Format wars are commonplace in the modern history of electronics. Even Thomas Edison had to deal with political and corporate wrangling for the format of his early wax audio cylinder records invented in 1877.  The dispute over which audio recording format would become the standard continued until 1...

How do you debug a movie? Before I get too old and forget, here is the story of one bug that I had to find when playing King Kong in the Xbox HD DVD player. It concludes with yet another reason I am so glad we’re not doing a Blu-ray player. The HD DVD team originally wrote the player software for ...

Remember that format war? Good fun. Blu-ray battling it out with HD DVD. Sony pinning its hopes and dreams for dominance on the PS3, while Microsoft released an HD DVD player for its console. Now that the dust has settled and the reality has washed over me and you, let's see how this format war has ...

Last give away was of Mumutu Anitmalware of which we already have a winner and if you are little sad here is another one givea way just for you.  Star Burn is a CD , DVD , Blu Ray , HD DVD recording software. You can burn Audio, video, compress audio, burn your Data on Blu ray.  Here is a snapshot...

By Mona Nomura of Pixel Bits (FriendFeed/Twitter) I am the odd ball. The nerdy go-to person for my friends' and family's geeky needs. This Black Friday, before Christmas, et al sale holiday season, the most frequently asked question is: Should I buy a Blu-ray player? Since half of my guy friends are...

Non ci sono più ostacoli per lo standard Blu-Ray che, nei mesi scorsi, ha avuto definitivamente ragione del rivale HD DVD nel confronto per la supremazia in ambito supporti ottici ad alta risoluzione. Dopo l'uscita di scena del formato voluto da Toshiba, i produttori sono tutti al lavoro ...

Toshiba staying away from Blu-Ray format for now Toshiba lost the next generation format war when they announced their exit from the HD DVD industry. The company had developed the HD DVD format and their exit meant that this format was dead and Sony won with their Blu-Ray format. However, Toshiba ha...

The biggest running joke is all of rock music, of course, has become the imminent release of the next Guns N’ Roses album, Chinese Democracy which is due to come out, either any day now or never. Even Syd Barrett was able to make a couple of solo albums after he went crazy, Axl. However, Neil ...

Filed under: Blu-ray, HD DVD Although it's all water under the bridge now, we still find it interesting that Viacom's recent earnings statement confirmed that Paramount received compensation for dumping Blu-ray. But contrary to the New York Times article, Variety is reporting that it was only $29 Mi...

Filed under: Industry, Blu-ray, HD DVD There's simply no question that the beauty of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park (above) can only truly be appreciated after a winding drive down from Kailua Kona (or Hilo, for those who love the rain), but for folks without weeks on end to spare waiting to see lav...