The Digital Entertainment Group (DEG) announced that it will present its third annual conference focusing on the current and emerging technologies surrounding Blu-ray Disc (BD) on Tuesday, November 2 at The Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles. According to the statement, the Blu-Con 2010 event is specifically designed to bring together a variety of creative, marketing …
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Denon UK announced the company’s first two-channel Blu-ray mini system, the RBD-X1000. According to the statement, the RBD-X1000 features 70W across its two channels and supports a variety of digital media such as Blu-ray Disc (including BD-Live), DVD and CD. Furthermore, it features Dolby Headphone (to deliver 5.1 channel surround sound over any pair of …
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ALCO Electronics, Inc. is launching its new RCA BRC3108 and BRC3109 portable Blu-ray Disc (BD) players in the U.S. According to published details, each unit plays 8 and 12 cm discs (Blu-ray, DVD, CD), features BONUSVIEW capability, a 16:9 10″ widescreen LCD display, composite and HDMI A/V output, two headphone jacks, four-hour rechargeable battery, stereo …
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Deluxe Digital Studios announced that it has registered over 100 million BD-Live disc inserts and forecasts this number to nearly double by the end of 2010. According to the statement, the actual usage data of the BD-Live disc inserts shows 60% were from North America, 35% from Europe and 5% from the rest of the …
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Yamaha Electronics Corporation announced its new RX-V667 3D AV receiver, ($599.95), BD-S667 Blu-ray Disc (BD) player ($329.95) and YID-W10 yAired wireless iPod/iPhone dock ($149.95). According to the statement, the 7.2-channel RX-V667 receiver provides full HD Audio decoding (Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio, as well as Dolby Digital Plus and DTS-HD High Resolution Audio) and …
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Toshiba America Consumer Products, L.L.C. announced the availability of its latest Blu-ray Disc (BD) players, the BDX2500 ($179.99) and BDX2700 ($249.99).
Sonic Solutions announced a licensing program for its US Patent 6,944,621. According to the statement, this patent allows for the updating and augmenting of multimedia content on portable storage media including Blu-ray Disc (BD), DVD, SD card, flash memory, UMD, and other update-able media. Applications for the Dynamic Content ‘621 patent include the BD-Live internet-connected …
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Imagion AG announced that it has authored “Grand Canyon Adventure: 3D Edition,” the first European Blu-ray 3D disc. The title is being showcased at the MEDIA-TECH Global Expo and Summit in Frankfurt and will be available in German stores at the end of June 2010 through Eurovideo. According to the statement, Imagion is the only …
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The British Video Association (BVA) announced that it is coordinating a promotional Blu-ray Disc (BD) bundle offer ahead of the FIFA World Cup in South Africa, being televised in HD for the first time. According to the statement, as part of the BVA’s continued campaign to promote the Blu-ray format it has brokered a partnership …
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Deluxe Digital Studios Inc. announced that it has served over 8 million movie trailers to Blu-ray Disc (BD) consumers through its BD-Live Trailer Pre-Roll technology and expects the total number to surpass 25 million by the end of 2010.
Denon Electronics announced two new 3D-ready universal Blu-ray Disc (BD) players. According to the statement, the new models include the DBP-2011UDCI ($799 available Aug.) and DBP-1611UD ($399 available June). Both units offer a broad range of features including BD-Live, Netflix and YouTube streaming, DVD-Audio and SACD playback as well as 3D capability (via fall firmware …
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