Microsoft Collaborates with Memory-Tech to Spread HD DVD Network Functions

Jun 27, 2007 21:04
Naoki Asakawa, Nikkei Electronics

Microsoft Co. Ltd., the Japanese arm of Microsoft Corp., announced that it will develop commercial servers required to achieve HD DVD network connectivity in collaboration with Memory-Tech Corp., who specializes in optical disc production and authoring. The two companies will establish a technology partnership for commercial sever development and operation.

Converting DVD Into HD DVD
Software for Multicore Computers Could Add Resolution to Video in Real Time.

By KATE GREENE
June 26, 2007

Researchers at Intel have developed an algorithm that, by leveraging the power of multiple microprocessors, can boost the resolution of a video as it plays in real time. The technology, called super resolution, can run on machines with as few as two cores and as many as hundreds, potentially letting people enhance video captured with a cheap webcam, improve old home movies, or turn a DVD-quality video into a high-resolution flick.

First Look: LG Drive Offers Up Blu-ray and HD DVD
The first PC drive to burn Blu-ray Disc media and play HD DVD discs costs a bunch.

Melissa J. Perenson, PC World
Wednesday, June 27, 2007 3:00 PM PDT

Microsoft: HD DVD drive is 360's most successful accessory

by GamePro Staff | 06/26/2007 | 11:44:45 AM PST

New facts concerning the sales figures of the Xbox 360's HD DVD drive may breathe new life into Toshiba's proprietary format just yet.
By Eugene Huang

While Blockbuster dealt something of a deathblow last week to HD DVD by standing strictly in Blu-ray's corner, Toshiba's seemingly down-and-out format may be in better shape than expected just as long as sales figures for the Xbox 360 are taken into consideration.

IDC - June 20, 2007

While DVD burners will continue to be the dominant volume product of the optical/removable storage market until 2011, due to commodity prices and almost universal compatibility, next-generation drives are ramping up, according to IDC. Significant momentum is building behind the blue laser formats, HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc (BD).

Marketing activities of both camps are accelerating, and more and more companies are joining one of the two or both format groups.

By Frederick Lane
June 19, 2007 4:21PM

Blu-ray might have beaten HD DVD at Blockbuster, but who will win the Blu-ray/HD DVD fight for the enterprise? Although Blu-ray discs offer greater capacity, the HD DVD format has been perceived as having an edge in the corporate space, in light of the fact that its components and discs are generally less expensive.

The worldwide market for HDTV is forecast to grow strongly over the next four years, with satellite remaining the dominant method of reception. The market is forecast by IMS Research to grow to nearly 148 million HDTV households by 2011, with nearly 41% of those households receiving HDTV programming via satellite.

Olevia 665i 1080p 65-inch LCD HDTV Announced

Olevia™ 665i Features the Silicon Optix Realta Hollywood Quality Video (HQV™) Video Processor

19.06.2007 13:08:07

Epson PowerLite S5 projector provides a budget-minded home theater

Column Toshiba drops a bomb

By Martin Lynch: jeudi 07 juin 2007, 13:33

ACCORDING to the CEO of Walt Disney, Robert Iger, there is no high-def format war outside of the US.
In his own words: "If you look across the globe, the only place there is really a format war is in the United States. In other markets where next-gen DVD is starting to penetrate, Blu-ray is winning, and substantially; so much so there isn’t even a perceived format war."