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news.cnet.com - 8/5/2008
Blu-ray releases for the week of August 5
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(Credit: High-Def Digest ) With the Beijing Olympics opening ceremonies happening this Friday, we're betting most of you will be stuck on the couch all weekend, rooting for your home country (probably the good ol' USA, right?) as they compete in baseball, basketball, football, maybe even synchronized swimming for those ...
LG BD300 Is First Blu-ray Player With Built-in Netflix Streaming [Netflix On Lg Blu-ray]
gizmodo.com - 8/1/2008
LG BD300 Is First Blu-ray Player With Built-in Netflix Streaming [Netflix On Lg Blu-ray]
— gizmodo.com — We've been waiting for this since January : LG's promised Blu-ray player with built-in Netflix movie streaming... is official. Available this fall for "well under $500," the BD300 is the third major box Netflix has invaded with its unlimited streaming ... (more) LG BD300 Is First Blu-ray Player With Built-in Netflix ...

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news.cnet.com - 8/5/2008
LG Blu-ray box to get streaming video from Netflix
— news.cnet.com — The LG BD300 Network Blu-ray Disc Player not only plays DVDs, it also receives streaming video from... Netflix. (Credit: Netflix) Update at 7:30 a.m. PDT : The day of the announcement has been corrected. Netflix fans will soon have another ... (more) LG Blu-ray box to get streaming video from Netflix

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Panasonic To Release Super Blu-Ray Burner
techfresh.net - 8/6/2008
Panasonic To Release Super Blu-Ray Burner
— techfresh.net — Panasonic will release a new SATA Blu-Ray burner (LF-PB371JD) on September 13th, 2008. The burner offers burning... speed up to 8x with an 8MB buffer. It will be able to burn all recordable optical media formats including DVD-RAM (5x), DVD-R (16x), ... (more) Panasonic To Release Super Blu-Ray Burner

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