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More Matrix
- By sandv blog
- Posted August 1, 2008
We've already alerted you to the forthcoming release of the Ultimate Matrix Collection on Blu-ray. Now Warner Brothers is whetting appetites with more details. The seven-disc box set will hit store shelves on October 14.

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Beginning of the End?
- By sandv blog
- Posted July 31, 2008
Is it the beginning of the end for Blu-ray? Already? A new Blu-ray player from LG Electronics might just foreshadow the future of Blu-day, and its ultimate demise.

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The Matrix Trilogy on Blu-ray
- By sandv blog
- Posted July 24, 2008
Wake the kids. Call the neighbors. Mark your calender. October 14. The Ultimate Matrix Collection will be released on Blu-ray. Seven discs, $129.95, from Warner Home Video. This set has long been available on HD DVD, but that format is history. Now it's Blu-ray's turn. Warner straddled the HD/BD fence, but tended to release its big titles on HD.

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Japan's Blu-ray Sales Boom
- By sandv blog
- Posted July 23, 2008
While Blu-ray might be seeing slow sales in the U.S. market, Japanese sales of Blu-ray in June topped 122,000, hitting the 6-figure/month mark for the first time ever. Compared to May's 82,000 units, you can see why it's a big deal.

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Sony Delivering $399 Blu-ray Player with BD Live Potential
- By sandv blog
- Posted July 18, 2008
Sony's new Blu-ray player is making news on many accounts.

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The Dark Knight's IMAX Footage Goes Blu
- By sandv blog
- Posted July 17, 2008
The latest Batman movie is barely breaking out in theaters, yet The Dark Knight's director is already talking about the Blu-ray release. Some sequences of the movie were shot in the IMAX format. For the theatrical 35mm release, they did 35mm "extractions" from the IMAX negatives.

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NEC's New Blu-ray Chip
- By sandv blog
- Posted July 16, 2008
Anything that brings down the price of Blu-ray is a good thing. Anything that keeps them running just as efficiency while bringing down the price is better. Simple logic.

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Warner's Budget Blu-ray Titles
- By sandv blog
- Posted July 14, 2008
Warner Home Video is making waves in the Blu-ray market place. The deep discounts will start in the fourth quarter of 2008 with attractive price initiatives for retailers. Hopefully, the retailers will pass these point-of-sale rebates along to consumers.

How deep are these deep discounts, and are there any titles we really care about?

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WinDVD with Blu-ray's BD-Live Certification
- By sandv blog
- Posted July 14, 2008
It's gonna be worth the wait — Corel's WinDVD Blu-ray playback software has received certification for BD-Live, or BD Profile 2.0. This certification is granted after guidelines and standards are checked by the Blu-ray Disc Association.

The current version is already impressive with upscaling and a host of other features. However, adding BD-Live opens up a whole array of options.

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Edgy Blu-ray for "Gangs of New York"
- By sandv blog
- Posted July 8, 2008
Caveat emptor. Just because you've purchased the newly released Gangs of New York on Blu-ray, and spent hundreds upgrading your home theater, don't expect a brilliant viewing experience. On the contrary, this release can almost be used as an example of what NOT to do on Blu-ray.

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PS3 Pushing Blu-ray Sales
- By sandv blog
- Posted July 8, 2008
Sales reports are usually pretty dry reading. No difference with the latest report from the Entertainment Merchants Association (EMA) following sales trends in TV, home video and video gaming. However, this time, the numbers from this 32-page report are pretty interesting.

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Pioneer's 16 'Blu-ray' Layers
- By sandv blog
- Posted July 7, 2008
The Japanese Web site, AV Watch, is reporting that energetic Pioneer engineers have demonstrated an optical disc with 16 data layers, yielding a capacity of 400 GB.

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