JVC just unveiled it’s latest Blu-ray player, the JVC XV-BP11. Now you can have Blu-ray playback at an affordable sub $200 price. Read on for more details.
JVC today announced the availability of a new entry-level Blu-ray player. The new JVC XV-BP11 is a truly versatile high definition player, offering playback of high definition Blu-ray discs, plus playback of the AVCHD format, the high definition format widely used for HD camcorders, including the JVC HD Everio line. New XV-BP11 player offers AVCHD file playback.
The new JVC XV-BP11 Blu-ray player is available immediately for $199.95.
Reprinted from a JVC press release.
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Yup, that’s right. It’s time for another list! You guys asked for one… oh wait you didn’t?
huh, well here it is anyway:
The Top 10 B-Movies of All Time
(Now before I begin this one let me explain why I enjoy b-movies, not all of them are “bad” and not all of them are “bad without knowing.” A lot of the time, these movies show true effort within a given budget. Sometimes it’s the process of working within that budget that creates the “bad” in the movie. So for me, I enjoy the effort put into these movies to see just how well the director utilized the means that was given to them. Read the rest of this entry »
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Recently, I was a little surprised, but very enlightened when I came across MCE Technologies‘ web site as I was compiling the buyer’s guides for the October issue. While Adobe Encore and Roxio Toast 10 Titanium with the HD/BD plug-in will happily create a Blu-ray Disc on a Mac, you still can’t play back a Blu-ray Disc without employing Windows XP/Vista/7 running under Boot Camp (sorry, virtual machine users… too much system resources needed… that would be painful to watch if you could pull it off at all.)
For a company who is usually near the bleeding edge, we’re a little surprised Apple hasn’t put forth at least basic Blu-ray Disc playback support on the Mac; and surely someone in the Pro Apps team is a little worried that Adobe and Roxio may be eating Apple’s lunch when it comes to disc burning.
I just came across a petition to ask Apple to consider adding Blu-ray Disc support to DVD Studio Pro… while online petitions usually strike me as being a bit silly, this is one where if you happen to sign that petition, you may just find my name on it as well.
Credit due: ProVideo Coalition.com: the EDITBLOG by Scott Simmons
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According to a recent report from the good folks over at Nielsen, the number of households with an HD television has doubled over the previous year, to 23.3%. They predict with now almost one quarter of TV’s in the USA as HD, the demand for HD content will continue to expand dramatically.
What does this mean for independent video producers? Well, if you’re still shooting in SD, you may want to be looking at upgrading your equipment, not just as a future proofing idea, but in a 25% of my viewers will want to watch this in HD today idea. Even if you’re already shooting in HD, the picture is not so rosy when it comes to distribution. Blu-ray disc penetration is still at a paltry 8-9% and a large majority of those are Playstation 3’s. Standard definition DVD’s still are found in 91% of all US households, so you end up with the awkward situation of having an beautiful HDTV connected to a plain old DVD player in many homes.
Perhaps the future of HD distribution is not to be found on shiny plastic discs, but delivered at home directly via the internet? Openfilm, Vimeo, and now even YouTube have gotten into the HD distribution game, it will be interesting to see how the direct line into the home plays out.
One thing is for sure: twice as many people as last year are bringing HDTV’s into their homes, and they’re going to want to watch something pretty on it.
Tags: Blu-ray, DVD, HD, HDTV, Neilson
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How did that quote from President Herbert Hoover go: A Chicken in Every Pot and a Car in Every Garage… something like that. It was a campaign promise to raise American living standards during the Industrial Revolution in the 1920s. Americans have always embraced new industry and technology with gusto and reverence, and new predictions that Blu-ray technology will be in nearly half the American homes in about 2 years seems to want to follow that trend. You can rent or purchase most any new movie right now on Blu-ray, but the players and burners are still considered a bit pricey for the average home theater.
CE Pro reports that Blu-ray sales were down by 7% in October, which has become the “new” beginning of the Holiday Shopping Season, given the plethora of Christmas decorations in the stores and Holiday music emanating from the Muzak speakers during the month of October. (Honestly, am I the only one that thinks there should be a ban on any Christmas music until at least AFTER Halloween… remember when you didn’t even hear any “Caroling Caroling Caroling” until Thanksgiving?)
According to the report, Singulas, a German technology company, expects about 50% of households to own Blu-ray by 2010, but other reports say that technology in households which allow users to easily gather video over the internet, cable and satellite will prevent Blu-ray from going very far.
Perhaps the Blu-ray HDDVD wars hurt the technology, due to the long-dragged out battle, and other technology moved to the forefront. What do you think? Is this the beginning of the end of separate machines in your home theater? Will we have a One Source to Rule Them All?
Time will tell, stay tuned.
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