Tag archive: Ray DVD

A jubilant Sony appears to be winning the first battles in the HD DVD/Blu-Ray technology war.   The company has announced that shipments of its Blu-Ray DVDplayers to the U.S. could massively increase this year – from 100,000 to 600,000.   However, it gives credit not to the players themselves, but the movies coming out on the Blu-Ray format.Of the top 20 new films released on DVD, some 14 or 15 have been exclusive to Blu-Ray,… Read More

[Editor's note: Come here from Digg looking for "Samsung Delays Blu-ray Disc Player"? Click here for that story - we incorrectlysubmitted the URL and apologize for the inconvenience.]   At a hastily convened news conference, Sony games chief Ken Kutaragi announced the launch of its anticipated Playstation 3 gaming console would be delayed until November 2006, more than a year and a half after it's official unveiling. At issue:… Read More

Video-rental firm Netflix announced today that it plans to begin carrying titles in the HD DVD next-generation DVD format as soon as they become available in March, 2006. “For those subscribers who have an immediate interest in renting movies in high-def, we're committed to making the full range of titles available at Netflix the moment they're introduced,” said Netflix CEO Reed Hastings. Toshiba is expected to have… Read More

Sony's big CES keynote doesn't happen until Thursday, but the company let slip its North American product line plans for 2006 on Wednesday, including a Blu-Ray DVD player due by mid-year, a 46-inch version of its Bravia LCD television, and a hard disk-based camcorder and a 46-inch Bravia LCD television. Sony plans to begin offering a Blu-Ray DVD player in the American market by mid-year; the players will debut in the Japanese… Read More

Film studio MGM announced today it will support Sony's Blu-Ray DVD disk format. MGM plans to begin releasing material when the new Blu-Ray hardware is available in North America, Japan. and Europe; the studio's large library includes television programming and more than 4,000 films, including the lucrative James Bond franchise. The announcement was not considered a surprise by industry watchers, since MGM was acquired in April… Read More

Thomson announced that it will support next-generation DVD formats by manufacturing HD DVD and Blu-ray discs through its Technicolor business and providing consumer HD DVD players through its Thomsonand RCA brands. Thomson, which is also a founding member of the Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA), will continue to participate and support the development and production of the Blu-ray Disc format. The BDA regroups over 70 companies, including Sony,… Read More