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• Blu-Ray format may be too reliant on Playstation 3 says research company ABI

  
  
  
  Blu-Ray may have consigned HD-DVD to history’s rubbish bin, but it may still struggle to replace the traditional DVD format – not least because the format’s market is too ‘heavily titled’ towards PS3.
  
  That’s according to research firm ABI, which notes that consumer take-up of non-PS3 Blu-Ray players has not been encouraging.
  
  According to GameDaily, ABI believes: “Sony's Blu-ray format finally triumphed over HD DVD earlier this year, but a victory dance may be a bit premature.�
  
  ABI principal analyst Steve Wilson writes:
  
  "The studios better hope that people are playing movies on their PlayStations. Otherwise there's very little installed base.
  
  "In 2008 about 85 per cent of Blu-Ray players in the market will be found in PS3s; the dedicated consumer electronics and PC-based types of Blu-Ray players won't catch up in terms of market share until about 2013."
  
  
  According to ABI, standard DVD consumers are finding new ways to better the presentation of the old format, rather than shelling out for standalone Blu-Ray players.
  
  "We are starting to see an increase in the number of DVD players with built-in 'upconverters', and the video processing is getting better with each new generation," added Wilson.
  
  "Today about 35 per cent of all DVD players sold include upconversion. ABI Research expects that figure to climb to about 60 per cent by 2013."
  
  In an effort to push Blu-Ray’s appeal beyond the PS3 market, PC manufacturers are starting to offer lower-cost configurations. But it may not ultimately matter, said Wilson:
  
  "If you're only going to spend $500-600 on a PC, are you really going to spend 40 per cent more for a built-in Blu-Ray player?"
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  Friday, April 25, 2008

• BD Touch brings BD Live to iPhone

  
  NetBlender's BD Touch technology enhances the capabilities of BD Live by enabling two-way communication with Apple's iPhone and iPod Touch. BD Touch uses the BD Live network connection built into Blu-ray players and the WiFi connection on the iPhone to connect the devices.
  
  

  
  The sophisticated UI of the iPhone enables unprecedented user interaction when compared to any other handheld device. BD Touch applications can take advantage of the iPhone's geo location features, 3D sensors and QWERTY keyboard. Video, audio, text, and player commands can be transferred via the connection.
  
  

  
  Endless Possibilities
  Some implementations of BD Touch will include:
  
  

  
  
  Pushing digital copies of movies to an iPhone from the Blu-ray disc menu
  
  
  Automatically cataloguing a viewer’s Blu-ray disc collection and providing movie suggestions
  
  
  Updating and managing a viewer’s rental queue
  
  
  Displaying trivia and extra information about a movie in sync with the movie's playback
  
  
  Turning existing Blu-ray discs into games that use the iPhone as the game controller
  
  
  Viewing fan-created
  

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  Monday, April 14, 2008

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