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Region coding on Blu-ray discs.

Here’s a list of region codes on Blu-ray Discs, as discovered by yours truly. Discs are tested with various players from regions A and B. (Updated 29.07.2008)

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2008 07 29 Softa
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Unboxing: Panasonic DMP-BD30 (Region B)

I took delivery of Panasonic’s new DMP-BD30 Blu-ray player earlier today. It’s not a new product as such, as it’s been on sale in the USA for a while already. As usual, Europeans had to wait a few months to get theirs. Here are photos of the unit’s unboxing, with some brief comments.

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2008 03 20 Rauta
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Review: Terminator 2 Steelbook Edition (HD DVD)

Toshiba’s HD DVD format lasted less than two years in the battle for the crown of next-gen optical media format. Toshiba threw in the towel in mid-February and placed a number of publishers in a rather difficult situation: what to do with titles that are already in the pipeline? German publisher Kinowelt had been working [...]

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2008 03 16 Softa
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T2 Steelbook (HD DVD).

Well folks, it’s here: T2 Steelbook Edition. Or, as the cover says, the “ULTIMATE HD-EDITION”. I guess we can call this HD DVD’s swan song - one of the last titles to be released for the rapidly dying format.

I received my review copy a few minutes ago. My first action was to try to play [...]

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2008 03 13 Softa
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On predictions.

Some of you may remember my earlier rants about the demise of HD DVD and the future of High Definition. In them I made a bunch of predictions, some of which turned out to be a bit bone-headed. I received plenty of flak for those opinion pieces; some of it justified, most of it… not [...]

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2008 02 23 Rauta
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End of an era.

Toshiba conceded the Hi-Def format war earlier today. Rumours of their forthcoming announcement had circulated the net for some days already, so one can’t claim surprise.

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2008 02 19 Softa
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Format war: what’s next?

Media all around the world has been quick to pronounce Blu-ray as the winner of the format war. Financial Times went as far as printing rumours about Paramount dropping HD DVD, which Paramount very quickly denied. Other than that, HD DVD PRG has been very quiet about the future. I have a theory about what’s [...]

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2008 01 10 Softa
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Format war rants and misunderstandings.

I’ve been getting quite a lot of feedback to my two-part rant about the format war. Since it’s obvious some people have difficulties in comprehending written text, I’d like to clear things up a bit.

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2008 01 08 Rauta
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Format war almost over. Who lost? We did. (part 2)

Finland’s most influential newspaper, Helsingin Sanomat, published a short news item about Warner’s decision to support only Blu-ray from May 2008 onwards. The ensuing discussion on HS’ website was interesting reading, mostly because the majority of chuckleheads there were convinced that Blu-ray’s victory will lead to cheaper movies and players. Dream on, people, dream on.

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2008 01 07 Softa
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Format war almost over. Who lost? We did. (part 1)

It was mere days before CES 2008 and the already announced HD DVD press conference, when Warner Bros. shook the industry with its announcement of their exclusive support for the Blu-ray format (from May 2008 onwards). Early adopters and industry pundits everywhere wasted no time in declaring the format war over.

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2008 01 06 Rauta
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