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News Every Blu-ray disc player - the consumer and industry standard for high-definition content delivery - includes Java technology. Sun officially started its JavaOne developer conference in San Francisco this week with a series of keynote...
[08 May 2008]
Comment Blu-ray on the other hand was a bigger undertaking that demanded significant industry retooling and a lot of additional cost. We already see super high definition formats such as SHD and SHD 3D being developed and demonstrated, with some initial...
[17 Mar 2008]
whitepaper The new version of Microsoft Windows, known as Windows Vista, "includes content protection infrastructure specifically designed to help ensure that protected commercial audiovisual content, such as newly released HD-DVD or Blu-Ray discs, can be...
[11 Jan 2008]
Comment Does Warner's move to support Blu-ray exclusively mean that HD DVD is dead? Would you do a Blu-ray add-on for Xbox? No doubt, that move is already taking place. But it's unclear whether Microsoft's dominance in the computer industry will carry over...
[08 Jan 2008]
News Would you support changing the DMCA to permit Americans to make a single backup copy of a DVD, Blu-ray Disc DVD, HD DVD, or video game disc they have legally purchased? Iraq, immigration, taxes and health care probably have been the four most...
[03 Jan 2008]
whitepaper The BD-ROM content protection system takes a three-pronged approach to content protection, offering state-of-the-art core cryptographic protection in the form of AACS, a physical-layer technology for the storage of key cryptographic secrets in the...
[06 Nov 2007]
Comment First, DVDs, HDVDs, Blu-ray et al will soon share the same fate as the floppy and CD - and will be overtaken by much cheaper and far more convenient hard drives of petabyte capacity. Ask yourself this simple question: when was the last time you...
[25 Oct 2007]
News AMD is contractually required to keep engineering details for technology such as Blu-ray and HD DVD display secret, Bar-Haim said. AMD has become the second of the three major graphics chip companies to decide it's a good idea to co-operate with...
[07 Sep 2007]
whitepaper The structure of a Blu-ray (BD) Disc fundamentally differs from the structure of a DVD/CD. Because the data layer on a Blu-ray disc is placed much "Closer" to the laser lens than on a DVD/CD, the laser beam provides more precision.
[25 Aug 2007]
Round-Up Just try and explain the difference between Blu-Ray and HD-DVD to the Round-Up and watch it whimper and try to find some contextual common ground with the VHS/Betamax debate, leading to yet more inter-generational confusion.
[27 Jul 2007]
Leader silicon.com certainly saw some cool gadgets - from a robot cleaner and the world's largest LCD screen (108 inches) to a digital sewing machine - and witnessed more of the Betamax-type format wars between Blu-Ray and HD-DVD.
[11 Jan 2007]
Comment The delay is due to Sony making the Blu-ray drive (next generation high capacity and high definition DVD format) central to the PS3; they are having problems building them in quantity. In effect, they are sacrificing PS3 to make Blu-ray the next...
[14 Nov 2006]
News By offering the drive as an Xbox add-on, Microsoft is hoping to win over consumers with a cheaper option than buying an all-new device to play next-generation Blu-ray or HD DVD discs. During his keynote speech at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES...
[05 Jan 2006]
News In looking at its prime opportunities for growth, Sony said it will focus on high-definition technologies, devices related to Blu-ray, mobile products and devices that can control a wide range of home electronics products.
[22 Sep 2005]
News Dell and Hewlett-Packard have officially joined the Blu-ray Disc Founders group, having announced their support of the format earlier this month. The Blu-ray Disc format uses blue laser light and is considered a successor to today's red-laser DVD...
[30 Jan 2004]
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