Afghan Knights The Blu-ray

Afghan Knights

The Blu-ray player disc drive is fully backwards compatible, and will play as well as burn traditional DVDs and CDs. Consumers can also chose a Blu-ray DL burner drive, but this will add 480 to the overall price of the laptop. The Inspiron 1525 laptop with Blu-ray is available today in the, Canada and Europe. Heres a link to Dells Online store where you can customize and purchase the Inspiron 1525 laptop. After our brand new TechPowerUp Reader Survey 08 results, its time for some news coming from Plextor. The firm has released two new multifunction disc drives that combine next-generation Blu-Ray and HD DVD technologies. Ill start with the more sophisticated model the PX-B920SA, a Blu-Ray and Blu-Ray DL 50GB burner that plays HD DVD discs and supports high-speed reading and recording of DVD and CD formats, including DVD-RAM and Dual/Double Layer DVDs. The internal drive features 4X BD-R write speed, Serial ATA SATA interface, 4MB Afghan Knights and Lightscribe disk labeling. Second in order is the PX-B300SA, a multifunction drive capable of only playing both Blu-Ray and HD DVD media, while DVD and CD burning features remain presented. Other than that, the PX-B300SA is identical to the PX-B920SA model. Both drives support Buffer Underrun Proof technology and come with one year full warranty. They are also bundled with a complete package of application software, including InterVideo WinDVD 8, Ulead MovieFactory 5 SE, and 5 SE. The PX-B920SA costs 599 while the PX-B300SA Blu-Ray/HD DVD reader ships for Sony previewed yesterday on its official PS3 blog the next PLAYSTATION 3 system software update which is due to be out in the next few days. Firmware v 20, will introduce a number of features to further enhance your PLAYSTATION 3, but most notably the update will enable the PS3 to support Blu-ray Disc Profile 0, also known as BD-Live. BD-Live allows you to obtain additional content and special features through Internet on BD discs that support this feature. On April 8th Sony Pictures Home Entertainment will release The 6th Day and Walk Hard on Blu-ray; these titles will be among the first to take advantage of BD-Live. Wednesday, March 12th 2008 Microsoft has commented that there are still no plans in place to introduce a Blu-ray player for the Xbox 360, despite comments by Stan Glasgow which seemed to hint that such an add-on could be on the way. A spokesperson for the company said: There are no plans to introduce Blu-ray. In response to Stan Glasgows statement that Blu-ray is a possibility for Xbox 360, we have made no such announcement. Games are what are driving consumers to purchase game consoles and we remain focused on providing the largest library of blockbuster games available. So Xbox 360 owners could find themselves without the ability to watch new HD movies in the coming months as film producers stop selling HD DVDs. Circuit City and Canadian retailer Future Shop are both running schemes which will allow owners of HD DVD hardware to trade-in their current players to receive a discount on Blu-ray hardware. An internal memo from Circuit City states: We do not want to upset our valued customers. For this special circumstance, we are happy to offer an exchange for a Blu-ray player customer pays any difference in purchase price even if it has been several months since the customer made their HD DVD player purchase. If the customer does not want a Blu-ray player, we can issue a gift card refund for their original purchase price. For products purchased in the last 30 days, handle as usual. Meanwhile, Future Shop is allowing customers to return their HD DVD players between 7th March and 3rd April to receive a 100 discount off either an LG or Samsung Blu-ray/HD DVD combo player even if their HD DVD player was purchased at another store. However, HD DVD movies are not eligible for a refund or trade-in at either store. The Financial Times citing an unnamed senior executive reports that rivals Sony and Microsoft are discussing the possibility of offering a Blu-ray drive for the Xbox 3 Sony Electronics US president Stan Glasgow also noted that the company was holding discussions with both Microsoft and Apple over Blu-Ray. The report even claims that there is also the possibility of an internal Blu-ray drive being incorporated into a new, more expensive Xbox 360 model, as it is already done in the PlayStation Currently all Xbox 360 consoles support the HD-DVD format only, but since Toshiba abandoned production last month, Microsoft has no choice but to reconsider Blu-ray as vital step forward. Microsoft refused to comment on the story. Tuesday, February 26th 2008 Acer plans to start offering Blu-Ray equipped laptops in the spring of this year, the companys Taiwan head explained on Monday. The executive confirmed that the computer firm will have two notebooks available with the worlds first 16 and 4-inch widescreen notebook LCDs, capable of playing Blu-Ray movies in full HD 1920×1080 resolution. Other specifications of the portables have not been revealed, though the Blu-ray feature will likely dictate dedicated AMD or NVIDIA graphics as well as a minimum 2GB of memory. Prices should range between 1, 900 and 2, 240 depending on the screen sizes and configurations. Thursday, February 21st 2008 Given that Toshiba has now officially discontinued its HD DVD business, this news acts merely as an extra nail in the formats coffin. Paramount has become the last of the big six Hollywood studios to decide upon Blu-ray, saying: We are pleased that the industry is moving to a single high-definition format, as we believe it is in Afghan Knights best interest of the consumer, the statement reads. As we look to begin releasing our titles on Blu-ray, we will monitor consumer adoption and determine our release plans accordingly. Universal, Sony Pictures, 20th Century Fox, Walt Disney Studios and Warner have already made the switch to Blu-ray, which looks almost certain to become the dominant high definition format for the next few years. Tuesday, February 19th 2008 The HD-DVD camp put up the white flag just a few days ago. Now what? Universal Studios has an answer to that question: everyone goes Blu-ray.