It was reported a few days ago that Pegatron Technology received some orders from Microsoft for an Xbox 360 SKU equipped with a Blu-ray drive. Gamepro reports that Microsoft sent them an email firmly denying it requested such an order. “As we have stated,...
Economic Daily News (EDN), a Taiwanese news source, says that the recently formed subsidiary of Asus – Pegatron Technology, has received an order from Microsoft to begin manufacturing a Blu-ray equipped model of the Xbox 360. According to the EDN...
We’ve known for a while now that Blu-ray won the format war and HD DVD lost. Fair enough, but not until today was the format officially killed. The HD DVD Promo group has sent out a note to its consumers,...
The latest data from research firm HMR has revealed that over 9 million Blu-ray movies have been sold in the US since the format launched. Around 3 million of these films were sold after the death of the HD DVD...
With the Blu-ray 2.0 spec (BD-Live) only days away, Sony has announced that the next PlayStation 3 firmware update [2.20] will add this new interactive feature to your PS3. This means PS3 owners will be able to get downloadable video...
LG Electronics today revealed the world’s fastest Blu-ray writer, the GGW-H20L model with 6x maximum writing speed. The GGW-H20L is an IDE device that can be mounted on any existing desktop PC. It is learnt that while a normal CD...
Microsoft has confirmed that they will be working with Sony to add Blu-ray support for their Xbox 360 console. Most likely we’re talking about an add-on here. At the Mix ‘08 conference in Las Vegas, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said, “We...