LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today at the International Consumer Electronics Show, Samsung Electronics Co, Ltd., unveiled a new Blu-ray player and companion box enabling Google TV, as part of its ongoing smart TV product offerings. As part of Samsung’s continued roll-out of smart TV products and services, Samsung’s new Blu-ray player and companion ... Continue Reading

LONG BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--To the delight of avid movie lovers, Pioneer Electronics (USA) Inc. today begins shipping its first line of Blu-ray 3D™ players for those who want to recreate a state-of-the-art theatrical experience in the comfort of their own homes. Unveiled at the 2010 CEDIA Expo, the line includes the ... Continue Reading

LONG BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pioneer Electronics (USA) Inc. continues its innovation in the optical disc drive category with today’s announcement of its new professional, high definition BDXL internal Blu-ray Disc drive. The Pioneer BDR-206MBK, BDXL writer for Windows based1 personal computers, is the first drive to read and write using the new ... Continue Reading

Garden City Park, NY - November 10th - VidaBox, LLC announces the RoomClientV2™, the newest addition to the VidaBox family of Blu-ray & DVD media extenders.  At only 1.5 inches (39mm) tall, this powerful system includes a slot-loading disc drive, and streams Blu-ray, DVD, music, or photos stored on any VidaBox ... Continue Reading

Garden City Park, NY - November 4th - VidaBox, LLC is debuting the ThinClientV2™, a new, low-cost Blu-ray & DVD media extender which replaces the ThinClientHD.  Preserving the original design's miniature form factor, it offers significantly better Blu-ray playback performance at a similar price point. ThinClientV2™ extenders also pull DVD, music, ... Continue Reading

Little PCs are wonderful things, and those that can handle Blu-ray playback and do so while sucking down less than 45 watts are doubly delightful. Zotac's Zbox is such a machine, an Atom D525 and ION2 nettop with a Blu-ray all built into a lovely sliver of brushed ... Continue Reading

Now that the BDXL spec is finalized, a handful of DVR announcements have trickled out to support the higher-capacity Blu-ray format. Sony's release of the SLD3237VF 400mW-output blue-violet laser diode, however, could flat-out open the floodgates. That's because, besides supporting the new larger capacity standard, it's the ... Continue Reading

What self respecting consumer electronics manufacturer doesn't offer a 3D Blu-ray player? None we can think of. So obviously it was only a matter of time before Sharp joined in. The BD-HP80U and BD-HP90U will both be available in September and offer a slew of streaming features like ... Continue Reading

Sharp made US 3D fans very happy today by announcing the immediate availability of its new 52 and 60-inch AQUOS Quattron 3D TVs at CEDIA. The LED backlight side-mount scanning LE925 series starts at $4199 with the bigger brother going for $5299, feature two pairs of 3D ... Continue Reading

THX and BluFocus have joined forces to address 3D picture quality, interoperability and the physiological effects of 3D. What this all means is that 3D will have a standard to be developed by across the board from production to mastering of the disk.  So movie to movie should have maximum quality ... Continue Reading