The Buffalo BR-X816U2-EU is quite a mouthful, so for now, I’ll call it the “Buffalo Blu Ray drive”, until more products from the Buffalo stable (Punintended) create the need for me to refer to their … “given names”. This black Buffalo beauty, expected to be out...

We know, we know. The wait for Blu Ray becoming a mainstream accessory in laptops. Now, people at all those Blu Ray drive making companies have confirmed what we suspected – Blu Ray laptops becoming common is going to get delayed some more; to be precise, until after June or July 2010. We know,...

It’s raining Blu Ray combo drives, let’s go play! Or something to that effect. There’s at least one new combo drive, and it’s right here. Read on. After the Samsung combo, we bring you another internal combo drive, this time by PLDS, a joint venture between Lite-On and Philips...

Here’s me…bringing you the Monday morning ‘Blu’s! The world’s fair. Not generally, but when it comes to technology, sure. Technology convergence has gotten us to that point where no company can, generally, say no to what the consumer wants… Apple may say that you...

We all know that Hollywood looks a lot better on a Blu Ray disc, no matter what Steve Jobs might feel about Blu. Now take that quality and put it into a Home Cinema System that brings crystal clear HD, 5.1 channel high-end audio and tweaking, online content, stylishly designed with a docking/charging...

After Sharp, TDK has come out with the next generation of Blu Ray. While Sharp simply tweaked the existing 25 GB-a-layer format of Blu Ray and made it possible to make 4 layers on the disc, TDK has changed the game with a disc that has 10 layers, each of 32 GB, to make a whopping 320GB on a single disc....

If computer owners cite the “what about my CDs and DVDs?” excuse for not switching to Blu Ray, we can’t blame them, but looks like Samsung is doing its bit to make things easier for both users and Blu Ray. Samsung Electronics Co.’ s SH-B083 COMBO  is its first dual-function...

Blu Ray's final destination is 3D? Blu Ray is like too good a thing that got here too soon, and is waiting out its turn in the checkout line. The checkout line in question being the point in history where Blu Ray gets its killer app and explodes onto the scene in  a way it still hasn’t. Right...

Woah! talk about being ahead of the competition! Pioneer is looking to start offering their new BDR-205 12x Blu-ray burner to system builders. The drive is set to be able to burn at the amazing speed of 12x for  single layer and dual layer blank BD media. The drive will also feature burning capabilities...

As a laptop with a screen that screams 18.4 inches, and a configuration that would make booting up feel sinful, the Toshiba Qosmio isn’t kidding. But it does seem to be. Its freshest model, the X500, boasts a sparkly new mobile variant of Intel’s Core i7 processor, 6 Gigs of DDR3 RAM, 1...

So, you game? Sometimes, it’s hard just being a Blu Ray disc. Just when you thought everyone was happy with you, you get a new challenge from an unexpected corner. You wonder why they supported you at all, if they call you a ‘bag of hurt’. Case in point being old friend Apple. Having...

Bring on the layers - the more, the merrier It is common knowledge for anyone on this page that Blu Ray got its name because of the revolutionary blue-violet laser that allows a disc the size of a  DVD to hold 6 times as much data. Now, with a little step from Sharp, comes a giant leap for manki…er,...

Sony has just released their monstrous wireless HDTV, labeled the Bravia ZX5, in Japan as the successor to the ZX1 series. The models under the Bravia ZX5 comes with either a 46 or 52 inch screen and utilized LED backlighting. These boxes also have upgraded capabilities as they are able to play 1080p...

They were touted as the next big thing on the ‘optical drive’ horizon, but in spite of falling prices, increasing sales of Blu-Ray players, and a fast-expanding library of movie titles with high quality video and audio, Blu-Ray Drives (BDs) for PCs are yet to find their place in the sun, say the...

Toshiba has just announced the release of their newest laptop and guess what, it sports a Blu-ray drive. The Toshiba p500 comes equipped with an Intel Core 2 Duo processor and an NVidia GeForce graphics card to provide ample performance. Specs may vary from device to device but the P500 is capable...