Joystiq http://www.joystiq.com Joystiq http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif Joystiq http://www.joystiq.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/<![CDATA[Warner Bros. will swap your antiquated DVDs for Blu-ray Discs (for a price)]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2009/11/17/warner-bros-will-swap-your-antiquated-dvds-for-blu-ray-discs-f/http://www.joystiq.com/2009/11/17/warner-bros-will-swap-your-antiquated-dvds-for-blu-ray-discs-f/http://www.joystiq.com/2009/11/17/warner-bros-will-swap-your-antiquated-dvds-for-blu-ray-discs-f/#comments In the spirit of such programs as Cash for Guns and, more recently, Cash for Clunkers, Warner Bros. has begun its "DVD2BLU" program, offering owners of its films in the antiquated DVD (a.k.a. drink coaster) format to exchange them for their proper Blu-ray Disc equivalents for a charge of $7.95 to $9.95 per film. The program's site currently lists 50 titles, with a limit of 25 disc swaps per household.

You may recall that, earlier this year, Warner Bros. launched a similar program -- RED2BLU -- to let consumers exchange their HD-DVD copies of the studio's films for Blu-ray Disc versions. That's still going, and currently offers a catalog of 125 flicks to choose from with an "upgrade fee" of $4.95 per title. Yes, Warner Bros. really released (at least) 125 movies on HD-DVD. And no, we don't know what it was thinking.

[Via Blu-ray.com]

JoystiqWarner Bros. will swap your antiquated DVDs for Blu-ray Discs (for a price) originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Disc is required -- reserve it.
Netflix was kind enough to answer a heap of nitpicky questions following the announcement that its steaming service would soon be available for PlayStation 3. Certainly, question marks hovered over the application "disc" and whether or not it would have to always be in the PS3 to use the Netflix streaming service. It turns out that Netflix won't have an integrated XMB solution just yet -- but it's coming.

Check out our interview with a Netflix representative for the full details:

Joystiq: Was the PS3 application developed internally by Netflix?

Netflix: Yes, with the help of the Sony team.

Can the Netflix application be installed to the PS3 hard dive from the disc? Or must the disc be inserted every time a user wants to access Netflix?

Continue reading Netflix: PS3 disc must remain in system until 2010 update; and other answers to your pressing questions

JoystiqNetflix: PS3 disc must remain in system until 2010 update; and other answers to your pressing questions originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:04:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The trouble started with Uncharted and has now reportedly grown to encompass all manner of media fed into the PlayStation 3 disc drive. The comments section of PlayStiaton Blog's Firmware 3.01 announcement has been overwhelmed by user reports of disc drive errors since Firmware 3.00 and 3.01 were released; most commonly, read errors reportedly occur when running Blu-ray games or movies, but in some alleged cases plain old DVDs are not working either.

Eurogamer has reached Sony for comment, and the console manufacturer has disavowed responsibility for the apparent drive failure, declaring it "not an issue with the firmware." In other words, corresponding repair costs are currently placed squarely on the shoulders of the affected consumers.

We will continue to follow this story as it updates. Stay tuned.

JoystiqSony: PS3 disc drive errors not a firmware issue originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 01 Oct 2009 11:52:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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16 layers. 400 giga ... bites? Sounds like the fast food burrito equivalent of the Death Star. Ah, but it's not. It's a Blu-ray Disc, and those are gigabytes. So, this massive (current dual-layer BDs hold 50GB), entrancingly translucent disc? PS3 is compatible with it.

Thank goodness. This will hopefully put an end to the flood of multi-BD games on the system.

This disc, suitable for use by Tron, was first revealed this summer by its creator, Pioneer, and will be available en masse in 2010. Good news for those with large ... image collections: a writable version of this jumbo jet of Blu-ray Discs is also in development.

[Via PS3 Fanboy]

JoystiqSuper-size Three: PS3 can read Pioneer's 16-layer, 400GB Blu-ray Discs originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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After officially surpassing the one millionth sold PlayStation 3 in the United Kingdom, the PS3 has done its part once again to reach another impressive milestone. The Blu-Ray Disc Association European Promotions Committee has announced that Blu-ray disc movie sales have now sold more than two million units throughout Europe.

So far this year, Blu-ray holds a 79 percent share of all high-def movies sold across Europe. "DVD-Video was first introduced into Western Europe in 1997, and the following year some 230,000 DVD players were installed and 2 million discs were sold through," the association said. "In comparison, Blu-ray Disc made its first tentative launch in Western Europe in 2006, and the following year some 3.2 million PlayStation 3 consoles and 34,000 standalone players were installed, while 2.3 million Blu-ray discs sold through."

That's a lot of fancy talk for: "Blu-ray is kicking ass and taking names." The BDA said its next goal is to "move Blu-Ray Disc into the mainstream," and it appears to be well on its way to reaching that goal.

JoystiqBlu-ray sales surpass 2 million in Europe originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 14 Feb 2008 12:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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