Image Entertainment has announced that due to a licensing issue the previously announced Criterion Edition Blu-ray release of the Akira Kurosawa classic, Ran, has been withdrawn from the release schedule and the 2-disc DVD edition is also now out-of-print.
Samsung Electronics America Inc., today announced the pricing and availability on their Spring 2009 Blu-ray Disc player line-up, led by the flagship BD-P4600.
Image Entertainment has announced they will be bringing two more titles to Blu-ray Disc in July. Set to arrive on July 14, 2009 day and date with their DVD counterparts are The Edge of Love, the World War II drama set in London’s Bohemian underground, about Dylan Thomas starring Matthew Rhys as the poet with Sienna Miller and Kiera Knightley as his two love interests and Discovery Channel’s Shark Week: Great Bites Collection.
Paramount has unveiled the cover art for the two-disc Criterion Blu-ray Special Edition of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button:
ArcSoft announced today the release of its latest version of TotalMedia Theatre, ArcSoft TotalMedia Theatre 3. The latest Blu-ray and high-definition multimedia player contains enhanced features and now supports the Xonar HDAV series of audio cards bringing lossless 7.1 channel output to your home.
After a nearly two-year postponement by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, the U.S. Civil War period drama starring Denzel Washington and Matthew Broderick has finally received an official release date from Sony.
Neil Young has finally announced an official release date of June 2 for his long-awaited Archives set on the official Neil Young website. The 10-disc Blu-ray set, being released day-and-date with the DVD and CD editions…
The BDA (Blu-ray Disc Association) has announced that they have officially added the Chinese-developed DRA (Dynamic Resolution Adaptation) technology to the 2.3 BD-ROM specification as an optional audio format…
Marantz (owned by D&M Holdngs), not to be outdone by US manufacturer Oppo whose BDP-83 universal Blu-ray player (tentatively priced at US$499) is expected sometime this spring in the US and by Denon ( also owned by D&M Holdings) whose DVD-A1UDCI universal Blu-ray player is priced at US$3,800 has been pushed back to later this year, has been working on their own universal player.
Norwegian record label 2L has announced they will be releasing two more Blu-ray Audio Disc titles, Mozart/Grieg Vol. II and The Nordic Sound. The Blu-ray Discs, packaged together with hybrid multichannel SACDs (Super Audio CDs) in two-disc sets, will contain only limited video content for menu navigation, just as 2L’s previous Blu-ray Audio Disc titles DIVERTIMENTI and Sonar.
