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Stephen Totilo from Kotaku has been chatting with some Windows Phone 7 guys from Microsoft about the gaming ability of the upcoming mobiles and how they will interact with our current Xbox Live experience. The entire article is a nice read for all those who are interested but the key points I took out from it are as follows.

So Michael Bay doesn’t like the way Microsoft is doing business…. In his own direct words… What you don’t understand is corporate politics. Microsoft wants both formats to fail so they can be heroes and make the world move to digital downloads. That is the dirty secret no one is talking about. That is why Microsoft is handing out $100 …

Some sad news coming out this morning, it seems that the might Blu-Ray alliance was to scared to join in an open and honest debate with HD-DVD on Gizmodo’s website. After initially confirming that it would be there, it has now backed out at the last minute and used the following poor excuse as its reason They didn’t want to upset their …

While HD-DVD has been releasing insane special after insane special in the US it seems like they have decided to ignore Europe entirely… I am not sure why that is but it could well come back to bite them… Blu-Ray has just announced that it has sold over 1 million Blu-Rays have been sold in Europe, accounting for 73% of all HD sales… seriously that is a low …

Okay so maybe that is a bit sensationalist but what Disney did at the recent format steering committee has caused quite a ruckus in the Blu-Ray camp. The meeting was going as usual and then the question of whether to allow the new 51GB HD-DVD as an official format came up, as usual all the Blu-Ray backers abstained from the vote and …

Don Lindich, a well respected audiophile,  has posted a lengthy but well written article on why he think HD-DVD will win this format war… Which can be summed up in this one simple point… It is impossible for me to recommend someone spend double on an unfinished product that merely matches the performance of its competitor. That goes completely against common …

Now, now, before we start hauling insults and shouting "fanboy" to one another over the title of this article, let me just explain. It seems like the CEO of Sony, yes no jokes its Howard Stringer, has come out of the woodwork, and reportedly said that the battle between Blu-ray and HD-DVD is a stalemate. Is it me or does …

Remember that story about Sony introducing a protection medium called BD+? Well the sly guys at SlySoft have pulled a fast one on Sony. They have managed to crack the BD+ layer, with their latest beta of AnyDVD, namely 6.1.9.6. This means you can backup your Blu-ray movies and play them without the need for HDCP-compliant equipment. The product also …

Right, some bad news. It seems like some fanboys of (insert group here) on the AVS forums, gone one up on one another. Instead of the usual flaming and insults, the fanboys from both camps have been hauling physical threats at each other. Where did this all come from? Well it seems like it was the price drop that Toshiba …

  Warner is currently the only major studio to still support both the Blu-Ray and HD-DVD formats since Paramount decided to be a HD-DVD exclusive studio. So obviously at a recent Blu-Ray event in the US the head of Warner (Dan Silverberg) was quizzed about Warners stance… First he mentions that the movie 300 is the top selling Blu-Ray title …

I was sent a tip this morning about how the Blu-Ray player manufacturers are cheating the system by getting their players certified before the stricter/better requirements come into effect on the 30th of October. We are currently in the Profile 1.0 generation but as of the 1st of November all Blu-Ray players certified will need to have a minimum of 256MB …