Tagged: HD DVD & News
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France gets first European 3D porn VoD service News
26.11.2010 France will be the first country in Europe to have a 3D porn video-on-demand service, which will roll out to other countries across the continent. -
Blu-ray is on the way out, Microsoft says News
24.09.2010 Blu-ray will be “passed by as a format”, said Stephen McGill, the head of Xbox operations in the UK. -
Toshiba goes Blu-ray, planning BD notebook News
10.08.2009 Toshiba announced this morning that it has applied for membership of the Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA) with plans to soon bring out products supporting the Blu-ray format.Categories: Business, Digital Life -
DVD market in freefall, despite arrival of Blu-ray News
15.06.2009 The global video business lost more than US$2.6bn in 2008 due to a combination of a fall in both DVD purchases and rentals by consumers.Categories: Digital Life -
Warner to HD DVD owners: Bring out your dead News
24.04.2009 There are always consumer casualties in a format war, none more so than the high-definition (HD) DVD battle between HD DVD and Blu-ray, but Warner wants to make the transaction...Categories: Digital Life -
Blu-ray disc sales to hit 100 million in 2009 News
24.02.2009 It seems as though the high-definition format battle between HD DVD and the eventual winner Blu-ray hasn't damaged sales of Blu-ray titles any, as US research firm Futuresource...Categories: Digital Life -
Blu-ray: who cares? News
08.08.2008 Not consumers apparently. According to US research firm ABI Research, Blu-ray may have won the high-definition format war against HD DVD as the media format to replace the DVD,...Categories: Digital Life -
Sony does victory dance over HD-DVD’s grave News
19.03.2008 Gloating victor Sony has offered owners of HD-DVD devices €150 off the purchase of Blu-ray high-definition DVD players. -
Toshiba profits plummet 31pc in HD-DVD fallout News
19.03.2008 Japanese electronics giant Toshiba warned last night that its annual profits may drop 31pc due to falling prices for flash memory and the fallout from the battle for... -
Apple to put Blu-ray drive in MacBooks? News
03.03.2008 Apple has been investigating the possibility of incorporating a Blu-ray drive into its MacBook Pro line of notebooks for the past few months and is potentially sourcing Sony to...Categories: New Media -
Microsoft to drop support for HD DVD News
25.02.2008 Following Toshiba’s decision to stop manufacturing the HD DVD high-definition disc format, Microsoft, as was rumoured, has decided to drop the HD DVD player that comes as an...Categories: New Media -
Toshiba kills HD DVD, looks to flash storage News
19.02.2008 Tokyo-based electronics giant Toshiba has formally announced it will cease research and production of HD DVD equipment and will stop selling the products. -
Toshiba denies plans to drop HD DVD News
18.02.2008 The rumour mill is working overtime with strong speculation that the end is nigh for the already ailing high-definition DVD format HD DVD, as industry insiders say Toshiba is...Categories: New Media -
Hollywood kills HD DVD News
29.01.2008 Just one week after Warner Brothers Entertainment said it would drop HD DVD and release all future movies in Blu-ray format only from May onwards, sales figures show that...Categories: New Media -
All aboard the Blu-ray bandwagon News
07.01.2008 Although there is still support for HD DVD in the battle of the high-definition disc formats, it seems that 2008 is Blu-ray’s year. Straight after Warner Bros Entertainment...Categories: New Media -
Wii wins this year’s media battle, but not the war News
17.12.2007 The global media landscape is battle-scarred and singed as the fight for dominance between the Wii, the PlayStation 3 and the Xbox 360 continues in one theatre of war, while in... -
Microsoft brings movies on demand to Xbox Live News
04.12.2007 As of next Tuesday, 11 December, Irish Xbox Live subscribers will be able to download and watch movies straight onto their Xbox 360 consoles with the Xbox Live Marketplace Video...Categories: New Media -
Microsoft offers free movies to HD DVD adopters News
30.11.2007 Microsoft has teamed up with the Hollywood heavyweights to offer free HD DVD movies to customers who purchase the Xbox 360 HD DVD player, which retails at around €169.99.Categories: New Media -
Blu-ray winning battle in Europe News
29.11.2007 It seems as if the continents are beginning to take sides in the high-definition disc battle: 73pc of high-def movie discs bought in Europe are in the Blu-ray format, according...Categories: New MediaTags: high definition, HD DVD -
Blu Ray v HD DVD slowing high-def growth News
21.11.2007 While the two high-definition DVD formats are battling each other for market dominance consumers are having difficulty choosing from either disc format, which is slowing the...Categories: New MediaTags: HD DVD