** Component output for CSS-encrypted DVD discs is limited to 480i/480p only. BD software can lock out resolution above 480p via ICT and DOT tokens. Not a day goes by that I don't get inundated with ...

Sharp Corporation introduces into the Japanese market the BD-HP1 Blu-ray Disc Player, which has a Hybrid Recording function that works with the AQUOS LCD TV *2 iLink connection to allow recording of ...

Sharp expands its suite of Blu-ray players with the introduction of the Full HD 1080p BD-HP52U AQUOS Blu-ray Disc™ (BD) player. When paired with an AQUOS HDTV Liquid Crystal television, consumers can ...

The dust has barely settled on the format war between HD-DVD and Blu-Ray (in which Blu-ray took the honors), but now the Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA) has announced two new media specs. The final ...

We were pretty easy on those early gen Blu-ray players, but now that the format has had some time to blossom, there’s no excuse for a unit like the Yamaha BD-S2900 or its $1,200 asking price. Lacking ...

The Samsung BD-J5900 Blu-ray player offers excellent image quality, speedy disc access and great bang for the buck. TV and home video editor Ty Pendlebury joined CNET Australia in 2006, and moved to ...

This is Blu-ray on a budget, but Samsung’s latest is anything but basic. Already spotted for as little as £140 online, the BD-P1600 is the successor to the brand’s popular BD-P1500. BD-Live is a bit ...

Samsung revealed its new flagship Blu-ray player at CES 2013, capable of upconverting content to 4K and a nifty reverse-AirPlay streaming-video feature. Matthew Moskovciak Senior Associate Editor / ...

LONG BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pioneer Electronics (USA) Inc. today unveiled its new internal BD/DVD/CD writer, the BDR-211UBK. The new model supports Ultra HD Blu-ray 1 playback using bundled ...

There was a bit of a stir at CES when Samsung announced that its new BD-P1200 Blu-ray Disc player would feature Silicon Optix' Reon-VX HQV video processor. We haven't yet used this processing chipset ...

UPDATE: Thanks to tips from several meticulous readers, I’ve adjusted the 50GB playback verbiage to properly reflect assumptions made from the instruction manual. Over the weekend I was fortunate ...

After months of spear shaking on both sides, the first skirmishes in the high-definition disc format wars have begun. In early May, I looked at Toshibas chosen format, HD DVD. Today, I present the ...