Mind-blowing 14 minute video podcast that takes you behind the scenes at Imation’s plant for making blank HD-DVD and Blu-ray discs. Shows the whole process from mastering to production. If you use optical media, you have to see this…
Archive for October, 2006
How Blank HD-DVD and Blu-ray Discs Are Made
October 26, 2006The 10 Devices That May Settle the High-Def Disc War
October 25, 2006Current high-def disc players on the market showed that HD DVD has an early lead, there are many exciting new devices on the horizon. Three key battlefronts loom, where either format may emerge the victor: video game consoles, dedicated players and computers. Expect these ten Blu-ray and HD DVD devices to carry the flag for both camps.
Apple to back both HD-DVD and Blu-Ray?
October 21, 2006When Apple joined the Blu-ray Disc Association in March 2005, the move was seen as a coup for Blu-ray and blow to the competing HD-DVD format, but documents recently obtained by Think Secret indicate that Apple may in fact be planning to support both formats equally.
Games already filling 25GB Blu-Ray discs – Harrison // PlayStation 3
October 19, 2006Launch titles for the PlayStation 3 are already “getting up close” to the 25GB limit on current Blu-Ray discs, according to Sony’s worldwide studios boss Phil Harrison, who was responding to criticism of the PS3’s adoption of Blu-Ray.
Hollywood Second Guessing Blu-ray Support – Studio Moving to HD DVD?
October 19, 2006From Variety: “PS3 was a huge deal in our coming aboard Blu-ray,” confirms one top home entertainment exec. “I’m not sure we would have signed on if we had known then what we know now.” Home Theater Blog adds that HD DVD has established a “beachhead”… and says one Blu-ray studio will announce HD DVD support before the end of the year.
Sony’s Blu-ray Player Delayed Yet Again
October 19, 2006Sony’s BDP-S1 has been delayed, again, three times to be exact. (at least that
’s my count) Originally scheduled for release on August 15th the player was then bumped back to October 25th and now SonyStyle.com states new window “Targeted Availability: On or about December 4, 2006”.
Panasonic DMP-BD10 Blu-ray player reviewed
October 17, 2006From engadget, a review of the Panasonic DMP-BD10 is the second standalone Blu-ray player to become available. An excerpt from the article:
”Compared to the Samsung BD-P1000 player, reviewers note a slightly better picture quality and load times, plus excellent audio output. It doesn’t support next-gen lossless audio codecs like Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD out of the box but, those are promised for a future firmware update. Negatives include a clunky remote and lack of BD-Live connectivity that will be present in the PlayStation 3.”
Winner of the HD-DVD vs BLU-RAY war? BOTH!
October 12, 2006NEC Electronics, a Japanese producer of chips, on Tuesday said it has built a dual-format chip capable of playing discs in both the HD DVD and Blu-ray next generation DVD formats
—an announcement that could help put an end to the war between the two …
Blu-ray and HD DVD Missing Early Projections by Almost 60%
October 12, 2006While there has been much focus on the developing battle between Blu-ray and HD DVD, it seems that both formats are underperforming with consumers in the early going. Thus far, only $30M has been spent by consumers on the new formats, $25M on hardware and $5M on software, as reported by Reuters.
