Acer claims to be offering the first laptop to feature a DVD drive that can play both Blu-ray and HD DVD discs. The laptop is the Acer Aspire M5630 and comes equipped with a GGC-H20N from Hitachi-LG, it has the ability to play 1920 x 1080 resolution HD DVD content. The laptop also comes equipped with an Intel Q6600 Core 2 Quad processor with 500GB HDD.
There is a cut price PS3 due to be released in the UK and Europe bringing the game station and Blu-ray technology to a wider group of consumers. In the UK the console will be offered with a smaller 40GB hard drive than the normal 60GB unit.
In a statement made by Ray Maguire, head of PlayStation UK, he confirmed:
“the release of the 40GB PS3 was a “strategic decision” and not the result of lower-than-expected sales of the PlayStation 3. We have done market research, looked at fans’ forums and the feedback from consumers is that they are anxious to get into PlayStation 3 but it is too expensive”
The new low cost units should be available by early November 2007.
Japanese motorists will soon have the option of playing high definition DVDs in their car. A new vehicle at the 2007 Toyko Motor Show includes a Panasonic Blu-Ray player.
The player has support for all the Blu-ray features and include BD-Java playback and has a LCD screen. The player looks remarkably similar to the Panasonic BD-10 Blu-ray player.