2009 served up plenty of pleasant surprises but also head-shaking disappointments too. Here is my top five epic fails of the year, led by the lowering of sonic fidelity, some computing complaints, Blu-Ray failures, gaming gaffs, and OLED delays. More »

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From Ningin: The Japanese have done it again.

Soon the world the way we view it, at least entertainment-wise, will soar much higher into the stratosphere. Undiscovered territory within a new universe will be able to be reached through virtual 3D simulation via their Blu-Ray player PS3. More »

From Wirebot:

When the Playstation 3 initially launched back in 2006 it came with two things, a high gloss exterior and a hefty price tag. The $499 (20GB) and $599 (60GB) price points gave gamers’ wallets a reason to gasp. Frugal gamers everywhere were given more of a reason to leave the Sony camp and purchase the Xbox 360, which were initially priced at $299 and $399 depending on the model. Loyal Playstation fans have always justified the higher price by stating that the Xbox 360 has less features and charges to play online, so in the end it equaled out to around the same price in their logic. This argument was well grounded until both systems received a price cut early this year. Now, it appears that after you add up the equipment necessary to make both systems technical equivilants, the Playstation 3 is the cheaper deal. But, don’t take my word for it, lets do the math. More »

Remember once upon a time when Blu-Ray and HD-DVD bought for the next generation DVD format? Great times right? Well, for those of you “losers”, HD-DVD fans, you’re finally getting some help, at least from Warner Bros.

For $4.95, Warner Bros, will let you swap your HD-DVD for a Blu-Ray title. Yup, you can get rid of that HD-DVD you no longer want and join the masses with Blu-Ray content. There is one small caveat, a $6.95 shipping fee but you can swap up to 25 titles, so just pack them all in and ship it out. It’s not such a bad deal considering Blu-Ray disks are still expensive. You can get more details here: http://red2blu.com/

(Via Switched)

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From Wirebot:

Ever since Xbox 360 received the ability to receive Netflix movies via streaming, the ability to watch movies whenever seemed limitless. However, that boundary has now expanded further. Now, Netflix has arrived to the PS3 More »

Star-Trek is one of those movies that you just have to see in order to believe. Well, with its upcoming release on DVD and Blu-Ray, the nice people down at Blu-Ray thought the movie to be perfect, which is why they are giving the movie a perfect 5 out of 5. Here is how Blu-Ray grades their movies, they base it all on the movie itself, audio, video, and extras. More »

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Nintendo is hiding a secret and we’re about to blow it wide open to everyone. A French website, Logic -Sunrise reported earlier today from a source within the inner workings of Nintendo, that an update for the Nintendo Wii is in the works and is to be announced in 2010. More »

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Boy Genius Reports has a pretty amazing rumor from a reliable source. According to Boy Genius, the next version of iTunes, iTunes 9, will have some awesome features including Blu-Ray support, a new way to organize apps, as well as Facebook, Twitter and possible Last.fm integration. More »

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Blu-Ray might be the best HD format in the states, but another HD format is emerging and it’s from the folks over at China. China Blue HD, has over taken Blu-ray as the number one HD format in China. What does this mean for the rest of the world? Probably nothing. More »

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If you can’t beat’em, join’em. That’s Toshiba’s motto when it comes to coming out with their first Blu-Ray player. Toshiba was the company behind the short lived, HD-DVD format, many studios dropped in favor of the more popular Blu-Ray DVD’s. Shortly after losing the format war, studios decided not to sell HD-DVD’s, putting an end to what Toshiba was hoping, would be one of their major success stories. More »

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This year for Father’s Day, instead of the shirt and tie, which he’ll probably only wear once, get him something he’ll use every day. Yeah, you know what we’re hinting at, electronics and gadgets!

Here are some of the best Father’s Day gifts: More »

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Been holding off on buying a Blu-ray player because of the outrageous prices? When they were first released, the only “affordable” player was the PlayStation 3 at around $500, but prices on players have steadily been coming down the past few years, finally crossing $200 this past holiday season. More »

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