Report: Apple ready to release new iMacs with Blu-ray

according to AppleInsider.. it looks like the new iMac's are currently in production. they are going to be thinner, and faster.. and what's this? it appears very likely that these new machines will include support for Blu-ray. how exciting.

to read more, visit: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10361120-37.html

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BD Prices Fall, Catalog Spending Rises 72%

Below is an informative read on the growing popularity and incorporation of blu-ray technology into American homes.

"Pricing for BD software has dropped significantly everywhere, fostering an increase in demand and spending. In the US, BD software pricing has fallen more than 10% for new releases and a full one-third on catalog titles since 2008. This has caused spending on theatrical Blu-ray catalog to increase 72% from the same 2008 period. However, retailers would like prices to drop more.."

read the full article HERE

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Mitsubishi Announces Super-Charged Blu-ray Disc Recorders....For Japan

"Here we go again! Another announcement by a large Asian consumer electronics manufacturer that it is introducing a new line of Blu-ray Disc recorders, but, unfortunately, they will probably never see the light-of-day in the U.S.

What makes Mitsubishi's announcement even more frustrating is that these units are a home theater fan's dream: One unit combines Blu-ray Disc recording with a 1 Terabyte Hard Drive, a second unit offers a 500GB hard drive, while the third houses not only a Blu-ray Disc recorder and a 320 GB hard drive, but also includes a VHS deck.." [continue reading..]

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BDA, Adams Dispute Harris Survey on Blu-ray

The following is an interesting article regarding a recent "Harris Survey" [read more here] that claimed that there were more HD-DVD players in American homes than Blu-ray players.

The Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA) is very skeptical of these statistics (for good reason), and Tony Adams, the president of Adams Media Research had the following to say: "Some people believe a DVD player on an HDTV is high-def. There's just so much confusion out there," Adams said. "Everybody makes mistakes" he said of the Harris survey "but we have models that show those numbers just can't be true."

to read more on BDA and Adams disputing the recent Harris Survey, click here. an interesting read!

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Blu-ray player sales soar 72 percent

"The US sales of standalone Blu-ray players have increased 72 percent in the first quarter of 2009 compared to the same period last year, according to the market research firm NPD Group.." [read more here]

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Blu-ray Sales Accelerate to Record Levels in Japan

09 December 2008

Latest GfK Retail and Technology Japan figures have revealed that in the first week of November 2008, Blu-ray Disc Recorders have surpassed a 50% market share for DVD Recorders in unit terms.

Blu-ray prices are going down and sales are going up; not to mention that Blu-ray recorders are replacing DVD recorders at a higher pace than DVD recorders replaced VCR's. As Japan goes, so does the rest of the world follow...

Link to story: Blu-ray sales accelerate to record levels in Japan

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Tech Tip: Compression for CDs and DVDs Part 1: Music

Written by Donald R.J. White

One Byte = 8 bits = 28, or 256 options or quanta levels. CDs can store 670 MB of information and DVDs (single sided) store 4.7GB. DVDs store 4700MB/670MB = seven times more capacity. For example, 50 CDs of music can be stored on seven DVDs. Compression tools can compress disk space from about three to 200 times, depending on the stored information (i.e. text, music, video, etc). Music compresses from 1.2x to 3:1 times (MP3 format for 10:1 times), and text compresses only about three times. But, video can compress enormously, depending upon if is (1) stills, like a picture gallery or a power point presentation, or (2) movies which compress the best (roughly 100 times). The amount of compression of video depends upon the acceptability level (quality control) of lossy compression techniques.

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Tech Tip: Blu-Ray: The Successor

Written by Donald R.J. White

In the mid 1990s, commercial high definition TV (HDTV) sets began entering a larger market. Since there was no cheap way to record or play back more demanding HD content (4x+), and a non-HD movie already takes up the storage of a single DVD, a new media format was needed. Blue lasers with shorter wavelengths for HD DVDs yield optical storage with higher density than red lasers for DVDs (0.62x for wavelength ratio). As a result, two new competing media were created: HD-DVDs (spearheaded by Toshiba) and Blu-Ray DVDs (led by Sony). However, within the past two years, Warner Bros, Best Buy, Wal-Mart and others stalwarts announced they would no longer support HD-DVD format, but join the Blu-Ray camp. In February of 2008, after losing US$ 1 billion, Toshiba announced its decision to discontinue development and marketing of the HD DVDs. Thus, the backers and followers of Blu-Ray technology won the HD "format war".

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smaller size CDs and DVDs...

according to appleinsider.com, apple has issued a patent for "a collapsable hardware solution that would allow [their] company to reduce shipping and packaging costs by selling software on smaller discs which could then be used in slot-loading optical drives built for standard 12 cm CDs and DVDs, a new filing has revealed."

An additional quote states, "Software is traditionally shipped on the 12 cm discs, but many applications exist today that require less storage capacity than what is available on the those discs, the filing adds. However, slot-loading drives found in notebooks and car audio systems are only designed only to accept 12 cm discs."