Blu-ray Disc spec approved
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Next-generation DVD specification approved, clearing way for manufacturers to produce read-only disks.
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The Blu-ray Disc Association has added the MPEG-4 AVC and VC-1 video codecs to its specification for prerecorded Blu-ray Disc media, it says this week.
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Sony has won Disney&#39;s support for its Blu-ray Disc (BD) hi-definition video optical format. Disney&#39;s home video operation, Buena Vista Home Entertainment, said it will ship &quot;popular new releases and classic
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Company also says upcoming PlayStation 3 will support Blu-ray discs.
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Microsoft Corp's  Xbox video  gaming unit still fully backs Toshiba Corp's (6502.T) HD-DVD  high-definition DVD format but could consider supporting Sony  Corp's (6758.T) rival Blu-ray technology should consumers want  it, an executive said on Tuesday.
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Movie rental giant says it sees a clear enough trend among its customers to pinpoint Blu-ray as its format of choice, adding clarification to the DVD wars.
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A group of companies backing the Blu-ray DVD format announced plans to release camcorders that are compliant with the standard and can record on smaller disks than are currently available.
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In a statement to BetaNews this afternoon, a Toshiba spokesperson said that only a preliminary version of Toshiba's 51 GB three-layer, single-sided HD DVD format had been approved by the DVD Forum, caretaker of HD DVD. As it turned out, and as Toshiba's spokespersons may have only just now realized, the DVD Forum signed off on a preliminary specification, which may have been confused for the final specification because its version number is 1.9.
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This is fantastic news and could possibly make the HD-DVD format the winner over the competing Blu-Ray technology.... Two Japanese companies said Tuesday they have developed a DVD that can play on both existing
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A technology that allows movies to be downloaded and burned to blank DVDs using the same content-protection system as commercial discs received official approval.
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In an echo of the VHS/Betamax battles, the Blu-ray Disc Association announced yesterday that it has expanded its list of members and officially launched the organization, which is developing standards for next generation disc formats for video.
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The HD DVD format has won a battle in its ongoing war with rival optical format Blu-ray with the announcement that Universal Pictures is backing the technology.
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HD DVD or die! Microsoft today stressed that it believes HD DVD is the best optical disc for consumers and that it has no plans to support Blu-ray Disc on the Xbox 360, despite recent comments from company staffers that it might.â¦
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MacCentral - Engineers at NEC Corp. have developed a prototype optical disc drive that supports the new HD-DVD format and is also compatible with CD and DVD formats, they said Wednesday.
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La Blu-ray Disc Association a publiÃ© hier un communiquÃ© de presse donnant la liste exacte de ses membres. Cette derniÃ¨re est assez impressionnante et ce sont 73 constructeurs, dÃ©veloppeurs, Ã©diteurs ou
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Hardware manufacturers are in fix when it comes to settling down for a standard for DVDs. Toshiba, NEC and Sanyo are favoring a next-generation DVD standard called HD (high-definition) DVD while Sony and other
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JVC has joined the Blu-ray Disc Association, the company and association say in a statement issued this week. The Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA) is the group responsible for promoting the Blu-ray Disc optical