Panasonic preps 'first' Blu-ray player and recorder
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Pre-recorded BDs? No problem Panasonic is gearing up to launch what it claims are the world's first Blu-ray Disc recorders capable of playing back pre-recorded BDs. The units - the Diga DMR-BW200 and DMR-BR100 - can burn content from their built-in hard drives to BD-R/RE discs at 4x speed, the company claimed.â¦
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Panasonic brand products maker Matsushita Electric Industrial unveiled five new DVD recorders on Wednesday and said it was aiming to boost its share of the domestic market to over 40 percent from around 35 percent.
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As Sony made official yesterday, the company plans to release four new Blu-ray Disc recorders in Japan on November 8, all of which will be capable of recording to dual-layer (50 GB) BD-R and BD-RE (erasable, re-recordable) discs. But a statement by the company's vice president for consumer electronics, Katsumi Ihara, was mistaken by US press sources in its translation to English as saying that the company plans to drop support for red-laser DVD-R recording, in all recordable consoles sold in Japan after November.
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When TiVo Inc. introduced a high-definition digital video recorder last fall, it touted the long-awaited set-top box as a best-in-class product with a price tag to match.
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Rolling out dual-layer BD support first, though IFA 06 Pioneer will follow up the release of its... er... pioneering Blu-ray Disc recorder with an updated model that supports dual-layer media, it has emerged. And the company said it is planning to offer a version that can also handle HD DVD.â¦
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Prototype Blu-ray Disc, HD-DVD players were shown at CES.
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Invent a standard. Collect a check. That's what Blu-ray is about.
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Sony Corp. is to launch two models of  high-definition camcorders that record images onto DVD discs  and hard disk drives (HDDs), the first camcorder maker to offer  such products, the company said on Wednesday.
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Sony Corp (6758.T) said on Wednesday it  will launch four models of new Blu-ray high-definition optical  disc recorders in November in Japan, as its format battle with  the HD DVD camp heats up.
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Blu-ray, one of two much-hyped  high-definition DVD formats, debuts next week, but the launch  is expected to be muted amid device delays and consumer  confusion, industry analysts said on Thursday.
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Blue-laser disc format's standard adopts new video codecs.
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(InfoWorld) - Sony announced Tuesday at the Ceatec show in Tokyo the addition of Blu-ray Disc to more PCs in its Vaio line. The Vaio Type-R master is an Intel Core 2 Duo-based machine loaded with high-definition editing and authoring software. With the new computers, Blu-ray Disc is now available in four of Sony's Vaio product lines. The systems will be available from Oct. 28 at prices between Â¥230,000 ($1,952) and Â¥550,000 ($4,664)depending on system configuration. A Blu-ray Disc drive will also be offered as a build-to-order option with Sony's Type-L computer. Sony also will launch a pair of Blu-ray Disc video recorders in Japan this December, the company said Tuesday. The machines both feature hard-disk drives for day-to-day recording and a Blu-ray Disc drive for longer term storage. The BDZ-V9 has a 500GB drive and the BDZ-V7 has a 250GB drive. There are two digital tuners in each recorder so that two high-definition programs can be recorded simultaneously. The recorders are designed to appeal to videophiles with demands for high specifications, including Linear PCM audio and 1080p (1,080 lines progressive scanning) output, which is the highest of several image levels judged to be high-definition. The recorders can also be connected to Sony's recently launched high-definition camcorders by a Firewire connection and can playback the AVCHD-format discs used in the cameras. The higher capacity BDZ-V9 will be launched on Dec. 8 and the BDZ-V7 will follow about a week later on Dec. 16. They will cost Â¥300,000 and Â¥250,000 ($2,541 and $2,118) respectively. The machines fill an important gap in Sony's high-definition strategy, which by now has HD-capable products in several parts of the consumer video market including televisions and video camcorders. These will be joined in November by the PlayStation 3 game console and then in December by the two new recorders announced Tuesday. Launching the recorders internationally is possible but nothing has been decided as of yet, Sony said.
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Sony is planning to launch a Blu-ray Disc player in the middle of this year that's significantly cheaper than many current models on the market.
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Sony Corp. said yesterday it is bringing out a cheaper player for Blu-ray discs early this summer, a crucial step in its battle to make the high-definition format the replacement for DVDs.
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Sony Corp. said Monday it is bringing out a cheaper player for Blu-ray discs early this summer, a crucial step in its battle to make the high-definition format the replacement for DVDs.
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Japan's Matsushita Electric Industrial   Co. 6752.T said on Wednesday it would launch two Blu-ray DVD   recorders in Japan on November 15, heating up a format battle   for next generation DVD technologies.
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Sony Corp. is planning to launch a Blu-ray Disc player in the middle of this year that's significantly cheaper than many current models on the market.