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HD DVD
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Written by Michael Lankton
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Monday, 10 September 2007 |
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 Screen Digest has reported that the DVD Forum approved TL51 HD DVD on August 31.
TL51 increases the capacity of HD DVD from 30 gigabytes on current dual layer discs to 51 gigabytes on the newly approved triple layer discs. No announcement has yet been made, but the word is that second and third generation Toshiba HD DVD players will be able to play the new triple layer discs with a firmware upgrade. Sony has used the disc capacity of Blu Ray as one of the rallying points in their marketing of the Blu Ray format, and now Toshiba can do the same as the new HD DVD discs top Blu Ray's maximum disc capacity by one gigabyte.
The new triple layer discs will also be used in hybrid discs, which allow for standard dvd and HD DVD on the same side of the disc. The hybrid disc will use one layer at 5 gigabytes for the standard DVD content, and two layers at 34 gigabytes for the HD DVD content. |
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BluRay
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Written by Michael Lankton
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Thursday, 06 September 2007 |
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 Sharp has announced a new Blu Ray player for the North American market.
The AQUOS BD-HP20U is an HDMI 1.3 compliant device, capable of 1080p24 output. In addition to the standard set of Blu Ray player features, the BD-HP20U will also decode Dolby TrueHD. Sharp is touting the unit's Quick Start feature, which allows for users to begin enjoying movie playback in as little as 10 seconds, depending on associated equipment.
The Sharp AQUOS BD-HP20U will be available this month for $549.99. |
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BluRay
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Written by Michael Lankton
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Thursday, 06 September 2007 |
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 Pioneer has announced a second generation Blu Ray player for their Elite line of electronics.
In addition to the mandatory Blu Ray specs, the Pioneer Elite BDP-95FD supports decoding of Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD, including bitstream output for up to 7.1 channel DTS-HD Master Audio. It will be an HDMI 1.3 compliant device with support for 1080p24 output.
The BDP-95FD will available this October for $1000. |
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BluRay
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Written by Michael Lankton
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Wednesday, 05 September 2007 |
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 Sony today announced a new flagship Blu Ray player.
The BDP-S2000ES will offer beefed-up construction designed to make the enclosure more rigid and less susceptible to dust. In addition to a rigid, braced chassis, the BDP-S2000ES will utilize vibration isolating aluminum feet. The standard list of Blu Ray mandatory features are supported, and the unit also has onboard decoding of Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD. The BDP-S2000ES is the first player from either HD camp to support playback of AVCHD encoded discs. This enables the use of the x.v.Color specification, which allows the display of twice as many colors as was previously possible.
The BDP-S2000ES will be available this fall for a suggested retail of $1300. |
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Format War
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Written by Michael Lankton
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Wednesday, 05 September 2007 |
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 Not to be outdone by fellow Korean consumer electronics manufacturer L.G., Samsung today released more details on it's forthcoming Blu Ray/HD DVD combo player.
The highly anticipated BD-UP5000 will feature support for both BD-J and HDi. It will be a HDMI 1.3 compliant player with support for 1080p24, and will have a Silicon Optix Reon HQV chip onboard for upconversion of standard definition DVDs. Audio support will be present for Dolby Digital+, Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD, but details are fuzzy on whether or not support will be included for lossless DTS-HD Master Audio.
The Samsung BD-UP5000 will be available sometime in the fourth quarter for a suggested retail of $999. |
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