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12-08-06, 09:45 AM
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Distilled HiDef disc news - December 2006
December 28
* HD DVD reportedly cracked, but difficult to verify * '06 had Sony singing the blues * Toshiba's Next High-End HD DVD Player Set to Hit Shelves December 27 * NEC Electronics announced new "EMMA3" SoC for HD DVD player/recorder * DTS Licenses DTS-HD Master Audio Technology to World-Leading IC Companies * Report predicts disc downturn in '07 The analysts don’t believe sales of high-definition discs will be substantial enough to improve studio revenue next year. They also warn that the downturn could continue into 2008 unless high-def discs or digital downloads take off. December 26 * 'Superman Returns' Tops Amazon's 2006 High-Def Best Sellers Lists December 25 * CES - Toshiba plans aggressive HD DVD push at CES December 24 * Ultimate AV: PlayStation3 Blu-ray Disc Player review December 22 * Cyberlink launches PowerDVD Ultra for Playback of HD DVDs and Blu-Ray Discs * Blu-ray, HD DVD fight for high-definition market December 21 * PS3 Blu-Ray Remotes In The Wild * cdrinfo: LITE-ON BD B LH-2B1S Blu-Ray Drive review * DVD spells digital video decline Analyst says: "We suspect the risk to expectations is increasingly to the downside, with downside risk growing into 2008 unless there is a notable acceleration in next-gen DVD sales and/or a more attractive business model emerges for digital movie distribution."* European DVD sales dip 5% Rental market expected to fall by 7%
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Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows. -George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four Last edited by Grubert; 01-01-07 at 01:49 PM.. |
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December 20
* Paramount: 'Mission Impossible III' Top Selling Hi-Def DVD * NCH Releases ExpressBurn with Blu-Ray and HD-DVD Support * Ken Kutaragi sez: I "promise" an AV-centric PS3 December 19 * Buena Vista Quietly Goes VC-1 With 'Flightplan' Blu-ray * Sony BWU-100A Blu-ray drive gets playback upgrade * Germany: Toshiba delivery problems About 1,200 HD-E1s (flown in from China) will reach retail by Christmas. There are nearly 10,000 preorders.* Wicked Pictures, Dimension DVD Produce First Adult HD-DVD December 18 * Toshiba launches HD-E1 HD DVD player in the UK * areadvd: Toshiba HD-E1 review December 17 * Memory-Tech to roll out Chinese HD DVD discs * cdrlabs: Sony BWU-100A Blu-ray Disc writer review December 15 * anandtech: HD-DVD Playback - On the Xbox 360 & on NVIDIA GPUs * Xbox Live Marketplace vs HD DVD comparison * Impress Watch: Interview with Amir Majidimehr on HD DVD * Dr. Schenk supplies leading European HD DVD replicator December 14 * Variety: Blu-ray leads HD-DVD sales * Sony exec defends its manufacturing operations * Toshiba opens HD DVD café in Tokyo * Sonic Collaborates With Toshiba in Support of European HD DVD Launch Sonic to Distribute Toshiba's HD DVD Emulators and Verifier Technology* Taiwan makers: Blu-ray HD DVD stalemate may boost dual-format devices * Spain: Pirates of the Caribbean (Curse of the Black Pearl and Dead Man Chest) to launch in 2007 December 13 * Game Industry Up 16% through November The PS3 has sold 197,000 through November.* Sony Music BD replication at Shizuoka Main points translation* Singulus Technologies AG:Suppler of HD DVD Machines since 2005 - HD DVD starts Experts from Understanding & Solutions forecast a rise of the global DVD volumes from nearly 8 billion in 2006 to 8.5 billion in 2007 and even up to 9 billion by 2008. For Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD a rise is expected from 248 million discs in the next year to 623 million (2008) and 1.2 billion in 2009. December 12 * XBox 360 Video Marketplace * hometheaterblog: Toshiba's HD-A2: First Impressions * Toshiba HD DVD European Consumer Website is up December 11 * anandtech: HD Video Playback: H.264 Blu-ray on the PC * Lite-On IT launches its first BD burner in Japan Lite-On IT recently launched its LH-2B1S serial ATA Blu-ray Disc (BD) Triple Writer, the company's first BD burner, in Japan at a retail price of 70,000 yen (US$600), with the price significantly lower than BD burners offered by other vendors, according to industry sources in Taiwan.* Dell Moves Beyond High Definition with Blu-Ray Enabled Multimedia Notebook This holiday season, customers worldwide can purchase Dell XPS M1710 notebooks configured with Blu-ray technology. Pricing starts at approximately US$3,699.* Sony Blu-ray Recorder Hit Shops in Japan Sony's BDZ-V9 is equipped with a 500GB hard disk drive and supports recording of digital broadcastings to the HDD and single-layer BD-R/RE and of course, play-back of BD video. Price is about 300,000 yen ($2,600).
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Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows. -George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four Last edited by Grubert; 01-01-07 at 01:14 PM.. |
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12-08-06, 09:46 AM
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December 10
* Shootout: 3 Blu-ray Disc Players December 8 * Review: Sony BDP-S1 Blu-Ray Player * Toshiba HD-A2 on store shelves now December 7 * CD Freaks presents the LG GBW-H10N 4x Blu-ray drive review * Lite-On LH-2B1S Blu-Ray Disc Triple Writer Review * Panasonic focuses on Blu-ray's bigger picture December 6 * First HD DVD ROM Drive Announced in Japan * Rob Enderle: Optical HD Battle May Be Over: HD DVD Wins December 5 * [Dick] Parsons: DVD Format War 'Unfortunate' * Cymfony: A Blue Christmas for Blu-ray * eurogamer: Xbox 360 HD-DVD player Review * Playstation 3 not helping Blu-ray? November news are here.
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Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows. -George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four Last edited by Grubert; 01-01-07 at 01:13 PM.. |
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