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• Sony NEC Optiarc: Blu-ray Disc drive prices to drop 50% by 2008
  Friday 17 November 2006 – 04:50
  By 2008, prices for Blu-ray Disc (BD) drives will drop 50% from current levels amid aggressive development by various related brands and makers, according to Shuji Minami, general manager, product business group of Sony NEC Optiarc.
• SonyNEC Optiarc: Sub $100 Blu-ray Combo Drives for the Holidays?
  Thursday 5 June 2008 – 10:30
  SonyNEC Optiarc is one of the key players in optical drives and related technology. We talked to the specialist to get some idea on when Blu-ray drives will have their breakthrough.
• Blu-ray and HD-DVD to freeze competition until 2007 due to laser diode shortage
  Tuesday 29 August 2006 – 04:08
  Since manufacturers of blue laser diodes are still unable to improve yield rates, the shortage may result in pushing back the competition between Blu-ray Disc (BD) and HD-DVD optical disc drives in the market to the first quarter of 2007, according to sources at optical disc drive (ODD) manufacturers.
• Blu-ray Player Prices Showing Signs Of Downward Trend
  Monday 9 June 2008 – 04:50
  Market Scan - It has been about four months since Toshiba decided to shut down its HD DVD format and so far, consumers have seen Blu-ray player prices on the rise.
• Blu-ray Player Prices Showing Signs Of Downward Trend
  Friday 6 June 2008 – 10:00
  Market Scan - It has been about four months since Toshiba decided to shut down its HD DVD format and so far, consumers have seen Blu-ray player prices on the rise.

• CES 2007: HD DVD versus Blu-ray - The porn industry says HD DVD*
  Thursday 11 January 2007 – 06:39
  Knowing their audience quite well, the adult entertainment industry holds their annual get together in Las Vegas to coincide with the CES. There is also a very pertinent crossover between the adult and tech industries - porn has a tendency to drive, and be driven, by technology. Which means HD DVD when it comes to high-def.
• CES 2007: 200 GB Blu-ray discs, 16.5 GB Mini discs in the works*
  Monday 8 January 2007 – 08:50
  hile we are just about to see a greater adoption of high-definition media formats and 50 GB Blu-ray will be shipping in the first quarter, we have spotted the next generation of Blu-ray at CES.
• CES 2007: Sony plans next Blu-ray attack at HD DVD*
  Monday 8 January 2007 – 04:12
  If there was one underlying theme at Sony's CES press conference today, it was that Sony desperately asks for the designation as the market leader in high definition.
• HD-DVD or Blu-Ray? Where's Porn Going?*
  Tuesday 18 September 2007 – 04:07 in Consumer Electronics
  The next generation video format war continues, with neither HD-DVD nor Blu-Ray really pulling ahead so far. We’re back to basic instincts and the pressure is on the adult industry to make a decision on which of the two high definition DVD formats they’r ...
• HP to Blu-ray: Take us seriously, or we'll join HD DVD*
  Friday 28 October 2005 – 06:52
  In an exclusive interview with TG Daily, HP's representative to the Blu-ray Disc Association acknowledged his company's reversal of position on two key technologies: mandatory managed copy and the iHD interactive layer. But if the BDA doesn't make a similar U-turn, he told us, HP may join the HD DVD Promotions Group - and it might not go alone.