Movies aren't the only thing on display at Sundance, Philips shows off Blu-ray

Turns out Cinematical aren't the only ones hanging out in Park City this week. With so many films recorded in HD, Philips decided this would be a great place to show off their Blu-ray players. At their Simplicity Lounge in the Village at the Lift, Philips is demonstrating the storage and playback capacities of Blu-ray media.

Did the HD-DVD camp miss an important opportunity to promote their technology to content makers? I guess we'll see what format independent moviemakers choose for their HD releases later this year.

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 27th 2006 5:58PM]

Philips is also ready to release a PC-based Blu-ray drive after July, with the ability to both record to and read from the high-capacity next-gen discs