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Posted by Allan on 12/18/05 02:52
On Thu, 15 Dec 2005 21:02:41 -0800, "Alpha" <none@none.net> wrote:
>The official Blu Ray site lists not a single blu ray commercial player as
>announced, other than the early models already out in Asia.
>
http://www.blu-ray.com/
Nov 29, 2005 - Blu-ray Companies to Reveal Launch Details at CES in
January
Blu-ray Disc
The Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA) today announced that they will
unveil specific launch plans for Blu-ray at the Consumer Electronics
Show (CES) in January. "We're sticking with the spring time frame,"
said Andy Parsons, a spokesman for Blu-ray, at a demonstration of the
new high-capacity DVD format. "At CES, you're likely to hear some
announcements from a number of companies as to when you'll see our
products on the market," Parsons told a group of analysts, industry
members and reporters gathered at the product demonstration at News
Corp.'s 20th Century Fox lot. Members of the Blu-ray camp, including
executives from Disney, Fox, Sony, Pioneer and Panasonic, attended the
press briefing on Tuesday to show off Blu-ray's interactive features,
which enable consumers to play games, connect to the Internet and
select from various functions, such as subtitles and text, while still
watching a movie.
http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=technologyNews&storyID=2005-11-30T075144Z_01_HO028236_RTRUKOC_0_US-MEDIA-BLURAY.xml
By Sue Zeidler
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Blu-ray DVD group said on Tuesday it still
planned to roll out a high-definition disc format in spring 2006,
though members of the consortium led by Sony Corp. (6758.T: Quote,
Profile, Research) said they would unveil specific launch plans at the
Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in January.
"We're sticking with the spring time frame," said Andy Parsons, a
spokesman for Blu-ray, at a demonstration of the new high-capacity DVD
format.
Blu-Ray is vying with a competing format known as HD DVD, championed
by a group led by Toshiba Corp. (6502.T: Quote, Profile, Research).
"At CES, you're likely to hear some announcements from a number of
companies as to when you'll see our products on the market," Parsons
told a group of analysts, industry members and reporters gathered at
the product demonstration at News Corp.'s (NWS.N: Quote, Profile,
Research) 20th Century Fox lot. The show is in Las Vegas.
Sony's Blu-ray disc technology appears to be the front-runner in the
multibillion dollar race to develop the next-generation DVDs, which
movie studios and consumer electronics manufacturers hope will ignite
sales for the home video sector, which has shown signs of a slowdown
recently.
Both formats provide high-definition versions of movies as well as
interactive features.
Members of the Blu-ray camp, including executives from Disney Corp.
(DIS.N: Quote, Profile, Research), Fox, Sony, Pioneer and Panasonic,
attended the press briefing on Tuesday to show off Blu-ray's
interactive features, which enable consumers to play games, connect to
the Internet and select from various functions, such as subtitles and
text, while still watching a movie.
Blu-ray has more major movie studios on its side, although some
industry watchers have said the format will be more expensive to make.
While HD DVD discs can be made with only minor tweaks to the standard
DVD manufacturing process, Blu-ray discs require completely different
equipment.
Members of the Blu-ray Disc Association consortium have said in the
past that costs will come down quickly and be almost immediately
competitive with those of HD DVD.
The consortium consists of various Hollywood studios, computer makers
and consumer electronics manufacturers in the United States and
abroad.
Executives said on Tuesday the format's flexibility gave them added
revenue potential by eventually enabling consumers to order films or
merchandise using the discs
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