Blu-ray Disc

The BD box to beat the PS3? Video Review This Sony is a particularly fine example of a sub-£300 Blu-ray machine. Dubbed the BDP-S300, it costs just £200 if you shop around online. That’s super-cheap - but can it actually deliver on performance?…  

Now that HD DVD's out of picture, consumer electronics companies can steer Blu-ray into the mainstream.  

  A ton of new news items on the the XCritic Newswire this week. More than we can possibly list here. Here's just a sampling of some of the most recent news items to cross the newswire: Defend Our Porn benefit DVD streets on July 3 Wicked Pictures...  

Scary time! On July 24, Siren: Blood Curuse drops. The reworking on the original PS2 horror title will also be available via PlayStation Store and Blu-ray disc. According to website Eurogamer, Blood Curse will also be broken up into four downloadable chapters, each with three episodes per chapter...  

Some people say that Blu-ray might be the DVD killer. It’s already outed HD-DVD and has established itself as the high-def video standard. I’m yet to own a Blu-ray disc myself. Other than the Blu-ray disc that ships with the PS3 and of course the games which come with the logo emblazoned on the...  

Blu-Ray News: Universal Studios Home Video have early details on their forthcoming US Blu-ray Disc release of Baby Mama which is expected around 9th September 2008 (exact date may change). In this romantic comedy a successful, single businesswoman (Tina Fey) who d...  

Blu-Ray News: BFI have announced the UK All-Regions Blu-ray Disc release of Salò or The 120 Days of Sodom on 22nd September 2008 priced at £24.99. Pier Paolo Pasolini's final and most controversial film has been banned, censored and reviled the world over since it...  

What's Amazon's best-selling Blu-ray high-def disc player? On July 3, the answer is...Panasonic's DMP-BD30K Blu-ray player, which is available now at Amazon for $449. The player has the final standard Blu-ray profile -- version 1.1 -- and it can deliver 1080p video at 24p/60p via an HDMI v1.3...  

Filed under: Tech Stuff, DIY/Filmmaking, Newsstand, Home EntertainmentThere's a very interesting discussion going on over on Hollywood Elsewhere today about whether studios re-releasing older movies on Blu-ray are going too far in tweaking the originals to make them look "better." At the center...  

Buzz! Quiz TV for PS3 brings the quiz show to life in everybody's living room with the Blu-ray disc as the starting point. With 5,000 questions divided into five channels, there's something for every quiz fanatic to choose from: The Music Channel; The Mov