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Under a licensing agreement in its final stages, consumers may get the right to make several legal copies of HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc movies they've purchased, a concession by the movie industry that may quell criticism that DRM (digital rights management) technologies are too restrictive.Ars Technica has reported that Managed Copy will not be implemented until AACS has been finalized. However, a few studios are expecting it to be in place by the 2007 holiday season. Of course, the way things are going, AACS could be cracked wide open by then. Add a comment
The agreement, if supported by movie studios and film companies, could allow a consumer to make a backup copy in case their original disc is damaged and another copy for their home media server, said Michael Ayers, a representative of an industry group that licenses the AACS (Advanced Access Content System) copy-prevention system.
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Nero, leaders in digital media technology, announced today that Nero Linux 3 is now available worldwide. The first Linux application to offer Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD data burning support, Nero Linux 3 has been redesigned to maximize ease of use, efficiency, and speed with next-generation disc formats...Nero Linux 3 is available now and can be purchased through the Nero Shop for $24.99. More information can be found here. Add a comment
...The advanced features of Nero Linux 3 make it the most powerful and versatile burning application available for Linux. In addition to offering Blu-ray and HD DVD burning capabilities enabled through full UDF support, Nero Linux 3 natively supports 64-bit systems. For worldwide usability, Unicode supports Nero Linux 3 in 26 languages. Nero Linux 3 is fully compatible with numerous Linux distributions including the following and any later versions: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, SuSE Linux 10.0, Fedora 4, Debian GNU/Linux 3.1, and Ubuntu 5.10.
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In the Micro-Reflector recording, light beams are irradiated on both sides of the recording medium. Two light beams are then interfered on the recording layer by aligning their focal points, thereby recording an interference fringe which corresponds to 1-bit information capacity. The information is reproduced by emitting light on the front side of the medium. Interference fringes with different depths can be recorded by changing the depth of the focal points as in the case of recording on a multilayered medium.Micro-Reflector isn't without its problems. Along with slow data transfer rates, Sony has found that when recording to deeper layers, the signal gets weaker. Once Sony resolves these problems, they plan to introduce 20 layer discs with a total capacity of 500GB. If you'd like to read more, Tech-On's entire report can be found here. Add a comment
In addition to multilayer recording, the company points out advantages in that the method is less likely to be influenced by the expansion/contraction of photopolymer due to heat, thus preventing signal reading errors. This is because the interference fringes are smaller than those used in other holographic recording methods where recording is performed on a page basis. The company expects that the Micro-Reflector system will easily facilitate reductions in equipment cost because it can utilize existing blue-violet semiconductor laser diodes and eliminate the need of a spatial phase modulator, CMOS sensor or other parts.
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The BRC-5125FBS-BK and BRC-5125U2 will ship in late June and are priced at 53,000 Yen ($435US) and 63,700 Yen ($523US)respectively. This isn't a very good deal considering you can get Blu-ray Disc writers for as little as $400 these days. If you'd like to read more, Buffalo's entire press release can be found here. Add a comment
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CyberLink Corp. (5203.TW), a world leader in digital home solutions, announces today that PowerDVD Ultra〞the leading high-definition movie playback software - now supports AMD UVD (Unified Video Decoder) technology on the newly released ATI Radeon HD 2400 series and ATI Radeon 2600 series graphics cards.CyberLink PowerDVD Ultra with support for AMD UVD technology is available now for $99.95. More information can be found here. Add a comment
CyberLink PowerDVD Ultra, which supports playback of Blu-ray Discs, HD DVDs, and DVDs, now offers support for AMD UVD Technology ensuring a high-quality playback experience with minimal power consumption on both Windows XP and Vista operating systems. With support for AMD UVD features like VC-1, MPEG-4 H.264 CABAC (Context-based Adaptive Binary Arithmetic Coding), Motion Compensation and iDCT (Inverse Discrete Cosine Transform), both desktop PC and notebook users will be able to enjoy enhanced video quality with incredibly low CPU consumption.
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Optical and magnetic storage manufacturer Moser Baer India has developed the world’s first high speed 8x Blu-ray disc (BDR), which is a major advance in next generation optical media formats. The 8x Blu-ray disc (BDR) technology has been jointly developed with newly acquired OM&T, the former R&D subsidiary of Philips.No word on pricing or availability. As we find out more, we'll let you know. In the mean time, Moser Baer's entire press release can be found here. Add a comment
With the latest development, end users will be able to have a faster media that can record a 2-hour transmission equivalent of HD (High Definition) quality data in less than 15 minutes. The next generation formats have a capacity ranging from 15 GB to 50 GB and offer over five to ten times the data storage capacity of standard DVD media. These next generation formats are best suited for reliable business backup, such as medical and government imaging, photography, videography, as well as high definition video recording.
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Ritek on May 21 announced it has received the certification for both HD DVD-R (recordable, write once) and HD DVD-RW (rewritable) formats, becoming the only Taiwan-based producer of optical discs to receive certification.The article also mentions that volume production of the two formats will begin during second half of this year at the earliest. If you'd like to read more, head on over to DigiTimes. Add a comment
The technological barrier for HD DVD-R is quite high and that for HD DVD-RW is higher, Ritek indicated. Ritek's manufacturing capability for DVD+R/-R DL (single-sided double-layer) discs was helpful in obtaining the certification, the company pointed out.
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