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Funai Corporation, Inc., the North American sales and marketing subsidiary of Funai Electric Co., Ltd., today announced the introduction of its first Blu-ray Disc player (NB500 series) for the North American market.
The Company will begin production in the first quarter of 2008, and plans to begin selling the player at retail stores in North America during the second quarter. The retail price is projected to be under $300.
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Panasonic Corporation of North America, the principal U.S. subsidiary of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (NYSE:MC), today introduced the DMP-BD50, Panasonic’s latest Blu-ray disc player - the ultimate playback source for high definition 1080p content. Blu-ray media offers a wide range of functions that foster the transition to HD - including 1080p image quality, lossless Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio and versatile Picture-in-Picture applications. The BD50 adds the new BD-Live function, which uses the internet to further enhance the consumer’s entertainment experience and employs VIERA Link, a technology that allows the consumer to operate VIERA Link equipped home theater components with a single remote.No word yet on pricing or availability. As we find out more, we'll let you know. In the mean time, Panasonic's entire press release can be found here. Add a comment
BD-Live opens up a myriad of interactive possibilities for the consumer. In the future BD-Live will allow users to connect the DMP-BD50 to the internet to download such data as images and subtitles, and to join in multi-player interactive games that are linked to bonus movie content contained on Blu-ray discs.
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Toshiba is quite surprised by WarnerBros.' decision to abandon HD DVD in favor of Blu-ray, despite the factthat there are various contracts in place between our companies concerningthe support of HD DVD. As central members of the DVD Forum, we have longmaintained a close partnership with Warner Bros. We worked closely togetherto help standardize the first-generation DVD format as well as to defineand shape HD DVD as its next-generation successor.If you'd like to read more, Toshiba's entire statement can be found here. Add a comment
We were particularly disappointed that this decision was made in spiteof the significant momentum HD DVD has gained in the US market as well asother regions in 2007. HD DVD players and PCs have outsold Blu-ray in theUS market in 2007.
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In response to consumer demand, Warner Bros. Entertainment will release its high-definition DVD titles exclusively in the Blu-ray disc format beginning later this year, it was announced today by Barry Meyer, Chairman & CEO, Warner Bros. and Kevin Tsujihara, President, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group.There is some good news for HD DVD fans. Warner Bros plans to continue to release new titles on HD DVD until the end of May 2008. Full details can be found here. Add a comment
“Warner Bros.’ move to exclusively release in the Blu-ray disc format is a strategic decision focused on the long term and the most direct way to give consumers what they want,” said Meyer. “The window of opportunity for high-definition DVD could be missed if format confusion continues to linger. We believe that exclusively distributing in Blu-ray will further the potential for mass market success and ultimately benefit retailers, producers, and most importantly, consumers.”
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Time Warner's Warner Bros studio plans to announce it will release next generation DVDs on Sony Corp's Blu-ray format exclusively, two sources familiar with the plans said on Friday, dealing a big blow to Toshiba Corp'sHD DVD format.If this is true, its safe to say that the format war will eventually end in Blu-ray's favor. Blu-ray titles already dominate the sales charts and with Warner behind the format, there's no way that HD DVD is going to recover. If you'd like to read more, the entire article can be found here. Add a comment
Warner Bros, Hollywood's biggest seller of DVDs representing about 18 to 20 percent of sales in the United States, had been one of the few studios that backed both formats.
