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Blu-ray compromised?

Hot on the heels of some big HD-DVD cracking news, comes word of the inevitable: Blu-ray AACS encryption has been bypassed. My new warez hero, Janvitos, has built on the work of HD-DVD pioneer, Muslix64, to peer deep into the secret world of Blu-ray....

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The potential pitfalls of Blu-ray

We're good sports. While Blu-ray has "won" the "format war", there are still a number of areas where it needs to watch its back as this Digitimes Research data has revealed. What are they? Let's make a bulleted list so it's easier to separate them. ...

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Interview with a Blu-Ray

Aeropause sits down for a disturbing chat with an anthropomorphized Blu-Ray disc. Sample quote: One time when we were young, HD-DVD and I played "Show Me Yours and I will Show You Mine" We got caught and we never tried it again, but what I saw was i...

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Rumor Murder: PS3 with no Blu-ray

We were trying to ignore this rumor driving article about a PS3 without Blu-ray, but we continue to receive tips about it. So, it's time for simple Joystiq equation time: PlayStation 3 - Blu-ray = Not PlayStation 3. The games are now, and for the fo...

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Watch the Director's Cut of Watchmen on Blu-ray

Click to see in Blu-ray high-def. The Watchmen are coming to Blu-ray on July 28th. The only version of the film offered on the Blu-ray disc will be the Director's Cut, which adds 28 minutes to the film's already lengthy run time. In addition to a n...

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BJ's Wholesale goes Blu-ray

Another blow to HD DVD came today as BJ's Wholesale Club will bounce the format from its shelves in the fourth quarter according to VB, a Variety company. Just like yesterday's news about Target going with Blu-ray players, if Wal-Mart's Sam's Club ...

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Ripping Blu-ray movies to the PS3

News is speading like wildfire across the Interwebs that another deathblow has been dealt to the PS3. This time, hackers have successfully ripped a Blu-ray disk to the PS3s harddrive. I say, so what? Who cares if you're able to rip Blu-ray data to th...

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PS3 harming Blu-ray acceptance

It is common knowledge that the PS3 is being used as a means to boost the Blu-ray install-base, even if Sony won't come out and say it. However, it would appear that Blu-ray is being harmed by its inclusion in the PS3. According to a survey by Cymfon...

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Do what's right -- vote for Blu-ray!

We'll make this quick: over at Engadget, there's a poll going on to decide what's the greatest storage device or technology to come out of 2006. The poll ends on Sunday, so we'd like to ask all of you at PS3 Fanboy to go ahead and cast your vote -- h...

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Firefly being prepared for Blu-ray

We don't make a habit of posting about individual films or TV shows coming to Blu-ray. That's not the purpose of this site. Sometimes, however, something will come along that will get us totally excited and we simply have to share the news with you ...

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Blu-Ray addresses some complaints

The Blu-Ray Disc Group announced yesterday that it was going to adopt a critical feature that has kept companies like Intel, Microsoft, and HP from lending their support to Sony's next-gen format of choice.  "Mandatory managed content" wil...

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Moore: Blu-ray still a possibility

The format wars continue! Peter Moore, after just announcing an upcoming HD DVD drive for the Xbox 360, has stated that they may ship a Blu-ray drive if the HD DVD format never catches on. Gamespot writes, "[Moore] suggested that whatever the ou...

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Newsweek: Blu-ray the movie winner

On his Newsweek blog, N'gai Croal explores the format war between HD-DVD and Blu-ray movies in relation to gamers. While the Xbox 360 can play HD-DVD with its add-on drive, Croal says that's a non-starter because those sorts of console add-ons rarel...

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Blu-ray movies to include portable files

In a strange, un-Sony like move, Sony's David Bishop announced that future Blu-Ray movies from Sony Pictures Entertainment will include portable files that can be transferred to laptops and other portables (such as the PSP?). This feature may launch ...

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