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Pioneer And Buffalo Show World’s First BDXL-compatible PC Blu-Ray Burners

Posted: 25 Oct 2010 04:45 AM PDT

BDXL is now entering the computer market, too. Pioneer Japan today announced [JP] the BDR-206MBK, the world’s first Blu-ray burner for PCs supporting the new format. The internal device is compatible to BD-R XL discs with three (100GB) or four layers (128GB) and BD-RE XL discs with 3 layers (100GB).

To make things complete, the BDR-206MBK also supports 3D Blu-ray discs. The burner will hit Japanese stores next month with a $372 price tag.

Buffalo announced [JP] a very similar model, the BRXL-6FBS-BK, today, (pictured below). The Buffalo model supports exactly the same BDXL discs as the Pioneer burner and plays 3D Blu-rays, too. Buffalo plans to ship the device in Japan next month with an open price model, also claiming the bragging rights for the world’s first PC BDXL disc burner.

At the same time, the company will start selling an external version, the BRXL-6U2 (pictured below), which features the same specs as the internal model and connects to your PC via USB 2.0.

Neither Pioneer nor Buffalo have announced international sales plans for these devices yet.

Sony Cuts PSP Go’s Price In The US And Japan

Posted: 25 Oct 2010 03:35 AM PDT

We can’t say we’re very surprised: Sony announced [JP] a substantial price cut for the PSP Go today, both in the USA and Japan. In the States, the handheld will officially cost $199 by the end of this month, according to Reuters. Amazon has it already listed for the new price, while Sony’s official Playstation website still shows a $249 price tag as of this writing.

In Japan, Sony has been selling the PSP Go for $335 so far and is now ready to push down the price to $211, effective as early as tomorrow. That’s right, the price will be slashed by a whopping $124 or 37% in this country. Sony didn’t say anything about possible price cuts in Europe and other markets.

The PSP Go was launched in the US on October 1 last year, followed by Japan one month later. Sony has been suffering from disappointing sales numbers since then, especially in Japan.

CrunchGear Week in Review: Caps for Sale Edition

Posted: 25 Oct 2010 12:00 AM PDT

Is This The Next-Gen Barnes & Noble Nook?

Posted: 24 Oct 2010 07:22 PM PDT


The story goes that a tipster sent David Carnoy at CNET a link to a product page for a Nook screen protector. The only thing is, said screen protector wasn’t for the current generation Nook. Nope, it was for an unannounced model. This alone would be strange, but there was a rumor last week that stated a new Nook was coming real soon, which makes this leak seem so much more real.

If you follow the rabbit down the rumor mill hole, then you’ll find that the Nook v2 will be powered by Android, sport a color screen and cost $250. The good folk over at B&N are even said to show off this new model as soon as this week. But this is all speculation at this point based off of one pic that could seriously be just a rendering by one overzealous company hawking screen protectors.

Internet TV and The Death of Cable TV, Really

Posted: 24 Oct 2010 09:19 AM PDT

Yes, you heard this before. The Death of Cable TV. Yet, it hasn't happened. But now, so many disruptions are happening in the video space, cable tv is really stepping towards the cliff. Don't expect the cable industry to just give up. We'll get some new insights next week when the largest U.S. cable operator (23 million cable customers), Comcast, reports its Q3 earnings and subscriber count. Comcast cable customers dropped nearly 3% in Q2 compared to last year. In Q2 for the industry overall, a record 711,000 subscribers abandoned cable tv, and six of eight operators suffered their worst quarterly subscriber losses ever. Just this month, a lot has happened.


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