Category Archives: Formats

Sony is ramping up PS3 marketing

Posted on Friday, November 2, 2007 by MegaZone

Is this meta-marketing? Sony dropped a press release today to announce their new marketing effort for the PS3. Unsurprisingly the campaign is based on the triad of the new $400 40GB PS3, Blu-ray support, and the new PS3 game titles … Continue reading →

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Blu-ray & HD DVD news round-up

Posted on Friday, November 2, 2007 by MegaZone

Home Media Magazine reports that Kmart is going HD DVD exclusive – kind of. Kmart stores are only stocking Toshiba HD DVD players and are not selling standalone Blu-ray players, but they are selling the PS3 – which plays Blu-ray, … Continue reading →

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Toshiba HD-A2 to drop below $100 at Wal*Mart

Posted on Thursday, November 1, 2007 by MegaZone

Lately I’ve made a number of posts about various retailers dropping their pricing on the Toshiba HD-A2 HD DVD deck under $200, which was started by Wal*Mart pricing them at $198. Well, Wal*Mart seems to be getting even more aggressive, … Continue reading →

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Blu-ray news round-up

Posted on Wednesday, October 31, 2007 by MegaZone

Circuit City was listing the LG BH200 dual-format Blu-ray/HD DVD deck for $799.99 earlier today, $200 off MSRP, according to EngadgetHD. But it is back to $999.99 now. Typo or a leak of what the pricing will be once it … Continue reading →

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Panasonic introduces the first Blu-ray Final Standard Profile player, the DMP-BD30

Posted on Tuesday, October 30, 2007 by MegaZone

Panasonic today introduced the DMP-BD30 Blu-ray player. This is the first player to support what is known as Blu-ray Final Standard Profile, also known as BD Profile 1.1. This includes two video decoders for PIP support, two audio decoders, and … Continue reading →

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