Category Archives: Blu-ray/HD DVD

Sony has begun shipping 50-gigabyte recordable Blu-ray Disc media to the United States, the company announced Wednesday. A prominent backer of the next-generation media format, Sony shipped its first Blu-ray titles in June and has re-engineered the AccuCore technology used … Continue reading →

Will the much-hyped next-generation DVD format war be a bloody battle, a bloodless coup or simply a stalemate? Depends on who you ask.

Call it the “Mission: Impossible III” triple play. In an industry first, Paramount Home Entertainment is expected to announce Friday that it will release the $133.4 million summer movie hit on DVD, HD DVD and Blu-ray discs all on the … Continue reading →

The battle between two hyped formats for high-definition DVD will confuse shoppers and turn many of them off the whole technology, a London-based research firm predicted on Friday.

“The Sopranos” is poised to become the first TV series to be released on high-definition video discs. HBO Video said Wednesday that its first release on the nascent HD DVD format will be “The Sopranos: Season 6, Part 1,” arriving … Continue reading →