DVD recorders shipped in Japan more than doubled in 2004 and will likely see another strong year as the technology gets cheaper, a research house said on Tuesday.
China's Ministry of Information Industry (MII) announced on its Chinese-language website on February 23 the adoption of the domestically developed EVD (enhanced versatile disc) as a national DVD-player standard.
[World News]: New York, Feb 5 : Six leading technology companies have formed a consortium to make an optical disc that could store a few hundred movies.
It may sound like something that would be found on the Starship Enterprise, but the Holographic Versatile Disc is apparently the next (next) generation of optical storage.
Seamless Animated Video Background Clips Enable Users to Generate Professional-Quality DVD Motion Menus from Their DesktopPine Hill, AL (PRWEB) February 3, 2005 -- DVD-Makers.com, the leading DVD Resources Web site for business, education and consumer users, has unveiled its latest custom animation products, DVD motion menu video backgrounds for its subscribers. More than 160 high quality 3D seamless looping MPEG-2 video animations are available. The video clips can be used for a range of purposes and media, and enable users to produce high-quality DVD movies from their desktop. DVD Motion Menu Backs are just one of several new products in the works for DVD-Makers.com with several hundred DVD Templates coming in the next few weeks.
Blu-ray offers up to 50 GB of capacity, while HD DVD tops out at 30 GB. HD DVD, however, seems to be ahead of Blu-ray in getting to market. The conflict will come down to a confrontation, with one of the two eventually dying, according to Andy Parsons of Pioneer.
Almost 100 titles will be available on the next-gen DVD format, studios say.
Groups backing both next-generation DVD formats spelled out their plans at the Consumer Electronics show in Las Vegas this week The battle over next-generation DVD formats heated up on Thursday as groups supporting two incompatible and competing technologies introduced new partners and revealed further details of what consumers and manufacturers can expect to see from them in the coming year.
JVC has developed prototype read-only discs that can contain data stored in both the DVD and high-capacity Blu-ray Disc formats. They are the first discs that are able to contain data in both formats, a company spokesperson says.
NEC Corporation has announced that it has completed the development of technology capable of playing back HD DVDs, DVDs, and CDs with a single optical head, enabling creation of the world's first half height size drive suitable for desktop computer installation.
When you decide to buy your new DVD player you'd better be ready to choose sides, or you could find yourself staring at a blank screen.
Toshiba, Sanyo, NEC and Memory Tech yesterday formally opened the doors for the HD DVD Promotion Group, positioning the consortium head to head with the Blu-ray Disc Association in the battle for the hearts and minds of content providers, hardware suppliers and consumers.
The introduction of a new hybrid CD/DVD format that record companies hoped would boost the recovery of music sales has been delayed.
Video Without Boundaries to Deploy Broadband Media Center with DVD Recording; Announces Availability of MediaREADY(TM) 4000+RW
Newest Offering From Company Cuts DVD Recording Time in Half DIAMOND BAR, Calif., Sept. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Advanced Media, Inc., a subsidiary of RITEK Corporation, the world's largest optical media manufacturer, announced today the addition of ultra fast, new 16x DVD+R discs to its RIDATA brand lineup of high quality recordable media. The new discs will be available through selected retailers, RIDATA distributors and at various online outlets in September.
Sonic Ships eDVD 3; Provides Professional DVD Authors with World's Most Reliable Web Linking Solution
Panasonic Introduces an Expanded Network Connectivity DVD Recorder; In-home Video Transfer by LAN and Remote Programming by Cell Phones is Now a Reality
Lawsuits have forced the closure of 321 Studios, a developer of software for copying DVDs, according to a notice posted on the company's Web site.
Press release: Samsung has announced the newest entry in its optical disc drive family, the Writemaster TS-H552B 16X DVD ReWritable drive. The double layer-capable TS-H552B supports all the popular DVD recordable/rewritable formats. The TS-H552B provides double-layer data storage up to 8.5GB in one disc with supported DL media. To reduce noise when recording or reading at high speeds, the TS-H552B features Samsung's Silent Pulse Width Modulation (SPWM) technology and an Automatic Ball Balancing System (ABS).
Imation Corp., which saw its earnings drop this year because of stiff price competition in recordable DVDs, has launched a new product it hopes will keep it near the head of the DVD pack.
Blu-ray on Wednesday said Microsoft Corp. has won the DVD technology group's backing of a video compression standard for new high-definition discs, marking an advance for the software maker in an emerging consumer electronics arena.
Microsoft's VC-1 advanced compression video codec has been certified to be used in the emerging HD-DVD market.
With its acquisition of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Sony is one step closer to its vision of linking hardware and content, and to winning the key battle for the next-generation DVD.
Walt Disney has agreed to "express regret" to people who bought the DVD, and to inform the public whenever it makes changes to films in the future (this applies to all Disney DVD releases in Japan, not merely Spirited Away). In addition, Disney has agreed to replace the plaintiff's DVDs and give them each 10,000 yen (US$90).