The Mummy 3 movie looks better on Blu-Ray

The director of the third Mummy movie, Rob Cohen has stated that his movie looks best while watching it on Blu-Ray rather than in the cinema.
“It is fantastic, a filmmaker’s dream really,”
“Stefan Sonnenfeld and Company 3 and I have worked for the last three months to get the print looking like what you saw. No [...]


Blu-Ray sales rise by 300%

With help from the Playstation 3, Blu Ray sales continue to rise despite staggering U.S. economy.
DVD sales have been declining while Blu-ray sales have bee rising. Most likely due to people switching over to high definition and helping Blu-ray achieve sales of more than $200 million in the first half of 2008.
Mike Dunn of 20th [...]


400GB Blu-Ray disc, good for games?

Pioneer has come up with a whopping 16 layer Blu-Ray disc capable of holding 400GB. The disc has 16 layers, each layer being 25GB, thats a lot of information it can hold.
Now the question is, can it be played in the Playstation 3 for its games or movie playback, whatever? Pioneer has stated:
“Since the optical [...]


Blu-ray overtaking DVD in Western Europe

Futuresource have announced that Blu-ray player sales have outpaced DVD players during the first three years. So put it like this, when DVD launched, DVD sold this much in the first three years. When Blu-ray launched, Blu-ray sold more in the first three years.

MD Corporate Development of Futuresource, Jim Bottoms said:

“One of the questions we [...]


3D Blu-Ray on Playstation 3 possible?

When we mentioned that 3D Blu-Ray will making its way to us we was very excited and wanted more information and could it be possible on the Playstation 3 via Firmware upgrade?
In an interview Manuel R. Gutierrez Novelo, CEO & President of TDVision Systems stated (the people behind the codec):
“We’re in the process to enable [...]


Blu-Ray to get 3D

Blu-Ray is to receive 3D content and the first 3D player will be first presented at at SID 2008. Not only that but it will make use of a standard Blu-ray disc and work on existing non 3D Blu-Ray players.
“Unlike other high definition 3D options, when the 3D film is played in a non-3D Blu-ray [...]


PS3 Theme: Blu-Ray

This is a Playstation 3 theme called Blu-Ray Theme and the Author of this theme is Evlyti.

If you don’t know how to install a theme on to your Playstation 3, click here for a step-by-step guide on how to install a Playstation 3 theme.
Click here to download PS3 theme.
I’ve just tried this theme and i [...]


Universal going Blu-Ray this summer

Universal Studios has said that it will start releasing it’s movies on Blu-Ray this summer. They plan to release around 40 titles in the second half of this year.
Among them are the studio’s five big feature films of the summer, including “The Incredible Hulk,” with Edward Norton, William Hurt and Liv Tyler; “Wanted,” an action [...]


Xbox 360 already leveraged all of their big assets

According to Sony’s marketing VP, Scott Steinberg, the Xbox 360 has had it’s best…
“already leveraged all of their big assets” for the Xbox 360 in 2007, leaving 2008 wide open for the PlayStation 3.
Gamepro interviewed Scott Steinberg and one of the questions were…
GamePro: The Blu-ray victory was a huge win and may represent a turning point [...]


PS3 System Software Update Firmware Version 2.20 Announced

Recently Sony released Firmware Version 2.17 to increase software stability for some Playstation 3 games. We don’t know exactly what these game were, they never tell us. But what they have told is that Firmware 2.20 has been announced and will support “Downloadable Movie Content and Interactive Games, available with BD-LIVE”.
Version 2.20 will also add support [...]