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November 1, 2021 | 14:00

Inscryption Review

Welcome challenger. Why not sit down, and play a little game?

October 27, 2021 | 12:05

SilentiumPC Regnum RG6V TG Case Review

Budget in price, mainstream in aspiration.

October 21, 2021 | 09:43

Pioneer BDC-SO2BK Blu-ray Drive

Blu ray drives on the cheap? Pioneer tells us "Hell Yea!" But is it cheap and cheerful or a genuine bargain, that's an excellent choice for all our home theatre enthusiasts? We found out.

June 30, 2008 | 13:29

Gigabyte G45 board plays HD movies over VGA

COMPUTEX 2008: Gigabyte showed us its new G45 mobo playing Blu ray movies on two popular players using a normal VGA connection.

June 6, 2008 | 09:08

Researchers create photonic jet storage

A team at Northwestern University in Illinois has published results of work into creating removable optical storage based around photonic jet technology with massive capacity.

June 4, 2008 | 10:06

G45 is great at HD video playback

Intel's last integrated graphics chipset, G45, is shaping up to be pretty good according to sources inside Taiwanese motherboard manufacturers.

April 9, 2008 | 10:12

Microsoft quashes Blu-Ray rumours again

Again, Microsoft has come out and said that it will not be creating a Blu-Ray drive for the Xbox 360, squashing new rumours.

April 3, 2008 | 14:58

SlySoft breaks BD+ DRM

DRM destruction firm SlySoft has announced that the latest version of its software is able to bypass both AACS and BD+ protection - enabling consumers to transcode the video.

March 26, 2008 | 08:51

Cyberlink PowerDVD 8 & Media Show 4

Cyberlink will release the latest versions of PowerDVD and Media Show next month. The two boast a bunch of new features and services that looked interesting when demonstrated to us. So much so that we decided to take a look at the latest beta to see how they're shaping up.

March 24, 2008 | 07:37

Sony bringing interactive movies to PS3

Sony has announced that the next system update for PlayStation 3 will add in support for interactive movies via BD-LIVE.

March 20, 2008 | 11:28

MS: No plans for Blu-ray on Xbox 360

Microsoft has ditched the HD DVD drive, so a Blu-ray replacement seems logical, right? Wrong!

March 14, 2008 | 12:21

Episode 16 - HD-DVD is dead and GeForce 9 is here

March 5, 2008 | 18:59

Kojima: Blu-ray isn't big enough for MGS4

Kojima productions have confessed that the 50GB of space on a Blur-ray disc just doesn't cut it and that much of MGS4 has been trimmed down to fit.

March 3, 2008 | 10:25

Xbox 360 Blu-ray add-on speculation is "premature"

Microsoft has said that speculation of a Blu-ray add-on drive is "premature." That doesn't stop us from speculating though, right?

February 19, 2008 | 12:04

Toshiba drops HD DVD - the format war is over

Toshiba has announced that it is pulling out of HD DVD, which brings the format war to an end. We can now start to watch HD content!

February 19, 2008 | 10:11

Woolworths to ditch HD DVD

High-street retailer Woolworths has announced that its stores are to go Blu-Ray only in a surprising show of support for the Sony-backed HD disc format.

January 29, 2008 | 09:19

Universal no longer HD DVD exclusive

Wait, what is that sound? Oh, nothing - just the death knell of HD DVD as the Format Wars come to a close. That and Sony, snickering.

January 11, 2008 | 11:40

Blu-ray to the world - "We've won!"

CES 2008 - The HD format wars are dying down, and there is really no spinning the sales figures. Blu-ray has won...but is it time to welcome our new benefactors, or do they have more questions to answer first?

January 8, 2008 | 17:31

Paramount moving to Blu-ray too?

Rumours are that Paramount is set to move to the Blu-ray format too, abandoning HD DVD. Could the format wars be over already?

January 8, 2008 | 10:42

A DRMerry New Year

On the last day of 2007, columnist Brett Thomas takes a look back at a year of the People vs. the RIAA. Who fought, who won, and what we have to look forward to in 2008 - a DRMerry New Year.

December 31, 2007 | 08:57

Tretton admits PlayStation 3 mistakes

The PlayStation 3 just turned one year old and what better way to celebrate than for Jack Tretton to acknowledge what went wrong?

December 4, 2007 | 16:49

Mod your PS3 Blu-Ray, make a phaser

Got a spare PS3 lying around? Got a geeky obsession with Star Trek? What are you waiting for then, make your own Blu-Ray phaser!

November 12, 2007 | 11:53

HD DVD gets a big boost from sales

Toshiba’s HD-A2 HD-DVD player has sold over 90,000 units this past weekend alone thanks to a sub-$100 price point at BestBuy and Walmart.

November 8, 2007 | 15:04

Sony targeting yo’ momma with the PS3?

Sony admits to trying to appeal more to a ‘broader audience’ with the PS3, marketing it as a media centre suitable for mothers everywhere and not as a gaming platform.

October 23, 2007 | 10:26

PS3 price cut won't affect format war

According to the European HD DVD Promotional group, the introduction of the cheaper PS3 will not affect the format war - it's being fought out between stand-alone players.

October 8, 2007 | 16:18