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Blu-ray Outsells HD DVD Nearly 3:1 In Europe

Posted on Wednesday, November 28, 2007 by MegaZone

Blu-ray Disc sales in Europe have broken the one million mark for the year, accounting for approximately 73% of high-def disc sales, with HD DVD accounting for the remaining 27%. Blu-ray is beating HD DVD in Europe nearly 3:1, even … Continue reading →

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Blu-ray News Round-up

Posted on Friday, November 23, 2007 by MegaZone

In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter Sony CEO Howard Stringer re-affirmed the company’s commitment to Blu-ray Disc, saying that it has “the momentum and the scale” to defeat HD DVD. “I think Blu-ray is just a better format,” Stringer … Continue reading →

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Warner abandons TotalHD

Posted on Friday, November 16, 2007 by MegaZone

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

Posted on Thursday, November 15, 2007 by MegaZone

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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