Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP announced that it continues to pursue evidence in a nationwide class action lawsuit accusing large manufacturers of optical disc drives used in CD, DVD and Blu-ray players of price fixing. According to the statement, the civil suit was filed in the U.S. District Court in California (April 6, 2010, docket …
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Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. announced its new Blu-ray Disc (BD) Combo, the SH-B123 optical disc drive (ODD), which reads BD-ROMs at up to 12X, CDs at up to 48X, and DVDs at a maximum speed of 16X. According to the statement, with Samsung’s new internal Blu-ray drive, users can watch HD movies on their PCs …
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Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. announced that its new slim external DVD writer, the SE-S084D optical disc drive (ODD), is now available worldwide. According to the statement, featuring a sleek design with a stylish metallic centerline, the SE-S084D won an iF Product Award Design, sponsored out of Hannover, Germany. The SE-S084D features a rounded shape and …
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Vizio announced that many of its newest high performance products and technologies found greater success in Q1 2010. According to the statement, notable among these are the growth in LED and large screen (50″+) HDTVs that resulted in an average selling price that grew 27% for the quarter. Vizo, which sold 1.066 million LCD HDTVs …
DivX, Inc. announced that over 300 million DivX devices have now shipped into the global market from consumer electronics manufacturers.
LOVEFiLM announced it has launched the latest extension of its service in the direct-to-TV market on new Samsung TVs.
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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Consumer Reports announced that it tested several new 3D HDTV sets in its labs and found that the sets live up to their advance billing, but the average consumer shouldn’t rush out to buy one. According to the statement, Consumer Reports evaluated two 46-inch Samsung LCD sets (UN46C7000 $2,600 ; UN46C8000, $2,800) and a 50-inch …
The Digital Entertainment Group (DEG) announced its creation of a 3D working group to promote the latest developments in 3D home entertainment.
SES ASTRA and Samsung Electronics announced that they will jointly promote 3D television to the market. According to the statement, under the terms of the agreement, Samsung will support SES ASTRA with 3D television content for its new 3D demo channel to be launched on 4 May 2010. The demo channel will be broadcast free-to-air …
The DVD6C Licensing Group (DVD6C) announced that on January 15, 2010, Toshiba, the authorized licensor for DVD6C, filed demands for arbitration to collect royalties allegedly due under DVD6C patent licenses with Duplium Corporation (Canada), Advanced Duplication Services LLC (USA), MAF Diskettes s.r.l. (Italy) and Bestdisc Technology Corporation (Taiwan).