Category Archives: Blu-ray/HD DVD

Toshiba may not launch HD DVD products until 2006, breaking its previously stated deadline for the introduction of the technology. I tend to think this article’s time frame for BD in the US (3Q06) is WAY off – I don’t … Continue reading →

The Blu-ray Disc Association said Tuesday that it has settled upon the AACS rights-management system to secure its discs, together with an additional identification and update scheme.

Clear some extra space on the video shelf. The backers of Blu-ray and HD DVD are pushing ahead with product launches after failing to reach an agreement on merging the two next generation DVD formats.

Groups headed by Toshiba and Sony offering competing technologies for next-generation DVDs have given up efforts to develop a unified format, the Yomiuri newspaper reported Tuesday. In the immortal words of Bugs Bunny – “Of course, you know, this means … Continue reading →

Lions Gate Home Entertainment on Wednesday said it plans to release movies in the new high-definition digital format called Blu-ray, becoming the latest DVD distributor to endorse the technology.