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

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

Sonic Launches Technology and IP Licensing for Secure DVD-on-Demand
Jan 4, 2007 – Sonic Solutions has launched Qflix, a licensing and certification program to enable the legal, secure, and reliable burning of video content to DVDs playable on standard and high-definition players.
News categories: Sonic Solutions, CES2025, Content Protection, Digital TV, DVD, Licensing

LG Electronics to Launch First Dual-Format High-Definition Disc Player
Jan 4, 2007 – LG Electronics (LG) has announced that it will launch the world's first dual-format high-definition disc player, capable of playing both Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD content.
News categories: LG Electronics, Blu-ray, CES2025, Digital TV, DVD, HD-DVD

Studios face crack in security for high-definition DVDs
Jan 1, 2007 – An anonymous computer programmer may have skewed the competition over standards for high-definition DVD discs by defeating a scheme that both sides use to protect digital content.
News categories: Blu-ray, Content Protection, Digital TV, DRM, DVD, HD-DVD