"Blu-ray" articles

Now that Sony BRAVIA Internet Video Link TVs can show Netflix streaming content , it's a good opportunity to revisit the connected CE devices playing Netflix content. Connected TVs LG HDTVs with NetCast Broadband (55LH50, 47LH50, 42LH50, 60PS80, and 50PS80) Sony BRAVIA Internet Video Link Connected Blu-ray Players LG LG BD370 and LG BD390 Samsung BD-P1600, BD-2500, BD-P3600, and BD-P4600 Connected Game Consoles Xbox 360...

Consumers will be able to make one full-resolution digital copy of Blu-ray discs, thanks to a licensing agreement that was made on June 5, reports Video Business . Hardware that supports copies, however, won't be available until the first or second quarter of 2010. Initially, managed copies can be made to recordable Blu-ray or DVD discs, as a download to a Windows Media DRM-compatible portable player or hard drive, on a memory stick, SD card or as a bound copy, such as a digital copy...

For each $1,000 in income, U.S. households will pay on average $1 more for a PC, according to the Consumer Decision Process Annual Survey, which has quantified the influence of income and education on the amount consumers spend on specific CE products. International research firm Parks Associates recently completed this survey of over 5,000 U.S. consumers on their 2008 purchases and 2009 purchase intentions. The research, part of the Consumer Decision Process Service, examines...

Adobe made a couple of interesting announcements last week relative to making Flash available on the TV. On January 5 , Adobe and Intel announced plans to collaborate on the development to port and optimize Adobe® Flash® technology for the Intel® Media Processor CE 3100. This effort is expected to provide consumers with richer and more seamless Web-based and video viewing experiences through advanced Intel-based cable set-top boxes, Blu-ray Disc players, digital TVs and retail...

Looks like we're seeing everyone follow the Roku lead. LG Electronics announced new LCD and plasma "Broadband HDTVs" that will display the growing library of movies, TV episodes and high-definition (HD) content that Netflix members can watch instantly directly on the TV with Ethernet connectivity. According to Netflix , the new LCD and plasma HDTVs will join the LG BD300 Network Blu-ray Disc Player, the first Blu-ray disc player to stream movies instantly from Netflix. These...

Like everyone else, we've been anxiously tracking announcements coming from the Blu-ray business, trying to gauge how the players and the software are doing. The Blu-ray Association held its annual CES press conference last week, and revealed the following information (compiled from TWICE ): * 10.7 million stand-alone Blu-ray Disc players and PlayStation 3 gaming consoles had shipped to retail since the launch of the Blu-ray Disc format 2.5 years ago. * The industry saw a...

CNET is reporting that LG Electronics will expand online video content relationships in 2009 to include CinemaNow and YouTube. This video will be available at the TV through their connected Blu-ray players.

I guess it's obligatory that we in the analyst and press community need to come up with our "Top-Whatever" lists of the key trends, key products, etc. from either the year just ending or for 2009. It definitely does help to distill the main news and hot items for the year into some easily digestible deliverables ahead of the Consumer Electronics Show next week. In fact, the Parks Associates' analysts got together a couple of weeks ago to deliver a Webcast titled 2008: A Digital...