Archive for February, 2008

Apple “actively courting” Sony for slot-loading Blu-ray drives?

Releaselog | RLSLOG.net wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerpt Filed under: Laptops, StorageWe know, we’re getting tired of Apple Blu-ray rumors as well — they’re right up there with refreshed Cinema Displays in terms of rumor persistence — but until Steve and the gang actually shove a drive into a machine […]

Rumor: Apple Wants Sony Blu-ray Drives for MacBook Pros [Rumor]

Engadget wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerpt AppleInsider says Apple is “actively” poking Sony (as opposed to other BR manufacturers) for slot-loading Blu-ray drives for MacBook Pros—Apple supposedly even wanted to offer BR SuperDrives with the new Penryn-powered machines, but “quality issues” meant Sony could only deliver combo drives. Apple said […]

Blu-Ray drives will drain laptop batteries dry

Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerpt Now that Blu-Ray has won the format war against HD-DVD; laptop manufacturers are scrambling to integrate Blu-Ray drives in their laptops. Laptops with Blu-Ray drives have significantly shorter battery life when viewing Blu-Ray content. Manufacturers should consider forcing […]

Dreamworks Squirming out of its exclusive HD-DVD contract

TECH.BLORGE.com wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptDreamworks who, among other things, produces the Shrek films, signed an exclusive HD-DVD contract at the same time as its parent company Paramount. While the latter has announced its move back to BluRay, Dreamworks seems unable to opt out so easily. Pending […]

Paramount/Dreamwork: HD DVD Out, Blu-ray In–Sort of

Hardmac.com : Le "Macbidouille" in English wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerpt It didn’t come as much of a surprise when Paramount announced last week, with gritted teeth, that it would be signing on with Blu-ray. After all, Toshiba itself had already announced that it would no longer be supporting the […]

Sleuth LiMiTED 720p BluRay x264-SEPTiC

Gearlog - Gadget Guide by Geeks for Geeks wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerpt This article has been published at RLSLOG.net - visit our site for full content. SEPTiC comes around the corner once again with another HDRiP: Sleuth (Limited). This movie has been released in 2007, and had some great […]

Oh no video games are killing the sales of DVD movies DreamWorks CEO says

Releaselog | RLSLOG.net wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerpt We had the HD DVD and Blu-ray format war and now we have the Video games are killing movies war; the latest accusation is from the good old CEO of Dreamworks who says “video games are hurting the sales of […]

Paramount Kills Entire HD DVD Release Schedule, But No Blu Flicks ‘Til Summer [Hd Dvd]

Product Reviews Net wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerpt There won’t be a soft transition to Blu-ray for Paramount—they’re dropping their whole HD DVD release slate right this second. Their last two movies on the dead format hit Tuesday, even though we won’t see Blu titles from them until this summer—that’s […]