Archive for November, 2005

Pioneer and NEC to Showcase Next-gen DVD Drives in December

“Pioneer and NEC will respectively showcase their Blu-ray Disc (BD) and HD-DVD burners and players at the annual IT Month fair beginning in December in Taipei.” source: ‘CDRinfo’ 2005-11-25
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PS3 to launch at under $400; will ship with media bundle

“ Sony’s new CEO has stated that the Playstation 3 will launch priced in the $300 to $400 price range.  The company will sell the console at a significant loss in order to ensure the successful market penetration of Blu-ray technology:

Another element which does directly cite the British-born Sony boss, however, is regarding the media…” source: ‘Anandtech’ 2005-11-22
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Sony Blu-Ray High Definition DVD Recorder Player Blue

“This unit is Brand New in its original Sony Sealed Box and is Not Refubished Stores up to 25 Full-Length Movies on a Single Blu-Ray Disc Includes one blank 23 Gigabyte Blu-Ray DVD Disc” source: ‘Ebay’ 2005-11-23
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Sony Claims Completion of First Blu-ray Disc Movie

“Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (SPHE) president Benjamin S. Feingold announced last Friday that authoring has been completed on the first Blu-ray Disc (BD) to contain a full-length, high-definition feature film.” source: ‘CDRinfo’ 2005-11-21
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Panasonic Develops First Chipset for Multi-format Blu-Ray Drives

“Panasonic today announced that it has developed the new chipset for disc drives to record and play Blu-ray Disc (BD), DVD-Multi (DVD-RAM, DVD-R, DVD-RW, and DVD-ROM), +R, +RW, and all CD formats.” source: ‘CDRinfo’ 2005-11-18
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NTI Offers Blu-ray Burning SDK for Licensing

“NewTech Infosystems, Inc. announced today that it has added support for Blu-ray to its widely-used optical disc burning SDK.” source: ‘CDRinfo’ 2005-11-16
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Blu-ray, HP at odds over high-def DVD launch plan

“LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The Blu-ray Disc group, which aims to set the standard for next-generation DVDs, on Wednesday said it would not adopt a proposal from Hewlett-Packard Co. by the launch of the technology, leading the PC maker to say it may back a rival in the looming multibillion dollar war. source: ‘Reuters Tech’ 2005-11-17
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News: Opinion: More from the Blu-Ray vs. HD-DVD front

“Content is king. This long-held observation has often been cited by those who believe content availability could tip the scales in a format war. The most recent spate of content-related announcements from backers of Blu-ray Disc and HD-DVD — the formats competing for the throne currently occupied by DVD — appear to shift the balance between the two camps — at least, for the moment.” source: ‘MacWorld’ 2005-11-15
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Imation Unveils Plans For HD DVD and Blu-ray Media

“Imation said that it is currently finalizing the development of both HD DVD and Blu-ray optical recordable media. Imation is a member of the Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA) and DVD Forum.” source: ‘CDRinfo’ 2005-11-10
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MPEG LA Announces Plan for Blu-Ray Patent License

“MPEG LA, LLC issued a call for patents and patent applications that are essential to the Blu-ray Standard, in an effort to bring together the essential patent holders aiming at the efficient adoption in devices, discs and related implementations.” source: ‘CDRinfo’ 2005-11-10
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