amazon. According to the site, [...]

Kaleidescape’s M500 Blu-Ray Recorder Plays Backed Up Discs From A Server (With A Catch)

Kaleidescape’s M500 Blu-Ray Recorder Plays Backed Up Discs From A Server (With A Catch)

Kaleidescape is in the high-end media server business, and their new M300 and M500 models are no exception (just wait till you see the price.) The M Series backs up your discs and stores their images [...]

Pioneer’s iControlAV iPhone App Is Compatible With Their New Blu-ray Players, BDP-330 & BDP-LX53

Pioneer’s iControlAV iPhone App Is Compatible With Their New Blu-ray Players, BDP-330 & BDP-LX53

They’re not the first Blu-ray players on the market to harness the ability to be controlled by the iPhone, but nonetheless Pioneer’s latest players, the BDP-330 and the BDP-LX53 can just do that.  In order for [...]

Sharp’s Adds Blu-ray Burners To Their AQUOS DX3 LCD TVs

Sharp’s Adds Blu-ray Burners To Their AQUOS DX3 LCD TVs

As popular as HDTVs are, Blu-ray seems to be lagging behind. It’s a shame, because the format is excellent for both video quality and storage. Sharp is trying to integrate the Blu-ray experience with their new [...]

Samsung’s 3-D Starter Package For Free!

Samsung’s 3-D Starter Package For Free!

Well, sort of.  For the time being, Samsung will give you their 3-D Starter Package for free if you buy a Samsung 3-D HDTV and 3-D Blu-Ray Player.  No telling how much that’ll cost exactly but [...]

Sony Japan Active Shutter 3D TV Glasses And Infrared Emitter

Sony Japan Active Shutter 3D TV Glasses And Infrared Emitter

I think it’s safe to presume that you’re going to spend a significant amount of loot totally converting to 3-D TV and Blu-Ray.  Word from Sony Japan is that they’ve priced the TDG-BR100 and TDG-BR50 Active [...]