http://www.blurayfacts.com Blu-ray Facts and the latest News Mon, 19 May 2008 10:05:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Sony's Blu-ray won the big format war between its format and Toshiba's HD-DVD a few months ago. However, according to recent research Blu-ray sales haven't actually increased. Analysts have mentioned expensive blu-ray hardware, lack of movies available, and an unwillingness of consumers to upgrade from DVD to high definition. You ... http://www.blurayfacts.com/blu-ray-wins-but-sales-not-impressive/ After winning many of the Format War's battles, it was pretty obvious that Blu-ray would win the war eventually. It was merely a matter of time, when would Toshiba give up? A few days ago they finally did. Having seen major movie studios rally behind Blu-ray, and then huge retail ... http://www.blurayfacts.com/blu-ray-wins-the-war/ The HD DVD format has not been pronounced dead yet, but all its life signs are getting weaker every day. With major movie studios, movie rental services, and retail outlets favouring Blu-ray it is merely a matter of time. Blogs and news sites have been reporting on a rumour that ... http://www.blurayfacts.com/hd-dvd-still-not-officially-death/ It's getting clearer every month that Blu-ray is indeed the winning high definition format in the huge war of formats. Best Buy (America's largest consumer electronics chain), and Netflix (large DVD rental company) have both decided to back Blu-ray. Now, in the case of Best Buy, it does not mean ... http://www.blurayfacts.com/another-big-boost-for-blu-ray/ With Warner Brothers decision to now exclusively support the Blu-ray format, is the format war coming to an end? According to Toshiba, which is the major supporter of HD-DVD, the war isn't over just yet. Sales figures and consumer reports all point to a clear win for Blu-ray, however. Toshiba ... http://www.blurayfacts.com/end-of-format-war-near/ Panasonic has been sending out samples of it's new ultra-thin Blu-ray disc drive. The flat drive will be useful for notebooks, and weights way less than regular drives. At 0.37 inch it is billed as the thinnest Blu-ray disc drive in the world. Panasonic previously produced a 0.50 inch drive. ... http://www.blurayfacts.com/ultra-thin-blu-ray-disc-drive/ Pretty entertaining news if you ask me : 5-disc special Blu-ray edition sets of Harry Potter include one HD-DVD instead of 5 Blu-ray discs. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire was accidentally added to the set as HD-DVD CD. The studio behind the films, Warner, still supports both high ... http://www.blurayfacts.com/blu-ray-news/ With many movies now being released on Blu-ray it didn't take long before reviews popped up all over the Internet. Besides reviewing the actual movie, the special features of the Blu-ray disc are also reviewed. I've been rather sceptical about claims of fantastic special features being possible on Blu-ray. Sure ... http://www.blurayfacts.com/blu-ray-movies-and-extra-features/ I've heard lots of people complain about the price of HD players, I have done so myself. It's just not that interesting to spend 600+ bucks on a player when it's still not 100% clear which format (HD-DVD or Blu-ray) will be the dominant format. Sure, Blu-ray appears to be ... http://www.blurayfacts.com/low-priced-bluray-player/ Action movie "300" keeps on topping Blu-Ray and HD-DVD sales list. It only joined the top selling titles club in August, joining "Superman Returns", "Planet Earth - The Complete BBC series", "Happy Feet", "The Departed", and "Batman Begins". Warner Home Video ties the success of the title's sales to it's ... http://www.blurayfacts.com/movie-300-topping-sales-lists/