Articles about blu-ray’

Oct 16, 2008

New Sharp Aquos DX LCD TVs with built-in Blu-Ray players

Posted by Mike Evans in HDTV, Manufacturer, Sharp, Video and TV No comments

If you’re fed up with the plethora of set top boxes and other devices that have multiplied around your TV in the last few years, seemingly breeding like rampant electronic rabbits getting high on High-Def TV signals, then Sharp might have the answer for you.
The company has just announced its latest range of Sharp Aquos [...]




Jun 28, 2008

Reshape your pits to squeeze 42GB on a DVD

Posted by Daniel in Bluetooth, Media Receiver, Miscellaneous, News, Technology, Video and TV No comments
Reshape your pits

Japanese researchers have been hard at work fiddling with discs and they have come up with a way to multiply the capacity of a CD or DVD by 9 fold. The researchers have managed this magnificent feat by reshaping the pits on the media surface, which are normally flat, into ‘v’ shapes.
Unfortunately you won’t be [...]




Jun 25, 2008

Blu-ray dead by 2013

Posted by Daniel in Blu-Ray player, News Comments Off
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Don’t get too attached to that new Blu-ray player; by 2013 it could be no more than a large paper weight. This is according to Forrester Research, which states the Blu-ray adoption rate is still far too low, so unless hardware manufacturers and content providers act now to ensure that it’s much more attractive to [...]