175 news items tagged Blu-ray
Digitimes Research: Ultra HD BD players not likely to be available until end of 2015
Friday 9 January 2015Panasonic is showcasing an Ultra HD Blu-ray Disc player (BDP) prototype at CES 2014 and is the only exhibitor with such a device at the show. Digitimes Research believes Ultra HD...
Opera TV Store to be featured in Samsung Blu-ray players
Friday 3 January 2014Opera Software has announced that apps from the Opera TV Store will be available for download on Samsung Electronics' Blu-ray disc players, providing viewers with more choice in online...
Ritek to start production of Blu-ray M-Disc in August
Monday 10 June 2013Taiwan-based blank optical disc maker Ritek will begin volume production of 25GB Blu-ray M-Disc, an optical disc developed by US-based Millenniata with a service life of 1,000 years,...
CES 2013: CMC Magnetics showcases new Blu-ray discs
Friday 11 January 2013Optical disc maker CMC Magnetics is exhibiting new Blu-ray Disc (BD) discs, a 50GB single-sided dual-layer BD-rewritable (BD-RE DL) and 100GB single-sided triple-layer BD-recordable...
CES 2013: Ritek, Millenniata jointly unveil Blu-ray M-DISC
Thursday 10 January 2013Taiwan-based blank optical disc maker Ritek and US-based Millenniata have jointly unveiled Blu-ray M-DISC, a 25GB Blu-ray Disc (BD) that is said to have a service life of 1,000 years,...
Taiwan market: Sony launches 3D Blu-ray Disc home theater systems
Thursday 12 July 2012Sony has unveiled four models of its 3D Blu-ray Disc (BD) home theater system, BDV-N990W, BDV-N890W, BDV-E490 and BDV-E290, for immediate launch in the Taiwan market at recommended...
Taiwan market: Blu-ray Disc accounts for 40% of rent/sale, says Asia1 Entertainment
Tuesday 26 June 2012The proportion of audio/video discs available for rent or sale on Blu-ray Disc (BD) at Asia1 Entertainment chain stores around Taiwan has risen from 10% in 2010 and 15% in 2011 to...
Taiwan market: Acer prices new Cedar Trail netbook below NT$10,000
Tuesday 21 February 2012Notebook vendors including Asustek Computer, Acer, Lenovo, Hewlett-Packard (HP), Samsung Electronics and Toshiba have all already started selling their latest Cedar Trail-based netbooks...
CMC Magnetics showcases Blu-ray Disc technologies at 2012 CES
Friday 13 January 2012CMC Magnetics, the largest Taiwan-based maker of blank optical discs, is exhibiting three Blu-ray Disc (BD) disc technologies, Xtreme-life, Super Flexible and 3D/color printing maintenance...
Taiwan market: Sony launches 3D Blu-ray Disc home theater system
Thursday 6 October 2011Sony on October 5 announced the launch of BDV-E985W, a 3D Blu-ray Disc home theater system, in the Taiwan market at a recommended retail price of NT$36,900 (US$1,220), according to...
Taiwan market: Sony unveils 3D home theater system BDV-E880
Thursday 15 September 2011Sony has unveiled its 3D Blu-ray Disc (BD) home theater system, BDV-E880, for immediate launch in the Taiwan market at a recommended retail price of NT$27,900 (US$962).
Optical disc maker CMC Magnetics expects 10% growth in 3Q11 revenues
Thursday 8 September 2011Optical disc maker CMC Magnetics expects its third-quarter revenues to grow 10% sequentially and is also expected to turn a profit, as second-tier disc makers are gradually phasing...
Fire in Sony London warehouse to further worsen blank disc shortages
Thursday 11 August 2011Sony's warehouse in London, the UK, which stores blank optical discs, was recently struck by fire and is expected to cause the optical disc market, which is already suffering from...
ODD shipments still facing a crisis in 2H11 as Intel focuses on the ultrabook
Tuesday 2 August 2011Optical disc drive (ODD) shipments are facing a great uncertainty in the future as Intel is aggressive pushing its new ultrabook design, which will not require the adoption of an...
Blu-ray disc makers slow down capacity ramp projects
Friday 24 June 2011Taiwan-based blank optical disc makers, mainly Ritek and CMC Magnetics, have slowed down their capacity expansion projects for Blu-ray Disc (BD) due to lower than expected growth...
Taiwan BD makers facing strong competition from India-based MBI
Tuesday 24 May 2011Despite global Blu-ray disc (BD) sales are rising in 2011, since Taiwan-based BD makers including CMC Magnetics and Ritek, will only have limited capacity growth in 2011, while competitor...
Taiwan pre-recorded disc makers facing risk of weakening gross margin
Thursday 5 May 2011Taiwan-based pre-recorded DVD makers in 2011 are facing strong pressure from increasing raw material costs, with related end sales significantly impacted by online multimedia sharing...
Quanta Storage to focus on maintaining gross margin
Thursday 5 May 2011Taiwan-based optical drive maker Quanta Storage, facing declines in both shipments and revenues in early 2011, has turned conservative about its performance in the future and is also...
Taiwan market: Blu-ray disc player sales expected to surpass 100,000 units in 2011
Thursday 14 April 2011Blu-ray disc player sales in Taiwan may surpass 100,000 units in 2011 as players such as Toshiba, Sony, LG, Panasonic and Sharp all launched models with prices less than US$100 in...
Digitimes Insight: Sony PS3 supply may run tight due to quake-hit laser diode production
Friday 25 March 2011The massive earthquake in Japan has impacted the supply chain of Blu-ray Disc (BD) players. Blue laser diodes used in BD players' optical pick-up head units (OPU) are mainly produced...
Sony, Nintendo console sales impacted by Japan earthquake
Thursday 24 March 2011Supply of Sony's Blu-ray drive pick-up heads is facing danger of seeing shortages as the plants of Sony Shiraishi Semiconductor, a Blu-ray drive pick-up head manufacturing subsidiary...
Taiwan market: Blu-ray expected to see 10% share of media player shipments in 2011
Thursday 17 March 2011Shipments of Blu-ray disc players in Taiwan in 2010 reached only around 30,000 units, accounting for less than 5% of the total media player shipments of 630,000 units; however, sources...
Prices for white-box Blu-ray Disc loaders fall to below US$20, say Taiwan makers
Wednesday 16 March 2011Quotes for white-box Blu-ray Disc (BD) loaders, main bodies including BD chips and pick-up heads for being assembled into BD players or PC-use drives, have dropped to below US$20,...
Taiwan market: 60,000-72,000 Blu-ray Disc players to be sold in 2011
Friday 11 March 2011Sales of Blu-ray Disc (BD) players, including recorders, will reach 60,000-72,000 units in Taiwan in 2011, according to local retail channels.
Global demand for blank Blu-ray Discs to grow to 412 million units in 2013, says JRIA
Monday 7 March 2011The global demand for blank Blu-ray Discs (BD) in 2010 was estimated at 113 million units, up 156.82% from 2009, and is projected to be continue growing to 412 million discs in 2013,...