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

Toshiba Deploys New HD DVD Marketing Initiatives Based on Strong Fourth Quarter Unit Sales
Jan 14, 2008 – Toshiba America Consumer Products has announced that it is stepping up its successful marketing campaign for HD DVD as it experienced record-breaking unit sales in the fourth quarter of 2007.
News categories: Toshiba America, Digital TV, DVD, HD-DVD, USA

Alticast's AltiCaptor Blu-ray Disc Solution Integrated in HitachiSoft Blu-ray Disc and HD-DVD Universal Player Platform
Jan 8, 2008 – Alticast has announced that its AltiCaptor Blu-ray™ Disc Java (BDJ) solution was selected by Hitachi Software Engineering Co., Ltd. (HitachiSoft) for its future Blu-ray Disc customers.
News categories: Alticast, HitachiSoft, Broadcom, Blu-ray, Digital TV, Middleware, Semiconductor

Paramount Denies Report It Will Drop Toshiba's HD DVD
Jan 8, 2008 – Viacom Inc.'s Paramount Pictures denied a newspaper report that the studio is poised to follow Time Warner Inc. in abandoning Toshiba Corp.'s HD DVD technology.
News categories: Paramount Pictures, Blu-ray, Digital TV, DVD, HD-DVD

Blu-ray Disc Movie Titles Outsold HD DVD by Nearly 2-to-1 in the United States and Nearly 3-to-1 in Europe During 2007; Blu-ray Totally Dominates Japanese Market
Jan 8, 2008 – Blu-ray Disc movie titles outsold HD DVD in the United States by a nearly 2-to-1 margin last year, according to sales figures from Home Media Research, an independent market research firm.
News categories: Blu-ray Disc Association, Blu-ray, CES2025, Digital TV, DVD, Europe, HD-DVD, Japan, Market Research, USA

MPEG LA Expands Call for HD DVD Patents
Jan 8, 2008 – In its continued response to marketplace interest in the creation of a joint HD DVD patent license including as much essential intellectual property as possible, MPEG LA has expanded its call for patents essential to the implementation of the HD DVD Standard.
News categories: MPEG LA, HD-DVD, Licensing, Patent

Alticast's AltiCaptor™ Blu-ray Disc Selected to Power Samsung's BD-UP5000 Duo HD Player
Jan 7, 2008 – Alticast has announced its AltiCaptor Blu-ray™ Disc Java (BDJ) solution was selected by Samsung for its BD-UP5000 Duo HD Player.
News categories: Alticast, Samsung, Blu-ray, Digital TV, DVD, Korea, Middleware

Magnum Semiconductor Announces MS9410 Advanced DVD Codec
Jan 7, 2008 – Magnum Semiconductor has announced the MS9410 Advanced DVD Codec IC, the newest member of the MS94xx series of market-leading DVD encoder and consumer entertainment system controller chips.
News categories: Magnum Semiconductor, CES2025, Digital TV, DVD, ICs, Optical Disc Recorder, Semiconductor

Panasonic and Comcast Debut AnyPlay™ Portable DVR
Jan 7, 2008 – Panasonic (NYSE:MC) and Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA, CMCSK) have unveiled the industry's first Portable DVR/DVD player powered by tru2way™ technology at the 2008 Consumer Electronics Show.
News categories: Comcast, Panasonic, Cable TV, CES2025, Digital TV, DVD, DVR, USA

Shinco Selects Xceive to Power New Hybrid Portable Lines of TVs and TV/DVD Players
Jan 7, 2008 – Xceive has announced that Shinco Corporation has selected Xceive's XC5000 silicon tuner for its new lines of 5" and 7" analog/digital hybrid TVs and combination portable TV/DVD player units for the North America market.
News categories: Xceive, Shinco Electronics, ATSC 3, Canada, Digital TV, DVD, North America, Semiconductor, Smart TV, USA