Archive for March 13th, 2008

Microsoft not working on Blu-Ray drive for Xbox 360
TechWhack (press release), India - 34 minutes ago
Rumors in the market stated that Microsoft was in talks with Sony to develop a Blu-Ray drive add-on for their Xbox 360 gaming console.

Blu-ray Player Prices On The Rise
InformationWeek, NY - Mar 13, 2008
The average price in January of the top 10 Blu-ray players on PriceGrabber.com, a comparison-shopping site, was $467. In February, the month Toshiba said it
Blu-ray Drive Prices High…and Rising Gearlog
Only 50$ for HD DVD Player for Xbox 360 High Tech Lounge
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Microsoft Says “No Way” to Sony Blu-ray
GameSHOUT - 2 minutes ago
While Sony may have lit it slip that they may have been in talks with Microsoft about adding Blu-ray to the Xbox 360, Microsoft says, "no way".

Microsoft: No thanks Blu-ray - HD-Report

Microsoft: No thanks Blu-ray
HD-Report, CA - 8 minutes ago
Microsoft will not pursue developing a Blu-ray player (whether add-on or internal) for its popular high definition gaming console, the Xbox 360.

The Devil's Own Upgrades to Blu-Ray on May 6th
MovieWeb - 3 hours ago
Bring home Harrison Ford and Brad Pitt on Blu-Ray this May. The Devil's Own will be released on Blu-Ray on May 6. The disc will be priced at $28.95 SRP,

Blu-ray players: Mighty pricey
CNET News.com, CA - 16 minutes ago
In fact, as noted by PriceGrabber.com, Blu-ray prices are at their high point for the year, at an average of about $400 apiece for the devices.

Mar 13 — CyberLink released new disc authoring software, CyberLink PowerProducer 5, designed to support the creation of Blu-ray Discs and DVDs featuring video content recorded in the AVCHD format.

Blu-ray on Windows? Yes. Blu-ray on Xbox 360? No.
The Tech Herald, IN - 15 minutes ago
by Stevie Smith - Mar 13 2008, 19:08 The speculative likelihood of Microsoft Corp embracing the Blu-ray HD standard in order to replace its obsolete Xbox

Acer has added Blu-ray drives to its media-centric Gemstone notebook computers - and they also sport 18.4-inch screens and up to two 320 hard disk drives.

No Blu-Ray for XBox 360 - Inquirer

No Blu-Ray for XBox 360
Inquirer, UK - 1 hour ago
Greenberg brayed that Vole is not talking with Sony or the Blu-ray Association to integrate Blu-ray into the Xbox experience. Microsoft will be keeping its
Microsoft talks support for Blu-ray XBoxer
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