Category Archives: Formats

Amazon and Microsoft bring HD DVD to CustomFlix DVD on Demand

Posted on Monday, July 2, 2007 by MegaZone

Microsoft has partnered with Amazon to bring HD DVD support to the latter’s CustomFlix DVD on Demand program. This is designed to lower the barriers for independent film makers looking to release their creations on HD media. I’m a Blu-ray … Continue reading →

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Five free Blu-ray site is live

Posted on Friday, June 29, 2007 by MegaZone

The previously posted promotional site www.blueraysavings.com is now up. It clarifies some things and introduces a new restriction – the 21 available titles are divided into five groups, and you have to pick just one from each category. The qualifying … Continue reading →

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Total HD delayed until 2008, Fox licences BD+, The Digital Bits endorses Blu-ray, and more on the free BD offer

Posted on Thursday, June 28, 2007 by MegaZone

Remember Total HD? No? I’m not surprised. Total HD (THD) was developed by Warner Brothers as their ‘solution’ to the Blu-ray / HD DVD war. It is a hybrid disc – HD DVD on one side, Blu-ray on the other. … Continue reading →

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Five free Blu-ray discs with the purchase of a player

Posted on Wednesday, June 27, 2007 by MegaZone

The Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA) is ramping up their efforts to promote the format. Previous promotions with free titles have been fairly successful, so they’re making an even broader push now. If you purchase any Blu-ray player, including the PS3, … Continue reading →

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Intel does a 180 on OpenCable – and more OCAP news

Posted on Monday, June 25, 2007 by MegaZone

As recently as November, 2006 Intel was opposed to the licensing terms for OCAP (the OpenCable Application Platform) and they opposed requiring consumer electronics (CE) vendors to support OCAP in general for two-way cable services. Well, things change, and apparently … Continue reading →

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