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When Paramount Home Entertainment and DreamWorks Animation SKG Blu-ray Disc titles were taken out of the picture in August, Blu-ray lost 29 titles in its repertoire. That doesn’t include three titles that had been announced, but not released.While Blu-ray's lead is small, it doesn't look like HD DVD will catch up any time soon. If you'd like to read more, the entire article can be found here. Add a comment
HD DVD’s stint as leader in terms of high-def releases proved short-lived, however, as in the first week of November Blu-ray regained its lead in terms of total titles available to consumers.
According to figures from The DVD Release Report, total Blu-ray titles available at retail passed HD DVD for the first time since the Paramount/DreamWorks decision, 332 to 328, the week ended Oct. 31. Companies that support Blu-ray also have 66 titles in the pipeline, compared to 42 for HD DVD backers. Those numbers include four HD DVD and 11 Blu-ray titles released Nov. 6.
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The DataTraveler Mini Fun and DataTraveler Mini - Migo Edition are available in 1GB, 2GB and 4GB capacities and retail from $16 up to $62. Full details can be found here. Add a comment
Kingston Technology Company, Inc., the independent world leader in memory products, today announced its DataTraveler Mini Fun and DataTraveler Mini - Migo Edition USB Flash drives are now shipping in capacities up to 4GB and the DT Mini Fun now features the internationally popular game Sudoku as well as the previously included Atlantis from Big Fish Games.
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Broadcom Corporation(Nasdaq: BRCM), a global leader in semiconductors for wired and wirelesscommunications, today announced that its highly integrated Blu-rayDisc(R)/HD DVD system-on-a-chip (SoC) solution has been selected by LGElectronics to power its dual-format Super Blu(TM) BH200 high definitiondisc player. By combining full support for both Blu-ray Disc and HD DVDformats in a single SoC, Broadcom enables leading consumer electronicsmanufacturers to build universal high definition players capable of playingback all high definition movie titles thereby increasing the highdefinition entertainment choices for consumers.If you'd like to read more, Broadcom's entire press release can be found here. Add a comment
The Broadcom(R) BCM7440 SoC solution is a single-chip platform thatfully meets the requirements of next generation Blu-ray Disc and HD DVDplayer designs. It provides the multiple processing cores and the necessaryperformance required to support next generation interactive technologiesand network connected applications currently being developed by Hollywoodstudios using sophisticated BD-Java (Blu-ray Disc) and HDi (HD DVD)technologies. This includes enhanced interactive menus, gamingcapabilities, real time director's comments, and full support of networkedinteractivity from select and forthcoming Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD titles.The Broadcom BCM7440 SoC continues to be the only solution in the industrythat fully supports both Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD formats in a singlemonolithic IC, providing consumers with exactly what the film's authors hadintended -- the best possible high definition multimedia experience.
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The HD DVD format significantly pumped its installed base over the weekend, as dueling store clearances sold an estimated 90,000 Toshiba players, according to sources close to retailers.Blu-ray backers really need to get on the ball and cut the prices of their players. The holiday shopping season is already upon us and, with prices like this, consumers are going to go HD DVD. If you'd like to read more, the entire article can be found here. Add a comment
That tally covers Friday to Sunday sales of Toshiba’s second-generation HD-A2 model, which Wal-Mart and Best Buy sold for about $99 on Nov. 2. That’s $200 less than Toshiba’s $299 list price and $100 off widespread retail pricing of $199.
The $99 players made up most of the 90,000 units sold, a source said.
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Sony Corp wrote and read data on a medium equivalent to a seven-layer disc by using "Micro-Reflector method," a multilayer recording technology using holographic recording.If you'd like to read more, Tech-On's entire report can be found here. Add a comment
The company calculated the error rates of reproduced signals after signal conditioning such as equalizing. Until now, the company wrote and read on discs of up to four layers and announced only the eye patterns of reproduced signals.
This time, the achievement was announced at ISOM' 07, an international conference on optical memory, which took place Oct 21-25, 2007, in Singapore. At the conference, Sony made speeches about speeding up data transmission speed, improving memory density per layer and increasing the number of recording layers even more.
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Verbatim's Color-background LightScribe 16x DVD-R and DVD+R media will be available in the US starting in Q4 2007. Full details can be found here. Add a comment
Verbatim Corporation, the storage media producer known for offering the widest range of premium-quality LightScribe media, announced today the world’s first Color-background LightScribe 16x DVD-R and DVD+R media. The new 4.7GB LightScribe DVDRs are available in vibrant shades of red, orange, yellow, blue and green in addition to the original gold color. Verbatim has begun shipping them in the US market in 25-packs which include five discs of each color.
The richly colored DVDRs are produced using LightScribe Media Version 1.2 coating technology on the label side for enhanced image contrast and faster label printing. The data side of the discs incorporates the innovative technologies that deliver the premium quality features consumers have come to expect from the Verbatim brand-- high reliability, stability and longevity with high performance and broad compatibility.
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Optical disc makers CMC Magnetics and Ritek recently obtained level A laboratory certification for 4x Blu-ray Disc (BD)-R (recordable, write once) SL (single-sided single-layer) discs, according to the two companies.CMC has also developed 4x BD-R DL discs and is in the process of getting them certified. If you'd like to read more, head on over to DigiTimes. Add a comment
CMC and Ritek are keeping apace with each other in terms of their progress in R&D for blue-laser optical discs, with each having so far secured level A laboratory certification for 2x HD DVD-R SL, 1x HD DVD-RW (rewritable) SL, 2x BD-RE (rewritable) SL and 4x BD-R SL, according to industry sources in Taiwan.
