Category Archives: Formats

Black Friday High-Def Player Deals

Format War Central has compiled a list of the known pending Black Friday deals on High-Def Players – Blu-ray and HD DVD. So far deals are in from Best Buy, Circuit City, and Sears.

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Happy Birthday PlayStation3

Today is the one year anniversary of the North American release of the PS3, and Sony is celebrating. With the launch of the $399 40GB PS3, and the price cut on the 80GB model to $499, PS3 sales jumped 192%. … Continue reading

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Warner abandons TotalHD

TotalHD was announced in January, postponed to 2008 in June, confirmed to be on the back-burner in September, and now, in November, High-Def Digest is reporting that TotalHD is dead. (Via EngadgetHD)

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Close Encounters of the Blu kind

Steven Spielberg’s sci-fi classic Close Encounters of the Third Kind hit Blu-ray Disc in the form of the 30th Anniversary Ultimate Edition. While it also hit DVD, the BD release has exclusive features: Both the Blu-ray Disc(TM) and the DVD … Continue reading

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More 2-for-1 Blu-ray deals on Sony and Disney BD titles

Amazon is currently running two different 2-for-1 Blu-ray movie deals, one on 72 Sony BD titles and another on 40 Disney BD titles. It is as simple as it sounds – buy one, get one free. Since these deals are … Continue reading

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