There has not been an official statement from Fox studios concerning the release date,  but  according to James Cameron, himself, the blockbuster Avatar is coming to Blu-ray and DVD on april 22, 2010.

Again this has not been confirmed by Fox so the release date could easily change, especially since Avatar is still doing very well at the box office. More info on this as it becomes available.

With the amazing success of the awesome film Avatar - its made over 800 million at the box office so far - there’s a lot of  interest in 3D films for the home theater. So its great that the specifications for Blu-Ray 3D  have been completed by the Blu-Ray Disc Association. …Continue reading … »

My favorite sci-fi film of the year (so far) District 9 will be available on Blu-Ray December 29, 2009. It will be priced at $39.95 and will include the following special features: …Continue reading … »

Warner Brothers has announced that their blockbuster The Dark Knight will be available to consumers on December, 9, 2008. It will be available in the following formats 1 disc dvd (priced at $28.99), 2-disc dvd set (priced at $34.99), 2-disc Blu-Ray set (priced at $35.99), and limited edition Blu-Ray set(price not announced). …Continue reading … »

Warner Brothers has finally released the specifications of the Ultimate Matrix Collection on Blu-Ray disc. As stated before the set will be released on October 14, 2008, be priced at $129.95 and include 7 discs. The films will feature 1080P high definition video and Dolby TrueHD 5.1 high definition audio. …Continue reading … »

Warner Brothers has finally announced that the Matrix trilogy will finally be made available on Blu-Ray format on October 14, 2008 in the form of the Ultimate Matrix Collection. This set will be priced at $129.95 and include 7 discs.

And strangely, it will contain both Blu-ray and dvd discs.

Warner Brothers did not reveal the specifications of the set, however I’ll report them as they are revealed, so stay tuned.

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Pioneer has created a new multi-layered Blu-ray disc with a capacity of 400GB.

This read-only disc has 16 layers and holds 25GB per layer like the current single layer 25GB disc and the dual-layer 50GB Blu-ray disc.

The new multi-layer technology can also be used on rewritable discs.

The only thing that remains to be known is if these new discs can be read by current Blu-ray players. And if not will a firmware update allow current player to this. …Continue reading … »

One of the classics of the superhero genre of films, Batman Begins, is now available on Blu-Ray. It took a while because of the hi-def format war but it’s finally here. …Continue reading … »

No doubt the biggest news of this week was the death of the HD-DVD format. The end of HD-DVD was finalized when Toshiba stated in a press conference, held in Japan on Tuesday, that it would no longer support the format. By dropping its support for HD-DVD, the high definition format war between HD-DVD and Blu-Ray was ended.

This now allows for all the movie studios to place their support behind the Blu-Ray format. This is great for consumers because now they can confidently purchase films on Blu-Ray disc knowing that this format will not become obsolete.

And now that the format war is done I believe that the Blu-Ray Disc Association (BDA) needs to do two things if they wish to get mainstream acceptance of their format. …Continue reading … »

First of all happy new year everybody. Hopefully your holidays were good.

Now in a move that surprised many, Warner Bros. Studios has decided to exclusively release its movies only on high definition Blu-Ray discs (as well as standard dvds) after the end of May 2008. Before this announcement Warner Bros. position on the hi-def formats had been one of neutrality opting to release its films in both the Blu-Ray and HD-DVD discs. …Continue reading … »