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The Criterion Collection's Reference Blu-ray Player: The Playstation 3

ps3120-3.jpgThe folks at the Criterion Collection know a thing or two about movies. They restore classic films for release on DVD and, starting later this year, Blu-ray. So when they set up their screening rooms, you'd expect them to have some crazy $1,000 Blu-ray player, right? Nope. The Criterion Collection people rock a PlayStation 3 for use as their reference Blu-ray player. If you needed further proof that the PS3 is the best Blu-ray player out there, now you have it. [CNET]

Amazon Releases Checkout by Amazon

Amazon announced the release of the ecommerce checkout solution, Checkout by Amazon. This solution provides customers with the same secure and trusted checkout experience available on Amazon.com. It offers features including Amazon's 1-Click and tools for businesses to manage shipping charges, sales tax, promotions, and post-sale activities including refunds, cancellations, and charge-backs. Customers can also use the information from their Amazon.com account and other websites powered by Amazon.com to complete purchases on a website without having to re-enter their shipping address or payment information.

Blu-ray sales top Amazon charts for the first time

Promising news for anyone with a vested interest in the success of Blu-ray comes from Japan in the shape of Amazon's most recent sales figures from there.

JAPAN: Blu-ray outselling DVD

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MovieGoods Premiers 'Checkout By Amazon'

PRNewswire/ -- MovieGoods, Inc. announced today it has launched Checkout by Amazon, a payment and checkout solution from Amazon Payments on its website Moviegoods.com (http://Moviegoods.com). Tens of millions of Amazon customers can now complete purchases on Moviegoods.com using their Amazon.com (http://www.amazon.com) username and password, which means they do not need to re-enter their billing or shipping information. Additionally, MovieGoods customers will feel more confident when they purchase with Checkout by Amazon on Moviegoods.com because they are protected by the same Amazon A-to-z Guarantee that protects shoppers on Amazon.com.

MovieGoods Premiers 'Checkout By Amazon'

LAS VEGAS, Aug. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- MovieGoods, Inc. announced today it has launched Checkout by Amazon, a payment and checkout solution from Amazon Payments on its website Moviegoods.com (http://Moviegoods.com). Tens of millions of Amazon customers can now complete purchases on Moviegoods.com using their Amazon.com (http://www.amazon.com) username and password, which means they do not need to re-enter their billing or shipping information. Additionally, MovieGoods customers will feel more confident when they purchase with Checkout by Amazon on Moviegoods.com because they are protected by the same Amazon A-to-z Guarantee that protects shoppers on Amazon.com.

MovieGoods Premiers 'Checkout By Amazon'

LAS VEGAS, Aug. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- MovieGoods, Inc. announced today it has launched Checkout by Amazon, a payment and checkout solution from Amazon Payments on its website Moviegoods.com (http://Moviegoods.com). Tens of millions of Amazon customers can now complete purchases on Moviegoods.com using their Amazon.com (http://www.amazon.com) username and password, which means they do not need to re-enter their billing or shipping information. Additionally, MovieGoods customers will feel more confident when they purchase with Checkout by Amazon on Moviegoods.com because they are protected by the same Amazon A-to-z Guarantee that protects shoppers on Amazon.com.

Poll: Amazon Tops For Blu-ray Sales

Sony Blu-ray player is no PS3

(CNET) -- Sony has been the public face of Blu-ray since the format's inception, and while most of the focus during the bitter Blu-ray vs. HD DVD format war was on the company's PlayStation 3, Sony has been making stand-alone Blu-ray players from the start, beginning with the $1,000 BDP-S1.

Elizabeth, What about Amazon using book sales as its loss leader? You know, where a ...

IN RESPONSE TO THE BOOKLOCKER / AMAZON ANTITRUST CASE: What self-publishing services like BookLocker need to come to terms with ... is that Amazon is a business and like any business ... must make a profit. Amazon has been accepting an influx of self-published books that don''t offer any profit. Amazon''s BookSurge (for the record) also participates in this influx ... the only difference being that BookSurge makes a profit for Amazon. Many self-publishing services offer an extremely minimal wholesale discount that (after the wholesale distribution source like Ingram takes its cut) leaves the reseller (like Amazon) with little to zero profit margin. Why would any retailer carry stock that they cannot make a profit on? BookLocker is among those self-publishing services that do not provide a reasonable wholesale discount on its books.

Sony to open up Blu-ray as a "social network"

Sounds a bit like someone is mixing up their internet buzzwords. The head of Sony Electronics' US division, Stan Glasgow, has some interesting ideas for the future of Blu-ray, revealing that "We're going to have to open [Blu-ray] up as a social network--not just contributions of Sony and other Blu-ray partners."

New Study Finds Low Interest In Blu-ray

PHPNerd writes "A new consumer survey recently released chronicles the woes of the winner of the hi-definition format war: nobody wants it. While consumers were very happy to embrace the DVD standard when it came about because it brought a huge jump in quality over VHS, the pros of switching to Blu-ray are not as obvious. From the article: 'In contrast, while half of the respondents to our survey rated Blu-ray's quality as 'much better' than standard DVD, another 40% termed it only 'somewhat better,' and most are very satisfied with the performance of their current DVD players." Another reason cited was that a Blu-ray investment also dictates an HDTV purchase, something consumers are reluctant to do.'" Maybe it's also that line-doubling DVD players can be had for less than a hundred dollars.

Amazon Links Video To Sony TVs

Seattle-based Amazon.com said Wednesday afternoon that the firm has linked its Amazon Video On Demand service to Sony's BRAVIA television sets. According to Amazon, customers can now watch video titles from the site on Sony's BRAVIA Internet Video Link device. The device is used to stream Internet video content to Sony HDTVs. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed. Amazon has a similar deal with TiVo. Amazon's video on demand service is also accessible via PC using the Amazon Unbox software application. Amazon said that moves and TV shows can be both rented or purchased via the device, which is currently in beta.

Amazon, Wal-Mart Winning Over Blu-ray Shoppers

Blu-ray enthusiasts are increasingly buying their players and discs at Amazon.com and Wal-Mart, according to the NPD Group, as reported by Video Business.

Blu-ray consumers buying more from Amazon, Wal-Mart

JULY 8 | Amazon.com and Wal-Mart are increasingly winning over Blu-ray Disc customers, according to recent NPD Group surveying.

Despite flaws, Kindle a $100m success for Amazon

Amazon's Kindle has enjoyed apparently robust popularity since it debuted last fall; the first run of the eBook reader sold out, even at the initial $399 price point, and Amazon had only limited inventory for some time. The company later cut the unit's price to a marginally more acceptable $359, a move that must have spurred some additional sales. But how many units was Amazon actually moving? Newly-reported data suggests that Kindle sales over the past nine months may have exceeded Amazon's expectations, and made the company a killing in the process.

Newegg Defies New York Sales Tax Law

JagsLive informs us that the electronics retailer Newegg.com is defying New York lawmakers; it has suddenly stopped collecting sales tax from New York online shoppers. The "Amazon tax," which went into effect June 1, requires online merchants to collect sales tax if they have any affiliates in the state. Amazon is complying but has sued the state on constitutional grounds. Overstock.com dropped all of its New York affiliates and then joined the Amazon lawsuit. Newegg started out complying with the law on June 1, but stopped collecting taxes for New York on August 21. From Newegg's letter to its customers: "After careful review and consideration, we are pleased to inform you that we have stopped collecting New York sales tax, effective August 21, 2008," reads an email the company tossed at customers late last week, including at least one l

Blu-ray movie discs may outsell DVDs in 2011, says Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Market reports in the US indicate that the global sales ratio of Blu-ray movie discs to DVDs will rise to an estimated 40:60 in 2010 and the sales volume of BD movie discs may surpass that of DVDs in 2011, according to Asia Pacific vice president Tim Meade for Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (SPHE).

Blu-ray digital video camera

Hitachi Corp will release a new digital video camera featuring Blu-ray disc. DZ-BD10H is equipped with a 8-cm Blu-ray disc recording system and 30GB HDD as well as 7 megapixel full-HD camera. It also features anti-blur, automatic exposure and focus functions.

Blu Ray Xbox 360.... Not On Your Nelly

Shane Kim, vice president of strategy and business development for Microsoft's Interactive Entertainment business, told Forbes.com that the company has "no interest" in adding Blu-Ray functionality to its console, opting instead to focus on digital distribution. "I can categorically say that we're not working on a Blu-Ray player for Xbox 360," says Kim. "To my knowledge, we don't have any intent to do that."

Blu-ray Gone In Five Years, Samsung Claims

schliz writes "Samsung expects Sony's Blu-ray technology to be superseded within five years, despite winning the high-definition format war in February." Maybe that means five years from now will be the perfect time to stock up on cheap Blu-ray disks and equipment.

Sony Intros Slim BonusView & BD-Live Blu-ray Player

Sony’s BDP-S350 Blu-ray Disc player supports BonusView (featured on select new Blu-ray discs), and is also BD-Live ready, with an Ethernet port for firmware updates and access to Internet-based interactive content features. Sony vows that a firmware update enabling BD-Live is planned for later this year.

Panasonic DMP-BD50 Blu-ray Player The world's first dedicated BD-Live player improves on its predecessor in many ways. 6.28.08 | David Vaughn

It has been two years since Blu-ray trickled onto the scene with the launch of the Samsung BD-P1000 and some less-than-stellar-looking movies. The combination of a faulty player setting and some poor-quality masters had many wondering if Blu-ray could challenge HD DVD for consumers' hard earned dollars.

Sony?€™s web-friendly Blu-Ray player hits

Sony BDP-S350Now Blu-Ray’s firmly in the driving seat for HD discs, Sony’s pulling no punches and piling next-gen features into its players. The new BDP-S350 is the first deck from Sony to support full BD-Live features. That means Blu-Ray discs are about to go interactive like never before.

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