Panasonic Corporation, Royal Philips Electronics, Sony Corporation and TDK Corporation announced that they will be honored with the 62nd annual Technology & Engineering Emmy Award for their contributions to the development of Blu-ray Disc (BD).
Singulus Technologies AG announced that it posed an operating loss of €5.0 million (US $7 million) in its third quarter and has reduced its 2010 sales outlook from €130-€135 million (US $180-187 million) to €118-€125 million (US $164-$173 million). Additionally, Singulus will continue to consolidate its optical disc business in Kahl am Main (Germany) by …
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.
EZPnP (Axxion Group) announced its EZDigiMagic DM220-BD stand-alone portable Blu-ray Disc (BD) backup burner. According to the statement, the EZDigiMagic DM220-BD is available now $699.
Pico House Co., Ltd. announced that it has launched its new Easy3D software for authoring Blu-ray 3D titles. According to the statement, Easy3D is a straightforward tool for creating Blu-ray 3D video discs from AVCHD files, such as those output by an NLE system or Panasonic’s AG-3DA1 full HD 3D camcorder. After selecting the source …
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Rimage Corp has published a new white paper entitled The Advantages of Optical Archiving, which discusses the importance of long-term archival data storage and argues the case for using recordable Blu-ray Discs (BD-R) over magnetic tapes and hard disk drives.
Some sad but not unexpected news today. Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. announced a number of severe actions aimed at dealing with eroding market conditions and an “extraordinary loss” within its recordable optical disc group. According to the statement, Taiyo Yuden will cut back its production of CD-R, DVD±R and BD-R media from a current level …
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Sony Optiarc America announced its new BDX-S500U slim, portable and external Blu-ray Disc (BD) rewritable drive for notebook, netbook and desktop PCs.
LG Electronics announced that it will allow Blu-ray Disc (BD) format implementers to use a number of the company’s patents without paying royalties.
Panasonic Corporation announced two new DIGA Blu-ray Disc recorders for the French market, the DMR-BW880 and DMR-BW780 (successors to the DMR-BW850 and DMR-BW750).
Sony Optiarc Europe GmbH announced its new BDX-S500U 6x Blu-ray Disc (BD) writer. According to the statement, the external mobile BDX-S500U features a tray-loading design as well as USB 2.0 interface and writes BD-R SL discs at up to 6x speed, BD-R DL discs at 4x, DVD±R SL at 8x, DVD±R DL at 4x, DVD-RAM …
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