Observers have said the death of HD DVD will have little impact on the Australian business market after Toshiba's announcement to end production of the format, concluding a two year battle between Toshiba and rival Sony, the chief backer of the Blu-ray format.
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Sony officials will use Blu-ray Disc technology in their next-generation console, most commonly referred to as the PlayStation 3.
A group promoting and developing a format for a next-generation DVD technology announced on Wednesday the completion of the first version of the specification, paving the way for disc production.
Because Sony's Blu-ray disc technology appears to be the front-runner in the nasty fight to determine how the DVDs of the future are produced, movie studios and disc manufacturers are beginning to come to terms with the financial realities of the new format -- as well as some troubling uncertainties.
Sony has been in the news a lot in the last year, but mostly for the wrong reasons.
The next generation in DVD technology will let consumers carry the equivalent of a hard drive on a disc, but what are they supposed to do with all that capacity? Interact, supporters say.
A few hundred movies on an optical disc? That's the goal of the Holographic Versatile Disc (HVD) Alliance.
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Sony looks to have a winner on its hands with the AR18GP -- the first Blu-ray capable notebook to hit our shores. It's powerful, packed with multimedia features and, frankly, looks suitably sexy.
Toshiba and NEC are demonstrating a new DVD recording technology that promises a significantly higher storage capacity without a major investment in new production facilities.
A consortium of companies developing Blu-ray Disc technology, a recordable DVD format using blue-violet lasers, announces the start date for the licensing of the technology.
Sony and Toppan Printing are making a new mark on Blu-ray disc technology.
Although there's room for improvement in the colour department, the Sony VPL-VW40 is yet another impressive advert for SXRD.
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