Category Archives: Formats

Blu-ray news update

Posted on Friday, October 12, 2007 by MegaZone

Five consumer electronics companies, Sony, Panasonic, Pioneer, Samsung, and Philips, and five movie studios, Gaumont, Columbia Tristar, Walt Disney, Pathé, and Warner Home Video, have formed a consortium to promote Blu-ray Disc in France. They’re goal is to place 600,000 … Continue reading →

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Blu-ray round up

Posted on Friday, October 5, 2007 by MegaZone

Following China’s recent adoption of the CH-DVD specification, which is based on HD DVD, the Blu-ray camp is also eying the Chinese market. The BDA has begun formal evaluation of a Chinese-developed video coded, AVS (Advanced Video System), and a … Continue reading →

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Toshiba and Microsoft form “Advanced Interactivity Consortium”

Posted on Thursday, October 4, 2007 by MegaZone

This isn’t very surprising really. Microsoft and Toshiba developed the HDi interactivity platform for HD DVD, and MS has built it into Windows Vista. When Toshiba had HD DVD rubber-stamped by the DVD Forum, HDi was standardized as ‘Advanced Navigation’. … Continue reading →

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A cheaper PS3 on the way – and a cheap HD DVD player is not so cheap

Posted on Tuesday, October 2, 2007 by MegaZone

First up, remember the low-cost Venturer SHD7000 HD DVD player I first mentioned in August? It was rumored to list for $199.99. Well, Format War Central found a pre-order listing for it at Target.com for $249.99, which claims it will … Continue reading →

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From the front lines of the format war

Posted on Tuesday, October 2, 2007 by MegaZone

Matsushita Electric Industrial is launching four new Blu-ray recorders in Japan on November 1, under their Panasonic brand, they announced at the CEATEC show in Japan. Matsushita is the world’s largest consumer electronics maker. They also plan to offer three … Continue reading →

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