MCD Technologies, LLC announced the immediate availability of its Blu-ray recordable drive for PowerMac and Mac Pro Monday.
It is the first MCE Blu-ray drive that is natively recordable with Mac OS X 10.5.2 or later and can record data directly from the Finder with no additional software required. The MCE 6x Blu-ray recordable drive is capable of burning to BD-R media up to 6x, to DVD ± R media at up to 16X, to CD-R media at up to 40X, can read HD DVD-ROM media, and is LightScribe compatible.
The drive comes with instructions and is user installable on Apple PowerMacs and Mac Pros. Software is also included that allows Macs running Boot Camp to access the drive with Windows XP.
The drive for a Mac Pro or Power Mac G4/G5 running Mac OS X 10.4 or higher is available now for $499 while an external FireWire/USB 2.0 option is $750. Additionally it can be purchased with Toast and the HD/BD plug-in for an additional $100 or with Adobe Premier Pro CS3 with Encore for $1300.
[the Mac Observer]
Tags: Blu-ray Drives, Blu-ray News, MCE
Paramount announced they will be bringing The Godfather trilogy to Blu-ray September 23rd fully remastered and with hours of bonus materials. All three movies include a frame-by-frame remaster under the supervision of director Francis Coppola and restoration supervisor Kim Aubry. In all, the restoration process took over a year to complete using freshly minted source materials. The suggested retail price will be $119.95 when it hits stores.
Check out full specs and supplemental details after the jump
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Tags: Blu-ray Movies, Blu-ray Upcoming Releases, Paramount
Best Buy is offering a 2 for $30 sale on 39 titles. There’s a good selection including The Departed, Terminator 2: Judgement Day, 300, and Troy. Check out the full list of titles after the break.
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Tags: Best Buy, Blu-ray Deals
As always we bring you this week’s ad prices for Blu-ray movies and players from major retailers.
Looks like a slow week for Blu-ray deals from the three major retailers. Target has the best deal for new releases Vantage Point and Tyler Perry’s Meet the Browns each for $27.99
See all of this week’s prices after the jump
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Tags: Best Buy, Blu-ray Deals, Circuit City, Target
Bluraymods.com is now offering a completely region free Panasonic DMP-BD30 and is available either pre-modified or in a Do-it-Yourself kit. This player will grant you access to all 6 DVD regions and three Blu-ray regions, and it will work with any firmware upgrades. The price has gotten cheaper than past region-free Blu-ray players and this one will set you back only €499 for the player and €69 for the DIY kit.
[Bluraymods.com] via [EngadgetHD]
Tags: Blu-ray News, Blu-ray Players, Panasonic, Panasonic DMP-BD30
Here’s the latest info on what’s coming to Blu-ray:
- Transformers - Paramount has released the box art (pictured above) and confirmed bonus features for this September 2nd release.
- The Prince & Me 2 - First Look studios is bringing two direct-to video sequels to Blu-ray October 28.
Check out full details for each of these movies after the jump
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Tags: Blu-ray Movies, Blu-ray Upcoming Releases, First Look, Paramount
Samsung is looking to keep current owners and prospective owners informed on the Blu-ray format with the launch of their ‘Blu-ray Resource Center’ website. The site itself is divided into two sections. The first is for current Blu-ray owners with such topics as ‘how do I get the most out of my Blu-ray player?’ The second section is for those ‘looking to buy Blu-ray’ where they give the 101 on the Blu-ray format and of course display their current players such as the BD-P1500. Good to see manufacturers launching informative websites on Blu-ray, something that should be more common as time goes by.
Tags: Blu-ray News, Samsung
Here are the latest Blu-ray title releases for this week. It looks like a mixture of some action with documentaries and even a little Tchaikovsky to boot.
- 10,000 B.C.
- House of Fury
- Over Alaska
- Persepolis
- Rossini: La Cenerentola
- Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure
- Step Into Liquid
- Tchaikovsky: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 3
- The Spiderwick Chronicles
- Washington the Beautiful
- ZZ Top: Live from Texas
Tags: Blu-ray Movies, Blu-ray New Releases
As always we bring you this week’s ad prices for Blu-ray movies and players from major retailers.
Looks like a slow week in terms of good deals. The only good deal this week is from Best Buy with their Buy 2, Get 1 free deal on 26 Blu-ray titles to choose from.
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Tags: Best Buy, Blu-ray Deals, Circuit City, Target
Here’s the latest info on upcoming releases:
Rest Stop & Rest Stop: Don’t Look Back (Raw Feed)
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- Raw Feed and Warner Premiere have announced the release of Rest Stop and its direct-to-video sequel Rest Stop: Don’t Look Back. Both will be released in their uncut form October 7th.
- Video: 1080p/VC-1
- Audio: Dolby TrueHD 5.1 Surround
- Extras (Rest Stop): Two featurettes: “On the Bus” & “Scotty’s Blogg Expose”, a trio of alternate endings and the original trailer.
- Extras (Rest Stop: Don’t Look Back): Filmmaker audio commentary, deleted scenes and an alternate ending.
- Release date: October 7, 2008 MSRP: $28.99 each
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Street Kings (Fox)
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- Fox will be bringing the Keanu Reeves & Forest Whitaker crime flick, Street Kings to Blu-ray August 19th alongside its DVD counterpart.
- Video: 1080p/AVC MPEG-4 video (2.35:1)
- Audio: DTS-HD Lossless Master Audio 5.1 Surround
- Extras: TBA
- Release date: August 19, 2008 MSRP: $39.98
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The Release Dates page has been updated to reflect these releases.
Tags: Blu-ray Movies, Blu-ray Upcoming Releases, Fox, Raw Feed
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