12/30/2008 | Posted by Nino Marchetti
LG Electronics plans to add new network entertainment options to its Internet-enabled Blu-ray Disc players in the first half of 2009, the company said today. These new options will supplement LG's established relationship with online movie rental provider Netflix.
CinemaNow and YouTube will be new partners to LG for providing content to select Blu-ray Disc player models. CinemaNow, an online video content service offering mainstream movies and television shows, will let LG owners browse over 14,000 well known shows and movies, as well as independent film titles and music videos, for instant streaming and viewing. One will also be able to access and watch movies purchased from other CinemaNow-powered stores.
The YouTube partnership will let viewers streaming the millions of Web videos hosted by the popular online video service. Searching is said to be easy, with thumbnail previews and multiple screen size viewing options available. LG plans to announce other new content partnerships at the upcoming Consumer Electronics Show.
10/29/2008 | Posted by Jonas D
"Putting the cart before the horse?"
Every time I think Blu-ray has picked up steam and is finally rolling, we seem to hit a speed bump of some sort. Case in point: lately I've been pleased to see how the prices of the players, and even the discs seem to be creeping out of the stratosphere of videophiles, and towards the terra firma of mass adoption. With all signs that this upcoming Black Friday will rack up some serious sales, it seemed to be the way things are going.
However, not so fast. I found this opinion piece which brings up an interesting point. While HDTV's have been all the rage for years now, it still is only 25% of US households that actually have one. That means to the other 75'% of folks, a Blu-ray player will offer no advantage as they have no suitable display for it. He also brings up that downloads may eclipse Blu-ray as the delivery format of the new hi def digital media as fast broadband becomes more prevalent, if not more affordable.
I think the jury is still out, but we'll have a better idea after the holiday season as to where we stand in the Blu-ray vs DVD skirmish smoldering. Let's also realize that while the Vatican is distributing their message on every format, they seemed to have skipped over Blu-ray for the time being. Do they have some inside info?
09/01/2006 | Posted by Stephane Dion
If you're a bit tired of reading serious news on Blu-ray or Sony, take a look at this post from pointfiveblog.com. According to them, burning laptop batteries are going to be included in the Sony Blu-ray player. It may be why Sony pushed back the release date of their player so many times!
08/23/2006 | Posted by Stephane Dion
Just like the internet, "Content is king". And right now, even if there is more titles available in HD DVD then Blu-ray, The studios are all going for Blu-ray. Even Paramount and Warner, the only two HD DVD members are now releasing Blu-ray titles. We can count the days of HD DVD if they are not able to convince other studios to release in their format very soon.
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08/01/2006 | Posted by Stephane Dion
We should have a Blu-ray version of Tarantino's classic Reservoir Dogs this fall.
