http://www.cdrinfo.com/ Keep current with all the new technical news and information published on the CdrInfo.com Web Site. en-us 60 Thu, 02 May 2013 06:26:33 GMT SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES sold a new BLULINE II replication machine to Memory-Tech Corporation, the largest independent disc manufacturer in Japan. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=36593 Wed, 01 May 2013 14:58:14 GMT Kaleidescape today debuted the Internet delivery of Blu-ray quality movies. Now Kaleidescape owners can download movies from the Kaleidescape Store with audio and video quality equal to Blu-ray Disc. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=36586 Mon, 29 Apr 2013 15:13:22 GMT In a move that could give the final hit in the almost dead optical storage and Blu-ray disc market for PCs, TDK has decided to withdraw from the Blu-ray disc business by March 2014. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=36558 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 04:53:58 GMT RITEK recently launched RITEK M-DISC DVD, an optical disc drive claimed to have a lifetime of up to 1,000 years. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=36518 Fri, 12 Apr 2013 12:01:29 GMT AUstralian authorities on 12 April seized an estimated 80,000 High Quality Counterfeit (HQC) 'Region 4' movie DVDs and TV box sets as well as artwork and promotional inserts. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=36393 Mon, 08 Apr 2013 04:30:44 GMT Sony and France-based Dalet Digital Media Systems have pertnered to develop extensible high-capacity archiving solutions, named Optical Disc Archive for the video and broadcasting industries. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=36326 Tue, 02 Apr 2013 08:01:53 GMT The latest version of Cyberlink's popular PowerDVD media player offers comprehensive options to enjoy media across all digital devices, includes support for 4K ultra HD, converts videos beyond Blu-ray quality, and is UltraViolet ready. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=36269 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 10:32:01 GMT ASUS is releasing the SDRW-08U5S-U external DVD writer, an ulta-slim (13mm) portable optical drive. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=36186 Mon, 18 Mar 2013 17:13:20 GMT UCLA researchers have developed a technique that uses a DVD burner to fabricate micro-scale graphene-based supercapacitors - devices that can charge and discharge a hundred to a thousand times faster than standard batteries. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=36111 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 11:39:22 GMT Sony has officially closed its Sony Opitarc optical disk division this month. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=36079 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 11:13:34 GMT Nero has released a new version of its Nero 12 and Nero 12 Platinum multimedia suites, expanding mobile device support for video converting and bringing greater customisation and control to video editing. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=36064 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 11:13:12 GMT Primera Technology today announced the availability of its new DL500 Durable Label Printer. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=36063 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 05:28:07 GMT Later this month Pioneer will release the BDR-XU02JM portable BDXL burner in Japan. The slim and lightweight drive has a slot-in disc loading mechanism and has been designed to complement the new MacBooks. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=36058 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 11:10:55 GMT Illegal music file sharing declined significantly in 2012 due to increased availability of free and subscription music streaming sites, according to new data from The NPD Group. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=35908 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 03:58:04 GMT The DVD6C Licensing Group (DVD6C) has terminated its Patent License Agreement with Ontario-based Premium Disc Corp. for nonpayment of royalties. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=35829 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 17:05:08 GMT UltraViolet in the coming months will be available in Australia, France, Germany, Ireland and New Zealand, said Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=35711 Thu, 31 Jan 2013 06:09:41 GMT Cyberlink is offering its flagship video editing software PowerDirector 11 at a significant discount, as soon as you agree to switch from using competitive software solutions including the Adobe Premiere Elements, Sony Movie Studio and Pinnacle Studio. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=35642 Thu, 31 Jan 2013 05:47:39 GMT Despite rapid device adoption, and new forms of movie distribution, video discs are by far the largest source of Hollywood's home-video revenue, the NPD Group says. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=35640 Thu, 31 Jan 2013 04:58:40 GMT Lite-On Technology has announced plans to acquire the remaining outstanding shares of Lite-On IT, the popular optical disc drive (ODD) and SSD (solid-state drive) maker. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=35637 Tue, 29 Jan 2013 07:56:48 GMT Aleratec today introduced the new 1:3 RoboRacer DVD/CD MultiDrive SA Duplicator, a fully-automatic disc duplicator featuring three DVD/CD disc-burning drives and a 150-disc capacity. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=35613 Wed, 16 Jan 2013 05:14:12 GMT Taiwan-based blank optical disc makers will reportedly diversify their business operations towards the production of light guide plates (LGP), which is a core component of backlight units (BLUs) used in display panels. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=35482 Wed, 16 Jan 2013 04:44:33 GMT There is currently activity within the Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA) is to bring 4K into the Blu-ray specifications, although there are some fundamental reasons why 4K may not be yet ready for primetime. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=35480 Mon, 14 Jan 2013 08:38:40 GMT Figures published today by the British Video Association show that James Cameron's film Avatar from Twentieth Century Fox becomes the first title to sell over 1 million copies on the high definition Blu-ray Disc. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=35456 Fri, 11 Jan 2013 06:37:36 GMT Taiwanese optical disc maker CMC Magnetics is showcasing a 50GB dual-layer BD-rewritable (BD-RE DL) and 100GB single-sided triple-layer BD-recordable (BD-R TL) Blu-ray disc at the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=35439 Wed, 09 Jan 2013 17:05:32 GMT At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, CyberLink offers previews of PowerDVD Touch, a touch-optimized Microsoft Windows 8 desktop media playback software solution. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=35427 Mon, 07 Jan 2013 07:18:49 GMT Millenniata will offer a Blu-ray version of its MDisc high-quality optical disc in June. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=35362 Fri, 04 Jan 2013 05:38:49 GMT CyberLink will showcase its ecosystem of video and photo creation and sharing solutions at CES event in Las Vegas from January 8-11. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=35333 Thu, 03 Jan 2013 16:24:47 GMT Samsung announced today its newest ultra-slim portable DVD writer, the SE-218CB optical disc drive (ODD) with a sleeker design and mobile size for Ultrabook users on-the-go. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=35326 Tue, 01 Jan 2013 07:52:49 GMT Teac recently introduced a cost-effective 12x Blu-ray disc burner, the BD-W512GSA. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=35312 Fri, 28 Dec 2012 13:21:52 GMT The optical disc industry is experiencing a reshuffle which will continue into the first half of 2013 due to makers in Japan, as well as second- and third-tier Taiwan-based makers stopping production during 2012. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=35298 Fri, 28 Dec 2012 13:21:18 GMT Big deals and deep discounts enticed U.S. consumers to shop this past Black Friday and Thanksgiving weekend, according to a recent Nielsen Home Entertainment survey. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=35297 Sun, 23 Dec 2012 12:23:14 GMT The UK government has recently announced changes to how it will enforce copyright that will allow individuals to reproduce copyrighted material for personal use. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=35271 Sat, 22 Dec 2012 05:02:33 GMT Best Buy has made available a software that allows users to "convert" their DVDs to cloud hosted UltraViolet versions at home. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=35267 Thu, 20 Dec 2012 15:31:08 GMT The total number of Blu-ray Disc (BD) 3-D titles in the U.S. market has grown by more than a factor of five within two years since the format started in 2010. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=35257 Tue, 18 Dec 2012 09:56:31 GMT Last week, officers from the City of London Police Economic Crime Directorate have seized fake CDs with a street value of over £245,000. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=35226 Mon, 17 Dec 2012 10:37:33 GMT Both CD and DVD recordable media technology revenue decreased in 3Q12 from 2Q12, a report from the Santa Clara Consulting Group found. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=35205 Fri, 14 Dec 2012 06:35:04 GMT LiteOn IT plans to adjust its production of optical disc drives following the decreasing global demand and Sony Optiarc's decision to exit the global ODD market. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=35186 Fri, 14 Dec 2012 05:47:27 GMT Epson will release its new flagship PP-100IIBD Blu-ray disc publishing system in January, powered by Pioneer's archival-grade Blu-ray disc drives. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=35185 Wed, 12 Dec 2012 07:19:09 GMT TDK has completed development of the LTO Ultrium 6, the sixth-generation LTO (Linear Tape-Open) Ultrium format data cartridges and as of November 20th the cartridges passed the verification testing by the LTO Compliance Verification Entity (CVE). TDK has now started production of the LTO Ultrium Generation 6 data tape cartridges. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=35159 Tue, 11 Dec 2012 06:22:20 GMT Kaleidescape today announced a service that enables the digital delivery of movie purchases over the Internet with video and audio quality equal to Blu-ray Disc and DVD. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=35139 Tue, 11 Dec 2012 05:55:48 GMT Pioneer plans to release later this month in Japan the BDR-XU02J, a highly-portable, slot-loading 6x BDXL burner. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=35137 Thu, 06 Dec 2012 11:53:32 GMT The latest company to join the One-Blue Blu-ray Disc (BD) product licensing program is Taiwan-based U-Tech Media Corp. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=35100 Thu, 06 Dec 2012 05:17:09 GMT CyberLink today launched PowerProducer 6 Blu-ray and DVD disc authoring software. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=35091 Wed, 28 Nov 2012 12:31:47 GMT Figures released by the British Video Association signal that Blu-ray Discs are set to be a Christmas favourite, as the number of DVD shoppers who trade up to Blu-ray Disc are expected to double during the gifting season. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=35009 Wed, 28 Nov 2012 05:12:00 GMT IO Data Device Inc. will release three new BD burners in Japan in late December: the SATA BRD-S16X, the external USB 3.0 BRD-UT16X and the portable BRP-U6DM2 http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=34996 Mon, 26 Nov 2012 06:44:32 GMT Optical disc drive vendors are expected to replace the half-height (H/H) optical disc drives (ODDs) used in desktop PCs with slim-type ODDs used in notebooks by the end of 2013. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=34970 Fri, 23 Nov 2012 14:54:21 GMT Buffalo next month will release the first 16x Blu-ray disc burners in Japan - the external USB 3.0 BRXL-16U3 and the SATA BRXL-16FBS-BK models. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=34963 Wed, 21 Nov 2012 07:11:30 GMT AudioDev has appointed Marco Lischnewski as new CEO, replacing Peter Falk who has been in charge of AudioDev since 2009. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=34933 Wed, 21 Nov 2012 04:27:31 GMT Imation is shipping the next generation in the Ultrium format of Linear Tape-Open (LTO) technology ? certified LTO 6 Ultrium tape cartridges. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=34928 Thu, 15 Nov 2012 07:36:26 GMT German software manufacturer Ashampoo today released the 12th edition of Ashampoo Burning Studio. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=34863 Thu, 15 Nov 2012 06:52:40 GMT SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES and Doug Carson & Associates, Inc. (DCA) have reached an agreement on licensing the Optical Disc Write Strategy Technology from DCA Inc. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=34861 Wed, 14 Nov 2012 10:23:18 GMT Two optical disc replicators, PrimeDisc Marketing Limited and Bestdisc Technology Corporation, have joined the One-Blue Blu-Ray Disc (BD) product licensing program as licensees. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=34849 Tue, 13 Nov 2012 07:05:03 GMT Fujifilm Corp. developed a new recording method for optical discs, which takes advantage of the two-photon absorption phenomenon to apply heat-mode recording on multiple recording layers of an optical disc. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=34818 Mon, 12 Nov 2012 13:58:18 GMT Despite the slower than expected growth in the Blu-ray disc player market, the global installed base of standalone Blu-ray Disc (BD) players will hit the 100 million unit mark by the end of 2012, according to Strategy Analytics recent forecast. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=34808 Mon, 12 Nov 2012 05:09:27 GMT Imation has released two new optical disc archiving products compatible with Sony's XDCAM professional systems. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=34797 Thu, 01 Nov 2012 16:15:36 GMT Seagate has become a member of the Digital Entertainment Content Ecosystem (DECE) an open, cross-industry consortium of movie studios and technology companies that developed and operate UltraViolet. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=34717 Fri, 26 Oct 2012 05:57:06 GMT Following lower than expected sales for semiconductor, solar and optical disc machinery, German equipment manufacturer Singulus implemented measures, which had a negative impact on the company'skey financial figures. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=34660 Wed, 24 Oct 2012 14:35:36 GMT CyberLink today launched an updated version of its media player, PowerDVD 12, along with new PowerDVD Mobile to ensure compatibility with Microsoft's upcoming Windows 8 operating system. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=34641 Tue, 23 Oct 2012 16:12:46 GMT Pegasys will release the English version of their next generation MPEG video editing software, TMPGEnc MPEG Smart Renderer 4, on October 30, 2012. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=34624 Wed, 17 Oct 2012 16:39:23 GMT Transcend today introduced its 8X slim portable CD/DVD writer, which at just 13.9 mm high, is currently the thinnest external CD/DVD writer on the market. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=34568 Wed, 17 Oct 2012 12:44:51 GMT Pioneer has made the world's fastest Blu-ray burner inthe U.S. with the release of the 15x BDR-2208 model. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=34565 Wed, 17 Oct 2012 05:16:40 GMT Pioneer will release next month in Japan the BDR-S08J Blu-ray disc drive, a high-speed BD/BDXL burner based on the BDR-208M model and capable of 15x resording with BD-R discs. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=34557 Tue, 16 Oct 2012 04:08:44 GMT DVD licensing firm One-Red, announced today that they extending their DVD licensing program to include DVD-software manufacturers and DVD-PC manufacturers. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=34538 Sat, 13 Oct 2012 15:17:48 GMT Pioneer is pushing the Blu-ray disc burning speeds to their limits (or even higher?) with the release of the BDR-208XJ (BDR-208M), an internal drive that will burn BD-R disc at 15x and BDXL discs at 8x. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=34528 Thu, 11 Oct 2012 15:30:36 GMT Blu-ray Low-To-High (LtH) discs are not recommended for data archiving as they are aging faster than the traditional Blu-ray (HtL) discs, a recent study found. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=34515 Tue, 09 Oct 2012 14:10:24 GMT Case Western Reserve University researchers have developed terabyte scale optical storage medium that stores 1 to 2 terabytes of data. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=34490 Thu, 04 Oct 2012 10:57:17 GMT IBM is set to release the System Storage TS1060 in November, an LTO Ultrium 6 tape drive that combines IBM tape reliability and performance. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=34442 Mon, 01 Oct 2012 04:45:03 GMT Japan-based internet users who download copyright infringing files face up to two years in prison or fines of up to two million yen ($25,700) according to a new law applied in Japan. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=34398 Fri, 28 Sep 2012 06:18:53 GMT Sony Music Entertainment Japan will release in December audio CDs made using the updated Blu-spec CD2 manufacturing process. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=34385 Wed, 26 Sep 2012 09:28:47 GMT Pioneer has designed the new BDR-PR1M and BDR-PR1MA BDXL drives to offer businesses a reliable solution for their long-term archival needs using BDXL (100GB) recordable media. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=34366 Tue, 25 Sep 2012 07:23:42 GMT Japanese companies Memory-Tech, krypton, Q-tec and Camerata Tokyo are promoting a new "format" for high-quality audio stored in Blu-ray discs. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=34360 Tue, 25 Sep 2012 03:27:07 GMT Nero has added the Windows 8-compatible Nero 12 to its flagship media suite range. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=34358 Mon, 24 Sep 2012 07:59:03 GMT Hitachi has developed a method of writing and reading digital information on slivers of quartz glass, offering a reliable way to safely store data, almost for ever. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=34350 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 10:11:20 GMT Sony's next-generation Optical Disc Archive storage system will start shipping across Asia Pacific in October 2012. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=34334 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 08:03:28 GMT Taiwan's Fair Trade Commission (FTC) on September 20 announced it fined four optical disk drive (ODD) makers for price fixing. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=34332 Thu, 20 Sep 2012 05:12:03 GMT CyberLink today launched PhotoDirector 4, the latest version of its photography software. The company also today released its first professional solution for video color grading, ColorDirector. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=34317 Wed, 19 Sep 2012 06:25:15 GMT CyberLink's new line-up of professional products are included in the company's Director Suite. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=34299 Sat, 15 Sep 2012 05:56:37 GMT Corel's latest digital media suite, the Roxio Creator NXT, has been released to the stores. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=34262 Mon, 10 Sep 2012 12:40:06 GMT Content-encoding solution providers will use Dolby Digital Plus technology to enable high-quality multichannel audio for the Digital Entertainment Content Ecosystem (DECE) UltraViolet platform through the UltraViolet Common File Format (CFF). http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=34208 Wed, 05 Sep 2012 04:31:27 GMT SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES AG will remain focused on its core businesses for the following years although it identifies the challenges to achieve positive full-year results for 2012. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=34156 Mon, 03 Sep 2012 10:02:27 GMT Lite-On IT registered net earnings of NT$704 million (US$23.5 million) in the second quarter, up 47.6% quarter-on-quarter (QoQ), earnings per share (EPS) of NT$0.7 (US$0.02), with first-half cumulative EPS of NT$1.2 (US$0.04). http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=34133 Fri, 31 Aug 2012 10:08:32 GMT Rovi today announced Rovi Digital Copy for Retailers, a new offering that is expected to provide consumers in Europe and the U.S. more ways to turn their physical DVD and Blu-ray Disc movie collections into virtual movie libraries. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=34121 Sat, 25 Aug 2012 06:43:46 GMT As part of Sony's reconstruction plan, Sony will leave the optical disc drive business by next year. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=34069 Fri, 17 Aug 2012 06:23:47 GMT Fujitsu has developed a recycling system that collects used CDs and DVDs at Fujitsu Group recycling centers and reuses the plastic in the bodies of notebook PCs. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=34016 Sat, 11 Aug 2012 07:20:14 GMT Professional Data Archiving Manufacturer, Alliance Storage Technologies, Inc., combines advancements with a UDO media foundation to produce new and improved high-performance data archiving solution with a 400% increase in performance and added security. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=33980 Wed, 08 Aug 2012 13:09:19 GMT Streaming video may be cheap and convenient but consumers seem to still renting more movies via the mail and physical retailers. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=33967 Sat, 04 Aug 2012 07:52:02 GMT Asus new SDRW-08D3S-U external 8X DVD writer adds instant optical media to various devices via USB 2.0 and its AV Function, including smart TVs and tablets. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=33934 Tue, 24 Jul 2012 08:07:15 GMT The European Commission has informed thirteen companies supplying optical disk drives in the European Economic Area (EEA) of its preliminary view that they may have infringed EU antitrust rules by participating in a worldwide cartel. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=33834 Wed, 11 Jul 2012 11:13:54 GMT Mitsubishi Kagaku Media will launch this month Verbatim brand barrier-free CD-Rs that surface Braille and can be read with tactile impression. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=33743 Tue, 03 Jul 2012 04:35:38 GMT Beginning July 1, 2012, One-Red LLC will become the authorized entity to administer a new joint DVD Disc and DVD Player license program on behalf of its licensors, which include Koninklijke Philips, Sony, Pioneer and LG Electronics. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=33675 Wed, 20 Jun 2012 10:51:13 GMT Blu-ray Disc players, which so far were used for playback HD movied stored in optical discs, are also increasingly used to access subscription video-on-demand content, according to new data released from The NPD Group. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=33581 Tue, 19 Jun 2012 12:18:16 GMT The new PX-612U is an external DVD burner by Plextor compatible with TVs. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=33564 Thu, 07 Jun 2012 14:59:38 GMT Disney seems to be the latest studio to force movie rental services such as Netflix to wait before buying their films. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=33472 Thu, 07 Jun 2012 07:20:43 GMT Panasonic has developed a lateral hybrid three-wavelength semiconductor laser, which simplifies the optical system of an optical pickup by laterally arranging the laser emitting points of blue-violet, red and infrared semiconductor lasers. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=33466 Tue, 29 May 2012 12:18:23 GMT Cinram announced today that Cinram Optical Discs SAS, a French subsidiary engaged in DVD replication, has filed for insolvency. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=33363 Mon, 28 May 2012 04:42:39 GMT RITEK will showcase its complete series of Blu-ray discs at Computex, Taipei, from June 5th through June 9th. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=33354 Sat, 19 May 2012 05:58:36 GMT The National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center, led by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), has joined together with the FBI and six major American movie studios to launch an updated anti-piracy warning to be displayed on new movie releases. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=33282 Wed, 16 May 2012 07:44:18 GMT Later this month, Japanese Buffalo Inc., will release the portable "BRXL-PC6VU2" BDXL burner in Japan. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=33253 Mon, 14 May 2012 14:53:09 GMT ASUS has released the SBW-06C2X-U BDXL burner, a stylish external drive capable of burning blu-ray discs at 6x. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=33222 Mon, 07 May 2012 12:37:00 GMT SINGULUS says that it has received new orders for Blu-ray Disc production machines from Euroepae clients during the first four months of 2012. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=33143