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 …

We last saw official numbers for Blu-ray / HD DVD disc sales in August, and for those wondering what a month or so would do to the race, we’ve got extraordinarily uneventful news. According to Home Media Research, sales of Blu-ray titles from January 1st to September 30th of this year now total 2.6-million units, while the HD DVD camp …

Before anyone complains yes it is a slow news day ;). Anyway back to my favourite pet hate, the ongoing format war between Blu-Ray and HD-DVD. A blog on scifi.com has put together a nice list of the current points in the format war and why it isn’t going anywhere anytime soon. 1. Neither format matters really, it’s about getting consumers to drop …

See this is why I think this format war is idiotic. It has been revealed today that since the HD-DVD can only hold 30Gb the audio bundled with Transformers is only 5.1 and not Dolby TrueHD…  Indeed, I had the opportunity to attend a special ‘Transformers’ media event with Paramount late last week, and the question was asked almost immediately — why no Dolby TrueHD …

After taking a much needed sabbatical from writing about the idiotic Blu-Ray vs HD-DVD war I’m back and as confused as ever thanks to Doobiwan’s tip off. The Blu-Ray group has come up with an absolutely brilliant idea to stop piracy off there movies, now anyone who knows me knows that I am very vocal about piracy and it really does …

Every now and then something special appears something that breaks the norm. Dragon Lair is one such title. Well in 1983 it was. For those (like me) that were too young to remember this, Dragon Lair is a game where you control the characters response to a situation rather than controlling the actual character itself.  There are 5 buttons to …

Just like the title says… It is being reported today that Warner Bros. are weighing up an offer to become HD-DVD exclusive. Warner Bros. used to be Blu-Ray exclusive but then decided to release all future titles on both formats and now may be heading over to the other side. This would follow in the footsteps of Paramount and Dreamworks …

While the world has been debating whether to join Blu-Ray or HD-DVD the Chinese have been up to their own thing. The Chinese government has decided that they want their own format, however they are smart enough to know that they cannot force their decisions onto the rest of the world so how do they fix this. Well you take …

Easily one of the best round ups of the current console wars. He manages to flame every single console and Blu-Ray in one long video with no punctuation. The Escapist Magazine

Rich Marty is the vice president of new business development for Sony and he has been talking about the latest company (Acer) to join the Blu-Ray movement. He said the two companies he really wants would be Toshiba and Microsoft :), I wonder why… Anyway the whole article is fine but generally just your normal news until I stumbled across …

Well if it’s not enough to have 2 HD formats slugging it out to be the top dog in the high definition market, another company New Medium Enterprises wants in on the HD action. This company is based in London and their proprietary HD format is known as HD VMD (High Definition Versatile Multilayer Disc). HD VMD seems to have …