Report: Apple ready to release new iMacs with Blu-ray

according to AppleInsider.. it looks like the new iMac's are currently in production. they are going to be thinner, and faster.. and what's this? it appears very likely that these new machines will include support for Blu-ray. how exciting.

to read more, visit: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10361120-37.html

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BD Prices Fall, Catalog Spending Rises 72%

Below is an informative read on the growing popularity and incorporation of blu-ray technology into American homes.

"Pricing for BD software has dropped significantly everywhere, fostering an increase in demand and spending. In the US, BD software pricing has fallen more than 10% for new releases and a full one-third on catalog titles since 2008. This has caused spending on theatrical Blu-ray catalog to increase 72% from the same 2008 period. However, retailers would like prices to drop more.."

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CD still music king, but losing ground to digital

"PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y. -- Market researchers NPD Groupsaid Tuesday that digital music downloads now make up 35 percent of the U.S. market, up from 30 percent in 2008.

People still buy more CDs, which account for 65 percent of music sales in the U.S., NPD said. The research group predicts digital music sales will nearly equal CD sales by the end of next year.." [continue reading]

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Mitsubishi Announces Super-Charged Blu-ray Disc Recorders....For Japan

"Here we go again! Another announcement by a large Asian consumer electronics manufacturer that it is introducing a new line of Blu-ray Disc recorders, but, unfortunately, they will probably never see the light-of-day in the U.S.

What makes Mitsubishi's announcement even more frustrating is that these units are a home theater fan's dream: One unit combines Blu-ray Disc recording with a 1 Terabyte Hard Drive, a second unit offers a 500GB hard drive, while the third houses not only a Blu-ray Disc recorder and a 320 GB hard drive, but also includes a VHS deck.." [continue reading..]

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Swan Song For Movie Soundtracks

"Slumping CD sales and the increasing influence of iTunes over the music industry have taken a toll on the once reliable revenues of movie soundtracks -- and that’s left studios increasingly reluctant to release soundtracks to many films."

“While it’s still worth it for the right project, there are a lot of studios who aren’t even doing soundtrack deals anymore because they think it’s a waste of time,” Patricia Joseph, VP of Music Placement and Licensing for NYC-based Razor & Tie Entertainment, told TheWrap." [continue reading]

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Blu-ray sales up 91 percent in first half of 2009

The following is an article reporting the steady growth and impact of Blu-ray in the United States.

"..the Digital Entertainment Group (DEG) has issued a press release saying that U.S. Blu-ray sales are up 91 percent in the first half of 2009, which indicates that the format is maintaining its growth pace despite the recession. " [read more]

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Compact Disc Sales Still Waning

"Will this Christmas mark the death of the CD? Music industry analysts are already forecasting a blue holiday, with retailers not expecting much, in the way of profits, from music sales.." [read more]

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EMI Quits Selling CDs to Indie Record Stores

"The music industry knows how to hang out itself, even if it lacks the correct length pf rope. EMI, certainly reeling from declining physical album sales like the other Big 4 record labels, is now apparently telling independent album retailers that it will no longer sell them CDs." [continue reading]

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NASHVILLE SKYLINE: CD Sales Down for Country, but Digital Downloads Up

"Not surprisingly, CD sales continued to decline in the first half of 2009. Alarmingly for the music industry, growth of sales of digital albums also declined. Billboard and Nielsen SoundScan report that combined sales thus far in 2009 of CD albums and digital albums are down 23 million units from the same period a year ago..." [continue reading]

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BDA, Adams Dispute Harris Survey on Blu-ray

The following is an interesting article regarding a recent "Harris Survey" [read more here] that claimed that there were more HD-DVD players in American homes than Blu-ray players.

The Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA) is very skeptical of these statistics (for good reason), and Tony Adams, the president of Adams Media Research had the following to say: "Some people believe a DVD player on an HDTV is high-def. There's just so much confusion out there," Adams said. "Everybody makes mistakes" he said of the Harris survey "but we have models that show those numbers just can't be true."

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Five Reasons Blu-ray is Hurting

"Blu-ray by all accounts was supposed to revolutionize personal video with crisp high-definition picture quality and booming sound. But uptake has been slow. Here are five reasons that Blue-ray isn't making the splash it was expected to.." [continue reading]

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Needle points north on vinyl sales

"Over the past year, the increase in stories about the Return of Vinyl have mirrored vinyl sales themselves. This is likely because the old record is a rare area of discernible growth in music retail, and these days people will run with anything on the rise. CD sales have fallen about 45 percent since 2000, but vinyl is moving in the opposite direction, albeit at a less sharp angle.." [continue reading]

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Blu-ray player sales soar 72 percent

"The US sales of standalone Blu-ray players have increased 72 percent in the first quarter of 2009 compared to the same period last year, according to the market research firm NPD Group.." [read more here]

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With music, digital sales up but DVD down

"Digital music video sales are increasing each year, but sales of music DVDs are mostly in decline, creating a revenue challenge for labels.." continue reading..

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