Archive for May, 2006

Fujifilm Blu-Ray Media Available in Europe Next month

“Fuji Photo Film announced that Fujifilm-branded Blu-ray media would be available in the European marketplace this June.” source: ‘CDRinfo’ 2006-05-26
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AACS LA Adopts Macrovision’s Analog Hole Content Protection

“Macrovision’s analog content protection technology (ACP) has been included as a requirement in the specification for the content protection technology for Blu-ray and HD DVD by AACS LA.” source: ‘CDRinfo’ 2006-05-26
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HD DVD to Get Regional Controls

“Following the policy for the rival Blu-ray Disc format, the DVD Forum is actively considering developing specifications and an enforcement plan to include RPC (Regional Playback Control) on HD DVD-Video titles.” source: ‘CDRinfo’ 2006-05-25
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No more Blu-Sky it’s time for Blu-Ray

“It’s finally happened – the day when we can stop talking blu-sky and start talking blu-ray. The new optical disc format that everyone has been waiting for has finally arrived. If you’ve got a spare £500 UKP then you can treat yourself to the latest recordable disc drive from Pioneer. The Pioneer BDR-101A is an IDE drive for PC users. You can record 25GB onto a single BLU-RAY disc in 45 minutes. Free stock should be available at www.cd-writer.com by the last week of MAY 2006.” source: ‘Blu-Ray-Technology’ 2006-05-25
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High Density Formats Change Current Mastering Workflow

“Mastering has been the most important step of the replication process of CD and DVD media. But the increased requirements of mastering HD DVD or Blu-ray media is even more complicated, and changes the involved workflow.” source: ‘CDRinfo’ 2006-05-19
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Pioneer Chooses Sonic Solutions to Power First Blu-ray Disc Drive

“Sonic Solutions today shipping its Roxio BD software with the first commercially available Blu-ray Disc drive from Pioneer Electronics.” source: ‘CDRinfo’ 2006-05-17
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Sony Blu-Ray Notebook, VAIO� AR

“The world?s first Blu-ray Disc enabled notebook computer– the VAIO� AR which will be available this summer. The VAIO� AR comes in two different configurations: Premium and Standard. The AR Premium version plays Blu-ray Disc high-definition content, so you can enjoy movies in full 1080p HD resolution. The notebook has a17-inch WUXGA (1920 x 1200) widescreen display and uses Sony’s XBRITE Hi-Color? LCD technology.” source: ‘Technology news daily’ 2006-05-16
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CD-writer.com LTd launches DVD CD Duplicator industry BLOG

“CD-writer.com (the UKs leading supplied of DVD and CD duplcations, copying and printing systems has launched an industry blog. The new DVD CD Duplicator news resource will offer readers an insight into the new and emerging digital media technologies, specifically for DVD CD and BluRay. The new area of the popular CD-writer.com website will also offer readers an insight into the internal working of the company and the viewso f staff members on a range of topics. View the [url=http://blog.cd-writer.com]CD-writer.com Digital Media Blog[/url]” source: ‘CD-writer.com’ 2006-05-14
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DaTARIUS Blazing In Blu-ray Project

“Datarius will actively participate in the Blaze project, a European initiative (MEDEA+ Blu-ray HD storage project) which aims at defining an overall architecture and development of components for the Blu-ray HD recorder.” source: ‘CDRinfo’ 2006-05-12
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Lite-On IT to Produce Blu-ray Drives

“Lite-On IT will reportedly start volume production in July, of half-height Blu-ray Disc (BD) optical disc drives based on technology from Royal Philips Electronics. This comes as a result of the company taking over BenQ’s ODD unit, according to Taiwanese industrysources.” source: ‘CDRinfo’ 2006-05-12
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