Blu-Ray 
What was Sony’s Hot Item on Black Friday?(1)
Looks like Sony and CE in general did pretty good in this no so good economy in the US. It has been reported on Sony’s Blog and some other sources that the sales were up comparing to the last year.
So what were the hottest products? Sony HDTVs and Sony’s Blu-ray player BDP-S350. The Blu-ray player [...]
Blu-ray Coming To China
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (SPHE) will be the first Hollywood studio to distribute high-definition Blu-ray Disc™ in the Chinese market, it was announced today by T Paul Miller, SPHE’s Senior Vice President, International and Kenny Ling, General Manager of Excel Media (Shanghai) Co. Ltd, SPHE’s local distribution partner.
“We’re thrilled to be the first to offer [...]
Studios Agressively Marketing Blu-ray This Holiday With Tru Blu Campaign
A $25 million Blu-ray Disc marketing campaign launched this week from the Digital Entertainment Group and a number of studios, raising the format’s profile in time for the holiday season. Dubbed ‘Tru Blu,’ the TV, online and in-theater blitz kicked off during Fox’s NFL programming on Sunday, Nov. 2. The campaign will target consumers ages [...]
Hancock Blu-Ray Premieres in Germany this week
Just a short note to let you know that the Hancock Blu-Ray release is actually making it’s debut this week (November 6th), courtesy of a worldwide exclusive from Amazon Germany. That’s almost three weeks before it’s available in the US (November 25th) and almost a month ahead of its UK debut (December 1st). The German [...]
UK Blu-Ray Releases for Monday November 3rd 2008
Partly because it has been a few weeks since we last did a Blu-Ray release post, and partly because there are a lot of titles out this week, I have decided to do separate posts for the two main markets we typically cover. Today we’ll take a look at the UK releases coming out tomorrow [...]
Amazon Selling Heavily Discounted Blu-ray Titles
Amazon.com is now offering a total of 49 Blu-ray titles in a heavily discounted sale. Retailers, such as Amazon, have been offering a range of Blu-ray price cuts to boost market share as some analysts predict that home entertainment sales may actually increase in these tough economic times. The discounted titles include 300, I Am [...]
A Cold Winter For Blu-ray
Roger Kay, President of Endpoint Technologies Associates, says Blu-ray sales will experience a dramatic drop during the holiday season and beyond, delaying the adoption process and putting the serious hurt on sales. Instead of dropping big bucks on Blu-ray players, consumers will instead turn to the technologies they have available, such as Netflix — which [...]
Rick Clancy Doesn’t Deny XBox360 Will Get Blu-ray Addon
Rick Clancy, Senior Vice President of Corporate Communications at Sony, recently posted on the Sony Electronics Blog about Blu-ray and the XBox360. This is a very rare post on Rick’s part, as the blog is often used in this sense to dismiss rumors that Sony finds necessary to address. However, its quite the opposite tone [...]
Steve Jobs Not Impressed With Blu-ray
At today’s Apple Notebook keynote event, Steve Jobs was asked about Blu-ray and stated “Blu-ray is just a bag of hurt. It’s great to watch the movies, but the licensing of the tech is so complex, we’re waiting till things settle down and Blu-ray takes off in the marketplace.” Phil chimed in with “We have [...]
Sound & Vision Magazine Grades Sony “A-” On Blu-Ray Report Card
Blu-ray has had an interesting lifespan so far - it fought notoriously with HD-DVD for market dominance and customer acceptance, relentlessly crucified by numerous media outlets, and even given a death sentence by a middle ranked Samsung employee. From the good to the bad, you can’t deny the real fact is that Blu-ray is quality [...]
Blu-Ray Releases for Tuesday 7th October 2008
This week looks to be fairly non-eventful in terms of big new releases. The majority of the US releases are re-issues or classics. Don’t get me wrong, there are some excellent titles in there such as The Omen Collection or Beetlejuice, but just nothing that really stood out for me. Of the new releases, we [...]
Sony Pictures Blu-ray Club Coming to Sony Rewards
Starting tomorrow, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment will start a BD-Live rewards program to coincide with the release of Adam Sandler’s You Don’t Mess With the Zohan. The program will be called Sony Pictures Blu-Ray Club, and encourages gives back to the owners of Sony Blu-ray titles by giving them points each time they register their [...]
Target Offering $40 Gift Card When You Buy Blu-ray
Target is offering a free gift card to customers who purchase a Sony Blu-Ray player and two Blu-ray movies. In the new offer, customers will recieve a $40 Target gift card when they satisfy those requirements at purchase. Quantities limited, and no rain checks allowed. As far as we know this will probably run for [...]
Blu-Ray Releases for Tuesday 30th September 2008
The big release this week is without doubt Iron Man. I haven’t yet seen this so cannot offer an opinion, but I will maybe import it given that it is region-free. There are some comedy offerings in the form of Forgetting Sarah Marshall and from the same team, also released are The 40 Year Old [...]
Firmware Update: BDP-S350 v.010
Sony has released a firmware update for the BDP-S350 to version 010. This highly anticipated update adds BD-Live capability. One of the best ways to update your firmware is to simply connect an ethernet cord to the BDP-S350 and select Network Update. You may also upload it manually following the instructions here. Please see below [...]
Rick Clancy Of Sony Says Blu-ray Will “Co-Exist” and “Evolve” With Networked Era
Rick Clancy, Senior Vice President of Corporate Communications at Sony, has written a blog post stating regarding counterpoints about the purported demise of Blu-Ray. While there has been several news stories recently about the format having trouble reaching critical mass, it is obvious to many of us here that Blu-Ray is the future and has [...]
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- Sony Launches 8x Blu-Ray Disc Writer For Computers
- Blu-Ray Price Cuts; Amazon Selling BDP-S300 For $199
- Buy a Sony Blu-Ray Player, Get a Blu-Ray Discovery Sampler Disc
- Blu-Ray Releases for 23rd September 2008
- Sony PCL To Expand Blu-Ray Software Facility
- Sony BDV-IT1000ES and BDV-IS1000 Blu-ray HTIB
- Sony Japan Announces Six New Blu-Ray/HD Recorders
- Blu-Ray Releases for 2nd September 2008
- Sony Sued Over Blu-Ray Patents
- Bravia Theater Blu-ray Solution - BDV-IT1000
- BDP-S350 and BDP-S550 2nd Gen Blu-Ray players confirmed for Europe
- BDP-S5000ES High-End Player Touches Down
- Blu-Ray Releases For August 25-27th, 2008
- Blu-Ray Releases For August 19th, 2008
- Blu-Ray Releases For August 12th, 2008
- Blu-Ray Releases For August 5th, 2008
- Blu-ray Movie Discs Could Outsell DVDs By 2011
- Blu-Ray Releases For July 29th, 2008
- Sony Announces Availability of Multi-Codec Video Encoder for Professional Blu-ray Disc Authoring
- Blu-Ray Releases for July 22nd, 2008
- BDP-S350 - Next Gen Blu-Ray Player Out Now
- Blu-Ray Releases for July 14th / 15th 2008
- Best Buy Top Blu-Ray Seller, But Amazon And Wal-Mart Not Far Behind
- Blu-Ray Releases For July 8th, 2008
- Blu-Ray Releases For July 1st, 2008
- Blu-Ray Releases For The Week Of June 22nd
- Sony DADC To Expand Indiana Blu-Ray Facility
