DVD (Blu-Ray, HD DVD, DVD-Recorder, …) News

LG and DivX Announce World's First HD 1080p DivX® Certified Blu-ray Player
May 19, 2009 – DivX (Nasdaq: DIVX) and LG Electronics (KSE: 066570.KS) have announced the first LG Blu-ray Disc player (the LG BD390) capable of playing back 1080p high-definition (HD) DivX® video files.
News categories: DivX, LG Electronics, Blu-ray, Digital TV, Europe, Media Player, Streaming, USA

Opportunities for Internet Video on the TV
May 13, 2009 – An IMS Research study reveals that an estimated 65 million households worldwide had the capability of viewing Internet video on their television set at the end of 2008. This represents growth of 134% over year end 2007.
News categories: IMS Research, Blu-ray, Digital TV, DVR, Gaming, Market Research, Peripherals / Accessories, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Streaming

More than 10% of US and Japanese households will be '3D enabled' by 2012
May 8, 2009 – A newly-released report from Futuresource Consulting reveals studios, consumer electronics companies, broadcasters, video game vendors and network operators are all poised to power 3D through the consumer diffusion curve.
News categories: Futuresource, Blu-ray, Digital TV, Europe, Japan, Market Research, Metaverse, Smart TV, USA

U.S. Blu-ray Disc Player Sales On the Rise
May 6, 2009 – According to the latest point-of-sale (POS) tracking data from The NPD Group, first quarter (Q1) sales of stand-alone Blu-ray players in the U.S. grew to more than 400,000 units, an increase of 72 percent over Q1 2008.
News categories: NPD, Blu-ray, Digital TV, Market Research, USA

ViXS HD Transcoding is core to new Pioneer Blu-Ray Recorders
Apr 22, 2009 – ViXS Systems has announced that the XCode™ 3000 series MPEG-4 AVC (MPEG-4 Part 10/H.264) Transcoder/Encoder/Decoder IC is being used by Pioneer for two new Blu-Ray Disc (BD) Recorder products: BDR-WD900 and BDR-WD700.
News categories: ViXS Systems, Pioneer, Blu-ray, Digital TV, DVR, ISDB-T, Japan, Optical Disc Recorder, Semiconductor, Terrestrial

Adobe Extends Flash Platform to Digital Home
Apr 20, 2009 – Adobe Systems (Nasdaq:ADBE) has announced an optimized implementation of the Adobe® Flash® Platform that delivers high definition (HD) video and rich applications to Internet-connected TVs, set-top boxes, Blu-ray players and other CE devices.
News categories: Adobe Systems, Open Screen Project, Blu-ray, Digital TV, Media Player, NABShow, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Streaming

12 million Blu-ray players will ship this year
Apr 20, 2009 – Despite the economic downturn, global shipments of Blu-ray players, excluding PS3, are expected to total nearly 12m units this year, according to the new quarterly 'Blu-ray Hardware Performance' tracking service from Futuresource Consulting.
News categories: Futuresource Consulting, Blu-ray, Digital TV, DVD, Market Research

German CE turnover remains positive in 2008
Apr 17, 2009 – In 2008 the turnover for Consumer Electronics (CE) in Germany remained positive. The market in total increased by 1.7% to a volume of approx. 23.7 billion Euros. 63% of this turnover came from traditional CE products.
News categories: GfK, Blu-ray, Camcorder, Digital TV, DVD, DVR, Germany, HD-DVD, Market Research, Optical Disc Recorder, Peripherals / Accessories, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Tablet

Spain - April DTT monthly update and annual report released
Apr 13, 2009 – According to Impulsa-TDT, February sales of DTV tuners in Spain exceeded 576,000. The total volume of DTT receivers sold since 2003 is now around 17 million units.
News categories: Impulsa-TDT, DVD, Market Research, Peripherals / Accessories, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Spain, Terrestrial