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Lord of the Rings 4K Blu-Ray Coming This Year!
Amazingly, this rumour has been kicking around for a long time now. Of course, many Lord of the Rings fans have been itching for what’s sure to be one of the biggest releases on the UHD format… or any other format it releases on actually. We reported on it over…
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Warner Bros. Launch Amazing ‘Family Favorites’ Sale!
With us all being told (rather sensibly I might add) to stay at home during the Coronavirus outbreak, the chances are that you’ve been hunting down some TV or films to entertain you. Well, in announcing a pretty huge sale, Warner Bros are offering some of their most beloved family…
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The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit Finally Heading to 4K Blu-Ray
It started to seem like it would never happen, but The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit movies are finally heading to 4K UHD Blu-Ray. It’s obvious why Warner held off on the release though. This is easily one of their biggest assets, and to release it before having…
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Marvel Infinity Saga Collectors Edition Box Set isn’t Cheap
It’s hard to find someone that doesn’t love at least one of the big Marvel movies. They’re big, flashy, and pretty fun action movies with extensive fan servicing throughout. However, given that their Infinity Saga spans a whopping 23 titles, where do you even begin! Well, at the start of…
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Ridley Scott’s ‘Alien’ Finally Getting 4K HDR Blu-Ray Release
In Celebration of its 40th Anniversary It has been a long wait for fans of the 1979 classic ‘Alien‘, but 20th Century FOX is finally releasing a 4K UHD HDR version soon. Remastering movies for the Ultra HD era can be very challenging for studios due to film degredation over-time.…
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Samsung Is Calling It Quits On Blu-Ray Players
Samsung Calling It Quits On Blu-Ray With higher-definition TVs becoming more common in homes, there is certainly a strong market for watching films or TV in general in the highest quality possible. For example, if you own a 4K TV, the chances are that if you’re going to watch a…
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Batman The Animated Series Is Coming To Blu-Ray This October
Batman The Animated Series Is Coming To Blu-Ray This October I consider myself somewhat lucky being a kid in the early 90’s as we had some absolutely fantastic cartoons. We have admittedly seen a second golden-period with programs like Adventure Time and Regular Show, but there is something about…
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Dark Knight Trilogy Finally Gets 4K UltraHD Blu-Ray Release
Christopher Nolan’s ‘Dark Knight’ trilogy as well as Interstellar are finally getting a 4K Ultra HD Blu-Ray release. The Dark Knight trilogy includes Batman Begins, The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Rises. All four are coming just in time for the holiday season on December. Best Buy currently lists…
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Disney Finally Enter 4K Ultra HD Blu-Ray Market
4K Ultra HD I’m a big fan of home cinema technology. I’ve already made the plunge and invested in a 4K HDR TV, as well as Dolby Atmos technology. From what I do know of that market, it seems I’m far from alone. The new formats are steadily on the…
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Westworld Season One Arriving November 7 on 4K UHD Blu-Ray with HDR
HBO entertainment announced that Westworld Season One is finally arriving on November 7. The critically acclaimed television series is based on Michael Crichton’s first theatrical feature which starred Yul Bryner back in 1973. It is also going to be the very first scripted television series to get a 4K UltraHD…
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Pioneer Unveils the BDR-211UBK Blu-ray XL Writer
Pioneer unveiled its new internal UHD Blu-ray drive which comes withUltra HD Blu-ray playback support as well as BD/DVD/CD writing. While most people don’t bother with an optical drive in their systems these days, being able to play and burn all sort of Blu-ray drives might change that. The BDR-21UBK…
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Sony UBP-X800 4K Blu-Ray Player Pricing Revealed
At CES 2017, Sony announced their first (technically second) Blu-ray player, and ahead of its launch next month, the Sony UBP-X800 Blu-ray player pricing has finally been revealed. For whatever reason, Sony is fashionably late to the Blu-ray party, but the UBP-X800 packs a lot of features, and are possibly asking a little…
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Pioneer to Release First 4K Blu-Ray Drives for PC
It’s been long overdue, but it looks like desktop systems will soon be able to benefit from 4K Blu-Ray drives, as Pioneer are set to release their first consumer drives. This is great news, but the downside is that it’s only planned for release in Japan, at least for now.…
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Michael Pachter Doesn’t Care About The PS4 Pro’s Lack of UHD Support
In light of the PS4 Pro’s focus on streaming 4K media, HDR and 4K gaming, you would have expected the internal drive to support Ultra HD Blu-Rays. Rather bizarrely, this feature was omitted despite it being a major highlight of Xbox One S which has significantly weaker hardware. When presented…
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Sony Unveils Their First 4K UHD Blu-ray Player
Samsung, Phillips, and other companies dove into the brand new market with 4K UHD Blu-ray players earlier this year, but Sony held back and only released the information that their 4K UHD Blu-ray player wouldn’t be released until early 2017. While that’s still the case, we finally get a first…
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