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Monday, May 05, 2008 1:12 PM

Microsoft: “No Plans to Introduce a Blu-ray Drive for Xbox 360”

I hope you didn’t really think Microsoft was doing an Xbox 360 with Blu-ray , because they are once again denying it . So, what do you think is really going on? These sites are flat out making up the rumors to drive web traffic OEMs think constant reports...
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Sunday, May 04, 2008 3:21 PM

Why I’m I Still Posting About Xbox 360 With Blu-ray?

Previous coverage: Here, Here, Here, Here, Here, and Here. Latest rumor, ASUS subsidiary Pegatron has reportedly won the contract to “ assemble the Xbox 360 with Blu-ray Disc ROM drive” according to Economic Daily News (Chinese). I’ve covered the Xbox...
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Wednesday, April 23, 2008 6:55 PM

Short Bits: FUZE, Omaura, Mesh, more

I’ve been really busy lately, but that doesn’t stop news from flowing in. Chris Morley posted an update on recent questions about the Omaura series of cases for those interested (you should be, they look amazing). CE Pro has an article about FUZE Media...
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Friday, April 18, 2008 11:17 AM

Short Bits: Managed Copy, Media Center University, Sideshow

The dream of legally copying a Blu-ray Disc to your hard drive and streaming it to other devices might be over before it starts. Managed Copy, the cornerstone of the AACS content protection system might never actually get off the ground, reports Consumer...
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Wednesday, April 02, 2008 6:03 PM

Xbox 360 Blu-ray Shot Down Again By Microsoft

You didn’t think Lite-On was really manufacturing Blu-ray Disc drives for the Xbox 360, did you? It doesn’t seem that Microsoft put too much stock into it, supposedly being quoted flat out with “No. Lite-On is not manufacturing Blu-ray drives for Xbox...
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Wednesday, April 02, 2008 8:19 AM

Sigh, More Xbox 360 Blu-ray Rumors

DigiTimes added to the Xbox 360 rumors yesterday (April Fool’s Day), saying that they have a source who says “Lite-On IT is developing built-in Blu-ray Disc-(BD) ROM drives for the Microsoft Xbox 360 game console.” Today they are sticking by that with...
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Wednesday, March 12, 2008 10:38 PM

Microsoft: “Not currently in talks with Sony or the Blu-ray Association”

After all of my ramblings , and so many people saying that Microsoft already said they are supporting Blu-ray ( despite it being true at all ) Microsoft has finally made a statement about Blu-ray and the Xbox 360. Anyone care to guess how it goes? Aaron...
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Tuesday, March 11, 2008 1:56 PM

Inteset Offers Blu-ray on its Media Server Extender Devices

Hanover MA, March 11, 2008 - Inteset, LLC is now offering Blu-ray movie playback capabilities on its Vana VA6420-Si Advanced Extender product. The extender unit will play back Blu-ray content at a full 1080p resolution over DVI and HDMI interfaces. The...
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Saturday, March 08, 2008 8:13 AM

More Ramblings About Blu-ray & Xbox 360

At this point I’m either setting myself my for a huge fall or I’m exactly right, I’ll still let you be the judge of that but the more I think about Microsoft doing Blu-ray for the Xbox 360 (internal, external, new SKU, etc) the more it still doesn’t make...
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Thursday, March 06, 2008 3:57 PM

Short Bits: Xbox 360 Blu, Cables

The Financial Times is reporting that Sony is in talks with Microsoft for Blu-ray on the Xbox 360. I still don’t see the point , and Microsoft is still saying “We have made no such announcement.” Blu-ray on the Xbox 720 makes so much more sense. By the...
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Wednesday, March 05, 2008 4:52 PM

VidaBox Media Servers Now Provide HD DVD & Blu-ray Storage and Streaming Capabilities

WESTBURY, NY – March 5th – VidaBox LLC is proud to announce new HD DVD & Blu-ray storage and streaming abilities on their line of premium media center systems. Unencrypted titles can be copied onto a VidaBox server, and then streamed to VidaBox extenders...
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Monday, March 03, 2008 7:13 PM

Short Bits: Blu-MCX, Lighting Control

Sigma Designs, providers of SoC based solutions for Blu-ray player (and Media Center Extenders) expects that “ Blu-ray players from China and Taiwan will be in stores at prices near $200 in time for Christmas.” These Blu-ray players will likely be based...
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