Taking a look in most retail stores over the last few months would have shown you a growing number of budget Blu-ray component players. In Australia, the prices for a budget player has now dipped regularly below $100 although many of the brand-name players are still over $150. However, making these cheaper players possible has [...]
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Taiwanese optical drive specialist Lite-On has released its second-generation 12X-speed Blu-ray drive. Called the iHBS212, the new drive will burn single-layer BD-R (write once) discs at 12X-speed, and double-layer BD-R media at 8X-speed. DVD write speeds include 16X-speed for DVD+R/DVD-R, double-layer DVD media at 8X and rewritable DVDs at 8X (+R) and 6X (-R) respectively. [...]
Consumer electronics giant Sony today launched three new Blu-ray players including a new model with Sony’s Bravia Internet Video IPTV, USB video playback and 3D Blu-ray movie playback for $299. The BDP-S470 isn’t the cheapest model in the new range but it is the cheapest with 3D playback support. The tag of cheapest player goes [...]
Australian online retailer Kogan Technologies has launched a new slimline Blu-ray player with USB support for $AUD149. Showing the price point is popular, it’s the second Blu-ray player the company has launched at this price and one other retailers are struggling to match. That said, national retailer Dick Smith matches it with its own AMTC [...]
Model: NU EBC100 Rating: 7 out of 10 Price: $200 inc. GST Web: www.nu-global.com The NU EBC100 is a compact slimline notebook Blu-ray/DVD combo drive in an external case. The drive can burn CDs and DVDs but only play Blu-ray discs. However, this includes Blu-ray movies via the CyberLink BD Power series software supplied so [...]