Tag archive: Maureen Weber

HP today straddled the fence in the next generation optical disc wars as they announced their support for the HD-DVD format being backed by the Toshiba camp in addition to already stated support for Sony's Blu-ray Disc. This latest twist comes as different players in the computer and media industries continue to shift around and/or announce single support allegiances. HP, trying to gap the widening field between the two… Read More

The Blu-Ray format includes next-generation technology for storing high definition TV content (HDTV), provides greater storage capacity, and adopts core video formats such as MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 AVC. PowerDVD–the world's leading PC playback software–and burning applications–Power2Go, InstantBurn, PowerProducer–are Blu-ray ready. “CyberLink's participation at IFA Berlin with BDA is a great chance to… Read More

The Blu-ray Disc Association announced today they had adopted what they consider to be a comprehensive content management system for their new media format which will help fight piracy. This new system, the association said, includes three main components. Advanced Access Content System, which is the foundation of the content management system, is

In the early days, war between the two futuristic disc formats would be decided not by sales, but instead by polls. And the winner of one of these early skirmishes would be Blu-ray Disc, trumping HD-DVD as the favorite amongst a random sampling of potential viewers. The poll, conducted by Penn, Schoen and Berland Associates, concluded consumers

As the DVD format wars continue to unravel, the current theme seems to be telling us that the gaming and computing industries will continue to support the Blu-ray storage format while Hollywood pushes ahead with support for HD DVD on the home video side. “Blu-ray Disc offers a compelling, interactive entertainment and gaming platform that leaps substantially past current DVD standards,” said Eric Chu, director, consumer and… Read More

JVC becomes one of the first companies to join the newly formed Blu-ray Disc Association. The BDA was created to broaden the opportunities for other companies to help develop, promote and establish Blu-ray Disc as an industry standard for high-definition optical storage. “JVC's decision to join in the development and promotion of the Blu-ray Disc format adds to the tremendous support we enjoy within the consumer electronics… Read More

The BDA supports the continued development and promotion of the Blu-ray Disc (BD) format. Earlier this year, membership was opened to organizations interested in promoting the Blu-ray Disc (BD) format. The growth in membership follows the recent announcement by Sony that PlayStation 3 will support the Blu-ray Disc format and by Twentieth Century Fox that it would join the Association as a member of its Board of Directors. “We believe… Read More

“With the addition of the MPEG-4 AVC High-Profile codec, we are offering content owners maximum functionality and flexibility for their high-definition packaged media,” said Blu-ray Disc spokesperson Maureen Weber, general manager of HP's Optical Storage Solutions Business. “This is just one more example of Blu-ray Disc's commitment to be the best medium for high-definition packaged media.” Video codecs… Read More

“We've been committed to adding advanced codecs to enrich the Blu-ray Disc format,” said Blu-ray Disc spokesperson Maureen Weber, general manager of HP's Optical Storage Solutions Business. “We want to offer content providers a variety of compression codecs to suit their various needs. With the addition of Microsoft's VC-1, we extend that option in a package that makes Blu-ray Disc's capacity… Read More

The Blu-ray Disc Founders approved the BD-ROM physical specification within the general timeframe originally outlined in the BD-ROM development roadmap. The completion of the physical specification is an important step because it provides disc manufacturers with the information they need to prepare their BD-ROM disc production lines. “Blu-ray Disc (BD) is on schedule for companies to introduce BD-ROM players, drives and prerecorded… Read More

The products will be based on the DVD+R format championed by Philips, HP, and other members of the DVD+RW Alliance. Philips will follow up, probably in the second half, with a home recorder that records onto the dual-layer DVD+R discs, which almost double the capacity of single-layer DVD+R discs to 8.5GB from 4.7GB. The write-once discs match the capacity of prerecorded dual-layer DVDs and are readable by existing DVD drives and movie… Read More

Philips Electronics introduces a new DVD+R/+RW data drive that offers high-speed 8x recording on DVD+R and 4x rewrite speeds on DVD+RW. With this DVDRW824 consumers are able to create a full 4.7 GB DVD+R disc in about half of the time of competing DVD recording drives. Next to its high-speed DVD recording, the DVDRW824 features 12x DVD read, 24x CD-R write, 10x CD-RW rewrite and 40x CD read speeds. Like all Philips DVD recording products,… Read More