http://www.bluraydar.com Thu, 09 Jul 2009 22:25:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Walmart has just rolled back the price of the Magnavox NB530MGX Blu-ray player from $168 to a mere $98. Of course you won't be getting BD-Live or any of the newest features found on other players but for the price it's hard to complain. A good deal if ... http://www.bluraydar.com/wal-mart-rolls-back-price-on-magnavox-blu-ray-player-to-98/ [caption id="attachment_607" align="alignnone" width="600" caption="OPPO BDP-83 Blu-ray"][/caption] After a long wait OPPO is now shipping their BDP-83 Blu-ray player for $500. Early reviews have been favorable for the player that includes features found in high-end Blu-ray players. The BDP-83 supports multiple optical disc formats including SACD, DVD-Audio, DVD Up-Conversion, ... http://www.bluraydar.com/oppo-bdp-83-affordable-blu-ray-player-now-shipping/ Netflix and Sony announced a deal earlier today that will bring streaming to Sony Bravia Internet enabled HDTVs. This will allow Sony Bravia owners to access Netflix library of over 12,000 streaming titles. What was not announced however were any plans to bring Netflix streaming to the Playstation ... http://www.bluraydar.com/netflix-adds-streaming-to-sony-bravia-hdtvs-ps3-left-out/ Not to be outdone by other manufacturers, Asus is set to release one the best looking Blu-ray drives available. According to Asus, the SBC 041S-U drive's “elegant stand design and high glossy appearance represents its high feel of science and technology”. Asus will also provide an app for ... http://www.bluraydar.com/asus-to-release-sleek-8x-usb-2-0-blu-ray-drive/ With only 7 Blu-ray titles being released this week, viewers might be better off heading to theaters. The only new release includes 12 Roundsstarring John Cena. Notable catalog titles include Do The Right Thing and Street Fighter: The Legend Of Chun-Li. Here's the full list: 12 Rounds (Fox) Do The Right ... http://www.bluraydar.com/new-releases-for-june-30-2009/ Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen has just hit theaters and Michael Bay shares some of the details for its future release.  Most interesting is that it will include 'IMAX skew' footage that will change the aspect ratio similar to what The Dark Knight blu-ray had. "We're going to do a ... http://www.bluraydar.com/michael-bay-talks-transformers-2-blu-ray/ It's been less than a month since Pioneer announced their 16-layer 400GB Blu-ray disc and now they've announced that a 500GB Blu-ray disc is feasible. Research by a team of engineers at Pioneer HQ, Tokyo has found this 20-layer Blu-ray disc is possible by applying proprietary technology to the ... http://www.bluraydar.com/pioneer-announces-feasible-500gb-blu-ray-disc/ Panasonic will release the LF-BD371JD SATA Blu-ray Burner this September 13th. This internal drive burns Blu-ray discs at the speed of 8x and features an 8MB buffer. The LF-BD371JD will also support formats DVD-RAM (5x), DVD-R (16x), DVD-R DL (8x), DVD-RW (6x), CD-R (48x), CD-RW(24x). The cost will ... http://www.bluraydar.com/panasonic-releases-lf-pb371jd-8x-blu-ray-burner/ NEC announced today the EMMA 3PF chip, which is the first large-scale integration (LSI) chip that contains all the major functions of Blu-ray including Profile 2.0, analog-to-digital conversion, HDMI output, and sound encoding/decoding. The EMMA 3PF also features a multicore CPU which allows for improved startup times and operation ... http://www.bluraydar.com/nec-chip-will-cut-blu-ray-players-size-and-cost/ Although we're not getting as many releases as last week, we do get quite a good variety of new releases. Brand new releases include Nim's Island and for music fans, Korn: Live at Montreux. BBC is releasing their delayed documentary, The BBC High Definition Natural History Collection. ... http://www.bluraydar.com/new-releases-for-august-4-2008/