One-Blue Patent Licensing Program for Blu-ray Launches April 1st

One-Blue, LLC announced that on April 1, 2011 it plans to launch its “one-stop shop” essential patent license program for Blu-ray Disc (BD) products.

Pioneer Unveils BDR-206MBK Blu-ray BDXL Writer

Pioneer Electronics (USA) Inc. announced its new BDR-206MBK Blu-ray Disc recorder ($199), which reads, writes and rewrites all CD, DVD and Blu-ray formats including BD-R XL and BD-RE XL.

Pioneer Launches Blu-ray BDXL Burner

Pioneer Japan announced its new BDR-206MBK, a PC-based Blu-ray Disc (BD) recorder compatible with the new BDXL format. According to the statement, in addition to BD-R and BD-RE 25GB (single-layer) and 50GB (dual-layer) discs, the BDR-206MBK reads and writes BD-R XL 100GB (triple-layer) and 128GB (quadruple-layer) as well as BD-RE XL 100GB (triple-layer) discs.

Sharp Unveils Quattron 3D with Built-in BDXL Recorder

Sharp Corporation announced that it will release two models in its new LB Series of AQUOS Quattron 3D LCD TVs. According to the statement, the latest 52″ (LC-52LB3) and 46″ (LC-46LB3) LB Series HDTVs employ Sharp’s four-primary-colour technology and feature 3D-compatible Blu-ray Disc (BD) recorders that can read and write BDXL discs, which can hold …

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CyberLink Power2Go 7 Burns BDXL Blu-ray

Although compatible computer recorders have yet to be released and blank discs promise to be scarce and deathly expensive, CyberLink Corp. has taken the plunge and announced that its Power2Go 7 software will support the new 100/128 GB writable BDXL Blu-ray Disc (BD) format.