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• BluRay Region Coding Announced - Japan & US Same Region Code

  “Japanese IT Media has announced some details on the Blu-Ray region coding and it holds a nice surprise. Japan, North America, and East Asia will all be sharing one region code.” source: 'CDRinfo' 2005-12-28
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  Saturday, December 31, 2005

• TDK Blu-ray Discs, coming soon

  “TDK will be offering Blu-ray R and RW media in 25GB and 50GB capacities, although no official release date has been set yet.” source: 'CDRinfo' 2005-12-27
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• Pioneer Launches Its First Internal Blu-Ray Disc Writer

  “Supporting BD-R and BD-RE formats in recording/playback, and BD-ROM format in playback.” source: 'CDRinfo' 2005-12-27
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• Blu-Ray Proposes Region Codes For Future HD Titles

  “The Blu-Ray Disc Association has reportedly decided to adopt region codes for the forthcoming High Definition movie releases, while the rival HD DVD camp has not yet come up with a final decision on the same issue.” source: 'CDRinfo' 2005-12-20
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• BenQ, LiteOn May Suffer From Poor PUH Supply For Blu-ray/ HD-DVD Drives

  “Japanese hold the patents - Taiwanese may experience difficulties to use them.” source: 'CDRinfo' 2005-12-21
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  Wednesday, December 21, 2005

• HP to Support HD-DVD

  “HPwill support the HD-DVD high-definition DVD format and join the Promotions Group. HP requested the Blu-ray Disc Association adopt two customer-friendly technologies, Mandatory Managed Copy and iHD, which are already included in the HD-DVD format.
  ” source: 'Technology news daily' 2005-12-19
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  Monday, December 19, 2005

• HP Joins HD DVD Promotion Group

  “HP officially announced on Friday that it will support the HD-DVD high-definition DVD format, in addition to the Blu-ray Disc format, and join the HD-DVD Promotions Group.” source: 'CDRinfo' 2005-12-17
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• Sony's next generation Blu-ray DVD format hits a pothole

  “While not an all out kick to the curb, Hewlett-Packard has decided to set aside its Blu-ray exclusive status and embrace the HD-DVD format as well.  The battle continues with Intel and Microsoft being strong supporters of HD-DVD and Sony and the gang supporting Blu-ray:
  
  "This integration will reduce development...” source: 'Anandtech' 2005-12-18
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• HP joins HD DVD group due to Blu-ray backers rejecting iHD

  “As the Blu-ray backers went against HP's demand to include iHD support, Hewlett Packard has announced that they will join the HD DVD Toshiba-led group; however they will continue to support Blu-ray also. HP has made the move to support both in an aim to deliver the most user friendly and cost effective solution to its customers, as well as to be on top of development costs due to the potential price variations between both formats.
  

  
  The Blu-ray backers originally went against iHD in an aim to prevent the Blu-ray launch from being possibly being delayed in order to add iHD support. However, they have agreed to support "Mandatory Managed Copy", which gives the ability for consumers to copy their movies onto their hard drive as well as stream them throughout their home network, while at the same time preventing unauthorised copying elsewhere.
  

  When it comes to costs, HD DVD will initially be at an advantage of being able to reuse existing DVD replication equipment as well as being based on the existing DVD format, thus leading to cheaper replication costs. Blu-ray on the other hand has the advantage of being backed by more studios and offering higher disc capacity, however at the drawback of requiring new manufacturing equipment and more expensive material.” source: 'DittoIt' 2005-12-19
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• Storage: Panasonic rolls out 50GB Blu-ray discs

  “One of the primary advantages Blu-ray has versus HD DVD is the fact that the discs support multiple layers. Sony said they're working on discs with as many as 8 layers, bringing the total capacity to 200GB. Nice. But before we get there, we need to dual and quadruple layer discs first. Panasonic has announced they've begun initial production of the former, and they'll be shipping out sample units before the end of the year. They already have an English press release available, so go ahead and take a look if you're interested.” source: 'Techjapan'
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  Thursday, December 15, 2005

• TDK "bare" type Blu-ray Disc

  “High capacity of 25GB on single-layer, 50GB on dual-layer Blu-ray Discs at 2X recording speedEarlier this year TDK unveiled prototypes of cartridge-less, single-sided, single-layer 25GB and dual-layer 50GB Blu-ray Discs, which demonstrated that from the technological standpoint such products had been perfected. For the Blu-ray Disc, which achieves significantly higher density recording, scratches or dirt can have fatal consequences to the data, so it was initially introduced utilizing a protective cartridge. The BD-R and BD-RE Blu-ray Discs launched this time make use of DURABIS 2, TDK's originally developed hard coating technology. This achieves a recording surface with extremely high resistance to scratches and dirt (particularly fingerprint smudges), thus enabling anxiety-free use of a cartridge-less disc.” source: 'Technology news daily' 2005-12-14
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• SAI Relases ReadDVD! UDF Reader Software for Mac OS 10.4

  “The new ReadDVD! for Mac OS 10.4. enables an Apple computer to mount and read disks formatted with recorded video and data files, and supports mounting and reading of DVD, HD-DVD, Blu-ray and other optical media.” source: 'CDRinfo' 2005-12-13
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• 50 Gigabyte Blu-ray Discs in pilot production

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  New Dual-Layer Spin Coat Technology Doubles Disc Capacity
  
  

  
  Panasonic has modified its existing pilot production line for single-layer Blu-ray Discs, called BD-ROM, so that it is able to replicate dual-layer BD-ROM discs with 50 gigabytes (GB) of storage capacity.
  

  ” source: 'Technology news daily' 2005-12-07
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  Saturday, December 10, 2005

• First Dual-layer BD-ROM Samples Available in Late December

  “Panasonic said that it will deliver the first samples of dual-layer (50GB) read-only Blu-Ray discs (BD-ROM) by the end of the month. The discs will be manufactured in the company's facilities in Torrance City, California.” source: 'CDRinfo' 2005-12-05
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• Panasonic Begins Blu-Ray Production

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  Panasonic has announced that they have begun pilot Blu-Ray production of dual-layer 50GB discs in their Torrance, California factory. They claim to already have an 80% success rate in production. Engadget and The Register, among other, have also reported on this." From the Register: "Matsushita's Panasonic subsidiary has retooled its US Blu-ray Disc (BD) production line to offer not only 25GB single-layer discs but also 50GB dual-layer media ... Panasonic's plant, located in Torrance, California, is still in the pilot stage, but the company claimed it is already punching out BDs with a yield of over 80 per cent - so it has to bin fewer than 20 per cent of the discs it produces, which seems rather a lot in the context of a low-cost, mass-market medium."
  
  ” source: 'DittoIt' 2005-12-10
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• Storage: Panasonic rolls out 50GB Blu-ray discs

  “One of the primary advantages Blu-ray has versus HD DVD is the fact that the discs support multiple layers. Sony said they're working on discs with as many as 8 layers, bringing the total capacity to 200GB. Nice.
  
  
  
  But before we get there, we need to dual and quadruple layer discs first. Panasonic has announced they've begun initial production of the former, and they'll be shipping out sample units before the end of the year. They already have an English press release available, so go ahead and take a look if you're interested.” source: 'Techjapan'
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  Wednesday, December 07, 2005

• Panasonic doubles Blu-ray capacity to 50GB

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  Robert Jaques, vnunet.com, Tuesday 6 December 2005 at 00:00:00

  
  
  
  Modification of�existing production line creates dual-layer BD-ROM discs
  
  
  

  Panasonic revealed today that it has modified its existing pilot production line for single-layer Blu-ray discs, called BD-ROMs, so that it is able to replicate dual-layer BD-ROM discs with 50GB...

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  ” source: 'VNU Net' 2005-12-06
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  Tuesday, December 06, 2005

• Fox Sees Blu-ray DVDs Gaining Edge

  “Fox Filmed Entertainment sees the Sony-led Blu-ray high definition DVDs winning the next generation DVD technology battle on the back of widespread Hollywood support and the release next year of the PlayStation 3 video game console, Fox's co-chairman said last Thursday.” source: 'CDRinfo' 2005-12-05
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  Monday, December 05, 2005

• Blu-ray or HD-DVD? Better to wait and see

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  A fantastic write-up on the Blu-ray vs HD DVD battle that is very impartial and would rather skip the whole scene altogether and stick with DVD.
  
  ” source: 'DittoIt' 2005-12-03
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  Saturday, December 03, 2005

• Blu-Ray and HD-DVD Faq - Optical Innovations

  “As optical technology advances, it brings with it the necessity to understand new devices and how they function. At Cd-writer.com it is our intent to help you understand how these new technologies work and to help you make an informed decision about which is best for you.
  ” source: 'Cd-writer.com' 2005-12-02
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  Friday, December 02, 2005

• Blu-Ray and HD-DVD Faq - Optical Innovations

  “As optical technology advances, it brings with it the necessity to understand new devices and how they function. At Cd-writer.com it is our intent to help you understand how these new technologies work and to help you make an informed decision about which is best for you.
  ” source: 'Cd-writer.com' 2005-12-02
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• Fox sees Blu-ray DVDs gaining edge

  “"In terms of the number of companies involved, the PS3 (PlayStation game console) momentum and the level of content that is committed to Blu-ray, it does seem to have a pretty strong lead," James Gianopulos, co-chairman of Fox Filmed Entertainment, said at the Reuters Media and Advertising Summit in New York.” source: 'Reuters Tech' 2005-12-02
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• Holographic discs enter the storage war

  “300gb holographic discs to see off Blu-ray and HD-DVD?” source: 'ITVibe' 2005-11-29
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• FVD Players Enter Volume Production

  “The Taiwanese alternative to HD DVD and Blu-Ray formats has gone to mass production in Taiwan.” source: 'CDRinfo' 2005-11-30
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• Blu-ray Launch Details at Upcoming CES

  “The Blu-ray group said on Tuesday it still planned to roll out a high-definition disc format in spring 2006, though members of the consortium led by Sony said they would unveil specific launch plans at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in January.” source: 'CDRinfo' 2005-11-30
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