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the site claims. We should see if thats true in a short time. Usually Microsoft issues a statement in two or three days after the publication to decline the rumours. Following the formats victory over HD DVD earlier this year, Blu-ray disks have seen their sales soar to 351% of those during the same The Royal Tenenbaums last year. When combined with standard DVD sales, the first quarter of this year offered the first year-on-year sales increase since DVD sales peaked three years ago. Steek Beeks, President of Lionsgate, said: Blu-ray had its second-best week ever in the seven days ending March 23, and we anticipate Blu-ray sales of 800 million to 1billion-plus for all of 2008, up dramatically from approximately 300 million last year. Wednesday, April 2nd 2008 It was yesterday when I first saw the report from DigiTimes, and I decided to wait on purpose before posting it here. First it was the 1st of April, second it sounded too good to be true: Lite-On IT is developing built-in Blu-ray Disc-BD ROM drives for the Microsoft Xbox 360 game console that will start shipping in the second half of 200 Well I was right, the unspecified DigiTimes sources have misled a lot of hardware news sites. Microsoft responded today to the rumour with the following statement: No. Lite-On is not manufacturing Blu-ray drives for Xbox 3 As we have stated, games are what are driving consumers to purchase game consoles and we remain focused on providing the largest library of blockbuster game For our customers who want a premium movie experience we offer the largest library of on-demand HD content available and the ability to play back DVDs in high definition. This is the second time when a rumour is spreading around the web that Xbox 360 will get Blu-Ray support, but unfortunately thats also the second time when Microsoft crushes all hopes with a single sentence. Now after HD DVD is out and the format war is over, a research in the US shows Blu-ray disc sales have topped nine million since inception, with some three million of those discs flying off the shelves in 200 The figures, published by Home Media Research, show average weekly sales of BD titles ranging from between 200, 000 and 300, 0 Big-sellers, such as the recent No Country For Old Men release, helped weekly sales reach 319, 000, with the disc itself selling 68, 000 copies in the week ending March 16th. The second place is for the Hitman title, who sold twice as low or 38, 000 copies. Today, Dell announced that movie buffs can pick up the Inspiron 1525 with optional Blu-ray disc playback for under a 1, 000 or 879 to be more precise. The award-winning Inspiron 1525 laptop features a 4-inch high definition wide aspect display with 720p resolution, various options of Intel Core 2 processors, up to 4GB of DDR2 667MHz memory, up to 250GB of disk space, Intel GMA X3100 integrated graphics, and more. It also includes an HDMI port for easy connectivity to high resolution displays and HDTVs. The Blu-ray player disc drive is fully backwards compatible, and will play as well as burn traditional DVDs and CDs. Consumers can also chose a Blu-ray DL burner drive, but this will add 480 to the overall price of the laptop. The Inspiron 1525 laptop with Blu-ray is available today in the, Canada and Europe. Heres a link to Dells Online store where you can customize and purchase the Inspiron 1525 laptop. After our brand new TechPowerUp Reader Survey 08 results, its time for some news coming from Plextor. The firm has released two new multifunction disc drives that combine next-generation Blu-Ray and HD DVD technologies. Ill start with the more sophisticated model the PX-B920SA, a Blu-Ray and Blu-Ray DL 50GB burner that plays HD DVD discs and supports high-speed reading and recording of DVD and CD formats, including DVD-RAM and Dual/Double Layer DVDs. The internal drive features 4X BD-R write speed, Serial ATA SATA interface, 4MB buffer and Lightscribe disk labeling. Second in order is the PX-B300SA, a multifunction drive capable of only playing both Blu-Ray and HD DVD media, while DVD and CD burning features remain presented. Other than that, the PX-B300SA is identical to the PX-B920SA model. Both drives support Buffer Underrun Proof technology and come with one year full warranty. They are also bundled with a complete package of application software, including InterVideo WinDVD 8, Ulead MovieFactory 5 SE, and 5 SE. The PX-B920SA costs 599 while the PX-B300SA Blu-Ray/HD DVD reader ships for Sony previewed yesterday on its official PS3 blog the next PLAYSTATION 3 system software update which is due to be out in the next few days. Firmware v 20, will introduce a number of features to further enhance your PLAYSTATION 3, but most notably the update will enable the PS3 to support Blu-ray Disc Profile 0, also known as BD-Live. BD-Live allows you to obtain additional content and special features through Internet on BD discs that support this feature. On April 8th Sony Pictures Home Entertainment will release The 6th Day and Walk Hard on Blu-ray; these titles will be among the first to take advantage of BD-Live. Wednesday, March 12th 2008 Microsoft has commented that there are still no plans in place to introduce a Blu-ray player for the Xbox 360, despite comments by Stan Glasgow which seemed to hint that such an add-on could be on the way. A spokesperson for the company said: There are no plans to The Royal Tenenbaums Blu-ray. In response to Stan Glasgows statement that Blu-ray is a possibility for Xbox 360, we have made no such announcement. Games are what are driving consumers to purchase game consoles and we remain focused on providing the largest library of blockbuster games available. So Xbox 360 owners could find themselves without the ability to watch new HD movies in the coming months as film producers stop selling HD DVDs. Circuit City and Canadian retailer Future Shop are both running schemes which will allow owners of HD DVD hardware to trade-in their current players to receive a discount on Blu-ray hardware. An internal memo from Circuit City states: We do not want to upset our valued customers. For this special circumstance, we are happy to offer an exchange for a Blu-ray player customer pays any difference in purchase price even if it has been several months since the customer made their HD DVD player purchase. If the customer does not want a Blu-ray player, we can issue a gift card refund for their original purchase price. For products purchased in the last 30 days, handle as usual.