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Blu-ray will be compatible with all countries
Sony has just decided to abolish copyright protection by region code for Blu-ray players and Blu-ray discs sold in the US and Japan. Last Tuesday, Sony announced all Blu…
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Blu-ray drives don't ... read Blu-ray discs
Sony, one of the names behind the Blu-ray format, seems to be in trouble with the built-in BWU-100A drive, already on the Australian market.
Computer science
Logitech introduced Blu-ray burner for Mac
While Blu-ray burners for Windows PCs have been on the market for a few months now, OS X seems to be forgotten. Logitech decided to fill that gap with an external burner…
Computer science
Devices can read Blu-ray and HD DVD burning discs
In order to help customers not be confused when choosing a new generation DVD player, Japanese company Ricoh has developed a component that can read and write all Blu-ra…
Computer science
There will be a 2-sided Blu-ray recorder in August
BenQ, Taiwan's leading maker of cell phones and computer components, will launch its first Blu-ray burner in August. However, its retail price will not be less than 1000…
Computer science
Blu-ray player appeared after much delay
HD DVD devices have been sold in the market for months, but the competition for DVD technology is now really open. Samsung's Blu-ray player is available at many retailer…
Computer science
The 200 GB Blu-ray disc is about to be available
Each class of new generation DVD now has the highest capacity of 25 GB. But Japan's TDK has just introduced a method that can combine 6 layers into products with the abo…
Computer science
Sony sells Blu-ray white disc
Sony has officially sold single-layer Blu-ray DVD discs on May 9, all of which are equipped with advanced Blu-ray burning technology called AccuCORE. Two-layer Blu-ray d…
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Two-layer Blu-ray DVD ... until June
On May 6, Sony officially announced the delay of the release of the two-layer Blu-ray DVD to June. Deciding to delay the release of Sony's dual-layer Blu-ray DVD will co…
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Pioneer introduces the first Blu-ray disc burner
A week after Panasonic introduced the Blu-ray Blu-ray Blu-ray optical drive (expected to go on sale from June 10), Pioneer also released the first Blu-ray burner named B…
Computer science
PC equipped with Blu-ray drive will be released in June
As soon as Toshiba announced a laptop equipped with the first HD DVD drive, Fujitsu also announced it would release a Bru-ray integrated PC player in June. If this state…
Computer science
The Blu-ray white disc started to ship
Japanese TDK is distributing white Blu-ray discs to retailers. 25 GB single record (recordable) will cost nearly 20 USD and rewritable disc with capacity of more than 24…
Computer science
Pioneer Blu-ray drive launched in early 2006
The US electronics company claims the next-generation optical disc drive, powered by Sony's BDR-101A, will be widely traded in the first quarter of next year. Pioneer dr…
Computer science
After Blu-ray, HD DVD and EVD are FVD
In the trend of developing a new generation of high-resolution optical disc formats, some Taiwanese companies have massively developed Forward Versatile Disc (FVD) stand…
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Optical disk terabyte
US researchers say the new technology will help them improve the storage capacity of optical discs, and only five to 10 such discs will be sufficient to contain all of t…