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Target Technology, a company that manufactures and sells thin film alloys for optical discs, has sued Sony in the US District Court for the Southern District of Indiana for violating a patent it holds on reflective layers used in optical storage media. The patent in question, no. 7,018,696, was filed for in April 2004 and issued in March 2006.If you'd like to read more, the entire article can be found here. Add a comment
Target Technology's complaint doesn't go into detail on exactly how Blu-ray infringes on its patents, but alleges that all Blu-ray discs manufactured, sold, and marketed by Sony are infringing. Target Technologies is demanding a jury trial, a declaration that the patents are valid and enforceable, damages, and an injunction barring Sony from future infringement.
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Support for Hewlett-Packard's (HP's) self-developed direct disc labeling technology, LightScribe, appears to be on the decline as the percentage of LightScribe-enabled DVD burners to all DVD burners has dropped from 80-90% in the first quarter of 2007 to 50-60% in the second, according to sources from both Taiwan's optical disc and optical disc drive (ODD) making industries.The article also mentions that the declining support is most likely due to extra cost associated with the technology as well as the continued drops in OEM drive prices. If you'd like to read more, head on over to DigiTimes. Add a comment
HP won support of LightScribe from global leading ODD brands and OEM makers, including Sony, Pioneer, Asustek Computer, Hitachi-LG Data Storage (HLDS), Toshiba-Samsung Storage Technology (TSST), and Lite-On IT, the sources pointed out. In mid-2006, HP's promotion of LightScribe culminated in more than 70 licensees, the sources indicated. A licensee of LightScribe has to pay initial lump-sum royalty fee of US$250,000-300,000, the sources noted.
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According to AV Watch, Maxell's BD-R DL media is expected to cost about 4,500 Yen ($37US). More information can be found here. Add a comment
The hitachi [makuseru] corporation (President execution part: Yosihito Tsunoda), digital hi-vision broadcast program 260 minutes * the for video recording Blu-ray Disc which can be videotaped (the blue ray disk), postscript type BD-R DL (single sided 2 layer 50GB) it sells from June 20th. Together, for video recording postscript type BD-R for the data (single sided 1 layer 25GB)/transfer type BD-RE (single sided 1 layer 25GB) each 5 packs of the disk are sold, the line-up of Blu-ray Disc is expanded.
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Corel Corporation (NASDAQ:CREL;TSX:CRE), a leading developer of graphics, productivity and digital media software, today announced a retail version of InterVideo WinDVD 8 Platinum that leverages the NVIDIA PureVideo HD technology and GeForce 8 Series graphics processing units (GPUs) to deliver superb Blu-ray and HD DVD playback on desktop and notebook PCs. By combining WinDVD 8 with an NVIDIA GPU, consumers and OEMs have a proven solution for quickly and cost-effectively enhancing their PCs with amazing, theater-like high-definition playback.If you'd like to read more, Corel's entire press release can be found here. Add a comment
Offering all of the benefits of the high-definition experience without the complexity, WinDVD is the world’s most popular video playback and navigation software. In addition to providing crystal-clear playback of interactive content on BD and HD DVD discs and drives, the universal player also supports DVD/video/audio in a wide range of formats, eliminating media compatibility issues.
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Under a licensing agreement in its final stages, consumers may get the right to make several legal copies of HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc movies they've purchased, a concession by the movie industry that may quell criticism that DRM (digital rights management) technologies are too restrictive.Ars Technica has reported that Managed Copy will not be implemented until AACS has been finalized. However, a few studios are expecting it to be in place by the 2007 holiday season. Of course, the way things are going, AACS could be cracked wide open by then. Add a comment
The agreement, if supported by movie studios and film companies, could allow a consumer to make a backup copy in case their original disc is damaged and another copy for their home media server, said Michael Ayers, a representative of an industry group that licenses the AACS (Advanced Access Content System) copy-prevention system.
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Nero, leaders in digital media technology, announced today that Nero Linux 3 is now available worldwide. The first Linux application to offer Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD data burning support, Nero Linux 3 has been redesigned to maximize ease of use, efficiency, and speed with next-generation disc formats...Nero Linux 3 is available now and can be purchased through the Nero Shop for $24.99. More information can be found here. Add a comment
...The advanced features of Nero Linux 3 make it the most powerful and versatile burning application available for Linux. In addition to offering Blu-ray and HD DVD burning capabilities enabled through full UDF support, Nero Linux 3 natively supports 64-bit systems. For worldwide usability, Unicode supports Nero Linux 3 in 26 languages. Nero Linux 3 is fully compatible with numerous Linux distributions including the following and any later versions: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, SuSE Linux 10.0, Fedora 4, Debian GNU/Linux 3.1, and Ubuntu 5.10.
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In the Micro-Reflector recording, light beams are irradiated on both sides of the recording medium. Two light beams are then interfered on the recording layer by aligning their focal points, thereby recording an interference fringe which corresponds to 1-bit information capacity. The information is reproduced by emitting light on the front side of the medium. Interference fringes with different depths can be recorded by changing the depth of the focal points as in the case of recording on a multilayered medium.Micro-Reflector isn't without its problems. Along with slow data transfer rates, Sony has found that when recording to deeper layers, the signal gets weaker. Once Sony resolves these problems, they plan to introduce 20 layer discs with a total capacity of 500GB. If you'd like to read more, Tech-On's entire report can be found here. Add a comment
In addition to multilayer recording, the company points out advantages in that the method is less likely to be influenced by the expansion/contraction of photopolymer due to heat, thus preventing signal reading errors. This is because the interference fringes are smaller than those used in other holographic recording methods where recording is performed on a page basis. The company expects that the Micro-Reflector system will easily facilitate reductions in equipment cost because it can utilize existing blue-violet semiconductor laser diodes and eliminate the need of a spatial phase modulator, CMOS sensor or other parts.
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The BRC-5125FBS-BK and BRC-5125U2 will ship in late June and are priced at 53,000 Yen ($435US) and 63,700 Yen ($523US)respectively. This isn't a very good deal considering you can get Blu-ray Disc writers for as little as $400 these days. If you'd like to read more, Buffalo's entire press release can be found here. Add a comment
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CyberLink Corp. (5203.TW), a world leader in digital home solutions, announces today that PowerDVD Ultra〞the leading high-definition movie playback software - now supports AMD UVD (Unified Video Decoder) technology on the newly released ATI Radeon HD 2400 series and ATI Radeon 2600 series graphics cards.CyberLink PowerDVD Ultra with support for AMD UVD technology is available now for $99.95. More information can be found here. Add a comment
CyberLink PowerDVD Ultra, which supports playback of Blu-ray Discs, HD DVDs, and DVDs, now offers support for AMD UVD Technology ensuring a high-quality playback experience with minimal power consumption on both Windows XP and Vista operating systems. With support for AMD UVD features like VC-1, MPEG-4 H.264 CABAC (Context-based Adaptive Binary Arithmetic Coding), Motion Compensation and iDCT (Inverse Discrete Cosine Transform), both desktop PC and notebook users will be able to enjoy enhanced video quality with incredibly low CPU consumption.
