Chinese Blu-ray players revealed at SinoCES

Posted in News by Nicr on the July 29th, 2008

Well, would you look at that. Just months after we heard whispers that the Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA) would be granting a handful or two of China-based manufacturers with Blu-ray licenses comes a slew of brochure shots proving that said scenario has apparently gone down. Or either Desay, Hotwell, Hualu a……

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Sony rolls out $55k professional BAE-VX1000 Blu-ray disc encoding system

Posted in News by Nicr on the July 29th, 2008

With the aim of putting making Blu-ray accessible for smaller studios, Sony Creative Software has released the BAE-VX1000 encoder for disc authoring. $55,000 buys a system capable of analyzing a film automatically and offering multiple bit rate versions to be compared later, or frame by frame encoding. The fi……

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China's Blu-ray competitor CBHD brings HD DVD back from the dead

Posted in News by Nicr on the July 29th, 2008

CBHD, née CH-DVD — the Chinese version of the now-deceased HD DVD format — is in production, gearing up for a fourth quarter launch. DigiTimes cites reports from enorth.com.cn that Shanghai United Optical Disc has laid out the first production line, although Taiwanese disc makers (already burned by ……

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First Blu-ray Disc testing center established in China

Posted in News by Nicr on the July 15th, 2008

Barely a month after hearing rumors that the Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA) would be granting licenses to 11 China-based manufacturers, in flies official word that the very first Blu-ray Disc testing center has been established in that very nation. CESI Technology, a contributor member of the BDA, is the luc……

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Sony expands Blu-ray operations in China

Posted in News by Nicr on the July 15th, 2008

Shanghai Xinsuo Music Co. is opening a plant capable of making 500,000 Blu-ray discs per month by the end of this year. It is touted as the premier Hollywood film disc supplier in the Chinese market, and a company 51 percent owned by Sony (the other 49 percent held by Shanghai Media Group) as it continues to ……

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Faster DVD and CD duplication

Posted in News by Nicr on the July 11th, 2008


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Posted in Featured Posts by Nicr on the July 8th, 2008

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Blue Ray Technologies opening America's largest Blu-ray Disc mastering facility

Posted in News by Nicr on the July 8th, 2008

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Pioneer's Blu-ray disc hits 400GB across 16-layers

Posted in News by Nicr on the July 8th, 2008

16-layers — that’s how many layers it takes to the hit the center of a 400GB Blu-ray disc, pops. That’s 25GB per layer just like those dual-layer 50GB discs available for retail. Best of all, the technique used by Pioneer is expected to be backward compatible with existing Blu-ray gear since the spe……

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Elvis: Viva Las Vegas Blu-ray disc hitting Wal-mart shelves in August

Posted in News by Nicr on the July 8th, 2008

We know you're looking forward to Country Music Television's two-hour TV event Elvis: Viva Las Vegas August 11 at 8 p.m., so why not preorder it on Blu-ray for delivery the day after? We can't think of a world where we wouldn't want to see Elvis' music performed and/or discussed by such l……

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