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• Blu-ray Defends As HD DVD Pressure Mounts

  “The Blu-Ray camp has defended the Blu-ray DVD format following the news that Intel and Microsoft are putting their considerable weight behind Toshiba's HD-DVD. Sony and Philips representatives believe that there will be 'no impact' from decision by Intel and Microsoft to back rival format.” source: 'CDRinfo' 2005-09-29
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  Thursday, September 29, 2005

• Major Chinese DVD player Manufacturers to Support HD-DVD

  “Amoi Electronics and Sichuan Changhong Electric, the two top DVD player manufacturers in China have voiced support for the HD-DVD format. This marks the first victory for the HD-DVD group in their competition with the Blu-ray Disc (BD) group led by Sony.” source: 'CDRinfo' 2005-09-28
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• HD DVD and Blu-Ray Progress Update

  “Without doubt, it is still hard to come up with safe conclusions about which will be the dominant format for the next generation HD content. The various pieces of information coming from the HD DVD and Blu-Ray camps is almost always biased and full of hype, making it difficult for industry observers to get to the real crux of the matter.” source: 'CDRinfo' 2005-09-22
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  Thursday, September 22, 2005

• Blu-ray and HD DVD Content Protection

  “As Hollywood movie studios and consumer electronics manufacturers consider how to protect high-definition video entertainment from piracy, the Blu-Ray and HD DVD camps plan to adopt - partially similar - comprehensive content management schemes.” source: 'CDRinfo' 2005-09-16
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  Sunday, September 18, 2005

• Paper: Samsung to Launch Dual-Standard DVD Player

  “Samsung will bring out a DVD machine next year capable of playing both Blu-ray and HD DVD if backers of the rival standards fail to agree on a unified format.” source: 'Ziff Davis'
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  Wednesday, September 14, 2005

• Recording on next-generation Blu-Ray Discs

  “Although the recordable/rewritable Blu-Ray disc is far from becoming a mainstream PC medium, hardware manufacturers already promote their PC drives that will support recording at speeds higher than 2x.” source: 'CDRinfo' 2005-09-14
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• Sony Predicts Blu-Ray Dominance within 12 Months

  “The recently announced delay of the first HD-DVD devices, as well as the April's launch of the Playstation 3 gaming machine next April has led a senior Sony Pictures executive to predict that the Blu-Ray will be the doninant standard in 12 months from now.” source: 'CDRinfo' 2005-09-13
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  Tuesday, September 13, 2005

• Audio/Video: "Family Guy", "24" coming to Blu-ray

  “To no one's surprise, Fox has announced they'll be putting content out in the Blu-ray format. They threw out some examples in the process -- the ones that stuck out for me are "Family Guy" and "24." Of course some of you would probably appreciate "M*A*S*H" in the lineup, too.
  
  
  
  Impress Watch carries the full list of titles, in English. No (English) press release from Fox about this yet.” source: 'Techjapan'
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• Microsoft to Support Taiwanese FVD Project for HD Video

  “Microsoft plans to cooperate with Taiwanese software and hardware companies to jointly promote Taiwan's next-generation DVD format, the forward versatile disc (FVD), an alternative format to Blu-Ray and HD-DVD.” source: 'CDRinfo' 2005-09-09
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  Monday, September 12, 2005

• Audio/Video: "Family Guy", "24" coming to Blu-ray

  “To no one's surprise, Fox has announced they'll be putting content out in the Blu-ray format. They threw out some examples in the process -- the ones that stuck out for me are "Family Guy" and "24." Of course some of you would probably appreciate "M*A*S*H" in the lineup, too.
  
  
  
  Impress Watch carries the full list of titles, in English. No (English) press release from Fox about this yet.” source: 'Techjapan'
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  Thursday, September 08, 2005

• Samsung to play safe with dual HD DVD/Blu-ray rig

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  Can't beat 'em, join 'em

  
  

  Samsung is to harness consumer confusion over which next-generation optical disc standard to back by offering a player that supports both HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc (BD).?

  ” source: 'The Register' 2005-09-06
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  Tuesday, September 06, 2005

• Blu-Ray Devices at IFA 2005

  “Visitors at IFA 2005 have the chance to have an hands-on experience with the latest Blu-ray Disc products from over a dozen manufacturers at our Blu-ray Disc Association booth, located in the HDTV theme hall 26B, booth 201.” source: 'CDRinfo' 2005-09-05
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  Monday, September 05, 2005

• Blu-ray Camp Confident About Dominance in Market

  “Chances looked slim that consumers will be spared a DVD format war, as the Blu-Ray backers of one standard said on Friday there was no common ground for a unified format and it was on track for a market launch within a year.” source: 'CDRinfo' 2005-09-02
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  Saturday, September 03, 2005

• Sonic Unveils HD-DVD, Blu-ray Application Development Tools

  “Sonic Solutions today unveiled AuthorScript HD-DVD Recorder and AuthorScript HD-DVD Navigator, the industry's first HD-DVD software development kits (SDKs).” source: 'CDRinfo' 2005-09-02
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• DVD format war looms as Blu-ray backers plan launch

  “ BERLIN (Reuters) - Chances looked slim that consumers will
  be spared a DVD format war, as the backers of one standard said
  on Friday there was no common ground for a unified format and
  it was on track for a market launch within a year.” source: 'Reuters Tech' 2005-09-02
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  Friday, September 02, 2005

• Samsung Demos Blu-Ray Recorders

  “The new Samsung Blu-Ray recorder is able to wirelessly broadcast content to compatible PCs and store data/video on a build-in hard disk.” source: 'CDRinfo' 2005-09-01
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  Thursday, September 01, 2005

• Nero and Philips Showcase Blu-ray Technology at IFA

  “Nero and Philips will demonstrate the new Blu-ray optical disc format at IFA 2005, September 2 through 7 in Berlin, Germany.” source: 'CDRinfo' 2005-09-01
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