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The war between Blu-ray and HD DVD steps up a level - Unbeatable.co.uk News
25 Jun 2007 at 5:25am
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"Red vs. Blu": is Blockbuster's recent Blu-ray endorsement … - GamePro.com
20 Jun 2007 at 5:58pm
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Blockbuster Inc. will rent high-definition DVDs only in the Blu-ray format in 1,450 stores when it expands its high-def offerings next month, dealing a major blow to the rival HD DVD format.
The move, announced Monday, could be the first step in resolving a format war that has kept confused consumers from rushing to buy new [...]

Fifth Element Blu-ray exchange program details announced - Engadget HD
16 Jun 2007 at 8:19pm
Fifth [...]

Here is a segment from CrankyGeeks with John C Dvorak about all the news around about decrypting HD DVD and Blu Ray discs. It’s worth a watch.

Hitachi showcases internal GGW-H20N Blu-ray burner / HD DVD reader - engadget
12 Jun 2007 at 6:26pm
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The Departed HD DVD / Blu-ray disc breaks 100k mark in sales - Engadget HD
9 Jun 2007 at 4:32am [...]

Supports Video Decode Acceleration on the Intel GMA 3000 Series Integrated Graphics Chipsets for the Ultimate in High-definition Playback
Taipei, Taiwan - June 6, 2007 — Corel Corporation (NASDAQ:CREL; TSX:CRE), a leading developer of graphics, productivity and digital media software, today announced that it will demonstrate its InterVideo WinDVD® high-definition playback software with Intel® Clear VideoTechnology [...]

VSO Software has just announced a new update to their popular video converting software ConverXtoDVD. Most notebally an update to their AVI demuxer which can work with damaged AVI files.
List of improvements in version 2.2.2:
***image1***Complete rewrite of the AVI demuxer, for improvement such as:
* accurate determination of audio start time, working with CBR/VBR audio (fixes [...]

Blu-ray Chases HD DVD Into the Bargain Basement - TechNewsWorld
4 Jun 2007 at 5:14pm
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