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JB Hi-Fi to stock HD-DVD


Smarthouse News have recently reported that JB Hi Fi have done an about face on their Blu-ray exclusive stance. Effective immediately, they will be stocking both HD-DVD players and discs.
I’m not surprised. I’ve always thought that JB wouldn’t want to miss out on potential Christmas sales of HD-DVD players and big HD DVD exclusive titles […]

Updated HD DVD vs Blu-ray DVD Stats


Some sales stats from a recent article in the Sydney Morning Herald…

85% of high def disc sales are Blu-ray
From Jan - Sept 2007, 81,219 Blu-ray discs were sold vs 14,632 HD DVD discs
24 of the top 25 HD titles were Blu-ray. “300″ was the only big selling HD DVD disc which ranked 20th.
Only 1,644 Blu-ray […]

Toshiba hi-def DVD recorders


I’ve seen the announcements lately that Toshiba will be releasing HD-DVD recorders. That wasn’t unexpected and I didn’t really make comment on them.
Looking at their latest announcement though, that the recorders can record up to two hours of hi-def content onto a standard DVD-R makes things a little more interesting.
I don’t know all […]

Australian DVD Podcast #66: No News is Good News


After a few weeks off we have more Australian DVD news, reviews and information from Jeff & Helen.

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