Tag: Blu-ray
Engadget notes that DRM hacker 'arnezami' over at the Doom9 forums has found the "processing key" used to decrypt the DRM on all HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc films. "Let's break this down for what it is: instead of needing individual keys for each and every high-definition film -- of which there are many -- the processing key can be used to unlock, decrypt, and backup every HD-DVD and Blu-ray Disc film released so far." The war on keeping pirated HD content out of the hands of broadband users isn't going very well so far -- the only thing holding...
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Does anyone ever uses http://www.thedvdwars.c...om ? I recently showed my brother this website, and I was heartbroken to find that Bluray discs were outselling HD-DVD and topping HD in many areas.
Well today, http://www.psxextreme.c...s/768.html confirms that bluray is outselling 3 to 1.
I've always known deep down that bluray was going to be the winner (on account that they have more exclusive titles).
Janvitos @ doom9.org, claims to have also broken the Blu-ray's implementation of AACS. Although their protection does not yet account for BD+ copy-protection.
Let's face it, the porn industry drives innovation. Porn drove the VHS market and it also drove broadband internet - it will surely drive the next generation of movie format, which it has chosen as HD-DVD at the recent porn convention (that followed the big CES 2007). Read associated URL for more details.
PS, apparently Sony does not allow rated xxx movies to be shown on Bluray.
Consumers wary of buying new high-definition DVD players because of a technology war reminiscent of the days of Betamax versus VHS will soon have a new kind of DVD that might make the decision less daunting.
Warner Bros., which helped popularize the DVD more than a decade ago, plans to announce next week a single videodisc that can play films and television programs in both Blu-ray and HD DVD, the rival DVD technologies.
Warner Bros., a division of Time Warner, plans to formally announce the new disc, which it is calling a Total HD disc,...
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Today 20 firms -- representing 97 percent of the DVD manufacturers in the country -- displayed 80 players and announced plans to switch from DVD to the new format exclusively by 2008. EVD (Enhanced Versatile Disc) joins VMD as a low cost alternative to Blu-ray and HD DVD, using conventional red lasers combined with advanced compression technology to put high definition movies on discs.
This "Red-ray" HD approach promises to support resolutions up to 1080p without a need to increase disc capacity significantly, and will allow them to launch...
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The format war around next generation DVDs may be over before it has begun, thanks to a breakthrough from a British media technology company.
Britain-based New Medium Enterprises said on Tuesday it had solved a technical production problem that makes it possible to produce a cheap multiple-layer DVD disk containing one film in different, competing formats.
"Current technologies to create multiple layer disks mostly don't work. We've created a technology for mass production of multiple layers that does not suffer from the well known...
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Kenshi 1 year 10 months ago
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. said Wednesday it will launch the world's first Blu-ray DVD recorders in Japan on Nov. 15, rising to do battle with High-Definition DVD, a rival format.
Both are vying to become the standard for next-generation DVDs, touting higher-quality graphics that stand out especially on larger TVs.
The DMR-BW 200 will retail for about 300,000 yen and the DMR-BR 100 for roughly 240,000 yen, the company said.
"We're proud of our products and we hope to end the battle soon, with the Blu-ray becoming the...
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Hollywood is hoping high-definition DVDs will reignite a slowing market for movies at home, but they have drawn mixed reviews from retailers and analysts due to technical issues and a bitter format war.
The competing formats, Sony Corp.-backed Blu-ray and Toshiba Corp.-championed HD-DVD, aim to provide better picture quality and interactive features, but some early viewers have been underwhelmed.
"Neither format is selling well or at the level I had expected. I had expected early adopters to step up and other retailers have had the same...
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Based on a new media research report that says neither the HD DVD nor its Blu-ray contender will deliver a "knock out" punch in the digital video ring, consumers may well think twice before upgrading their home theater system.
That's the conclusion drawn in a report by media researchers at The Screen Digest, which projects that both formats will coexist until some form of common ground is established, much like the current situation with recordable DVDs.
Opinions vary among industry watchers, some of whom argue that Blu-ray, backed by...
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