Samsung can't claim to have produced the first multi-format player -- that award goes to LG for its Super Multi Blue player -- but it can claim to have the first one that is certified by both the ...

LONG BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pioneer Electronics (USA) Inc. today unveiled its new internal BD/DVD/CD writer, the BDR-211UBK. The new model supports Ultra HD Blu-ray 1 playback using bundled ...

I just had some hands-on time with Samsung’s BD-UP5000 Duo HD, their first hybrid Blu-ray and HD DVD disc player. It’s so good, it might as well be called BD-UP-Yours-Format-War. (Get it? Yeah, sorry, ...

The HD DVD format was on the losing end of the blue laser battle, but the early adopters of this original HD disc format may be interested in a set-top player that supports the playback of HD DVD and ...

One of the most widely known open secrets of the CE world became official today, when Samsung formally announced the existence of the BD-UP5000 combo Blu-ray HD DVD player, specifically that it will ...

Based on pricing data collected using the PriceGrabber search engine, TG Daily has identified the lowest weekly price offered by merchants on four dedicated BD players, two HD DVD players, and one ...

Alright, so, first there were talks of Samsung dropping a new dual format player before the end of the year. Then there were rumors that the same player wouldn't make it out the door before next year.

I've been a tech journalist for almost 25 years and started Pocket-lint in 2003. Over the years I've questioned or interviewed leading tech industry figures from Steve Jobs, Steve Ballmer, Mark ...

And then there were two. Samsung will join its archrival LG in releasing a combo HD disc player later this year. According to a brief press release, the Korean consumer electronics giant will ...

Take two high-definition DVD players into the shower? Not me – and here's the science bit. Samsung are gearing up to release their "Duo HD" player, the BD-UP5000, in the USA come December; it's ...

So, after a long Blu-ray disc (BD) release hiatus by Fox and MGM, how does one celebrate the recent press release that new titles are coming? This, of course, arrives fast on the heels of Paramount ...

Hewlett-Packard (HP) will begin launching its next-generation PCs with a Blu-ray Disc (BD)/HD DVD dual-format burner in the US and Europe starting October 2007 and in other markets later on, the ...