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DVD-A, SACD, HDMI: lots of letters: should you care?(audio equipments)
Get ready, get set--let's play format wars. Yes, the recorded media industry is going to do it again. HD-DVD v. Blue Ray. They never learn. Remember, 50% of the time, both formats lose, e.g., Philips digital cassette v. DAT, RCA Selecta Vision v. the Pioneer laser video disc, and DVD-A v. SACD. OK, so it is not clear whether the last two are dead yet, but they are clearly both in intensive care.
It has been announced that first Sony Blue Ray player will not support SACD. Naxos, which has attempted to support both formats, is now ended producing new discs and is dumping the old ones through many places including Berkshire Record Exchange. I get e-mails from ...
- Apple tips DVD format scales in Blu-ray's favor.(Enabling...
- Newspaper article from: The Online Reporter March 19, 2005 700+ words
...competing HD standard from the DVD Forum and is also offering its...digital media community. The HD DVD standard adopted both Microsoft...the first half of 2005. The Blue-ray Disc Association now has over...said that Blu-ray had won the DVD wars back about eight months...
- Toshiba launching HD DVD recorder ahead of Blue-ray alliance.
- Newspaper article from: Kyodo News International (Tokyo, Japan) June 22, 2006 700+ words
...video recorder for the high-definition DVD format Thursday, and Sony Corp. said it...for the rival next-generation Blu-ray DVD format. Toshiba is willing to take advantage of the July 14 launch of the HD DVD recorder in Japan to try to gain superiority...
- Inlet Technologies Introduces Semaphore and Releases Fathom 2.1 at IBC 2005;...
- Press release article from: Business Wire September 8, 2005 700+ words
...new product enhancements. As the leading DVD production house in Central Europe, Czech...based DMP has pre-mastered more than 1000 DVD titles for its international clientele...Windows Media, which allow the user to insert DVD chapter points properly and precisely position...
- DVDINSIDER: IEC Schedules Discussions To Set Standards For...
- Newspaper article from: DVD News April 9, 2002 700+ words
...C)1999-2002 DVD NEWS. Distributed...www.m2.com). Blue-ray. For those who don...manufacturers of DVD who, up until now...rewritable DVDs. The blue-ray disc (sometimes...in comparison, DVD-Video uses a 650 nm red laser). Blue-ray media can hold more...
- Helmers bray over Blu-ray fray.(movie directors back Blue-ray)
- Magazine article from: Daily Variety Frankel, Daniel August 22, 2007 700+ words
...DreamWorks Animation to exclusively back HD DVD may have garnered the studios financial...exempting Steven Spielberg's films from HD DVD exclusivity. "Steven is a supporter of...Kind" on Blu-ray. In February, the HD DVD Promotions Group issued an apology for listing...
- Picking high-def partners.(Vivid Entertainment Group Inc. to release adult film...
- Magazine article from: Video Business Magiera, Marcy January 29, 2007 700+ words
...wouldn't have known it last week. Rival high-def DVD formats HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc got some of the most intense press...others apparently do. Vivid's Blu-ray first aside, HD DVD does appear to have more support among adult suppliers...
- Blue-ray growth limited for PCs; Stand-alone players gaining popularity; Cost,...
- Newspaper article from: The Seattle Times (Seattle, WA) September 7, 2009 700+ words
...to another," said Michael Yang, senior technology analyst with iSuppli. "Going from CD to DVD drives didn't take so long because of what a DVD could be used for, and the prices weren't that different." While none of the major PC makers...
- 'Watching a film in your living room is about to radically change'.(Sony...
- Newspaper article from: The Online Reporter March 4, 2006 700+ words
...Lions Gate president Steve Beeks. He said there's never been a home entertainment experience to match Blu-ray. The rival HD DVD format will have a head start of some two months when makes its first flicks available in late March. More Blu-ray titles...