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NewsPapers
- -02-21-08 Seven Reasons to Forget Blu-ray (US News)
"Vudu: This $300 box is the best dedicated device yet for downloading video from the Internet. Vudu has an innovative remote and software that makes video simpler to play than even Blu-ray, which means having to get and insert a disk into a player. On the downside, Vudu works just in homes with top-speed Internet access." 2-08
- -02-21-08 Sony's Blu-ray Beats Toshiba's HD DVD (US News)
"In the fast-changing world of video tech, two years seems an eternity. The question is whether it's a fatal delay for high-definition movies on disk."
"Toshiba announced Tuesday that it was abandoning the high-def disk battle, giving the victory to Sony and its Blu-ray format." 2-08
- -02-21-08 Sony's Blu-ray Beats Toshiba's HD DVD (US News)
"In the fast-changing world of video tech, two years seems an eternity. The question is whether it's a fatal delay for high-definition movies on disk."
"Toshiba announced Tuesday that it was abandoning the high-def disk battle, giving the victory to Sony and its Blu-ray format." 2-08
- -06-18-07 Blockbuster to Focus on Blu-ray for High Definition (BBC News)
"Film rental firm Blockbuster is to rent high-definition DVDs only in the Blu-ray format at 1,450 US stores." 06-07
- -06-25-07 Blu-ray Winning in High Definition Battle (US News)
"Neither side is close to conceding, but the death match over which format will dominate the next generation of movie disks is swinging in favor of Blu-ray, the technology backed by Sony and most of the studios that produce the flicks themselves. Blu-ray was outselling Toshiba-backed rival HD DVD by 2 to 1—though sales for both are still slight—before recent word that Blockbuster, the movie retailer, would not bother stocking HD DVDs." 06-07
Purchase Resources
- Blu-Ray Introduces New Technology (Blu-Ray.com)
"Samsung today announced that the industry's first Blu-ray player has been shipped to retailers in the U.S. market for availability on June 25th. The Samsung BD-P1000 plays Blu-ray software titles at the highest resolution available via a native 1080p HDMI output for films digitally mastered in 1920×1080p. The BD-P1000 also up-converts conventional DVDs to 1080p through the HDMI digital interface so the picture quality of any traditional DVD will look noticeably more detailed when used with the disc player. The BD-P1000 is backwards compatible and plays both standard DVDs and CDs in addition to supporting all DVD formats including, DVD-RAM, DVD-RW, DVD-R, DVD+RW, and DVD+R." 06-06
- Blu-Ray Media (Blu-Ray.com)
Describes the media that will play blu-ray technology. 06-06
- Blu-Ray Movies (Blu-Ray.com)
"Compared to standard definition (SD), which is the resolution used in today's TVs and DVDs, high definition (HD) offers five times the amount of detail. A standard TV uses either NTSC which is 480i (640×480) or PAL/SECAM which is 576i (768×576). The 'i' stands for interlaced, which means that only half of the lines are updated for each frame alternating between the odd and even lines. Blu-ray movies will be in 1080p (1920×1080), which is the highest of the HD resolutions. The 'p' stands for progressive, which means that every line and pixel will be updated for each frame." 06-06
- Blu-Ray Players (Blu-Ray.com)
Describes the current players available. 06-06
- Blu-Ray vs HD DVD (USNews.com)
Provides a comparison. Blu-Ray is built into the new PlayStation devices expected to be available in the spring of 2006. 11-05
- Blu-Ray Players (Best.Buy.com)
Awesome Library provides these products as examples and does not endorse them. 12-09
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