Tag archive: optical storage solutions

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

“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