Panasonic’s New Blu-Ray Player Deals: Faster, Better, Stronger
1 Mar 2011 - By Omar Mariño

All Kanye West allusions aside, the lineup of 2011 Blu-ray players from Panasonic looks promising.  Gone are the days when the simple ability to play Blu-ray discs was enough to sell these devices.  Companies have had to get smart, connected, and go social in order to get customers to spend their hard earned cash and Panasonic may be leading the pack.  Read more >>



New Sony VAIOs – Laptop Gets Beat With The Ugly Stick
22 Feb 2011 - By Omar Mariño

Who says tech has to look cool?  At least that’s what somebody at Sony said when they okayed the design for the new VAIO CA and CB models.  Sure they pack the Core i5 heat but they look like neon-clad rejects from Miami Vice. Read more >>

Kaleidescope’s 100 Blu-ray Disc Server Makes Getting Off the Couch Obsolete
17 Dec 2010 - By Omar Mariño

You can never have enough entertainment at the touch of a button, right?  And it’s even better when that entertainment comes in the high definition and ultra-high fidelity of Blu-ray, right?  That’s why Kaleidescope thought it would be a good idea to give you access to 100 Blu-ray discs (well, their content at least) without having to get off your rear. Read more >>

DivX TV Via Blu-Ray Players? When Will It Stop?
17 Oct 2010 - By Omar Mariño

As if there weren’t already too many web TV and streaming content options available to tech users, DivX has decided to get into the game by offering their web TV format to owners of specially equipped LG Blu-Ray players.  DivX has long been seen as one of the premiere video compression agents and is known for high quality clips but none of that really matters in the TV world as the quality of content is limited by the producers, not the distributors.  Read more >>

100 Watt Blue-Violet Laser Could Mean 1TB Optical Disks
24 Jul 2010 - By Omar Mariño

Sony and Tohuku University have developed a 100 Watt laser with Blue-Violet output that could revolutionize the future of optical storage disks.  The laser will go in the record books as being more than 100 times the current highest output values for blue-violet semiconductor lasers but just how much more could you fit on a portable disk? Read more >>