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Onkyo finally launches $599 DV-BD606P “pro” Blu-ray player

Nicr — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:00:11 +0000

Onkyo’s had a long journey from HD DVD to Blu-ray, first giving an indication that it would produce a BD deck of its own this past February. This summer, we’d heard that the player would set buyers back a few bills, but that was back when players were all selling for a few bills. Now, the DV-BD606P h……

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Psystar slaps Apple around, releases Mac clones with Blu-ray / GeForce 9800GT

Nicr — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 03:00:11 +0000

While suits from Psystar and Apple are currently attempting to work things out via alternative dispute resolution, the former company is doing something the latter company won't: offer OS X-capable machines with built-in Blu-ray and NVIDIA's GeForce 9800GT. Showing no mercy whatsoever in a recent rel……

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Sony's high-end SCD-XA5400ES SACD player eyes-on at CEDIA

Nicr — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 03:00:41 +0000

A $1,500 SACD player? In 2008? Long after the never-very-popular format peaked? Thanks, Sony — we can only imagine how lopsided the gallery visit-to-purchase ratio will be on this one…….

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Boondock Saints gets Blu-ray release date, can you say Veritas Aequitas?

Nicr — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 03:00:10 +0000

It's not often that we get jazzed enough to leap from our seats about a particular Blu-ray release, but we're brimming with excitement over this one. The 1999 cult classic Boondock Saints will be arriving well before Saint Patty's Day 2009 in high-def, as Fox Home Entertainment has selected Janua……

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Sanyo's laser could bring 12x Blu-ray burners and 100GB discs

Nicr — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 11:00:55 +0000

While Sony and others compete with Blu-ray burners of a paltry 8x, Sanyo’s looking ahead with a new laser that could enable write speeds of up to 12x. More impressively, the 450 milliwatt diode (twice that of current burners) could read and write through four 25GB layers. If you’re not so good at math……

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Lite-On intros 6x iHES206 internal Blu-ray reader / DVD writer

Nicr — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 03:00:12 +0000

If you were hoping to grab a new Blu-ray writer to slap inside of that new tower, you'll be sorely disappointed with Lite-On's new iHES206. The 6x optical drive simply reads Blu-ray Discs, but it will handle writing of blank CD and DVD media. As for speeds, it can digest single-layer BD-R / RE / ROM ……

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Delkin announces absurdly overpriced 4x external Blu-ray writer

Nicr — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 11:46:38 +0000

With Buffalo just announcing an external 8x Blu-ray burner for a manageable $399.99, we're left to wonder who in their right mind will even give this heap a second glance. Delkin has proudly revealed a BD writer that's half as quick and more expensive, with its latest toasting BD-Rs at just 4x and put……

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Sony yells “me too,” introduces BWU-300S 8x Blu-ray burner

Nicr — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 11:46:38 +0000

What is this, the week of the 8x BD writer or something? Just days after Buffalo announced two such units for the American market (and Delkin failed epically with an alternative half as quick yet more expensive), in runs Sony with an 8x Blu-ray writer of its own. The October-bound BWU-300S can cook an entire ……

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Dell Mini Inspiron caught running Ubuntu in the wild

Nicr — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 03:00:41 +0000

At this point we’ve seen a ton of Dell’s upcoming Inspiron 910 / Mini Inspiron, but until this thing hits the street for real it looks like our pal Mr. Blurrycam has a new favorite target. Here’s the 8.9-inch netbook testing Ubuntu somewhere, with a far less ugly keyboard than last time — maybe ……

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Sony debuts HDR-FX1000, HVR-Z5J high-def camcorders

Nicr — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 03:00:39 +0000

It looks like those not willing to give up on DV tape for their HD recording needs now have a pair of new options to consider from Sony, which has just introduced its HDR-FX1000 and HVR-Z5J camcorders in Japan. The HDR-FX1000 (pictured above) is the slightly more consumer-minded of the two, with it boasting ……

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