3D, movies, games, players
Archive for August, 2007
Blu-Ray and HD-DVD manufacturers open the door to mass market
Aug 31st
It looks like the price of HD-DVD and Blu-Ray Technology will fall sooner than expected, allowing for a wider adoption of the platforms leading to a greater installed user base and hopefully the snowballing of the industry.
Venturer Electronics has announced it plans to release a cut price HD DVD player- named the SHD7000-in the third quarter. The player is speculated to have a retail price of in between $150 to $190. Reports on many tech websites suggest that cheaper HD DVD players may be coming soon, yet Venturer appears to be the first company to formally announce a launch.
The Venturer SHD7000 comes with an Ethernet port and a HDMI port that has potential to output video at 1080i. The SHD7000 also comes with onboard Dolby TrueHD decoding, however it is still unclear whether the model will be able to decode multichannel Dolby TrueHD soundtracks.
The press release states that the SHD7000 will be able to upconvert regular DVDs and play standard audio CDs.
1TB Recordable Disc Pending
Aug 24th
Memphile, an Israeli storage technology outfit is very close to breaking the one TB storage barrier for an optical disc format. Currently they have developed 600GB and 800GB versions of the disks. At 200 layers on a single 1.2mm disk, the 1TB model should be capable of storing approximately 40 full resolution HD movies or 115 DVD-quality movies.
A 600GB disk is predicted to retail for roughly $30-50, on release, with a drive capable of coping with the disks expected to cost $3,000 on release. Prices however, are expected to drop drastically in a matter of months, as manufacturing increases.
DVDFab HD Decrypter 3.1.6.5 Beta
Aug 20th
DVDFab Decrypter is a simple version of DVDFab. It copies entire DVD movie to hard disk, and removes all the protections (CSS, RC, RCE, UOPs and Sony ARccOS) while copying. Copy HD-DVD and Blu-ray to hard disk in Full Disc mode, in less than one hour.
Blu-ray outpaces HD-DVD in U.S. says Home Media
Aug 20th
Sales of movies on Blu-ray high-definition discs exceeded sales of films on the rival HD-DVD format by a 2-to-1 margin in the United States in the first half of 2007, Home Media Research said on Tuesday
VHS sales fall as they are exceeded by Blu-Ray and HD-DVD
Aug 20th
High-def has notched up another milestone, with combined Blu-ray and HD DVD disc sales overtaking VHS during the first half of 2007.
Blu-ray Production in Europe goes independant
Aug 20th
Infodisc, a German optical disc manufacturer, has announced that they have taken delivery on BD-ROM manufacturing equipment from Oerlikon.
