Disney to offer movies on microSD cards in Japan
Walt Disney Japan has announced that that they are now going to offer their movies on microSD cards along with DVDs in the market.
This would allow customers to carry along their movies inside their portable media players on the move.
Disney is planning to have these [...]
General Electric develops a 500 GB media Disc
General Electric has announced that they have managed to develop a media disc that is capable of storing 500GB of data.
This is equivalent to storing data worth around 100 regular DVD discs.
The company said that the disc was developed using a technology named “micro-holographic storage”.
This [...]
Netflix to charge more for Blu-Ray media movies
Netflix has some bad news for their customers.
The company has announced that they are now going to charge more for delivering Blu-Ray media to their customers.
Netflix said that they had to raise the prices due to increased demand for these media format discs.
Blu-Ray media discs are [...]
OWC launches 8x external Blu-ray Disc drive for PC and Macs
Other World Computing has announced the launch of their latest product which is a 8x external Blu-ray Disc drive.
This drive works with both Windows and Mac OS X machines.
They are offering this drive for USD 400.
OWC said that the drive features four different interfaces [...]
Netflix expects to go web only next year
Netflix is a popular online DVD delivery service in the US market.
The company also has a presence in the online streaming of movies to paying customers.
This model has worked so well for the company that they now plan to go web only by next year.
The [...]
LG BD390 Blu-ray has Wi-Fi support
South Korean consumer electronics manufacturer LG has launched a new Blu-Ray player named LG BD390.
This player comes with support for wireless networks. It is an enhanced version of their existing player LG BD370.
Features include DVD upscaling, Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD audio, BD-Live/Profile 2.0 support. This player also [...]
Wind-Up Remote: No need for batteries
Wind-Up Remote is a new remote now available in the market.
It does not require batteries to operate.
Users can just wind it up whenever it runs out of power.
The remote is capable enough to control up to six televisions, DVD players or stereos.
The internal batteries are charged by [...]
VHS format dead as last remaining distributor stops operating
VHS format has been a history for most of us already. But it was still operating in the US market through a single last supplier.
Distribution Video Audio of Palm Harbor, Florida has announced that they have now shipped out their last remaining stock.
The company used [...]
Netflix to charge a dollar more for Blu-Ray discs
US based movie rental service Netflix has announced that they are going to charge a dollar more for movies sent in the high definition Blu-Ray format.
This would be in addition to the regular subscription fees. The company had hinted before that such a charge was unavoidable.
Customers [...]
Sony BWU-300S Blu-Ray drive launched
Japanese electronics manufacturer Sony has launched their third generation Blu-Ray drive BWU-300S.
Sony BWU-300S comes with capabilities to read and write Blu-ray media at speeds of up to 8X speed.
The company said that at peak speed, the drive can burn a 25GB disc in around 15 minutes. A dual layer 50GB [...]
