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MSI: LEDs, Blu-ray Disc, Eco big in laptops this year

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 13:17:31 +0000

Notebook PCs coming out this year will likely include more colorful screens thanks to LED (light emitting diode) backlights and Blu-ray Disc optical drives this year, an executive from Micro-Star International (MSI) says, as well... Read more...

Panasonic ships World's Thinnest Blu-ray Disc Drives

Sat, 29 Dec 2007 19:56:06 +0000

Panasonic has begun shipping samples of the world's thinnest (that’s 9.5 mm to be exact) internal Blu-ray Disc drives to personal computer manufacturers. The new sample 9.5 mm high BD drives were accomplished by combining... Read more...

Samsung Quietly Drops the Price of Blu-Ray Disc Player

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 10:33:22 +0000

Samsung Electronics, a leading maker of various equipment, has quietly started to sell its BD-P1400 Blu-ray disc (BD) player for $299 in certain locations. The decision moves Blu-ray format into the same price range as... Read more...

Europe Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD Camps argue over Statistics

Fri, 16 Nov 2007 04:21:44 +0000

The European HD DVD Promotional Group has revealed figures gathered by independent research firm GfK that show stronger software-to-hardware attach ratio compared to Blu-ray Disc. According to the data reported by Pocket-lint, European HD DVD... Read more...

Microsoft Offers Free Halo 3 LE Disc Replacements

Wed, 26 Sep 2007 01:35:49 +0000

After the launch of Microsoft's Halo 3 there were reports that some customers received scratched discs in their pack due to poor case design. As of now till 31/12/07 Microsoft will replace any damaged Halo... Read more...

HD VMD to Battle Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 14:04:56 +0000

At the Custom Electronic Design & Installation Association (CEDIA) trade show in Denver, a company promoting a new high-definition optical disc format demonstrated set-top players and high-definition movies that cost far less than ones that... Read more...

Philips Celebrates 25th Anniversary of the Compact Disc

Thu, 16 Aug 2007 19:03:36 +0000

Tomorrow will the be the day exactly 25 years ago, on August 17, 1982, when Royal Philips Electronics manufactured the world's first compact disc (CD) at a Philips factory in Langenhagen, just outside of Hanover,... Read more...

Sharp to Release Blu-ray Disc Player This Fall

Mon, 09 Jul 2007 14:55:05 +0000

This fall, Sharp Electronics plans to release its first Blu-ray player: the BD-HP205. The player will support 1080p output at both 24- and 60-FPS, and will include on-board Dolby TrueHD decoding, along with the requisite... Read more...

Total HD High-Def Disc Launch Delayed

Wed, 04 Jul 2007 03:54:35 +0000

With Hollywood studios still split over competing formats for high-definition DVDs, Warner Bros. will delay the launch of a dual-format disc until next year. Earlier this year, the studio introduced a method to playback both... Read more...

European Blu-ray Disc Sales Jump Following PS3 Release

Tue, 29 May 2007 17:30:06 +0000

As seen with sales of Blu-ray movies in North America, the Sony PlayStation 3 is one of the best Blu-ray Disc players currently on the market. In Western Europe, the PlayStation 3 launched on March... Read more...

John Woo Snags First Blu-ray Movie, Game Combo Disc

Tue, 22 May 2007 13:29:46 +0000

A collector’s edition of John Woo’s Stranglehold game on PlayStation 3 will include a full-length, 1080p version of John Woo's critically acclaimed action film Hard Boiled on the same Blu-ray Disc. Stranglehold collector’s edition will... Read more...

Pioneer Launches Blu-Ray Disc Drive for $299.

Tom Warren — Fri, 04 May 2007 06:42:59 +0000

As expected, Pioneer Electronics, a leading maker of consumer electronics, on Wednesday unveiled its Blu-ray disc read only memory (BD ROM) optical drive for personal computers, which will go on sale next month and will... Read more...

Blu-ray Disc Specification Change Threatens Current Players

Tue, 03 Apr 2007 03:00:02 +0000

Dear Mr. Early Adopter, start crying. The Blu-ray Disc Association has mandated that all players of the format released after October 31 must support BD Java which is currently not standard for today's hardware. All... Read more...

Blu-ray Disc Sales Surpass HD DVD

Steven Parker — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 13:01:45 +0000

Data from Nielsen indicates that sales of Blu-ray media for the first time has outpaced that of HD DVD; however, as expected, both camps in the high-definition format war have different ways of interpreting the... Read more...

All Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD Encryption Defeated by One Key

Wed, 14 Feb 2007 17:27:39 +0000

The first breakthrough came when a hacker named "Muslix64" circumvented both HD DVD copy protection and Blu-ray copy protection, resulting in the release of pirated copies on the Internet. On Sunday, another Doom9 forum poster... Read more...

Universal Disc Players to Dominate the Market – Researcher

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 10:04:18 +0000

Following the commercial launch of the universal player that can tap both Blu-ray and HD DVD markets there are many more similar devices incoming according to technology research firm ABI research, which believes that such... Read more...

New disc & player may sway DVD wars

Michael Stanclift — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 15:49:23 +0000

Consumers wary of buying new high-definition DVD players because of a technology war reminiscent of the days of Betamax versus VHS will soon have a new kind of DVD that might make the decision less... Read more...

More Windows Vista Packaging and Disc

Thu, 02 Nov 2006 13:43:13 +0000

Take a look at how the Windows Vista packaging will open up to reveal the media inside. Also, it is our first peak at what the Windows Vista discs will actually look like. I like... Read more...

First 50GB Blu-ray Disc to Debut

Mon, 09 Oct 2006 20:46:04 +0000

In the form of Adam Sandler's "Click", Sony has made available the first 50GB dual-layer Blu-ray disc. The movie will contain a second layer of data, essentially doubling the capacity of other Blu-ray movies released... Read more...

New, 3-layer, Combo DVD-HD DVD Disc Developed

Mon, 11 Sep 2006 21:10:17 +0000

Toshiba and Memory-Tech have developed a three-layer optical disc that can be read by both DVD and HD DVD players. The disc, which could be on the market early next year, will make it possible... Read more...

Samsung adopts ARM technology for Blu-ray Disc player

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 08:32:33 +0000

ARM on September 6 announced that Samsung Electronics has licensed ARM Jazelle software technology for deployment in the Samsung BD-P1000 Blu-ray Disc (BD) player. The ARM Jazelle Java Technology Enabling Kit (JTEK) software licensed by... Read more...

Support Grows for Blu-ray Disc

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 01 Sep 2006 14:10:41 +0000

Key backers of the new Blu-ray Disc optical storage technology turned out in force at the IFA consumer electronics show in Berlin to announce a string of content and equipment offerings. The flurry of announcements... Read more...

Resistance PS3 Game Uses 22 Gigabytes of Blu-ray Disc

Sun, 27 Aug 2006 21:16:41 +0000

According to Ryan Schneider, spokesman for Insomniac Games, "Resistance: Fall of Man" Blu-ray PS3 game is making good use of the new format, using up a massive 22 gigabytes for music, level data, textures and... Read more...

PS3 Launch Title to Use 22GB on Blu-ray Disc Format

Tue, 22 Aug 2006 23:57:36 +0000

PlayStation 3 launch title Resistance: Fall of Man will reportedly take a staggering 22 gigabytes of storage space using the PS3's Blu-ray disc format. The revelation comes from an article posted by MTV News, which... Read more...

LG launches GBW-H10N Blu-ray Disc burner

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 05 Jul 2006 13:37:04 +0000

LG Electronics has announced the launch of the its GBW-H10N Blu-ray Disc burner in the Taiwan market. The unit will be in stores later this week at a recommended retail price of NT$29,900 (US$923). ... Read more...

Super-Slim Lasers Promise to Boost Optical Disc Capacity

Fri, 30 Jun 2006 19:33:57 +0000

Researchers at Japan's Kyoto University have recently announced a breakthrough method for shaping laser beams that could result in optical disc capacities up to ten times higher than what's current available from state-of-the-art HD DVD... Read more...

TDK Develops 100GB Blu-ray Disc

Sun, 22 May 2005 09:04:39 +0000

TDK has developed a prototype Blu-ray Disc that can store twice as much data, and record it at twice the speed, as existing Blu-ray Discs. The disc, unveiled at a TDK exhibition in... Read more...

Microsoft, HP unveil new high-def video disc formats

Tue, 10 May 2005 16:48:54 +0000

While a compromise standard for high-definition DVDs is being negotiated in Japan between backers of the HD-DVD and rival Blu-Ray discs, two rogue high-def video disc formats may have a chance to sneak in the... Read more...

Blu-Ray Disc Association Welcomes Apple

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 10 Mar 2005 18:57:05 +0000

The Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA) today announced that Apple® will become a member of the consortium's Board of Directors. Apple has been a leader in driving consumer adoption of DVD authoring since January 2001, with... Read more...

JVC Develops Dual Blu-ray-DVD Disc

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 28 Dec 2004 15:56:40 +0000

JVC has developed prototype read-only discs that can contain data stored in both the DVD and high-capacity Blu-ray Disc formats. They are the first discs that are able to contain data in both formats, a... Read more...

Sony warns of Major glitch in Holiday 2004 Demo Disc

Sat, 27 Nov 2004 01:38:07 +0000

Over the past couple of weeks, members of the Playstation Underground Sony's US fan club, have been getting copies of Holiday 2004 Demo Disc. Unfortunately, gamers eager to sample the cel-shaded beat-'em-up... Read more...

Blu-ray Disc Goes Home

Sat, 06 Nov 2004 00:18:28 +0000

You've just set up a slick, new 42-inch plasma HDTV and you're ready to record your favorite shows in all their high-definition glory. But there's a problem: Today's DVD recorders can't handle HD content or... Read more...

PlayStation 3 to feature Blu-Ray disc

Wed, 04 Aug 2004 14:37:01 +0000

Sony has revealed that its next-generation games console will use the Blu-Ray disc format, which is an evolution of the current DVD system that is designed to hold five times as much data on a... Read more...

Toyota Offers Gran Turismo 4 Demo Disc

Sat, 05 Jun 2004 23:57:09 +0000

It's not quite Gran Turismo 4 Prologue, but for most of us in the States, it will have to do... Recently, the word went out that a free demo was available for... Read more...

New optical disc made from paper

Sat, 17 Apr 2004 00:28:55 +0000

Japanese electronics conglomerate Sony Corp and Toppan Printing Co Ltd have developed a new optical disc, made mostly from paper, that they say will be compatible with next-generation DVD technology. In a... Read more...

Rebel Strike bonus disc

Sat, 02 Aug 2003 02:32:51 +0000

LucasArts will be packaging in a special bonus disc with the latest game in the Rogue Squadron series. LucasArts has informed GameSpot of the contents of a bonus disc that will be... Read more...

Nintendo of America confirms Zelda bonus disc

Tue, 17 Dec 2002 23:16:54 +0000

Thanks o_87 and jago6498 for this bit of news. The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker is set to launch for Nintendo GameCube on March 24, 2003. But in North America, consumers... Read more...