Tweet On 10th September, Blu-ray Partners France, the national Blu-ray Disc promotion group held its Blu-ray Disc press summit at the Deauville American Film Festival. The event was the first in a series of BD Film Festivals organised across Europe, which are also due to take place in Milan, Prague, Stockholm and Brussels during the [...]
Archive for September, 2009
Blu-ray Disc press summit at the ‘35th Festival Du Cinéma Américain’ in Deauville
Published September 21st, 2009Toshiba reveals first Blu-ray Disc Player
Published September 10th, 2009Tweet Only a few weeks after announcing its support for the Blu-ray Disc format, Toshiba has revealed its first standalone BD player. The BDX2000 provides Full HD 1080p digital output, BD-Live support (via Ethernet connection), AVCHD Playback and support for Dolby True HD and DTS-HD audio formats. The BDX2000 is expected to be available in [...]
Medion includes Blu-ray in new all-in-one PC
Published September 10th, 2009Tweet At this year’s IFA, Medion showed off The Touch, an all-in-one device that includes PC, Blu-ray Disc player, TV, audio system and 24-inch multi-touch screen. Pocket-Lint reports that The Touch (or Medion X9613) contains an Intel CoreTM2 Quad processor Q9000, NVIDIA GeForce GT240M graphics card, a 1TB hard drive capacity and 4 GB of [...]
New BD players from LG
Published September 10th, 2009Tweet LG demonstrated several new BD players at IFA, including the BD390, its first Blu-ray player with advanced DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance) and integrated Wi-Fi, and the HLB54S, a super slim Blu-ray Soundbar with wireless subwoofer. The BD390’s Wi-Fi and DLNA technology means that it can access shared media, such as home movies or [...]
Fujitsu adds Blu-ray to new ESPRIMO mini PC
Published September 10th, 2009Tweet Blu-ray news from IFA continues with the announcement of Fujitsu’s ESPRIMO Q1500, a new, powerful and exclusively designed mini PC suitable for the living room or office. The fully-equipped PC stands only five centimetres tall but packs in a Blu-ray Disc reader, 2.8GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T9600 processor, a 320GB Western Digital hard [...]
British Video Association launches £1 million Blu-ray marketing campaign
Published September 10th, 2009Tweet The British Video Association (BVA) has announced that it is set to launch a £1 million through-the-line marketing campaign to raise awareness of the benefits of the Blu-ray format and the new BD releases taking place in the run-up to Christmas. The campaign, launched by the BVA on behalf of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [...]
Photos from the BDA conference IFA 2009
Published September 4th, 2009Tweet Here are a few photos from yesterday’s BDA press conference. From left: Ben Carr, Walt Disney Studios; Nicholas Denissen, Amazon.de; Victor Matsuda, Chairman Global Promotion Committee, BDA; Niels Leibbrandt, Chairman European Promotion Committee, BDA; Rich Marty, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment; and Jim Bottoms, Futuresource Consulting: The audience: Victor Matsuda opening the conference:
msm-studios launches CopyToGo for Pure Audio BDs
Published September 4th, 2009Tweet Munich-based msm-studios has announced CopyToGo for Pure Audio BDs, a new service that will allow users to enjoy BD audio on other devices. The press release states: In addition to unparalleled audio quality and maximum ease of use Pure Audio Blu-rays can be equipped from now on with “CopyToGo” technology. This means that the [...]
Samsung partners with YouTube for new BD range
Published September 3rd, 2009Tweet At IFA this morning Samsung announced a partnership with YouTube that will enable users to view content from the video sharing site directly through their BD players. New players will have the functionality built in, but Samsung will also make it available to existing users through a firmware update. Tech Radar has the full [...]
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