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CATEGORY: HD/DVD/CD Replication |
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TEAC's Medical Disc Publishing Systems are fourth generation products featuring a next generation dye-sublimation / thermal fusion print technology that provides the highest resolution and one of the least expensive cost per prints in the industry today
News/Breaking News
- Posted 30 Nov 2008
Across two half-day sessions, the conference will cover all aspects of BD creation and distribution for Europe, and will examine future directions, threats, and opportunities in content storage
News/Breaking News
- Posted 24 Nov 2008
Debbie Galante Block | Part of the appeal of 3D movies to Hollywood is that you can't just download and watch a torrent of a 3D movie. So that adds value to a 3D movie since there's no downloadable equivalent. On the other hand, as soon as the 3D film is on disc, it's open season for piracy once again.
Spearheading BD-Live Development, the Company Has Already Released First BD-Live Titles
News/Breaking News
- Posted 06 Nov 2008
Hugh Bennett | EMediaLive announces updates to The Authoritative HD DVD FAQ in the following categories: VI. Compatibility; XI. References, Suggested Reading, and Resources.
If authoring a BD-Live disc is like coding a video game, managing a mature online infrastructure for a few years’ worth of titles with millions of unique visitors may be like running AOL or Yahoo.
News/News Feature
- Posted 28 Oct 2008
By
Dan Daley
Debbie Galante Block | slotMusic, a new microSD card with pre-loaded DRM-free MP3 music that can be listened on a cell phone or MP3 device and requires no dependence on a computer or internet connection. Could this actually be a new technology for replicators to get involved in and possibly make money?
Enforcement of the verdicts will require Odeon to cease its distribution of DVD video discs in Germany and to pay damages to the patent owners for past DVD video disc distribution in Germany. Odeon may appeal these verdicts
News/Breaking News
- Posted 14 Oct 2008
Hugh Bennett | With its slew of legal agreements, upfront charges, recurring fees, and other imperatives, BD replication is a time-consuming, expensive, and all-around frustrating proposition for small- and medium-sized publishers. Here is how it all breaks down.
Many industry insiders feel that that AACS, the Advanced Access Content System that provides mandatory copy protection for all replicated Blu-ray Discs, is a potential industry killer. They argue that it's excess ballast, and the HD disc industry is going to plummet like a lead zeppelin if it isn’t cast off soon.
News/News Feature
- Posted 30 Sep 2008
By
Mark Fritz
12 verdicts of infringement were issued in all 12 cases on the merits brought by MPEG-2 patent owners who are also Licensors in the MPEG-2 Patent Portfolio License offered by MPEG LA
News/Breaking News
- Posted 18 Sep 2008
Content Delivery and Storage Association (CDSA) and MEDIA-TECH Association (MTA) have announced that they are to join forces to provide a new industry event early next year
News/Breaking News
- Posted 17 Sep 2008
While Flexplay time-limited disposable discs debuted around 1999, market interest was limited. But after being purchased by the Convex Group in 2004, they looked at the product and the market again. Now they have a deal with the Hudson News retailer and are ready for the hard sell.
For many disc developers and producers who had been working in the trenches to produce HD DVD projects, the transition to a Blu-ray-only world has been painful but manageable.
News/News Feature
- Posted 09 Sep 2008
By
Mark Fritz
Building up its own Blu-ray production capacities at its Suhl location and plans to commence delivery already in the coming high season
News/Breaking News
- Posted 20 Aug 2008
New company will combine DaTARIUS's existing expertise in optical test equipment with DataPlay's advance technologies
News/Breaking News
- Posted 18 Aug 2008
More than just a disc replicator, JVC America Inc. has evolved to deliver customizable, comprehensive turnkey business solutions
News/Breaking News
- Posted 18 Aug 2008
The country’s largest manufacturer of CDs for independent artists and the world’s largest online seller of independent music join forces
News/Breaking News
- Posted 05 Aug 2008
1,000 CDs in jewel cases start at just $890 – for a complete retail ready package
News/Breaking News
- Posted 04 Aug 2008
At the inauguration ceremony “AXIOM GOES BLU” on 18 July 2008, the Singapore Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. George Yeo, was the Guest-of-Honor
Column/Case Study
- Posted 18 Jul 2008
Geoff Daily | Nothing's more important to new formats than making sure they'll work once they get into the hands of consumers. And the same holds even more true for Blu-ray Disc, which not only wants to revolutionize HD distribution but also what interactive experiences can mean in the living room. Here's a look into why verification is now mandatory for authors preparing discs for replication, why it's important, and how it gets done.
Debbie Galante Block | BD authoring tools and procedures continue to develop with BD-Live creating more of a challenge than 3D. However, it’s not surprising to see Sony, Technicolor, Sonic and, yet again, the aggressive Richard Diercks on the forefront of knowledge and experience.
News/News Feature
- Posted 08 Jul 2008
Blu-ray boom stronger than expected; 31 Blu-ray lines already ordered in the first half of the year; SINGULUS expects additional orders; GfK predicts significant growth in the global Blu-ray market
News/Breaking News
- Posted 03 Jul 2008
Certificate confirms that the media service provider satisfies all conditions for mass market production of high quality Blu-ray Discs
News/Breaking News
- Posted 02 Jul 2008
Market launch of a new machine for recordable DVDs; Construction starts in China; First machines already sold
News/Breaking News
- Posted 01 Jul 2008
BRT, already first Indie Blu-ray Disc manufacturing plant, will also do pre-mastering, stamping, authoring, and encoding
News/Breaking News
- Posted 30 Jun 2008
Gütersloh factory started with the CD, followed by the DVD in 1997 and recently the new Blu-ray Disc
News/Breaking News
- Posted 26 Jun 2008
Sony DADC, which currently employs approximately 1,180 associates at its U.S. manufacturing and distribution center in Terre Haute, will hire professional staff, engineers, technicians and operators in connection with the expansion plans
News/Breaking News
- Posted 13 Jun 2008
Debbie Galante Block | In the replication world, entertainment DVDs seem to be holding their own. CD losses are no worse than expected. And some replicators are slowly starting to invest in BD in the expectation of a decent long-term return. But what will the rest of the year and the holiday buying season bring?
Cinram will be increasing its manufacturing and distribution capacity to provide the additional capacity necessary to service Universal and to continue to provide
best-in-class service to Cinram’s other blue-chip customers throughout Europe
News/Breaking News
- Posted 10 Jun 2008
Singulus reports that orders for 21 Blu-ray dual layer machines were received in the 1st quarter 2008 and that additional orders followed in the 2nd quarter
News/Breaking News
- Posted 09 Jun 2008
Facing fierce competition, patent fees compression, industrial profits' great slide, China's DVD industry faces the challenge of four role changes
News/Breaking News
- Posted 26 May 2008
Judge makes it clear allegations false, hurt new tech company Blue Ray Technologies
News/Breaking News
- Posted 21 May 2008
BRT plans to expand to plant near Hollywood to be closer to studios, and better handle complex new 2.0 interactive data as Blu-ray moves into its new era. Also negotiating with studios through affiliate on download technology.
News/Breaking News
- Posted 15 May 2008
Few U.S. Adults are Likely to Purchase a Blu-ray Player within the Next Year
News/Breaking News
- Posted 15 May 2008
Debbie Galante Block | How accurate is the notion that consumers will have dispensed with optical disc and moved on to electronic distribution before Blu-ray establishes itself in the home movie market?
News/News Feature
- Posted 09 May 2008
Due to favorable trends SINGULUS lifts its own order forecast from 20 Blu-ray machines to about 30 machines for 2008; for the Blu-ray segment a market share of more than 65 % is targeted
News/Breaking News
- Posted 08 May 2008
Geoff Daily | The future of Blu-ray is the networked experience made possible by BD-Live, but its potential is limited by the BD player's old school remote control. Enter BD Touch, a new solution from NetBlender for expanding the possibilities of BD-Live by combining the awesome power of the iPhone with Blu-ray.
“In the Name of the King” is the first BD 50 manufactured for splendid medien
News/Breaking News
- Posted 22 Apr 2008
Jan Ozer | Even with Apple absent (and DVD Studio Pro Blu-ray support notably absentee), it was an eventful NAB in the Blu-ray world. Here's the latest on the authoring, duplication, and mastering fronts.
News/News Feature
- Posted 21 Apr 2008
Definitive equipment trade show for the optical media industry, will be held May 6-8 in Hall 5.0 of the Messe Frankfurt in Germany, and will be the have a strong focus on Blu-ray Disc
News/Breaking News
- Posted 15 Apr 2008
Debbie Galante Block | While strides have been made in terms of disc piracy, it never really ends, particularly outside of the U.S. But the good news for replicators and content creators and others in the industry is that pirate seizures are up.
InfoSmart's Equipment Purchase From Anwell Technologies Provides Strategic Advantage in the Fast Moving Blu-Ray Market; Anwell's "Smart BD" Model Can Produce up to 500,000 Units/Month
News/Breaking News
- Posted 27 Mar 2008
New C&A facility will open in May and will be based upon Thomson's industry-leading research and development efforts for high-definition Blu-ray Disc and standard-definition DVD
News/Breaking News
- Posted 27 Mar 2008
...and they don't even require new equipment.
Media-Tech North American Conference is Disc Industry’s First Post-War Conclave
News/News Feature
- Posted 07 Mar 2008
By
Dan Daley
Group has selected Singulus as its supplier in its Blu-ray investment programme, making MPO the one and only independent manufacturer in Europe to have a complete Blu-ray manufacturing chain from mastering to replication
News/Breaking News
- Posted 29 Feb 2008
Dan Daley | Versatile Multilayer Disc has lower manufacturing costs versus BD and the late HD DVD thanks to its ability to get 30GB onto a red laser-read disc, but it's content-lite in a content-rich universe.
News/News Feature
- Posted 29 Feb 2008
By
Dan Daley
Launches state-of-the-art Blu-ray testing solution designed specifically to analyze the complexities of this emerging home entertainment media
News/Breaking News
- Posted 21 Feb 2008
Blu-ray takes center stage in 2008
News/Breaking News
- Posted 12 Feb 2008
Debbie Galante Block | Will high-def audio be a selling point for hi-def discs? Industry pundits say convenience will still trump quality where audio is concerned
3X-DVD memory capacity of up to 9 GB makes it highly interesting for HD short movies, HD movie trailers or corporate presentations of HD quality
News/Breaking News
- Posted 07 Feb 2008
Provides SINGULUS with an excellent market position for Blu-ray production machines
News/Breaking News
- Posted 31 Jan 2008
In 2007, music delivered to mobile phones via operators' networks represented about 13 percent of global recorded music retail value, according to a new report from Understanding & Solutions. They forecast an almost 30 percent gain in that market by 2011.
French disc manufacturer Quantum Optical Laboratories (QOL), Vernouillet, received the first fully automated production system BLULINE for Blu-ray Discs on October 22nd, 2007
News/Breaking News
- Posted 19 Dec 2007
Producing Qflix DVD Media to Enable Secure Recording of Digitally Distributed Entertainment
News/Breaking News
- Posted 19 Dec 2007
Content Delivery and Storage Association succeeds IRMA with new members, new focus
DVD Forum has approved the DaTARIUS headquarters as the first European Class-A Verification Laboratory for HD DVD-Video disc and HD DVD-ROM disc
News/Breaking News
- Posted 27 Nov 2007
CD Video will take delivery of the DVD-HD system in November and will install a BD line in Q1 2008; the BD line is modular and can be upgraded to BD-DL when the market requires
News/Breaking News
- Posted 26 Nov 2007
Debbie Galante Block | Using "One-Time" technology developed by Clear-Vu, Checkpoint Systems, and Viva Magnetics, libraries have become successful early adopters for RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) technologies for their DVD/CD holdings, and may help pave the way for retail to begin using RFID to increase security as well.
PUSHHD has decided to have all of its future check discs tested by AudioDev's TestCenter in Agoura Hills, CA to ensure the discs' playability and compatibility, as well as to ensure the discs' specifications are within the guidelines of industry standards
News/Breaking News
- Posted 24 Oct 2007
Debbie Galante Block | If you can't beat 'em, join 'em; the best way to jump-start CD sales that have suffered because of downloads and other web-driven ways of buying and experiencing music is to make CDs better complement and integrate with the web, and that's precisely the mission of two new, already-successful formats: CDVU+ and MVI.
Opens new facility in Taiwan focusing on BD-ROM, both single and dual layer, equipped with quality control systems from DaTARIUS
News/Breaking News
- Posted 10 Oct 2007
Debbie Galante Block | New copy protection technology designed for videographers and other small-shop media producers with low cost-of-entry and digital and analog DVD protection.
EclipseSuite BD process allows Infodisc to analyze incoming titles, encrypt them with Blu-ray's AACS copy protection, prepare the images for mastering, and perform a verification check on the final replicas
News/Breaking News
- Posted 30 Sep 2007
Joint conference format with AIMMA and IDDA
News/Breaking News
- Posted 25 Sep 2007
This order is another positive signal for the launch of Blu-ray Discs in Europe
News/Breaking News
- Posted 19 Sep 2007
Debbie Galante Block | Despite market confusion created by the HD DVD/Blu-ray format war, and consumer reluctance to embrace the formats, replicators say the summer sales doldrums are over and predict a reasonably strong fall.
Singulus Technologies announces two new orders for Blu-ray Disc production lines BLULINE
News/Breaking News
- Posted 29 Aug 2007
World's First CD Manufactured at Philips Factory Near Hanover, Germany, on August 17, 1982
News/Breaking News
- Posted 16 Aug 2007
Infodisc Technology GmbH Is First Independent Blu-ray Manufacturer in Western Europe with Oerlikon Equipment
News/Breaking News
- Posted 03 Aug 2007
Debbie Galante Block | For many consumers, gaming will be their first exposure to HD video delivered on disc. Will the gaming market drive one or both of the HD disc formats into the mainstream, just as the gaming market provided the widest and most appreciative adopters for surround sound?
Moser Baer has been working with DCA's MIS formatter for HD DVD-R on the Singulus 266 LBR
News/Breaking News
- Posted 26 Jul 2007
Installation of the replication line for HD DVD was confirmed in May and production began in June
News/Breaking News
- Posted 17 Jul 2007
Debbie Galante Block | Will spoken-word discs and cassettes be the last physical media standing? Here's a look at the spoken-word market thought the eyes of experts in the field, and the impact that downloading is having in this (currently) CD-dominated business.
TitleMatch DVD On-Demand service and Primera disc publishers provide a complete, turnkey solution to produce secure DVD titles at retail stores
News/Breaking News
- Posted 27 Jun 2007
Debbie Galante Block | With the holiday selling season five months away, manufacturers and retailers are already banking on high definition's promise for end-of-year sales. Will it just be HDTVs that sell, or will HD DVD and Blu-ray players begin to make their mark? Halfway through 2007, it's time to take a look at both formats' progress.
Hugh Bennett | EMedialive announces updates to The Authoritative Blu-ray Disc (BD) FAQ in the following categories: Compatibility; Industry Support, Prices and Availability; References, Suggested Reading.
Updates available in the following categories: Compatibility; Device Connections; Industry Support, Prices and Availability; References, Suggested Reading
News/Breaking News
- Posted 24 May 2007
Replication Line for CD and DVD-5 formats now also has Single Layer HD DVD capability
News/Breaking News
- Posted 22 May 2007
Leading independent replicator Quantum Optical Laboratories (QOL) of Vernouillet, France has selected dr.schwab Inspection Technology's DOMS XE-blu inspection system to support its move into mastering high-definition formats
News/Breaking News
- Posted 15 May 2007
Laser-Video Multimedia has recently equipped its Russian facility in Moscow with DaTABANK™ system, and is also collaborating on a Russian edition of the DaTARIUS BD and HD DVD Signal Guides
News/Breaking News
- Posted 10 May 2007
Geoff Daily | As with DVD, proper testing is essential for producing a quality, replication-ready HD disc. Given the exponentially more complex inner workings of next-gen discs and the current state of the technological ecosphere built up around these products, testing disc images has produced a string of challenges.
Completes acquisition of manufacturer of desktop packaging equipment for various types of media
News/Breaking News
- Posted 26 Apr 2007
EMedialive announces updates to The Authoritative HD DVD FAQ in the following categories: VI. Compatibility; VIII. Device Connections; IX. Industry Support, Prices, and Availability; XI. References, Suggested Reading, and Resources.
News/Breaking News
- Posted 25 Apr 2007
Hugh Bennett | EMedialive announces updates to The Authoritative HD DVD FAQ in the following categories: VIII. Device Connections; IX. Industry Support, Prices, and Availability; XI. References, Suggested Reading, and Resources.
Hugh Bennett | Updates available in the following categories: Physical, Logical, and Application Specifications; Compatibility; Device Connections; Industry Support, Prices and Availability; and References, Suggested Readings, and Resources.
Hugh Bennett | Some suggest the conflict between Blu-ray Disc (BD) and HD DVD can be resolved by simply offering devices compatible with both formats. I’m not so sure. It’s easy to paint a rosy picture of peaceful coexistence, but compromise comes at a price.
ThinDisc-based mold is currently being shipped to Duplium Corporation, EnXnet’s U.S. based manufacturing partner
News/Breaking News
- Posted 02 Apr 2007
50 GB Blu-ray disc manufacturing to start in March 2007
News/Breaking News
- Posted 07 Mar 2007
Debbie Galante Block | Recognizing the growing need for replicators to partner with duplication services to meet client needs, is MEDIA-TECH, with its IDDA partnership and new Duplication Pavilion at its upcoming expo, leading the way to a replicator/duplicator alliance?
News/News Feature
- Posted 06 Mar 2007
Production technology developed for the mass production of dual-layer Blu-ray Discs with a storage capacity of 50GB
News/Breaking News
- Posted 06 Mar 2007
Matrix 6.0 provides definitive representation of domestic DVD players sold
News/Breaking News
- Posted 05 Mar 2007
Hugh Bennett | New information on blank HD DVD disc and game console/CE player and recorder pricing, HD DVD format support, HD DVD replication, and more
Mastered and replicated at Sonopress’ North Carolina facility using DCA’s MIS 8.5 DVD formatter software on January 17, 2007
News/Breaking News
- Posted 16 Feb 2007
Upgrade will allow Eclipse Data customers to master 3X DVD titles using the Eclipse ImageEncoder DVD glass mastering formatter
News/Breaking News
- Posted 15 Feb 2007
Detailed information will be presented at the European MEDIA-TECH Showcase & Conference 2007 in Barcelona, Spain, at the Congress Center of Hotel
Rey Juan Carlos I
News/Breaking News
- Posted 15 Feb 2007
John Calkins, Senior Vice President Corporate Development of Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE), has will address the international media-manufacturing professionals of the MEDIA-TECH industry on the first day of the conference, March 6
News/Breaking News
- Posted 15 Feb 2007
Debbie Galante Block | Kestrel Wireless uses RFID-based technology to engineer new replicator-implemented DVD copy protection scheme
Pre-Replication Content Verification Facility to Accelerate Release Blu-ray Disc Video Titles
News/Breaking News
- Posted 03 Feb 2007
New partnership gives SoftwareKEY vendors ability to offer integrated on-demand CDs and DVDs as well as warehoused and fulfilled products
News/Breaking News
- Posted 01 Feb 2007
Confirms that AACS Title Keys have appeared on public web sites without authorization
News/Breaking News
- Posted 24 Jan 2007
Understanding & Solutions studies project future of physical media vs. online distribution
EMedialive announces updates to The Authoritative Blu-ray Disc (BD) FAQ in the following categories: Compatibility; Physical, Logical, and Application Specifications; Industry Support, Prices and Availability; References, Suggested Reading, and Resources.
News/Breaking News
- Posted 11 Jan 2007
New information on Total Hi Def Discs and more
News/Breaking News
- Posted 11 Jan 2007
Debbie Galante Block | MOD Systems, based in Seattle, offers technology that provides solutions for digital media on three fronts: in the corporate arena, in the retail space, and for consumers, and synergistically merges digital and physical media distribution.
Deluxe Digital High Definition Media Center manufactured the first Blu-ray title with AACS & ROM Mark using the ODC-Nimbus HDBD LBR on January 3, 2007 utilizing DCA’s MIS Pro Blu-ray formatter
News/Breaking News
- Posted 03 Jan 2007
Joint venture will operate under the name Philips & Lite-On Digital Solutions, or PLDS
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