Sony to Deliver Blu-ray Titles on June 20
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment on Tuesday said it will deliver its first seven titles in the high-definition Blu-ray format to retail stores on June 20...
HD DVD Available in Europe For Christmas
HD DVD will be launched in Europe in the fourth quarter of this year, according to the HD DVD Promotion Group representatives. Olivier Van Wynendaele...
Taiwan CD-R disc Makers Fight Philips' Veeza
CMC Magnetics, Ritek, Prodisc Technology and Daxon Technology, the top four makers of CD-R discs in Taiwan, jointly filed a legal complaint with Taiwan's Fair...
First HD DVD-R and RW Media by Hitachi and Mitsubishi
Mitsubishi Chemicals and Hitachi Maxell have announced the release dates of the first HD DVD-R (recordable) and HD DVD-RW (Re-recordable) media, as well as the...
Primera and Taiyo Yuden Announce World's First, Glossy Water-Resistant Media
TuffCoat with WaterShield is the world's first water- and smear-resistant media with a glossy, photo-quality surface. Primera Technology announced its new TuffCoat with WaterShield CD-R...
Dual Layer DVD Re-writable Formats On the Way
Although it is uncertain whether there is a market demand for further developments on legacy optical storage formats, both DVD+RW Alliance and DVD Forum are...
AACS Content Protection Scheme Details
The HD DVD Promotion Group explained the Advanced Access Content System (AACS), the content protection scheme for the next generation HD optical disc formats, at...
Philips Completes Transfer of Optical Pick-up Unit to Arima Devices
Royal Philips Electronics today confirmed closure of the deal, as announced on 9 January 2006, to transfer Philips optical pick-up (OPU) business unit to Arima...
DCA & AudioDev/DaTARIUS Partners for Automated Testing of DVD, HD DVD & Blu-ray Discs
DCA announces AudioDev and DaTARIUS as partners in the DiscTag Enabled program, enabling HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc to automatically test & verify replicas. The...
ASUS Selects Nero 7 For New LS DVDRW At Computex 2006
Nero announced that its Nero 7 Essentials has been selected by ASUS to power demonstrations of its new DRW-1612BL LightScribe DVDRW drive at Computex 2006...
