However, the problem now is the availability of the appropriate discs, because even DVDs for 4x are still somewhat more expensive. The main reason for this is the small quantities available till now, because cheap spindle packs with 25 or 50 blank discs have been rare up until now. It may be many weeks until blank discs writeable at 8x become available in practical quantities - and therefore also at an acceptable markup. Discs: Imation, Memorex, Verbatim For this test we wrote to a number of manufacturers, only three of whom showed any interest and provided us with discs for our test lab. Currently there are scads of no-name discs available on retail shelves, the quality of which remains to be seen over the course of the coming months....

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Imation Disc Stakka: Automated CD, DVD Storage and Retrieval. imation disc stakka. Have you ever misplaced your Unreal CD somewhere before finding it two days later buried among hundreds of other discs long after you lost the urge to frag? With Disc Stakka, Imation says you'll never run into such a problem again with a carousel that offers automated storage and retrieval of 100 optical discs - and database capabilities for file retrieval.. Even with 100 discs inside, its weight is still reasonable. As soon as it's installed you'll be ready to store discs the same way you would store files....

Progress in negotiations for final AACS copy protection specification for HD discs. aacs 10 negotiations make progress. The world's major movie studios, content providers, and component manufacturers may have actually reached a limited agreement on how AACS - the copy protection scheme to be used by the next generation high-definition discs - will manage "constrained playback" and region codes.. Tokyo (Japan) - A clearer picture of the copy protection scheme used by the two contenders for the next high-definition disc format, may finally be taking shape....

The unscheduled convergence between high-def games and high-def discs. can xbox 360 succeed as ce. Blu-ray's current dependence upon BD-J may do little to promote Java as a platform, even if Blu-ray ends up being the dominant, or even the only, high-def disc format. Consumer demand for either next-generation video disc format may not culminate, especially in the wake of public squabbles among both formats' supporters, and recent criticism of highly aggressive copy protection schemes - which both formats will reportedly embrace. They openly reject the notion of competing high-def disc standards; how long will they support two competing game consoles?...

CES 2007: 200 GB Blu-ray discs, 16.5 GB Mini discs in the works. ces2007 200gb blu ray. 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.. TDK previewed a massive 200 GB Blu-ray disc, which the company claims has enough room to store approximately 18 hours of high-definition video (encoded at 24 Mbps). Also on display are 8cm Mini Blu-ray discs, which have a capacity of 16.5 GB by using a single-layer recording material structure....

CES 2007: Ritek showcasing writable HD DVD, Blu-ray discs. ces2007 ritek hd dvd. Ritek is showcasing HD DVD-R (write once) and Blu-ray Disc (BD) blank discs at the 2007 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) taking place in Las Vegas from January 8-11.. Ritek is showcasing HD DVD-R (write once) and Blu-ray Disc (BD) blank discs at the 2007 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) taking place in Las Vegas from January 8-11. Ritek has begun shipments of HD DVD-R discs, and plans to launch 25 GB single-sided single-layer BD-R (write once) discs later this quarter....

CES 2007: Warner announces HD DVD - Blu-ray combo disc. ces2007 warner hd dvd blu ray. Earlier this week, LG announced a hybrid HD DVD - Blu-ray player; Warner followed up late Tuesday with a hybrid hi-def disc that can be played both in HD DVD and Blu-ray players.. Earlier this week, LG announced a hybrid HD DVD - Blu-ray player; Warner followed up late Tuesday with a hybrid hi-def disc that can be played both in HD DVD and Blu-ray players. Warner's "Total Hi Def" disc ("THD") is yet another proprietary format; however, it does combine HD DVD and Blu-ray on one disc. The physical structure of the disc is 1.2 mm the same as DVDs, HD DVD and Blu-ray discs....