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For the week ended Nov. 24, Sony captured 60% of all BD unit sales; and Samsung was its only significant competitor with 32%, according to DisplaySearch. Panasonic was far behind, corralling a 5% share.If you'd like to read more, the entire article can be found here. Add a comment
Collectively, BD-exclusive players far outpaced demand for dual-format players, which primarily encompassed LG’s first-generation model on shelves. BD-only players represented 37% of all high-def units sold. HD DVD-only was at 62%, and dual-format, less than 1%.
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Fastmac's 4x Blu-ray optical drive upgrade is available now for a special introductory price of $579.95. Full details can be found here. Add a comment
Fastmac today announced a 4x Dual Layer Blu-Ray optical drive upgrade for Apple's Mac Pro & PowerMac G5 computers. The new 5.25-inch, tray loading drive uses one of the fastest Mac-compatible Blu-ray mechanisms to provide up to 50 Gb of storage on 1 dual or double layer disc, without sacrificing compatibility with standard DVD & CD recordable media. Using a SATA connection, the drive's 4x BD-R DL mechanism allows professional Mac users to burn upto 50GB of data on 1 disc in less than 50 minutes.
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Kanguru Solutions, announces the release of the Kanguru USB Duplicator(TM), a high speed, standalone USB duplicator that allows users to copy to up to 24 USB devices at once.No word yet on pricing or availability. If you'd like to read more, Kanguru's entire press release can be found here. Add a comment
Designed to streamline data distribution among portable USB storage devices, the Kanguru USB Duplicator is great for back ups, IT work, sales and marketing preparation, PC rollouts and more. The Kanguru USB Duplicator (compatible with both USB 2.0 and USB 1.1) uses eight main function modes to copy and verify data, offers five different setup modes, and works with USB memory sticks as well as USB hard drives. The USB Duplicator comes in 2 sizes: 1 Master to 9 Targets and 1 Master to 24 Targets.
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Not only will the new SHD7001 be supplied with a fantastic add on package worth around £50.00 (two fantastic HD DVDs; Hulk and Troy, and a free HDMI cable) it will also now include a voucher that enables customers to redeem 5 more free HD DVDs courtesy of the European HD DVD Promotional Group.If you'd like to read more, Venturer's entire press release can be found here. Add a comment
Until 31st January 2008 customers can use their redemption voucher to select 5 of their favourite titles for free from a list of HD DVDs, giving them complete freedom of choice. No additional charges will be made as postage and packaging will also be completely free.
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Microsoft Corp. today announced the release of the Xbox 360 HD DVD Emulator, enabling film studios and disc authoring companies to model the behavior of HD DVD disc content, including encoded video and HDi interactivity, in a virtual environment before committing to burning a single HD DVD disc. This comprehensive tool is among the first commercially available, software-based solutions of its kind, eliminating the need for expensive hardware or time-consuming and costly trial-and-error processes for testing HD DVD titles, helping to ensure that titles ship error-free.The emulator is available now via Xbox LIVE for a one-time licensing fee is $2,999. Full details can be found here. Add a comment
The enhanced content and rich interactive capabilities of HD DVD increase the need for an efficient way to troubleshoot coding to maintain the highest-quality consumer experiences. The emulator uses a combination of available hardware (the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system and the Xbox 360 HD DVD Player) and specialized emulation software to ultimately enable playback of near-final assets from a network storage share, portable hard drive or optical disc. This allows focused testing of the layout, the menus, and the behavior of the interactivity functionality of a title. Detailed log reports from the Xbox 360 HD DVD Emulator deliver valuable tracing information to help quickly and easily pinpoint problems with advanced interactivity code that otherwise could take hours of manual debugging.
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The Zebra Blu-ray / HD DVD Player is available with an eSATA interface for $409 with a combination eSATA/USB 2.0 interface for $429. Full details can be found here. Add a comment
Addonics Technologies today announced its Zebra Blu-ray / HD DVD Player an optical storage solution that allows your PC to play Blu-ray and HD DVD movies from the same tray.
The Zebra Blu-ray / HD DVD Player also plays standard DVDs and CDs in various file formats and burns DVD±R/RW and CDRW media, which makes it one of the most flexible optical drives available. Users can turn their laptop or desktop computer into a high definition movie player and enjoy high definition video quality of 1080p format at 1920x1080 resolution and the dynamic 7.1-channel audio output that comes with the Blu-ray or HD DVD format.
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If you'd like to read more, Verbatim Europe's entire press release can be found here. Add a comment
Verbatim, the storage media specialist, is the first and only company in the world to bring colour LightScribe DVD+Rs this year onto the market. Alongside the current Golden colour, the discs are now available in Red, Orange, Yellow, Blue and Green. In addition, an update for the LightScribe system software allows even more brilliant results. The new Verbatim LightScribe DVD+R discs are available from December and cost €4.99 for 5 discs in a slim case (RRP). In addition, Verbatim will offer the Golden LightScribe CD-R, with proven AZO quality, on a spindle holding 25 discs for €10.49 (RRP).
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“Our position hasn’t changed and certainly any comments that were published in the US were not intended to suggest that we had changed our stance. We support both formats and we have not made any decision towards that policy and nor are any such announcements planned or in the pipeline,” he said.While there is probably some truth to these rumors, we probably won't hear any official announcements until the Consumer Electronics Show in January. If you'd like to read more, the entire article can be found here. Add a comment
“In terms of the short-term scenarios around the Q4 sales results, Warner Brothers are always reviewing our strategies and we can’t say what might happen in five or ten years, but for now, there’s been no decision made to change course.”
