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Originally Posted by milkit
i dont see blu ray taking off.
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Nov 9, 2005 - MGM to Support Blu-ray Disc Format
"Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. (MGM), which owns the world's largest library of modern films, today announced its support of the Blu-ray Disc format. In cooperation with the Blu-ray Disc Association, MGM plans to begin releasing film and television titles from its world-renowned library when Blu-ray hardware launches in North America, Japan and Europe. "MGM's focus has always been to provide movie lovers complete access to the world's largest modern film library in the most technologically advanced formats," said Harry Sloan, Chairman and CEO of MGM Studios. "Adopting this new Blu-ray technology, with its expanded storage capacity and increased interactive capabilities, allows us to continue to provide our customers with the best movie viewing experience available." Consumers can now look forward to enjoying titles from franchises such as James Bond, Rocky and The Pink Panther in the Blu-ray Disc format."
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Oct 5, 2005 - Panasonic to Release Blu-ray Drives and Media for PCs Next Spring
"Panasonic today announced that the company will introduce Blu-ray Disc drives for notebook and desktop computers along with 25GB and 50GB BD-R/BD-RE media by spring 2006. The notebook drive uses Panasonic's own laminated glass plate prism technology that enables the reduction in size of the optical pickup to one-twelfth (1/12) of the size of conventional pickups. Panasonic plans to ship samples of their BD drive for notebook PCs by the end of this year and commence commercial production by March 2006. Prior to the introduction of the notebook drive, Panasonic will ship samples of the half-height desktop version in October and start volume production by January 2006. The drives will support playback and recording of single-layer and dual-layer BDs as well as all types of recordable DVDs and CDs."
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Originally Posted by evildick
Don't rule out HD-DVD yet.
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Originally Posted by milkit
also blu ray will be the demise of the ps3. UNLESS it does somehow become the standard, which it wont.
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Oct 2, 2005 - Paramount Home Entertainment to Support Blu-ray Disc Format
"Paramount Home Entertainment, which earlier this year announced support for the HD-DVD format, has decided that they will begin releasing high-definition movies in the Blu-ray format when hardware becomes available early next year. "We have been intrigued by the broad support of Blu-ray, especially the key advantage of including Blu-ray in PlayStation 3," said Thomas Lesinski, president of Paramount's Worldwide Home Entertainment. "After more detailed assessment and new data on cost, manufacturability and copy protection solutions, we have now made the decision to move ahead with the Blu-ray format." This announcement comes shortly after the movie studios supporting the HD-DVD format decided to postpone their US launch of HD-DVD, and swings the balance of studio support clearly in favor of Blu-ray. There's also speculation that Warner and Universal will follow suit shortly"
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Aug 17, 2005 - Lions Gate Entertainment to Support Blu-ray Disc Format
Lions Gate Home Entertainment (LGHE), a division of Lions Gate Entertainment, announced today that it will release content on the new high definition Blu-ray Disc format. As part of its cooperation with the Blu-ray Disc Association, LGHE will begin releasing new films, TV programming and other titles from the company's vast library in that format when Blu-ray hardware launches in North America. "Lions Gate has always maintained the goal of offering the consumer the best quality product," said Steve Beeks, President, Lions Gate Entertainment. "Through Blu-ray, consumers will experience our library of movies with sound and picture quality beyond anything they could have ever imagined. Additionally, Blu-ray's storage capacity along with the level of copyright protection the format offers, the demonstrated manufacturability and acceptable cost proposition, made it the perfect choice for Lions Gate at this time." More details about specific titles for Blu-ray will be announced by LGHE in the coming months.
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Jul 29, 2005 - Twentieth Century Fox to Support Blu-ray Disc Format
"Twentieth Century Fox, a member of the Board of Directors of the Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA) since October 2004, announced today that it will release content on the new high definition Blu-ray Disc format through its subsidiary Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment. "Blu-ray is a superior high definition technology that is a full step forward in the evolution of consumer packaged media," added Mike Dunn, President Worldwide, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment. "For consumers, the release of our films on Blu-ray will provide in-home entertainment beyond anything they have imagined. On the business side, the advanced functionality, picture quality and data capacity at a competitive manufacturing cost along with 'room for growth' as new consumer usage options are developed, fully realizes the promise of a next generation format and represents the future of home entertainment." The company will begin releasing new films, TV programming and other titles from Fox's vast celebrated library of best-selling film and television programming when Blu-ray hardware launches in North America, Japan, and Europe."
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