Topic: News

The credit crunch, global financial turmoil, rising unemployment and rocketing household bills is good news for the home entertainment industry and cinemas across Britain.

Lite-On had originally planned to begin volume production of 6x Blu-ray Disc Combo drives about now but have decided to postpone till the start until November.

In explaining why his new computers didn't come with Blu-ray drives as some were expecting, Apple chief Steve Jobs described Blu-ray as a "bag of hurt".

Sony has announced the launch of its own PlayStation branded YouTube channel, that will deliver video content to the platform's community worldwide.

Sonic Solutions announced Qflix download and burn technology for DVD nearly a year ago. Now, following Dell's lead, Pioneer has announced its own Qflix compatible burners.

The $120 Dell Qflix DVD Burner lets you make copies of DRM-protected downloads that you can watch from your PC or TV.

Sony's Bravia Internet Video Link will receive its first movie premiere, Hancock, on October 28, before it is released on any other media.

Sharp will introduce into the Japanese market the 16-model AQUOS DX Series (including 52V-, 46V-, 42V-, 37V-, 32V-, and 26V-inch models), the world's first series of LCD TVs equipped with Blu-ray Disc Recorders.

JVC have debuted their new Blu-Ray Recorder, the DR-BX500, which uses a 500GB hard disk drive to store video content in MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 format.

The European Union has told music lovers to turn down the volume of MP3 players, saying they risk permanent hearing loss from listening too long at maximum levels.

YouTube has started screening full 50-minute episodes of the Star Trek series - 5 of them to be precise - heralding a new era in content advertising.

The BBC has revealed plans to take the iPlayer onto Freeview.

The global LCD TV market is expected to continue its rapid growth till it becomes the largest segment of the consumer electronics industry, by 2012.

Microsoft have released Silverlight 2, the company's second generation solution for the creation and delivery of applications through a Web browser.

Verbatim have unveiled their first LightScribe 8X DVD+R Double Layer (DL) discs.

Sanyo has unveiled plans for a new type of blue laser diode, which it said could support four-layer 100GB Blu-ray discs.

Parks Associates, the Dallas-based research firm, says worldwide Blu-ray player sales will jump 800 percent over the next four years to 40 million.

Music lovers now have another online tool to help discover new music from artists you may not be familiar with.

Once again Microsoft has denied rumours of a Blu-ray add-on for the Xbox 360 and unveiled the new Xbox Experience.

Starting on Nov. 5, Netflix customers who rent Blu-ray movies will have to pay an additional $1 per month, Netflix informed its customers via e-mail.