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| Posted by | Wesley Novack |
| Posted on | 10/01/06 08:21 |
Fujifilm:
Fujifilm was onsite displaying their latest media products. Unfortunately there was no Labelflash media onsite, and there was no new information on a possible release in the US. Fujifilm branded Blu-ray and HD DVD recordable media is tentatively scheduled for this summer, but the release of these products is dependent on the availability of hardware that is able to write to the media. We also found some product packaging displays for Fujifilm DVD-R Dual Layer media. There is currently no release date for this DVD-R DL product.
Toshiba:
Toshiba's hot item was their HD-A1 HD DVD standalone player.
The release date is scheduled for March and the unit is currently available for preorder at $499.99 through Amazon.com. The most inexpensive blue laser consumer product that we have seen so far! You can find another photo of this player on Amazon.
Blu-ray Disc Association:
There were definitely some exciting announcements made at the Blu-ray association press conference as well as the Blu-ray exhibition inside of CES. A few key announcements include that the Blu-ray specification has been completed, 7 out of 8 major movie studios now support Blu-ray Disc, and over 100 Blu-ray movie titles have been announced. LG, Panasonic, Pioneer, Philips, Sony and Samsung have all announced standalone Blu-ray players and/or recorders. Panasonic, Pioneer, Philips, LG, Samsung and Sony have announced Blu-ray computer drives.
A display shelf filled with BD-ROM Hollywood movies
Mitsubishi prototype BD-ROM standalone player
Hitatchi branded BD-ROM standalone player
This BD-ROM player was one of the Sharpest looking standalones on display at the show.
ADS Tech:
ADS Tech was displaying their new DVDXpressDX2 unit.
The ADS Tech DVDXpressDX2 is a video capture and conversion device that utilizes built in hardware compression technology along with an easy to use software interface (named Capture Wizard). The software allows you to easily capture video to a variety of formats as well as burn to disc. The burning engine used for writing to CD and DVD media is taken from Ulead Systems. Another nice feature is that the unit is entirely USB powered, which means there are no messy or bulky external power supplies (Google would like that). The device should be out very soon and will run with a suggested retail price of approximately $100.
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SONY DRU-820A info:
http://www.jr.com/JRProductPage.process?Product=4076900
[edited by _chef_ on 10.01.2006 18:08]
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