Samsung BD-UP5000 BD/HD DVD Player Launches in Autumn
Samsung announced that it will introduce the BD-UP5000, a dual format High-Definition (HD) optical disc player, next October. The announcement was made by Samsung's representatives...
Europe Raises Antitrust Concerns Over Blu-Ray, HD DVD
The ongoing competition between Blu-ray and HD DVD to secure Hollywood's support, has been the focus of the European Union's antitrust regulator, who has asked...
Audio Watermark Licensing Started For Blu-Ray and HD DVD
Verance Corp today announced the availability of its audio watermark technology for licensing by manufacturers of Blu-ray and HD DVD players and components. Audio Watermark...
Panasonic Develops 4x Blu-Ray Burner
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd announced today the development of a new Blu-Ray drive capable of recording at 4x on single/dual layer BD-R media. Key...
Blu-Ray, HD DVD Dual Disc Plans Delayed Until 2008
Warner Home Video is reportedly pushing the launch of its dual-format high-definition disc, Total HD, into 2008, from the second half of this year, as...
Blu-Ray Disc Association to Offer BD Movies For Free
The Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA) announced an online promotion plan over the following months, offering consumers five free BD movies with each BD player or...
Pioneer BD-ROM BDC-202 Review
Pioneer's first DVD/BD-ROM combo drive is a few days away from the market shelves, and CDRinfo had the chance to examine its performance ...
Pioneer BD-ROM BDC-202
Pioneer turns out to be a pioneer once again in the optical storage market with the release of the new BDC-202 (OEM) or BDC-S02 (retail) drive.
Maxell, TDK Release BD-R DL Media
Japanese Maxell and TDK introduced their new double-layer Blu-Ray Recordable Media, for 1~2x recording. Maxell's new BD-R DL media offers a maximum capacity of 50GB,...