Category Archives: Blu-ray

Will BD-Live ever be any good?

Posted on October 1, 2008 by Stephen Dawson

Eventually, I reckon. While I was writing the previous post a possible answer to a conundrum occurred to me. Consumer technology is not built upon an assumption of endless consumer patience. If you provide some feature in your equipment, consumers … Continue reading →

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BD-Live problems

Posted on October 1, 2008 by Stephen Dawson

The other day Sony kindly sent me its new BDP-S550 Blu-ray player, due for release in Australia in November. Aside from some other virtues, this is a BD-Live player. That is, it can support the Web-enabled content becoming increasingly available … Continue reading →

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Sony launches new Blu-ray Players, sets feline loose amongst avian rats

Posted on September 24, 2008 by Stephen Dawson

Well, Sony has done two launches in two days. Yesterday it unveiled a whole bunch of stuff including a 200Hz LCD TV (apparently it interpolates three new frames between each incoming real picture frame). Another new LCD TV uses hundreds … Continue reading →

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At last: Universal Pictures (Australasia) Pty Ltd goes Blu-ray

Posted on September 10, 2008 by Stephen Dawson

I’ve been nagging Universal’s PR company on and off over the last couple of months about when the company will be going Blu-ray. Yesterday I received a press release headed: ‘Heroes: Season 2 DVD Release – October 1’. Great for … Continue reading →

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Juno ‘Digital Copy’, let’s dig deeper

Posted on September 5, 2008 by Stephen Dawson

Let’s dig a little deeper into this whole ‘Digital Copy’ (DC) thing, discussed in the previous post. My brother, presently holidaying in Austria, has written to me suggesting that I ‘should install a Firefox or Maxthon browser and set up … Continue reading →

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Brilliant Idea, Dumb Name

Posted on September 4, 2008 by Stephen Dawson

Well, here I am live-blogging at the Republican National Convention where … okay, hang on, I’m not doing that at all. Instead I’m semi-live-blogging as I attempt to grapple for the first time with a ‘Digital Copy’. In my title … Continue reading →

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DVD Dominance

Posted on August 26, 2008 by Stephen Dawson

Yesterday Warner Bros sent me the three Dirty Harry sequels on Blu-ray, along with the ‘Limited Edition Giftset’ Blu-ray for Batman Begins. I watched the latter last night and it was glorious. Great movie to begin with, and superb picture … Continue reading →

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VHS Weirdness

Posted on August 22, 2008 by Stephen Dawson

Well, there you go. It looks like I don’t have too many readers after all! Or none, anyway, that have any spare VHS tapes. Happily charity came to the rescue. More to the point, I went to the Salvation Army … Continue reading →

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VHS Help!!!

Posted on August 21, 2008 by Stephen Dawson

Independently of each other, my brother and my daughter have both suggested that I should do a pictorial comparison of VHS to DVD to Blu-ray. I think it’s a smashing idea and I’ve got the technical capabilities to do it. … Continue reading →

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And another BD/DVD comparison

Posted on August 19, 2008 by Stephen Dawson

I’ve added six comparison shots to my review of Independence Day. Here’s the first one:

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