blu-ray

12X Blu-ray burner with USB 3 from Buffalo

Published on: 30th November, 2009

On November 26, 2009, Buffalo released the fastest up to date Blu-ray burner. BR X1216U3 benefits from 12X with dual-layer discs and gets (also thanks to Pioneer) a 50 percent greater speed than 8X drives and is unique, thanks to its USB 3.0 support. The 5Gbps interface seems to allow faster data transfer than the [...]

Mac mini gets Blu-ray upgrade

Published on: 13th November, 2009

Owners of Mac mini’s current generation have received good news from AMEX Digital. They can buy a Blu-ray drive upgrade kit for the price of $199. A slot-load SATA drive allows the Mac mini to burn Blu-ray discs in applications that support reading and burning Blu-ray media at speeds up to 4X. Even if Macs [...]

ZMS-08 – Blu-ray capable, already being tested

Published on: 13th November, 2009

ZiiLabs announced the second new chip this year, a real milestone, the ZMS-08. The new chip is based on the many-core ZMS-05 with a 1GHz ARM Cortex processor and will be capable to process video at a previously unseen level for mobile chips. While most of the other chips decode 1,080-pixel video, the ZMS-08 can [...]

XV-BP11 Blu-ray Player of JVC – Only $200

Published on: 1st November, 2009

JVC launched the XV-BP11, a 1.5 inches-tall Blu-ray player that recognizes Blu-ray Profile 1.1 only, but doesn’t have Internet features. A front-panel USB allows connection and playing content from digital cameras, USB thumb drives and camcorders. AVCHD H.264 video for HD camcorders is natively recognized, as well as BD-Rom, BD-R/RE, DVD-Video, DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW, Audio CD, [...]

November Brings the New LG HB954SP Blu-ray 5.1 Home Cinema System with iPod Dock

Published on: 13th October, 2009

Recently announced by LG, the LG HB954SP Blu-ray home cinema system is a full high definition 1080 pixels video and 5.1 surround sound audio system, with 1,000 total watts of power, a quintet of oval satellite speakers and a powerful subwoofer improving balanced & strong bass sound, everything packed into a compact, blue-tinged box. You’ll [...]

Toshiba Presents the Qosmio X500 Endowed with Updated Specs

Published on: 25th September, 2009

Recently, Toshiba Company presented a new gadget entitled Qosmio X500. This new desktop-replacement notebook incorporates a Full HD display of 18.4 inches, an Intel Core-i7 2.8GHz processor and 1GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 250MNV graphics. In addition, Qosmio X500 comprises a Blu-ray burner, 8 gigabytes of DDR3 memory, twin 500GB 5, 5,400 rpm HDs and Wi-FI [...]

BD-100 Blu-ray Laser by Sharp

Published on: 14th September, 2009

Sharp Corporation announced during the Autumn Meeting of the Japan Society of Applied Physics that it managed to evolve in Blu-ray laser by developing a Blu-ray laser diode that works at 500mW at its peak. This is sufficient to burn 4-layer Blu-ray discs meaing that if the company`s product is approved by the BDA (Blu-ray [...]

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