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New Toshiba laptop adds Blu-ray support

Toshiba has this week announced a new laptop in its Satellite range that includes a Blu-ray Disc drive. The Toshiba Satellite A660 has been designed with multimedia in mind, featuring not only Blu-ray support but also Intel’s Wireless Display (WiDi) […]

Blu-ray Disc Academy to showcase advanced BD applications

On 19 May the Blu-ray Disc Academy, founded by Media-Tech and DVD Intelligence, will take place in Frankfurt, Germany. It’s the first dedicated event to showcase the most advanced functions of Blu-ray Disc and BD-Live, and how to make use […]

Release date confirmed for Alice In Wonderland

Disney has announced that Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland, starring Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter, will be released on Blu-ray Disc at the start of June. Extra content confirmed so far includes a featurette called Finding Alice, which delves […]

Avatar Blu-ray sets sales records and wows reviewers

The Blu-ray Disc edition of Avatar, officially the most successful movie of all time, is finally hitting shelves across the world. Since its launch in the US and some other territories last week, it has become the fastest selling Blu-ray […]

Lord of the Rings Trilogy: A giveaway

[tweetmeme source= “blurayreporter” only_single=false] Thanks to our amazing Twitter followers, we have recently crossed the 1,000 follower mark.¬† To give something back to you all (alongside the weekly Blu-ray Disc giveaways of The Hurt Locker and Avatar…), we’ve decided to […]

World at War given High Definition Make-over

After 37 years, the emotive WWII documentary World at War, produced by Jeremy Isaacs, is recieving a high definition make-over from FremantleMedia as it prepares is to be released on Blu-ray Disc. There was initial skeptism around the success of […]

UK Blu-ray Disc sales rise again

New figures released by the British Video Association have shown strong year-on-year growth for Blu-ray Discs based on data for the first quarter of 2010. The figures demonstrate the increasingly popularity of the BD format, which is currently driving growth […]

Sherlock Holmes arrives on Blu-ray with exclusive content

Update: We are now giving away a Blu-Ray Disc every Monday to our blog and Twitter followers. Last week, we gave away the full Lord of the Rings Trilogy on Blu-Ray disc. Today, we are giving away a copy of […]

Sony confirms availability of 3D TVs and Blu-ray Disc Players in time for the World Cup

Sony this week announced that its first 3D TVs and Blu-ray Disc players will be available in stores this June, just in time for the FIFA World Cup. This year’s tournament is the first to be filmed in 3D by […]