Seriously... As Sega's CEO, I make sure to keep tabs on ALL my employee's online handles!
BR/HD-DVD Thread
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Ty said:
Well, the last update is this, from IGN:
Codec Comparison on doom9.org
http://www.doom9.org/index.html?/codecs-104-1.htm
Interesting? yeah, while it isn't HD it does tell something about how "even" the codecs are right now.
http://www.doom9.org/index.html?/codecs-104-1.htm
Interesting? yeah, while it isn't HD it does tell something about how "even" the codecs are right now.
Izzy said:
<center><img src=http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/av/docs/20041005/ceat2_02.jpg height=300 width=409>
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Hot. Things are starting to pick up steam. ^_^ Gots ta love it.
JVC Creates Blu-ray/DVD Combo Disk
Japanese electronics giant JVC has unveiled a Blu-ray/DVD combination disk designed to ease the transition from traditional DVD content to next-generation high definition video.
The new disk supports both types of content, has a storage capacity of 33.5 GB, and uses a triple-layer structure, including an outside Blu-ray disk (BD) layer and inner DVD dual layer, based on JVC's high-performance reflective film technology.
With that much storage, JVC envisions releases that combine video content with commercials, music or games on a single disk. The company is also working on a combo disk with 58.5 GB storage capacity.
Japanese electronics giant JVC has unveiled a Blu-ray/DVD combination disk designed to ease the transition from traditional DVD content to next-generation high definition video.
The new disk supports both types of content, has a storage capacity of 33.5 GB, and uses a triple-layer structure, including an outside Blu-ray disk (BD) layer and inner DVD dual layer, based on JVC's high-performance reflective film technology.
With that much storage, JVC envisions releases that combine video content with commercials, music or games on a single disk. The company is also working on a combo disk with 58.5 GB storage capacity.
<center>Sun Microsystems Joins Blu-ray Disc Association as Contributing Member
Company's Java Technology Boosts the Many Interactive Features that Set Blu-ray Disc Apart as a Revolutionary Step in Home Entertainment</center>
Company's Java Technology Boosts the Many Interactive Features that Set Blu-ray Disc Apart as a Revolutionary Step in Home Entertainment</center>
[url=http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050106/66039_1.html said:
<center> Electronic Arts, Vivendi's Game Unit Join Blu-ray Disc Group </center>
Good call Ty! The PR isn't even up at their IR yet... odd.
<center>Bandai Visual Joins the Blu-ray Disc Association</center>
[url=http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=conews&tkr=SNE:US said:
Good call Ty! The PR isn't even up at their IR yet... odd.
<center>Bandai Visual Joins the Blu-ray Disc Association</center>
[url=http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20041221005186&newsLang=en said:
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CES: Blu-Ray rules out merger with HD-DVD camp
The Blu-Ray Disc Association (BRDA) flexed its muscles at the Consumer Electronics Show by announcing four key new members to its group. It dismissed suggestions that its technology could merge with the competing HD DVD format.
A spokesperson from Blu-Ray said several CES visitors had suggested the two technologies should come together to ease the transition to a ubiquitous next-generation DVD standard.
But Blu-Ray backers - including Sony, HP, Philips and Sharp - aren't prepared to compromise, and with Sun Microsystems, Texas Instruments,
Electronic Arts (EA) and Vivendi announcing their backing for the standard at CES, the BRDA believes it's in an even stronger position.
'Blu-ray Disc has the capacity, functionality and interactivity we need for the kind of projects we have in mind, said Scott Cronce, EA's worldwide studio chief technical officer.
The BRDA said that its specification - supporting 50GB on a single side - holds 66 per cent more data than HD DVD, and has added benefits in durability, versatility and security.
But HD DVD, backed by NEC, Toshiba and Sanyo, among other companies, is likely to be cheaper to produce.
'What has to be given up to unify the two standards? Practically everything. It's too important to compromise,' said a BRDA spokesperson.
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/67759/ces-bluray-rules-out-merger-with-hddvd-camp.html
Philips will be revealing its prototype all-in-one PC writer that reads and writes CD, DVD and Blu-ray Discs. The demonstration will be held on the Philips booth #9004 at the CES 2005 exhibition. The introduction of this unique all-in-one PC writer is scheduled for the second half of 2005.
The PC drive utilizes Philips' latest compact OPU81 triple-laser optical pick-up unit in which separate infra-red, red and blue lasers share the same optical pathway to provide Blu-ray Disc read/write capabilities as well as read/write compatibility with DVD and CD. This compact optical pick-up unit is based on a flexible architecture, allowing future speed improvements to be easily and cost-effectively implemented.
"With the introduction of this new product concept we have created the ultimate consumer product" said Cor Saris , CEO of Philips Optical Storage. " Combining the success of CD and DVD Recording with the BluRay Recording formats into one PC writer will accelerate the acceptance of this new format in the PC and Consumer market."
Blu-ray Disc is the most advanced new optical storage standard that will satisfy all next-generation requirements in terms of storage capacity, data speeds, copy protection, interactivity, convenience and cost. As consumers worldwide gain access to high-definition TV (HDTV) through cable, satellite and terrestrial channels, they are not going to be satisfied with less than equal quality in their video recordings. Blu-ray Disc is the only format with the capacity of 25 Gbytes on a single-layer disc and 50 Gbytes on a dual layer disc, to offer full-length feature movie playback using high-definition MPEG2 encoding ? the native compression technique for HDTV broadcasts ? or even more with advanced codecs, like AVC. In addition, for pre-recorded packaged media, Blu-ray Disc has sufficient capacity to include bonus materials and interactive sessions for an unparalleled entertainment experience. For PC users archiving photographs or video and other data on the hard disk, Blu-ray Disc is the only recordable/re-writable format that provides such a quantum leap in optical storage capacity and gives a seamless experience between PC and CE environments.
Philips is yet again at the forefront of supporting the establishment of Blu-ray Disc as the ultimate long-lasting standard that will take the industry forward in a quantum leap instead of a succession of incremental and consumer confusing steps.
Promoted by the world's leading consumer electronics, PC, disc replication manufacturers and movie studios, the global standardization activity for Blu-ray Disc has already attracted a total membership of more than 90 companies to the Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA). The BDA includes companies from every part of the value chain in high quality video and multi-media delivery.
http://www.dvd-recordable.org/Article1720.phtml
The Blu-Ray Disc Association (BRDA) flexed its muscles at the Consumer Electronics Show by announcing four key new members to its group. It dismissed suggestions that its technology could merge with the competing HD DVD format.
A spokesperson from Blu-Ray said several CES visitors had suggested the two technologies should come together to ease the transition to a ubiquitous next-generation DVD standard.
But Blu-Ray backers - including Sony, HP, Philips and Sharp - aren't prepared to compromise, and with Sun Microsystems, Texas Instruments,
Electronic Arts (EA) and Vivendi announcing their backing for the standard at CES, the BRDA believes it's in an even stronger position.
'Blu-ray Disc has the capacity, functionality and interactivity we need for the kind of projects we have in mind, said Scott Cronce, EA's worldwide studio chief technical officer.
The BRDA said that its specification - supporting 50GB on a single side - holds 66 per cent more data than HD DVD, and has added benefits in durability, versatility and security.
But HD DVD, backed by NEC, Toshiba and Sanyo, among other companies, is likely to be cheaper to produce.
'What has to be given up to unify the two standards? Practically everything. It's too important to compromise,' said a BRDA spokesperson.
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/67759/ces-bluray-rules-out-merger-with-hddvd-camp.html
Philips will be revealing its prototype all-in-one PC writer that reads and writes CD, DVD and Blu-ray Discs. The demonstration will be held on the Philips booth #9004 at the CES 2005 exhibition. The introduction of this unique all-in-one PC writer is scheduled for the second half of 2005.
The PC drive utilizes Philips' latest compact OPU81 triple-laser optical pick-up unit in which separate infra-red, red and blue lasers share the same optical pathway to provide Blu-ray Disc read/write capabilities as well as read/write compatibility with DVD and CD. This compact optical pick-up unit is based on a flexible architecture, allowing future speed improvements to be easily and cost-effectively implemented.
"With the introduction of this new product concept we have created the ultimate consumer product" said Cor Saris , CEO of Philips Optical Storage. " Combining the success of CD and DVD Recording with the BluRay Recording formats into one PC writer will accelerate the acceptance of this new format in the PC and Consumer market."
Blu-ray Disc is the most advanced new optical storage standard that will satisfy all next-generation requirements in terms of storage capacity, data speeds, copy protection, interactivity, convenience and cost. As consumers worldwide gain access to high-definition TV (HDTV) through cable, satellite and terrestrial channels, they are not going to be satisfied with less than equal quality in their video recordings. Blu-ray Disc is the only format with the capacity of 25 Gbytes on a single-layer disc and 50 Gbytes on a dual layer disc, to offer full-length feature movie playback using high-definition MPEG2 encoding ? the native compression technique for HDTV broadcasts ? or even more with advanced codecs, like AVC. In addition, for pre-recorded packaged media, Blu-ray Disc has sufficient capacity to include bonus materials and interactive sessions for an unparalleled entertainment experience. For PC users archiving photographs or video and other data on the hard disk, Blu-ray Disc is the only recordable/re-writable format that provides such a quantum leap in optical storage capacity and gives a seamless experience between PC and CE environments.
Philips is yet again at the forefront of supporting the establishment of Blu-ray Disc as the ultimate long-lasting standard that will take the industry forward in a quantum leap instead of a succession of incremental and consumer confusing steps.
Promoted by the world's leading consumer electronics, PC, disc replication manufacturers and movie studios, the global standardization activity for Blu-ray Disc has already attracted a total membership of more than 90 companies to the Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA). The BDA includes companies from every part of the value chain in high quality video and multi-media delivery.
http://www.dvd-recordable.org/Article1720.phtml
Vince said:
Since the Blu-ray standard requires Java for programmable contents, all BD-ROM players have to equip themselves with Java VM, so the support from Sun has been assumed... I wonder how Microsoft tries to implement Blu-ray support in Longhorn, though the Java issue between MS and Sun was already in settlement IIRC.
Honest to Eru, will you and SegaR&Deadmeat and others stop making utterly useless doomsaying statements as the entirety of your post, or as the "logical backup" of statements within them?Paul said:
There is a reason we follow every move and try to analyze them in and of themselves, and how the fit into the overall picture. If you're not adding more information or commenting on them functionally, you could feel free to not stop by.
Dead as in, 89 titles at launch? 89 titles that don't all suck?. HD-DVD may die out. It may not. But it's abundantly clear at this point that it will not be DOA, so park the Sony grandstanding.Paul said:
In my personal opinion, HD-DVD is a stupid evolutionary dead-end. It's smaller capacity-wise than BR as well as incompatible, and it will be released in the same timeframe, not significantly earlier which could otherwise have been a compelling reason to go with such a standard for some. There are zero redeeming features for this standard, all it accomplishes is splinter the market much the same way that the DVD +/- recordable standards did.
On top of it all, it means typing more letters on the keyboard too. Yech.
On top of it all, it means typing more letters on the keyboard too. Yech.
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