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Blu-ray and HD DVD face-off in Vegas
News Groups representing the Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD -- blue laser formats aiming to become the technology to replace DVD -- made their announcements at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. DVD discs store about 4.7GB of data on a single side...
[January 7, 2005, 12:25]
A: Blu-Ray, B: HD-DVD, C: none of the above
Blog Paramount has decided to ditch Blu-Ray in favour of HD-DVD. Inasmuch as the market is deciding, it's going for Blu-Ray (although I don't know how much of that is driven by the PS3, that doesn't really matter).
[August 22, 2007, 17:28]
Blu-ray appears to have the DVD lead
News Blu-ray's rival, the HD DVD format, relies on a reasonably well understood process. For more than a year now, a bitter public relations war has been waged between supporters of Blu-ray and a rival Toshiba-backed technology known as HD DVD.
[November 28, 2005, 16:40]
HP backs Blu-ray DVD format
Talkback I'm not biased towards either really, but why bother with HD DVD when Blu-Ray offers better storage? Not sure who's responsible for making either, but obsessive (Sony-esque) control of one will make it lose, and Blu-Ray seems the most trademark...
[November 22, 2004, 10:31]
Panasonic readies Blu-ray DVD
News Panasonic's parent company is set to release a DVD recorder based on the Blu-ray Disc format, as a standards battle over next-generation DVD technology heats up. Matsushita Electric Industrial said its Panasonic DMR-E700BD model, announced on...
[July 1, 2004, 10:40]
JVC trials Blu-ray/DVD combo disc
News A new Blu-ray and DVD hybrid disc could bring some relief to consumers weary of the format war, but will it be enough for the increasingly fractured market? JVC on Friday showed a prototype of a disc that combines standard DVD and new Blu-ray...
[December 30, 2004, 9:10]
A: Blu-Ray, B: HD-DVD, C: none of the above
Blog Comment I was quite looking forward to transformers on blu ray and now because of money and squabbling it won't happen. I am tired of this war. What about the consumer paramount and dreamworks. I hope that there is a backlash and people don't buy your...
[August 23, 2007, 2:52]
Toshiba, NEC snub Blu-ray DVD format
News Nine companies, including Hitachi, LG Electronics, Matsushita, Pioneer, Royal Philips, Samsung, Sharp, Sony and Thomson, are working on their own DVD recordable format, known as Blu-ray. Sony previously announced a DVD recorder based on Blu-ray...
[May 13, 2003, 11:11]
HP backs Blu-ray DVD format
News Our decision to back Blu-ray was largely because of its capacity advantage [over HD DVD], as well as the interactive features being built into the specification," said Maureen Weber, general manager of optical storage at HP.
[November 17, 2004, 7:50]
Blu-ray appears to have the DVD lead
Talkback GB more than the theoretical limits of Blue-ray! per disk, is going to knock the socks off Blue ray. Just look at the iPod compared to SONY's efforts today, the MD is dead and all of SONY's flash players pale in comparison.
[November 29, 2005, 15:27]
Sony announces Blu-ray PC drive
News After a year of skirmishing with technology rivals, Sony announced plans on Wednesday for its first Blu-ray DVD drive for PCs. It also outlined plans for high-definition Blu-ray DVD players and recorders aimed at the international market, and also...
[January 5, 2006, 10:20]
Apple leaps onto the Blu-ray bandwagon
News Apple has sided with the Blu-ray Disc Association, as it enters the debate over which specification will become the next-generation DVD format. Apple will lend its expertise in high-definition and DVD authoring to the development of the Blu-ray...
[March 11, 2005, 8:35]
Microsoft spreads DVD-succession bets
News Backers of the Blu-ray DVD format are adopting Microsoft's video compression technology, giving the software giant a secure foothold in each of the two major camps battling to establish a successor to DVDs.
[September 1, 2004, 10:05]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog The trick in writing about IT is knowing what to ignore - and I've found the Blu-Ray vs HD-DVD debate very ignorable so far. Studios are moving across, the HD-DVD drives will be later to market than thought thus losing one big advantage, and Blu...
[October 7, 2005, 19:30]
Sony, Philips, Panasonic plan single Blu-ray licence
News The licence will include all necessary Blu-ray, DVD and CD patents for selling Blu-ray players. Instead of having to approach Blu-ray, DVD and CD holders individually and paying them separate royalties, the single licence should cut down the total...
[February 26, 2009, 8:34]
Future of DVD mired in confusion
News The future of DVD recording is up in the air, after Sony claimed that talks between rival factions pushing the Blu-Ray and HD-DVD factions have collapsed. Ken Kutaragi, president of Blu-ray backer Sony, said late last week that negotiations with...
[June 21, 2005, 17:20]
DVD&CD Recording SDK Net
Downloads It supports all Blu-ray discs and all types of DVD and CD recorders. Multisession disc recording for DVD/CD and Blu-ray disc Make use of Dll and OC; Functions can be invocated by any software develop tool.
[October 14, 2008, 14:12]
Sony offers to replace rootkit CDs
Talkback Blu-ray concerns - It really worries me that Sony is at the front of the next gen DVD format race with Blu-ray. Maybe Microsoft really does have good reasons for supporting the Toshiba HD-DVD camp. How sure can we be that they won't be...
[November 16, 2005, 12:58]
First Blu-ray spec finished
News Blu-ray Disc, and rival format HD-DVD, are considered next-generation DVD technologies and are based on blue lasers. The Blu-ray Disc Founders group said the physical format for the read-only version of Blu-ray Discs is complete, so manufacturers...
[August 12, 2004, 9:15]
Toshiba gets set to sell Blu-ray devices
News Toshiba was one of the leading companies behind HD DVD, a standard that lost to Blu-ray. Toshiba said Monday it is planning a lineup of products that support the Blu-ray storage format. In light of recent growth in digital devices supporting the...
[August 10, 2009, 17:37]
