The BDP-80 is a Blu-ray disc player which supports BD-Live (BD Profile 2.0). What this means is that it comes with an ethernet port, allowing you to access internet-based content. A built-in 1GB internal storage allows you to do just that, along with access to Bonus View features. The player supports a vast array of more »

Toshiba, once know for fighting the on the HD DVD side has officially unveiled the BDX2000 — a Blu-ray player. Of course, we did recently see Toshiba apply to join the Blu-ray Disc Association, so this news should not really come as all that surprising. In terms of features, the BDX2000 is pretty standard as more »

Before the release of J.J. Abram’s massive success in “Star Trek,” “Watchmen” was the geek movie event of the year. The amount of attention it got from geeks across the country couldn’t go ignored by Warner Bros., which decided to add a bit of extra functionality to the Blu-Ray release of Watchmen. The Blu-ray Director’s more »

BD-Live, the relatively new Blu-ray feature that enables you to access content via your Internet-connected Blu-ray player has begun to make its way into more and more titles. A new release of Step Brothers goes one step further, with access to a “Boats N Hoes” music video editor, allowing you to quickly put together your very own version of the video used in the film, using clips from the movie. Once you’re done, you can upload the video using your BD-Live connection to share with friends and check out other people’s efforts online.

At CES 2009 I had the opportunity to sit down in a roundtable discussion with three of the leading Samsung execs from the Digital Media Business. Mr. Sang-heung Shin, Dr. Dongho Shin, Mr. Kyung-shik Lee fielded questions from the press around Samsung’s HDTV strategy, their entry into LED TV, ambitions with Blu-ray, and the future more »