News tagged with blu ray
Best Buy embraces digital delivery of home video
Nov 03, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Best Buy Co. is trying to nudge consumers away from its stores' DVD aisles by making it easier for them to rent and buy movies over high-speed Internet connections.
GE Shows Off 1TB DVD-Sized Disks at the Emerging Tech Conference
Sep 30, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- At the September '09 Emerging Tech Conference in Boston, GE announced it has been developing a 1TB DVD size disk that can be read by a modified Blu-ray player.
Panasonic Develops 50-inch Full HD 3D PDP and High-Precision Active Shutter Glasses
Sep 29, 2009 |
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Panasonic Corporation has developed a 50-inch Full HD 3D compatible plasma display panel (PDP) and high-precision active shutter glasses that enable the viewing of theater-quality, true-to-life 3D images in ...
Sharp's New Semiconductor Laser for Triple- and Quadruple- Layer Blu-ray Discs
Sep 18, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Sharp Corporation has announced the development of a new 500 mW semiconductor laser for triple- and quadruple- layer Blu-ray discs.
New Sony Blu-Ray Player Integrates Streaming Internet Video
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Sep 10, 2009 |
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Offering the best of full HD 1080p and streaming Internet video, Sony today introduced the BDP-N460 networked Blu-ray Disc player.
We all want the latest tech toy, study says
Sep 09, 2009 |
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Like it or not, we're now officially a nation of technology-obsessed, gadget-loving geeks.
Blu-ray drives seeing limited growth within PCs
Sep 02, 2009 |
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The sharp video quality of Blu-ray disc players, increases in the devices' technical capabilities and growth in the number of high-definition video titles has made the devices one of the most-popular consumer-electronics ...
Panasonic leans on 'Avatar' movie for 3-D pr blitz
Aug 21, 2009 |
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(AP) -- "Titanic" director James Cameron has signed on with Panasonic Corp. to promote new 3-D TVs.
Toshiba to join rival Blu-ray camp, plans products
Aug 10, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Having lost the video format war, Toshiba Corp. said Monday it will make Blu-ray disc products and plans to join the once-rival camp, the Blu-ray Disc Association.
Mitsubishi, Hitachi eye disc for cloud computing era
Aug 06, 2009 |
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Hitachi Ltd., Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. and some other organizations plan to jointly develop a next-generation optical disc that can store 25 times more data than a Blu-ray Disc, with the aim of putting the technology into ...
Toshiba launches Blu-ray after DVD setback: report
Jul 19, 2009 |
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Japan's Toshiba Corp. will enter the Blu-ray DVD market, more than a year after it gave up on its own next-generation format that failed to gain industry support, a report said.
General Electric Develops a 500GB Optical Disc
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Apr 27, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- G.E. has unveiled a 500 GB micro-holographic disc that is the same size as existing DVD's. The storage capacity is equivalent to 100 DVD's and is aimed at the archive industry but eventually ...
Netflix ups fees for Blu-ray amid rising demand
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Mar 30, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Online DVD rental leader Netflix Inc. is raising its prices for Blu-ray discs in a change that will triple or quadruple the high-definition surcharge on Netflix's most popular subscription plans.
