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Blu-ray disc capacities jump to 100GB

The storage capacity of Blu-ray discs is doubling, with companies including Sharp, TDK and Verbatim preparing to launch new discs that can store up to 100GB of data.

By Agam Shah | 30 July, 2010 04:48

Tags: blu-ray, Personal storage peripherals, sharp, storage, Verbatim

Blu-ray 3D, more TV models boosting 3D TV shipments

3D TV shipments are on the rise with the availability of more TV models and increasing movie and sports content in 3D, research firm DisplaySearch said on Wednesday.

By Agam Shah | 29 July, 2010 04:52

Tags: 3d, 3d TV, blu-ray, Components, displays, DisplaySearch

Blu-ray goes beyond movie distribution with new format

The Blu-ray Disc Association is stepping away from movie distribution with the latest Blu-ray format, instead focusing on data backup and recording of high-definition broadcast content, the association said on Wednesday.

By Agam Shah | 01 July, 2010 05:01

Tags: Blu-ray Disc Association, Personal storage peripherals, storage

128GB Blu-ray Disc format slated for release

The Blu-ray Disc Association this week announced plans to release a new commercial high-definition disc format that will offer up to 128GB of write-once capacity within months.

By Lucas Mearian | 07 April, 2010 07:32

Tags: blu-ray, Blu-ray Disc Association

Sony places bet on 3D movies, TV and games

Sony will next year launch a television capable of showing 3D images, it said on Wednesday at the IFA electronics fair in Berlin. The TV will be the first step in what is expected to be a big push by the consumer electronics company to popularize 3D movies, TV and computer games.

By Martyn Williams | 03 September, 2009 05:07

Tags: 3d, blu-ray, games, sony, television

Blu-ray tanks in PCs

Despite a rapid rise in the sale of consumer Blu-ray Disc players due to a drop in prices and an increase in high-definition movie content, Blu-ray players in PCs are not seeing any significant increase in sales, according to iSuppli Corp.

By Lucas Mearian | 26 August, 2009 05:48

Tags: blu-ray

Judge rules against RealDVD movie copying software

RealNetworks may have lost its bid to sell software that lets people copy DVD movies to their computer hard drive after a ruling on Tuesday.

By Dan Nystedt | 13 August, 2009 07:24

Tags: copyright, legal, realdvd, the pirate bay

Blu-ray disc sales up

The Digital Entertainment Group released its midyear report today, and Blu-ray Disc is a noteworthy bright spot.

By Melissa J. Perenson | 18 July, 2009 00:57

Tags: blu-ray

DreamWorks: 3D movies to double data storage requirements

DreamWorks Animation is releasing all of its films in stereoscopic 3D, more than doubling the amount of data storage capacity required to store its movies.

By Lucas Mearian | 22 June, 2009 08:13

Tags: 3d, dreamworks, HP

Multi-dimensional discs herald massive data storage

Researchers at a Melbourne University have come up with a “five dimensional” disc capable of storing 2000 times more data than a conventional DVD.

By Joshua Gliddon | 21 May, 2009 11:58

Tags: nanotechnology

Toshiba sues Imation and others over DVD patents

Toshiba filed suit Thursday in a U.S. court against Imation and several manufacturers and distributors of recordable DVD media for the alleged infringement of its patents.

By John Ribeiro | 18 May, 2009 04:30

Tags: DVD, imation, legal, patents, toshiba

LG Introduces Ultimate Storage Device: NAS with Blu-ray

LG Electronics may have found the ultimate tech-combo product. The N4B1, shown at CES, is a network attached storage (NAS) device with a built-in Blu-ray writer for backups.

By Melissa J. Perenson | 13 January, 2009 04:48

Tags: CES, lg, nas

Blu-ray Disc content market almost tripled in US in 2008

Sales and rentals of Blu-ray Disc content almost tripled in 2008 despite an overall downturn in the U.S. home entertainment market, an industry association reported at last week's Consumer Electronics Show.

By Martyn Williams | 13 January, 2009 07:54

Tags: blu-ray

LG adds to connected Blu-ray player lineup

At the Consumer Electronics Show Wednesday, LG introduced two Blu-ray players that offer access to on-demand streaming content from Netflix, CinemaNow, and YouTube. LG also took the wraps off three new Blu-ray Disc Home Theater Systems.

By Melissa Perenson | 08 January, 2009 06:43

Tags: blu-ray, CES, lg

Blu-ray dominates Christmas sales

Back before Thanksgiving I predicted that Blu-ray sales would suffer during the holiday season due to the high cost of both the player and HDTVs combined with the current economic recession, among other reasons. But after seeing the report from the British Video Association declaring Blu-ray sales have risen almost 400 percent for the 2008 holiday season over the same period of time last year, it is clear that I was wrong.

By Scott Nichols | 06 January, 2009 06:46

Tags: blu-ray

Restored DVD key to conviction in rape case

The recovery of data from a damaged DVD helped convict a US man of multiple rapes earlier this year.

By Lucas Mearian | 12 December, 2008 10:17

Tags: seagate

PS3 can read new 400 GB Blu-ray Disc

Pioneer is now showcasing the biggest Blu-ray disc ever that can hold 400 GB worth of data. The technology features 16 separate layers on a single-side Blu-ray disc with 25 GB storage capacity on each layer, which totals 400 GB. Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima must be giddy about the prospects, seeing as how he loves lengthy cutscenes and the highest definition assets possible.

By Travis Moses | 05 December, 2008 09:02

Tags: blu-ray, Playstation 3

Sanyo laser to enable faster, higher capacity Blu-ray Discs

Sanyo Electric has developed a blue laser diode that will help lay the ground toward higher capacity and faster Blu-ray Disc systems.

By Martyn Williams | 07 October, 2008 12:13

Tags: blu-ray

First 6X Blu-ray blank media now available

Imation Wednesday announced the first 6x Blu-ray recordable (BD-R) and Blu-ray recordable double layer (BD-R DL) media for the US retail market.

By Lucas Mearian | 18 September, 2008 07:58

Tags: blu-ray

Samsung sees death of Blu-Ray in five years

Sony is betting the PS3/Blu-Ray platform will be enough to drive sales for a full ten-year lifecycle, but don't tell that to Samsung. The South Korean maker of everything from TVs to Blu-Ray players thinks the HD disc format won't survive past five years.

By Jack Loftus | 05 September, 2008 10:05

Tags: blu-ray

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