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VideoScan: Blu-ray Commands Thanksgiving Week Disc Sales
Posted Thu Nov 29, 2007 at 06:00 AM PST byBlack Friday? More like Blu Friday. According to Nielsen VideoScan, US sales of Blu-ray discs swelled to a nearly 3:1 lead over HD DVD in the first official week of the holiday shopping season.
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BDA: European Blu-ray Disc Sales Top One Million
Posted Wed Nov 28, 2007 at 06:00 AM PST byBlu-ray disc sales have taken a commanding lead across the pond, where the Blu-ray Disc Association announced Tuesday that over one million Blu-ray discs have been sold in Europe alone.
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HD DVD Promo Group: HD DVD Player Sales Top 750,000
Posted Tue Nov 27, 2007 at 10:00 AM PST byA combined total of over 750,000 standalone set-top players and Xbox 360 HD DVD players have now been sold through to consumers.
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Warner Shelves "Total HD" Hybrid Disc Plans
Posted Wed Nov 14, 2007 at 10:47 AM PST bySpeaking exclusively with High-Def Digest, Warner Home Entertainment says its previously announced HD DVD/Blu-ray hybrid disc won't be hitting stores anytime soon.
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Report: Best Buy Sells Most Blu-ray, HD DVD Titles
Posted Mon Oct 8, 2007 at 06:00 AM PDT byAccording to a new research report, Best Buy is America's high-def disc leader, outselling both Wal-Mart and Amazon.com by what's being described as "a wide margin."
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Hitachi Develops 100GB Blu-ray Disc
Posted Thu Oct 4, 2007 at 11:31 AM PDT byIt's not ready for primetime quite yet, but Hitachi says it has developed a Blu-ray disc with twice the storage capacity of a BD-50 disc.
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Universal Demos "U-Shop" Functionality on 'Evan Almighty' HD DVD
Posted Wed Oct 3, 2007 at 01:06 PM PDT byUniversal Studio gave reporters a sneak peak at their latest web-enabled innovation on Tuesday.
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Best Buy Survey: Consumers Still Confused About HD
Posted Thu Sep 27, 2007 at 04:55 AM PDT byWith results sure to send a shiver down the spine of the high-def industry, a new survey conducted by Best Buy suggests that the vast majority of consumers are confused about HD.
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Home Theater Group Backs Blu-ray
Posted Tue Sep 25, 2007 at 04:55 AM PDT byThe Home Theater Specialists of America (HTSA) formally announced Monday that it would make Blu-ray its exclusive format choice for high-def disc players.
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HD DVD Players, Discs To Carry HDi Logo
Posted Thu Sep 20, 2007 at 10:39 AM PDT byIn an apparent effort to emphasize HD DVD's interactive capabilities, the HDi logo will soon be featured on a series of players and discs.
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Warner: HD DVD/Blu-ray Hybrid Disc "On Hold For Now"
Posted Thu Sep 13, 2007 at 01:01 PM PDT byLast we heard, Warner's "Total HD" hybrid disc was due in early 2008, but now the studio says it's on hold, with no release date currently in sight.
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Sony Announces Four New Blu-ray Recorders for Japan
Posted Wed Sep 12, 2007 at 10:08 AM PDT byNo word yet of a US release, but Sony today announced it would roll out four new Blu-ray recorders this November in Japan.
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Blu-ray Supporting Studios Respond to Payoff Question
Posted Fri Aug 31, 2007 at 04:55 AM PDT byAsked directly whether they'd accepted financial incentives in exchange for their Blu-ray support, four BDA studios denied any such thing, while one remained conspicuously mum.
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Amazon Targets HD DVD, Blu-ray Fans With Series of Next-Gen Sales Incentives (UPDATED)
Posted Wed Aug 29, 2007 at 04:55 AM PDT byThe country's largest online retailer has unveiled a series of new deals that seem designed to engage both current and would-be early adopters.
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Venturer to Release Budget HD DVD Player for the Holidays (UPDATED)
Posted Tue Aug 28, 2007 at 03:23 PM PDT byDiscount manufacturer Venturer Electronics today announced that it would release its first HD DVD player in time for this year's holiday shopping season.
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Warner Denies Rumors of Shift in High-Def Strategy
Posted Fri Aug 24, 2007 at 01:55 PM PDT byThough it's not likely to quell ongoing speculation, Warner today is denying reports that the studio will follow in Paramount's footsteps and drop its dual-support of both HD DVD and Blu-ray.
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AP: Paramount/DreamWorks Drops Blu-ray; Studio to Support HD DVD Exclusively
Posted Mon Aug 20, 2007 at 10:03 AM PDT byAccording to a just-issued AP report, Paramount Pictures has announced it will exclusively support HD DVD, dropping its support of the Blu-ray format.
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Disc Sales: Hard Numbers in for First Half of 2007
Posted Wed Aug 15, 2007 at 10:45 AM PDT byNew data released Tuesday by Home Media Research provides a first look at actual disc sales numbers for the first half of 2007, and it's more good news for Blu-ray.
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Disney Blu-ray Four-Packs Surface at Costco
Posted Fri Aug 10, 2007 at 08:10 AM PDT byAlthough much has been made of Warner's upcoming "Best of HD DVD" and "Best of Blu-ray" disc bundles (which had been billed as the first of their kind), it seems that Disney has quietly beat Warner to the punch.
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'300' Blu-ray Outsells HD DVD by 2 to 1
Posted Thu Aug 9, 2007 at 10:36 AM PDT byIn its first week out of the gate, consumers preferred the Blu-ray edition of '300' nearly twice as much as its HD DVD counterpart.
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