Upcoming PS3 firmware to add Blu-Ray Profile 1.1 - Picture in Picture playback
Update: The 2.10 firmware being released on December 19 will officially add Profile 1.1, so this rumor turns out to be true!
Sony VP of Advanced Technologies Don Eklund spoke at yesterday’s HDTV DisplaySearch conference in Universal City, California. During the panel discussion, Eklund mentioned that the Playstation 3 will be receiving a firmware update [...]
Making sense of the HD DVD hoopla
So earlier this year, it seemed like Blu ray was killing HD DVD in the next-generation format wars. Blu ray was far outpacing HD DVD in sales, and with the PlayStation 3, there were far more Blu ray players in the homes of consumers than there were HD DVD players. As well, Blockbuster [...]
New XBOX 360 Premiums (with HDMI) still use 90nm processors
I’m not sure how the rumor started (my guess is that someone on some forum just made the assumption), that the new XBOX 360 Premiums with HDMI output would be using the much-anticipated 65nm “Falcon” processor, but here is some proof that it doesn’t:
Courtesy of “wonderkins” from the NeoGAF forum comes this photo of his [...]
Blu-Ray dominating the format war so far
A good indication of how the format war is going is to look at the sales figures for the huge blockbuster titles. 300 happens to be such a title, and the figures are in for its debut last week. First of all, 300 is the fastest and best selling High Definition disc ever released, [...]
Microsoft cuts XBOX 360 prices, adds HDMI
It’s official, the XBOX 360’s price has been cut! The Premium is now $350, down from $400. The core gets a $20 drop, down to $280, and the Elite is now $480 instead of $500.
Also, it appears that new models of the Premium are being released, with HDMI support. So now, more than ever, [...]
Buy a Blu-Ray player, get 5 free movies
To give sluggish summertime sales a kick in the ass, the Blu-Ray Disc Association is offering a 2 month promotion for people buying their first Blu-Ray player.
If you buy any Blu-Ray player (including a PS3) you will be able to select any 5 movies from a list of about 20. We’re not talking about [...]
Blockbuster Chooses Blu-Ray Over HD-DVD
Almost two months ago, Reuters reported that Blu-Ray was outselling HD-DVD by more than a 2-1 margin and some believed this was the beginning of the end of the format war when it came to high definition DVDs. This wasn’t particularly surprising really as Blu-Ray has more industry support (three out of the five [...]
