Sony, Matsushita, Sharp to launch Blu-ray Disc camcorders in 2005 ...
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TOKYO (AFX) - Firms that are supporting one of the next-generation optical DVD formats, the Blu-ray Disc, plan to release camcorders that record on smaller versions of the discs as early as 2005, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun reported, without citing sources.
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Sony is previewing a new camcorder that takes video in digital high-definition quality for consumers. The four pound (HDR-FX1) device is set to go one sale next month in Japan and around the world by the end of the year.
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Latest camcorders enable users to record on formats ranging from mini-DVDs to memory cards to hard drives. With Hitachi, users get all three.
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Sharp Corp (6753.T) said it would launch  a Blu-ray high-definition DVD recorder with a 1-terabyte hard  disk drive (HDD), the world&#39;s largest storage capacity on any  Blu-ray recorder, as it competes with the HD DVD camp.
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Sony Corp  said it will launch four models of new Blu-ray high-definition optical disc recorders in November in Japan, as its format battle with the HD DVD camp heats up.
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Japan's Matsushita Electric Industrial   Co. 6752.T said on Wednesday it would start selling two new   Blu-ray DVD recorders in Japan on November 15, heating up a   format battle for next generation optical disc technology.
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Nec con HD DVD e Sony con Blu-ray hanno infatti previsto il rilascio dei primi drive interni per PC a laser blu intorno alla metÃ  del 2005. NEC, oltre ad essere impegnata nello sviluppo di un&#39;unitÃ  HD DVD
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Nov. 30--NEW YORK -- Sony Corp. and Toshiba Corp. said Monday they will launch digital consumer appliances with highly advanced semiconductors in 2006.
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Sharp officially released to the Japanese market yesterday the first Blu-ray Disc recorder console to record high-definition TV content directly. But Sharp's solution to the problem of securing the digital connection between the recorder and TV tuner could become controversial: It requires a dedicated link to the company's own Aquos brand HDTV units.
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Japan's Matsushita Electric Industrial  Co. (6752.T) said on Wednesday it would start selling two new  Blu-ray DVD recorders in Japan on November 15, heating up a  format battle for next generation optical disc technology.
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Sony Corp (6758.T) said it will launch  four models of new Blu-ray high-definition optical disc  recorders in November in Japan, as its format battle with the  HD DVD camp heats up.
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Sony Corp. (6758.T) said on Wednesday it  will launch a DVD recorder using Blu-ray technology by the end  of the year in Japan, fortifying its lineup of high-definition  optical disc products.
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Sony is poised to kick off the launch of its next-generation DVD technology, announcing the release of high-definition Blu-ray movies from a number of major film studios in conjunction with new hardware on which to play them.
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By Mai Iida, Kyodo News International, Tokyo  Sep. 20--TOKYO -- Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. said Wednesday it  will market the world's first Blu-ray DVD recorders with replay functions on  Nov.
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Sony is planning to launch a Blu-ray Disc player in the middle of this year that's significantly cheaper than many current models on the market.
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Japan's Toshiba Corp. 6502.T will  introduce laptop computers with HD DVD technology in December  2005, aiming to pressure rivals in the battle over formats for  next-generation DVDs, the Nihon Keizai daily said on Wednesday.
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Fuji Photo Film, better known by its FujiFilm brand name, will begin selling 16X DVD+R media and double-layer DVD+R media later this year.