Blu-ray Disc (BD) News

Blu-ray Leads Adoption of Next-generation DVD players in the U.S
Jul 26, 2007 – Next-generation DVD players are poised to experience significant growth over the next five years, according to a new report. The report estimates that more than 32 million Blu-ray and HD DVD players will be sold in the United States by 2011.
News categories: Blu-ray, Digital TV, DVD, Gaming, HD-DVD, Market Research, Set Top Box, USA

Hitachi prepares 1080p Blu-Ray camcorder
Jul 20, 2007 – The Japanese division of Hitachi is preparing what should be the world's first camcorder to record directly to Blu-Ray.
News categories: Blu-ray, Camcorder, Digital TV, DVD, Japan

STMicroelectronics Passes 400 Million MPEG-Decoder Shipment Milestone
Jul 11, 2007 – STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM) has announced that by the end of the first quarter of 2007 it had shipped a cumulative total of more than 400 million MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 decoder chips since entering the market with the world's first MPEG-2 decoder in 1995.
News categories: ATSC 3, Blu-ray, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVD, DVR, HD-DVD, IPTV, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Streaming, Terrestrial

MIPS Unveils 74K™ Family Of Synthesizable Processor Cores
May 22, 2007 – Leveraging more than two decades of market and technology leadership, MIPS Technologies (NASDAQ: MIPS) has unveiled its next-generation processor core family based on an innovative embedded microarchitecture.
News categories: ATSC 3, Blu-ray, Digital TV, HD-DVD, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Silicon IP

Response To Reports Of Attacks on AACS Technology
Jan 24, 2007 – AACS LA has confirmed that AACS Title Keys have appeared on public web sites without authorization. Such unauthorized disclosures indicate an attack on one or more players sold by AACS licensees.
News categories: AACS LA, Blu-ray, Content Protection, Digital TV, DVD, HD-DVD

New Blu-ray Players Powered by Sigma Media Processors
Jan 8, 2007 – Sigma Designs (Nasdaq:SIGM) has announced the latest Blu-ray Disc players demonstrated at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2007) are powered by Sigma media processors.
News categories: Blu-ray, CES2025, Digital TV, DVD, Semiconductor

ST Dual HDTV Decoder Chip in 65nm Technology
Jan 8, 2007 – STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM) today announced a new dual-video-stream high-definition (HD) decoder chip, the STi7200, intended for STBs, digital video recorders (DVRs) and DVD players.
News categories: Blu-ray, CES2025, Digital TV, DRM, DVD, DVR, HD-DVD, ICs, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

LG Selects Broadcom for Combined Blu-ray/HD DVD Player
Jan 8, 2007 – Broadcom Corporation (Nasdaq: BRCM) today announced that its combined Blu-ray™ disc and HD DVD system-on-a-chip (SoC) solution has been selected by LG Electronics Inc. for next generation DVD players.
News categories: Blu-ray, CES2025, Digital TV, DVD, HD-DVD, Semiconductor

Samsung Selects Broadcom for BD-P1200 Blu-ray DVD Player
Jan 8, 2007 – Broadcom Corporation (Nasdaq: BRCM) today announced that Samsung Electronics has selected its complete Blu-ray™ chipset solution for its next generation BD-P1200 high definition DVD player.
News categories: Blu-ray, CES2025, Digital TV, DVD, Semiconductor