Articles on Blu Ray

Space Ace is pretty ace on iPhone - May 29, 2009

Crave One of the first games I got for my Amiga was Space Ace. Although most of the original game from the arcade was missing and the graphics were made from actual ... Read story »

Toshiba releases its first Blu-ray player - Sep 4, 2009

Crave Seeing Toshiba and the Blu-ray logo on the same player makes us think "Photoshop", but the BDX2000 is a real product. Toshiba officially conceded the format war in February 2008, but ... Read story »

Blu-ray ripping gets legalized with Managed Copy? - Nov 9, 2009

Crave Movie buffs may be able to copy (or rip in underground lingo) movies from Blu-ray Discs to PCs and gadgets come early December. This is after the studios, electronics makers and ... Read story »

Getting Blu-ray on a new 27-inch iMac - Oct 26, 2009

Crave Apple's new iMac all-in-one desktops impressed us, especially the massive 27-inch model we reviewed this week. But we're left wondering what happened to the rumored Blu-ray drive option. Playing HD ... Read story »

Xbox 360 has no love for Blu-ray - Oct 23, 2009

Crave While Toshiba has reluctantly embraced the Blu-ray format, its former HD-DVD ally Microsoft is still refusing to budge. Earlier, its CEO Steve Ballmer had hinted at a Blu-ray addon for the ... Read story »

Toshiba's first Blu-ray laptop unveiled - Sep 4, 2009

Crave Nothing in this world makes sense. First Sega start making games for Nintendo, then Arnold Schwarzenegger is elected mayor of California, and now Toshiba--former peddler of HD DVD--releases a laptop with ... Read story »

JVC (oddly) opts for Profile 1.1 for its latest Blu-ray player - Oct 30, 2009

Crave These days, what separates Blu-ray players from one another has less to do with how they play Blu-rays--they all do that pretty well--and more to do with the sort of ... Read story »

Samsung Blu-ray players to support YouTube and MKV - Sep 7, 2009

Crave The main menu of the YouTube client on Samsung's Blu-ray players. Add YouTube the growing list of streaming media services supported by Samsung Blu-ray players. Effective immediately, Google's megapopular online video ... Read story »

PS3 Slim makes dedicated Blu-ray players overpriced again? - Aug 20, 2009

Crave A US$300 PS3 makes us reevaluate the value of standalone Blu-ray players. For most of Blu-ray's existence, the PlayStation 3 has easily been the best value in home theater. Only ... Read story »

New Universal Blu-rays come with iPhone interactivity - Nov 12, 2009

Crave 9 will be one of the new Blu-ray titles to feature iPhone interactivity. Excluding the recent Netflix PS3 disc, BD-Live has been a bust. Still, we give the movie studios credit ... Read story »

Halo for PS3? - Oct 2, 2009

Crave The success of the Halo franchise has been incredible. So much so, it was only a matter of time before we'd see a movie. Microsoft plans on releasing a seven-part series ... Read story »

New Samsung Blu-ray sound bar gets Wi-Fi - Oct 2, 2009

Crave The Philips HTS8160B Blu-ray sound bar has a new rival in the form of the latest Samsung HT-BD8200. The latter is not only more affordably priced at S$1,499, it also ... Read story »

PSP-ready Blu-ray digital copy - Nov 20, 2009

Crave We used to have digital copy compatible with iPods and Windows Mobile handhelds. Now, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment is extending this option to copy a standard-definition version of the Blu-ray movie ... Read story »

New Wii may come with Blu-ray, 1080p support - Nov 3, 2009

Crave More colors, too, please. Obsolescence, thy name is dilemma! Now that leaks are saying the reimagined Wii coming up in Q3 2010--which is just a blink away--will likely sport a ... Read story »

TV manufacturers pushing 3D at home, but not all makers onboard - Sep 7, 2009

Crave Are people as interested in 3D at home as manufacturers think? These IFA-goers appear to be, anyway. BERLIN, GERMANY--Without a doubt, 3D has garnered the most buzz here at IFA ... Read story »

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