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

German Blu-ray Player market exhibits dynamic growth in Q4 2008
Jan 26, 2009 – The development of the Blu-ray Player market in Germany has been quite positive in the last three months of 2008. Sales figures of Blu-ray Players finally reached the 100,000 mark in December when more than 30 thousand units were sold.
News categories: GfK, Blu-ray, Germany, Market Research

Blockbuster and Sonic Solutions Team for Internet Movie Delivery
Jan 14, 2009 – Blockbuster and Sonic Solutions have announced an alliance to give consumers access to a vast library of premium digital entertainment across a wide assortment of home (PC and consumer electronics) and mobile devices.
News categories: Blockbuster Inc, Sonic Solutions, Blu-ray, Digital TV, DVR, Media Player, Mobile, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Streaming, Tablet

Spain - January DTT monthly update released
Jan 12, 2009 – According to Impulsa-TDT, DTT coverage in Spain increased further to reach over 90% at the close of 2008. Equipment with built-in DTT, mainly TVs, achieved some of the highest sales figures of the year in November.
News categories: Impulsa-TDT, DVD, Market Research, Peripherals / Accessories, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Spain, Terrestrial

Corel® WinDVD® Receives AVCREC™ Certification
Jan 9, 2009 – Corel Corp. (NASDAQ:CREL, TSX:CRE) has announced that Corel® WinDVD® has received AVCREC™ Certification which means that WinDVD has passed the stringent guidelines set by the Blu-ray Disc Association for playback of HD content on DVDs.
News categories: Corel, Blu-ray Disc Association, Blu-ray, Camcorder, Content Protection, DVR, Media Player

Maxell Introduces High-Definition Digital Broadcast Technology For Consumer Applications
Jan 8, 2009 – Maxell has announced a line of storage and recording products for consumer application. The products connect homes, offices, autos and mobile lifestyles and include the new Information Versatile Disk for Removable (iVDR) and 6X Blu-ray media.
News categories: Maxell, Blu-ray, CES2025, DVR

Consumer Electronics Industry Issues 2009 Forecast
Jan 8, 2009 – The consumer electronics industry is projected to generate $171 billion in U.S. shipment revenues in 2009, according to the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA). The primary revenue driver for the industry continues to be digital TV displays.
News categories: Consumer Electronics Association, Blu-ray, CES2025, Digital TV, Market Research, Smart TV, USA

Silicon Image™ Introduces The First LiquidHD™ Display Processor
Jan 8, 2009 – Silicon Image™ (NASDAQ: SIMG) has introduced the SiI6100 HD display processor, the first device supporting Silicon Image LiquidHD™ technology. LiquidHD is designed to connect TVs, CE devices, PCs, PMDs and home theaters into a seamless network.
News categories: Silicon Image, Blu-ray, CES2025, Digital TV, DVR, ICs, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Smart TV

ViXS Showcases a Wide Range of Video Products Powered by XCode 3000™ at CES 2009
Jan 8, 2009 – ViXS Systems will be showcasing a wide variety of CE, set-top and blu-ray disk recorder solutions based on the XCode™ series ICs. At CES 2009 ViXS will be showcasing an industry first: a fully compliant DLNA server stack with real-time transcoding.
News categories: ViXS Systems, Blu-ray, CES2025, DVR, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

Broadcom Becomes Only Silicon Vendor to Combine Best-in-Class Wi-Fi® and Video Platforms to Accelerate the Next Generation of Connected TVs, Blu-ray Players and Set-Top Boxes
Jan 8, 2009 – Broadcom (NASDAQ: BRCM) has announced that it has become the first silicon vendor to integrate Wi-Fi® and video chipsets, paving the way for the next generation of connected digital TVs (DTVs), Blu-ray Disc® players and set-top boxes (STBs).
News categories: Broadcom, Blu-ray, Cable TV, CES2025, IPTV, Satellite, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Smart TV