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- SwiftDisc Burning Wizard Premium (exe)
- SwiftDisc is a bundle of essential tools for burning and copying audio, data and video to CD, DVD and Blu-ray disc. Features: burns Blu-ray disc (BD-R and BD-RE); burns Double Layer DVD (DVD-R DL and DVD+R DL); works with multiple devices; burns and rips Audio CD; burns Data to CD,...
- Tags: Blu-ray Disc, CD, Primo Software, SwiftDisc, Blu-Ray, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment
- Software downloads 2008-03-31
- blu ray
- Full description of blu rayre: blu rayThis pretty much sums it up:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blu_ray
- Tags: Blu-ray, DVD, Consumer electronics, himanshu_theroyal287@..., Blu-ray disc
- Discussion threads 2007-11-16
- Holographic media: A future backup media candidate?
- Current state of holographic storage ..as of August 2007Although I too am excited by holographic storage, a couple of events have happened since this first posting.1. Opware has gone out of business, so the 30GByte holographic storage card won't happen.2. InPhase hasn't yet shipped a production holographic drive. They...
- Tags: Blu-ray, DVD, Consumer electronics, tim@..., holographic storage, storage, Blu-ray disc, media
- Discussion threads 2007-08-23
- Blu-ray and HD DVD by the numbers
- A look at how the supposed high-def "war" is shaping up.
- Tags: HD DVD, Blu-ray, DVD, Consumer electronics, HD-DVD, Blu-ray disc
- Image galleries 2007-07-26
- Tech Toys: Sony to make PS3 price cut?
- Sony has at last admitted that it may need to consider dropping the price of its PS3 console if it wants to meet sales targets and keep up with the competition. Sir Howard Stringer said that the company was looking in to how much it could afford to reduce the...
- Tags: Sony, General
- Blog posts 2007-06-17
- Blu-Ray Disc Next-Generation Optical Storage: Protecting Content on the BD-Rom
- The BD-ROM content protection system takes a three-pronged approach to content protection, offering state-of-the-art core cryptographic protection in the form of AACS, a physical-layer technology for the storage of key cryptographic secrets in the form of ROM Mark, and title-unique renewable protection in the form of BD+. Each of these...
- Tags: Protection, Blu-ray Disc, Storage, Disc
- White papers 2006-10-01
- Blu-ray DVD drive no bonus for some PS3 buyers
- Not just for movies!Blu-Ray is not just a format for high-definition video and audio, it's a higher-capacity disc format. If I recall the details of the specs, the capacity of the disc format is 25GB for a single-layer disc (obviously double for du
- Tags: blu-ray, ps3, sonotsky, disc, dontcareaboutformatwars, hardware, Sony PlayStation 3, Blu-ray disc
- Discussion threads 2006-12-08
- (Worst-dressed gadgets? Blu-ray and HD DVD players)
- Who caresWho really cares what it looks like?People shpould be more worried about the CONTROL the entertainment industry is putting on things they try to sell you.Like downloaded music that can ONLY be played on THEIR player. Or DVD's that YOU OWN you cannot copy.How many children DVD's has your...
- Tags: Blu-ray disc, DVD, hardware, HD-DVD, HD-DVD player, music, rrossi@...
- Discussion threads 2006-10-17
- LG: No go on combo of Blu-ray, HD DVD
- Perhaps the author hasn't seen thishttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/5364238.stm;-)
- Tags: adam.ainsworth@..., blu-ray, Blu-ray disc, hd dvd, LG Electronics Inc., networking
- Discussion threads 2006-09-21
- Holographic media: A future backup media candidate?
- Recently, I've been looking at the various technologies forbacking up data. In addition to the previously discussed opticalmedia solutions and onlinebackups, one technology undergoing heavy development pointed out to me bya colleague is that of holographic media. Holographic media is a next-generationoptical storage candidate. Forget HD-DVD and Blu-ray--the huge potential...
- Tags: backup, Blu-ray disc, HD-DVD, Holographic Versatile Disc, laser, media
- Blog posts 2006-06-19
- Photo: Sony's Blu-ray Vaio
- A look at the Sony Vaio AR Premium, which will cost $3,500.
- Tags: Blu-ray, Sony Vaio, Sony Corp., Blu-ray disc, photograph
- Image galleries 2006-06-12
- Photos: New Sony Vaios
- Sony has announced a fully functioning pocket-size PC and a Blu-ray-enabled notebook available for sale this summer.
- Tags: photograph, Sony Corp., Sony Vaio, notebook, PC, Blu-ray disc
- Image galleries 2006-05-15
- Dell exec: We're not Wintel's lapdog
- pretty big claimsWho does this guy think he is, Al Gore?NOT Wintel's Lapdog?/Your product line puts the lie to that claim.offer systems without windows or intel as well and you might be able to claim that, until then, quit trying to blow sunshine up our butts.Yeah, but their service doesn'ttheir...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., dell, Linux, frylock, hardware, Blu-ray disc, Wintel
- Discussion threads 2006-04-10
- Photos: Sony gear spotlights Blu-ray
- Sony's first Blu-Ray DVD player, along with Vaio machines with Blu-ray drives, will appear this summer.
- Tags: Blu-ray disc, Blu-ray drive, photograph, Sony Corp., Sony Vaio
- Image galleries 2006-03-16
- Blu-ray, HD DVD players: Clunky, unimpressive
- Why not make comptable technologies?Oh and welcome to VHS vs Beta all over again...jeez what a waste of time! I don't care who wins...I really don't care much about Blu-ray or HDDVD other than the fact that they are UGLY...I won't put a 1970's looking thing in my house...thanks...
- Tags: Blu-ray, DVD, Consumer electronics
- Discussion threads 2006-01-14
- Worst-dressed gadgets? Blu-ray and HD DVD players
- Blu-ray DVDOkay, they all look old-fashioned, XX century, etc. But is there anyone out there with a look compatible with the technology? Maybe we will have to wait another 6-8 years to get the sleek looking back.
- Tags: antonio2toledo@..., blu-ray, Blu-ray disc, hd dvd, HD-DVD, HD-DVD player, networking, Worst-Dressed
- Discussion threads 2006-01-14
- Sony details Blu-ray plans, new product releases
- Alright, another standard...The thing that can truly kill off Sony's plans is whether the 'copy protect rootkit' fiasco will blossom into a total rejection of DRM-laden formats throughout the consumer landscape. If HD-DVD offers less DRM hassles than BluRay, look for BluRay to go down in flames. And if that's...
- Tags: Blu-ray disc, BluRay, drm, networking, oromis, Sony Corp.
- Discussion threads 2006-01-14
- Worst-dressed gadgets? Blu-ray and HD DVD players
- Panasonic's Blu-ray player looks like "2001: A Space Odyssey" prop. HP's HD DVD player mimics old dual-cassette deck.
- Tags: HD DVD, Blu-ray, DVD, Consumer electronics, HD-DVD player, HD-DVD, Blu-ray disc, deck, Panasonic, Hewlett-Packard Co.
- Image galleries 2006-01-09
- Pioneer to sell Blu-ray drive in early '06
- Micro$oft backing HD-DVD?Just seeing Micro$oft's name on this standard is enough for me to support Blu-Ray.Given M$'s history of intrusive restrictions on MP3s, video files, etc., I'm very leary of installing ANYTHING from M$, even security updates.I also see this as one more reason to move to Linux.This is nuts..Why...
- Tags: +R, Blu-ray disc, Blu-ray drive, blu-ray is better, hardware, Micro$oft, R, Radio-Active, RW
- Discussion threads 2006-01-03
- Photo: Pioneer's Blu-ray disc drive
- Pioneer plans to begin selling its BDR-101A Blu-ray Disc drive in the first quarter of 2006.
- Tags: Blu-ray, DVD, Consumer electronics, Pioneer, Blu-ray disc, photograph
- Image galleries 2005-12-28
