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Full HD TV no threat to Blu-ray Filed under: TV & HDTV, DVD, Blu-Ray, HD-DVD | by: Rien | Hits: 123 HDTV News: According to a new report, the launch of Full HD television services will not significantly affect sales of Blu-ray discs or players.

The Blu-ray Patrol is a new FSR column focused on giving you the best insight into upcoming Blu-ray HD format releases. It’s no secret that BD releases are more expensive, so when you are thinking about making the jump in price, you might want to check with us first. It’s time to get this Blu-ray Patrol party started.

Yesterday , in which a BIOS update to solve some network card instability ended up wiping out their HDMI support.  The choice many owners were facing was to add an aftermarket network card or live without the HDMI port.  Now Acer has been in touch, with a new hotfix that the say will address the issue.

Panasonic to bring Blu-ray Disc burners to Europe Filed under: DVD, Blu-Ray, HD-DVD | by: Rien | Hits: 983 PC World: Panasonic will soon begin selling Blu-ray Disc-based video recorders in Europe, it said Thursday at the IFA electronics show in Berlin.

The BD-P2500 Blu-ray player also features Silicon Optix' HQV Processing, DVD upconversion and 7.1-channel analog audio. It's Samsung's first BD-Live ready Blu-ray player.

Yamaha offers high-end Blu-ray Player We’re headed into $200 Blu-ray players this holiday season, but the high-end market is still where a big portion of Blu-ray player sales are going. Marantz, Denon and Sony all have $1,000-plus Blu-ray players aimed at the upper echelon, and joining the party is Yamaha.

3D Blu-ray for IFA Filed under: DVD, Blu-Ray, HD-DVD | by: Rien | Hits: 1162 Rapid TVNews: The giant IFA consumer electronic show in Berlin (Aug 27-Sept 3) is Europe’s answer to the USA’s CES. This year’s event promises a keynote highlighting 3D.  One of the keynotes is from Andrea Ragnetti, EVP at Philips, and CEO of its Consumer Lifestyle division.

I’ve said it before, and I will probably say it again, all 1080p content is not the same. There is more to picture quality than lines of resolution or pixel count, bit rate is equally important, if not more so. With DirecTV, DISH Network, VUDU, and others touting their 1080p content they’re often comparing it to the gold standard in home video - Blu-ray Disc.

I’ve said it before, and I will probably say it again, all 1080p content is not the same. There is more to picture quality than lines of resolution or pixel count, bit rate is equally important, if not more so. With DirecTV, DISH Network, VUDU, and others touting their 1080p content they’re often comparing it to the gold standard in home video - Blu-ray Disc.

Blu-ray playback available on new media servers and as upgrade for legacy Fusion servers