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After digging deep into the net, no words of where this scary-but-cool looking terminator skull / DVD player came from. But it still looks good, we think it deserves posting. As you can see, the cranial portion of the skull has compartment to place DVD within. The exterior is covered with glossy metal layer, probably Aluminium. The eye sockets seem to turn on when the player is reading the DVD. [Toxel]

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Funai (Sylvania, Symphonic, Emerson) is planning to sell LCD TVs with integrated Blu-ray Disc players in the US next summer. Currently 20% of all Funai TV sales in the US are based on TV/DVD player combos. Funai is likely to offer midsize and large screens with integrated Blu-ray players, both at Wal-Mart and electronics stores. Details are scarce at this point but a planned 42-inch LCD TV/Blu-ray combo, for example, is said to be priced between $1,100 and $1,300, which may not be too competitive considering it is another year from now. [CrunchGear]

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The highly anticipated Yamaha’s new BD2900 Blu-ray player has been unveiled. The new Blu-ray player offers “BonusView” and supports for 1080p/24fps-compatible HDMI, and 12-bit Deep Color. You should have at least $1,200 if you want to buy the Yamaha BD2900 Blu-ray player. The player will be released in November 2008. [EngadgetHD]

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I-O Data today released a new and sleek external Blu-Ray burner. Known as the BRD-UXP8, the device offers a burning speed of 8x. The burner also provides USB and eSATA interface and costs for €279. [Press Release]

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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), DVD-R DL (8x), DVD-RW (6x), CD-R (48x), and CD-RW(24x). It will  retail for approx. €250. [Panasonic]

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LG Electronics and NEtFlix today unveiled the new Blu-Ray disc player that is able to stream movies and TV episodes from Netflix directly to the TV. The player plays high definition Blu-ray discs and able to upscale DVDs to 1080p resolution. In addition, the new LG BD300 also adopts LG’s SimpLink technology, which allows users to control similarly equipped LG TV and AV products via on-screen menus. It will be available in the next fall season. [Akihabara]

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Here’s good news to every Blu Ray mania. I-O Data releases two new burners with 8x speed with dual layer BR-R disk. Available in 2 colors, black BRD-SP8B and white BRD-SP8, they will be available in Japan for estimated price of $358. [Akihabara] More »

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Samsung has now announced budget version of its earlier Blu-ray Home Theatre System. HT-BD2E comes with 5.1 Channel System, 800 watts of total power. It has four satellite speakers, one center speaker and a passive subwoofer. Priced at $800, at almost half their first Blu-ray Home Theatre System HT-BD2T. Expected to ship in August. [BLU-RAY]

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Humax will release the new PVR-9300 and PVR-9150T later this month. The former model is a high-end model that features a 320GB hard drive which is enough to store up to 200 hours of recorded programs, and sports HDMI upscaling. The latter model only has a 160GB of storage space. The PVR-9300 and PVR-9150T also come equipped with two built-in digital tuners, so viewers can record two Freeview channels while watching a recorded programme, or watch one Freeview channel while recording another. Both PVRs consume a mere sub-1 watt of power in standby mode. The Humax PVR-9300T and PVR-9150T will retail for £199 and £149.99, respectively. [PocketLint]

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Hitachi has announced its new Full HD camera, the DZ-BD10H, which will be available on August 9th in japan for 160,000 Yen ($ 1600). This new camera will feature a 7 Megapixel CMOS sensor, 10X optical zoom lens, 2.7 inch screen, image stabilizer and a brand new technology which can recognize upto 5 face simultaneously and adjust the focusing, exposure etc for best image quality. The onboard 30GB hard drive can accommodate 4 hours 30 minutes of HD video, Blu-Ray takes an hour of recording and a 32GB SDHC card can record 4 hours 25 minutes of full HD video. [Akihabara vie The Digital Camera Blog]

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