Category Archives: Formats

On July 31st, Warner Bros. released ’300′ on both HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc, and it became the fastest selling high-definition disc title to date. Warner reports than over 250,000 high-def copies of the film were sold in the first … Continue reading →

Engadget has an entry on two new Hitachi Blu-ray camcorders coming soon. Both the DZ-BD70 and DZ-BD7H pack an 8cm BD drive for recording full HD resolution directly to Blu-ray, and the DZ-BD7H adds a 30GB hard drive for added … Continue reading →

A number of people have made the VHS vs. Betamax argument with Blu-ray vs. HD DVD, including the sub-argument that the format embraced by pornographers will prevail. Personally, I don’t buy that argument – or at least I don’t think … Continue reading →

Paramount, one of two major studios on the fence (the other is Warner), releasing both formats, seems to be leaning toward Blu-ray with some of their newer released. They’ve begun to take advantage of Blu-ray’s capacity advantage over HD DVD. … Continue reading →

Is this a growing trend? Video Business is reporting that BJ’s Wholesale Club is going exclusively Blu-ray in all 170 store. BJ’s will no longer stock HD DVDs in their stores, only BD. Both formats will continue to be sold … Continue reading →