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Samsung Blu-ray players adding YouTube, MKV support (Update: Right now!) {Engadget HD}
Sep 5th 2009 5:43AM Maybe because with mkv support you dont have to do either of these things.
Michael Bay plans The Dark Knight-style IMAX sequences for Transformers 2 Blu-ray {Engadget HD}
Jul 24th 2009 5:59PM As long as it uses seamless branching so that i can choose to watch the whole film in its original theatre aspect ratio(minus imax parts), Ill be happy. If im forced to have to watch the imax parts i wont be happy. At least give viewers the choice of watching one or the other. I dont have anything against the imax portions of the film, but i didnt like the switching of aspect ratios in Dark Knight. Surely its not that hard to give viewers the option of which version to watch on the disc.
Watchmen 5 disc UCE scheduled for the holidays {Engadget HD}
Jul 12th 2009 5:21AM I heard this will not include the extras being included in the release due on the 21st. its essentially a completely different release. I dont think i will bother with it myself. Happy with the directors cut. ALso is that 5 DVD's they are talking about of 5 BD's? Doesnt really allude to being BD related.
PopcornHour's latest C-200 media box is Blu-ray (& anything else) ready {Engadget HD}
Jun 17th 2009 8:16PM Biggest issue with being a Media extender would be extra licensing costs. I agree it would be great. I use my 360 atm as an extender and whilst it does a great job, its quite noisy and gets very hot, not to mention power hungry. Would love a simple all in one box that does BD disc playback, MKV & Divx as well as my recording via Vista media centre. Effectively if this does a good job at playing back retail BD discs and could playback DVR-MS files(with decent skip/fast-foward & rewind) this could take over from my PS3 & 360. TIme will tell i guess.
Sony still pushing the potential of BD-Live, but is anyone listening? {Engadget HD}
Apr 23rd 2009 5:55PM Personally think and have always thought BD-Live was a waste of time and effort. Bonusview on the other hand is a great feature in my personal opinion. Contrary to what others here have posted there are many out there that enjoy watching special features on a disc, and i for one will not buy a movie unless it has a decent set of features. I dont see the value in just buying a disc for an upgrade in video and audio and will never buy a barebones release. Give me the extras and i will most likely buy.
I think Bonusview can add a lot to the special feautes by linking it in with the movie viewing experience so you get an idea of how and why things happened at that point in time on the film.
Samsung's latest LED-packing HDTVs get official prices, availability {Engadget HD}
Mar 31st 2009 5:56PM And i think you will find that there a lot of people who didnt like what the Series 9 panels produced image and blacks wise. I found the blacks to be do black to the point that detail in dark scene's was near impossible to see. These new panales actually have 3,000,000:1 dynamic contrast ration as compared to the Series 9 1,000,000:1 so the balcks they produce cant be far off the mark compared to the series 9?
Sony says it has no plans for revamped XMB, Netflix service {Engadget HD}
Dec 10th 2008 6:08AM Sony...how about giving us MKV support playback? You know you want to do it :)
First wave of Criterion Blu-ray Discs to tout plain packaging, ship December 19th {Engadget HD}
Nov 26th 2008 4:59PM Im pretty sure they would still be ponying up the same bluray licensing fees everyone else does. It is a bluray release which means they have to pay licensing to the BDA. I dont think they can get away with not paying licensing fees by just changing the packaging. If that was the case im sure other stuidos would have done the same. Im with Trent. Its a silly move to confuse consumers with different packaging. Not all buyers are discerning HT buffs that will know the difference. You give to much credit to some consumers. If the packaging is pretty much the same and the price is the same then i think there is a high chance they wont know the diff. PLus these will look out of place with collectors current BD packaging.
Kogan intros AU$349 Profile 1.1 Blu-ray player for Australia {Engadget HD}
Nov 21st 2008 4:25PM You guys do realise that we have a Soniq Bluray player for sale in AU for about $249 at JB hifi right? Furthermore where on the Kogan website does it say that its Bluray multiregion?
2012 London Olympics to push broadcast 1080p? {Engadget HD}
Oct 4th 2008 5:35PM Equipment may not exist today but its another 4 years to london olympics. Technology is progressing so fast wil be a matter of time before we see significant in roads to seeing more 1080p content from Pay tv and FTA broadcasters. Bring it on i say.
