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AnyDVD: Ripping Blu-ray and HD-DVD with Artificial Intelligence
Update: Slysoft is currently offering AnyDVD HD at a 20% discount through April 20. Now is a great time to get a copy. Slysoft has updated AnyDVD HD, with apparently some type of “artifical intelligence.” From the press release that has been sitting in my inbox for a couple of days: With today’s release of […]
Continue reading...X-box 360 HD-DVD Price Drop and 5 HD-DVD Movies
20. September 2007
Maybe I missed this earlier, but I thought people might be interested in knowing that the Xbox 360 HD-DVD drive is now available for $179 at Buy.com (with free shipping too). The drive also comes with 5 free HD-DVD movies from a limited selection. The Xbox 360 HD-DVD is a cheap way to watch HD-DVD […]
Continue reading...Guide to HD-DVD/Blu-ray on your Media Center
12. September 2007
Missingremote.com has a great article on how to add a HD-DVD or Blu-ray drive to your media center computer. Computer drives for the next generation of DVDs have dropped and price and are actually somewhat reasonable. Based on the article this is what you need to watch the next generation of DVDs on you computer: […]
Continue reading...VAIO LT Series PC/TV All-In-One | Sony Offers New CableCard Computer
29. August 2007
Sony has just released their latest iMac competitor, called the VAIO LT Series. Like the iMac, the VAIO LT is an all-in-one solution, meaning the compter and the monitor are combined. The VAIO LT trumps the featues of the iMac with its high definition options. The HD version of the VAIO LT, which costs $2,900) […]
Continue reading...Dell Ships XPS 410 With Digital Cable Tuners
9. August 2007
So Dell has finally shipped the XPS 410 with Digital Cable Tuners. By my count, there are now three viable companies selling media centers with CableCard support: Dell, HP, and Velocity Micro PC. Dell also has made an interesting choice with the XPS 410. Digital Cable Tuners (DCTs) are only available on the high-end version, […]
Continue reading...Cyberlink Play Movie 1.5 Plugin | HD-DVD and Blu-Ray Media Center Playback
1. August 2007
Update: Cyberlink’s Play Movie plugin is OEM only, meaning you cannot buy it retail. You have to get it from a manufacturer like Velocity Micro PC. That being said, PowerDVD Ultra is the only PC-based option for watching HD-DVDs and Blu-ray discs. Chris Morley at Velocity Micro PC (the only place offering a decent […]
Continue reading...Samsung’s BD-P2400 and BD-P1400 Blu-ray players
12. July 2007
EngadgetHD has an article on the impending release of new Blu-ray players by Samsung, the BD-P2400 and BD-P1400. It looks like Samsung is taking the next generation DVD formats seriously, with this announcement just on the heels of the dual format BDP-UP500. The BD-P1400 in September for $549, and the BD-P2400 will be available in […]
Continue reading...My Movies 2.31: Access Ripped HD-DVD and Blu-Ray Movies
9. July 2007
One thing that makes media center computers different than Tivo or a cable box is the ability to archive all your DVDs on a hard drive. My Movies is a well-known plugin for Vista Media Center that catalogs your ripped movies and downlaods associated meta data from your movie files. Accessing your movies through the […]
Continue reading...Samsung BDP-UP5000 Dual-Format Blu-ray/HD DVD Player Available this Fall
6. July 2007
One quick way to end the high definition DVD format war is to offer a drive that plays both HD-DVDs and Blu-ray. LG has already shipped such a drive, which is available on HP’s m8010y media centers for about $500 extra. It looks like amsung is going to offer a similar dual format drive, albeit […]
Continue reading...Rip HD-DVD and Blu-ray discs to a hard drive
20. June 2007
The goal of any media center user should be to store as much content as possible digitally. The release of the next generation of DVDs, known as HD-DVD or Blu-ray, was supposed to allow a “legal” way to copy your movies to a hard drive (referred as Managed Copy). Managed Copy is not expected to […]
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17. October 2007
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