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Blu-Ray is Here
Blu-Ray is the 50GB capacity blue laser technology replacement for
DVD.
Capable of storing hours of HDTV 1920x1080 content at high bitrates.
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12th
March 2008
Panasonic launch in the UK their first bitstream out capable player
the
DMP-BD30 and also announce the
DMP-BD50
which has onboard decoding and BD-LIVE
25th July 2007 Denon announce
the first Blu-Ray Profile 1.1 players with True-HD and DTS-HD bitstream out.
The all singing all dancing
DVD-3800BD
and the cut-down transport
DVD-2500BT
24th July 2007 Sony announce
a new firmware (1.9) for the PS3 that will enable you to force 1080p/24fps
output
17th July 2007 The following
titles are out or are coming to Blu-Ray in the UK from Tartan Video:
25 June - Labyrinth of Passion; Red Shoes
16 July - Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss
23 July - Sleeping Dogs
13 Aug - Ballad of Narayama; The Bow; Taxidermia; Sawdust & Tinsel; The
Devil's Eye; Eisenstein vol 1
27 Aug - Fast Food Nation; 10 Sept - Invisible Waves; Bright Future
24 Sept - Haxan; Breaking News; Duel Project; Seventh Seal (50th
Anniversary, remastered edition)
November 2006 Blu-Ray
is now out in the UK. Samsung and Panasonic launch their players
DMP-BD10.
Interestingly some of the titles launched in the USA (Region A) play fine in
the (UK Region B) players.
We tested Lord or War and The Fifth Element. (The Panasonic machine can also
be made multi region for DVD's)
We also took one of the BD10's apart and tried the drive in a PC and it
appears to be a Panasonic SW-5582 Blu Ray Burner although it's firmware
doesn't seem to allow you to write anything to a BD-RE blank disc.
6/Sept 2006  We
Visit the Berlin IFA 2006 Trade show and take many pictures of Blu-Ray
paraphernalia Click Here
to See the pictures
29/March 2006 AV Land (UK)
have details about the new Panasonic Blu-Ray disc Player, the
DMP-BD10
29/March 2006 The Register
(UK) has an
article about ULEAD dropping support for Blu-Ray in it's DVD authoring
software just 7 days after launch. (me thinks they still have some beta
testing to do)
12/March 2006 Panasonic Blu
Ray Disc blank media can now be ordered, see
AV Land (UK)
dual layer 50GB blanks cost £20 GBP (I'm sure they will drop in time)
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