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New Xbox 720 out Christmas 2013 with Blu-ray and built-in Kinect!  

Tuesday 03 April at 10:15am

New Xbox 720 out Christmas 2013 with Blu-ray and built-in Kinect!

by The Gadget Show

As E3 2012 draws closer so do rumours of the next generation of home consoles. A new report suggests that the next Xbox console has been confirmed for a Christmas 2013 release, with a Blu-ray drive,...

Next Xbox will play Blu-Ray, get Kinect 2 say sources  

Thursday 26 January at 8:42am

Next Xbox will play Blu-Ray, get Kinect 2 say sources

by The Gadget Show

As new Xbox 720 rumours continue to mount, it has been claimed that the next generation Xbox console will finally ditch the traditional DVD format, and instead opt for Blu-Ray playback. ...

New Toshiba TVs have Blu-ray decks built in  

Monday 14 March at 1:56pm

New Toshiba TVs have Blu-ray decks built in

by The Gadget Show

How times change. Just a couple of years ago Toshiba wouldn’t go near Blu-ray, having backed HD DVD in the next-gen disc format wars.Fast forward to 2011 and the Japanese tech firm is all aboard to…

Toshiba launches Blu-ray/DVD/VHS combo  

Thursday 03 February at 7:47am

Toshiba launches Blu-ray/DVD/VHS combo

by The Gadget Show

In a perfect world our home cinema collection would compromise a neat stack of all our favourite titles and TV series on shiny new Blu-ray discs waiting to be shown off on our brand new flat-screen…

Marantz outs multi-talented Melody Movie  

Wednesday 17 November at 9:55am

Marantz outs multi-talented Melody Movie

by The Gadget Show

Marantz may not be the first name you think of when it comes to Blu-ray players, but then again this is no ordinary Blu-ray player.The Marantz Melody Movie is a home cinema box that’s obsessed with…

Sharp's skinny 3D Blu-ray player inbound  

Tuesday 19 October at 10:27am

Sharp's skinny 3D Blu-ray player inbound

by The Gadget Show

Sharp has revealed that its slimline BD-HP90S 3D Blu-ray player will be available as soon as next month and will cost £380.The HP90S may be so slim as to be almost two-dimensional, but of course that…

Sony shows its Google TV hand  

Wednesday 13 October at 2:44pm

Sony shows its Google TV hand

by The Gadget Show

Hot on the heels of the Logitech Revue we wrote about last week, Sony has jumped into Google TV waters with both feet courtesy of its Sony Internet TV and Sony Internet Blu-ray player models.Starting…

Microsoft: no Blu-ray drive for Xbox 360  

Friday 24 September at 2:11pm

Microsoft: no Blu-ray drive for Xbox 360

by The Gadget Show

Microsoft has ruled out ever fitting the Xbox 360 with a Blu-ray drive, claiming the disc format is going to be “passed by” as a format.Blu-ray support has been a central part of the Sony PS3’s…

PS3 3D Blu-ray update delayed  

Thursday 02 September at 1:34pm

PS3 3D Blu-ray update delayed

by The Gadget Show

Getting your PS3 primed for some imminent 3D Blu-ray action? Well, you’re going to have to wait, as Sony’s pushed back the planned September release of the much-vaunted home entertainment update. ...

Sony 3D Blu-ray players announced  

Monday 08 March at 12:27pm

Sony 3D Blu-ray players announced

by The Gadget Show

Sony has just announced details on the BDP-S470 and BDP-S570 – the company’s first commercially available 3D Blu-ray players. The entry-level Sony BDP-S470 will be upgradeable to 3D Blu-ray via a…

Sony giving away free 3D Blu-ray playback  

Friday 12 February at 11:19am

Sony giving away free 3D Blu-ray playback

by The Gadget Show

We’re finally seeing some real-world dates for all that lovely 3D kit we were ogling at last month’s CES, and the latest piece of the puzzle to fall in place is from Sony. ...

Denon unleashes Blu-ray beast Cara  

Monday 08 February at 11:46am

Denon unleashes Blu-ray beast Cara

by The Gadget Show

We’ve seen a good few upmarket Blu-ray disc spinners in recent months, and AV high-ender Denon has inevitably decided to get in on the act too with the S-5BD, or the Cara as it will be known in…

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