Articles Listing – 2007 (September-October)
SEPTEMBER CSS cleared for use in legal DVD copying China unveils 'home grown' hi-def disc format Matsushita to help set up Blu-ray Disc authoring centre in China Taiwan makers in no rush to produce blue-laser discs DEG Europe and DEG North America form alliance LG, Samsung demo dual-format players Dutch police raids illegal DVD plant DVD Forum progresses 51GB HD DVD disc specs Forrester: HD DVD price advantage could tip the balance Dual-layer HD DVD+DVD on single-sided disc Microsoft unveils HDi logo Networked HD player – bridging packaged and online worlds Pioneer, Mitsubishi work on cheaper BD recordables NetBlender offers training for hi-def disc developers Most HDTV owners still happy with SD DVD format ODS launches 'green' EcoDisc Springtime in Paris for PEVE under new management France's QOL first independent Blu-ray replicator Economics will push studios to become HD format agnostic Sony announces high-capacity Blu-ray recorders BD-backing analyst finds HD DVD a tougher nut to crack A $150 HD DVD player shipping for Christmas? OCTOBER Toshiba, Microsoft launch Advanced Interactivity Consortium Major pirate market raided in Argentina BD+ protected discs problematic for BD players CDA links with partners on RFID-enabled discs Taiwan makers in no rush to produce blue-laser discs Europe DVD sales up, boosted by box office hits DGP partners with ZOOtech for production services HD DVD, Blu-ray in futile war format, says research firm Blu-ray takes the lead in South Korea First Blu-ray production line for Eastern Europe MPEG LA convenes meeting of HD DVD patent holders NME acquires Slovak maker to produce HD VMD players HDD read-out technologists get Nobel Prize in Physics ODS restructures in wake of Dassow plant insolvency MPEG LA sues Opta Corp and Opta Systems Video shop owner jailed for film piracy offences Rimage, Sonic team up on DVD-on-demand system French video publishers call for shorter exhibition window Sharp readies 1TB BD recorder for Japanese market DVD component shortage grows Taiwan police raids DVD-R burner lab Verbatim introduces 8cm BD recordable media NME brings HD VMD hi-def format to India
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