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Inception Gets Deluxe Blu-ray Edition, Complete With Briefcase
Inception was one of the best movies of the summer, a total-head trip with amazing special effects. Now it’s getting the deluxe home theater treatment, with a Blu-ray set encased in a replica of the briefcase featured in ...
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Star Wars Saga Coming To Blu-Ray Fall 2011
The Complete Star Wars Saga is coming to Blu-ray, announced George Lucas at this year’s Star Wars Celebration V. Notice I didn’t say Star Wars Trilogy — no folks, you’ll be getting all six films in this ...
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Samsung’s BD-C8000 Is A 3D Portable Blu-Ray Player
Samsung also unveiled another first today, with the first portable 3D Blu-ray Player — though there’s a catch. The BD-C8000 delivers 1080p video on the go, but you need to hook it up to a 3D set and wear the glasses...
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Redbox To Start Offering $1.50 Blu-ray Rentals At All Locations This Fall
Ooh, this is exciting. Redbox, everyone’s favorite supermarket rental service, is going to have Blu-ray rentals. They’ve already rolled out the service at 13,300 of their rental locations, and they expect all 26,000...
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Plextor Releases USB-Powered Blu-ray Drive
Plextor’s new PX-B120U seems like your standard BD-ROM drive, with Blu-ray playback and CD/DVD burning, though it’s got a nice blue color scheme. But the real draw here is USB power, which gives it a certain portabi...
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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 s...
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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. There’s also a variety of...
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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 SSD features 6...
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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 3.0 ...
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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, it’s ...
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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 on a server for easy playba...
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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 you t...