** 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 ...

Versatile Ethernet Connection Enables Netflix Access, BD-Live and RSS Feeds Enhanced Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio bitstream output Wireless LAN Ready on BD-HP70U Complete anti-vibration design ...

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 ...

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 / ...

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 ...

In the latest move to push interactive features of Blu-ray Discs, Sony on Wednesday hosted an industry event on its lot to demo so-called BD-Live capabilities built into the HD format. Such features ...

I just had some hands-on time with Samsung’s BD-UP5000 Duo HD, their first hybrid Blu-ray and HD DVD disc player. It’s so good, it might as well be called BD-UP-Yours-Format-War. (Get it? Yeah, sorry, ...

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 ...

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 ...